GamersHeroes Monday, November 17, 2025 1:28 PM Shown off during Secret Mode's Cozy Quest Showcase, SporkTank has released a new trailer for their cozy adventure that showcases its new characters and puzzles. The post Crossword Puzzle Adventure Rita Cozy Quest Showcase Trailer Released appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Monday, November 17, 2025 11:20 AM Arcade legends who cut their teeth on run-and-gun greats shouldn't hesitate to join the Family for Neon Inferno's new-school, old-school thrills. The post Neon Inferno Review – Welcome to the Family appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Monday, November 17, 2025 11:20 AM Whether one is a fan of medieval mysteries or just looking for more Henry exploits, Mysteria Ecclesiae and its secrets of the church provide another great adventure. The post Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Mysteria Ecclesiae DLC Review appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 3:58 PM
The creator behind Nier: Automata is trying to make the games you want, but they keep getting canned The post Please Stop Cancelling Yoko Taro's Games appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 3:46 PM
If Minecraft or The Last of Us wins Best Adaptation, I will scream loud enough to break the sound barrier The post One Of The Biggest Game Awards Snubs Wasn't Even A Video Game appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 3:10 PM
The long-awaited 1.0 release of the landmark extraction shooter hasn't exactly gone smoothly The post <i>Escape From Tarkov</i> Is Finally On Steam And Nobody's Happy appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 2:36 PM
Younger players prefer multiplayer while older gamers would rather play solo The post New Survey Says Most Players Around The World Prefer Single-Player Games appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 2:27 PM
Vendetta has ties to an unexpected character from the first Overwatch The post <em>Overwatch 2</em>'s Next Hero Is Your New Italian Mommy And Also An Unexpected Throwback appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 1:30 PM
Arrowhead Game Studios CEO thinks there are 'extreme takes' about AI in game development The post <i>Helldivers 2</i> Head Says <i>Arc Raiders</i>' Use Of AI 'Makes Gaming Better' appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 1:17 PM
I'm not sure who asked for this, but it will likely make a ton of money The post <i>Moana'</i>s Live-Action Remake Looks Like A CG Mess In First Trailer appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 1:00 PM
Also: Capcom reassures investors that Resident Evil Requiem won't be busted on PC The post Next Xbox Will Let Fans Take Their Game Libraries 'Everywhere They Go' appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 12:45 PM
Our favorite Logitech Blue Yeti microphone is now down to $85, all thanks to Black Friday. The post Logitech Is Basically Giving Away This USB Gaming Microphone for Nearly Free appeared first on Kotaku. |
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Save $80 on individual Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Plus security cameras over at Amazon. The post Amazon Clears Out the New Ring Floodlight Security Camera, Now Cheaper Than Last Black Friday appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 11:53 AM
The superhero workplace comedy's penultimate episode is not sitting well with its fans The post One Scene In <em>Dispatch</em> Has Ruined The Game For Some Players appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 11:46 AM
New trailers for Reanimal, 007 First Light, and Tides of Annihilations will premiere at the Thursday event The post Surprise Xbox Showcase Teases More Game Pass Announcements appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 11:45 AM
You can save up to 40% on the GPS-enabled Fitbit Versa 4 smartwatch for a limited time. The post Forget Garmin, Fitbit Versa 4 Fitness Smartwatch Is Going for Peanuts With Early Black Friday Discount appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 11:37 AM
Leon S. Kennedy, are you in there? Give us a sign, please. The post <i>Resident Evil Requiem</i> Producer Calls Leon Rumors 'Fake News,' But Fans Still Believe appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 11:34 AM
Geoff Keighley's annual award show will be held in December The post The Game Awards 2025 GOTY Nominees Are Here And They're Exactly What You'd Expect appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 11:23 AM
Even if you're not planning to trade something in, it might be worth hanging around your local GameStop for the theater of it all The post GameStop Will Let You Turn In A Deer Head For <i>GTA 6</i> Discounts In 'Trade Anything' Stunt appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 11:15 AM
This mouse comes with two wireless modes, so it's great for both work and play. The post Razer's Wireless Mechanical Gaming Mouse Is Now Cheaper Than Budget Mice After Over 50% Drop appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 10:45 AM
Save $131 on the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Bluetooth Headphones over at Amazon ahead of Black Friday. The post Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones Fall Below Last Black Friday Pricing, Now Almost 2x Cheaper Than AirPods Max appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 10:20 AM
