GameStop announced this week that a proposed pay package worth approximately $35 billion for its CEO, Ryan Cohen, was in the works. The compensation is tied entirely to the company's performance and depends on a major turnaround. To earn it, Cohen must increase GameStop's market value by more than 10 times and significantly raise profits.

Meeting these goals would require a big change for GameStop, which has struggled in recent years. Its stock price is also severely down from the record highs reached in 2021, when GameStop gained popularity among retail investors during the meme-stock surge.

Even at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, GameStop was already planning on matching the number of store closures from the previous year.

Continue Reading at GameSpot

Arc Raiders quests love sending players to the Research & Administration building on Dam Battlegrounds. One such quest, A Balanced Harvest, tasks you with visiting this hectic location and finding some files on a research project. Getting in and out can be tricky, so we've prepared a guide on how to finish your objectives as quickly as possible.

You can feel free to bring a free kit into Dam Battlegrounds for this quest, as you won't be required to extract. If you die in the very busy Research & Administration building--which you'll have to visit to complete your objectives--you certainly don't want to lose any good gear. That being said, if you're prone to enjoying PvP, you can always come more prepared for this PvP-centric POI. It's entirely your call, of course.

When you're ready to wrap up the A Balanced Harvest quest, read on for how to complete each step.

Continue Reading at GameSpot

Nintendo has released a new overview trailer for Mario Tennis Fever, the upcoming sports game for Switch 2. While the video goes over various modes and special rackets, the most important revelation is Baby Waluigi. He's a real playable character, and he's spectacular.

Baby Waluigi, who we caught a brief glimpse of during the announcement trailer last year, isn't the only newcomer to Mario Tennis Fever, though. The game will feature Goomba, Nabbit, Piranha Plant, and Baby Wario for the first time as part of the playable cast, consisting of 38 characters overall. The sports title will also serve up 30 Fever Rackets. Nintendo showcased some of the special abilities tied to these frames, such as the Pokey Racket and Golden Dash Racket. The former spawns enemies on your opponent's court, while the latter can make your character super agile.

Nintendo also detailed how to counter Fever shots. If players can volley the ball back--meaning not allowing it to bounce off the court--the special effect can be sent back. For instance, the Ice Racket creates a frozen surface on the court. Instead of this slippery area appearing on your side, you can volley the Fever shot back to your opponent.

Continue Reading at GameSpot

Between the Steam Deck and several other handheld gaming PCs from Asus, Lenovo, and other manufacturers, gaming on the go is easier than ever. Anyone looking to pump up their library with titles that work well as a digital distraction on a bus ride or a lunch break treat will want to check out this new deal from Humble, as you can pick up seven fun games for just $13.80. The Decked Out Collection features several popular titles, and proceeds will go toward the American Cancer Society.

The entire bundle is valued at $129, and each game will be delivered to your inbox as a digital key that you can unlock on your Steam account. The highlights here include the trippy, fast-paced action of the boomer-shooter Ultrakill, Vampire Survivors, a delightful monster-slaying game that kicked off a new genre of bullet heaven games, and Haste, a charming third-person running game that unfolds across an entire multiverse.

Creatures of Ava is a fascinating adventure where you work to save monsters and solve environmental challenges, Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands is about a group of dysfunctional friends forced to jam for their lives in a musical deathmatch, and Backpack Hero is a cute RPG that places a big emphasis on your rucksack organizational skills. Finally, Nidhogg 2 is a simple yet engrossing game about fencing your way to victory across stages with imaginatively grotesque designs.

Continue Reading at GameSpot

Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition (Switch 2)

$60 (was $70)

See at Amazon

The physical edition of one of the best third-party games for Nintendo Switch 2 is on sale for the first time at Amazon. Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition, which launched alongside the Switch 2 last June, is available for $60 (was $70). And unlike most third-party Switch 2 games, Cyberpunk 2077 comes with the full 60.6GB of game data on the card, so it won't consume 25% of your storage space like the digital edition.

Continue Reading at GameSpot

Arrow Video Movie Sale

Save up to 50% on Limited-Edition 4K Blu-rays.

