Nintendo just released The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's remake for Switch 2, and the themed console that Nintendo debuted with the game has, perhaps unsurprisingly, sold incredibly well.

Circana's Mat Piscatella shared new data that confirms the Switch 2 just had its best sales week of 2026 so far, based on dollar sales, thanks to the 40th Anniversary Edition console. The $520 console launched on October 29, and Circana's reporting period for the week ended on October 31.

The 40th Anniversary Edition Switch 2.

The special-edition console sports a geometric design inspired by the Zelda series, with a large Triforce symbol on the dock. The accompanying Joy-Cons feature the game's classic green and gold color scheme, along with specific designs based on the RPG series.

The system doesn't include a copy of the game, which launched on November 5, and is priced at $60 digitally and $70 on a physical cartridge.

Sales of the 40th Anniversary Edition console helped lift total spending on hardware in the US for the week by 81% compared to the same week in 2025.

The Ocarina of Time remake has been a huge hit critically, scoring a 9/10 here at GameSpot. It's the highest-rated game of 2026 so far. Nintendo has not revealed any sales numbers for the game, however.

Steven Ogg famously portrayed the wildcard character Trevor in Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 5, and he wishes Rockstar brought the character back for GTA 6.

Speaking to Principle Magazine, Ogg said it would have been a nice moment to "pass the torch" to have Trevor show up at the beginning of GTA 6 "sitting on the toilet" or doing some "weird thing" like walking around having something fall on his head, knocking him to the ground.

In short, Ogg said he wanted Trevor to have some kind of "acknowledgement" that Trevor's story is over and it's time for Jason and Lucia to take center stage in GTA 6. Ogg said it could have been a nice full circle moment because, in GTA 5, Trevor's first scene shows him bashing Johnny Klebitz from GTA 4.

"I’m not a fan of all of the reboots and the sequels. I don’t get the … the hunger for that, but there is, because it makes money and that’s why people do it," he said.

Ogg went on to say things have come so far since GTA 5, so he wanted to see how characters from GTA 5 could look in GTA 6, given the technical improvements from the past decade.

"So, I’d be curious. But you know, not my duck, not my bottle. Not my monkey, not my cage," he said.

Also in the interview, Ogg pushed back against the online theories that he is no fan of GTA and Trevor. He said he's always been proud of Trevor and proud of what Rockstar created. He doesn't play GTA 5, but he said people are out of line for taking his soundbites about GTA 5 and spinning them into a belief that he's no fan of GTA or his character. He acknowledged he didn't like how people would call him Trevor, and not Steven, in real life, though.

"That’s been all blown out of proportion. Or that I hate GTA and now I’m starting to embrace it more. No, it’s just early on, there was a lot of people calling me Trevor. And I’d be like, 'Well, my name is Steven,'" he said. "So I could never understand that. So it’s always like 'What’s your name, David? Okay, Nolan.' It doesn’t make sense if you know someone’s name and you’re calling them someone else’s name. I don’t get it. And I understand people associate with characters and connections," he said. "At these Comic Cons, they’re not Documentary Cons. So I couldn’t be these people. I mean, I couldn’t even be Trevor, because he’s a cartoon. Simon [from The Walking Dead] was a human on a TV show, at least. Yeah, it’s just one of those things. It’s like… [scratches head]. It’s like me calling you, you know, Barbara."

Trevor was one of the three playable characters in GTA 5, alongside Michael (Ned Luke) and Franklin (Shawn Fonteno). Ogg, in particular, landed some notable acting roles after GTA 5, appearing in the TV shows Better Call Saul, Snowpiercer, and Westworld, along with the films Emancipation and Unabomber.

Trevor was apparently going to be in more content for GTA 5, as Ogg said Rockstar canceled Trevor-centric DLC that would have featured a James Bond-like story. Rockstar reportedly canceled the DLC so it could instead focus more on GTA Online, which is known to basically print money.

GTA 5 launches on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

DC Studios co-presidents James Gunn and Peter Safran have officially announced they'll step down, and Marvel veteran Jeremy Latcham will replace them. Gunn and Safran architected the new DC Universe of films and TV series, and they also had ambitious plans to expand the DCU into video games. Latcham is no stranger to superhero cinema, with credits on several of Marvel's biggest projects, including Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Avengers.