New filings accuse Krafton of engineering an illegal takeover to save money The post <i>Subnautica 2</i> Publisher Allegedly Asked ChatGPT To Find A Way Out Of Paying Cofounders appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Monday, November 17, 2025 10:15 AM
Snagging a high-end laptop doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg. The post Dell Slashes Its Ryzen 7 Laptop by Nearly 80%, Plus $399 in Free Accessories Thrown In for Early Black Friday Only appeared first on Kotaku. |
PCGamesN Monday, November 17, 2025 3:00 PM Set in Oakmont, a post WWI metropolis infested with creeping Lovecraftian horrors, The Sinking City Remastered is going cheap right now. |
PCGamesN Monday, November 17, 2025 1:00 PM Spacefaring whale city builder Beyond These Stars offers a new gameplay trailer and host of new mechanics to apologize for the delay. |
PCGamesN Monday, November 17, 2025 12:37 PM Clair Obscur Expedition 33 leads the pack for The Game Awards' Game of the Year 2025 nominees, with a colossal 11 nominations in total. |
PCGamesN Monday, November 17, 2025 12:29 PM Grab some free bait and a couple of handy potions from the latest Roblox Fish It codes to become the most famous fisher around. |
PCGamesN Monday, November 17, 2025 11:46 AM Prologue Go Wayback launches into early access this week, and PlayerUnknown Productions plans to evolve its world, systems, and more. |
PCGamesN Monday, November 17, 2025 11:46 AM Whether tidying the crumbs from your desk, the grot from between your keyboard keys, or the dust from inside your PC, you need one of these. |
PCGamesN Monday, November 17, 2025 11:58 AM Upgrade your game streaming or home recording setup with a gaming microphone. Our top choices include models from Blue, Elgato, and Razer. |
PCGamesN Monday, November 17, 2025 11:35 AM The Monopoly Go Golden Blitz event unlocks golden sticker trading to help you complete missing album stickers and complete your collection. |
PCGamesN Monday, November 17, 2025 11:15 AM The WoW Winds of Mysterious Fortune event offers big XP boosts and more, but it has mysteriously vanished from the latest 11.2.7 roadmap. |
PCGamesN Monday, November 17, 2025 10:32 AM Get gems, a gamepass and much more with new Anime Weapons codes for the latest pop-culture Roblox bandit beating simulator. |
PCGamesN Monday, November 17, 2025 10:25 AM In an historic announcement, Cities Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order announces it's separating from Paradox to do its own thing. |
PCGamesN Monday, November 17, 2025 9:55 AM With a host of handheld-friendly games in this month's Humble Choice, you can enjoy half dozen Steam Deck games worth $156 for just $15. |
PCGamesN Monday, November 17, 2025 9:13 AM Wrong Organ, the developer behind Mouthwashing, is committed to trying something different from its usual narrative fare with its next game. |
PCGamesN Monday, November 17, 2025 9:05 AM Plenty of Resident Evil Requiem Leon 'leaks' have been floating around the internet, and producer Masato Kumazawa sets the record straight. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, November 17, 2025 2:55 PM  It's been a while since Yoko Taro has made a game, hasn't it? That last public (key word here) thing he worked on was a mobile game about how Sega controls pretty much everything called 404 Game Re:set in 2023 (it shut down in 2024). Before that was a trio of Voice of Cards games in 2021/22, and before that the Nier Replicant not-quite-a-remake and also now defunct mobile game Nier Reincarnation. In terms of the big thing that everyone wants, a non-gacha Nier game, things have been very quiet, but that can be said of Taro's work as a whole. Apparently, though, that's not for lack of trying. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, November 17, 2025 1:12 PM  Prologue: Go Wayback is due out in early access later this week, and ahead of that developer PlayerUnknown Productions laid out a little roadmap of updates you can expect in the coming… months? They didn't specify, which isn't necessarily a bad thing - I think setting expectations of when certain features may arrive encourages a more demanding audience - but they did give a good overview of what's to come. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, November 17, 2025 12:29 PM  Sure, you could tease around the edges of generative AI videogame development, spitting out an Anno 117 loading screen here, belching out Arc Raiders NPC voice barks there, or you could just go the whole hog and hook your characters straight up to an LLM. What could possibly go wrong? |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, November 17, 2025 11:49 AM  Is this what life is now? Witnessing massive, incredibly successful companies turning to AI to get advice on legal proceedings? You don't need to pinch me, I've already done it, and this world is real. The company in question here is Subnautica 2 publisher Krafton, who you might remember are being sued by three ex-leads of the game; developer of the game Unknown Worlds are (technically) also suing this trio of developers in kind. This all came about because Krafton delayed Subnautica 2, a decision that meant Unknown Worlds wouldn't get a $250 million bonus. And it seems that the publisher even asked ever-reliable ChatGPT for advice on how they could avoid doing just that. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, November 17, 2025 11:45 AM  I started a new Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl run this past weekend, and like most of my decisions, I now look back on it with pain and regret. Had I waited just a couple more days, I could have begun anew with the roaming FPS's new Expedition update, which is out now and spans everything from difficulty modes and inventory tweaks to enemy behaviour reworks and yet more upgrades to its A-Life simulation system. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, November 17, 2025 10:18 AM  Last week saw Valve reveal three pieces of hardware. The Steam Machine, a console-like mini PC you plug into your TV. A newly updated Steam Controller, which combines the original's trackpad-style thumbpads with the double thumbsticks of a regular gamepad. And also the Steam Frame, a new virtual reality headset that streams games from your PC and opens up your whole game library to be played in the privacy of your own goggles. While I have a default thrill setting that engages whenever Valve announces new hardware, it's been interesting to see the variety of responses to the hardware reveals. I was surprised, in particular, by the muted response to the Steam Machine in our comments. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, November 17, 2025 10:16 AM  Cities: Skylines developers Colossal Order are moving on from the city building series and parting ways with publishers Paradox Interactive, after 15 years of collaboration. They're handing Skylines over to one of Paradox's in-house teams, Surviving The Aftermath developers Iceflake Studios, who will take over "all existing and future development for Cities: Skylines 2", spanning free updates and paid expansions. |
Siliconera Monday, November 17, 2025 3:00 PM
Square Enix announced it is bringing a version of the Kam'lanaut event back to Final Fantasy XI, and this is apparently the "third and final" time The "Real" Archduke of Jeuno, Back in the Spotlight Yet Again will be available in FFXI. It starts tomorrow on February 18, 2025, then will end on December 9, 2025. This will also be the first time we can trade to get the Archduke's Shield.
Since this is a returning event, none of the entry requirements or basic protocol changed. You need to be at level 95, have finished "Return to Delkfutt's Tower," and gotten a Stellar Fulcrum Phantom Gem from Mimble-Pimble in Port Windurst (L-5), Raving Opossum from Port Bastok (J-11), or Trisvain from Northern San d'Oria (J-7). If you do, you can head to the Delkfutt's Field battlefield with up to six people for "Return to Delkfutt's Tower" to face Kam'lanaut in FFXI. Beating that fight could net you Jeuno Tunes, Kam'lanaut's Shield, and Kam'lanaut's Sword as rewards. Very Easy, Easy, and Normal difficulties are available initially, but you can unlock Difficult and Very Difficult versions of the fight by beating the Normal encounter.
As for the rewards, the Curator Moogles will be at Chateau d'Oraguille (H-9), Heaven's Tower (Clerical Chamber), and Metalworks (J-8). They will feature three things you can trade for. These are the new Archduke's Shield with Refresh +1 and the Archduke's Crystal Board and Archduke's Sword from earlier in 2025.
Here are some of the things you can get from the event.
This The "Real" Archduke of Jeuno, Back in the Spotlight Yet Again event with Kam'lanaut has showed up in FFXI many times under different names since it first debut in 2018. It typically appears once each year, though 2025 was an exception as it appeared in September 2025, October 2025, and now November 2025.
Final Fantasy XI is available for the PC, and The "Real" Archduke of Jeuno, Back in the Spotlight Yet Again will be available in FFXI between November 18, 2025 and December 9, 2025. November 2025 also marks the first time new login campaign changes appeared in the game.
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Siliconera Monday, November 17, 2025 2:30 PM
Back at the beginning of November 2025, we announced our ad-free Siliconera+ subscription would be back. Now that we've gotten things situated, we'd like to announce a free-trial. Starting immediately, anyone joining Siliconera+ will get a two month (60-day) free trial. So if someone would join on November 17, 2026, then the $1.99 subscription fee would kick into effect on January 16, 2026.
As a reminder, here is everything you get with a Siliconera+ subscription:
We'd really love to expand what we offer and keep serving the community as we did before, and we hope the support from Siliconera+ will allow us to run more news, reviews, previews, interviews, and playtests each month. If you have any further questions, comments, or concerns, please let us know in the comments below.
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Siliconera Monday, November 17, 2025 2:00 PM
Sanrio, Pingu BV, and Taito announced a collection of four Pingu x Tuxedo Sam plush toys, with the penguin stuffed animals debuting in "late" November 2025. They'll be prizes in Japanese arcades. It's unknown if we could also see them worldwide, though sometimes places like Crunchyroll offers them in the US later.
The original reveal of this collection confirmed three characters are part of it, and those same three are all present here. There are two versions of Tuxedo Sam stuffed animals. A navy blue one will be holding Pingu's face and a sky blue one will hold Pinga. The Pingu and Pinga plush each are wearing hats based on the Sanrio mascot's sailor cap and will be holding the Sanrio penguin's face.
