EA is celebrating destruction in Battlefield 6, revealing that players collectively caused over $70 billion worth of in-game property damage during the open beta. The developer is offering a collective community reward for reaching a certain level of destruction by the end of the beta period--but there's a long way to go to reach the $1 trillion goal.

Destruction is an important part of Battlefield 6, with the developers going back to Bad Company 2's comprehensive destruction to make sure the new title's destruction elements felt as satisfying as possible. To celebrate this feature, Battlefield Studios' Destruction Receipts project is tallying up the damage done by players--from buildings reduced to rubble, to crashed $100-million fighter jets--to put a real-world dollar value on the destructive chaos.

Players generated $70 billion worth of Destruction Receipts in the open beta, but EA is looking for a total of $1 trillion of damage dealt in order to unlock a collective reward: the exclusive Community Destruction Skin for the M/60.

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Battlefield 6's record-breaking first open beta has come and gone, and now the developers are starting to sift through player feedback and bug reports. One of the issues in the crosshairs is the reported "super bullet" causing unexpectedly fast time-to-kill rates.

BF6's principal game designer Florian Le Bihan took to X following the end of the open beta to ask players for videos of "suspected super bullet/unexpectedly fast TTD" bugs. A number of players have reported having this issue in the Battlefield beta, with some streamers even experiencing the issue live on stream. The unusually quick TTD (time to death or time to down) bug causes some players to be downed in just a few shots, and sometimes even when behind cover.

Players were quick to provide examples of the suspected bug, with some speculating that the server was slow to apply damage that had already been received, causing the full amount of damage to be applied to the player all at once after a short delay. Players have also reported taking damage or failing to heal when they should be at full health, including immediately after respawning--though this bug appears to only impact the health-bar UI and not players' actual hit points.

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PUBG publisher Krafton's Sims-like InZoi is headed to PS5 in 2026. The developer announced today that InZoi will be released on Sony's console next year, but the company didn't have a specific release date to share, nor did it have information to reveal about an Xbox release.

The studio said an Xbox release is "under consideration, but not yet confirmed." You can wishlist the game now on the PlayStation Store.

A life-simulation game, InZoi has players controlling "Zois" as as they shape their lives and personal experiences in the world.

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By any measure, Battlefield 6's first open beta was a massive success that reached over 500,000 concurrent players on Steam, and over 5 million people reportedly took part across all platforms between August 7 and 11. The early word of mouth has been largely positive, but there are still improvements to be made. In particular, Battlefield Studios has acknowledged fan feedback regarding the helicopter controls in Battlefield 6, and indicated that adjustments are coming.

Battlefield lead producer David Sirland fielded a request on X about adopting the helicopter controls of Battlefield 4. While Sirland indicated this won't be happening, he did say that "a large pass on helicopter flight is in progress and coming after beta for testing." Sirland later added that the devs are examining the flight model and will make further adjustments based on fan feedback and the team's internal goals for the feature.

Fans haven't been shy about sharing their very strong opinions on Battlefield 6 since the beta, and one of the most common complaints is that the maps feel too small. Other players objected to the Secure Boot requirement on PC, which was meant to deter cheaters. EA's SPEAR Anti-Cheat Team later specified that the Secure Boot "was not intended to be a silver bullet" against cheaters. Instead, it's meant to be another weapon in EA's arsenal against cheating.

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The saga of Subnautica 2 has played out in the court of public opinion this summer, and now it's taken another step towards an actual courtroom. Krafton has officially responded to the lawsuit filed by Unknown Worlds co-founders Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, as well as former CEO Ted Gill--all three of whom were forced out of the studio.

Cleveland and his team have accused Krafton of delaying Subnautica 2 in order to prevent the publisher from paying Unknown Worlds a $250 million performance bonus. Via Kotaku, Krafton's response accuses the co-founders of valuing the $250 million bonus over delivering a more complete version of Subnautica 2. The filing goes even further and states that the co-founders were fired to prevent them "from permanently damaging Unknown Worlds' most valuable IP, the company itself, and its goodwill with its fans."

The $250 million bonus was supposed to be paid out to Unknown Worlds if the company met certain financial goals in 2025, which would be almost impossible if Subnautica 2 doesn't get an early-access release this year. After fans openly called for a boycott of Subnautica 2, Bloomberg reported that Krafton has extended the bonus period into next year to allow the Unknown Worlds team a better chance of meeting those benchmarks and earning $25 million to be split among 40 employees. The remaining $225 million of the bonus would have gone to the former leadership team.

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There were some severe consequences for BioWare last year when Dragon Age: The Veilguard stumbled out of the gate and failed to meet EA's sales expectations. EA laid off a lot of BioWare's staff and left a much smaller team working on the next Mass Effect game. But there may be a silver lining to that, according to former BioWare employee Mark Darrah.