"Four years ago, we set out to unite DC under one creative vision. In that time, we helped restore Superman to the heart of DC, while opening new doors and telling new stories in film and television with Peacemaker, Creature Commandos, Lanterns and Clayface," Gunn and Safran wrote in a statement (via Variety). "We're immensely proud of the team that turned that ambition into something real, including the actors, crews and executives we had the opportunity to collaborate with. We’ve shared a creative history with Jeremy going back to Marvel, and we’re eager to see the perspective he brings to DC’s next chapter. We’re excited to return to what drew us to this job in the first place, which is telling the stories we love, including the next chapter of Clark and Lex’s journey in Man of Tomorrow."

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Following the relaunch of the DC Universe in film, Gunn later spoke about the potential of cross-platform storytelling, saying actors would portray their characters across all forms of media—including video games. "We have a couple of little DC games coming out. But we also have talked about–and in early stages of planning--some bigger things," Gunn said in 2025. "One thing in particular I’m excited about, but it does take time."

We never got to hear David Corenswet reprise his role as Superman in a video game, and since then, big changes have happened behind the scenes. Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery was approved earlier this year, leading to a merger between Warner Bros. Interactive (the WB division that publishes video games based on the company's IP) and Paramount Games Studio.

While the ambitious plans for the video game side of DC Studios never materialized, Gunn and Safran were still busy building a new DC Universe for the big and small screen. Three feature films were released--Superman, Supergirl, and Clayface--while the TV side saw multiple animated and live-action projects like Lanterns, Creature Commandos, and Peacemaker. Next year's big project is the Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow, which Gunn wrote and co-directed, and The People v. Gorilla Grodd is an upcoming series that will see Skyler Gisondo back as Jimmy Olsen.

On the video game side, Rocksteady is rumored to be working on a new single-player Batman game.

For fantasy nerds, it's hard to top The Legend of Zelda video game series and Lord of the Rings film trilogy. If that's you, like it is me, then X user Seven will probably give you goosebumps with his cover of "Concerning Hobbits" in-game with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Watching young Link recreate the iconic song from The Fellowship of the Ring movie just works perfectly as a crossover (which you can see below).

That's not the only song people are recreating in the Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, though. On Reddit, a person posted the child Hylian playing the intro to Linkin Park's "In the End." Obviously, that might not be as complementary to the game's setting as a Lord of the Rings tune, but it slaps nonetheless. And it's probably more likely to get stuck in your head. 

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Meanwhile, it was a couple of months ago at this point, but that didn't stop DaJaVo on Instagram from making a new rendition of Earth, Wind, & Fire's "September" in Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The content creator hinted that this was not easy to pull off, as they asked: "Guess how much practice this took."

Probably the most hilarious and last cover we'll spotlight is "Axel F" by Crazy Frog by Instagram user Joey T. Games (seen above). We just wish there was a way for Navi to add in a "bing, bing" in the remake. 

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time just launched last week on Switch 2, and it's already helped Songbird Ocarina break a sales record for real-life ocarinas. That company's manager, Eric Bernard, previously told GameSpot that the ocarina-playing in the remake is very accurate. The game also reinforces that Nintendo's acquisition of Monolith Soft was one of its wisest moves almost two decades ago.

We've seen Mario, karts, Mario on a kart, and lots more since Lego first teamed up with Nintendo, and at long last, everyone's favorite talking green dinosaur is getting his chance in the spotlight--not you, Denver. Never you.

While it's just a quick tease for now, the Nintendo Today app featured Yoshi poking his head out of frame. It's clearly the fan-favorite character, judging by the color of the bricks, the shape of his eyes, and what's clearly a big snout taking up space; and judging by the bricks used, this should be a sizable figure. That shouldn't be too surprising, because if it features the same complexity as the Lego Bowser and Mario Kart figures that were geared toward adult collectors, then this Yoshi is going to command a sizable piece of shelf real estate.

Yoshi!

Just don't expect this Yoshi in time for the holiday rush, as the fine print on the left side of the image suggests it won't hit stores until 2027. There's no official pricing yet for the figure, but like all things Lego, expect to pony up quite a few bucks, as Nintendo-branded sets can cost a lot, depending on the figure's complexity and the number of bricks in the kit.

