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Among Us players can unlock a special Twitch logo pet cosmetic if they link their Twitch account to the game by December 18. Among Us pets usually have to be purchased, but this one is the first that InnerSloth is giving out for free.

You'll need to open up Among Us, click the settings icon, and then choose the "Data" tab in order to link your Twitch account. Once you click that you'll need to log into your Twitch profile to officially link the two accounts. Once you're logged in, click authorize to allow Twitch Among Us drops. You'll need to then watch 30 minutes of the Among Us Twitch Rivals events in order to unlock the pet.

There are events you can watch on December 11, 14, and 18. The full schedule can be found right here. This is only possible on the PC version of Among Us, but an update for mobile players should let them link their Twitch accounts soon.

A new Super Smash Bros. Melee documentary series is premiering on Twitch today. The series, titled Metagame, follows the lives and careers of five of the best players in the world.

The eight-part series will premiere today at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET on Metagame's official Twitch channel. The first three episodes will air today, followed by the second three episodes on Saturday and then the final two on Sunday. The stream will take place at the same time each day. Plans for a VOD release will come after the premiere, according to the documentaries creator.

Metagame was written and produced by Travis Beauchamp, the creator of the 2013 Super Smash Bros. documentary The Smash Brothers. It will follow Kevin “PPMD” Nanney, Adam “Armada” Lindgren, Joseph “Mango” Marquez, Jason “Mew2King” Zimmerman, and Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma--also known as the five "Smash Gods."

Even if circumstances in 2020 forced us all to be relatively stationary, it was a great year for mobile games. Amid new game consoles and the continued success of the Nintendo Switch, you could have plenty of fun with nothing more than your iOS or Android device.

The GameSpot staff decided on some of our absolute favorite mobile games of the year below. From fresh takes on classic genres to entirely new and experimental games, you can sink dozens of hours into these games from the comfort of your bed or toilet.

To see more of GameSpot's favorite games of the year, be sure to check out our Best of 2020 hub. There you'll find roundups of our favorite games for PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and Switch. You can also check out our top games of 2020. Each of our ten finalists will have a dedicated article describing why it stood out. Then on Thursday, December 17, we'll reveal which one is named GameSpot's Best Game of 2020.

This week's episode of GameSpot After Dark sees the return of Jake, which means there's a crackdown on Yakuza chat. Instead, however, we get a whole load of Cyberpunk 2077 talk, which makes perfect sense considering it's the biggest game of the year and it's out now.

Joining Jake are Kallie, Lucy, and Tamoor, all of who have played the game to different extents. Jake and Kallie have played the most, the former working on video coverage before the official release and the latter being the reviewer. Lucy and Tamoor, meanwhile, have sunk a few hours into the game, having started it more recently. That means you'll get a nice range of experiences.

On top of the Cyberpunk 2077 discussion there's also some analysis of the recent Halo Infinite delay, what it means, and how the crew feels about it.

Ubisoft has released a new patch for Hyper Scape on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S that introduces crossplay, as well as various gameplay adjustments and quality-of-life improvements. The full patch notes for Update 2.5 are outlined below.

Update 2.5's headlining feature is the addition of crossplay, which is undergoing a soft launch for the time being. Full crossplay between consoles has been enabled, meaning PlayStation and Xbox players can jump into matches together. The situation is slightly different for PC users, who can still play with console players but will be matched into the PC queue instead. This means PC users who have a team full of other console players will be playing with other PC players for now. There's no word on when crossplay leaves this sort of early access period.

Along with crossplay comes various adjustments for Hyper Scapes's game modes. Team Deathmatch has had its win conditions altered to lengthen matches, while Arcadium is receiving Navigation Pick-Up items. Team Deathmatch will see some improvements as well, including a more polished respawn phase, fixed scoreboard issues, and random map support.

The beginning of Fortnite's latest season saw 40 non-playable characters scattered around the map for players to find. Every NPC can give players quests and items, and some can even join your team and help you fight. This is a big change for the battle royale--it's something Epic Games has been working towards for some time.

