I remember one of the biggest highlights of my primary school days was field trips. I had fond memories of many of them, but one that stuck with me was The Space Travel exhibit at the Ontario Science Center. I loved every second of it. The thought of space travel, seeing the different landscapes, exploring new territory, and maybe even meeting otherworldly beings was indeed an incredible thought for me. Do you remember moments like this?

Although years have passed since that day, my interest never waned; it did, however, take a backseat for a little while until that one fateful day in 2016 - I caught the teaser for the space-sim, Astroneer, where I was catapulted back to being a kid again.

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Help us make the right (or wrong?) choices Welcome back! Last week on stream, we played through all of Heavy...

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Today third-party developers offered new development updates and screenshots of upcoming aircraft and scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator, released two airports, and announced another.

We start with PMDG, who provided a new look at its upcoming Boeing 737 in comparison to the old version for P3D. The Microsoft Flight Simulator version is on the left of the images.

PMDG boss Robert Randazzo talked at length about the current stage of the project, and the visual fidelity the new simulator allows the team to achieve. You can read the full post on PMDG’s own forum.

For the moment, no new release window was provided, but the previous update mentioned that the hope was to launch before the end of the year. Fingers crossed.

No middle sliders When a game gives you a character creator, that mechanic can be more fun than actually playing...

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Since the Xbox Series X launched a year and two days ago, it’s been impossible to get your hands on one—a situation that’s not likely to abate any time soon, thanks to an ongoing confluence of factors. For some well-heeled gamers, however, there’s soon to be another avenue. Italian luxury fashion house Gucci will soon…

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Guess who’s back, back again The next Assassin’s Creed will have one of its long-running writers back. Darby McDevitt has confirmed he’s...

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Refamiliarizing oneself with their Animal Crossing: New Horizons island after spending a considerable amount of time away can feel like navigating a labyrinth of your own making. This was certainly the case for actor and screenwriter Avery Monsen, who recently returned to the island that he’d literally shaped into a…

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Fishing in video games is tricky to nail. Many games offer such a mechanic, but few actually pull it off. Personally, I can’t even recall a single fishing mini-game I’ve wrung enjoyment out of in the last few years. Pokémon? Tedious, annoying. Fire Emblem: Three Houses? Zzzzz. Hades? The only thing resembling a flaw…

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Stick your face into adventure I’m kind of a fan of the Virtual Boy, but in the way you might...

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Microsoft's Xbox Series X and Series S consoles turned a year old on November 10. Within that year, Xbox released a few first-party console games (like Psychonauts 2 and Forza Horizon 5), and its new consoles saw several well-received third-party console exclusives as well, such as The Big Con and The Artful Escape.

Rather than deliver a traditional "the year that was" retrospective, we're instead going to cover the features, services, and games that most surprised us in the first year of the Xbox Series X|S's lifecycle. From a love for Smart Delivery to a welcome reprieve from scrolling through social media, here's all the biggest surprises from the first year of the Xbox Series X|S. When you're done reading, be sure to check out our corresponding list of what most surprised us about the PS5 in its first year.

Smart Delivery is essential

Xbox threw around a lot of buzzwords ahead of the launch of the Xbox Series X|S. Chief among them was "Smart Delivery," which Xbox used as a catch-all term to describe how cross-generation games would work on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. Basically, if a game released for both consoles, you only needed to buy it once--the Xbox One would know to play the past-generation version of the game and the Xbox Series X|S would know to play the current-generation version. It was all automatic.

Although the latest installment in the Battlefield series officially launches on November 19, folks who doled out extra money to play Battlefield 2042 early say the game won’t stop crashing on Xbox Series X.

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The writer behind some of the stories and dialogue featured in Assassin’s Creed games like Revelations, Black Flag, and even last year’s Valhalla, Darby McDevitt, has returned to Ubisoft. 

This news comes by way of Video Games Chronicle, which reports that McDevitt is back at the company just seven months after leaving it. In that time, he began working for developer Illogika Games. When he left Ubisoft back in March, McDevitt said he wanted to take on “a new adventure” and it seems he either finished up that adventure or decided he preferred ones where hidden blades are involved. 

“Yes, I have returned to Ubisoft,” McDevitt told VGC. “As I pondered my career over the past year, I focused on my desire to explore new ideas and unknown frontiers. Much to my delight, this is reflected in my return to Ubisoft to work on [Assassin’s Creed]. I’m excited to continue my journey. Stay tuned.” 

McDevitt’s return to Ubisoft is likely a big relief for the company because as VGC notes, McDevitt’s departure meant the Assassin’s Creed series had lost one of its main loremasters, especially in light of Corey May leaving Ubisoft back in 2015. 

After months of rumors, speculation, leaks, and teasers, Rockstar finally released the remastered Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition collection yesterday. It landed with a thud as players encountered and documented countless visual bugs, gameplay glitches, and odd changes to models and textures. Even…

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The Control developer continues to grow Remedy has several projects in the works, and it’s also continuing to expand. Today, Remedy announced...

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Marvel’s martial arts epic finally lands on streaming this weekend

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Sony shared the top 10 PS5 games based on gameplay hours during the console’s first year A year after the...

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Today was a big day for Marvel and Disney fans, as a boatload of amazing information about upcoming films and television shows received plenty of reveals and updates. To celebrate these Disney+ Day announcements, we compiled the biggest ones all in one place for you.

So sit back, relax and enjoy the biggest Disney+ Day announcements and descriptions right down below.

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Moon Knight

Disney+ Day Announcements

Moon Knight is a new globetrotting action-adventure series featuring a complex vigilante who suffers from dissociative identity disorder. The multiple identities who live inside him find themselves thrust into a deadly war of the gods against the backdrop of modern and ancient Egypt. Moon Knight is directed by Mohamed Diab and is coming to Disney+ in 2022.