Here's the official teaser image for the collection:
This is the second collection of Pingu x Tuxedo Sam merchandise, as Taito previously released other items based on the Sanrio and cartoon penguins in arcades in 2025. Those involved a pair of pillows with the animals on them. We saw those debut in August 2025.
The new Pingu x Tuxedo Sam plush will debut in Japanese arcades in November 2025, and we'll have to wait and see if we see the stuffed penguins show up everywhere eventually.
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Siliconera Monday, November 17, 2025 1:00 PM
XSEED announced that its planned Corpse Party Tetralogy Pack collection, which consisted of four Switch games, won't appear outside Japan as planned. It took to social media to note both the digital and physical releases are canceled. It stated the reason it was given for not being able to release them as planned is contents "did not comply with current platform guidelines." This follows a delay to both it and Corpse Party II in August 2025. The full collection is available in Japan already since August 2025.
While this collection is canceled, some of the Corpse Party games in it are available on the Nintendo Switch eShop worldwide already. The first game in the series is there for $19.99, and Corpse Party Blood Drive is also $19.99 on the storefront. (The latter is reduced to $7.99 until November 21, 2025.) Corpse Party: Book of Shadows and Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash would have appeared on the system worldwide for the first time in this collection. Book of Shadows is on the PSP and PC worldwide, while the visual novel is on PCs everywhere.
Here is the full statement from XSEED:
"We know how much you were anticipating the release of the Corpse Party Tetralogy Pack. Though we previously released entries in the Corpse Party series on console platforms and digital storefronts in the West, we were informed that the contents of several games in the Tetralogy Pack did not comply with current platform guidelines. As a result, we are unable to release these games as intended and have subsequently canceled the physical release of Corpse Party Tetralogy Pack, as well as the digital offerings of previously unreleased Corpse Party games featured in the Tetralogy Pack.
"We apologize for any confusion and disappointment this may have caused. We remain committed to working with our partners at MAGES to bring Corpse Party II: Darkness Distortion to the West and will share more details on its release when we can. Thank you for your understanding and continued support of XSEED Games and the Corpse Party franchise."
Corpse Party II: Darkness Distortion is expected to appear on the Switch, PS4, PS5, and PC in 2026.
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Siliconera Monday, November 17, 2025 12:00 PM
Shift Up shared details about the upcoming November 20, 2025 update for Goddess of Victory: NIKKE, and that will add the SSR character Soline: Frost Ticket and Blank Ticket event to the game. Its release follows new video releases like a Scarlet ASMR one and the third part of "The Many Nayutas."
In the case of Blank Ticket, Soline will be the main character. When the Infinity Rail character tends the AZX Ark train in this new event, she will meet someone who won't get off. This is a woman named Nora, and it seems this storyline will explain why she's there. That will be available from the moment maintenance ends until December 4, 2025. A seven-day long Ticket Check login event with rewards will run during it, and we can earn rewards for completing it and its challenge stage.
While the original Soline in Goddess of Victory: NIKKE is an Attacker who wields a Crimson Crusader SMG and is an Iron Code type, Frost Ticket is a Supporter with a Cozy Passage shotgun and Water Code type. It seems she'll be a healer for the party, and the announcement noted her Burst will restore health to the party. Her banner will be available until December 4, 2025 too, but she'll also be added to Ordinary Recruit, Social Point Recruit, and Mold items after that.
Here's the first teaser video for the character:
Prior to this update, the game celebrated its third anniversary. That involved a new story event and a Surface Mode beta. Three SSR characters joined after maintenance too. Those were Chime, Liberalio, and Nayuta, with Chime being one we could earn as an event reward.
Goddess of Victory: NIKKE is available on PCs and mobile devices, and the game will get Blank Ticket and SSR Soline: Frost Ticket on November 20, 2025.
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Siliconera Monday, November 17, 2025 11:00 AM
Nintendo used its Nintendo Today app to share an update on The Legend of Zelda live-action movie that offered a first look at lead characters Link and Zelda. The announcement also confirmed filming started and the release date is still May 7, 2027. Keep in mind this isn't a full trailer yet, so we don't know details about its story.
The three The Legend of Zelda movie photos used in the teaser show only these versions of the characters Link and Zelda. We already knew they'd be played by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth and Bo Bragason, respectively. The first photos show the two in a field together. Zelda is wielding a bow and has a quiver of arrows on her back, and she wears a blue tunic and pants. We can see make on Bragason on her ears. Ainsworth is crouched behind her, and he's wearing the typical type of green Link tunic. No shield or sword is immediately visible.
Here are screenshots from Nintendo Today's video clip.
