Chip Shortages Could Last Through 2022, Says Nvidia CEO

Anyone having a problem getting a new graphics card, car, household appliance, or any other modern piece of tech won't have much better luck any time soon. Speaking to Yahoo Finance, CEO Jensen Huang signaled that he expects the chip shortage to last well through 2022. "I think that through the next...

Princess Connect Re:Dive Kicks Off The Holidays With New Event And Characters

Developer Cygames and publisher Crunchyroll Games are bringing some holiday cheer to Princess Connect Re:Dive with a new story arc called The Carol That Never Was. The storyline begins November 22 at 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET and will be available to play until December 6 at 2:59 PM PT / 5:59 PM ET, adding...

Battlefield 2042 Is Crashing On Xbox Series X Consoles, Fix Is Coming

Battlefield 2042 is running into some issues on Xbox Series X, with players reporting that the game completely crashes their console in some scenarios. Developer DICE has confirmed that this is a system-level problem on Microsoft's side that is also affecting games like FIFA, Madden, and NBA 2K. DICE...

Microsoft Almost Put A Motorized Rotating Xbox Button On The Xbox One X

Microsoft has revealed it nearly put a motorized rotating Xbox button on the Xbox One X, but decided against it over concerns about its potential to "fail" and end up creating a costly scenario. A GQ report said the button would have rotated so the Xbox logo stayed in the correct upright position...

Xbox Game Pass Was Originally A Game Rental Service

Long before it blossomed into one of the best deals in gaming that it is today, Xbox Game Pass' entire structure was focused on rentals. According to a report from GQ, Game Pass was in the works at Xbox since 2013, and its first iteration was essentially an Xbox-exclusive version of Gamefly. Game...

Elder Scrolls 6 Exclusivity Not About Punishing Other Platforms, Spencer Says

After Starfield, Bethesda Game Studios is releasing The Elder Scrolls VI, and it will be an exclusive to Xbox and PC after Microsoft acquired parent company ZeniMax. Xbox boss Phil Spencer has now spoken again about the exclusivity deal, telling GQ it's not about "punishing" other platforms, but making...

GTA Parent Company's Private Division Buys OlliOlli Dev

Take-Two Interactive, the gaming giant that owns Rockstar Games and 2K Games, has announced that its independent label, Private Division, has acquired the London-based game studio Roll7. The team is perhaps best known for its OlliOlli skateboarding game series. The next entry is OlliOlli World, and...

Master Chief TV Show Actor Teases News For Xbox's 20th Anniversary On Monday

Pablo Schreiber, who plays Master Chief in the upcoming Halo TV show, has teased that "something very exciting" is going to happen on Monday, November 15. Halo's transmedia boss, Kiki Wolfkill, replied to the tweet, saying, "crazy talk." The suggestion here is that Microsoft will finally show or...

GTA Trilogy Returns To PC, As Rockstar Promises More Improvements

Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition is once again available to purchase and play on PC. The studio said on Sunday that it has reinstated the game through the Rockstar Launcher on PC. It was removed shortly after launch on November 11 amid reports that the game's "holy...

Xbox Creator Shares A Nice Message Ahead Of 20th Anniversary Thanking Fans For Their Support

Seamus Blackley, the father of the Xbox who is now better known for baking ancient bread, has shared a message ahead of the 20th anniversary of Xbox. Posting on Twitter, Blackley said said the team who helped design and release the Xbox only are owed about 40% of the credit for the success of the...

20 Years Later, Metal Gear Solid 2 Is Still A Masterclass In Misdirection

Picture the scene: It's the dawn of a new century, E3 2000 is in full swing, and the one game stealing all of the attention at that event is Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. A direct sequel to the landmark game that debuted on the PS1 in 1998, game director Hideo Kojima and publisher Konami's follow-up...

Xbox Series X|S - What Surprised Us Most, 1 Year Later

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

Self-Aware Willow Sequel Series Cast Video Admits Nobody Remembers Willow

A new Disney+ Day video features the cast of Willow discussing the upcoming sequel series in a humorously self-deprecating manner that acknowledges that most people in 2021 no longer remember the 1988 fantasy film. In the new video, actor Warwick Davis (Harry Potter, Return of the Jedi, Willow) jokingly...

