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A bunch of Apple products are discounted during the big Presidents' Day sales at Amazon and Best Buy. Both retailers are offering limited-time deals on MacBooks, iPads, AirPods, and more. Some products are up to 30% off, saving you hundreds on some of the latest Apple devices.

We've listed the best Presidents' Day Apple deals below; or you can browse all the deals at Amazon and Best Buy. My Best Buy Plus/Total members can save even more on select products, including an extra $50 off the 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M3 processor. Since you're getting an extra $50 discount, this deal on its own covers the cost of a full year of My Best Buy Plus, which grants access to exclusive discounts like this as well as free two-day shipping on all orders.

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden isn't one of those open-world RPGs you can spend 100+ hours in and then some, but it is a fairly lengthy game that requires lots of backtracking if you want to see everything it has to offer. This is because it has a very similar structure to the God of War reboot from 2018, acting more like a Metroidvania.

The main story is split into four acts, known as Chronicles, each of which has several quests. Then there are the optional Haunting Cases, where Red and Antea must blame a living settler, or banish or ascend a ghost. Here are all the details on how long Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is, all the main quests, and how Haunting Cases work.

How long is Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden?

If you only tackle the main story and ignore most of the side content in Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, you can expect your playthrough to take around 25-30 hours. This includes the prologue when you first arrive at New Eden Town, all the way through to trudging back through New Eden and making your way back to the meetinghouse to face off against The Nightmare again.

However, if you plan to complete everything, you can expect to add at least 10-15 hours of extra playtime on, as there are lots of Haunting Cases to solve, alongside collectibles such as cursed chests, nests, void breaches, and altars to find. Of course, if you play on the harder difficulties, bosses will also be much tougher so your mileage may vary in how quickly you can get past these roadblocks.

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden quest list

Here are all of the Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden main story missions in order of how they appear in-game:

If you're anything like me, Helldivers 2 Bile Spewers have killed you quite a few times and you would love nothing more than to carry out your revenge in the most dastardly way possible. Well, you're in luck; I’m here to help as an expert in Bile Spewer obliteration. Read on to find out where to find Bile Spewers, and how to not only survive your encounters with them, but how to start looking forward to them.

What are Bile Spewers?

Bile Spewers are the bloated (almost glowing) green and orange bugs located in the Terminid regions. They are much larger than almost any other bugs, so you’ll certainly know them when you see them, but if you need help identifying them, they are the ones that spew glowing green bile like they had too much Gatorade before getting on a roller coaster.

Although they do not appear as mini-bosses or main mission objectives, they can wreak havoc on your missions if you aren’t prepared for them, you get caught unaware, or you encounter multiple at a time.

Bile Spewer locations

Bile Spewers can be found on any planet in the Terminid systems (which are differentiated by their orange coloring on the Galactic War table). They will emerge during dynamic bug events and typically attack alongside several other types of enemies, including smaller bugs, larger Hunters, or even armored Chargers or Bile Titans.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong launched today, February 16. If you didn't preorder a copy and you don't mind waiting until next week to start playing, Geek Alliance has deals on both the North American and region-free import editions. The NA version is available for a 10% discount (five bucks off), while the international edition is slightly less at $42 (down from $50). The latter is still in English and will operate like normal on a North American Nintendo Switch. The only difference is the ratings board logo (it won't be ESRB).

At the time of writing, there were around 170 copies of the North American edition in stock and 800 international copies. As such, we wouldn't be surprised to see both sell out in the coming days. Earlier this week, Geek Alliance had roughly 300 copies of the NA edition.

Apex Legends Season 20: Breakout has brought with it a massive amount of changes to Respawn's popular battle royale, with Ranked Mode being entirely reworked, a new, streamlined crafting system, updates to the Firing Range, and more. But the most significant of these changes are, without question, the removal of EVO Shields from the loot pool and the introduction of the Legend Upgrades system, as well as Shield Cores.

The new shield mechanic and Legend Upgrades system go hand-in-hand, but with 100 new Legend abilities introduced to the game and no EVO Shields in the loot pool, players have questions. Is shield-swapping still a viable tactic? What new abilities are now available for each Legend? How do Shield Cores fit into the equation? But whether you're an Apex Legends veteran or a new player, we've got you covered, so keep reading for a detailed breakdown of the game's complicated (but delightfully customizable) new meta.

Are EVO Shields really gone?

