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CD Projekt could soon be facing yet another Cyberpunk 2077 problem, arguably bigger than having to offer refunds to upset players: a class-action lawsuit. It isn't from other players, either, but potentially from investors who felt they were misled about the game's quality prior to release.

According to VGC, multiple law firms, as well as a CD Projekt investor, are looking into a class-action suit related to potential misrepresentation by CD Projekt. The company could be accused of breaking an SEC rule that makes it unlawful to operate "as a fraud or a deceit upon any person" during security transactions.

In other words, this potential lawsuit would see investors taking aim at CD Projekt rather than the customers who bought the game. Given the massive drop in share value for the company over the last week, this isn't a huge surprise. Several of the executives and co-founders of the company have reportedly lost over $1 billion in their own stock value since the game's launch.

The No More Heroes games have been primarily associated with Nintendo systems thus far, and the upcoming No More Heroes 3 will be a Switch exclusive. However, it looks like the first two games could be coming to PC if an ESRB rating listing is any indication.

Spotted by Gematsu, there are full ratings and descriptions available on the ESRB website for both No More Heroes and No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle. Only the Windows PC platform is listed at the top of each page, and the games were only available on Wii and Nintendo Switch, though an enhanced version of the first game did also come to PS3 and Xbox 360. Keep in mind that these rating descriptions do contain some spoilers about the games in order to convey their level of violence. If you haven't played them yet, you probably don't want to read them.

The spinoff game Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes did release on PC eventually, coming alongside a PS4 version in late 2019 after the game initially launched as a Switch exclusive. It's possible something like this could also be planned for No More Heroes 3, though only a Switch version has been revealed so far. Ports of the first two games are available on Switch now.

There's no denying that 2020 has been a wild year, not just because of the fantastic games on display, but because of how COVID has shaken and, at times, stopped the world. But putting all that aside, there really have been some amazing games to play across all the major platforms, and they've made coping with the unexpected changes this year somewhat more bearable. Many of them were even made with developers working from home.

Like previous years, we've been highlighting some of the best games this year. Our top 10 picks make up our Best Game of 2020 nominees list, but there were plenty of other excellent gems that we liked. If you're keen to find out which games GameSpot reviewed highest this year, then we've got a whole list here to point you towards all the games we've scored 8 or higher.

For more of the year's best, be sure to check out our Best Games of 2020, but if you're more of a forward-thinking individual, jump into our hub for the Most Anticipated Games of 2021, which contains features highlighting the biggest games coming out next year.

We are about to reach the end of a very important era for Xbox--well, in about a year. Microsoft has announced that in December 2021, it will be taking Xbox 360 services offline for the Halo series. This move will affect seven different games, including two games in the original trilogy, limiting or completely disabling online matchmaking.

In a post on Halo Waypoint, 343 Industries said that it takes a great deal of resources in order to maintain the services for these games. Total player-count has been dwindling as more players choose to play the Xbox One or PC versions through the Master Chief Collection, and the Xbox 360 versions haven't even been available to purchase physically for about two years.

The games affected are listed below:

Update: As of December 19, the hotfix is also available on PC. More substantial patches should arrive in early 2021.

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CD Projekt Red has released a new hotfix patch for Cyberpunk 2077, which looks to fix some of the more noteworthy glitches that pop up during the main campaign missions that occur early in the game. The full patch notes are listed below.

This year's GameSpot countdown has finally come to a close, with Valve's Half-Life: Alyx claiming our coveted Game of the Year award. While every game we've highlighted in our Best Of 2020 awards is exceptional, there are still so many others worth discussing. As such, we're taking the chance to present our staff's picks for the 2020 Editor's Spotlight Awards, which showcases games that didn't make it into our top 10 list or category awards but we still loved.

GameSpot's multi-disciplinary team is diverse and varied when it comes to our tastes in games, so you'll find quite an interesting mix of things below. We guarantee that each game we've listed is well worth your time and bound to leave an impression on you.

