For years, Destiny 2 players have been wondering when the game would take them to a location teased way back before the original Destiny was even released: Old Chicago. With the release of its latest expansion, Edge of Fate, it looks like we might have at least a vague answer: soon.

Echoes of Fate seems subtle on this point, at first. Though the story is set on Kepler, a new location flung way out toward the edge of the solar system, it deals a lot with time-bending looks back into the past, and a few hints toward the future. You get your first hint about Chicago when Lodi, the expansion's new character, gets a glimpse of the future. He mentions standing with the Guardian, Destiny's player character, on the shores of Lake Michigan--the Great Lake on whose shores Chicago is found.

And then there's the train. The campaign's opening cutscene sees series mainstay Ikora Rey nearly getting run over by a subway train seemingly zapped across time to appear in Destiny 2's far-flung futuristic post-apocalypse. Trains are all over the expansion, acting as a story touchstone, a sort of reality-bending entry point for different areas in the new location of Kepler, and the expansion's defining image.

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Oh, snap! Second Dinner has officially announced the Marvel Snap: Golden Gauntlet World Championship Series, a global tournament initiative launching on August 9, 2025. This free-to-enter competition is open to all players regardless of rank or experience and is aimed at bringing together the community and showcasing players' creativity. The series will be broadcast live on the game's official Twitch and YouTube channels.

Registration links will be shared on the official Discord ahead of each event, along with full rules, format, and support in dedicated channels.

The Golden Gauntlet Series will include three regional "Open Qualifier" tournaments, leading up to a global finals event in November called the Golden Gauntlet Worlds. Each regional event will follow a standardized format: Six rounds of Swiss-style playing (a fixed number of rounds, with pairings based on performance rather than elimination), followed by a top 16 single-elimination bracket, with prizes awarded to the top finishers.

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The Official Stardew Valley Cookbook

$11.63 (was $28)

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Stardew Valley fans can get the game's official cookbook for super cheap at Amazon or Walmart right now. The Official Stardew Valley Cookbook is up for grabs for only $11.63 in hardcover. Published last May by Random House Worlds, the nearly 200-page cookbook has a $28 MSRP, so you're saving over 50% with this deal. If you're looking to get some early holiday shopping done, Stardew Valley fans would surely appreciate this collection of recipes and illustrations based on the wildly popular farm life sim.

The Official Stardew Valley Cookbook $11.63 (was $28)

If you're interested in this deal, we'd recommend snagging it as soon as possible. This is the lowest price yet for the best-selling cookbook, and it's unlikely that it will remain this cheap for long. It's one of the most popular seasonal cookbooks on Amazon at the moment.

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Not only is it an official piece of Stardew Valley merch, but Eric Barone--aka "ConcernedApe," the solo developer behind Stardew Valley--co-authored the cookbook along with Ryan Novak, who also wrote the Stardew Valley Guidebook and Hollow Knight Wanderer's Journal.

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Lost in Space Special Edition 4K Blu-ray

$38 | Releases September 2

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The late '90s were a great time for sci-fi films, and one of the highlights of that era was Lost in Space from 1998. Based on the 1965 series of the same name, the cult-classic movie directed by Stephen Hopkins is getting a Special Edition 4K Blu-ray release from Arrow Video that is available to preorder now for $38 ahead of its launch on September 2.

Lost in Space Special Edition 4K Blu-ray $38 | Releases September 2

The Lost in Space Special Edition 4K Blu-ray includes a brand-new 4K restoration of the film created from the original camera negatives approved by director Stephen Hopkins, plus a long list of bonus materials, including several all-new interviews exclsuive to this new Special Edition. The case features a reversible sleeve with the original theatrical poster on one side, and newly commissioned artwork on the other. The set comes with an illustrated collector's booklet featuring film critic Neil Sinyard, articles from American Cinematographer, and an excerpt from the original production notes.