EVO Shields are no longer a part of the loot pool in battle royale mode (though they function essentially the same as they previously did in Mixtape Mode). Gone are the days of spotting a purple body shield through a wall and yoinking it into your inventory via Loba's Black Market ability, leveling up a shield and dropping it for a teammate, or quickly snagging a fresh shield from the ground mid-firefight.

Fanatical has a new Fire Mystery Bundle deal available this month that offers up to 20 Steam games for $1 per key or less. The bundle comes in five options, starting at one Steam key for $1, then moving up to five for $4.79, 10 for $7.49, 15 for $10.79, and maxing out at 20 games for $14.

While we don't know which games could show up in the bundles, the bundle's description says there are "over 250 sizzling titles waiting to be discovered, including indie gems and blockbuster AAA sensations," so it sounds like there's plenty of variety.

Like with other Fanatical mystery deals, every key you get in a single bundle will be unique. However, if you purchase multiple bundles, then there's a chance you may pull duplicate keys.

Select limited-edition Diablo-themed SteelSeries gaming accessories are on sale at huge clearance discounts online, and this might be your last chance to grab them before they're gone. The deals include the Diablo 4 edition of the excellent Arctis Nova 7 wireless gaming headset for $180 (was $200) at Best Buy. This version sports the same features and audio quality as the standard model but with a dark red headband and earcaps and subtle etched embellishments based on Diablo 4's art style.

Activision Blizzard's operation of the Call of Duty League is now the subject of a lawsuit brought by two pro players who allege the esports league is an illegal monopoly, one that prevents competition and forces players and teams to agree to "extortionate" financial terms.

The two players are known names in professional Call of Duty circles. Optic Gaming president Hector "H3CZ" Rodriguez and pro player Seth "Scump" Abner, the second winningest player in the game's history, are seeking $680 million in damages from Activision Blizzard. The lawsuit alleges Rodriguez, who ran the Optic Gaming Call of Duty team for years, was effectively forced into a "financially devastating" partnership with billionaire investors in order to satisfy Activision's demands and gain one of the Call of Duty League's coveted 12 team spots.

As noted by the lawsuit recently filed in federal court, prior to the formation of the Activision-owned Call of Duty League in 2019, competitive Call of Duty tournaments were operated by multiple organizations, including GameStop and Major League Gaming. That changed when Activision itself acquired Major League Gaming and later formed the Call of Duty League, effectively shutting down all other professional Call of Duty esport leagues and tournaments other than the ones operated by Activision itself.

Activision has since, the lawsuit alleges, used its Call of Duty esports monopoly "as a virtual nuclear weapon." Though the league is inspired by professional sports leagues like the NFL or NBA, there is no collective bargaining agreement between team owners and players. Unlike professional sports leagues, Activision owns the game itself, and thus can restrict players from earning revenue from outside sources Activision disapproves of.

The Nintendo Switch's successor may no longer be releasing in 2024 as previously reported, with the system now being targeted for a Q1 2025 launch. Brazilian reporter Pedro Henrique Lutti Lippe initially reported that Nintendo had pushed the system back to the January - March window of 2025.

That report cited third-party developers who were now expecting to release their games for the system in Q1 2025. Eurogamer added that it had heard similar indications from developers. And now has VGC followed up to report it, too, has heard from sources who say Nintendo has told the system's release has shifted from late 2024 to early 2025.

Back in August 2023, developers reportedly were shown the capabilities of the Switch successor behind closed doors at Gamescom. Furthermore, Activision Blizzard reportedly met with Nintendo executives back in 2022 to discuss how to bring Call of Duty to the new platform.

Nintendo launched the Switch back in March 2017 to great success, and it may seem like the company is trying to make lightning strike twice. Launching in the first quarter also has the benefit of still being within Nintendo's current fiscal year.

Nightingale, the upcoming open-world survival game by developer Inflexion Games, has a new extended trailer ahead of its early access release. The video showcases an overview of the main pillars of the experience, from a quite complex crafting system to Realm Cards, a neat mechanic to re-shape worlds with different alterations, affecting anything from biomes to weather.

Customization and base building will be at the heart of Nightingale. The workshop, where you'll take care of all crafting-related activities, encompasses many aspects of these. Equipment and items are essential not just for looking stylish, but to endure the dangers outside your humble abode. For these, you'll need to obtain a plethora of resources during your travels. Depending on the rarity of said resources, you'll also obtain bonuses that can make you faster, more stealthy, and so on.