See at Amazon See at Barnes and Noble

Dozens of 4K UHD and 1080p Blu-rays in Arrow Video's ever-growing movie catalog are on sale for up to 50% off at Barnes & Noble and Amazon. Since Arrow Video is a collector-focused distributor, many of the movies in the promotion are 4K Blu-ray Limited Editions come with tons of special features, posters, booklets, reversible cover art, and other exclusive content. Some of Arrow Video's newest and most popular limited-edition 4K Blu-rays are discounted by at least 50%, including '90s greats like Jim Carrey's The Mask, the R-rated original cut of Spawn, John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness, and the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trilogy.

We've rounded up all of the best Arrow Video 4K and 1080p Blu-ray deals we could find. You'll find separate, alphabetized lists for 4K and 1080p Blu-rays below. We also collected all of Amazon's Arrow Video 4K Blu-ray deals on one page, in case you prefer to browse the offers that way. And at the very bottom of this story, you can find a list of upcoming Arrow Video movie releases, many of which are discounted, too. The promotion runs through February 2 at Barnes & Noble, so you can expect Amazon's matching offers to expire that day, too. In addition to matching many of B&N's discounts, Amazon has select Arrow Video releases for over 50% off.

The Arrow Video promotion is just one of Amazon's massive ongoing movie sales. For even more budget-friendly deals, check out the retailer's $11 4K Blu-ray sale. You need to buy at least three 4K Blu-rays to unlock the discounts--it's officially referred to as a 3 for $33 sale--but there are over 100 films to choose from.

Continue Reading at GameSpot

The creative director of Assassin's Creed Unity and Assassin's Creed Revelations, Alexandre Amancio, hasn't been shy about his belief that AAA game development is broken. Although Amancio has since left Ubisoft to serve as a senior vice president at FunPlus, he does have ideas about the future of AAA games and he believes that smaller dev teams are the way to go.

Amancio told GamesIndustry.biz that a lot of AAA studios "think that you can solve a problem by throwing people at it. But adding people to a problem stagnates the people that were already being efficient on it. It just creates a lot of variable noise ... So I think the future lies in smaller teams."

As an example of how smaller teams can collaborate on bigger projects, Amancio used Assassin's Creed: Black Flag as a hypothetical example.

Continue Reading at GameSpot

The Elder Scrolls Online in 2026 will look quite different from previous years, as developer ZeniMax Online Studios goes all-in on the game's new seasonal model that will see all of the game's content updates arrive free of charge.

For years, ESO has followed a familiar, fairly typical MMO pattern of yearly paid chapter (expansion) releases. Those new chapters added new regions of Tamriel for players to explore, additional story content, optional paid DLCs, and, occasionally, things like new classes and systems.

ZeniMax Online announced in 2024 that going forward, ESO wouldn't have a traditional yearly chapter release, labeling 2025 as a "transitional" year as the team prepared to focus on its plans for 2026. In a recent livestream and subsequent press Q&A attended by GameSpot, the developers have now revealed what ESO's 2026 will look like, and it includes more experimental seasonal content, battle passes, new story content, solo dungeons, a PvP progression system, class reworks, and more.The team also announced its long-term goals for the game, including that it's looking to finally introduce cross-play between platforms, as well as long-requested features such as guild mail and guild housing.

Continue Reading at GameSpot

The Elder Scrolls Online is continuing to expand, as previously paid DLC content for the Dark Brotherhood, Thieves Guild, and more will soon become part of the base game for free.

In March with the game's Update 49, the Dark Brotherhood, Thieves Guild, Imperial City, and Orsinium DLC will be folded into the base game and become accessible for all players. Closer to the end of the year, the Greymoor chapter will also become part of the base game.

Currently, ESO players need to subscribe to the game's optional ESO Plus membership (around $15 a month) or purchase each DLC separately using the game's premium currency, Crowns, in order to access the content outlined above.

Continue Reading at GameSpot

More than a decade after launch, The Elder Scrolls Online will finally get cross-play, as developer ZeniMax Online Studios has confirmed it's actively working on the feature. However, it might still "be a while" until the feature is ready.

While cross-play has long been something ZeniMax Online has said it wants to do and has explored options for, this is the first time the developer has confirmed it's actually happening, though there is not yet a clear idea of when, exactly, the feature will arrive.

"Cross-play is definitely coming, but it's going to be a while," ESO executive Susan Kath said as part of a virtual Q&A attended by GameSpot ahead of the game's 2026 preview livestream. "Just to set the stage on that. We are working on it. It is a complex problem for a game like ESO--it was not ever built with this in mind. There are a lot of considerations we have to make."

Continue Reading at GameSpot