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It's the season of savings with Black Friday right around the corner, but even though the sale event doesn't officially start up until next week, you can still find some great deals on Amazon. Right now, in the world of game deals, you can pick up The Last of Us Part 1 for PS5 for just $40. That's 43% off its usual price of $69.99, so there's no better time to pick it up!

NVIDIA is bringing a huge acceleration to AI Workloads to millions of Windows 11 PCs powered by its latest RTX GPUs.

Dacoco, the group behind the Alien Worlds Web3 metaverse, announced a collaboration with renowned science fiction author Kevin J. Anderson, known for works such as Star Wars, Dune and Saga of the Seven Suns.

Sony’s PlayStation Portal has just launched, so to help answer the question, «Is the PlayStation handheld worth it?” we’ve got our PS Portal reviews round-up to see how the nascent device has fared with the critics.

Microsoft has announced its Xbox Black Friday 2023 deals, which will kick off later this week on November 17th.

Audio specialist Side is opening a new office in Tokyo.

Samsung's next-gen Galaxy Book 4 lineup which includes a range of Intel Meteor Lake & Raptor Lake CPU options with NVIDIA discrete graphics has been leaked by WindowsReport.

Garena Free Fire Redeem Codes for November 15: This year Garena has introduced multiple events during the festival season, to engage the players and keep them entertained. Recently, a 100% bonus top-up event was introduced in Garena Free Fire On the special occasion of Diwali. In this event, you can earn double diamonds by participating in the bonus top-up event. This event was added on 11 November 2023 and will run until 17 November 2023. This means you have only 2 days left to make full use of this event. Here are the bonuses available in the 100% Bonus Top-up Event:

Corsair has unveiled its latest MP700 PRO Gen5 SSD lineup which comes with faster storage speeds & the option to go either air or liquid cooling.

As of the Shadowlands Expansion, leveling up in World of Warcraft is much easier than before, thanks to the introduction of Chromie Time and some changes to the leveling expereince to make new and veteran players enjoy it even more. These changes allow a smoother expereince when leveling an alt character or for new players just getting into the game.

Thanks to Echo and their World First Normal Fyrakk Kill, we've datamined the Aspects Reempowered Epilogue cinematic which is an immediate follow-up to the The Great Dragons Amirdrassil Raid finale cinematic.

The Pokémon world is full of trainers hustling to bethe very best like no one ever was. But sometimes, you gotta stop the grind and learn to chill. Enter Pokémon Concierge, a new anime about the easier-breezier side of the Pokémon world.

Nintendo’s latest Indie World showcase has been and gone, featuring a healthy selection of 11 games, from Shantae Advance, through A Highland Song and on to a Switch release on Outer Wilds. Let’s run through it.

star Tom Hiddleston has hinted at the possibility of characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe coming back from the dead.

I’ve been around the Destiny 2 block long enough to have experienced that the vast majority of past seasons don’t get any marketing, or a revealed name, until the hour that it comes out. I’m pleasantly surprised to see Destiny 2 Season of the Wish get marketing, but I’m still in the dark about the status of The Final Shape.

Aaron and Adam Nee‘s planned live-action reboot of Masters of the Universe could be heading to Amazon following its cancellation at Netflix.

Persona 5 Tactica has somehow found its way into the wild ahead of launch for the second time.

became a quick fan-favorite character with his portrayal of Ouroborous — or O.B. — in Loki Season 2. According to the actor, getting the role was an extremely emotional moment.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced the first details of its Black Friday 2023 deals.

Luxury jeweller Tiffany & Co is making a range of Pokémon jewellery, with prices going up to $29,000.

In an effort to enhance the safety of the astronauts in its upcoming Gaganyaan mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to conduct crucial test on the crew module's stability during splashdown in the sea. The decision comes in the wake of an incident during the TV-D1 mission on October 21 this year when the crew module, intended for ISRO's inaugural human spaceflight, experienced an unexpected upended orientation during recovery in the Bay of Bengal.

I am not, and I hope I never will be described as a «TikTok kind of guy,» but the videos of creator Molly Moonn are one of the best things I've seen come out of the whole vertically oriented short video deal. These surreal, horror-infused videos present as '90s point-and-click adventures with pre-rendered graphics derived from real photos, short little suburbia horror stories by way of Myst.