On top of crafting, there's a station dedicated solely to enchantments, allowing for even deeper specialization. Enchantments are active skills--think of them like magic spells--that grant you new abilities, such as a ground slam or the ability to regrow trees to chop them again for resources. There are also charms and infusions, which are mostly passive effects like stamina regeneration or poison resistance, among dozens of other options.

If all of that doesn't sound like enough choices to worry about, consider Realm Cards. The mechanic has you choose between three types of cards--biome, major, and minor cards---to create a new world with customizable conditions. For starters, you can create, say, a swamp with low gravity, or a forest with increased rewards that also has tougher enemies than usual. Specific combinations, however, will lead you to special enemy encounters and even characters of interest, such as Victor Frankenstein and Nellie Bly, which will grant you missions.

Guilty Gear, one of the best fighting game franchises of all time, officially turned 25 years old in 2023. The celebration is continuing in 2024, however, with the release of Guilty Gear Strive 25th Anniversary Edition on March 29. Announced last year, the new collector's edition of Guilty Gear Strive is now available to preorder for $110 at Amazon.

Inside the box, you'll find the following items:

If you've felt player rewards have been lacking in Helldivers 2 after finishing a mission, it's not just you. Developer Arrowhead is aware of the problem and continues to work on a fix. In the meantime, the game will grant extra bonuses to all players during the weekend.

In a message shared on Twitter, deputy game director Sagar Beroshi said that players will receive XP and Requisition at a 50% multiplier on top of the base mission score. To make sure you're actually getting said bonus, you should be able to see a Game Master Effect labeled "Accounting Corrections" while on the Super Destroyer.

The multiplier will be in effect until "the end of this Sunday," at midnight CET, which is 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET. The weekend is already proving to be quite busy, with an issue with matchmaking taking place earlier today. Arrowhead deployed a fix shortly after and matchmaking is back again, but just in case, make sure to keep an eye out for the studio's social media accounts, especially the Discord server, in case you run into any problems.

Elsewhere in the galaxy, Arrowhead said it's "never" adding PvP to Helldivers 2 to avoid having a toxic community. After a busy first week, CEO Johan Pilestedt also teased a new roadmap forthcoming in the near future. Meanwhile, Xbox's Phil Spencer doesn't know how the game's current PlayStation exclusivity helps it.

When you're looking to upgrade from the Bedar ship early on in Skull and Bones, your eyes might wander to the Sentinel. This rank two ship is a part of the Cutter, is in the small size class, and its ship type is Support, meaning it's perfect if you like to keep your party's vessels healthy.

Just like all ship blueprints in Skull and Bones, the Sentinel Cutter requires a blueprint before you're able to build it at the Shipwright's shop in Sainte-Anne. Unfortunately, the game doesn't offer much in the way of finding the blueprint. While you can track the Sentinel blueprint, you need to know where to find its location on the map.

Below, you can see exactly where to purchase the blueprint for the Sentinel Cutter in Skull and Bones.

Sentinel Cutter blueprint location in Skull and Bones

The Sentinel Cutter blueprint is located at an outpost called Lanitra, which is found right near The Giant's Leap and Angaya Coast regions on the map. More specifically, Lanitra is on the northeast side of an island to the north of The Giant's Leap.

If you have already traveled to Lanitra, you can either sail there or fast travel to it for some silver (roughly 285-300 silver). It's a relatively central location, though, so you should be close enough to it to comfortably sail there and not waste precious silver. You can see Lanitra's exact location in the map screenshot below:

Skull and Bones offers and open-world adventure, where your goal is to become a pirate lord. Along the way, you have to take on numerous rivals, amass untold riches, build powerful ships and weaponry, and discover new lands. Here's our Skull and Bones guides hub to help you on your journey across the high seas.

Skull and Bones guides hub

Our Skull and Bones guides hub is divided into several sections depending on the mechanics and features involved. We tackle basic concepts, such as tools and resources, as well as mid-game and late-game facets, too.

Basics and general mechanics

These articles are for those who are just starting out. The general mechanics are there to help you get a feel for the world, and should form the core gameplay concepts that you can expect moving forward.

There are lots of ships that you can unlock in Skull and Bones. A select few are noteworthy, such as the first medium-sized vessel that you gain access to. Here's our guide on how to get the Padewakang in Skull and Bones.

How to get the Padewakang in Skull and Bones

You can get the Padewakang by reaching Brigand infamy rank. Doing so lets you purchase the blueprint from the Shipwright NPC in Telok Penjarah, a pirate haven in the East Indies region. Get ready because you're about to do some island-hopping.