Darrah--who served as an executive producer on the first three Dragon Age games before leaving BioWare--recently joined MrMattyPlays on YouTube and shared his belief that the remaining BioWare devs should "scapegoat" The Veilguard to get every resource they need from EA.

"To be frank, the Mass Effect team is going to be able to point to The Veilguard and say, 'We should steer away from some of these things, because look what happened,'" said Darrah. "I would honestly encourage that team to scapegoat Veilgard as much as they need to to get what they need from the organization, whether it's true or not."

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Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition for Switch

$30 | New 2025 edition

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More than three years after its original launch on Nintendo Switch, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition has been rereleased. Notably, the MSRP for the new physical edition is $30, half the price of the original and the digital version on the eShop. Collectors will be even more pleased by Rockstar's decision to put all three games on the Switch game card this time. You can buy GTA: The Trilogy's new Switch physical edition at Amazon.

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition for Switch $30 | New 2025 edition

Amazon is the only major US retailer with a store page for the new edition, but we'd expect more stores to list it soon. At this time, Amazon has a broad delivery estimate of one to two months, but this will likely change. Amazon is typically conservative with these estimates, and the current window probably stems from not having any units on hand just yet.

Retailers, including Amazon, still have the old edition on their storefronts, so make sure you buy the right version. The old edition has a text box next to the ESRB rating that reads "Download required. See back." The new edition drops that disclaimer, as it no longer requires an additional download from the eShop.

The original physical version only included two of the games on the game card, forcing players to download Vice City from the eShop. With Vice City and updates for each game, Switch players typically needed to download close to 10GB of data from the eShop.

We can't think of another situation quite like this one for a Nintendo Switch release, especially when you consider the new, better physical edition also happens to be half the price of the old one.

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Donkey Kong: King K. Rool Amiibo

$20 | Releases September 11

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Fresh off of the release of Donkey Kong Bananza, Nintendo is bringing back the long out-of-print King K. Rool Amiibo. The reprint of the original Donkey Kong villain--unless you count DK, of course--launches September 11 and is available to preorder at Best Buy. King K. Rool is the first reprint since Nintendo increased original Switch Amiibo prices from $16 to $20.

You can pair King K. Rool with the Donkey Kong & Pauline Amiibo, which launched alongside the Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive in July for $30.

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Mortal Kombat Limited Edition Steelbook (4K Blu-ray)

$35 | Releases October 7

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The 2021 Mortal Kombat movie is getting a new collectible 4K Blu-ray ahead of the sequel's theatrical release this October. Fans can preorder Mortal Kombat Limited Edition Steelbook for $35 at Amazon or $30 at Gruv. The new edition launches October 7, just in time for a rewatch before heading to the theater for Mortal Kombat II on October 24. In the meantime, you can add to your Blu-ray collection by grabbing the other live-action and animated Mortal Kombat adaptations for cheap.

Mortal Kombat Limited Edition Steelbook (4K Blu-ray) $35 | Releases October 7

The Limited Edition Steelbook has a brand-new cover featuring Scorpion's iconic mask on the front and his deadly kunai on the back. Inside, the cover features a still from the movie of Sub-Zero as he prepares an ice-dagger weapon. The film is presented in upscaled 4K resolution and supports HDR10. For audio, there are multiple Dolby surround sound options, including Atmos, TrueHD 7.1, and Digital 5.1.

Bonus materials aren't listed for this release, but it's possible that the special features from earlier Blu-ray releases are omitted here. The 2021 4K release included a 1080p Blu-ray with bonus content, but the Limited Edition Steelbook only comes with the one 4K disc.

The Steelbook Edition does come with a voucher to claim the digital version of Mortal Kombat. As an added bonus, it's eligible for Movies Anywhere, so you can download/stream the film on a wide variety of apps and devices.

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The 2021 reboot is a brutal adaptation of the iconic fighting game series. It faithfully brings the fantastical story of the games into the real world, pitting fan-favorite characters like Kung Lao, Liu Kang, Sonya Blade, and newcomer Cole Young against Shang Tsung and his sinister forces.

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Dropout.TV is becoming a surprisingly big name in the streaming world as an inexpensive service that puts its fans and employees above maxing out profits. Game Changers is already an ambitious show, but now host and Dropout CEO Sam Reich is thinking about what it would mean to bring Dropout into the world of video games, according to an interview with Kotaku.

Reich told Kotaku that if Dropout did release a game, it would be based on either Game Changers or Dimension 20, the service's successful tabletop roleplaying series (which played a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden earlier this year).

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Are you wondering about how to scan and mine resources in The Alters? While there are plenty of materials to find, you still need to put more effort if you want to amass all the items that you need. Our guide has all the tips to help you with this task.

