Activision has revealed new details regarding the upcoming preload for the launch of Black Ops 7. The game releases on November 14, but players can start preloading Black Ops 7 as early as November 10. This update for the Call of Duty HQ will also include reorganized and existing Black Ops 6 and Warzone content packs, so players will want to be aware of some additional downloads.
The publisher says the Black Ops 7 preload will be a larger update for players with all Black Ops 6 and Warzone...
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The two coolest Hot Wheels Mario Kart tracks sold on Amazon are discounted to superb prices this weekend. The Amazon-exclusive Mario Kart Circuit Track Set is down to $68 (was $98). Over 10% of units are claimed at the time of writing, so snag the Circuit Track while you can. Mario Kart fans should also check out the recently released Bowser's Castle Raceway Track Set. Released in September for $86, Bowser's Castle Raceway is on sale for $56 at Amazon, Walmart, and Target.
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Rockstar Games recently delivered some difficult news for people eagerly awaiting the release of GTA 6--the game has been pushed back yet again, this time to November 2026. The delay also has implications for a potential PC version that history says will follow... eventually.
After the delay was announced, people flocked to the official GTA 6 website to see if anything was new. Players found that it had been updated to display the new release date, which is about six months later than the...
Activision has announced a new perk to help encourage people to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 at release. The company is giving everyone five hours of double XP for player progression and five hours of double XP for weapons if they play Black Ops 7 before Season 1.
Activision has not announced when Black Ops 7 Season 1 will begin, but it's expected in early December. For comparison, 2024's Black Ops 6 launched on October 25, with its first season arriving on November 14, which was a period...
The entire video game industry is currently preoccupied by Grand Theft Auto 6. Regardless of when it arrives, the next GTA is going to be a blockbuster no matter what Rockstar's competitors do. In fact, Saints Row designer Chris Stockman believes that there is no competing with GTA anymore.
"You have to be something else," said Stockman during an appearance on FRVR's podcast. "You can't compete with them anymore. You can't. It's impossible. You can't make a Western game and try to compete...
Nintendo has always been a company willing to try just about anything. Cardboard cutout toys that mesh with games? Done. A console called the Wii with a remote-shaped controller? Massive success. Legendary game designer and Nintendo executive Shigeru Miyamoto offered more insight into how the company operates in a recent financial briefing.
"Nintendo has always worked with the idea that there are no limits to our efforts," he said. "For example, when we tried our hand at movies with The...
Is the Nintendo Switch 2 going to see a price increase? Nintendo has said that is possible, but for now, the company believes it can maintain the current level of profitability for the console, and as such, a price hike doesn't sound likely.
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said this during Nintendo's latest earnings briefing, but admitted that if there are "significant changes in external factors," such as new tariffs or "other unexpected events," then the discussion could change...
As previously announced, Kirby Air Riders' free playtest will start on November 8, and you can download the Global Test Ride on Nintendo Switch 2 right now.
If you head over to the Nintendo eShop and search for Kirby Air Riders, you'll come across the Global Test Ride page. A completely free download that requires an active Nintendo Switch Online subscription to play online, the playtest gives you access to the game's frantic dasher Air Ride and free-for-all City Trial modes, as well as a...
Best Buy's second batch of Black Friday Doorbuster deals is available now through November 9. On the gaming side, the marquee deal is an HP Victus 15.6-inch gaming laptop for only $480. Normally $780, this entry-level gaming laptop could make for a great gift this holiday. It's rare for a brand-name gaming laptop to fall below $500, so this deal might sell out before it officially expires. The HP Victus holds a 4.6/5 star rating at Best Buy based on over 200 customer reviews.
The HP Victus...
Arc Raiders has only been out for a week now, but the new sci-fi extraction shooter is off to a strong start and already adding new content. The patch notes for the new update include the addition of weather conditions, a hidden bunker to discover, and a night raid for the Blue Gate map.
Developer Embark Studios revealed several game adjustments are live with the latest 1.1.0 update to Arc Raiders, but the new map conditions will arrive on Saturday, November 8. This will add dynamic weather...