If you are looking for another Nintendo Lego set, there's been no shortage of them throughout 2026. Some of the highlights include the 2,234-piece Mario Kart: Luigi set that puts Mario's brother behind the wheel of the Mach 8, diorama-style Animal Crossing sets launched earlier this year, and alongside The Pokemon Company, there were plenty of Pokemon Lego kits to build.

Next year will also see the launch of a brand-new line of Super Mario minifigure-scale sets, which includes builds like Mario's Pipe Jump, Yoshi at Mario's House, and Fire Mario & Bowser's Castle.

A South Carolina man has been arrested after allegedly leaving his six-year-old daughter in line at Target at 1 AM to save his spot for Pokemon trading cards.

As relayed by ABC News, witnesses said they saw John-Michael Dooley, 35, give his daughter a pillow and a blanket at around 1 AM last week before leaving her. After about an hour, customers, concerned for the girl, notified police.

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Dooley came back to the store around 2:30 AM, was identified by other people in line, and was arrested by police. According to police, Dooley owned up to leaving his young daughter unattended in line so she could save his place in line.

South Carolina Social Services have taken the girl into emergency protective custody, and Dooley was charged with unlawful conduct toward a child.

Pokemon trading cards remain incredibly popular, with interest surging this year specifically, as people hunt for rare cards and then try to flip them for profit.

“It is one of our fastest-growing categories that we’ve seen and one of the largest contributors to [our] growth over the last number of quarters,” eBay executive Adam Ireland told CNBC.

Warhammer: 40,000: Dark Heresy developer Owlcat Games has confirmed that the CRPG will officially launch on January 28, 2027, for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. A follow-up to the studio's previous—and lengthy—game, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, Dark Heresy will put players in the boots of an Inquisitor, one of the chosen few who work in the shadows to hunt down heretics and purge worlds of dark influences.

Set in the Calixis sector, players will start as lowly acolytes, forming a band of outcasts as they embark on their crusade to root out all evil. Owlcat Games says you can recruit colorful characters to your gang, including abhumans like Cogg, dangerous Psykers like Saro, Pariahs like Discordance, and, for a touch of extra heresy, even xenos like the mysterious Aeldari Corsair Laarthyr or the flesh-eating Kroot Ra’akhti.

Each companion brings unique skills to the battlefield, as well as advice for the various crimes that you'll investigate. Owlcat Games added that Inquisitors can choose how to handle the task, but each decision will have consequences that'll affect your journey. The game is also coming to Switch 2 eventually, and Owlcat Games says it'll share more details about that version later. If you'd like to dress up your PC in a grimdark aesthetic, you can browse this collection of high-resolution Dark Heresy wallpapers for your rig.

January is usually a dry period on the gaming calendar as people recover from December gaming binges, but the month is starting to heat up with new releases. Stranger Than Heaven, Forza Horizon 6 for PS5, and Witchbrook are some of the biggest upcoming games, and for more, check out GameSpot's 2027 games release schedule to see everything else on the way.

Much of the IRL marketing and promotion for Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6 has taken place in Miami, but the developer isn't ignoring other parts of the world. The British retailer Selfridges, an upscale department store, hosted a takeover of its flagship London store today, November 9, and among the items on sale was a £2,500 ($3,300 USD) varsity jacket inspired by GTA 6--unsurprisingly, it's sold out already.

IGN reported that the the takeover included a blue Grotti Cheetah Classic car from the game, along with GTA 6 logos and imagery throughout the store. Selfridges is offering more than 60 themed items, including clothing, bags, shot glasses, luggage tags, a cigar ashtray, and more.

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The Goodtime State Varsity Jacket is adored with the logos for Rockstar and the game itself, while the sleezes are emblazoned with imagery from the game. The back of the jacket is the real showstopper, though, featuring an alligator in sunglasses having a drink. Check out more images on the Selfridges website.

This is an expensive jacket, but it also looks really good.

A more traditional black GTA 6 varsity jacket featuring "Vice City" on the front and the GTA 6 logo on the back goes for £1,750 ($2,300 USD), but is also sold out.

You can browse the collection, and order items for yourself, from the Selfridges website.

GTA 6 launches on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Preloading is now underway, and people promptly went through the files to unearth clues about GTA Online and PS5 Pro features.

Rockstar Games has announced Grand Theft Auto 6: The Festival, a concert coming to the Mana Wynwood in Miami on November 21.