Payday Crime War Beta Starts In December

While Payday fans have to wait a while longer for 2023's Payday 3, the mobile game Payday Crime War is launching its beta in December. Registrations for the beta, which will take place on Android and eventually iOS, are open now. iPhone users can register for news about the Crime War beta, but there...

Where Is Xur Today? (Nov. 12-16) - Destiny 2 Xur Location And Exotics Guide

The most reliable way to get new, useful Exotics in Destiny 2 is Xur, but only if you visit him during his weekend visits to the solar system. That gives you just four days to seek out the Agent of the Nine and check out his inventory, which now also includes legendary weapons and armor to boost your...

Halo Infinite Doesn't Have an Official Collector's Edition

One of the biggest games of the year, Halo Infinite, is not receiving an official Collector's Edition from 343 Industries. Last week, a Halo Infinite Collector's Edition listing popped up at Walmart. It was limited to 10,000 copies and sold out soon after. It has not yet appeared on any other retailer...

GTA Vice City Cheats: Infinite Ammo, Flying Cars, And More In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Definitive Edition

Grand Theft Auto's trip back to the '80s in Vice City brought with it even more cheat codes than the previous game. Whether you're returning to the game or diving in for the first time, the very same cheat codes that worked for the game when it was first released in 2002 still function in the newly...

Battlefield 2042 Known Issues List: Here's All The Bugs To Expect

Battlefield 2042 is launching very soon--in some parts of the world, it's already live and available--and DICE is now warning people about some of the bugs, issues, and other problems they can expect to encounter upon booting up the game. In a blog post, DICE said its development teams worked "extremely...

Naruto Is Coming To Fortnite On November 16

It's official, Konoha's loudest ninja Naruto Uzumaki will be making his way to Fortnite soon. Epic Games confirmed the news this week in a tweet, although details on other characters and items are being kept secret with a top-level binding jutsu by the company. Fortnite has been teasing Naruto content,...

New Halo: The Master Chief Collection Patch Adds 20th Anniversary Cosmetics

There is some new customization content in Halo: The Master Chief Collection celebrating Halo and Xbox's 20th Anniversary that players can earn through challenges or buy through the game's in-game rotating storefront, The Exchange. The new cosmetic content in Patch 1.2611.0.0 includes callbacks to...

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl Pay Homage To Nintendo's Handheld History

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are remakes of the gen-4 games from 2006, Diamond and Pearl. But they're also modernized remakes releasing on Switch, and Nintendo has found a cheeky way to pay homage to the series' long history across its handheld hardware. As shown in a tweet from the...

A Day Before Launch, GTA Definitive Edition Still Hasn't Gotten Official Gameplay--But It's Leaked Anyway

Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition launches on November 11, but the game has already leaked, providing a good look at the gameplay for the three-game package. Videos posted on Reddit, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media platforms provide a first proper look at the gameplay...

Outcast Is Available For Free On GOG For A Limited Time

Outcast, the third-person action-adventure that was the game to have when you wanted to show off just how powerful your 3dfx Voodoo accelerator card was, is currently available as a free game on GOG. All you need to grab the game is to have a valid GOG account, and you'll be able to once again visit...

Netflix Casts Roles For One Piece Live-Action Adaptation

The Cowboy Bebop live-action show is set to hit Netflix in just over a week, and now Netflix has cast its next big anime adaptation, One Piece. Netflix has cast five core cast members for the upcoming adaptation, and released a series of character posters to help you get to know them all: * Iñaki...

Tom Holland Confirms Jamie Foxx Making MCU Debut In Spider-Man: No Way Home

Actor Tom Holland has seemingly confirmed that Jamie Foxx will reprise his role as Electro in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Speaking with Total Film Magazine, Holland had an apparent slip of the tongue that name-checked Foxx--by first name only--while discussing the many Spider-Man characters from previous...

Microsoft Dropped A Real Car Out Of The Sky To Promote Forza Horizon 5

To promote the launch of Forza Horizon 5, the Xbox ANZ team pulled off a daring stunt. They dropped a real Polaris out of the sky from 4,500 feet up just like it happens in the game. The car safely floats to the ground in what looks to be the middle-of-nowhere in Victoria. A person jumps out of the...