Which games do you think stand up as some of the best this year? Let us know in the comments below. Otherwise, read on to see our picks for this year's Editor's Spotlight Awards.

One of Call of Duty: Warzone's most infamous glitches has returned, according to a number of players. There have been reports that some players have used the glitch to hide in the storm, healing themselves over and over again, until they are the last person standing.

The glitch takes advantage of Warzone's stim, a piece of tactical equipment that quickly brings you to full health. Players have found a way to break the game and use the stim infinitely, allowing them to survive the gas. Other players are usually left alone in the final circle, doing whatever they can to survive until the storm kills them.

"I posted about the stim glitch returning last night and this is the clip from the game," said Redditor Konspiracy in a thread with another example of someone using the glitch. "Looking at the game stats, the cheater got their win with 0 kills, 11011 damage and 10971 damage taken...I’m not sure how they got so much damage without any kills."

We got a first look at Back 4 Blood, Turtle Rock Studios' next zombie game after Left 4 Dead, at The Game Awards. Now, you can sign up for and experience the game's closed PC alpha test until December 21. Go to Back 4 Blood's website for registration instructions. Note that registration does not guarantee access and operates on a first come, first served basis. See the end of the article for minimum PC spec requirements.

If you miss this closed PC alpha test, you will likely have another chance to play Back 4 Blood before launch. Turtle Rock Studios stated in its Back 4 Blood FAQ, "...stay tuned for more opportunities to play the game in the future."

Back 4 Blood is a four-player cooperative game set in a zombie apocalypse. You play as Cleaners, a group of humans, fighting against zombie-like creatures called the Ridden. The game also includes a competitive multiplayer feature, and participants can play in an online PvP that supports up to eight players. Teams can take turns playing as both the Cleaners and the evil Ridden.

Fortnite's Joy Ride update was one of the battle royale's best batches of new content in recent memory. It added semi-realistic sports cars, trucks, and sedans that are more fun to mess around with compared to Fortnite's previous set of vehicles. So it's a shame that you can't actually drive them all.

A good number of cars spread across the map are locked with a yellow boot. It's almost as if there is some sort of secret parking enforcement agency working extra hard to prevent players from having fun. Nothing ruins a plan to escape the storm faster than finding a car parked in the middle of nowhere with a boot on its tire. Some players have gotten so annoyed that they've asked Epic to add bolt cutters, an item that could break the boots, to the battle royale.

What's even worse is that Epic Games removed helicopters from the game at the beginning of Season 5. Mudflaps, the big semi-trucks, had also been removed due to a bug that made players invisible. Mudflaps have now been re-added to the game, but it seems like there are fewer ways to get around the map with every update. At least the Operation Snowdown Winter added the X-4 Stormwing planes back to the game.

Co-developer Raven Software will deploy a new update for Call of Duty: Warzone on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S soon that re-enables the recently removed XP tokens players were saving up. The patch notes are outlined below.

All XP tokens earned prior to the start of Season 1 are now usable in both Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone. However, any tokens acquired during Season 1 and beyond will only work in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone. From this point forward, XP tokens--which are used to help players level up faster--can't be used in Modern Warfare's multiplayer.

Players were saving their XP tokens to level up the Black Ops Cold War weapons that just hit Warzone. This includes the Groza Assault Rifle and Mac-10 submachine gun.

Watch Dogs: Legion has been receiving regular updates with bug fixes and quality-of-life features, but with that work done Ubisoft says it's looking ahead to the next big thing: multiplayer. The online mode is expected to release with a title update in early 2021.

In a State of the Game update, Ubisoft says that future updates will continue to issue fixes and improvements, but most title updates from here on will include new content. The company says it wanted to focus on fixing some remaining player issues before shifting resources, and now it feels is the time to make that shift. This is the first we've heard of the multiplayer mode since it was delayed in service of prioritizing bug fixes.