We'll see another movie based on a Nintendo property appear ahead of this one. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will debut on April 3, 2026. That's another animated adventure that will incorporate characters and elements from the two Super Mario Galaxy games. The first trailer for that just appeared and offered a first look at Rosalina.
The Legend of Zelda live-action movie will appear in theaters on May 7, 2027. People with the Nintendo Today mobile app can see
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Siliconera Monday, November 17, 2025 10:00 AM
Toyo Suisan revealed a collaboration between its Maruchan instant noodles and the mecha anime show Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX. The company is gradually releasing instant Kitsune Udon and Tanuki Soba noodles themed after the Gundam GQuuuuuuX versions of Char Aznable and Challia Bull.
The regular versions of the Char Custom Red Kitsune Udon and Challia Custom Green Tanuki Tempura-Soba are immediately available in supermarkets and drug stores across Japan. Toyo Suisan will also release exclusive editions for convenience stores later within November 2025. The latter will have 2 extra slices of abura-age tofu for Char's Kitsune Udon and small shrimp tempura for Challia's Tanuki Soba.
The covers for both instant noodle packages also have a specific design that lets one connect them to form the "M.A.V." phrase.
A special collaboration movie featuring a parody of Char and Challia's conversation from the Gundam GQuuuuuuX anime show is also available to watch on Maruchan's YouTube channel:
In addition, the company is holding a merchandise campaign featuring the collaboration. People can participate by submitting receipts of Maruchan instant noodles purchased by December 27, 2025. They can then have the chance to win items like a Char Custom Yogibo pillow, Zeon-designed chopsticks, acrylic stands with cover-closing bases, and a QUO Card featuring the crossover illustration.
The two collaboration-branded Maruchan instant noodles—Char Custom Red Kitsune Udon and Challia Custom Green Tanuki Tempura-Soba based on Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX—are readily available in limited amounts in stores across Japan.
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Destructoid Monday, November 17, 2025 3:26 PM
Kaifeng is the second main area to reach in Where Winds Meet, but getting to the place can be quite confusing.
For starters, you'll have to complete a fair amount of quests in Quinghe. However, you'll also have to focus on specific quests to gain access quickly. Unless you get the order correct, you'll be teleported back to Qinghe as soon as you try to cross.
This guide will enlighten you about what needs to be done so that you can gain access and complete missions in Where Winds Meet.
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How to access Kaifeng in Where Winds Meet
Reaching Kaifeng requires you to complete the For Whom Does He Return segment. You can find it under Chapter One - Heaven Has No Pier. This quest will take a fair amount of time (will vary based on your in-game difficulty). Once you have managed to defeat the easier enemies, you'll have to defeat Qianye, the Witch Queen.
How to defeat Qianye in Where Winds Meet
While I have been playing on the easiest difficulty, Qianye was a nightmare. You'll not only have to ace your defensive play, but you'll also have to heal yourself regularly. Qianye's main weapon is her massive scythe, which can do a massive amount of damage.
The first phase of her fight is simple: just avoid the Scythe as much as possible. It's the second phase that is really difficult. Here are my general tips about what you should do to ace the Qianye fight.
Once you defeat Qianye, go to the dockmaster near Harvestfall. You'll be taken to Kaifeng, where you can continue your journey. Do note that you'll need to be level 32 or higher (aside from completing the Chapter One questline).
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Destructoid Monday, November 17, 2025 1:40 PM
The Festival of Football Captains Challenge 2 SBC is now live in FC 26, and you can complete the challenge to obtain a bonus pack in Ultimate Team.
As usual, you can use lower-rated items to complete the challenge. Most players should have the necessary fodder required to complete it. Let's look at how to complete the challenge and what rewards are available.
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FC 26 Festival of Football Captains Challenge 2 SBC tasks
The Festival of Football Captains Challenge 2 SBC has just one task, and here are its requirements.
Festival of Football Captains Challenge 2 SBC
While you have to use just one Gold item, the chemistry requirement can feel slightly tricky to solve. However, I have added a solution for you to use if you get stuck.
FC 26 Festival of Football Captains Challenge 2 SBC solutions
Here's a solution to help you clear the SBC when you're stuck. However, your priority should be to use cards that are already available in your club.
Completing the challenge will get you a tradeable Prime Mixed Players Pack. This pack includes four of each of Bronze, Silver, and Gold player items, with six of them guaranteed to be Rare. There's a chance for you to obtain a promo card/walkout if you're lucky, and all the rewards can be sold on the market for extra coins.
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Destructoid Monday, November 17, 2025 12:49 PM
Call of Duty: Black Ops is back, and how. Experimentation is the way to go, but the campaign takes some wild turns. The internet has relentlessly criticized moments like the Harper "Skibidi Toilet" boss, and reading the reactions is the most fun I've had with the campaign.