Leonardo DiCaprio Will Play Religious Cult Leader Jim Jones In New Movie From Kangaroo Jack Writer

Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio will play the religious cult leader Jim Jones in a new movie that traces the story of the Jonestown suicide event in November 1978. More than 900 people died in the mass suicide in a remote commune in Guyana. "By the 1970s he openly rejected traditional Christianity...

Eat Doritos And Drink Mountain Dew To Get Double XP In Call Of Duty: Warzone And Vanguard

Activision has formally announced a co-marketing deal with Doritos and Mountain Dew to offer Call of Duty players double XP and double weapon XP for both Call of Duty: Vanguard and the battle royale game Warzone. "One hand on the controller the other in a bag of Doritos," the publisher said in a tweet...

Back 4 Blood DLC Roadmap Reveals All The Free And Paid Content On The Way

Back 4 Blood, the newly released PC and console shooter from the developers of Left 4 Dead, is getting a good amount of post-launch DLC, and the studio has now run through what's coming. The post-launch content roadmap includes free updates and releases that are part of the paid-for annual pass. The...

Final Fantasy 14 Endwalker Expansion Delayed To December

Final Fantasy XIV's new expansion, Endwalker, has been delayed--thankfully, the delay is only a couple of weeks. Producer and director Naoki Yoshida announced the delay over the weekend, saying he is "incredibly sorry" to have to push the release date so close to its launch. Endwalker was previously...

Eternals Box Office Results: $71 Million In The US

The numbers are in, and Marvel's newest superhero movie, Eternals, won the weekend. It made $71 million in the US and Canada and now stands at $161.7 million worldwide. Globally, Eternals is now the second-biggest opening for a western film in 2021, only trailing F9, which made $163 million over...

Spider-Man: No Way Home Poster Teases Spidey Multiverse

The new poster for Spider-Man: No Way Home has been revealed. The latest Spider-Man movie hits theaters on December 17. The poster was released via a tweet from the film's official account that states "the Multiverse unleashed." As we know from August's first No Way Home trailer, the movie will see...

Metal Gear Solid 2 And 3 Temporarily Removed From Digital Storefronts

Konami will be removing both Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3 temporarily from all digital storefronts on November 8. The reason cited for this is that so Konami can renew the license for select historical archive footage that is used in each game. The company announced that the removal mainly...

New Mass Effect Game Gets Teaser Art On N7 Day

As part of BioWare's N7 Day festivities, the developer has released a piece of teaser art for the next Mass Effect game. The striking artwork shows a massive crater on an alien world, and it seemingly contains a series of clues about its plot and characters. A ship is in the foreground--not the Normandy...

Gears of War's Heroes Are At Once Tools And Victims of Fascism

Outside, shrapnel slams into stone walls and bodies crunch into the cold comfort of cover as tracer fire explodes over the heads of soldiers. Inside, there is relative peace. Statues of old heroes stand, worn and decayed, but still erect. Stained glass windows are shattered, scattering diffused light...

Mass Effect Legendary Edition Is On Sale For N7 Day

For N7 Day--an unofficial holiday that takes place on November 7 in celebration of the Mass Effect franchise--BioWare has revealed a slew of Mass Effect-related announcements. Of note, Mass Effect Legendary Edition is on sale. If you haven't yet tried the trilogy that started it all, you can pick...

Call Of Duty: Vanguard And Warzone Add New DLC To Benefit Military Veterans Charity

Call of Duty: Vanguard only just released today, November 5, but the game already has new DLC available for it. The new Call of Duty Endowment Timeless Pack is now available for purchase in Vanguard and Call of Duty: Warzone. The DLC bundle comes with nine items in all, including two weapon blueprints,...

How To Use The Covenants In Call Of Duty: Vanguard Zombies

Call of Duty: Vanguard is now available with the new Der Anfang Zombies map, which is an objective-based Zombies experience. While some of the core aspects of surviving in Zombies mode are the same in Vanguard as Black Ops Cold War, Der Anfang's new Altar of Covenants feature allows you to earn powerful...