When it launches, the online mode will allow up to four players to roam the open-world London and take on missions together. The multiplayer options will also include the first Tactical Op and a new PvP mode, Spiderbot Arena. The blog also promises it's looking into more game modes and surprises, and it will be detailing those along with the Season Pass story content next year.

This week on GameSpot After Dark, the crew discusses their personal top 5 games of 2020. (Last year we did our personal top 10 lists, and that took about a thousand hours, so we narrowed it down for you this year.) Jake, Lucy, Tamoor, and Kallie wax poetic about such games as Persona 5 Royal, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Hades, and more that I won't spoil for you in this intro paragraph.

This is all preceded by a rather somber discussion about the complexities of Cyberpunk 2077's launch, including the game's notably poor performance on base PS4 and Xbox One hardware. The After Dark crew gets a little bit sad thinking about people who are sad about all this.

Also, do you know what a "teaboo" is? No? Well, we have good news--you'll only have to wait about five seconds before we start explaining that one. Jolly good show!

The one and only Master Chief came to Fortnite after a surprise reveal at The Game Awards earlier this month. Lobbies were filled with Spartans almost immediately, but the real star of the show wasn't him--it was his Warthog. People love that little engine that could.

"I might not have had the v-bucks to get Master Chief," said Redditor TheRealCourtNut in a thread about the new emote. "But hell yes did I buy this skin and amused the hell out of myself with it last night."

Just like Kratos before him, Master Chief came to the item shop with a back bling, glider, harvesting tool, and an emote. The emote, which can be purchased separately and used on other characters, shows the character riding around on a mini-Warthog. Master Chief may be the hot skin right now, but every pre-game lobby is packed with tiny Warthogs scooting around in circles. And yes, they are Warthogs despite being more the size of the Mongoose vehicle also found in nearly every Halo game.

You don't need to spend $60 or $70 to get a great game, and quite often it's not even required to spend any money at all. It wouldn't be much of an exaggeration to suggest that free-to-play games dominate the industry, with staples like Fortnite: Battle Royale and Call of Duty: Warzone among the most-played games today. And when you're looking for a new single-player game, it's easy to find riveting and stellar indies for low prices.

GameSpot's Free/Cheap category spotlights 11 games that truly emphasize the fact that some of the best releases don't have conventional price tags. As you'll see, this is an eclectic mix of games, from wildly popular free-to-play multiplayer games to affecting narrative-focused independent games.

For the purpose of this list, we've defined cheap as $15 and under. Of course, free-to-play games feature microtransactions, so you could wind up spending quite a bit more, but you don't have to with the games we've highlighted. While most of the games on this list released in 2020, you'll notice that a few are existing live service games, each of which continued to make big strides forward throughout the year.

Cyberpunk 2077 has gone through a few tumultuous weeks since launch, with current-gen console players decrying the amount of bugs, clipping, frame rate issues, and full-on crashes. Dissatisfied with the gameplay experience, some players asked for refunds. CD Projekt Red--as well as retail and online stores--is responding and making its refund policies known.

CD Projekt Red's latest statement addresses retail purchases. The company explicitly comments that their intention is for "every owner of a physical copy, or a digital copy bought at retail, who has valid proof of purchase, to receive a refund." Notably, CD Projekt Red states it will refund players out of its own pocket if necessary. Players have until December 21, 2020 to request refund help from CD Projekt Red.

Retail stores are clarifying and modifying policies around game software returns for Cyberpunk 2077, as well. Best Buy will officially refund Cyberpunk 2077 console edition purchases from now until December 21, 2020, in line with CD Projekt Red's own deadline. Previously, per its return policy, Best Buy did not refund opened game software. It will return to that policy after December 21.

Fortnite's holiday event has frozen some of the battle royale map while giving players new challenges to complete. Operation Snowdown has a number of special rewards you can earn within the next two weeks--here's a guide on how to handle one of the most challenging ones.

