November 2021

Players have had plenty of time to dive into Halo Infinite’s multiplayer experience, but as we move closer and closer to the December 8th launch date, anticipation has been building for the campaign experience as well. After weeks of throwing around the oddball and hacking up competitors with the sizzling sword, is it time to take the campaign trek? Well, here’s the first big trailer from the campaign, unveiled today.

FPS campaigns often range from the mundane to the majestic and we don’t know just where Halo Infinite’s falls just yet. Clearly, much has changed since the underwhelming demo slice of legend that gave rise to big-time internet memes and a fair amount of concern about what the final game would play like. That said, we’ll be looking closely to see what the verdict is as we get closer to launch. While multiplayer hasn’t been without issues, especially ones related to battle pass progression, game customization, and more, overall Halo Infinite’s “return to form” for Halo seems to be well received thus far. Take a look at how the campaign has changed from its initial reveal to now in the video below!

Endwalker, the upcoming expansion for Final Fantasy XIV, is almost here. In fact, players with early access packages can begin playing the expansion as soon as Friday, December 3. Of course, as with any MMORPG launch (and many other online games), the first few days are likely to be dicey affairs when it comes to server queues, login woes, and other various assorted issues as players all attempt to login at the same time and play. We saw this happen earlier this year with New World – and seeing it occur in some capacity for the Endwalker launch would not be unusual, given the hype for this big, big expansion that features several new jobs and a ton of new content to explore.

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After almost a decade, some things stay the same. For better and worse.

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The latest SMT V trailer from Japan offers a spoiler-filled look at Nuwa.

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The book will compile all quotes from the characters with the unique fonts used in the games.

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Free-to-play sci-fi shooter Warframe's long-awaited cinematic story expansion The New War will be launching for PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC on 15th December.

Described by developer Digital Extremes as Warframe's "biggest narrative expansion...so far", The New War - which was initially teased all the way back in 2018 - tells the story of a massive Sentient invasion over the course of three acts, taking players across 16 planets and three open worlds, including previously unseen environments.

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Sony has become known over the last for years for creating some of the most creative and innovative PlayStation exclusive titles in gaming, including God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, and Last of Us just to name a few. To celebrate all of those amazing exclusives, one fan went out of their way to create some beautiful custom covers for some of the most notable PS4 exclusives.

As you can see below, user Viney originally posted this amazing artwork to the PS4 subreddit, showing off the 11 covers that they made that are completely printable.

Today third-party developers provided more assets showcasing upcoming add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator including aircraft and scenery.

We start with SC Designs, which showcased its F-16 Fighting Falcon in a new video. The aircraft is coming this month at least on PC, and will also be released on Xbox.

Moving on to airports, Drzewiecki Design revealed a new look at Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW) in the United States. The developer has kept progress for this one under wraps for a couple of months, but apparently, it’s “turning final” now.

Halo Infinite has certainly had an eventful launch. The game released over half a month early, was met with critical acclaim for how damn good it feels, and received massive backlash for its progression system all in the span of a single week. As the dust has settled and players have gotten more comfortable in the…

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Kagura Nana, an independent Vtuber and artist who designs other Vtubers for companies like Hololive, is getting her own Nendoroid in 2022.

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The first in a series of "Character and Story" trailers focuses on Roland Glenbrook.

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A new Starfield trailer today takes a bit of a different approach compared to the traditional sizzle reel or gameplay blast. Instead, you can take a look at Starfield in a very different fashion, with a behind-the-scenes look with game director Todd Howard, studio director Angela Browder, and art director Matt Carofano. It’s more of a micro look at Bethesda’s approach to their games, their stories, and their open worlds. It’s more of a conversational approach than a lot of game trailers, but it looks like it’s simply setting the stage for lots more to come regarding Starfield. Check out the full video right here.

This is really just Episode One of a Starfield trailer series, so inevitably there will be a lot more on the way before Starfield’s release. In case you were wondering, Starfield is set to hit on November 11, 2022. That may seem like a long way off, but I’m sure we’ll get to see a lot more from the game as we progress into next year. Yeah yeah, I know. I want to see some serious gameplay slices too. We’ll get there. What do you think it’s going to be like? We do know some things… Expect wars, space pirates, and mysteries to unravel.