Halo Xbox 360 Games Now Go Offline In January 2022

Microsoft planned to shut down the servers for several Xbox 360-era Halo games in December 2021, but the end-date has shifted to the following month. The end of service date for the Xbox 360 Halo games has been pushed back to January 13, 2022, Microsoft has announced. If you already own these games--which...

10 Games Like Apex Legends That You Should Check Out

Apex Legends was easily one of the biggest surprises of 2019 when it seemingly launched out of nowhere, bringing with it a fresh new spin on the battle royale genre that felt smooth and user-friendly thanks to the talent of developer Respawn Entertainment. Since then, the game has only gotten better,...

Halo Infinite Campaign Gameplay Footage Coming Monday Morning

New Halo Infinite campaign footage will be released on Monday, October 25, as part of a special video broadcast, Microsoft has announced. The broadcast comes less than two months before Halo Infinite launches on December 8. While 343 has shown lots of Halo Infinite's multiplayer, and even held multiple...

Best Nintendo Switch Horror Games To Play Ahead Of Halloween

The Nintendo Switch has earned praise over the years for being a perfect bridge between handheld gaming and a more traditional home console experience. It's also the best console for ensuring that you'll never get a good night's sleep, as not even the usually impregnable fortress of your bedsheets...

Best Free PC Games: 20 Great Free-To-Play Games

Gaming isn't a cheap hobby unless you're prepared to get dirty while scratching at the bottom of a bargain bin, but fortunately there are plenty of games that'll appeal to anyone who has to juggle a tight budget. The current landscape of video games is overflowing with free-to-play titles, gaming experiences...

Stop Hackers In Their Tracks With 75% Off NordVPN & NordPass Password Manager

Ransomware attacks have increased 62% since 2019, so protecting your data is more important than ever. The first step is making sure you have unique, strong passwords. That, and encrypting your internet connection. Right now, you can get the top-tier protection that NordVPN provides for your network...

Fortnite Resident Evil Skins Bring Chris Redfield And Jill Valentine To Battle Royale

Fortnite Resident Evil skins have arrived in the Item Shop today, bringing yet another collaboration to the battle royale and metaverse candidate. Two characters from Capcom's beloved series, Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield can be found in the Item Shop and purchased separately or together. Here's...

Halo's Needler Is Now A Nerf Blaster, And We All Want It

Over the years, Halo has introduced the gaming world to some iconic weapons, but none of them are as cool as the Covenant's Needler. The single-handed weapon shoots out a bunch of purple needles that explode on its target. And very soon, it's going to be a really-cool Nerf blaster. Revealed at Hasbro's...

Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack: N64 And Genesis Games We Want To See

The Nintendo Switch Online subscription service is getting a new tier, dubbed Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, and it includes access to a sizable selection of Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games. Presumably, like the NES and SNES offerings on NSO, more games will be rolled out over time, and...

Enhance Your Creativity And Master Adobe Creative Cloud With This Training Package

Adobe Creative Cloud is one of the most popular and best software suites for designers and digital artists, but it's not the easiest to learn on your own. If you're looking for some help, check out the Epic 2022 Adobe Creative Cloud Training Bundle from Skill Success. It's on sale for just $30 (reg....

Pokemon Go November Events: Community Day Date, Raid Hours, And More

Pokemon Go's November events are soon here, and we've broken them down into categories below. You'll find information on the November Community Day date, the November Mega Raids and Raids schedule, as well as other events lined up for Pokemon Go in November. November will also mark the end of The...

Assassin's Creed Valhalla Dawn Of Ragnarok DLC Leaked

The next Assassin's Creed Valhalla expansion, along with additional content details, has seemingly leaked following the release of the latest update. As reported by Eurogamer, details about the unannounced DLC was uncovered by the dataminer j0nathan, who has since compiled their findings into a YouTube...

Doom Eternal Horde Mode Coming Next Week In 6.66 Update

Doom Eternal will be updated next week to include a new horde mode, among other things. Update 6.66 arrives October 26, and it is the game's biggest free update so far. In addition to the horde mode, the update adds Battlemode 2.0 featuring a new arena, as well as two additional Master Levels. Similar...