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Lost in Space Special Edition 4K Blu-ray Bonus Features

The new Lost in Space Special Edition 4K Blu-ray includes a long list of bonus features, including all-new content like interviews with Hopkins, screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, and more, plus several archival extras from previous DVD and Blu-ray releases like audio commentaries, deleted scenes, making-of featurettes, and more. Check the full list below.

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Scarface Ultimate Collector's Edition (Amazon Exclusive)

$75 | Releases October 7

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Scarface is one of the most iconic mob movies of all time, and if you're looking for a premium way to add it to your home theater, preorders are now open for the Scarface Ultimate Collector's Edition. Exclusive to Amazon, the impressive bundle releases on October 7 and pulls together a bunch of collectible goodies, a 4K Blu-ray version of the film, and tons of cool bonus features.

Scarface's Ultimate Collector's Edition carries a $75 price tag and is just one of several Amazon-exclusive "Ultimate Collector's Editions" on the horizon. If you want to watch Scarface on 4K without spending. $75, the existing Gold Edition with a standard plastic case is available for $15.

Scarface Ultimate Collector's Edition (Amazon Exclusive) $75 | Releases October 7

Scarface Ultimate Collector's Edition comes with 4K Blu-ray, standard Blu-ray, and digital formats of the classic Al Pacino film. You'll also get the following physical goodies:

• Collectible box
• Steelbook case
• Metal Poster
• Numbered certificate of authenticity

The metal poster features Tony Montana and comes with a magnet wall mount for easy display, while the steelbook gets you a variety of artwork and movie stills across the front, back, and interior.

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Scarface also comes with the special features found on existing Blu-ray releases:

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After a three-year silence, a developer behind the ambitious Fallout: Bakersfield has revealed a new trailer for the Doom total conversion mod that transforms id's shooter into the original Fallout, and it almost looks too good to be true.

Developer Alexander "Red888guns" Berezin is one of the leading developers behind the project. The mod looks to recreate Fallout 1's Ghoul city of Necropolis as a FPS campaign using GZDoom, a modified version of Doom that supports modern features like dynamic lighting, high resolution textures, better rendering, and more not possible in id's original game.

It's immediately clear that Berezin knows the look and feel of the first two Fallout games inside and out, as the new four-minute Fallout: Bakersfield trailer perfectly captures not only the visual style and aesthetic but also the tone of original Fallout games.

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CD Projekt Red has lined up its next crossover collaboration. The publisher has announced that Morefun Studios' tactical extraction FPS Arena Breakout Infinite will be teaming up with Cyberpunk 2077 in the near future.

A teaser for the crossover was shared on Cyberpunk 2077's social media accounts with a short look at what may be a cosmetic element in the collaboration. However, no further details were shared about what to expect from Cyberpunk 2077 x Arena Breakout Infinite or when it will be released.

Welcome to Night City, Operators!

Cyberpunk 2077 x @ArenaBreakoutPC is coming! pic.twitter.com/hJkIf7g3jK

— Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame) July 20, 2025

Cyberpunk 2077 has previously had crossover collaborations with Balatro, Rocket League, and Fortnite. And while CD Projekt Red is currently focusing on The Witcher 4, the publisher recently shared the details about Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.3. The update has been released and it includes an improved photo mode as well as the ability to use Delemain's taxi service, autodrive options, and new vehicles.

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If you enjoy trading card games like Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, Star Wars Unlimited, etc., there's a good chance you currently have a pile of unsorted cards sitting somewhere in your house, waiting for you to file away in your bulk boxes or trade binders. Sorting those piles card by card is not fun, but a new company called CardMill--which begins a Kickstarter campaign tomorrow for a new sorting device of the same name--is saying they can save you from your sorting.

The CardMill sorting device will automatically sort piles of up to 300 cards at a time, while logging them in a new web-based portal for access whenever needed. The device can be programmed to sort cards by set, by color, by type, by the alphabet, and more, according to CardMill's official website.