Hello! Welcome to the 302nd edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up! Last week was the news bomb that was Blizzcon, so we skipped an episode. This week we digest what was announced around gold making and look ahead as to what this could mean. We also reflect on the Region Wide Auction House and it's impact and discuss ways of making gold with 10.2 PVP gear and other methods. My name is Samadan and I'll be your guide through the World of Gold Making!

Compared to what we’ve come to expect from Sony where its yearly output of single player games is concerned, 2023 has been a light year, with the recently released Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 being its only major release this year. With no major single player release officially confirmed for 2024 either – with the exception of Team Ninja’s Rise of the Ronin – should we expect next year to be a lighter one as well?

Disney Pixar's PSP title, Up, is coming to PlayStation's Classics Catalogue.

Clockmaker developer Belka Games is teaming up with environmental campaigner dots.eco to launch a Save the Turtles event this November. 

The latest benchmarks of Intel's Core i9-14900HX Raptor Lake Refresh CPU have leaked out and it's easily one of the fastest chips for laptops.

The ever-expanding game of Genshin Impact continues to introduce higher-level enemies and quests as new areas are released. Starting this game now can seem daunting, especially when you want to catch up with your friends quickly. Thankfully, it’s not impossible if you know what to do.

2023 may not quite be done yet, but the game-of-the-year conversation is already beginning to heat up. Case in point, the Golden Joystick Awards, one of the longest-running video game awards shows with winners being voted on by the UK public, has announced their winners. The big winner was Baldur’s Gate 3, which walked away with “Ultimate Game of the Year” and six other awards. The rest of the winner’s field was quite divided, with only two other games, Final Fantasy XVI and Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, receiving more than one award. Some games that seemed to be frontrunners earlier in the year, like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and the Resident Evil 4 remake, only received a single trophy.

Sony, who announced plans to create twelve new live service games by the end of its FY 2025, has now delayed half of them, according to the company's latest earnings call.

The Yakuza series is known for its confusing naming conventions but it seems even the developer gets mixed up, as Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name features a tutorial screen from the Judgement games.

Micron has published its latest roadmap which details its upcoming memory technologies including GDDR7 for next-gen NVIDIA GPUs.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has turned out to be a major disappointment, with its underwhelming and shockingly short campaign in particular having drawn widespread criticism. In the wake of poor reception for the first person shooter, a recent report by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier has also shed light on the its rushed development, with Sledgehammer Games reportedly having had to put together the single player campaign in the space of just 16 months (and not under the best working conditions).

The new, slimmer models of the PS5 are here, almost three years to the day that the original console first started to arrive on people's doorsteps. Providing someone didn't replace your order with a bag of cat food, of course. The two new models weren't the only PlayStation launches today, though. The long-rumored detachable disc drive appears to be available now too, its Best Buy listing popping up alongside the one for the slimmer PS5s/

LEGO 2K Drive, which launched earlier this year, was the first release in what’s been reported as a multi-year partnership between 2K and LEGO, and the next game from that partnership might be right around the corner. Previous reports have claimed that a LEGO football game is also in the works, which has been prematurely revealed as LEGO 2K Goooal! in multiple age ratings in recent months, and now it seems an announcement for the title might be right around the corner.

Well, the Loki season 2 finale featured a lot of revelations about the past, present, and future of the God of Mischief. But thrown in with all of the emotional arcs being woven together was a very intriguing reference to Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

Dell announced the launch of its Alienware Aurora R16 gaming desktop on Thursday. It is available for purchase in two different configurations - 13th Gen and 14th Gen Intel Core processors. The desktop can be configured with up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPU. It is said to be 40 percent smaller in size compared to its predecessor, the Aurora R15 and also claims to offer a 20 percent quieter performance as well as enhanced heat dissipation.

This is one of the best PS5 Black Friday deals available now.

is a sequel from developer Fair Play Labs and publisher Gamemill Entertainment. Coming two years after the release of the first, the game features even more Nick Toon characters as they embark on a long journey to stop Vlad Plasmius.

Do you remember Omegle? It launched in 2009 as a chat service with a twist: Instead of picking a server to join or people to talk to, users were randomly paired up for one-on-one chats with anonymous strangers from around the world. That sure sounds like a terrible idea, doesn't it? And sure enough, racism and discrimination, pornography, and child abuse were all persistent problems the site faced. Yet it continued to operate for more than 14 years, until earlier this week when site founder Leif K-Brooks announced that he's pulled the plug.