How to reach Telok Penjarah to buy the Padewakang blueprint

As you can see on the map above, Telok Penjarah is leagues northeast of Sainte-Anne. Worse, you also have to cross open waters. That means storms, choppy seas, and rogue waves that can instantly destroy your ship if you don't brace properly. Here are some tips:

Thanks to a Bloomberg report, Rocksteady never pitched or worked on a Superman game despite it being a popular rumor. After the studio finished working on Batman: Arkham Knight in 2015, it started working on Batman: Arkham VR.

Following that, the studio reportedly began to work on an unannounced multiplayer game that had nothing to do with the Arkham universe. Then, in 2016, Warner Bros. studio in Montreal canceled a Suicide Squad game after the project was handed over to Rocksteady.

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League is set in the same universe as the Arkham franchises. In the upcoming game, you'll play as one of four DC villains in the Suicide Squad, and as the name suggests, you'll be tasked with killing the Justice League. Unlike the Arkham series, Suicide Squad will take place in Metropolis, which is also the home to Superman. In addition to that, it'll also feature the late Kevin Conroy as Batman.

The Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2024 speedrunning marathon kicks off this Sunday, January 14. To mark the occasion, Humble is offering an Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 Game Bundle featuring several games to be showcased during the week-long charity event.

For as little as $10, you get seven PC games, including AAA titles like stylish character-action brawler Bayonetta and Borderlands 2: Game of the Year Edition, as well as indies like the acclaimed puzzle-platformer Celeste, cyberpunk first-person shooter Sprawl, 2D action-platforming dungeon crawler Astalon: Tears of the Earth, and the Castlevania spiritual successor Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Rounding out the bundle is Sega's classic 3D platformer Sonic Adventure 2 plus its Sonic Adventure 2: Battle DLC. All games and DLC purchased in the bundle are Steam keys.

This would be a great selection of games at any price, but $10 is a steal. Grab the bundle now, and you might be able to try out some of the speedrunning strats shown off during AGDQ 2024 yourself.

Disney Dreamlight Valley has no shortage of activities to keep you busy across its various biomes, but that hasn't stopped Gameloft from introducing even more fun things to do in the A Rift in Time expansion. Among these is Scramblecoin, a board game that sees you face off against your villagers in a chess-like showdown where you both battle to gather more coins than the other player.

To play this board game, though, you'll need to accrue a solid collection of pieces with various abilities and movement options to give you plenty of options in each match. Here's how to get every Scramblecoin piece and what they offer.

All Scramblecoins pieces in Disney Dreamlight Valley

There are currently 30 Scramblecoin pieces. Most are earned by playing Scramblecoin and leveling up your ranking, but a few require you to craft them at a timebending table. Below is everything you need to know about how to get each piece and how they work on the board.

Naughty Dog has released a new trailer for its upcoming making-of documentary for The Last of Us: Part II. The documentary chronicles the development of the PlayStation game, and filming originally started in 2016. However, the project was abandoned due to the pandemic. It's now back on, and the first trailer looks great. It's also filled with serious story spoilers, as is this story in general in case you haven't played the game yet.

Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II, as it's called, features insight from the people who worked on the game, including writer-director Neil Druckmann and writer Halley Gross. The trailer touches on Naughty Dog's decision to kill one of the first game's main characters, Joel, right at the start. "You're gonna piss a lot of people off," Joel's actor Troy Baker said.

The developers also discuss the struggles to make the game, with one person saying the game's prospects were "not looking great" at one stage. The developers also talk about feeling burnt out and the difficulty of working "crunch" hours on the game to get it done.

Damage and Tank heroes will be getting a self-heal passive ability in Season 9 of Overwatch 2. This major change will see non-support heroes get an automatic heal passive, which kicks in after not taking damage for a short period of time.

Announced by Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller in a blog post, the new passive ability will be added as part of Season 9, which kicks off in early February. Support heroes already have this passive ability, though it's much stronger. The version being given to the damage and tank roles will be toned down. The blog doesn't list how this version will be toned down.

"This should give non-Support players more options in terms of sustaining themselves. It should also take some of the pressure off Support players to keep everyone alive since individual players now have more control of their own health pool," Keller wrote. "In Overwatch, there is a constant tug of war between the power of a team and the power of an individual hero or player. A change like this shifts that balance a bit."