Media Molecule has announced Ancient Dangers: A Bat’s Tale, a new playable game the studio made in its 2019 creation game, Dreams.  

The game seems to be centered on two dungeon-crawling protagonists who must battle “hideous monsters” and solve “fiendish puzzles” to advance through Ancient Danger’s medieval setting. There is, of course, loot and wealth to be found throughout each of these dungeons, and there seems to be a cute bat at the center of its story, as the name alludes to. 

As you can see in the trailer above, Ancient Dangers looks quite great and it’s tough to picture it as a game made inside Dreams, which is itself a game. Credit to Media Molecule, though, for doing just that. Ancient Dangers looks great, too, which is especially exciting because it’s already out as of today. 

Here’s the official description for Ancient Dangers:

Call of Duty: Vanguard Season One is just a little over a week away from the release of its new Warzone map, Caldera, and a new trailer highlighting it has been released. 

Dubbed a “Call of Duty: Vanguard & Warzone - Season One” teaser trailer, it oddly has virtually nothing to do with Vanguard, the latest Call of Duty release that’s centered on World War 2. Instead, it oddly positions itself as a travel agency video from a company called Pacific Horizon Airlines that’s about the natural wonders and touristy locales of Caldera. 

Developer Motion Twin's majestic rogue-like action-platformer Dead Cells is getting a third paid expansion; it's called The Queen and the Sea and will be making its way to PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC "early" next year.

The Queen and the Sea, which follows previous paid expansions The Bad Seed and Fatal Falls, brings a selection of nautically minded additions to Dead Cells, including two brand-new biomes, Infested Shipwreck and the Lighthouse.

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Earlier today on the official Call of Duty Blog, James Mattone revealed a massive amount of new information about Call of Duty: Warzone’s Caldera map along with some changes coming to the battle royale game. It was also announced that Call of Duty: Vanguard players will get exclusive access to the Caldera map on Dec. 8 for 24 hours before it launches for the public in Warzone.

First, Mattone went into descriptions of all 15 zones on the Caldera map. Below are the names of each zone along with their descriptions:

Earlier this year, Apex Legends players got to see exactly what it would look like if their favorite cartoons characters competed in the arena. The result was a hilarious concoction of calamity, as everyone from Archer to Rick and Morty tried to survive using their trademark skills and personalities.

To help celebrate all the new content that has dropped since the last post, creator elpinko has returned with a part two, which they once again posted to the Apex Legends subreddit, as you can see below.

Highlights include Johnny Bravo getting taken out by Cat Dog, Omni Man vs Patrick and SpongeBob, and Rick Sanchez taking on Randy Marsh (Lorde_of_the_Rings) in an epic fist fight to decide who the Champion of the area will be. It’s yet another amazing creation by elpinko, as the video feature so many fun interactions that also fit into the Apex Legend meta seamlessly.

A group of Democrats are introducing the “Stopping Grinch Bots Act,” a proposal with an incredibly stupid name that is aimed at preventing (or at least curtailing) the use of bots to snatch up stocks of goods from online retailers. Something many of you trying to get PS5s and new graphics cards have been struggling…

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Twitch is about to roll out a new tool called Suspicious User Detection. This aims to do exactly what it says on the box: try to detect users who are being suspicious. More specifically, those trying to evade existing bans.

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A new map, a new killer, and a new survivor all arrive in the asymmetrical 4v1 horror hide-and-seek game Dead by Daylight today. In fact, they’re in right now! The killer, Carmina Mora, is the Artist – commanding a twisted murder of ink crows that can highlight and harm survivors with a little savvy placement. While her projectile assault may not be as direct as the Huntress’s ax or some of the other long-range options, her kit expands with add-ons and can be used to play keep away on pallets or windows that look prime for a chase.

Depending on how she’s played, she can either use her artistic swarm to help track down survivors and keep tabs on them over long distances or be used for direct assault at close range. However, even more interesting and important, especially as the Dead by Daylight meta continues to evolve, is one of her perks, Hex: Pentimento.