The Kickstarter page says that the device will support the following games, with support for more games "on the way":

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If you enjoy trading card games like Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, Star Wars Unlimited, etc., there's a good chance you currently have a pile of unsorted cards sitting somewhere in your house, waiting for you to file away in your bulk boxes or trade binders. Sorting those piles card by card is not fun, but a new company called CardMill--which begins a Kickstarter campaign tomorrow for a new sorting device of the same name--is saying they can save you from your sorting.

The CardMill sorting device will automatically sort piles of up to 300 cards at a time, while logging them in a new web-based portal for access whenever needed. The device can be programmed to sort cards by set, by color, by type, by the alphabet, and more, according to CardMill's official website.

The Kickstarter page says that the device will support the following games, with support for more games "on the way":

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2023's Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is still getting new updates, and the next one is a big one. Ubisoft has announced that a major new update coming to the game this December will add a third-person mode and New Game Plus. The update releases on December 5, which is just ahead of the release of the next movie, Avatar: Fire and Ash, on December 19.

The third-person mode allows players to see the world of Pandora from a new perspective. Ubisoft said the team at Massive Entertainment "reworked" the game's animations, controls, audio, and camera systems to support the third-person view.

The New Game Plus, meanwhile, gives players a reason to replay the story. As with other New Game+ modes, players can opt to replay the campaign while keeping their inventory and skills. The New Game+ mode also adds a new skill tree and introduces "more powerful gear."

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You'll be able to earn a free skin, a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 car body, and a Red Hot Chili Peppers jam track when Fortnite and Rocket League kick off their second annual Summer Road Trip event on Tuesday, July 22. Players can earn the Corvette and its matching set of wheels by playing either Fortnite or Rocket League--but you'll have to play both games if you want to get all the free rewards. The Summer Road Trip event ends on August 4 in Rocket League, and August 7 in Fortnite.

You'll be able to earn the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 for free during the Summer Road Trip event.

On the Fortnite side, players will be given a new quest each day to gain XP while in a party in certain modes--with the quests alternating each day between Epic-created modes like Battle Royale and Reload, and user-created games. Each completed quest unlocks a new reward, starting with "The Zephyr Song" by The Red Hot Chili Peppers for completing one quest, and ending with the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 car body for completing eight of them. Most of the rewards in between are filler items like sprays and emoticons, but there's also a high-quality wrap and a rubber ducky pickaxe.

In Rocket League, the event is split in half, with most of the quests and rewards available on the first day of the event, with the final quest to unlock the Corvette becoming available on July 28. But that first batch of quests also includes some rewards for Fortnite. Making 15 saves during the Summer Road Trip will unlock the Fortnite skin Hairpin, and playing a private match with mutators on will unlock a Fortnite glider that looks like a Rocket League ball. Neither of those items can be earned in Fortnite.

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Despite the next Battlefield game not yet being officially announced, EA and DICE have now confirmed an open beta for Battlefield 6. Not only is an open beta coming, but the official Battlefield account said the game's beta will allow players to choose either an "open" or "closed" weapon setup.

"Why not both?" the developer said. In the open beta, players can choose playlists that have signature weapons locked to a specific class, or not. "More to come," the developer said.

Older titles, like the much-loved Battlefield 4, had class-locked weapons, but Battlefield 2042 introduced the ability for players in any class to choose whatever weapon they wanted. Some portion of the audience didn't enjoy this, while others embraced this expanded freedom. It appears DICE is trying to appease both audiences by giving them the option in Battlefield 6.

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As you work your way through every dense layer in Donkey Kong Bananza, you'll start to realize there are way, way more Banandium Gems than you expected to find. Whether it's uncovering them hiding in terrain or by solving clever puzzles to reach them, you'll be spending the majority of your time in the game tracking down these fruits. But you may not have anticipated needing to solve quizzes to get your hands on one, yet that's exactly what you'll have to do when you encounter a character named Quiztone.