You can keep those airports open again Animal Crossing players have been at it, designing homes, farming, and opening coffee shops....

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The Little Matchgirl and Paperman represent two key points in Disney’s animation history

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A perfect Friday watch To say that “Mario Level 1-1” is iconic is an understatement. I think I’ve seen more...

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A FGO Foreigner Yang Guifei Nendoroid is on the way, and she will come with replicas of her flute and biwa lute for posing possibilities.

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The PlayStation 5 is officially one year old, though you may not know it by looking at store shelves and online retailers. The console is nearly as hard to find now as it was in 2020, making this generation suffer from an awkward, lurching start. Still, as it turns a year old we can take a look back at its first year on the market, and the parts about it that surprised us the most.

The game library has been surprisingly strong

Before launch there was reason to suspect this launch window would be uncharacteristically weak. The system launched in the midst of a global pandemic, which had already resulted in game delays. It was an open question if many of the next-gen games slated to release within the PS5's first year would actually release at all, but several of them did arrive as scheduled (or with a slight delay).

Cross-gen games like Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Resident Evil: Village have gotten a notable boost on PS5 compared to their PS4 brethren, and many other games that released near the end of the last generation have gotten free upgrade patches. On top of that, the PS5 has gotten notable and well-reviewed exclusives in its first year, including Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Returnal, Demon's Souls, and Deathloop. That's a much more stacked lineup than I would have expected just a year ago at this time.

That said, the surprises haven't all been positive. Some games, most notably Horizon Forbidden West, were delayed out of the holiday season and will miss the first year of the PS5 lifespan. In Horizon's case, this almost meant no free upgrade path as Sony had promised for games within the launch window, before fan outcry caused the company to double back and make good on its previous commitment.

Polishing does more than sparkle

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This week on All Things Nintendo, we're diving deep into our impressions of the new Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2.0 free update and Happy Home Paradise paid expansion. Host Brian Shea is joined by Game Informer production director Margaret Andrews to chat about their early impressions of the new additions to the wildly popular game. Unfortunately, this episode was recorded earlier in the week than usual, so we skipped the news portion of the show. 

If you'd like to follow the people from this episode on Twitter: Brian Shea (@brianpshea), Margaret Andrews (@sopheava) 

The All Things Nintendo podcast is a weekly show where we can celebrate, discuss, and break down all the latest games, news, and announcements from the industry's most recognizable name. Each week, Brian is joined by different guests to talk about what's happening in the world of Nintendo. Along the way, they'll share personal stories, uncover hidden gems in the eShop, and even look back on the classics we all grew up with. A new episode hits every Friday!

Star Wars' iconic bounty hunter Boba Fett is the latest character to up sticks and tumble awkwardly from the comfortable surroundings of their own franchise into the gaping, metaversal maw of Fortnite, and will be doing so this December.

More specifically, Boba Fett - real name Bob Feet - will be joining Fortnite in the form of a new skin on 24th December at 4pm PT, or at the stroke of midnight on 25th December if you happen to be in the UK. All very festive, but it could certainly be more so.

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The archer flies into battle The next Pokemon arriving in the Unite arena is set to land next week. Decidueye joins the...

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Early this morning, From Software held its first closed network test session for the upcoming Elden Ring. The long-awaited Dark Souls successor transplants that franchise’s fantastic action RPG gameplay into a Breath of the Wild-like setting. Players now have the opportunity to both explore a beautifully crafted…

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Forza Horizon 5 is one of the biggest releases of the year for Xbox Game Studios. It looks like many players are enjoying the game as it hit 6 million players already and it's still the game's launch week.

Xbox Games marketing GM Aaron Greenberg also says that the game also set the record for Xbox Game Studios' best launch week ever. It is important to note that players have had early access to the game since November 5 if they purchased the Premium Edition. Otherwise, it officially launched for everyone else on November 9. Even so, it's impressive to see the player base so high in only one week. It was last reported that 4.5 million players checked out Forza Horizon 5 since its November 9 launch, but now it has surpassed that to 6 million and is still climbing.

Forza Horizon 5 is available on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. It's also included in any Xbox Game Pass subscription, so the game has had a far reach.

The film’s star-studded franchise-starter is cheap and clumsy, but worse — it’s boring

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Ok, Computer? The KID A MNESIA Exhibition, an experimental celebration of the work of legendary British rock band Radiohead, will...

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Shin Megami Tensei V is out now, bringing with it the franchise’s large cast of demons to fight and fuse. But which SMT demon is the best?

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The game’s environmental storytelling makes it special

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Disney finally pulled the curtain back a bit on its upcoming Disney Plus series, Obi-Wan Kenobi, with a new behind-the-scenes sneak peek, and it teases another duel between the titular character and his old apprentice, Anakin Skywalker. 

Of course, since this series follows the events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, we know that old apprentice is Anakin Skywalker no more. He’s Darth Vader now. As far as we know, Obi-Wan hasn’t yet seen Anakin as Vader in between the end of Revenge of the Sith and the start of this series so it seems we’ll get to see them meet for the first time on-screen. 

We’ll also get to see Obi-Wan actor, Ewan McGregor, share the screen with Anakin actor, Hayden Christensen, for the first time in years during this series. Neither of these actors has made a live-action return to the Star Wars universe since Episode III so it seems we’re in for a treat. McGregor, for what it’s worth, seems especially excited about it if today’s sneak peek is any indication. Christensen does not appear in it. 

Unfortunately, the sneak peek is only available on Disney Plus at the time of this writing so we don’t have a way to show you it here – you’ll need to login to a Disney Plus account to view it.