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It’s no secret that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 hasn’t sold as well as 2024’s Black Ops 6, and now Circana has released more sales data that speaks to the performance of the military shooter.Black Ops 7 was the No. 1 best-selling game in North America for November, but the Call of Duty franchise experienced a double-digit percent decrease for full-game dollar sales compared to November 2024. Last year’s game, Black Ops 6, was released in October. Despite the sales downturn, this marks the 18th straight year that a new Call of Duty game has ranked No. 1 for…

A near-complete version of the cancelled Game Boy Color port of Resident Evil has been preserved and shared online.In 1999, London-based studio HotGen was given the intimidating task of porting the PS1 and Saturn game to Nintendo‘s handheld, somehow turning a 32-bit console game that came on two CDs into an 8-bit handheld game on a 2 MB cartridge.Despite appearing impossible, HotGen managed an impressive job of downgrading Resident Evil for the Game Boy Color, and the game was actually nearing completion when it was cancelled in mid-2000.Work-in-progress versions of the “impossible” Game Boy Color of Resident Evil have been…

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 downloadable content pack “Special Selection Pack,” which includes new playable characters Eneru, Z, and King, will launch on January 22, 2026, publisher Bandai Namco and Koei Tecmo developer Omega Force announced (2). A live stream showcasing the new characters in action will premiere on the One Piece official YouTube channel on December 18 at 2:00 a.m. PT / 5:00 a.m. ET / 19:00 JST.One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 is available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam.Watch a set of gameplay videos below.Eneru GameplayZ GameplayKing…

Bryan Fuller is a master of mixing horror, fantasy, and black comedy. After working in television for decades, Fuller’s feature film directorial debut, Dust Bunny, encapsulates all his best qualities as a storyteller. This tale of a troubled young girl (Sophie Sloan) who hires a hitman (Mads Mikkelsen) to kill the monster under her bed is both quirky and thought-provoking, with moments that’ll make you wince, only to laugh out loud seconds later. If you enjoy Dusty Bunny (and you’re a fan of Fuller’s most well-known project, Hannibal) there’s a criminally slept-on series that you need to check out. Dead…

Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke has clarified the developer’s position on using AI in its creative process following backlash to a recent interview with Bloomberg. In a post to social media, Vincke said Larian is “not replacing concept artists with AI” and that the developer uses it “to explore things.” “I didn’t say we use it to develop concept art. The artists do that,” he said. “We use AI tools to explore references, just like we use Google and art books. “At the very early ideation stages we use it as a rough outline for composition which we replace with…

There won’t be any prizes for correctly guessing that Hollow Knight: Silksong’s first expansion, Sea of Sorrow, will involve a) a sea and b) some kind of adverse emotion. But there is mounting evidence that the watery DLC will restore, or at be inspired by, places and bugs that developers Team Cherry had previously left on Silksong’s cutting room floor – yet had been shown in in marketing for the main game as far back as 2019. All credit for this goes to YouTube’s Hollow Knight loremaster Mossbag, along with the loveable sickos that maintain the (non-Fextralife) Hollow Knight wiki.…

The holiday season is fast approaching, and with it comes the excitement of finding the perfect gift for the kid(s) in your life. For some, this means considering an Xbox—an experience that can offer endless hours of fun, connection, creativity, and learning. But navigating the gaming world can seem daunting to some – especially those that are new to gaming. From questions around online gaming communities, to regulating screen time, content appropriateness, and how to maintain safety – it can feel overwhelming at times. Fortunately, Xbox makes it easy for adults to make the right choices for their families. The…

Embark has just rolled out patch 1.7.0 for Arc Raiders players everywhere. This is a significant patch for the extraction shooter for a number of reasons, not least of which because it kicks off a series of events under the Cold Snap banner, which introduces a new conditions to the game’s maps. Dig deeper into the patch notes, however, and you’ll find even more to get excited about, including features players have been asking for since the game’s first public test. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings To start with, today’s update finally adds an…

The first episode of Fallout season 2 is out today, with the show releasing weekly episodes until early February (when we’ll no doubt get a ridiculous cliffhanger before waiting another year for the next season). As part of the show’s marketing various grandees have been doing the interview rounds, including Todd Howard, who’s now served up the merest sliver of information about how the show will tie in to future games in the series.But first, it’s time to butter up executive producer Jonathan Nolan. Bethesda execs have previously spoken about how a Fallout adaptation could’ve come much sooner, except Howard…

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. 2025’s best-sellersThe latest Circana monthly sales report for video games in the US has been released, providing an updated look at 2025’s best-selling games so far in the US. This data runs January 5, 2025 through November 29, 2025.The biggest takeaway for the new October data is that Battlefield 6 remains the No. 1 best-selling game of 2025. Its biggest competitor, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, launched on November 14 and was November 2025’s best-selling game, but ranks No. 7 overall…