Rockstar Games has a couple of updates for its recently released collection of Grand Theft Auto games from the PS2/Xbox era. First, the physical editions are being delayed, but only by ten days. A tweet from the company announced the change in date on Twitter, saying you can get your actual mitts on Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition on December 17 instead of the originally planned December 7.

The release dates for the physical versions of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition have changed.

Xbox Series X / Xbox One and PS4 will now release on December 17. The Nintendo Switch version is coming in early 2022.

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MercurySteam, the developer behind this year's critically acclaimed Metroid Dread for Switch, has announced it's working on a new third-person action-RPG "set in a dark fantasy world".

Details on the new title, codenamed Project Iron, are limited, but it's described as a brand-new IP intended for a multi-platform global release. Project Iron's initial development investment is set at €27m (approximately £23m), and the IP will be co-owned by MercurySteam and Digital Bros, the parent company of 505 Games, which is co-publishing the game.

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In the run-up to the holidays and the release of its 30th Anniversary expansion for Destiny 2, developer Bungie has been running a sale on its store called Gjallardays. Named for the vaunted arrival of Gjallarhorn, a Destiny 1 favorite, in Destiny 2, the Gjallardays event is like an advent calendar of Bungie sales and Destiny 2 freebies--as well as a chance to win stuff.

Today's entry in the Gjallardays advent calendar doesn't provide anything free, per se. Today, tweeting about the Gjallardays event before 8:59 AM PT / 11:59 AM ET on December 1 enters you into a sweepstakes to win the Collector's Edition version of the upcoming Destiny 2 expansion, The Witch Queen. You can find the full details on the Gjallardays site.

The Witch Queen Collector's Edition is a pretty impressive item, if you're a big enough Destiny 2 nerd. The set has been sold out pretty much since it was first announced back in August, and comes with a host of both physical and digital items.

Fortnite Crew is the monthly subscription pack that gives Fortnite fans additional and exclusive content for as long as they're subscribers. It premiered in December of 2020 and since then has seen the release of original characters--and even some crossover characters--that fans can't access any other way. This makes Fortnite Crew a desirable item for some Fortnite players, but whether you're looking to sign up or cancel your subscription, here's how you can do those things, plus what you get when you're a subscriber.

What comes with a Fortnite Crew subscription

Fortnite Crew perks have fluctuated a little bit in the program's first year, but several perks have also been mainstays. Guaranteed with each monthly subscription are the following perks:

• Fortnite Crew Pack
• 1,000 V-Bucks every month
• Guaranteed access to the active battle pass

The Crew Pack is usually a single character, plus several accessories such as back bling, a pickaxe, and a glider. The contents of the character's cosmetic set can vary from month to month--some get loading screens while others do not, for example. So far, there have been two licensed crossover characters, while all others have been Fortnite original characters. The crossovers include DC Comics' Green Arrow and Marvel's Loki. It's likely more crossovers will be released via the Fortnite Crew too.

In Fortnite battle royale, sometimes the difference between winning and losing comes down to who can navigate their inventory fastest. If you find yourself desperately swapping weapons to the point where you might be tossing health kits at opponents as you fumble through your virtual pockets, it might be time to use Preferred Item Slots, a fairly new quality-of-life feature that allows you to semi-automate the process of organizing your loot. Here's how to use Preferred Item Slots in Fortnite.

Fortnite - Preferred Item Slots

To find the Preferred Item Slots menu, head into Fortnite's settings and scroll to the second tab, called simply "Game" settings and depicted by a gear icon. Scroll to Preferred Item Slots and select "Configure."

This will open up a customization menu that you'll need to tweak to your liking. What Preferred Item Slots does is automatically move certain loot to certain spots in your five-slot inventory space as decided by your presets. Say, for example, you really like to have your assault rifle as your leftmost item, followed by an SMG, and then a sniper, before filling the right side of your inventory with throwables like firefly jars and healing items like Slurp Juice. With Preferred Item Slots, the game will stick each of those loot items into their designated spot in your inventory, so you always know where they are.