Blooper reels are a staple within film and television, but it's uncommon for game developers to share them outside the walls of their studios. However, God of War studio Sony Santa Monica hasn't been shy about revealing various pre-release quirks in their games, and they've released a follow-up to their fan-favorite Midgard Mishaps video from 2018 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of God of War: Ragnarok. In Midgard Mishaps 2, we see a showcase of the bizarre and somewhat creepy-looking bugs that popped up during the production of the massive sequel. We also see a quick look at some never-before-seen footage of the making of some standout moments and how the devs took the stumbles in good fun.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 is less than a day from launching, but a common early access exploit has allowed thousands of players to get a headstart on the competition. It’s a yearly event in CoD, but fans have grown tired of the shenanigans.

Ahead of its impending theatrical release, a brand new clip from <a href=«https://twitter.com/MsMarvelUK/status/1722381874973102488?ref_src=» https: target="_blank" rel=«noreferrer noopener»>Marvel Studios

Over a year after first announcing its first handheld gaming PC, Valve has revealed the Steam Deck OLED – a new iteration with an improved display, better audio, and greater battery life, to name a few of the big changes.

Unannounced football game Lego 2K Goooal! has leaked yet again, this time with official artwork via a listing on the PlayStation Store.

The Pokémon GO adventure continues as we dive headfirst into November, and we’ve got an electrifying event happening right now! The Pokémon GO Festival of Lights 2023 is here, and it’s bringing a dazzling array of new Pokémon and shiny encounters that’ll have you glued to your screen. Let’s dive in!

October 2019 saw the launch of action-platformer Valfaris, and now the sequel has a date. Side-scrolling shoot ’em up Valfaris: Mecha Therion is coming to PC on November 21, 2023, with consoles to follow later. 

If you took the bold plunge on an import Steam Deck like yours truly, today's your day. Humble Bundle has collated some impressive discounts on handheld PC games. Be sure to get in and pay less on commute-slaying experiences. Ubisoft (among others) also seem to be quite determined to shift a bunch of Ultimate Editions out the door as well. Grab you the "bestest versions" while the going's good.

In a recent development diary, the team behind Ubisoft’s The Division Resurgence has announced the commencement of the next Regional Beta phase, scheduled to begin on November 16th. This phase is exclusively available to players in the USA, Brazil, and Australia. Those interested in participating can find detailed instructions on how to join in the Regional Beta & VIP access blog post, or continue reading for more information.

Bethesda Game Studios had promised a Starfield DLSS 3 beta update to land this week, and the developer has now delivered. Steam users can opt-in to beta update 1.8.83 by right-clicking on Starfield in their libraries, selecting Properties, then picking Betas in the pop-up window and again [beta] in the drop-down selection. Do note that this will require a separate download. You'll get to continue your current saves, but saves created in this beta build won't work until this update goes live later this month.

Pokemon Go is no stranger to brand partnerships, bringing Sponsored PokeStops to several businesses across many countries. Now, they’ve partnered with McDonald’s to create Sponsored PokeStops across Canada.

The search for the Diablo 4 cow level is much more than a cowspiracy (apologies) at this point. IGN spoke to the game's production developer Tiffany Wat, and associate game director Joe Piepiora at BlizzCon 2023 where hints were dropped, adding more fuel to the fire. It's not much to go on, but Wat may have hinted that players are heading in the right direction: «I will say, however, if people have picked up any items from their cow campaigns… cow slay-age campaign… they should hang on to them.»

The next installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is almost here, and that means it’s time to catch back up on everything you may have forgotten. In the case of The Marvels, that means refreshing yourself on the exploits and adventures of Captain Marvel, Monica Rambeau, and Kamala Khan — and maybe Nick Fury, just a little bit.

Halo Infinite is currently traveling up Steam's revenue charts thanks to Master Chief's very expensive armor.

Samsung Electronics Co. is testing a generative AI model named “Gauss” after a 19th century German mathematician, joining the growing ranks of companies hoping to create rivals to ChatGPT. The world's largest smartphone maker has begun internal testing of a bot that can help staff in the mobile and consumer electronics divisions compose emails, summarize documents and translate content, executives told attendees to a company conference Wednesday.

Night in the Woods co-creators and married couple Bethany Hockenberry and Scott Benson opened a studio in 2019 called The Glory Society. Its first project was to be a spiritual successor by the name of Revenant Hill. However, the game has now been cancelled due to Benson's "serious health issues".