If you still haven't, please feast your eyes on whatever this is:
In the story's defense, the characters aren't really fighting a guy overdosing on Mario's shrooms. Still, Harper's battle is a bizarre moment that feels and plays in an egregiously goofy manner. As redditor TheBrainrotteDrone complained, "Why the f*ck did they make the Black Ops 7 boss look like a Skibidi Toilet character? Are they stupid?" That's exactly how an 8-year-old would put it, likely because that's Skibidi Toilet's main demographic, but it's true.
On top of all the immersion-breaking goofiness, the fight just isn't fun, so the Internet had to make it fun. Twitter user Suarez posted the image below, simply commenting, "Same vibe".
And thus began an avalanche of visual comparisons that you just won't be able to unsee when facing Harper.
There were also more serious complaints, like Twitter's Neon Daybreak, who pointed out that "So the devs f*cking lied. 'Black Ops 7 needs to feel authentic to Call of Duty' my ass. We got giant Harper and hallucinations." A really fair assessment, considering how the Black Ops series should focus on the rawest and darkest aspects of warfare.
In Activision's defense, ResetEra user SatMgMg said, "Reviewers and audience keeps pointing to games like Wolfenstein and Doom and kept saying "Why can't COD campaigns be like that" when COD has their own identity of a huge Hollywood set pieces and one time gimmick flavor that really isn't seen in any other FPSs at all. So they just put their hands up and made the campaigns a Warzone tutorial with like 2-3 setpieces within the whole game now."
And that is absolutely a valid point, and a reason why developers should be allowed to bring their vision to life, uncompromised by the pressures put upon them by executives who claim they know what fans want.
Should Call of Duty have boss fights?
The Call of Duty series has never been about boss fights. It opted instead for a more realistic depiction of WWII warfare in its early titles, then for more dramatic and climactic confrontations ever since Modern Warfare.
Call of Duty can have bosses, but to warrant a reaction other than a fit of laughter, they probably should devise a type of boss that would suit the series. Either way, it absolutely doesn't need them. Twitter user Mogumogu just commented, "I miss the old Call of Duty," with a video of the epic conclusion to World at War.
And now we wait to see how Activision's bosses will skibidi their way out of this one.
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Destructoid Monday, November 17, 2025 12:14 PM
Sacré bleu! What a year for the French! 2025 has been a banner year for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and it's ending in a total of 12 nominations at The Game Awards, Geoff Keighley revealed today.
The debut turn-based RPG from Sandfall Interactive racked up the nominations, including the one for the biggest award of the night, Game of the Year. In the crown achievement of the show, it's up against Hades 2, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
As Keighley rattled off the list of nods, it was basically impossible to see a category without E33 nominated. Several of the main cast were nominated for Best Performance, including Ben Starr, Charlie Cox, and Jennifer English. But just about any applicable category you can think of, the game was nominated for, and it amounts to 12 noms for 10 different awards.
Other than GOTY and Best Performance, E33 is also nominated for Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score and Music, Best Audio Design, Best Independent Game, Best Debut Indie Game, and Best RPG.
I genuinely think it's got a chance to win every award it's nominated for. There's been plenty of amazing games in 2025, but the one that continues to stick out the most in my mind is E33. For my money, it was the most memorable, new, and original experience all year long, and a true pleasure to play and review for Destructoid.
There's an argument for all of the games to be awarded in every category E33 is in, but the hype has followed all the way through in the seven months since the game launched, and it's going to be the favorite in most categories.
The Game Awards takes place on Thursday, Dec. 11, and will surely contain a lot of new game announcements within the ceremony. Fan voting for the awards is available on the website now.
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Destructoid Monday, November 17, 2025 11:57 AM
The nominations for The Game Awards 2025 are out, and they include many expected candidates, along with some surprise mentions.
The awards for this year are formatted similarly to previous years. There are different categories, with several nominations aiming to get the highest votes. This live blog will help to keep you updated about every nomination as they're revealed.
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Complete list of The Game Awards 2025 nominees
We have separated the nominations across different categories. The tables will be updated as the nominations are revealed.
Game of the Year
Best VR/AR Game
Best Strategy/Sim Game
Best Sports/Racing Game
Best Score and Music
Best RPG
Best Ongoing Game
Best Performance
Best Narrative
Best Multiplayer Game
Best Mobile Game
Innovation in Accessibility
Best Indie Game
Best Games for Impact
Best Game Direction
Best Fighting Game
Best Family Game
Best Esports Team
Best Esports Athlete
Best Esports Game
Best Debut Indie Game
Best Creator of the Year
Best Community Support
Best Audio Design
Best Art Direction
Best Adaptation
Most Anticipated Game
Best Action Game
Best Action/Adventure Game
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Destructoid Monday, November 17, 2025 11:49 AM
Celeste is arguably the most valuable of all traders in ARC Raiders, and you can find plenty of useful items from her.