The challenge tasks players with visiting Snowmando Outposts across the Fortnite map. Yes, that is literally all there is to it! There are five in all. This guide will show you the quickest way to get to them.

Where Are All The Snowmando Outposts?

The Snowmando Outposts are scattered throughout the map. One can be currently found in the new section of the map that's been snowed in, while the other four are in old locations. All you'll need to do is land at them for a brief second to complete each section of the quest. Here's a map with specific locations. With the map, you can quickly hit them all.

Among the new additions to Call of Duty: Warzone which have arrived as part of its integration with Black Ops Cold War is a new map. But this isn't a full-scale map on par with Verdansk. Instead, it's a compact, densely populated island about the size of two of Verdansk's named locations. Matches are quick and packed with fights--providing a nice change of pace from the sprawling landscapes that players have become accustomed to with Warzone's main map.

The fact that Rebirth Island feels so good shows that Warzone is in need of something new for its standard mode and map. Many players wish Rebirth Island were added to Verdansk as a new location alongside its current placement as a special mode for three-person squads. They're frustrated that this has been one of few major changes to the game in its first year, and it's not even an original area. It's taken directly from Black Ops 4's battle royale mode, Blackout.

Staff at CD Projekt Red are asking upper management and publisher CD Projekt SA questions about why Cyberpunk 2077 released in such a poor state, according to a Bloomberg report.

During an internal meeting this week, CD Projekt Red developers posed blunt and pointed questions to the board of directors about the company's reputation, Cyberpunk 2077's unrealistic deadlines, and the mandatory crunch and numerous delays before its release.

Some staff asked why the board marketed that the game was "complete and playable" earlier this year when that evidently wasn't true. Other CD Projekt Red employees thought it ironic that the developer was making a game about corporate exploitation while imposing crunch periods. When asked specifically about crunch during this week's staff meeting, the board said that plans to improve production are set to be implemented in the future, but there was no clarification on what that meant. The other questions were either dodged or given vague answers.

If you're looking for something to do over the weekend, then Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has your back. The first-person shooter's multiplayer is now free until December 24. This will include a selection of playlists on all 18 of the game's maps--including the fan-favourite Nuketown. The free access week is available on all platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.

From now until December 21, players will have access to Team Deathmatch, Domination, 2v2 Gunfight, the Nuketown Holiday 24/7 playlist, and the Raid the Mall playlist. Starting December 21, players will gain access to Prop Hunt, Combined Arms Hardpoint, and Fireteam Dirty Bomb in addition to the aforementioned modes and playlists.

After a couple of delays following the release of the Beyond Light expansion, Destiny 2's toughest multiplayer challenge, the Trials of Osiris, returns to the game this weekend. Along with it comes the opportunity to earn new Adept weapons and mods, making Trials the only place to earn some of the best gear in the game--especially if you can manage to go Flawless.

Each week, the map that Trials matches are played on changes, as do the gear rewards you can earn for notching wins in the tournament. Here's a rundown of where you'll play this week's Trials matches and what you can get:

Trials of Osiris Map And Rewards (December 18-22)

• Map: Bannerfall
• 3 wins -- Hunter, Warlock, or Titan Chest Piece: Vest, Robe, or Plate of the Exile
• 5 wins -- Exile’s Curse, Arc fusion rifle
• 7 wins -- Eye of Sol, Kinetic sniper rifle Flawless run -- The Summoner (Adept), Solar auto rifle
  • Adept Mod: Targeting

If you're unfamiliar with the Trials of Osiris, it puts you into some of the Crucible's most challenging battles. The goal is to win seven battles against other players without losing any, earning what's known as a "Flawless" run. That gets you a trip to the Lighthouse, a special Trials social space, where you earn special rewards and recognition. In the Beyond Light expansion, opening the Flawless chest earns you an "Adept" weapon, which comes with extra stat boosts unavailable on any other guns in the game, as well as powerful Adept mods.

