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The new 3.0 update has arrived in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, bringing new content alongside the Switch 2 edition of the game. One of the newest additions is the megaphone, a Nintendo Switch 2-exclusive item that lets you call out and easily locate residents on your island. This guide will explain how to get and use the megaphone in Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Switch 2. Make sure to check out all the new features of the 3.0 update, as well as our complete Animal Crossing: New...
In 2012, SYBO launched the mobile sensation Subway Surfers. That game went on to become one of most downloaded mobile titles of all time. Now, the sequel, Subway Surfers City, is set to launch next month on mobile devices. The announcement of the game's release date was accompanied by a cinematic trailer that shows off the world of Subway Surfers City. This endless runner takes place in Subway City across four unlockable neighborhoods: The Docks, Southline, Sunrise Blvd, and Delorean...
We're called GameSpot, so we clearly love to play some video games. You're reading stories on this site called GameSpot, so it's safe to assume that you love to play some video games, too. However, we all need to be careful with how long we play video games because a new study suggests that logging too many hours could seriously hurt our physical, emotional, and mental health. In a new study published in ScienceDirect's Nutrition journal and reported on by Medical Xpress, 10 different...
Amazon Games has announced that the MMO New World: Aeternum will go offline at the end of January 2027. The announcement isn't a total surprise, though, as some theorized this would be the case after the developer announced that the MMO would get no more new content after the Nighthaven seasonal update last year. In October 2025, Amazon cut more jobs at its gaming division that specifically impacted the MMO teams. Aeternum's final day on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S is January 31, 2027. As...
The boss of digital PC storefront GOG has weighed in on the conversation around Anthem's demise, saying that there may be a future in which fewer games could be developed and published if regulators demand that creators keep them alive forever. Speaking to Eurogamer on January 15 after Anthem was laid to rest, GOG's managing director, Maciej Gołębiewski, said it's good that the discussion around game preservation is happening once again, but that the conversation gets a little tricky when...
Animal Crossing: New Horizons' big 3.0 update is now available, and it includes a new Resort Hotel for your island adventures. Once you gain access to the hotel, you can decorate rooms, plan outfits for guests, and more. In this guide, we show you how to unlock and find the Resort Hotel in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Make sure to check out all the new features of the 3.0 update, and we also have a complete Animal Crossing: New Horizons guide hub to help you make the most of island life...
The Arc Raiders winter event, Cold Snap, has concluded, and now developer Embark has shared some statistics about the milestones players achieved during it. In a graphic shared on social media, the developer listed off what players did, including throwing 95 million snowballs. A total of 91 million players got knocked out by snowballs. Additionally, players used snowballs to take down Arc enemies--10,577, to be precise. What's more, 3.5 million players were knocked out due to the cold...
Earlier this month, word leaked about a new Life is Strange game that's on the horizon. Now, Square Enix has confirmed that the next Life is Strange is coming soon, but players will need to wait another five days for the full details. As noted on X, the latest installment of Life is Strange will be announced on a livestream on January 20, at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET. Thanks to the leak from the Pan-European Game Information, we know the name of the game is Life is Strange: Reunion. And as the...
Another Fallout show is in the works for Prime Video, though it'll be quite different from the popular scripted drama starring Walton Goggins. Amazon is developing a competition series with the working title Fallout Shelter, and the company just put out a casting call online. According to the casting call, contestants (or "dwellers") will "live together in a top-secret vault" and compete in games related to "core attributes" from the Fallout universe. Loyalty and alliances between dwellers...
When the Steam Machine is finally in the hands of players, it'll already have a large volume of compatible games with the "Verified" green checkmark, with Valve indicating to developers that they won't have to worry too much about the verification process. Valve designer Lawrence Yang told outlet Game Developer in an interview that the Steam Machine Verified badge will require "fewer constraints" than Steam Deck verification. Yang added that "if your title is Verified on Steam Deck, it will...
