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: 

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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:

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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.

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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.

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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."

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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."

Hideo Kojima's Physint has a leading man in Bill Skarsgård, and the Hollywood actor recently spoke more about his part in the game. Billed as a spiritual successor to Kojima's Metal Gear Solid franchise, Physint is an action-espionage game that features Skarsgård alongside several other actors, like Charlee Fraser, Don Lee, and Minami Hamabe. Skarsgård's love for the Metal Gear Solid franchise and a chance to work with Kojima proved to be the deciding factors in taking on the role of the unnamed Physint protagonist.

"I played every single one," Skarsgård said to Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. "Starting from the one on PlayStation One all the way to the last one. I was very enamored by him [Kojima], the mythology and the universes that he creates, but also the mystique and the allure about him, as well. He is an auteur, but he's a video game auteur. He's fluent in filmmaking, and film, and cinema."

https://youtu.be/7dyrwLAH6Mg?t=2819

Skarsgård believes that Kojima's cinematic video games are a new medium that he's pioneering, and with Physint, the developer is getting closer to "something that's photorealistic and also interactive," the actor said. "I think he's a pioneer, and he keeps going out to untreaded waters."

Kojima is also a fan of Skarsgård, and he recently spoke about how he was introduced to him through a mutual acquaintance, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach composer Yoann "Woodkid" Lemoine. After traveling to Sweden to meet Skarsgard and his family, Kojima pitched him the lead role in Physint, which Skarsgard accepted.

While it looks like production on Physint is starting to pick up steam, it's still early days for the project. Kojima previously revealed that the script for it is ready, but there's still work to be done on motion-capture and filming performances. Sony was originally funding development on it, but after the PlayStation company pulled support for it, Kojima found a new home at Xbox for Physint. The developer has described Physint as the "biggest-selling" game that he could possibly create, and Xbox is also funding development on his upcoming horror game, OD Knock.

Nier Automata is my favorite game of all time, and I've been telling everyone I know to play it for nearly a decade. On PC, however, Square Enix accidentally made that a little bit more difficult, because the game's latest patch ballooned the game's file size by more than 600%.

The update, tested by RPG Site, takes what was a pretty reasonable 50GB file size and raises it to 366GB. It appears to be incorrectly assigning a file size of more than 40GB to each piece of DLC. The patch itself was supposed to simply add three new languages to the Steam version: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIMZYgb85xg

"We are currently investigating the cause and working to resolve the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience," Square Enix said in a post on Steam.

Because the giant file size is linked to the different pieces of DLC, you can temporarily resolve the issue by going to "Properties" and "DLC" on Steam and unselecting them. Of course, this also means you won't be able to enjoy that DLC, so if you mostly want to fight the former CEO of Square Enix in the game, you're going to have to wait.

As for what's next for the Nier series, Square Enix and director Yoko Taro have been pretty hush-hush, but Automata has been an immense success. As of February 2026, it had sold more than 10 million units. An anime adaptation is also available now on Crunchyroll.

2024's Borderlands movie was a massive flop at the box office, and Take-Two's CEO has now reacted to this, readily acknowledging, "We failed."

Speaking at Business Insider Live, Strauss Zelnick said Take-Two's mission is to "make the best entertainment on Earth," and with the Borderlands film, the company failed to meet that mark.

He said the company "tried incredibly hard" on the Borderlands movie, and pointed out that Take-Two didn't actually lose any money on it because Lionsgate funded it. "But I am here to tell you, it was not the best entertainment on Earth. We failed," he said.

The Borderlands movie featured a stacked cast of big names, including Cate Blanchett as Lilith, Kevin Hart as Roland, Jack Black as the voice of Claptrap, Ariana Greenblatt as Tiny Tina, and Jamie Lee Curtis as Tannis. The film was directed by Eli Roth, with Tim Miller stepping in for reshoots.

The Borderlands movie made just $15.5 million in the US and $17.5 million internationally for a total of only about $33 million worldwide.

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

Zelnick said this in response to a question about why Take-Two doesn't do more in terms of adapting its franchises for film, TV, theme parks, and live events. He said Take-Two is "very selective" when it comes to these kinds of projects. "If our mission is to make the best entertainment on Earth, we only want to make a movie if it's going to be the best entertainment on Earth," he said.

But with the Borderlands film, Zelnick said, "We failed across our mission."

"Culture, like character, is tested in the breach. When things are going well, it's convenient to say yes. But your test is when there is a challenge. And you either believe in your mission or you don't," he said. "So if we can be the best at something, and deliver a phenomenal experience, we still have to make money while we're at it. This is not a non-profit enterprise, and by the way, we're not curing cancer. I am charged by my shareholders to deliver a return, I just believe the best way to deliver a return is to do the best work you can."

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

While the Borderlands movie didn't work out, Take-Two isn't giving up with transmedia efforts, as a BioShock movie is now in the works at Netflix. The Hunger Games veteran Francis Lawrence is set to direct the movie ... if it ever happens.

We should acknowledge that Monolith Soft isn't just a Xenoblade developer, but also a major supporter of The Legend of Zelda franchise. The studio confirmed on X that it assisted with programming and graphics (per a machine translation) on the Ocarina of Time remake. This marks the fifth time the team has contributed to a mainline Zelda title, starting with 2011's Skyward Sword. 

There were a lot of theories in the past couple of months about what team was behind The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2--especially considering the visual overhaul and the Internet's reaction. Earlier this week, Nintendo revealed that its internal team responsible for Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, Entertainment Planning & Development (EPD) Production Group No. 3, was responsible for the remake. We now know that Monolith Soft also pitched in, as the team did with the two Switch mainline entries, too.

In 2007, Nintendo acquired Monolith Soft from Bandai Namco, with the developer at the time working on Disaster: Day of Crisis for Wii. The studio was probably best known for the Xenosaga series, but it's doubtful anyone could predict how prolific Monolith Soft would become over the past 19 years. 

Just looking at Monolith Soft's portfolio, the developer has already contributed to three Switch 2 heavy hitters: Ocarina of Time, Splatoon Raiders, and Mario Kart World. This is all in addition to overseeing and creating the Xenoblade franchise, with Xenoblade Genesis planned for release next year. It's an impressive resume. 

Zelda: Ocarina of Time producers Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi recently chatted with GameSpot about the game's development. The Switch 2 exclusive released yesterday, November 5, and is already wearing out the screenshot button for Steve Watts. You can see how gorgeous the remake is compared to the Nintendo 64 original. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1DfD7B5oUM