Arc Raiders sends you on a handful of quests seeking out evidence of survivors, including A Warm Place to Rest. In this quest, you'll have to find any signs that raiders have survived topside near the Abandoned Highway Camp in Buried City. We'll tell you everything you need to know about this quest and how to complete it in this guide.

You don't need to extract to complete A Warm Place to Rest, but you will be trekking across the entire Buried City map to complete the objectives. With this in mind, a free loadout may not be your best bet, as you're rather likely to encounter raiders or ARC, which means you'll probably need extra healing items. It's your choice, of course, but we'd recommend bringing a decent gun or two, and enough heals to keep you trucking along safely.

When you're ready to finish A Warm Place to Rest, follow the steps below.

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Arc Raiders' Buried City map is home to a lot of the game's most interesting quests, including Communication Hideout, which sends you to the Red Tower to complete various steps so that you can boot up an antenna. If you're setting out to check this one off your list, we've got every step listed out for you.

You won't need to extract to finish this quest, so come in with a free loadout if you'd rather play it safe. Losing valuable items while questing is never fun, after all. That being said, there's some potentially good loot near the quest's Red Tower POI, such as the Santa Maria houses, so there's more to do in the area if you want to come better prepared.

Either way, when you're ready to complete Communication Hideout, follow the steps below.

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Arc Raiders occasionally sends you on quests that require you to enter areas that require a key. One of these quests, Lost in Transmission, asks you to head up into Spaceport's Control Tower A6, where you'll need to establish a connection from a terminal there. We're here to guide you through each step of this short but potentially dangerous quest.

There are two important things to note about this quest:

• You must bring the Spaceport Control Tower Key into the raid. You will be granted this key upon accepting the quest, and you will not be able to open the necessary door and reach the terminal without it. Place the key in a safe pocket to ensure it's not lost during any potential firefights you encounter. If you didn't bring it or have already lost it, there's a chance someone else will have opened the door, but otherwise you'll need to acquire a new key, which can be found randomly as loot on any map.
• Speaking of firefights, the locked room of Control Tower A6 tends to contain really good loot, so other raiders will often contest this location. If you're lucky, your visit to Control Tower A6 may end up quiet. But there's always a chance that you'll need to take someone out, so come prepared.

When you're ready to tackle Lost in Transmission, follow the steps below.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition (Switch 2)

$60 (was $70)

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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.

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Arrow Video Movie Sale

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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."

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Baby mobs have been around Minecraft for a while, but these creatures are getting an adorable makeover for a future update. Mojang Studios has shared a first look at its upcoming baby mob remasters, which is currently being tested. When the update is finished, the dev team promises that the wolf pups, kittens, piglets, calves, baby chickens, baby ocelots, lambs, and baby rabbits will be "even chunkier, floofier, and more charming than ever before."

In the accompanying announcement video, game director Agnes Larsson explains that previous baby mobs were just scaled down versions of the adult creatures. This update is giving the baby animals their own specific designs and completely new sound recordings pulled from real animals.

Larsen went on to explain a more subtle touch that gives the baby mobs' faces a more youthful appearance.

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The long-rumored Fortnite collab with South Park is now official, as Epic Games dropped a new short film that shows how the boys are going to get sucked into the metaverse. We also got some specifics about what the collab will entail: a new five-player mode for Battle Royale, a free mini-pass through which players can earn South Park cosmetics, and at least five skins in the item shop. Oh, and Wonkeeland on the BR map will become Cartmanland.

Using a short film to reveal the collab is something that Fortnite recently also did for its Simpsons-themed season in November--a Fortnite collaboration being something else that The Simpsons did before Butters could. The brief video, which includes a gameplay teaser at the end, shows us that the boys are avid Fortnite players, but Butters never gets to play with them since squads are capped at four players. So he tries to use the Stick of Truth to make them play with him, but it doesn't go quite the way he thought it would.

South Park's intrusion into Fortnite will come with several changes for Battle Royale. Wonkeeland is now Cartmanland, there will be a Cheesy Poofs healing item and a Stick of Truth mythic weapon, and for the first time you'll be able to play Fortnite's main mode in a group of five. Beyond that, this collaboration will also include an event pass--something Fortnite used to do regularly until the end of Chapter 5. This pass will be free to everyone, and we don't know anything about what it will include.

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For any studio, garnering enough interest and success in a video game to the point where a sequel is justified is a commendable feat. And yet, when you're navigating a space that's growing ever more saturated--such as the case of roguelikes and roguelites--a sequel can become a necessary evil rather than a cherished opportunity to further explore existing ideas.

The roguelike genre is brimming with creativity, and the efforts of small studios over the years have led to a plethora of dedicated communities. Popularity broke containment years ago, with bigger industry names giving the genre a spin. Some have introduced modes separately from the main experience, including Prey: Mooncrash, God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla, and the Freelancer mode for Hitman: World of Assassination, to name a few examples. Others, like Returnal and Elden Ring Nightreign, introduced themselves as AAA productions of these concepts.