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• All Quiztone quiz answers in Donkey Kong Bananza

Quiztone shows up on multiple layers throughout Donkey Kong Bananza, and each encounter requires you to answer three questions to earn yourself a Banandium Gem. Though failing an answer isn't the end of the world, it does send you back to the beginning of his dialogue and forces you to re-answer any previous questions, which can be quite an annoyance. With that in mind, we've compiled all of the answers to Quiztone's quizzes to save you some time.

All Quiztone quiz answers in Donkey Kong Bananza

You'll meet Quiztone seven times in Donkey Kong Bananza. Here are all the answers to his quizzes at each location.

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Switching between playing games on different Xbox devices is about to get a little easier, as Microsoft has introduced a new Play History feature that makes it simple to see what games you've played across any Xbox device.

As detailed in an Xbox blog post, the new feature will start rolling out today for Xbox Insiders. On the Xbox device's homescreen, a new list titled "Jump Back in" will appear with games that have been played recently on your current device. This is basically how it already works on consoles, with the tiles displaying recently used games and apps, but is new to the Xbox PC app.

New to both consoles and PC devices is the "Play History" button. At the end of the Jump Back in list (or on the far right side of the recently-played games and apps list on console) is an entire Play History category that will show games played across all devices. For those who bounce between console, PC, or a Windows handheld, the feature should make it faster to dive back into a game previously played on another device.

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Call of Duty Season 5 arrives to Black Ops 6 and Warzone in August, and we already have some rumors and announcements for the new season. Players should expect a new battle pass, more maps, DLC weapons to unlock, and the final Zombies map for Black Ops 6.

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Call of Duty Season 5 start times

Based on the Season 4 battle pass timer, Call of Duty Season 5 should arrive on August 7. The seasonal updates usually go live around 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BST across all platforms.

What to expect from Season 5

As always, a new season of Call of Duty means a fresh battle pass packed with cosmetics. There will likely be more Black Ops 6 events and crossovers as well. Season 4 was cartoon-themed with Beavis and Butt-Head and American Dad collaborations, but it's uncertain what theme could arrive with Season 5. Call of Duty has confirmed the next operator collab is the Fisherman from I Know What You Did Last Summer, so this could be Season 5's first crossover news, but it's possible the operator bundle arrives before Season 4 ends.

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One of the headline features of Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate is a new armor upgrade system that overhauls the traditional way of raising your character's power level. In this guide, we explain how to progress beyond level 200 and make the most of the new material you'll earn while playing the expansion's content.

How the new seasonal leveling system works

The Edge of Fate resets everyone's soft level cap to 200--Bungie basically reduced leveling by a factor of 10 to make the numbers less huge. Up to that point, leveling works essentially the same as always: activities grant new gear at slightly higher power numbers than your current gear. If you want to keep your current gear, you can feed new drops of the same kind to it by paying with Enhancement Cores, and any old Upgrade Modules can be safely dismantled. You can earn Enhancement Cores through dismantling unwanted loot, activity drops, and from vendors.

An example of the author's character with a 202+ power level pulse rifle.

Once you hit 200, though, a new system comes into play. Exceeding the soft level cap is now temporary--it resets at the end of the currently active season. This means that when the next expansion hits, everyone will be reverted to 200; this was implemented by Bungie out of an effort to finally end the level inflation that has been characteristic of Destiny for its entire lifespan.

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The Conjuring Limited Edition Steelbook 4K Blu-ray

$30 | Releases August 26

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The Conjuring was a massive box office success when it his theaters back in 2013, earning over $319 million during its run and racking up heaps of positive reviews. Based on supposedly true events, it followed paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren as they examined an old farmhouse supposedly haunted by spirits. If you're looking to relive the chilling horror film in 2025, there is a new Limited Edition 4K Steelbook Blu-ray launching on August 26 that includes multiple versions of the film, tons of bonus features, and a collectible steelbook case. You can preorder The Conjuring Limited Edition Steelbook 4K Blu-ray for $30 at multiple online retailers.

