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Fallout 5 is one of the games currently in the works at Bethesda Game Studios. It's still years away from release, but now Bethesda boss Todd Howard has shared a small update about it. He told the BBC that Fallout 5 will be influenced in part by the popular Prime Video Fallout TV show. "In short, yes," he said. "Fallout 5 will be existing in a world where the stories and events of the show happened or are happening. We are taking that into account." Fallout 76 has also been influenced by...
The 2013 reboot of Tomb Raider has found its way to several platforms over the years, but in 2026, Lara Croft is about to find herself shipwrecked on mobile devices. Tomb Raider is officially coming to iOS and Android devices on February 12, 2026, and it's priced at $20. This version of the game will also include all 12 DLC packs, adding more outfits, upgrades, and a bonus Challenge Tomb. Feral Interactive says the game has been "expertly optimized" for smartphones and tablets and will...
Down under may have just given us the down low on Dispatch coming to Switch and Switch 2. That's because the Nintendo storefront for Australia has listings up for the episodic game, revealing that the title is planned to launch January 29 on both Nintendo systems. There hasn't been an official announcement from Dispatch developer AdHoc Studio yet about Switch and Switch 2 ports. However, the official Nintendo eShop pages point to this being a matter of when, instead of if, Dispatch arrives...
For years, EA Sports was the one-stop shop for FIFA-branded soccer, but that partnership officially ended in 2023. Since then, FIFA has been absent from the video game scene, but today Netflix Games and Delphi Interactive have announced that they will be bringing officially branded FIFA soccer back in a new game slated to launch in 2026. The unnamed FIFA soccer game will be available via the Netflix app on both iOS and Android devices, and it is planned to launch "this summer," just in time...
The Last of Us co-director Bruce Straley has shared his thoughts on using generative AI to aid in game development, saying the technology cannot "grow and think for itself." The technology "just consumes, and tries to mimic what it's consumed," he told Polygon. "That's the best it can do right now." He also described generative AI as "a snake eating its own tail." One of the reasons why AI has been such a contentious issue in gaming is that not everyone defines it the same way. For his...
It's no secret that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 hasn't sold as well as 2024's Black Ops 6, and now Circana has released more sales data that speaks to the performance of the military shooter. Black Ops 7 was the No. 1 best-selling game in North America for November, but the Call of Duty franchise experienced a double-digit percent decrease for full-game dollar sales compared to November 2024. Last year's game, Black Ops 6, was released in October. Despite the sales downturn, this marks the...
Circana released its monthly sales report for November today, shining a light on how the North American video game business is performing. Hardware sales had a particularly difficult month, with sales falling 27%, from $949 million in November 2024 to $695 million in November 2025. November 2025 represented the lowest hardware spending total for a November month since November 2005 ($455 million). A total of 1.6 million game hardware units were sold in North America for November 2025, and...
Developer Turn 10 Studios has announced that it is ending development of new content for Forza Motorsport. In a blog update, the studio confirmed that there will be no "new cars, tracks, features, or regular bug fixes" for the game, but it will continue to support Forza Motorsport by keeping the servers online. "As our team shifts its focus toward delivering the best possible experience with Forza Horizon 6 in 2026, we do not plan to introduce new cars, tracks, features, or regular bug...
Xbox's December update is here, and this time it's focused on your off-console experience. The update brings new store functionality to the Xbox mobile app, as well as adding Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Audio support to the Xbox Wireless Headset, improving battery life and audio quality with certain Windows 11 devices. In April, Microsoft added the ability to purchase games and subscribe to Game Pass directly from the Xbox app. Now, making it even easier to buy games from your phone, the app...
It's not an easy life for Sanctuary's citizens in Diablo 4, but players can make things a little brighter in the upcoming holiday event Goblin Greedings. Starting on December 18, players will be to put presents under their tree--so to speak--by clobbering creatures for loot and bringing a little hope back to Estuar. To claim their prizes, players will have to face hordes of Treasure Goblins and earn their place on the March of the Goblins reputation board. There are multiple tiers to...