As more developers continue to push boundaries in the space, whether that is Balatro and Buckshot Roulette kicking off a wave of engrossing gambling-inspired games, or studios still trying to capitalize on the Vampire Survivors formula, there has been a steady trend that, in some ways, is holding developers back. Put simply, the space is being overcrowded by sequels.

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MachineGames is working on a third new Wolfenstein game to follow 2014's Wolfenstein: The New Order and 2017's Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. This is according to reports from Windows Central and Kotaku, both of which said the game is happening but had no other details to share.

This would be the first new Wolfenstein game since Wolfenstein: Youngblood and the VR game Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot, both of which were released in 2019.

In September 2025, MachineGames creative director Axel Torvenius said he wanted to continue the story of William "B.J." Blazkowicz in a third Wolfenstein game.

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If you spend any time on social media, whether that be Bluesky or X, you may have seen some reports going around that Microsoft is preparing to cut tens of thousands of jobs amidst the rising costs of artificial intelligence. Whether true or not, Microsoft's lead communications officer has come forward to refute the claims.

A report on the site TipRanks said that Microsoft is "considering massive layoffs" this month, with the plan to cut anywhere between 11,000 and 22,000 jobs on the Azure Cloud, Xbox, and global sales teams. After circulating on Bluesky and X for a while, Windows Central editor Jez Corden purported that the news was "false" on Xbox's side of things. Not long after this, Microsoft CCO Frank X. Shaw--who's been at the company for nearly 17 years, according to his LinkedIn--chimed in to dismiss the report as well.

100 percent made up / speculative / wrong.

— Frank X. Shaw (@fxshaw) January 7, 2026

There's a lot of skepticism under both Corden and Shaw's posts. However, Shaw has responded to a lot of the commentary, saying that he, too, "eagerly awaits" the news that he claims is wrong.

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Lego Ideas Tree House (3,036 pieces)

$217 (was $250) | Officially Retired Nov. 2024

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Amazon has a nice deal on the wonderfully designed Lego Ideas Tree House, a 3,036-piece model for experienced builders. The idyllic and highly detailed display set is on sale for $217 (was $250), which is the lowest price in over six months. The deal is also notable for another reason: Lego no longer manufactures the Tree House. After five years on the market, the Lego Ideas Tree House retired in November 2024. The Lego Store and most major retailers ran out of units over a year ago; Amazon is the only major retailer still selling the Lego Ideas Tree House.

Lego Ideas Tree House (3,036 pieces) $217 (was $250) | Officially Retired Nov. 2024

The intricately designed 3,036-piece Lego Tree House measures 10 x 9 x 14 inches when built. It comes with two sets of leaves. For a summer look, you can decorate the tree with dark and bright green Lego elements. Alternatively, you can give the tree an autumn appearance with yellow and brown leaves. One neat aspect here is that Lego used sustainable plant-based plastic to manufacture the roughly 180 pieces of tree foliage.

Along with two different display modes, the Lego Tree House has numerous modular components and interactive features, including a supply basket attached to a functional wind-up crane and removable roofs on the three distinct cabin rooms: main bedroom, kids' room, and bathroom.

The set comes with a family of four Lego minifigures representing mom, dad, and two kids as well as a bird figure. You'll build bunk beds for the kids' room and a larger bed for the main bedroom. Each room is filled with accessories and decorations such as a treasure map, a ship in a bottle, and a compass. The main bedroom has a balcony where you can pull up the basket of supplies. You'll also build a sink, bathtub, and toilet for the bathroom.

A brick-built ladder spirals down to the landscape base, where the minifigure family can eat lunch at the brick-built picnic table, enjoy the afternoon breeze on the swing, and get warm by the bonfire. The multi-colored base has various plants as well as a buildable stream.

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Amazon has deals on a number of other Lego Ideas and Lego Icons building sets for adults. Disney fans can pick up the Disney Pixar Luxo Jr. lamp for just $64.20 (was $70), and since it's fully posable, it makes for a fun addition to a home office or theater. This marks the first time it's been on sale. Vincent Van Gogh: The Starry Night is also seeing a slight discount to $150 (was $170). It's similar in scope to the Tree House at over 2,300 pieces, and it can be mounted on a wall for easy display.

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If you've come across the Untended Garden quest in Arc Raiders, you probably already know you're headed back into Dam Battlegrounds to seek out the Hydroponic Dome Complex. There are a few objectives that follow the initial one, though, so we've put together a guide to help you wrap it all up and get back home safely.

You don't necessarily need to extract to complete this quest, so no need to worry about bringing in your best gear or a safe pocket. You can feel comfortable going in with a free loadout to avoid risking any of your hard-earned items at the relatively busy spot you'll need to visit to finish your objectives.

When you're ready to knock out the Untended Garden quest, follow the steps below.

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