Computer-controlled characters--including bot players, Marvel heroes, recruitable henchmen, and more--have continuously been added to the game over the past couple of years. Epic has used these characters to help diversify the experience players have from match to match. The studio is leaning heavily into using these characters, but players want more from them.

Epic Games has inserted some sort of computer-controlled character into many of Fortnite's seasons, especially after the launch of Chapter 2. They've roamed the map randomly looking for players to kill as the Marauders, acted as security for Midas and crew in Season 2, and most recently supported Dr. Doom and Iron Man (who are also AI-controlled) at their respective named locations during Season 4. Sometimes they just hang around for no reason.

The Game Awards may be over, but the Nintendo Switch's celebratory eShop sale continues on. From now until December 18 at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET, you can get some slick deals on the best games available for Nintendo's hybrid console. That includes greats like Fire Emblem: Three Houses for only $42, Super Mario Odyssey for $42, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for $40.

Nintendo's first-party offerings are definitely the best on offer during the sale. Each game has received glowing reviews from GameSpot, and all of them are worth adding to your library. Fire Emblem: Three Houses combines engaging tactical gameplay with an engrossing story and lovable characters. Super Mario Odyssey introduces players to a collection of new worlds that are all a joy to explore. And of course, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is an adventure through a world full of surprises, each discovery better than the last. If you don't already own these games, now's your chance to snag them.

Some of the most popular games today exist as evolving platforms. Using the games-as-a-service model, developers can update, expand upon, and improve experiences over time. The "live service" nature of such games allow them to fit the mold of a "lifestyle" game, with regular updates and new features helping to keep things fresh.

GameSpot's Best Lifestyle/Live Service category celebrates five games that experienced dramatic and meaningful changes in 2020. In this end-of-year roundup we'll discuss and highlight what made these great experiences even better than before.

Our criteria was based on what made these games stand out and how they went above and beyond throughout the calendar year, not necessarily when they released. As you'll see immediately below, only two of our five selections for 2020 actually released this year.

Lord Saladin has returned to the Tower in Destiny 2 this week, bringing the first Iron Banner event of the Season of the Hunt and the Beyond Light expansion. As always, that gives you a great excuse to visit Xur, everyone's favorite snake-faced Exotics vendor, while he's in the solar system for the weekend. Head to The Tower, to the Hangar area, to find Xur this week. For his weapon, Xur is offering Trinity Ghoul. Hunters can pick up the Gwisin Vest chest armor; for Titans, there's the Armamentarium chest armor; and for Warlocks, Xur has the Vesper of Radius chest armor.

Xur Location

Spawn in at the Tower transmat zone and head to the left, down the stairs, toward the Hangar. When you reach the Hangar area, hang a left and walk past the faction areas, including Dead Orbit, to find a staircase up to a catwalk. Xur is at the top of the stairs, looking out over the edge of the area at the Last City below.

In less than a month on the market, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has already outsold every other game during 2020 in the United States. That's according to the NPD Group, which has released its monthly report for November and confirmed the ongoing dominance of CoD.

This marks the 13th year in a row where a new Call of Duty game was the top-selling game in its launch month, according to NPD. It's news that has long since ceased being a surprise. The launch of PS5 and Xbox Series X|S didn't impact this trend, with Cold War coming out as the top-selling game on PlayStation and Xbox platforms for both November and the year overall. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Animal Crossing: New Horizons stand as the second and third top-selling games for the year through November.

Coming in at the #2 spot on NPD's list of best-selling games in November was Assassin's Creed Valhalla, which is now the year's #7 best-selling game. It was a particularly big launch for Valhalla--which, like Cold War, released on next-gen platforms alongside current-gen ones and PC--attracting higher sales in its launch month than any AC game dating back to 2012's Assassin's Creed III.

PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S console sales helped set a new record for video game hardware sales according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. Most notably, Sony's PS5 achieved the highest launch month sales of a console in US history, topping the previous record help by PS4.