An early quest in Arc Raiders tasks you with finding Antiseptics, Syringes, Durable Cloths, and Great Mullein for Lance. While this may sound overwhelming at first, it's actually a pretty easy quest to complete once you realize all of the items are likely to be found in the same handful of areas. Below, we'll fill you in on where to find all of the items for the first quest from Lance, as well as how you can simply craft a few of them if necessary.
Where to get Antiseptics, Syringes, and...
Today is N7 Day, which is BioWare's annual celebration of the Mass Effect series, and to mark the occasion, the developer gave an update on the next game and the TV show. Do not get too excited, though, as BioWare wants people to know it can't reveal very much.
Executive producer Michael Gamble said the next entry in the Mass Effect series remains in development and that "EA and BioWare remain committed to telling more stories in this universe." Gamble also addressed the rumors of BioWare...
World of Warcraft is officially getting a premium currency just for player-housing items, and Blizzard is now looking to explain its reasoning to a concerned and upset playerbase.
Following a datamine earlier this week that hinted at a new premium currency called Hearthsteel, Blizzard has confirmed the currency is real and how it plans to implement it in a blog post. Once WoW's Midnight expansion releases, Hearthsteel will be available for purchase with real money and will only be used for...
It's official: Grand Theft Auto 6 has been delayed. The highly anticipated open-world game from Rockstar was originally scheduled for a May 2026 release, but it will now be out on November 19 instead. A game delay is never good news, but for Take-Two Interactive, the news saw its stock price temporarily drop while the industry calibrated itself for the later launch.
GTA 6 is regarded as something truly special, a once-in-a-generation release that is being fueled by an absurd amount of hype...
Rockstar's 2018 open-world Western Red Dead Redemption 2 is a huge success with more than 79 million copies sold, making it one of the top five best-selling games in history. The game is expected to continue to make a mark on the gaming industry with rumored ports for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch 2. The ports have not been officially announced, but there have been some developments, and in this post, we're rounding up everything we've heard about the rumored ports.
What do we know...
Stranger Things actor David Harbour had a nice exchange with a fan recently, as the two celebrated a shared love of...Fortnite and Chief Hopper.
Stranger Things Season 5 begins on November 26, and naturally, the cast is out and about on the press tour. Harbour wasn't around for the tour due to scheduling conflicts with the true crime thriller Evil Genius, according to Deadline. However, he was present during the sci-fi show's Season 5 premiere in Los Angeles. While autographing on the red...
Following in Florida's footsteps, Texas's attorney general has sued Roblox Corporation, the developer of the multiplayer online game creation platform Roblox, for "flagrantly ignoring" laws and exposing children to "sexually explicit content, exploitation, and grooming."
Ken Paxton, a Republican who's been Texas's AG since 2015 and is making a bid for U.S. Senate, announced the lawsuit in an X post on November 6. In the documentation, his office claimed Roblox Corporation was "flagrantly...
Nintendo enjoyed enormous success in the film department with The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which earned more than $1.3 billion worldwide. Now, Nintendo is gearing up to release The Super Mario Galaxy Movie in 2026, with a live-action The Legend of Zelda film to follow in 2027. More films based on Nintendo properties could come next, and Nintendo has now said moviemaking is something Nintendo wants to be "even more actively involved in going forward."
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa...
Whenever a new mainline Pokemon game rolls around, you can expect not one but two versions of the same game to hit the shelves. That's a sales decision that was made with a primary goal in mind--to give Nintendo's iconic plumber Mario a run for his money.
During an investor Q&A this week, Nintendo veteran Shigeru Miyamoto spoke about a meeting he once had with Pokemon creator Satoshi Tajiri, who joked that the only way to beat Mario Kart in sales was to sell two copies of Pokemon to each...
He might seem harmless, but Ned Flanders won't deal with any unseemly Fortnite players. The NPC roaming around in the game's Simpsons collaboration has taken out 33,000 players and counting, according to the official Fortnite account on X.
The Fortnite account shared the hilarious Flanders statistic with a repost of a video where Homer and Marge's neighbor eliminates players during a fight with a streamer. Like most NPCs in the battle-royale game, Flanders will retaliate when attacked...