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• How to scan and mine resources in The Alters - Polygonal Scanner, Mining Outposts, and Pylons guide

To scan and mine resources, you need three tools:

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Killing Floor 3 has a bigger emphasis on choosing the best skills for each of the perks. With a few familiar names and new additions, and all classes getting 30 levels' worth of skills each, it can be a daunting task.

Similarly to Killing Floor 2, after reaching a certain level milestone per perk, you'll gain access to a new row of skills, which ranges from one to three options. The key is that you can also spend points to upgrade them, which makes pivoting a bit hard. If you're wondering what the best skills to choose in Killing Floor 3 are, we've gathered a breakdown per level for each of the six perks available at launch.

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The Commando.Best Commando Skills in Killing Floor 3

The Commando's main stats are acidic and force damage, corresponding to the gadget and throwable equipment primarily. The proficiency bonus increases fire rate and reload speed during zedtime.

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From their massive open worlds, unfathomably large download sizes, and seemingly endless checklists of collectibles, missions, and side quests, games are so much nowadays. It's really no fault of the titles themselves that this formula works--it's tried, it's true, and it sells. But it does mean that I appreciate the occasional break from this exact mold of game. And Roger, a narrative game that can be completed within an hour and manages to do so much with so little, offers exactly that kind of break, and I'd love it if it became the standard rather than the exception.

I'm not too interested in giving away the most explicit details of And Roger right here and now. For just about five dollars on your PC and/or Switch, you can see all it has to say over the course of a slightly long lunch break. I've nothing to gain from telling you what it is, but you've got everything to lose by not just experiencing it firsthand. It covers a lot of ground in a pretty short amount of time, and its gut punches are as hard as they are dizzying.

And Roger plays like an interactive graphic novel--think 2018's Florence, which depicted the highs and lows of the titular character's romance and journey of self-discovery across comic-like panels and minigames. And Roger appears to take some cues from the award-winning narrative title, communicating its story largely through brief mechanical interludes that break up its often distressing narrative. However, where Florence basked in the glow of new love and the ennui of uncertainty, And Roger drops players into the confusing perspective of its main character and leads them on what can only be described as an expertly crafted emotional rollercoaster that tightly skirts the boundaries between different genres of stories.

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It's been 12 years since Splinter Cell's Sam Fisher suited up for action in a video game, but Tom Clancy's iconic hero is getting a comeback on Netflix. The streamer is producing a new animated series, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, that features Liev Schreiber as the voice of Fisher. Now, Netflix has shared a new image from the series that depicts Fisher in his famous night vision goggles.

From the writer of the John Wick franchise comes TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL: DEATHWATCH, a new animated series. Coming to Netflix this fall. pic.twitter.com/bXr0gqLzjo

— Collider (@Collider) August 12, 2025

Collider debuted the pic and revealed that Deathwatch will debut this fall. Netflix dropped the first teaser trailer for Splinter Cell during last year's Geeked Week, which included a brief clip of Schreiber demonstrating his voice for the character. Schreiber is replacing veteran actor Michael Ironside, who voiced Fisher in most of the Splinter Cell games.

John Wick co-creator Derek Kolstad is the head writer and producer for Deathwatch, and he briefly told Collider about his plans for the series.

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Borderlands 4 includes new features for the series, one of which is double-jumping. Developer Gearbox didn't feel the need to justify the feature's existence, because Borderlands 4 was developed with the aim of allowing players to do what they want, even if it doesn't make sense.

"The biggest commitment we made in Borderlands 4 is to give the players what they want," Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford said in an interview with the Epic Games Store. "We just said, 'F**k it. You can double jump.'"

The game doesn't take any time to provide a "rationalization" for why this is possible. "You're literally in the air, and you hit the jump button again, and you'll get another jump out of it. Does it feel good? Is it fun? Then I don't give a s**t if it makes any sense," Pitchford said.

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For over two decades, Justin Wong (aka JWong) has been a major figure among fighting game players along the way to winning nine Evo championships. Now, Wong is joining Basilisk as the captain of its new Fighting Game Community Division.

In his new role, Wong will be recruiting players for Basilisk's team and working on community events. Since Basilisk was founded to put forth scientific causes, Wong will also be creating science crossover content for the new fighting game team.

"Math is super important to fighting games," said Wong in a statement. "I'm excited to join science's esports team. I'm passionate about finding promising players with a positive mentality and shaping them into the next big thing. I want to see somebody else in the spotlight after me and help them reach their potential. If we can discover the next world champion, that would be fantastic."