"Consumers spent a November record $1.4 billion on new video game hardware, an increase of 58% when versus a year ago," NPD analyst Mat Piscatella explained. "Growth was driven by the launches of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles. Year-to-date hardware spending reached $4 billion, 34% higher than a year ago."

The top-selling next-gen console of the month was the PS5, although both systems would likely have sold even more units if supply had been able to meet demand. The PS5 achieved the highest launch month for both unit and dollar sales for a video game hardware platform in US history, shattering the November 2013 record that had been held by the PS4.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has been getting content updates at a regular pace since launch, but if you need a little extra tempting to jump back into the fray, the game is also offering some free extras simply for logging on.

A Call of Duty tweet announced that logging on to the game anytime between now and 11 PM PT on December 15 will net you two bundles: the Field Research bundle and the Certified bundle. The Field Research bundle gets you a "Scorch" Park skin, Excavator SMG Blueprint, and Abyssal Discovery calling card, while the Certified bundle nets you a "Barrio" Garcia skin, Ground Patrol assault rifle blueprint, an Epic reticle, and Epic weapon charm.

The announcement came just hours before the game's appearance at The Game Awards, which revealed the Rebirth map for Warzone and showed some of the content coming to Season 1 when it starts on December 16.

Winter has come to Destiny 2, as its annual Dawning event will kick off from December 15 and run until January 5. Like previous Dawning adventures, new seasonal weapons and armor will be made available, allowing you to dress your Guardians up in snazzy festive gear before you head out to slay gods.

Eva Levante will also return, having last been seen during Destiny 2's Halloween event, the Festival of the Lost. Levante has a new recipe for sweets to offer you, the ingredients of which can be obtained from participating in missions, completing bounties, and taking part in Destiny 2's other activities.

Cyberpunk 2077 has finally launched this week, but if you're planning to play CD Projekt Red's latest game on older consoles then you could be in for a shock. Digital Foundry has examined how Cyberpunk 2077's first three hours perform on the base model PS4 and the PS4 Pro after patch 1.02 has been installed, and has detailed a compromised experience on those platforms.

On the base PS4, game performance "mostly" reaches a resolution of 720p, but the 30fps performance target is prone to dropping to 15fps during more intense sequences. "There's just so much less detail," Digital Foundry's John Linneman noted of Night City's car and NPC count. This results in Cyberpunk 2077 having frequent slowdowns, stuttering, and a messy visual presentation according to Digital Foundry's analysis.

Nintendo had a big surprise for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fans during The Game Awards on December 10, announcing that Final Fantasy VII villain Sephiroth would be coming to the game. However, that wasn't the only news the company had to share. It also announced that some of the most highly anticipated Amiibo figures will be released in a matter of months.

Starting on March 26, you'll be able to buy Amiibo versions of Banjo & Kazooie, protagonist Byleth from Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury. The Banjo & Kazooie figure includes both characters, as the name implies, and Byleth's sword is lit aflame in his Amiibo.

Elden Ring, the ambitious project partnering Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki and A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin, has been radio silent for well over a year, with that record looking set to continue into 2021. While From Software may not be ready to show us anything official from the game yet, fans still made sure that Elden Ring got a mention on the Game Awards stage after winning the award for the most anticipated game.

As a category voted on by fans, Elden Ring was up against upcoming titles including the God Of War sequel, Horizon Forbidden West, Halo Infinite, Resident Evil Village, and the Breath of the Wild sequel for the most anticipated game. Game Awards host Geoff Keighley seemed to anticipate that many fans were waiting on Elden Ring news from the event, adding "there, I said it," after reading out the name of the game.

Unfortunately, this little tidbit was all we saw of Elden Ring from The Game Awards, which is the last big gaming event of the year. The last time anything was seen of From Software's upcoming game was when it was announced at E3 last year.

Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, which is due to release on December 11, has received a final trailer ahead of release. The trailer below shows off the game's narrative focus in its campaign, and gives some insight into what multiplayer will look like, too. You'll be able to fire bazookas, cut down rope bridges, and experience everything in virtual reality. The game comes from Titanfall 2 and Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment.

The trailer also shows how the game will integrate real-life interviews with veterans to give players a sense of the real conflicts and people that inspired the game.

The Game Awards 2020 ended with one more announcement just before the final award, and it was a big one. The show finished with a teaser trailer for the next Mass Effect.

The teaser was vague, consisting mostly of overviews of planets and galaxies against radio chatter that's tough to make out, but definitely includes some key Mass Effect tidbits, including the sound of a Reaper attack ship. It sounds as if it's going through the history of human space travel, including real-life history. We had only one detailed view of a person, a being on a seemingly isolated area of a planet. It ended with the promise that "Mass Effect Will Continue," though it did not give a title or release details.

Fans have speculated that the person picking up the N7 armor fragment in the trailer is none other than Liara T'Soni, one of the original Mass Effect party members and a popular character in her own right. She's accompanied by a few characters in the background, who are hard to make out but appear to be a Salarian, a Krogan, and a Drell.

New games are being added to Xbox Game Pass's library all the time and The Game Awards brought news on several more, including some big-name titles. Following the event, Microsoft confirmed even more games, a number of which will be available in the next week.

The initial list is headlined by Bethesda's enduringly popular RPG The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which is heading to the catalog on December 15. Meanwhile, Among Us will come to Game Pass "soon" on PC, where it's normally a paid title (unlike the free-to-play mobile version). A new Among Us map was revealed at The Game Awards, too.

Also coming to Game Pass in the near future is the entire mainline Kiryu Yakuza saga. The Yakuza Remastered Collection (containing Yakuza 3, 4, and 5) will be available on Game Pass beginning January 28, 2021. After that, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life will release on Game Pass on March 25, 2021. All of the Yakuza games will also make their debut on PC alongside Xbox.

Ruined King: A League of Legends Story, which was expected in early 2021, has been delayed. The game will still debut in 2021, but later in the year than expected, publisher Riot Forge has announced. On the plus side, we got a new look at Ruined King with a trailer at The Game Awards 2020.

The game, a single-player roleplaying title, will feature many League of Legends characters and lore. In an announcement on Twitter, the publisher said that the game needs to be delayed for the same reason many games have been delayed lately--2020 has been hard.

"This year has presented a number of challenges for all of us that have been outside our control," the announcement reads. Because of this, the game will not meet its "early 2021" release goal, and will arrive later next year.

Square Enix has announced and debuted a trailer for Just Cause Mobile during The Game Awards 2020, and it's a free-to-play spin-off that will bring multiplayer to the series for the first time. Players will be able to team up with friends in co-op or fight against them in competitive modes.

The game, which is coming to both iOS and Android, won't have you playing as series stalwart Rico. Instead, the campaign casts you as a member of the Firebrand program, taking down the Darkwater corporation across multiple open-world environments. Expect a lot of explosions and grappling hooks.

The competitive multiplayer mode is called "Triple Threat," and it sets three teams of 10 players against each other. It's a capture-the-base-style multiplayer experience where you'll need to secure bases across a map while taking out enemies. There will be a clan system for players who want to team up long-term, and you'll be able to pilot numerous vehicles in this mode, too.

During The Game Awards 2020, the next expansion (or major content update) for the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online, titled Gates of Oblivion, was revealed through a teaser trailer. Those who played The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion may recognize parts of the teaser such as the visions going through the Oblivion gates, the series' version of hell, and Oblivion's iconic mark.

The teaser indicates that the new content will be available in 2021, and more information is coming soon with a global full reveal event on January 21 at 5 PM EST. You can watch the teaser trailer below.

After developer Bethesda parent company ZeniMax Media was acquired by Microsoft, it was confirmed that ESO would continue to receive support on PS4 for the time being.