The festival features a lineup of artists from the game and the official soundtrack, including Cardi B, Travis Scott, Kodak Black, and Justice. The event is sponsored in part by PlayStation and produced by the team that created the III Points event in Miami. The "one-of-a-kind launch event," as Rockstar calls it, will feature two stages of "non-stop music."

GTA 6: The Festival takes place in Miami on November 21.

You can't buy tickets. Instead, you need to enter a lottery and hope to be chosen. The lottery is open now and closes tomorrow, November 10, at 4 PM ET.

Winners will be drawn the same day, and they can buy tickets on November 11. There is a two-ticket maximum, tickets are non-transferable, and you must be 17 or older to attend.

GTA 6 launches on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and the festival celebrates the game's release.

Justice, the French electronic music duo, composed the score for GTA 6. The game’s in-game radio stations are filled with big hits from famous bands and artists, and podcasts will also be available to listen to in your earbuds as you commit various crimes across Vice City.

Sony confirmed last week that development on its "next-generation" PlayStation platform will pick up speed in 2027, but not everyone is convinced the world needs a PS6 right now. In an interview with The Trophy Room, former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden said true innovation would come from finding a way to lower the price of the PS5, allowing more potential buyers to enter the market.

"I think we have enough power in the machine. The innovation needs to come not from making PS6 for $1,200, it's to make another PS5 for $300. Now, that would be true innovation," Layden said, while also remarking how the PS5 generation saw price increases over time, not reductions.

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Compared to previous generations, the PS5 has only gotten more expensive in the six years that it has been on the market, rising from $400 to $600 for the PS5 Digital Edition, while the PS5 with a disc drive has increased from $500 to $650. The PS5 Pro has seen the biggest increase in the few years it has been around, as the beefier machine has jumped from its original price of $700 to $900. Various factors are to blame, but one of the biggest is the global memory shortage that has hit all fields of technology, thanks to AI data centers eating into the world's supply.

A PS6 that costs over $1,000 will be out of reach for many consumers, and as Layden believes, it likely won't be as big a graphical leap forward as we've seen in previous PlayStation generations. While the difference in video game graphics between the PS1 and the PS2 was especially noticeable, later consoles have shown diminishing returns, and Layden believes the graphical quality of PS6 games will be even harder to notice. "These are the differences that only dogs can hear," Layden said about the reported increase in teraflops and ray-tracing power the PS6 will supposedly offer.

"What the company needs to do is do what it's never done, which is don't iterate the console. Make it smaller, make it cheaper, do all the things you can around that. The silicon is fine, the operating system is fine. It's more than enough power to build the kind of games all of us want to play."

As the current generation continues, Sony has also sought to extend the PS5's lifespan with new ideas, like a PS5 Pro-inspired upscaling tech called Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR). While it's only available for two games currently, QSSR could give the PS5 plenty of staying power in the current gaming generation and the next.

At long last, you can now install Grand Theft Auto 6 on your console via preloading, or at least you can if you live in Australia or New Zealand. Preloading begins in all regions at midnight local time, so people in the US are almost there.

With preloading now live, people have dug through the files and found things they weren't intended to see. That includes references to things like "join Session," "launch Activity," and "launch Multiplayer Activity." People are taking these to be references to a new form of GTA Online.

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Rockstar has said GTA 6 is a single-player game, but it’s expected to add some form of online multiplayer at some point. Just because "Multiplayer" was found in the game's files, that doesn't necessarily mean online functionality will be available at launch--it's likely coming sometime later.

People have theorized that GTA 6's story and Online could be separate games. That remains to be seen, but those who have the game preloaded have discovered that GTA 6's "Story" is an individual download within the game's files. Whatever the case, experts and insiders believe GTA 6's new online experience will launch at some point in 2027.

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Additionally, the datamining effort led to some discoveries about what Rockstar might be cooking up in terms of PS5 Pro support. People believe they found references to 120Hz support on PS5 Pro, along with multi-frame super resolution, which is known as PSSR on PS5 Pro.

Rockstar has yet to announce any specifics about GTA 6 for PS5 Pro, and the game's trailers so far have been captured on a standard PS5.

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GTA 6 launches on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. For more, check out the exact worldwide launch times. The game's non-simultaneous launch means people in the US will be among the last in the world to get in. If that has you thinking about booking a flight to New Zealand, here's how to safely pack your PS5 for the flight.