The main reason for the change is that Overwatch 2 currently has a bit of a problem when it comes to teamwork. When teams stick together, there is a ton of synergy. However, when teams don't stick together, Overwatch 2 becomes a more challenging and frustrating experience. Giving every hero a passive heal allows for splitting off to be more rewarding. It should also reduce frustrations for support players, who typically get blamed when damage or tank heroes run off alone and don't get healing.

This year's Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) starts up on Sunday, January 14. The event is hybrid, and you can catch the in-person portion in Pittsburgh. The speedruns will be broadcast worldwide. This year, AGDQ benefits the Prevent Cancer Foundation, you can make donations during the event on the viewing page on the GDQ website.

AGDQ 2024 Start Times

After a pre-show starting 8:30 AM PT / 11:30 AM ET on January 14, the marathon will continue for seven straight days. The kick off will be Radicoon's Any% PC Tunic speedrun. The event will conclude on January 21, wrapping up with Zic3's Any% Cutscene Remover PC run of Final Fantasy V.

• 8:30 AM PT
• 10:30 AM CT
• 11:30 AM ET
• 4:30 PM GMT
• 3:30 AM AET (January 15)

AGDQ 2024 Where To Watch

You can watch every speedrun on the Games Done Quick official Twitch channel.

AGDQ 2024 What To Watch

Aside from the opening and closing games, there's lots of weird and wonderful to look forward to at AGDQ. Ranging from obvious hits like Pikmin 4 or Hades to bizarre picks like Sneak King and Skull Island: Rise of Kong. Should donation benchmarks be hit, viewers can look forward to bonus speedruns of Resident Evil 4 Remake, Pokemon Diamond/Pearl, Super Mario 64, and Baldur's Gate 3.

You can read the full schedule on the official website.

World of Warcraft Classic's Season of Discovery is currently in full swing, and players think they've found a startling connection to the modern, "retail" version of Blizzard's MMO in the form of a mysterious, Void-shrouded figure that just might be the franchise's next big-bad.

WoW is set to have a big year in 2024. There's a new expansion, The War Within, coming later this year to the modern version, while WoW Classic is getting new class abilities, reworked dungeons and raids, and the potential resurrection of cut content as part of Season of Discovery. Normally, these two different versions of the game don't interact at all. Mounts and toys unlocked in modern WoW don't unlock in the old-school versions, for example. They may be two versions of the same game, but in many ways they are miles apart.

Persona 3 Reload drops for consoles and PC on February 2. Preorders for the game have been available for a few weeks, but PC players can snag Persona 3 Reload at a nice pre-release discount at Fanatical. Fanatical's preorder deal applies to all three editions of the game, dropping the price for the Persona 3 Reload standard edition to $61 (normally $70), the digital deluxe edition to $69.59 (normally $80), and the digital premium edition to $87 (down from $100).

All preorders include the Persona 4 Golden BGM Set DLC pack, which adds six tracks from Persona 4 Golden to Persona 3 Reload's in-game soundtrack. You also get a coupon code for 5% off your next Fanatical order. All game and DLC keys purchased from Fanatical unlock via Steam, which requires a free account to use.

Warning: This article includes spoilers for this week's Season of the Wish story events in Destiny 2. You might want to finish it before reading further.

With what is ostensibly the conclusion of the story of the Season of the Wish, Destiny 2 is now proceeding to the conclusion of its 10-year story with The Final Shape. Though the next big expansion has been delayed all the way from February to June, the stage is set for players to pursue and confront the Witness, the series' biggest villain.

Here's the thing, though: We should be barreling toward this concluding chapter. Instead, we're crawling.

That's not a function of the delay, though, although it certainly doesn't help that Destiny 2 fans are stuck twiddling their thumbs for another five months. It's a problem with the Season of the Wish, and really all the story Destiny 2 has told since the release of last year's penultimate expansion, Lightfall. Destiny 2's story isn't gearing us up for a throw-down with a godlike alien creature. It isn't showing us the terrifying or horrifying consequences of letting the Witness go unchecked. It hasn't even really made clear what the Witness's goals are or what it'll actually do.

Bungie absolutely needs something better than what we've seen so far--better than the Season of the Witch and absolutely better than the Season of the Wish--to bring up the tenor of Destiny 2 before The Final Shape. The game simply cannot head into its final chapter this downbeat, or downright boring, and expect players to tune in.

Activision has announced that a major change to Call of Duty: Warzone is not moving ahead as planned. The "Covert Exfil" feature for the battle royale game, which would allow players to "win" a match by taking a helicopter ride out of the battlefield, is not coming to Warzone as part of the Season 1 Reloaded update.