The annual Destiny 2 winter/Christmas holiday event, The Dawning, is back for 2020, bringing holiday cheer to the solar system. The Dawning runs until the weekly reset on Tuesday, January 4, requiring you to bake lots of treats to unlock special Dawning rewards. The key component of the event is Eva's Holiday Oven 2.0, an item that lets you bake cookies using recipes you'll discover as you combine ingredients earned throughout the solar system. While some characters are gone this year, five new ones have been added with the Beyond Light expansion, and with them come new treat recipes to discover.

The treats you make are handed over to Destiny's various NPCs--including some you might not expect, such as Last Wish raid boss Riven--to complete bounties and quests, earning you various rewards. Because you won't want to waste any ingredients you've gathered, we've put together a full list of all Dawning recipes, as well as a list of ways to acquire the items you'll need. To kick off all the Dawning festivities, visit Eva Levante in the tower to pick up your Holiday Oven and get a quick rundown of how to use it.

If you want to do a lot of baking, it'll require some grinding. You'll earn ingredients in a variety of ways, but they almost all involve killing enemies--what you obtain will depend on the enemy type (eg, kill Vex to get Vex Milk) or what you use to kill them (Personal Touch comes from melee kills, Sharp Flavor from sword kills, and so on). No matter what you're baking, you'll also need 15 Essence of Dawning for each recipe; this drops to 10 once you masterwork the oven by baking (and thus discovering) each available recipe.

Following a recent update that added a bunch of new content to kick off Season 1, developer Treyarch has dropped yet another patch for both Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. This update makes improvements to spawns on Nuketown '84, removes health regen for one team in Prop Hunt, and implements various quality-of-life updates. The full patch notes are outlined below.

Alongside resolving the "Zed 398 Swift Cover" issue that blocked PC players from booting up Season 1 maps, the headlining feature of this update is the newly adjusted spawn logic on Nuketown '84. Though Treyarch didn't go into detail about how spawns have changed, players should expect them to behave more reasonably on the retro-futuristic map.

On the multiplayer side of things, in addition to fixing crashes related to field upgrades and scorestreaks, those on the Props team in Prop Hunt will no longer have automatic regenerating health. Further, the Steel Chair from the Prop list on Checkmate has been removed.

Destiny 2 finally sees the return of the Trials of Osiris this weekend, kicking off the first opportunity to earn some new Trials weapons in the Beyond Light expansion. You'll want to take the best possible gear into Destiny's toughest multiplayer challenge, which is why you should drop by and visit Xur this weekend to grab some new Exotics. Head to The EDZ, to the Winding Cove area, to find Xur this week. For his weapon, Xur is offering The Jade Rabbit. Hunters can pick up the Foetracer helmet; for Titans, there's the Severance Enclosure chest armor; and for Warlocks, Xur has the Felwinter's Helm helmet.

Xur Location

Head to the Winding Cove transmat zone and spawn in, then jump on your sparrow and head north. Make your way to the northern edge of the area and either climb the rock wall there or find a cave pathway on the left side, near the curving highway road. You'll find Xur above, standing beside a crashed Fallen dropship.

Epic Games has launched its latest seasonal event in Fortnite: Battle Royale, and as you might guess from the name, it's a winter-themed one. Operation Snowdown brings new activities and free rewards for all players to take part in and earn from now until January 5.

During Operation Snowdown, the NPC Snowmando will offer quests with a variety of new seasonal rewards, such as the Frosty Globes pickaxe, Shield Surprise back bling, and more gliders and wraps, plus another back bling and pickaxe. You can get a peek at some of these in the image below. There are also new and returning skins/outfits to purchase on the Fortnite item shop. Everyone can also now claim the Sing Along emote, which causes you to pull out a book and begin caroling, for free from the item shop--if you purchased it previously, you'll get your V-Bucks refunded.