What's in a name? That's the question that Mortal Kombat studio CCO Ed Boon is asking, as he recently set up a few polls asking for opinions on what the next Mortal Kombat game should be called. According to Boon, three possible names were on the table: Mortal Kombat 12, Mortal Kombat 13, or Mortal Kombat 2.

"Footnote: Some people are assuming the title with the most votes will determine where we take the story," Boon wrote online. "That’s not the case. We’ve just had difficulty kounting lately."

The current naming convention for Mortal Kombat doesn't make much sense if you've taken a break from the franchise. The series made a successful comeback in 2011 with Mortal Kombat, the ninth installment in the franchise. This was followed by Mortal Kombat X in 2015 and Mortal Kombat 11 in 2019, which brought the original storyline that began in 1992's Mortal Kombat to a close. This was followed by a soft reboot in 2023 with Mortal Kombat 1, which remixed established story beats and put familiar characters in new roles.

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To make things even more confusing, Mortal Kombat 1 heavily references multiple timelines toward the end of its campaign, drawing in characters from across a Mortal Kombat multiverse for a final showdown against Shang Tsung from the previous timeline. The Khaos Reigns expansion would also touch on these ideas, as the Titan version of Havik sought to merge all timelines into one.

Currently, "Mortal Kombat 2" is leading the votes with 45.2% of people polled by Boon favoring that title, at the time of writing. If this becomes the title of the next Mortal Kombat game, it will be the second Mortal Kombat 2, which will probably confuse anyone who hasn't been following along. While it hasn't been officially revealed yet, Boon did confirm that Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm Studios is "pursuing another Mortal Kombat game," and he added that "other forms of media and whatnot" for the Mortal Kombat franchise are in development.

That was back in May, and since then, Mortal Kombat's parent company, Warner Bros. Interactive, has seen some big changes. Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery eventually went through, leading to the merger between Warner Bros. Interactive and Paramount Games Studio. That new entity puts Mortal Kombat, Game of Thrones, Batman, and a treasure trove of IP under the same roof as Avatar: The Last Airbender, South Park, and Star Trek. Tony Driscoll, president of games and experiences at Skydance, will oversee the new division.

Nvidia has announced that it has opened an official investigation into its CEO, Jensen Huang, after he admitted that he was involved in an affair with a business executive who is suspected of being a Chinese spy.

Following a New York Times report about Huang's affair with Megaspeed executive and Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang / Huang Le, the Nvidia CEO addressed the situation in a company letter (via the BBC). "I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry," Huang wrote. "Regarding the national security concerns raised in news reports, Nvidia's Board of Directors has initiated an independent investigation. I support the investigation and will cooperate fully."

US intelligence believes that Huang was unaware of Alice Huang's alleged activities, and the security branch reportedly has surveillance of her feeding intel to Beijing. The Nvidia board says Huang will remain CEO while the investigation continues, which will involve independent directors and independent counsel. Nvidia added that it doesn't believe the affair compromised any national security or Nvidia secrets.

Nvidia has been a giant in the video game space for decades, but in recent years, the graphics card manufacturer has evolved into one of the most important links in the US's artificial intelligence chain. The company has profited massively from the growing AI sector, which has driven the prices of vital components to skyrocket. This has had a knock-on effect on gaming hardware like graphics cards and consoles, which in turn have seen prices hit record highs due to rising memory costs.

At the same time, the US under the Trump administration has introduced several new policies to limit China's access to those vital components, with Nvidia emerging as one of the biggest players in the AI arms race.

Following the US midterm elections last week, Nvidia's market cap was reduced by more than $1 trillion, although it did start to rebound later in the trading day--even if the company is being beaten by Krispy Kreme when it comes to overall growth in 2026.

Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6 launches on November 19. If you're planning to buy the $80 edition but want to upgrade later to the $100 version, you might be interested to know if such a thing is possible.

Thankfully, yes, it is-and it's very easy to do.

Rockstar will offer an "Ultimate Edition Upgrade" for $20, so for anyone who buys the $80 version and decides they do want the additional perks, they can upgrade. This applies to both the digital edition of GTA 6 that you can buy from the Xbox and PlayStation stores, as well the code-in-a-box physical edition.