The Conjuring Limited Edition Steelbook 4K Blu-ray $30 | Releases August 26

This Limited Edition Steelbook includes both 4K UHD and digital formats of The Conjuring. Note that the digital code must be redeemed by September 30, 2027, otherwise it'll expire. Beyond the two formats, you'll find numerous bonus features that delve deeper into the movie's production. You can check out the full list of bonus materials below.

Walmart is currently offering the film for $30, while Amazon has it listed for $45.49--but this will likely drop to match Walmart ahead of its launch on August 26. Preordering entitles you to any discounts between now and release, and you won't pay until the Blu-ray ships.

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A handful of bonus features are included with the Limited Edition Steelbook. The list isn't as extensive as some other films, but there's a nice collection of behind-the-scenes content and featurettes that should give fans plenty to scream about:

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Out of nowhere, developer RageSquid and publisher No More Robots shadow-released the extreme sports game Descenders Next today, July 21, and it's included with Xbox Game Pass. The game was originally scheduled to launch in April before being quietly delayed at the last minute.

Alternatively, you can buy Descenders Next outright on Steam and Xbox for $30 USD. There is no word yet on PlayStation or Switch release dates.

Descenders Next is out now with snowboarding and mountainboarding, with other sports to be added later on. No More Robots says the game aims to be "the only extreme sports game you'll ever need, slowly but surely adding more and more adrenaline-fueled activities over time."

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Despite its slim lineup so far, Nintendo Switch 2's GameCube library already offers some great titles, but the obvious highlight is The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. Link's seafaring adventure was a daring and imaginative entry at the time of its original release, and while it eventually would be touched up and brought to the Wii U, this marks the first time Nintendo has reissued the game in its original form in over 20 years. What's most stunning when revisiting the game now, however, is its sense of boundless freedom, which offers a glimpse of the freeform direction the Zelda series would eventually embrace with Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.

Though now widely regarded as a classic, The Wind Waker was hotly divisive when it arrived back in 2003. Its sunny, cartoonish visuals in particular stirred up quite a bit of controversy for deviating so dramatically from the 2000 Zelda tech demo, but the final game was not the radical departure it initially appeared to be. Beneath its unconventional surface, The Wind Waker remains firmly rooted in series traditions. The framework underpinning the adventure is mostly untouched, following the same formula pioneered by A Link to the Past and later codified by Ocarina of Time. But despite this, the game manages to carve out some notable changes within this template to completely recolor the experience.

The boldest is the shift in setting. The Wind Waker trades the rolling fields and misty forests of Hyrule for the endless blue waves and sun-bleached islands of the Great Sea. Your journey still follows the familiar contours of previous games; you'll scour the far edges of the world collecting three magical relics, obtaining the Master Sword, and plumbing another handful of dungeons before ultimately confronting the evil Ganon. But the alluring, high-seas backdrop evokes a sense of mystique and adventure that no other Zelda title up to that point could elicit.

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It's looking more likely that EA won't be the only company bringing back college basketball to video games. A new report states that 2K Sports is reaching out to universities about being included in the game--which will be a standalone release not tied to the popular NBA 2K franchise.

2K Sports has reportedly contacted power programs Michigan St., Houston, and UCLA about their involvement in the College Hoops 2K revival, per Sports Business Journal. The game is apparently aiming to feature 100 programs, with women's teams represented as well. A previous report pointed to 2K proposing college basketball DLC for the NBA 2K series. Then, the company could evaluate a possible standalone release afterward, according to the obtained document.

At the start of this month, the official NBA 2K account on X teased that a college basketball game was in the works. This came quickly after EA officially announced a new college basketball game, although no release window has been revealed quite yet.

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