During The Game Awards 2020, a new trailer for Scarlet Nexus was revealed. The trailer showcases Scarlet Nexus' story and characters while also providing snippets of the action game's gameplay.

Coming in Summer 2021, Scarlet Nexus sees you play as a new recruit in an organization charged with protecting the world from supernatural monsters. You're able to move objects with your mind as well as borrow the powers of your teammates to accentuate your abilities and attacks.

This translates into a gameplay experience that looks a lot like The Force Unleashed. You primarily bat enemies around with your sword, but you can rip pieces of the environment out of the ground and throw them at enemies, too. Time your attacks right and you can pull off more powerful combos, like splitting a heavy object into two pieces and pancaking an enemy between them.

As promised by Geoff Keighley ahead of the show, a new Among Us map was shown off during The Game Awards 2020. The 2018 mobile and PC game has had a huge year in 2020, and this new map shows that the game doesn't intend to slow down anytime soon.

The map, coming in early 2021, is set aboard a floating airship and will be completely free. It gives you a choice of which room to start in among other new features, like ladders, new tasks, and more.

Among Us has been teasing this new map for a while. In September, developer Innersloth announced that it was canceling Among Us 2 in order to focus on the original, which had found success two years after it originally released. "All of the content we had planned for Among Us 2 will instead go into Among Us 1," Innersloth wrote at the time of announcement.

Frontier Games revealed the gameplay trailer for Elite Dangerous: Odyssey during The Game Awards. Odyssey is the next expansion for Elite Dangerous, the space exploration simulation game. In it, players assume the role of a starship owner and get to undertake both more sedate activities like mining and more hectic ones like combat.

The new expansion pack, expected to release sometime in 2021, allows exploration by foot on worlds for the first time. Players will also get specialized suits and gear options for ground operations, a feature that includes social hubs across the galaxy.

Frontier also promised new dimensions to combat and will cater to players with different preferred styles. There will be weapon and gear options for both flashy, head-on fights and stealthy approaches.

The next title from Hard Reset and Shadow Warrior 2 developer Flying Wild Hog is Evil West, a game that'll turn you into a "Wild West superhero" fighting monsters with rifles, six-shooters, and Steampunk-esque technology. Flying Wild Hog announced the title at The Game Awards 2020 with a cinematic trailer that suggests you'll be doing a lot of fighting.

You can check out the trailer below. It's a bit thin on details but suggests you'll be facing down a host of demon-looking creatures as you fight through Evil West's frontier environments.

"In solo or co-op, fight with style in visceral, explosive combat against bloodthirsty monstrosities and become a Wild West Superhero," Flying Wild Hog wrote on Twitter. We also know the game is headed to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC in 2021.

Krafton is working on a new top-down strategy game, Thunder Tier One, as announced at The Game Awards on Thursday. Set in the '90s, players will jump between different missions that include a variety of combat scenarios and operators.

Thunder Tier One is a real-time strategy game with single-player, cooperative, and competitive multiplayer modes. There will be a Steam gameplay preview hosted from December 10 at 8 PM PT / 11 PM ET that will run through the morning of December 13. Developer PUBG Studio didn't specify a release date or window for the game.

Pawel Smolewski, an animation and gameplay lead at PUBG Corp before it merged with Krafton, is leading the project. He pitched the game in 2019 after originally starting the project in 2016. The studio ran an alpha for their game in October.

The new Oddworld game, Oddworld: Soulstorm, now has a more specific release date. A new trailer for the game debuted during The Game Awards, and it confirmed that the game is slated for release in Spring 2021.

The trailer mentions PS4, PS5, and PC as launch platforms for the game, though it's not clear if the game may also release on Nintendo Switch and Xbox. You can check out the trailer below.

Soulstorm will play out in the series' traditional 2D side-scrolling format but takes place in a new 3D environment. The franchise's chaotic combat is front and center for most of the trailer, but you can see several of the new storytelling elements at play too with brand-new characters.