Indie developer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has been aiming the ambitious Stardew Valley 1.5 update for this year, but if you've looked at a calendar lately you know there's not much of this year left. But fret not, fellow farmers: Barone says he may still be able to release the update this year on PC.

In answering a fan on Twitter, Barone said it might come out on PC this year, though console players will still have to wait for early 2021. This was only a "might," so it seems he may still be working through some last remaining bugs and polish, as he said in November.

Previously, Barone has said that most of the new content is aimed at endgame players who have developed their farms, though there will be new features that players will be able to enjoy if they start from the beginning too. At least one new feature is split-screen cooperative play, which may support up to four players depending on the platform. Barone also teased a new door in the back of Willie's shop, but where it goes or what it does is unknown.

Baby Yoda (occasionally known as Grogu) is one of the entertainment industry's biggest breakout stars, with his fame netting him merchandise ranging from toys to clothing to expensive jewelry. Now, Baby Yoda has been featured as a beautiful custom Xbox controller, with a matched controller depicting Mando, which are being given away as a set on social media.

The set shows Baby Yoda and Mando in a moment mimicking their first meeting in the first episode of season 1, and Microsoft's competition details estimates the value of the prize at $149.

Select members of the public are now able to get their hands on a preview of Diablo Immortal, the mobile spin-off of Blizzard's popular Diablo series. The technical alpha is limited to Australian players who pre-registered for testing through the Google Play store. Spots in the alpha will be assigned based on how early players signed up, provided their devices meet the minimum requirements.

The purpose of the technical alpha is to test server stability and game performance across a wider range of devices, but also for Blizzard to get wider feedback on the way the game plays. Blizzard is anticipating a few thousand players will participate in the alpha, which will run for a few weeks as the team collects data from players.

Despite being a mobile spin-off, Diablo Immortal still intends to tell a story within the universe, with its narrative sitting in between Diablo 2 and Diablo 3. While the game will launch with six playable classes--Barbarian, Demon Hunter, Monk, Wizard, Crusader, and Necromancer--the technical alpha will only include four of these, with the other two not quite ready for public play.

CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 released on consoles in a less than optimal state--and now, PlayStation has taken action. The company has removed the game from the PlayStation Store, and promised to issue refunds to customers.

Cyberpunk 2077 no longer appears when you search for it on the PlayStation Store, and Sony has shared a link for players to claim a refund for the digital version of the release. This applies to both the PS4 and PS5 stores.

As players began to discover Cyberpunk 2077's shoddy release state on consoles, developer CD Projekt Red suggested that Sony and Microsoft would be able to issue refunds; however, it eventually transpired that consultation with these companies had not happened, and the company soon stopped suggesting contacting PlayStation for a refund.

The Callisto Protocol was announced at The Game Awards earlier this month, giving us an intriguing first look at this new horror title that is, curiously, set within the same game universe as PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. The trailer we saw during the show was toned down, though--and now a far more violent Red Band version has been released.

The trailer starts similarly, and is still giving us major Dead Space vibes--which makes sense, since developer Striking Distance was founded by the game's co-creator, Glen Schofield. However, while the initial trailer cut away from the monster attack, this one doesn't.

This extended trailer shows the character we were introduced to during The Game Awards getting brutalized, and it's not pretty. If you're not good with eye stuff (as many people aren't), you might want to skip this trailer.

The trailer also has a new ending, proving the character's fate definitively.

The Callisto Protocol will release on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S in 2022. We haven't seen gameplay footage yet, so it's not entirely clear what kind of game it will be just yet.

Note: It might be obvious, but this post contains significant spoilers for the story and ending of Cyberpunk 2077--even though we've tried to limit them.

There are a bunch of different endings available in Cyberpunk 2077 depending on your choices, your relationships, and how you've interacted with Johnny Silverhand over the course of the game before you reach it. Triggering them all requires some work, but if you've met the prerequisites, you'll see how to access each one in a pretty straightforward way when the time comes. That's true of all but one separate, secret ending that you might not ever know you have access to--and which will put you through one of Cyberpunk's toughest challenges.