The developer was planning to allow players to purchase covert exfils from buy stations before the gulag closes, with only five available per match. Purchasing a covert exfil calls in a helicopter that will fly you out of the battlefield and into safety. This wouldn't be counted as a traditional "win," however, but it was planned to be another way to make it out of the match alive beyond becoming the final player or team left standing.

Additionally, Activision was planning to introduce a new high-value weapon case to Warzone tied to covert exfil. The idea was that players would fight to obtain this case and call in a covert exfil prior to the traditional end of a match as another way to have fun in Warzone without being the last player or team alive.

The response came swift, as fans criticized the idea of getting out of a Warzone match alive without actually being the last player standing.

Raven Software said it still believes these to be exciting additions to Warzone, but they won't be part of the main battle royale experience. Instead, they'll be placed into a dedicated mode. "We're looking forward to the new challenges that these features will provide and to your continued feedback once the mode is available," Raven said.

Starfield is getting an enormous new update next week on Wednesday, January 17. Although Bethesda hasn't released the full patch notes, the developer has given players a general idea of what to expect from the upcoming patch. Based on a recent tweet regarding the game's next patch, players can look forward to quite a few bug fixes and visual improvements to the game.

It's worth noting that the January 17 update--which includes "over 100" bug fixes and other tweaks--will only be available for PC players who have opted into Steam Beta, which lets players test out new features before they're officially released.

According to Bethesda, players who are exploring the cosmos on Xbox (or playing on PC via Game Pass) will have to wait about two weeks before they can access the update's features, which include the following:

Smite 2 is set to revamp the action MOBA's pantheon, with overhauled visuals and revamped Gods. The sequel has been newly constructed in Unreal Engine 5.

The sequel promises a cleaner user interface with easier-to-parse spell effects. Each God's abilities have also gotten changes, and some Gods like Ymir have new physics-based powers. The game adds two power sources, Strength and Intelligence, to further distinguish each God's abilities. At first glance, the game appears to play much as the first one did.

Smite 2 moves to a new backend, enabling cross-play, improved matchmaking, and a reworking of the ranking system. The Relic and Items systems have also been totally overhauled to be more accessible to new players.

If you've spent a lot of time or money in the original game, much of that will transfer into the sequel. All gems spent in Smite 1 will be converted into Legacy Gems in Smite 2 for spending on new purchases. Smite 2 will also include cross-generation skins that will work in both games.

The original Smite's servers will remain active as the sequel launches. That would imply that the game will not recieve continued content updates, but there has been no official word as yet.

You can wishlist Smite 2 on Steam, Epic Games Store, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5. No mention of whether You can also register for alpha test access on the Smite 2 official website. A release date has not yet been announced.

Before adding Peter Griffin to Fortnite, the creator of Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane, had no idea "what the f**k Fortnite" was. But as soon as he learned about the game, he loved the idea of adding Peter to the island.

The news comes from the official IGN YouTube channel, where MacFarlane was presumably asked about his thoughts on Peter coming to the island. Here's what he had to say:

"It was great. I had to have somebody explain to me what the f**k Fortnite is. And then I said, well, that sounds kinda cool. Yeah, why not let's do it."

As the interview goes on, MacFarlane also addresses the reasoning behind Peter being so buff. According to MacFalane, Epic "didn't have the budget to create his actual body." To work around this, Epic decided to create the buff Peter that was introduced in Chapter 5 Season 1.

Peter Griffin is a playable character thanks to the Chapter 5 Season 1 battle pass, and he's also a boss you can fight. After killing him, Peter will perform the "hurt knee" from Family Guy and drop some high-value gear. And fans are in love with the fact that they can play as Peter Griffin.

For more Fortnite content, check out our guide detailing the best landing spots for Chapter 5 Season 1, and our guide detailing where the secret cave is.

Things are a little quiet in Destiny 2 now that Season of the Wish's storyline has almost wrapped up, but there's no harm in paying a visit to friendly arms dealer Xur for a look at his fresh stock of weapons and armor. Here's where you can find Xur this weekend and what he has for sale.

This week you can find Xur in The Tower, inside the Hangar. For his weapon, Xur is offering Merciless. Hunters can pick up Orpheus Rig leg armor; Titans can grab Mk. 44 Stand Asides leg armor; and Warlocks can buy the Wings of Sacred Dawn armor.