The system only functions properly if you don't have your five slots filled. Once you do, the game reverts back to manual adjustments, with the exception of higher-rarity loot replacing lesser loot of the same variety. For example, if you set your shotgun slot to be the second-from-the-left inventory space and find an orange shotgun while holding a blue shotgun, your custom pecking order that is Preferred Item Slots will swap out the lower-ranking shotty for the better one in your designated shotgun slot.

343’s newest change to the Halo Infinite battle pass XP system once again makes it more user-friendly and faster to climb, signaling that the developer is still listening to fan feedback and adapting. Following an earlier change that made daily XP gains come at a pace of 50 XP per match every single time, the new changes greatly increased those gains. With that in mind, here’s the newest and best way to level up the Halo Infinite battle pass.

The new Halo XP gains are front-loaded for players who are logging on for the first time each day, and are meant to encourage you to return to play daily. As laid out by Halo community manager John Junyszek, the team’s latest fix rewards large amounts of XP for the first six matches of every day, broken down as follows:

• 1st Game = 300 XP
• 2nd Game = 200 XP
• 3rd Game = 200 XP
• 4th Game = 100 XP
• 5th Game = 100 XP
• 6th Game = 100 XP

For every game you play after the initial half-dozen in a single day, you’ll receive 50 XP, which before this update was the comparatively measly rate for any dailygames played. As you can see, the gains are drastically improved, even as 343 says more changes to the progression system are on the way. The team noted that this was one it was able to make swiftly.

Fortnite is more than just a game about shooting other players, and with the introduction of its new Party Worlds, it's providing more options for folks who want to engage with the game without combat. The new social spaces are meant to focus on hanging out and making friends, without the added pressure of competing in a battle royale or facing down enemies in Save the World.

Developer Epic Games released a blog post detailing the Party Worlds concept, showing off two such locations while also inviting players to make their own in Fortnite Creative. The spaces Epic showcased are Walnut World, a forest-themed amusement park created by Fortnite player fivewalnut, and Late Night Lounge, a club-like location created by player TreyJTH.

The post encourages players to make and share their own social spaces, some of which Epic will highlight in Fortnite's Creative mode. There are some stipulations, though. Party Worlds are a little different from Hubs--where Hubs are about showcasing content you can try, Party Worlds are meant to be social destinations. Epic also detailed what it's looking for in player-created Party Worlds:

Though some options in Halo Infinite's multiplayer are a bit limited--swords and Grappleshot-only mode when???--there are quite a few things you can adjust in the Settings menu to make the game a comfortable experience. The ability to change things like how much the screen shakes or what colors are used to highlight items and other players lets you tweak the Halo experience to fit your needs and preferences. There are also elements you can adjust to give yourself a bit of an edge or enhance your multiplayer capabilities. At the very least, you can make small changes that get downplay some more intrusive elements of the game, which might save your life in a duel down the road.

We've run through the Halo Infinite settings menu and identified a few items you should absolutely mess around with, whether for your comfort or to give yourself the best chance of winning any gunfight you get into. Hop into a custom or bot game and try adjusting these settings to make Halo Infinite the best it can be.

Halo Infinite Settings You Should Definitely Adjust

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Halo Infinite multiplayer is out now, and the campaign is just around the corner, set to hit Xbox platforms including Game Pass and PC on December 8. To celebrate the launch, Sea of Thieves players can once again log into the pirate sandbox and claim the free Spartan set, but time is running short. Here's how and when to grab the Halo set in Sea of Thieves before it disappears, as well as a preview of the new Halo sails coming very soon.

How to get Halo Spartan set in Sea of Thieves

The Spartan Ship Set first brought Master Chief and other things emblematic of Xbox's flagship franchise to Sea of Thieves in 2019. The complete set includes sails, a flag, and a full range of on-deck accessories like a captain's wheel, cannons, and a capstan. This elusive set is still free in-game, but you only have until December 1 at midnight PT / 3 AM ET to claim it.

To unlock this returning Halo set, simply log into Sea of Thieves before that time, and you'll find the cosmetics will have been automatically added to your ship customization items, which you can access at any Shipwright kiosk on the game's various Outposts. Keep in mind that while these cosmetics often appear immediately, sometimes there's a short delay in their dispersal. So long as you head into the (very sandy) sandbox before that time, you should receive the full slate of cosmetics on offer--if you didn't get them when they were first available for a limited time two summers ago.