To get the secret ending, you need to make sure to have a high level of friendship with Johnny, which means you have completed his many side quests and have chosen friendly dialogue options, as opposed to antagonistic ones, when dealing with him. Check out our rundown of everything you should do before reaching Cyberpunk 2077's endgame for a complete picture of what Johnny Silverhand quests you can do and how to unlock them.

The next character being added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is Cloud's archenemy, Sephiroth, who unlocks on December 22 (or earlier, if you can beat him in a special challenge). Fans have been wary about how much extra Final Fantasy music and content would be introduced, since Cloud, infamously, only had two character-specific music track when the game launched. Sephiroth, it turns out, is getting more support.

During today's presentation, it was revealed that nine new Final Fantasy songs are being introduced in this update, bringing the total to 11. These are focused on music from Final Fantasy VII and its spin-off movie, Advent Children, and include some new arrangements of classic songs.

Here's the full list of tracks:

Sephiroth, the new character in the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster, is available now for anyone who has purchased the Fighters Pass Volume 2. However, unlike previous DLC fighters, you need to defeat Sephiroth to unlock him, otherwise he remains locked for another week. The fight is live now, and thankfully, unlocking him is very easy.

When you start the game up, if you have the Fighters Pass, the Sephiroth Challenge will appear on the main menu, and you can start it by pressing the + button.

The Sephiroth Challenge is a HP battle on his new stage, Northern Cave, and there's three difficulty settings you can fight the Final Fantasy villain at. Doing so is not much of a challenge, especially on Easy, meaning that Sephiroth is effectively available today for players of almost all skill levels.

Cyberpunk 2077 is filled with choices, and while not all of them matter or have a big impact on how the game shakes out, some are monumental. A lot of these choices are reflected in Cyberpunk 2077's ending--what you decide to do and who you decide to do it with alters your options as you approach Cyberpunk's final act, while also changing what you might see when the dust settles.

We've compiled all the information you need to know to help you decide how to work through Cyberpunk's endgame, either to get the ending that best fits your take on protagonist V, or to help you see each and every variation. Be sure to consult our side quest guide that runs down everything you should do before the Point of No Return, so you can make sure to unlock all the possible ending options.

Obviously, this post contains massive spoilers. We'll try to keep non-essential information to a minimum, but if you want to experience the end of Cyberpunk 2077 organically, we recommend you stop reading now.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai gave us a closer look at the game's next DLC fighter, Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII, during today's video presentation. In addition to detailing the fighter's moveset, Sakurai revealed when Sephiroth will join the roster, and it's very soon.

Sephiroth will officially join the roster next week, on December 22. However, Nintendo is giving fans a chance to unlock the new fighter early through a special limited-time event. If you've purchased the Fighters Pass Vol. 2 or Sephiroth's character pack, you can challenge the One-Winged Angel as a boss fight. If you manage to defeat Sephiroth, you'll unlock him ahead of his official release date. The event runs from December 17-22.

Like other DLC fighters, Sephiroth arrives alongside a brand-new stage, Northern Cave, as well as a handful of unlockable Spirits and nine new songs. The full song list includes:

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai shared more details on the game's next DLC character, Final Fantasy VII's Sephiroth, during today's video presentation, but that wasn't all he discussed. Sakurai also revealed a new assortment of Mii Fighter costumes that are coming soon to the game.

Five more costumes are being added to Smash Bros. Ultimate next week, all of which are based on Square Enix characters, including three from Final Fantasy VII: Barret (Gunner), Tifa (Brawler), and Aerith (Swordfighter). On top of that, there's going to be a Chocobo Hat and a Gunner costume based on Geno from Super Mario RPG. Each costume will cost 75 cents.