One of the big draws of Marathon is the opportunity to embrace the Runner lifestyle. Expensive biosynthetic shells that house the consciousness of a person inside of them, each Runner shell is also highly customizable, and developer Bungie has outlined how players can fine-tune each one to help them survive Tau Ceti. Each Runner shell is built to focus on a different gameplay archetype--like intel gathering, combat disruption, or combat healing--and their visual design makes them easy to...
Early in your Hytale journey, you're going to need weapons. While you might just want to explore, gather some resources, and build the base you and your friends have envisioned for your Hytale multiplayer sessions, Hytale still features dangerous mobs that can strike at any minute. You'll need a way to defend yourself and even defeat those mobs, as they can drop some valuable materials that you need for other recipes. Hytale offers a linear weapon progression system that lets you craft more...
The frighteningly excellent Resident Evil Village will creep its way onto Xbox Game Pass on January 20, but before that, Capcom made the survival-horror game available on the Xbox Ally and Windows PC via Xbox Play Anywhere as of January 15. However, you might want to wait before downloading it on any of those devices because the game is reportedly busted right now. According to a Windows Central report, RE: VIII picked up Xbox Play Anywhere support despite not initially being announced for...
World of Warcraft players have long asked for communal Guild Halls to hang out with guildmates in between adventures, and it sounds like that dream is finally becoming a reality, as Blizzard has confirmed what new housing-related features are currently in the works. In an interview with PC Gamer about the future of WoW player housing, many of the biggest names on the WoW development team, including Blizzard VP and executive producer Holly Longdale and senior game director Ion Hazzikostas...
The use of generative AI in video games has been controversial to say the least, but when it comes to art, the blowback has been even stronger. One game currently being accused of using the technology is Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, as the new trailer for the fighting game's upcoming second season of DLC characters is being picked apart online. Viewers and commenters have pored over the trailer, claiming that the character designs are inconsistent and that certain visual elements contain...
Remember Bully Online, that fan-made mod that introduced online multiplayer to Rockstar Games' Bully, which launched in mid-December 2025? Well, if you didn't get the chance to play it when it came out, then you never will, because it has been shut down forever. According to a Discord post by a moderator named Yubari, everything--the Bully Online project, the official Discord server, script development, source code, webpages, launcher, and all Bully Online account data--has been permanently...
Even after 35 years, Super Mario World players are unearthing weird new possibilities in the SNES game. The latest is an unsettling ending in which Yoshi can actually eat Princess Peach, leading to Mario and his green companion just staring at each other until the end of time. Supper Mario Broth showcased the grim finale for Super Mario World on X, noting glitches are needed to achieve this conclusion. For instance, Super Mario World players might know that bringing Yoshi into the last...
Bad news for fans of The Jumping Burger: the PlayStation Store has excised the game, along with over 1,000 similar titles published by the same developer, in what appears to be an effort to clear the storefront of shovelware. German publisher ThiGames had its entire catalog of at least 1,196 games silently delisted. The company, as pointed out by streamer and "trophy hunter" RobThanatos on X, published the fourth-highest number of titles on the PlayStation Store. ThiGames has yet to...
As though life in Valheim's viking purgatory isn't already fraught enough, one player is filling his server with Dollar General stores and chain restaurants, to the exasperation of his friends. Just like in real life, the dreary, fluorescent-lit box stores started with just a single location, and have since spread to multiple biomes across the server. The saga started when X user Greg the Sorcerer, as picked up by PC Gamer, posted a screenshot of a Dollar General store lovingly recreated in...
Animal Crossing: New Horizon's free 3.0 update has dropped earlier than expected, bringing new features including the Slumber Islands, Resort Hotel, and the return of Resetti. One feature players didn't see coming is the brand-new movement system, which allows players to move precisely one square at a time, allowing strafing and even a cute little hop. The new style of movement has been added to aid in construction and decorating. The options are mentioned as part of a tutorial in the...