Unlike other traders, Celeste requires Assorted Seeds. This particular item is really easy to find and available across all five maps. Let's look at the best items you can potentially buy from Celeste after every daily rest.
Best items to buy from Celeste in ARC Raiders
While Assorted Seeds are commonly available, you should be judicious about how you want to use them. Waste them frequently, and you'll miss out on getting items that are actually worth buying.
The table is a general list that includes things everyone can use daily. Always spend your Assorted Seeds in a way that meets your immediate needs.
Additionally, Celeste also sells a variety of items that might be common, but you'll need them in large amounts. You can use your seeds for that, too.
Finally, Exodus Modules and Complex Gun Parts are only useful when crafting specific weapons. If you don't have the blueprint or don't plan on using it, you should spend your seeds elsewhere.
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Destructoid Monday, November 17, 2025 10:52 AM
Call of Duty games are always filled to the brim with challenges to unlock cosmetic items like calling cards of camos, and Black Ops 7 continues that trend.
While camo challenges for Zombies, multiplayer, and Endgame are fully apparent, some are shrouded in secrecy. In CoD, these challenges are called Dark Ops, and they require some skill and quite a bit of luck to figure out how to get them done.
Here's everything we know about the Dark Ops challenges in Black Ops 7.
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Black Ops 7 Dark Ops challenges so far
Normally, Dark Ops challenges are data-mined in advance. But this year, Treyarch and Activision have somehow found a way to hide them pretty well. Because of this, the list of Dark Ops challenges in-game is incomplete until they are solved.
What are Dark Ops challenges in Black Ops 7?
Call of Duty Dark Ops challenges are incredibly difficult, secret challenges for all of the modes in the game. It's totally unknown what the challenges are or how to do them before they are discovered organically in the game. Completing these tricky tasks rewards special calling cards and more.
Black Ops 7 multiplayer Dark Ops challenges
Black Ops 7 Zombies Dark Ops challenges
Black Ops 7 co-op campaign Endgame Dark Ops challenges
This article will be updated as more Dark Ops challenges are discovered.
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Destructoid Monday, November 17, 2025 10:42 AM
After set video leaks popped up online over the weekend, we now have our first official look at both Link and Zelda in The Legend of Zelda movie.
The photos were released on the Nintendo Today app this morning, and they show Bo Bragason as Princess Zelda and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link in full garb. And honestly, they both look pretty incredible.
The photos were shown in a short video on the app, confirming again the May 7, 2027 release date for the long-anticipated live-action adaptation of the beloved Nintendo franchise. Hopefully, we can get the full HD version of the photos online soon.
Interestingly, the pictures show Zelda in a costume similar to her appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and not some more classic designs like from earlier games in the series. Link's, meanwhile, appears to feature more of a design similar to his appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. As of now, plot details of the movie are under wraps, but there is plenty of source material for the film to pull from.
The film comes as a partnership between Nintendo and Sony Pictures, and will be directed by Wes Ball, best known for the Maze Runner film trilogy. The movie is now in full production and being shot in New Zealand, and production is likely to last through the spring before heading into post-production and editing.
What are you hoping to see from The Legend of Zelda movie? I'm not the biggest Zelda fan myself, but maybe the movie could convert me (and likely some others). I think both of these young, unknown actors look great in the roles so far, but let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
Update on Nov. 17 at 9:40am CT: Nintendo has posted the full images online and we've added them to the article above.
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Destructoid Monday, November 17, 2025 10:32 AM
Metroid Prime 4 is coming out on December 4 for both the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. The version for the new console is more expensive, which isn't surprising since Nintendo Switch 2 games are launching at higher prices by default.
This is part of a larger price hike affecting Nintendo and the rest of the industry. Nintendo raised the price of its hardware this year, which slowed console sales, especially after the release of the more powerful Switch 2. Naturally, many players are frustrated to see new games pushing into the $70 to $80 range.
With Metroid Prime 4 being the first Metroid game caught in this wave, Destructoid spoke with Kynan Pearson, who worked on Metroid Prime 2 and Metroid Prime 3, to get his thoughts on why this is happening and why it's probably not going away.
AAA games take literally a thousand people to make
Kynan, who has been in game development for years, pointed out how production costs have exploded. As an example, he used the credits for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, released in 1992 for the Super Nintendo. It had 41 names. Meanwhile, Tears of the Kingdom has more than 1,100 people mentioned in the credits, plus entire job categories that were split into subcategories since the 1990s, like "programmer" becoming 18 specialized roles.