You can get a haircut like this at Sara's Unisex Hair Salon, which is exclusive to the $100 edition.

The $100 Ultimate Edition, which is not sold in stores, includes a lot of extras, including vehicles, weapons, clothing for your in-game characters. The items are "threaded across all aspects of Jason and Lucia's story," Rockstar said, with new items becoming available "behind each chapter." Additionally, people who buy the $100 version get access to in-game businesses that won't be available to everyone else, including a hair salon, a tattoo parlor, a mod shop, and more.

Meanwhile, all preorders for GTA 6 come with the The Vintage Vice City Pack
and one month of GTA+.

In other news, preloading for GTA 6 begins November 10, and that's good news considering the game weighs in at a whopping 212GB. The game officially unlocks at midnight local time, so pack your bags for New Zealand if you want to play it sooner.

Following the US midterm elections this week, shares of Nvidia--the world's No. 2 most valuable company by market cap behind Apple--slid downhill in a big way. In fact, more than $1 trillion has been wiped out from Nvidia's market cap since its peak in October.

Nvidia stock rebounded today, November 6, following the huge selloff on November 5 that also affected numerous other AI and technology stocks. However, Nvidia is still lagging behind Krispy Kreme in terms of growth in 2026.

Krispy Kreme's stock exploded this week.

That's right, shares of Krispy Kreme stock--$DNUT--are up about 3% in 2026, compared to negative returns for Nvidia this year. If you invested $1,000 into both $DNUT and $NVDA this year, you'd be making money on donuts and losing money on AI.

Krispy Kreme's stock price exploded on November 5 after a solid earnings report, but has moderated since. In any event, Krispy Kreme is beating Nvidia so far in 2026 based on the percent gain for its stock price.

To be sure, Nvidia and Krispy Kreme are not competitors in the market and their stock prices are not comparable except for the purpose of some laughs. Nvidia, with a market cap of more than $4.5 trillion, remains a juggernaut that captures the world's attention. Krispy Kreme, meanwhile, has a market cap of under $1 billion, but they do make a damn good glazed donut. Krispy Kreme also rolled out a new line of Pokemon donuts this year, and they're delicious.

The Nvidia selloff was due in part to Democrats taking control of the House and Senate--that's notable because a lot of candidates who won seats are campaigning against AI data centers, thereby putting pressure on Nvidia's stock price. Alternatively, lawmakers don't seem to have any issues with donuts.

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is gearing up for a second year of action, and while you can expect new courses, modes, and characters to join the game, the real headline act here is the new cars coming to it. As part of the Sega Consoles Pack, players will be able to tear around courses while driving a four-wheeled Sega video game console, with each vehicle expertly blending the design of that classic gaming hardware into a lean-and-mean racing machine.

The new cars are based on the Sega Genesis (or Mega Drive for anyone who lived outside the US), the Sega Saturn, and Sega's final home console, the Dreamcast. According to the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds development team, the idea was to incorporate design elements that would instantly remind players of each console into their respective vehicle frames, like the rounded form of the Dreamcast or the angular silhouettes and subdued tones of the Saturn. The team even went so far as to recreate the Dreamcast’s Visual Memory Unit using original reference data from that era.

"Rather than directly recreating the hardware itself, we translated rounded forms into fenders and nose sections, while angular lines became body panels and hoods, adding the sense of speed expected from a racing machine," the development team explained in a PlayStation Blog post. "While preserving recognizable colors and components from each system, we also designed around the game’s front-and-rear combination mechanic, incorporating the fun of pairing consoles and controllers into the vehicles themselves."

The end result is a design that instantly clues you in on which console informed its design, while still looking like it can burn some rubber on the track. Sega said that the "Genesis Tower" proved to be challenging and required considerable experimentation so that it wouldn't interfere with various visual elements, but it managed to nail the design in the end.

In addition to the Sega Console cars, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds will also get a new Duel Mode that is designed to offer a different experience from the standard 12-player races. Each race is a one-on-one showdown, and it will require players to think strategically as they jockey for pole position against their rival.

Released in 2025, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has steadily grown with more content throughout its first year. Alongside Sonic and the rest of the Mobius crew, the game has also seen some interesting crossovers announced, like a team-up with the nihilistic mecha anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. If you're interested in checking it out, you can grab the game on PC for $22 at Fanatical currently.

