World of Warcraft flies to the top of Twitch as players rush to claim a free mount and watch streamers lose their Hardcore characters

The end of the year is looming, but TV isn’t slowing down a bit. This week we have all sorts of offerings to pad out the doldrums of this long dark we’re in (curse you, daylight savings time). If you’re looking for something more exciting, there’s Culprits, a heist murder mystery, or Blood Coast, a new crime thriller from Netflix. Or maybe you prefer the cozier comforts of Mr. Monk’s Last Case — the TV movie that, if the title is to be believed, will be the final farewell for the beloved Tony Shalhoub character.

Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 1 Underground is well underway, and players are flocking to the game on their preferred platforms to jump in and enjoy all the new features it has to offer. However, a free banana Emote is causing a stir, and players can’t wait to get it.

Earning gold and XP in can be time-consuming unless you unlock certain cheats to prioritize fun in all your battles instead of focusing on a tedious grind. You could also use these exploits to instantly win war efforts or make the challenges of the game's daunting world easier. Building your kingdom can be much easier if certain cheats grant you an almost divine right.

Paramount Plus’ Haloisn’t exactly anyone’s idea of the perfect version of the Halo universe. Despite all the ways that Paramount has insisted the show’s first season, which debuted in 2022, was a success, it didn’t exactly take over pop culture the way the Paramount and Xbox probably wanted. But with season 2 on the way, the streaming service has a new plan to get people to watch season 1: make it free on YouTube.

Garena Free Fire Redeem Codes for December 1: Garena Free Fire is a hugely popular game globally with a player base in millions around the world. Even though Garena Free Fire was banned by the Government of India due to security concerns, it is still available to play around the world. The developers of Garena Free Fire give out freebies through redeem codes for players to stay engaged in the already hugely popular game. Players can grab the chance to win amazing freebies such as bundles, prizes, weapons, diamonds and more!

Cult of the Lamb took to X (formerly Twitter) with an interesting promise to add some adult content to the game if they hit 300k followers. Their tweet went viral, garnering more than the requested followers, and has now spurred several games to follow suit.

The New World team has temporarily disabled some abilities to address some crashes afterthis week's update, which aimed to patch out some exploits and tweak combat.

December’s World of Warcraft Trading Post goodies are almost here. Blizzard has revealed all the new items you can spend your Trader’s Tender on next month, including the third month of new class armor and weapon sets, and a baby moose pet for the season.

There's more bad news out of struggling gaming conglomerate Embracer: The company has confirmed that approximately 50 employees are being laid off from Chorus developer Fishlabs, and is also reportedly looking at closing TimeSplitters studio Free Radical Design completely.

Leave it to the modding community to combine things from well-known franchises into one package. We’ve already seen Doctor Who‘s Daleks come to Doom, and now someone is creating something that will please fans of both Morrowind and World of Warcraft.

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.

The stellar bedding set is available now on Bethesda's merch site.