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Razer Wolverine V3 Pro 8K PC Controller (Wireless/Wired)

$200 | Available Now

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Razer Wolverine V3 Pro Tournament Edition 8K Controller (Wired)

$120 | Available Now

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Razer just expanded its Wolverine V3 Pro lineup with a PC-only model aimed at competitive players who want the speed and precision of a wired connection in a wireless controller. The Razer Wolverine V3 Pro 8K PC Controller has a blistering 8,000Hz polling rate in wireless and wired modes--32 times faster than the V3 Pro for Xbox in wireless mode and eight times faster in wired mode. The V3 Pro 8K also utilizes new thumbstick technology, has upgraded grips, and greatly improves the battery life. You can purchase the Wolverine V3 Pro 8K PC Controller for $200 at Amazon; it's ready to ship now and is eligible for Prime.

Outside of those upgrades, the Razer Wolverine V3 Pro 8K has the same core features as the Xbox edition, including four remappable back triggers, two claw bumpers, microswitch buttons, custom profile support, and excellent ergonomics. For this reason, we'd recommend reading the Razer Wolverine V3 Pro for Xbox review we published last summer, as the vast majority of our commentary applies to the new 8K edition. The V3 Pro for Xbox was and still is a fantastic high-end controller for Xbox and PC. But if you have no need for Xbox console support, the V3 Pro 8K is the better pick for PC gaming thanks to the tech upgrades.

Both V3 Pro wireless models retail for $200, and just like the Xbox model, the PC-only 8K edition is also available in a wired-only Tournament Edition. The Tournament Edition price for the 8K is $120, whereas the original is $100.

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Wizards of the Coast has officially revealed the first look at cards from the upcoming Magic: The Gathering - Avatar: The Last Airbender expansion. Along with new cards showing off many fan-favorite ATLA characters like Toph, Sokka, Katara, and Zuko, the First Look livestream showed off the expansion's new Bending mechanics: unique abilities attributed to the airbending, earthbending, firebending, and waterbending powers synonymous with the Avatar series.

Each element's bending ability gives the same basic benefit to the player using it, though the size of the benefit depends on the card being cast. Here, though, is a brief explainer on each of the four core element's bending abilities, and examples of cards that will utilize bending abilities in their overall strategies.

AirbendingAppa, Steadfast Guardian

Airbending allows you to exile--the Magic term for "remove from the game"--a certain number of permanents on your side of the battlefield. You can return those permanents later in the game by paying two generic mana rather than the card's actual mana cost.

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Late last year, Naughty Dog revealed that its next game will be Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, a new sci-fi story set thousands of years in an alternate future. While the game may still be years away, its leading actress, Tati Gabrielle, recently shared her experience filming her part as bounty hunter Jordan A. Mun for Naughty Dog director and studio chief Neil Druckmann.

"It's a different medium," Gabrielle told YouTube channel HotCorn. "I really appreciate Neil Druckmann and the way he directs me through the game as well. I appreciate the way that he has done games [by] making them very grounded despite being in these fantastical sort of worlds."

Gabrielle went on to describe wearing a motion-capture suit on stage while Druckmann describes what her character is looking at and what she's doing. She equated it to being like a child, "when you didn't have the costumes necessarily ... and you wanted to to to escape and lose yourself into a world. I've been having a lot of fun doing that the game is going to be incredible. I'm really excited for people to play [it]."

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The Hobbit: A Graphic Novel - Revised and Expanded Edition (Hardcover)

$31 (was $35)

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The graphic novel adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is getting a brand-new expanded edition September 16. The upcoming hardcover edition has nearly 50 pages of new content that will appeal to longtime Tolkien fans and anyone who enjoys behind-the-scenes looks at the creative processes of artists. The Hobbit: A Graphic Novel - Revised and Expanded Edition is available to preorder for $31 (was $35) at Amazon.

Publisher William Morrow reissued The Hobbit: A Graphic Novel in paperback last year. If you haven't read the adaptation, you can purchase the paperback edition from Amazon for $14.72 (was $23). The Revised and Expanded Edition is 192 pages, whereas the 2024 paperback edition is 144 pages.

The Hobbit: A Graphic Novel - Revised and Expanded Edition (Hardcover) $31 (was $35)

The Hobbit: A Graphic Novel was adapted by Charles Dixon and illustrated with full-color paintings by Dave Wenzel. The cover art for the Revised and Expanded Edition features Gandalf approaching Bag End in The Shire. This artwork was used for earlier editions, but it appears to have been remastered for this release.

In the pages unique to this edition, illustrator Dave Wenzel looks back on the creation of the adaptation. Eclipse Comics published The Hobbit as a three-issue comic series back in 1989. The upcoming hardcover edition includes previously unreleased artwork created for the original comics. Wenzel also provides commentary and insights on the origins of the adaptation and how he approached illustrating scenes from Tolkien's iconic novel.

Since its original publication, The Hobbit: A Graphic Novel has offered a great way to introduce younger readers to J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy world. I've read the graphic novel adaptation to both of my children, and they loved it.

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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Check out some of the beautiful collectible editions of the classic fantasy novel.

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