Disclosure: GameSpot and Fanatical are both owned by Fandom.

This year's annual Mass Effect Day looks to be somber in light of the studio behind the games, BioWare, being shut down last month. But while no new Mass Effect games are currently on the horizon, you can celebrate its legacy through some classy art prints that are going up for sale ahead of N7 Day. Preorders for the Mass Effect Collection will begin on Friday, November 6, at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 6 PM BST on the Moor-Art website.

The Mass Effect Collection

Moor-Art says it began collaborating with BioWare over a year ago to release a new selection of limited-edition posters. "What began as a celebration of an ongoing saga now feels like the bastion in the continuation of a studio's legacy," the studio said in a press release.

The collection from Moor-Art is inspired by the characters and worlds of Mass Effect, with the original artwork being produced by acclaimed artists and Mass Effect die-hard fans Matt Essom and Dan Mumford. The designs will also be available as T-shirts. The first one is by Essom, and Moor-Art says this illustration captures the spirit and emotional depth of the series, as well as the bonds forged on the Normandy as her crew traveled to unknown worlds. This will be limited to 200 hand-numbered prints worldwide, plus 30 Giclée prints with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Mumford's "Mass Effect 2" poster aims to capture the sci-fi horror elements of the confrontations against the Reapers, and it features a full ensemble of crew members. As an added touch, it'll be available in two distinct editions: one with the Normandy crew being led by the version of Commander Shepard, while the other one swaps him out for FemShep. Only 150 hand-numbered prints for each variant will be produced, alongside 30 Giclée prints of each Shepard variant, with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. If you miss out on both of these prints, you can grab them as T-shirts, either to wear or to frame--or both!

Meanwhile, EA announced a new sale on various items from the BioWare Gear store, which has not gone over well with the studio's fandom. While Moor-Art's collaboration was months in the making and is launching with some terrible timing behind it, EA's approach has been called out for being tone-deaf, considering that it made the call to shut down BioWare after it was acquired by an investor consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. Efforts are underway to try and save the studio, and while a Change.org petition likely won't change EA's mind no matter how many signatures are attached to it, Canadian fans are attempting to convince lawmakers that the developer is worth rescuing.

It's the smallest details that stand out most in Grand Theft Auto 6, and thanks to all the screenshots that developer Rockstar Games has posted since the game was officially announced, there's been no shortage of stuff to analyze. Last week, senior video producer Jake Dekker grabbed all 99 of those official screenshots--with the number of images increasing this week thanks to a new screenshot dump--and started going through each and every single one of them.

He found plenty of cool little secrets hidden in each image, from legal tender celebrating paranoia to surprisingly realistic flesh, and this week, he's back with another look at GTA 6's impressive attention to detail. Some of these include colorful iguana lizards dotted around Vice City, references to real-life abandoned bridge projects, and local hangouts where you can catch some downtime between heists. Check it for yourself in the video below: 

https://youtu.be/oxqys4Nm4Cs

Some of the other cool secrets hidden inside of these screenshots include vibrant underwater environments with scuba gear that looks very authentic, and co-protagonist Lucia's high-thread-count gym gear--maybe Jason could learn a thing or two from her about proper gym etiquette. The screenshots also show off Rockstar's technical skills for camera angles, lighting effects, and reflections, making each scene pop when you start to examine them closely.

If these screenshots are a solid indicator of what to expect, it looks like GTA 6 could be one of the best-looking games of the year, which is no small feat considering that games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Resident Evil Requiem, and 007 First Light have pushed the line for realistic video game graphics in 2026.

In case you missed it, you can also catch our first video examining GTA 6 screenshots below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmKu9Uow-os&t=2s&pp=0gcJCSkMAYcqIYzv

For more GTA 6 news, you can read up on how the game has sold almost 8 million copies so far, and the best way to get a PS5 to New Zealand so that you can play early.

Sony Interactive Entertainment and French developer Oh BiBi have announced Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble, a phone and tablet game, is coming to a close before it was even released fully.

In a statement, the developers said the game's final update is coming today, November 6, and the game itself will be removed from digital stores on November 21, 2026.

No information was provided as to why Ranger Rumble is shutting down. The game soft-launched in 2025 in limited territories, and expanded to more markets, but it's no longer going ahead with a full global release.