Xur location

Spawn in using the Courtyard transmat zone in the Tower to find Xur this week. Head left and down the stairs to enter the Hangar section, then hang another left. Make your way to the north end of the area and look for a staircase that will take you onto a catwalk, where Xur is waiting.

Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida has revealed that the game originally had a PlayStation 4 version alongside its PlayStation 5 one.

PlayStation's Shuhei Yoshida conducted an interview with Yoshida on The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook YouTube channel about Final Fantasy XVI's development. Yoshida said, "Originally, we were expecting to have a multi-platform release on PlayStation 4 as well. And to some extent, the assets were pushing the PlayStation 4 to its absolute limits."

He continued, "But in the end, the Final Fantasy series has a certain level of graphical fidelity expected of it, and when we tried to eliminate basically all loading on the PS4 version, there were certain parts where we were having to reduce the quality to a point lower than [Final Fantasy] XV."

The development team wanted to craft the best story experience possible, so having no loading times was a priority. Yoshida suggested that the PS4 version be dropped and Square Enix approved. He also said that without the PS5's hardware capabilities, the development team would still be trying to figure out how the game would get finished.

For the first time ever, Blizzard is letting the World of Warcraft community vote not only on what its powerful endgame class tier sets will look like, but what kind of build-changing set bonuses the sets will offer.

WoW's current expansion, Dragonflight, will receive one final season this spring ahead of the MMO's next expansion, The War Within, later this year. Dragonflight Season 4 will be a "remix" of sorts, featuring retooled raids from earlier in the expansion with upgraded loot to boot. That loot will include upgraded class tier sets, which made a big comeback in Dragonflight after being absent for WoW's previous two expansions.

However, the tier sets on offer for Season 4 won't be entirely new. Instead, they will be voted on by the game's community, with players of each class and specialization having the option to mix and match tier set appearances and set bonuses from Dragonflight Seasons 1-3.

Madden 24 players can now play Franchise mode with cross-play, included for all current-gen platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. For the first time in the series, the game launched with cross-play last August, but the team at EA Tiburon noted that the feature wouldn't be there at launch for Franchise mode, though players in other modes like Head to Head and Ultimate Team were able to use it. After some internal testing, the feature launches for all players on those aforementioned platforms today. But there's a catch.

Franchise cross-play launches in beta, so EA has warned players that they may want to make a new league to use with cross-play, even though existing leagues do work with it right away. That's because, should EA later need to pull the feature temporarily while it's still being optimized, leagues already utilizing cross-play would be unavailable for that time, as noted on the game's blog.

"Please note that this feature is in live beta and can be implemented in any league," the blog reads. "However, please note we strongly recommend that you start a new Franchise file for Crossplay in the event our team would need to temporarily disable the feature during the live beta."

After December 2022's Franchise debacle that saw many leagues permanently deleted due to an error, the idea of losing a Connected Franchise is likely a jumpscare for some players. For those eager to use cross-play but only when it's truly ready, it may be best to wait for the beta period to come to a close.

Though meals can refill your energy or feed critters, cooking is also often a vital component of progressing quests in Disney Dreamlight Valley. If a valley resident is seeking a meal, you'll need to know exactly how to make it so you can move forward. That being said, if you've found yourself working through EVE's friendship level 7 quest "Directive: Plant," you'll want to know the Gourmet Grubs recipe. Here's how to make it.

How to make Gourmet Grubs in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Gourmet Grubs can be eaten, should you choose to do so--but you're most likely to need this slimy dish as you're advancing EVE's friendship quest. As such, you'll want to be sure you can get it together for her using these ingredients:

• Sea Snail
• Sand Worm
• Scorpion

You can fish up Sea Snails from blue ripples at The Docks, while Sand Worms and Scorpions can only be fished up from biomes within The Glittering Dunes. The former is found in golden ripples, while the latter can be snagged from blue pools. Combine all of these creatures into Gourmet Grubs and then look on in shock when you realize the meal is largely represented as bugs. We don't get it either--but enjoy!

If you've been playing Disney Dreamlight Valley for a while, you're likely quite familiar with cooking to complete quests and keep your energy meter filled. However, in some cases, you'll also need to cook up something to feed animals you'd like to add to your companion collection, such as a Banana Split, which is the favorite food of monkeys on Eternity Isle. Here's how to make a Banana Split.