Monster Hunter Rise, the upcoming Nintendo Switch-exclusive Monster Hunter game, received a new trailer at The Game Awards 2020. It's still coming next March, but the end of the trailer revealed you won't have to wait that long to sample it.

The trailer footage showed off lots of in-game footage, including combat and new environmental armaments. The characters shed a little more light on the story with an event called the Rampage, when monsters stampeded the land. Unlocking the mystery behind the Rampage may play a central role in the story.

The trailer ended with the announcement that a demo is coming to the Nintendo eShop in January 2021. That will give you a few months to sharpen your monster hunting skills before it releases on March 26, 2021.

Developer Housemarque showed off a new trailer for its upcoming third-person action roguelike, Returnal, at The Game Awards 2020--and now we know when to expect the game.

Previously announced for PlayStation 5 during Sony's games showcase for the console, Returnal is now set to hit PS5 on March 19. Check out the new trailer below, which shows off the user interface and some new gameplay.

We previously got some info about what Returnal will entail. After crashing on a shape-shifting world, protagonist Selene has to fight for survival and to attempt to break an ongoing time loop. You'll collect alien technology to enhance your abilities with each new run through the roguelike, dealing with third-person action that mixes in elements of bullet hell games. Each run will be a test of resource management and shooting skill, as you explore a procedurally generated world with persistent secrets to uncover.

Hazelight announced a release date for its co-op action platformer It Takes Two during The Game Awards. The game is coming on March 26, 2021 to PC, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms. The announcement was accompanied by a new trailer that showed the game in action for the first time.

It Takes Two features a couple considering separating, Cody and May, as they work through their differences and learn how to rely on each other. The announcement promises zany characters and scenarios like gangster squirrels and magic snow globes as part of the adventure.

Like Hazelight's last game, A Way Out, this one is built strictly for co-op and has no single-player option. You can play local co-op or online. And like in A Way Out, if you play online you can use a Friend Pass to invite a buddy who doesn't own the game to play along with you. Essentially, it's the experience of inviting a friend to play couch co-op, but socially distanced.

Hazelight announced a release date for its next game, It Takes Two, during The Game Awards 2020. The co-op platforming adventure game tells the story of a couple in the midst of a divorce when a magical book intervenes. The new game seems infused with the DNA of Hazelight founder and game director Josef Fares--from its uncompromising focus on cooperative gameplay to the hyper-energized narration of the magical Dr. Hakim, who hopes to bring the couple back together.

GameSpot spoke with Fares about his inspirations, how he deals with criticism, and how his next game will save your marriage. (He was kidding about that last one. Probably.)

It Takes Two looks like a continuation of some themes that you've been exploring throughout your career. What makes you so interested in cooperative play or the theme of togetherness more broadly?

Microsoft Flight Simulator, one of the biggest games of 2020, is coming to Xbox Series X|S next year. During The Game Awards 2020, a time frame for the game's console release was announced.

Microsoft Flight Simulator will launch for Xbox Series X|S in Summer 2021. This will be the first time the series has released on a console. It'll be available through Xbox Game Pass on day one, too, as all first-party Xbox games are.

There was no word regarding an Xbox One version release.

A new Evil Dead game starring Bruce Campbell is on the way from Saber Interactive. Evil Dead: The Game was announced at The Game Awards 2020 with a special trailer teasing some of the action and horror players can expect. Check it out below.

Campbell's character Ash narrates the trailer, touching on iconic lines and topics from the Evil Dead movies--including the Book of the Dead and Ash's girlfriend Linda. The trailer also shows a few characters, including a medieval knight and young Ash himself.

Evil Dead: The Game is scheduled to release in 2021 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, as well as PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

During The Game Awards 2020, Capcom showed off a revival of the classic Ghosts 'n Goblins, called Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection. It's coming to Nintendo Switch next year.

A brief gameplay trailer showed a paper cutout aesthetic with some very classic (read: hard as hell) gameplay. Once again, Arthur takes damage by stripping down to his skivvies and then turning into a pile of bones.