People who already have the game installed can keep playing until May 1, 2027, which is when the game's servers permanently close. Once the servers are shut down, the game will be completely unplayable.

Ranger Rumble is described as a "fast-paced multiplayer platformer arena shooter" where you battle others on a quest to become a galactic ranger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlblXRS14Mg

In-app purchases have been removed from Ranger Rumble, and if you have a balance of currency, you should spend it before May 1, 2027. Alternatively, you can seek a refund from Apple’s App Store or Google Play.

"On behalf of the dev team and everyone helping to make the game, thanks to our amazing community for all your support, especially to those who have spent time playing, sharing feedback, and helping shape Ranger Rumble throughout its development," the developer said.

The latest entry in the mainline Ratchet & Clank series was 2021's Rift Apart. Its developer, Insomniac Games, has focused on Marvel properties more recently, releasing Marvel's Spider-Man 2 in 2023 and Marvel's Wolverine this year.

Strauss Zelnick, the head of Rockstar Games owner Take-Two, is known for his dedication to health and fitness. In 2018, he published a book titled Becoming Ageless: The Four Secrets To Looking and Feeling Younger Than Ever, and images of the executive looking shredded and lean at 8% body fat have circulated online. Zelnick has now spoken more about his health and fitness lifestyle, and offered some advice for people who want to get in shape and feel better.

Zelnick started off by telling Business Insider that he's good friends with Bryan Johnson, the billionaire who is trying to live forever, but Zelnick doesn't subscribe to the kinds of things Johnson is trying to do in terms of longevity in that regard.

Instead, Zelnick said he got some advice from his former doctor, the celebrity longevity doctor Peter Attia who appeared in the Epstein files, who told him he could help him with his healthspan but not his lifespan, and Zelnick was into that.

In 2016, Zelnick filmed a video for Business Insider where he showed off his workout routine--you can see it below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhCRcB_k0W8

Zelnick said his No. 1 piece of advice for anyone trying to improve their health is to avoid smoking altogether. "Smoking is the factor most highly correlated with a short, unhealthy, and frankly unhappy life. Don't smoke." Second, Zelnick said people should not abuse alcohol and drugs. "Those are the two most highly correlated factors with a bad old age, or no old age," he said.

After that, Zelnick said it's a good idea to get "some exercise," and that could be walking for 30 minutes four or five days a week. Zelnick said he goes way beyond this because health and fitness are his hobbies "but you really don't need to do that." Beyond exercise, Zelnick said he recommends that people eat a "responsible" diet, but it doesn't have to be "insanely healthy." The best practice for food, Zelnick said, is to simply not overdo it on unhealthy foods.

Another part of increasing your healthspan is getting enough sleep, and that should be about seven hours each night, Zelnick said. "If you're getting less than six hours of sleep a night, you're making bad decisions; that's what the math says," he said. "You are going to make bad personal decisions and bad professional decisions."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M42sC7MMGB0

Having some kind of "emotional or spiritual life" is important, too, Zelnick said. "You have to have people you love and love you in your life, and preferably, you have to have a community around you," he said.

Also in the interview, Zelnick pushed back against taking peptides, which are popular in some fitness circles, but are largely unregulated.

"No. We have an FDA for a reason," he said. "Don't take something that is not double-blind tested. Even if it worked, do the stuff I do, forget the peptides, and you'll be in a better place."

Lastly, Zelnick said if people want to lose weight, they should consider taking some kind of GLP-1.

"Don't be grossly overweight. But in the world of GLP-1s, you have no reason to be," he said. "I am a huge advocate [for GLP-1s]. And no, there is absolutely no shame in taking them, whatsoever. If you're carrying extra weight, take a GLP-1. I happen never to have struggled with my weight, ever; I am blessed that way."

"I have this workout group, and I've had people show up who are heavyset, because we welcome everyone. So one guy shows up and he comes over and he says, 'I want you to talk to me about your diet, because I want to lost weight. I want to lose 50 pounds.' So I said, 'See, there are these things called GLP-1s. Go to my endocrinologist and get a prescription.' He said, 'Really? What about diet?' I said, 'That is literally like saying to me, I have a migraine, and I would say to you, forget about Tylenol, just meditate.' You take prescribed medications to help you live a healthier life. Of course."