How to make a Banana Split in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Eating a Banana Split can help replenish any energy you've used up, or you can feed them to monkeys to improve your chances of winning one over as a companion. With all of that in mind, when you're ready to make a Banana Split, you'll need to combine the following ingredients:

SteelSeries announced a new version of its Arctis Nova 7 wireless gaming headset featuring an exclusive color scheme themed after the Year of the Dragon, which is the Zodiac sign for the Chinese calendar's upcoming Lunar New Year.

As with the original biomes in Disney Dreamlight Valley, you'll need to remove a variety of obstacles on Eternity Isle when playing the A Rift in Time expansion. Some of these show up in the form of strange evil plants that spawn in the Wild Tangle biomes, and you'll need to do some upgrading to your watering can before you can remove them. Here's how to make that happen.

How to remove evil plants in Disney Dreamlight Valley

There are two types of evil plants in the Wild Tangle: small and large. Below, we'll tell you how to remove both types.

How to get rid of small evil plants

To clear away small evil plants, you'll need to advance the A Rift in Time questline to the point where Merlin grants you a quest called "Village Project: Timeless Trash." During this quest, you'll need to obtain the following materials:

• Mist x500
• Tropical Wood x20

With these materials in hand, head to any timebending table and craft the Small Evil Plant Watering Can Potion. This will be automatically applied to your watering can, allowing you to use it to remove the small evil plants in the Wild Tangle.

As with the original biomes in Disney Dreamlight Valley, the A Rift in Time expansion features a variety of obstacles that stand between you and where you'd like to go--such as the multi-sized copper rocks you'll notice all across the world. These will require you to upgrade your Royal Pickaxe before you can clear them, so let's walk through how to do so.

How to get rid of copper rocks in Disney Dreamlight Valley

There are two types of copper rocks to clear out on Eternity Isle: small and large. We'll cover how to remove both separately.

How to get rid of small copper rocks

To begin removing small copper rocks, you'll first need to advance to Jafar's "The Flying Metal Nuisance" quest, which occurs fairly early on in A Rift in Time's main story questline. As you move forward in this quest, Jafar will eventually upgrade your Royal Pickaxe to allow you to mine the small copper rocks scattered across Eternity Isle.

How to get rid of large copper rocks

To clear away large copper rocks, you'll need to upgrade your Royal Hourglass to level 1, which will first require you to obtain 5,000 Mist. When you've obtained enough Mist, head to any timebending table and select to upgrade the tool, allowing you to now discover Ancient Cores when timebending throughout the world.

With your Royal Hourglass at level 1, you can now craft the Large Copper Pickaxe Potion at the timebending table using the materials below:

It's been a long wait, but Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is almost here. Launching on January 18 for PC and consoles, the metroidvania offers a stylish 2.5D aesthetic along with tense platforming sequences, challenging combat segments, and myriad of cool ways to upgrade your character. The side-scrolling adventure comes from Ubisoft Montpelier, the studio behind other side-scrolling masterpieces like Rayman Legends and Valiant Hearts, as well as the excellent Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope. As noted in our recent hands-on preview, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has a lot of potential, and we're eager to play the completed game.

Fans can preorder Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown right now for all platforms, including a Deluxe edition that includes extra content and lets you play the game three days early, along with other preorder bonuses. Here's all the preorder info for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.

The latest game in the Yakuza series, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, arrives on January 26. You'll play as both Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu in a sprawling adventure set in Japan and Hawaii. It looks every bit as wild as fans have come to expect and offers a retooled turn-based combat system. Plus, it's really exciting to see longtime protagonist Kazuma and Ichiban, the beloved protagonist of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, starring in the same game.

Its official launch is just around the corner, but preordering a copy ahead of time will get you some cool bonuses. The standard edition is the only version getting a physical release, though you can snag the Deluxe and Ultimate editions on Steam, the PlayStation Store, or the Xbox Store. The Deluxe edition gets you a bonus dungeon and a few other cosmetics, while the Ultimate edition gets you even more cosmetics--along with unique boosters and classic karaoke tracks.

We're just weeks away from the launch of Tekken 8 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The iconic fighting series makes its long-awaited return on January 26. The new installment will feature some big changes, including a single-player Arcade Quest mode and reworked character designs. Fans of the series have a lot to look forward to in the coming weeks, and preordering the game ahead of time isn’t a bad idea, as it comes with a few exclusive goodies.

Here’s a look at Tekken 8 preorders, including all available versions and preorder bonuses. Also, note that all versions of the game (minus the Collector’s edition) are currently on sale at Fanatical, so if you’re thinking about playing on PC, reserving a copy ahead of time will save you some cash.