Following the massive success of Vampire Survivors and other oddball roguelikes, we've seen many games looking to jump into the number-crunching, auto-battler fray with their takes on the bizarre mash-up of genres - however, one upcoming game ups the ante with its spin on a roguelite, a stylish 2D adventure, and auto-battling deck-building RPG. Just launched this week on Steam, Racine is a new type of roguelite that blends the strategic deck-building RPG mechanics of Slay the Spire, with the quick real-time action where the focus is quite actually about playing your cards at the right time.

Here's hoping they'll let Link speak in it.

It’s a great time to hop into the saddle of a dragon and soar the skies in Guardians of the Dream when you get 30% off select game services. Choose a fresh name with the Name Change pack introductory offer, and save on Faction Change, Race Change, and Character Transfer packs.

Blizzard has announced a sale on various game services for 1 week including Name Change, Race Change, Faction Change and Character Transfers!

Revenant Hill, the next game by the makers of Night in the Woods, has been canceled. The reason is that the game's narrative designer and writer Scott Benson is battling a severe illness that has forced him to step away from the project.

The open world co-op survival game I liked most was Wurm Online, in which every action was performed via a right-click menu and we needed a town meeting to discuss who would spend the hours necessary to flatten a small patch of land.

By Andrew Webster, an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.

Developer Remedy Entertainment dropped a new update for Alan Wake 2, one that should clear a few progress-halting issues some players are having. Oh, and apparently it fixes that one annoying problem that seemingly keeps coming back.

Just days before its release, Emma Stone's new TV series The Curse has been met with divisive critic reviews online and on Rotten Tomatoes despite its current 83% score.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III will be among the new titles launching this month that will support NVIDIA DLSS technology for significant performance boosts.

Activision has partnered with Burger King once again to celebrate the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

In Fashion Dreamer, you’ll find a vibrant virtual world to unleash your inner fashionista and dominate the haute couture scene. However, it’s no secret that leveling up in the game can be a real challenge.

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Hoyoverse is clearly taking the gacha world by storm, and there’s no sign of them slowing down any time soon. The new Zenless Zone Zero PV, or the “Equalizing Test Teaser” video features stylish animations to introduce some characters that we’ll meet at launch!

This week, Diablo Immortal adds some new features, including two affecting gems, a camera improvement, balance tweaks, and some returning events. The update also sets the foundation for the upcoming Harvest Bounty event.

You now have a chance to stock up on some acclaimed films from the Criterion Collection for way less than they’d usually cost you. From now through Dec. 4, Barnes & Noble is offering a sale online and in stores that knocks down the cost of many Criterion Blu-rays (including their 4K counterparts) and DVDs by up to 50%. There’s a lot to choose from, and the sale includes some of our recommendations for the best discs of the year. For most movies, Barnes & Noble’s prices are drastically better than Amazon’s. However, it’s likely that Amazon will match prices as the sale continues through November.

Safety is a far-fetched concept in Sanctuary, only momentarily becoming tangible during the Harvest Bounty holiday…cling to it tightly, adventurer.

The Switch might be getting a successor in 2024, but that doesn't mean the 125 million of us who own one have been left to tread water until Nintendo decides to officially confirm what's next. There's plenty still to come for the Switch, and I'm not just talking about games. The console's run of amiibos isn't over yet either, and just last week we got two brand new ones via the long-awaited release of Zelda and Ganondorf's Tears of the Kingdom figures.

Nascar Rivals developer Motorsport Games has cut around 38 jobs in a recent round of layoffs, mostly affecting roles in the UK and Australia.

Though it's not often that movie tie-ins make for solid video games, that's exactly the case with the recent release of . A first-person shooter developed by Teyon, Peter Weller of and fame reprises his role to take down the criminals and unscrupulous characters of Old Detroit once again. Set after the second film, picks up where the movies left off and follows the story of James Murphy and his partner, Anne Lewis.

Ms. Marvel may not have captured the attention of a public starving for new TV, like WandaVision, or a public starving for more Tom Hiddleston, like Loki. But it’s still quietly one of the best Marvel Cinematic Universe TV shows produced for Disney Plus.

BlizzCon 2023 has ended but we have the latest Warcraft Rumble news coverage right here.

BlizzCon 2023 has ended but we have the latest World of Warcraft  news coverage right here.

Erying, a popular DIY brand for the Asian markets who are responsible for making Mobile-On-Desktop motherboards has released its new Mini-ITX offerings featuring Intel's 13th Gen CPUs.