"[Nintendo's] development costs have significantly increased as well," he analyzed, pointing out that Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild took "almost an entire console generation" to complete, even with a large team. "Luckily, they're selling crazy amounts of units of modern Zelda, but they're also releasing significantly fewer games over a generation, so the costs kind of level out."
Games today require bigger teams, more designers, more programmers, more specialists, and years of development time. Even Tears of the Kingdom, built late in the Switch's lifecycle, took several years and enormous staffing. All of that means higher production costs, and those costs need to be recovered somehow.
"I worked on some games that were huge in scale, and their break-even points were ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous," Kynan said, revealing that in some cases it would be impossible for these titles even to recoup their development cost.
Your backlog is part of the problem
But development cost is only part of the story. Kynan also points to something true for pretty much anyone reading this: our never-ending gaming backlogs.
I have a huge digital backlog on Switch, plus one or two physical games I've never touched. And that's before even looking at my Steam library, which is full of stuff I got for free or on sale over the years. Right now, I'm playing Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze on Switch and Mass Effect Trilogy on the Steam Deck, and I still have several other titles waiting. So when Metroid Prime 4 launches, I need to decide whether to buy it right away or if it joins the pile of games I already own and haven't finished.
"Every game that comes out is competing with the entire historical back catalog of games that have ever been released because they're competing for time," Kynan said. "They're competing with a lot more than we know at this point."
This competition for time did not exist in the same way when A Link to the Past was released. Back then, it was competing with a small handful of SNES games. Today, thousands of games hit Steam every year, hundreds more arrive on consoles, and dozens of retro games are easy to access on the Switch. Everything is fighting for attention.
Players can only play so many games. That means each title sells fewer copies on average. And if your game sells fewer copies, the only way to recoup massive development costs is to increase the price per copy, which is why price hikes exist.
"There are just too many games, and there are not enough players demanding all of the games. So games need to stand out in some way, and they need to be profitable despite the escalating costs," he concluded, pointing to the several game studios that have closed down recently.
Kynan made it clear that he wants games to be cheaper, but he also believes there is a legit reason companies are increasing prices, despite not being aware of their financials.
Adjusted for inflation, games in the 90s were far more expensive than today. For example, A Link to the Past cost around $50 in 1992, which equals roughly $115 today. That is more than Tears of the Kingdom and more than any Switch 2 game so far. So in that sense, games are cheaper. But this gets complicated when you factor in inflation, wages, and the general cost of living. If games are cheaper but people have less disposable income, the math feels the same in practice.
Making good games is the antidote to future price hikes
Ultimately, like a lot of things, games cost more to make, so they cost more to buy. For big productions like Metroid, Zelda, or Pokémon, that is probably going to change. If we want cinematic, high-production value games built for a global audience, we will have to pay a premium.
Smaller games show the contrast. Solo-dev hits like Megabonk and small indie teams like Hollow Knight: Silksong's Team Cherry can still sell games for $10 to $20 because their costs are tiny in comparison.
Nintendo, interestingly, reportedly keeps costs lower than most AAA publishers, with Pokémon games on the Switch costing roughly $20 million to develop. Even Metroid Prime 4, which has reportedly been restarted multiple times, is estimated at around $100 million. Still modest compared to modern mega-budget games that reportedly go over $200 million in development costs.
In Kynan's view, Nintendo can get away with spending less since it focuses on nailing what matters: strong mechanics, rewarding feedback, and worlds where gameplay feels good.
In the end, developers are trying to make games that stand out among thousands, and players have to juggle expenses, time, and massive backlogs. It's tough on both sides, but unless the entire economic model of gaming shifts, $70 to $80 games, especially for big franchises, are here to stay.
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Destructoid Monday, November 17, 2025 9:10 AM
NBA 2K26 v3.0 update is now live on next-gen consoles, and it's coming soon to PC after the launch of Season 3.
The latest patch includes some major changes to explore. If you're either on Xbox Series X|S or PlayStation 5, the patch is live as of writing. Let's look at the major changes that are part of this patch.
Complete NBA 2K26 v3.0 patch notes
The latest patch includes the following general changes.
The Arena has also been updated with new uniforms and roster updates. While there aren't many changes when it comes to gameplay, here's what to look out for.
Both The City and MyCareer/MyPlayer modes have undergone several changes, based on community feedback.
MyTeam has also witnessed a few important tweaks related to matchmaking and different modes.
It will be interesting to find out how the changes shape the meta in the upcoming season. You can read the full patch notes here.
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