Fanatical is closing 2025 out with a new build-your-own bundle deal, the Best of Platinum Collection. This deal offers a selection of various acclaimed PC games featured in the various Platinum Collection bundles throughout 2025, giving you a chance to pick up some excellent games for cheap. Like Fanatical's other build your own bundle promotions, you can pick as many games from the list as you'd like, and the more games you buy, the more you save. To start, you can pick up to four games for...
The Groundbreaking quest in Arc Raiders takes place on the perpetually busy and dangerous Blue Gate map, and it has multiple objectives that send you to its northern region. If you're looking to find the locked room at Pilgrim's Peak, or need to know where to find the building pictured on the whiteboard, we'll fill you in on how to complete this quest here. You don't need to extract to complete Groundbreaking, but you'll receive the Blue Gate Communication Tower Key upon accepting this...
Over the past five years, building-set manufacturer Pantasy has made a name for itself with impressive brick-built models. Pantasy's catalog includes officially licensed building sets based on Astro Boy, Garfield, The Little Prince, and Dragon Ball Z as well as a series of retro-inspired tech models. One of Pantasy's newest building sets might be its most ambitious: a working claw machine game. If that sounds cool to you, you have until 12 AM PT (December 17) to snag the 1,910-piece build...
The Deciphering the Data quest in Arc Raiders sends you to Spaceport to check out some Magnetic Decryptors, and finding exactly where they're located can be a bit of a challenge. However, you've come to the right place, as we'll tell you exactly where you can find both locations you need to interact with to complete this quest from Shani. You won't need to extract to complete Deciphering the Data--but we recommend you run a free kit either way, as you may come across other raiders working...
The success of Baldur's Gate 3 went far beyond anyone's expectations with 20 million copies sold and multiple Game of the Year awards. That was all very good for the future of Larian, but it's also creating some pressure now that the developer focuses on its latest Divinity game. "It's more pressure," Larian founder Swen Vincke told PC Gamer. "The weight of the expectations weighs high. We're trying not to think about it, because we have to make our own thing." Vincke also indicated that...
Steam Replay for 2025 is now available, giving players a fun way to look back at their year in gaming. It shows what games you played, how much time you spent playing, and other simple stats from the year. Many platforms now do yearly summaries like this, with Spotify Wrapped starting the trend, and services like YouTube and Twitch followed by showing users what they watched and enjoyed in 2025. Valve's Steam Replay covers your playtime from January 1, 2025, through the end of December 14...
If you've come across The Stench of Corruption quest in Arc Raiders, you may be wondering how to find and complete each of its objectives. It can be challenging to round up each location you need to visit, after all, and find out exactly what to interact with in each spot. Luckily, we've got you covered below. Keep in mind that you need to complete every step of this quest in a single round. This means that dying before you wrap things up will result in you having to redo the steps next...
In January 2026, it will be seven and a half years since the announcement teaser for The Elder Scrolls 6. In that time, Bethesda has had remarkably little to say about it or even a trailer to show off. Now, Bethesda's Todd Howard has indicated that most of the Bethesda team is working on The Elder Scrolls 6. "It's progressing really well," Howard told Game Informer. "The majority of the studio's on [Elder Scrolls 6]. but I'll say this: We always overlap. So, we're very used to overlapping...
Total War: Warhammer 40,000's four asymmetrical factions will vary wildly from one another, as developer Creative Assembly has now outlined how some of the game's factions will play and be "totally different" from factions seen before in the Total War franchise. After being announced during The Game Awards, more details about developer Creative Assembly's next game have been revealed via a new developer roundtable. The four factions players will have to choose from include Space Marines...
Arc Raiders has a whole lot of quests, and one set of them requires you to do some digging on who has contaminated the water supply. This questline eventually leads to A Toxic Trail, which sends you back to a previous location to figure out more about what's going on with the water. In this guide, we'll tell you how to complete A Toxic Trail. You don't necessarily need to extract from the map to complete A Toxic Trail, but it's not a bad idea to do so, especially if you don't have a safe...