Ghosts 'n Goblins: Resurrection is coming February 25, 2021. That date puts it near Capcom Arcade Stadium, a compilation of classic arcade games also coming in February.

2020 has been a unique year for games, in many ways, because no one could've predicted it. The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic impacted the world across numerous fronts, and the games industry was no exception. Still, developers and companies managed to stay the course amid challenging times, meeting the demand of those quarantining with an abundance of fantastic games and exciting new hardware on which to play them. As you can imagine, the quality on display across this year's finest games has made it difficult for us at GameSpot to choose what makes it into our Best of 2020 awards. But after spending numerous hours across multiple rigorous deliberations, we have finally narrowed down a list of 10 nominees for our Best Game of 2020.

Below you can find the game nominees we consider to be the most memorable and innovative games of the past year. Each nominee below is qualified to be considered our game of the year, but like all prestigious awards, there can only be one winner. On December 17, we will unveil which of these exceptional games takes home GameSpot's coveted Best Game of 2020 award. But until then, we want to give each of the nominees a moment to shine and hear your thoughts on what we consider to be the best games of the past year.

Splatoon 2's next Splatfest, which is a part of Nintendo's special celebration of Mario's 35 anniversary, is coming in early 2021. The Mushroom vs. Superstar Splatfest kicks off on January 15 and runs for two full days.

The Splatfest will start at 2 PM PT/ 5 PM ET on January 15 and will run until that same time on January 17. The Splatfest is global, so it's going to start and end at the same time in all regions. Nintendo announced the news earlier this week on its official Japanese Splatoon 2 Twitter account.

This Splatfest announcement came alongside the announcement of Super Mario 3D All-Stars back in September. Nintendo is also releasing special Nintendo items and hosting special in-game events in other games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons as well to celebrate Mario's 35 anniversary.

With the Game Awards taking place today, December 10, the anticipation for big and exciting surprises is at its peak. Microsoft has been teasing some Xbox announcements taking place at the show but has begun tempering expectations based on reactions.

Aaron Greenberg, general manager of Xbox marketing, has warned fans that many of their predictions about what could be announced have far exceeded reality. Greenberg has maintained that the announcements are exciting, but for everyone to just think a bit smaller.

Microsoft used the Game Awards last year to announce the Xbox Series X, which was easily the biggest surprise of the show. It's unlikely that anything the company has planned for today could top that, especially with Halo Infinite confirmed to be skipping the event. Xbox's shooter exclusive recently got a confirmed Fall 2021 release window along with a minor update on progress since the delay earlier this year.

Hot on the heels of the launch of Cyberpunk 2077, Nvidia has released its latest Game Ready Driver for its GeForce GPUs to help give you the best performance possible in 2020's most-anticipated release.

Although Cyberpunk 2077 has some technical issues, not all of which have been purged by the game's day one patch, the latest driver from Nvidia should help smooth things over. In addition to optimized driver settings, the update also adds Cyberpunk 2077 to GeForce Experience, giving you access to one-click optimizations based on your preferred resolution and installed hardware.

The update also improves DLSS support within the game, with Nvidia claiming at least 60% better performance with DLSS turned on. DLSS uses AI to upscale the game from a lower resolution with great results and should definitely be used if you're planning to make us of Cyberpunk's extensive ray tracing settings.

North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis is trying to pass legislation that would make streaming of copyrighted material a felony, rather than a misdemeanor, alongside a major government funding bill. The funding bill is considered a "must-pass" piece of legislation--the government will shut down if it doesn't get approved.

The legislation would turn unauthorized commercial streaming of copyrighted material, which has been a major issue on platforms like Twitch recently, into a felony offense that could come with prison time. Twitch streamers have been getting waves of copyright strikes throughout 2020. Some streamers have had to go back and delete a number of their clips if they included any copyright-protected music.

Twitch apologized for its poor response to the wave of DMCA takedowns last month, but reiterated that the best defense to copyright strikes is to not stream copyrighted material.