The release of Final Fantasy XIV's Endwalker expansion is right around the corner, and Square Enix is apologizing ahead of its release for what it calls a "high likelihood" of lengthy login queues and other server issues.

Final Fantasy XIV has seen record numbers of active users in recent months, and Square Enix is only expecting those numbers to rise when Endwalker releases on December 7. To prepare for launch day, Square Enix has outlined all that it is doing to ensure a stable launch for its MMORPG, saying it has increased server capacity and improved server hardware and infrastructure. But that might not be enough given the game's recent rise in popularity.

"As such, there is a high likelihood of congestion that will result in Worlds reaching maximum login capacity and lengthy wait times when logging in," Square Enix writes. "We would like to apologise for making this sort of announcement at a time when many of you are looking forward to the expansion, as well as for inconveniences that may be caused by congestion."

Media Molecule has added a new third-person dungeon crawler to Dreams called Ancient Dangers: A Bat's Tale and overhauled the game's creation mode, DreamShaping.

As described in a new PlayStation Blog post, in Ancient Dangers, you play a heroic orc named Scoria. It also has a local co-op mode where the other player can play as Scoria's twin, Gabbro (although it still requires an internet connection). The twins must venture through dungeons slaying monsters while searching for the herb that will cure their grandmother's awful snoring. The dungeons are filled with foes to combat, puzzles to solve, and a showdown with a dragon.

Regarding the game's DreamScaping mode, the studio realized that it can be an overwhelming experience for new players. In the new DreamScaping 2.0, there is a new template system and a reworked user interface. The new templates provide the tools to make a variety of different genres, such as 2D platformers, dungeon crawlers, shoot-em-ups, and more. There's even a dedicated template for Ancient Dangers as well.

There are difficulty indicators for the templates too. Beginner templates emphasize the basics by letting you simply stamp in elements, while medium-difficulty templates introduce wiring elements together. Advanced-difficulty templates cover techniques like how to optimize your creations.

Your in-game DreamScaping page will also be tailored to your own skill level and time spent in the game. You can also find new sections to promote elements used in your creations as well as other Dreams creators to follow.

Marvel's Avengers has just added another playable character, the long-promised PlayStation-exclusive Spider-Man. Though the wall-crawler is free and you don't have to earn him through gameplay, you have to find him and trigger a cutscene before you can start spinning webs, any size.

Before you start, make sure you've updated to the latest version of Marvel's Avengers on PS4 or PS5. He's a PlayStation-exclusive character, so if you're playing on PC or Xbox, then sorry, no Spidey for you. If you have the latest version installed, you'll see Spider-Man on the main menu, hanging upside-down on the left side of the hero line-up. However, if you go into the hero selection menu, you'll find a prompt saying you need to find Spider-Man on the helicarrier before you can start playing as him.

How To Find Spider-Man

As the prompt mentions, you need to go to the Chimera helicarrier to begin the Spider-Man content. That means that if you've last saved at one of the other outposts, like Hank Pym's Ant Hill or Wakanda's Birnin Zana, you need to go find the nearest War Table to transfer back to the Chimera.

Once at the Chimera, though, Spider-Man himself is no where to be found. He's not in any of the crew quarters or in the hangar bay or on-deck. In fact, he isn't in the helicarrier at all, but rather, outside of it. To find him, look at the left side of the front windows on the main deck. One of the windows is covered with a "Suspicious Web," and investigating that will trigger a cutscene explaining how Spidey falls in with the Avengers.

Don't worry if you decided to sleep in on Black Friday or Cyber Monday instead of braving the crowds--there are still tons of console and PC games, 4K TVs, laptops, and more available at their Black Friday/Cyber Monday prices (or close to it).

We’ve scoured the leftovers to see which deals are still available and, more importantly, are still worthwhile. Some of the products below are a few dollars more than they were on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, but there’s plenty of savings to be found. Just make sure to follow through on any remaining deals you're interested in because these sales won’t last much longer.