As for Sephiroth, the new fighter joins the roster next week, on December 22, but you'll be able to unlock him a few days early if you can beat him during a limited-time event. He'll arrive alongside a new stage, music tracks, and Spirits. You can get the One-Winged Angel as part of the game's $30 Fighters Pass Vol. 2 or pick his character pack up individually for $6.

Anna Megill--the lead writer of Control and narrative lead of Dishonored: Death of the Outsider--has moved over to Playground Games to spearhead Fable's writing team.

Megill shared the news on Twitter, announcing that she will be the project's lead writer. Megiil's due to make a move to the studio's stomping grounds in Leamington Spa, England, where she said she will "live in an English country cottage and write fairy tales."

Megill briefly touched on her relationship with the Fable series in a Twitter thread announcing her new position. "Fable holds a special place in my heart," Megill wrote. "It came out the year I started in [game development], and it's the first game I played with a developer's eye."

This year's all-remote Game Awards got a lot of attention. Receiving over 83 million livestreams last week, the annual award show increased 2019's 5.2 million livestreams by over 83%. Globally, 8.3 million viewers tuned in at peak time, an increase from 2019's 7.5 million viewers.

According to Stream Hatchet, live hours watched increased more than 129% across Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook Gaming. Over 2.63 million concurrent viewers tuned in at peak time on Twitch, doubling 2019's numbers. The number of YouTube viewers also reportedly doubled, but numbers were not disclosed.

Audience participation in both voting and tweeting increased during 2020's Game Awards. Vote count more than doubled from 2019 on The Game Awards' website and Bilibili in China. People on social media also discussed The Game Awards at a greater volume than in 2019. On Twitter, there was a 31% increase in conversation volume year over year and a growth of 65% unique authors.

Nintendo is giving away another free item pack for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. For a limited time, Switch Online subscribers can grab the free Spirit Board Challenge Pack 7, which includes an assortment of helpful items for the game's Spirit Board mode.

This particular pack contains items that will make it a little easier to battle tough Spirit Board foes. You'll receive the following:

• 3,000 Spirit Points
• 5 Rematch
• 5 Damage 50%
• 5 Weaken Minions
• 5 Health Drain

To claim the free item pack, select the Nintendo Switch Online icon from the system's dashboard and highlight Exclusive Offers on the left sidebar. You'll see the item pack listed among the other freebies. Alternatively, you can go into the Switch Online tab in the eShop and find the item pack listed there.

In a year where movie theatres have closed down and our options for entertainment outside the home have dwindled, many people have opted to improve their home entertainment setups. Whether that's buying a new TV or improving a sound system, the home theater experience has been adopted by the masses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. But if you already have a great entertainment center, there are still a number of ways to spice things up in your living room. I've been testing the Hue Play HDMI Sync Box for the last few months, using it as a way to sync my Philips Hue lights with my games and movies, and I've found it to be a great way to enhance the experience of watching movies and playing certain games.

The Hue Play Sync Box is an HDMI splitter that features four HDMI-in ports and one HDMI-out port but can also be synced to any compatible Hue lights. That means you need the Sync Box, Hue lights, and a Hue Hub, the latter of which makes it possible for all of your Hue devices to communicate with each other. It's a lot to ask for in both setup and cost, but if you want a great lighting experience to accompany your movies and video games, this is an excellent way to get it.

Following a surprise release on Nintendo Switch after the December 2020 Indie World Showcase, Among Us is now available on Xbox Game Pass for PC.

In a blog post detailing the announcement, Microsoft specified that Among Us is currently only available on PC through Xbox Game Pass or as a standalone $5 purchase. An exact release date for when Among Us will be available on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S is unknown, but developer Innersloth's social deduction game will hit Xbox consoles sometime next year.

Among Us, which originally launched in 2018 but catapulted to success this year on the back of popular streamers, is also now available on Nintendo Switch. The game features cross-play between mobile devices (Android and iOS), PC, Switch, and now Xbox Game Pass for PC.