The Walt Disney Company could vote on its next CEO soon, and the person considered to be the top candidate for the job, Josh D'Amaro, is the person spearheading the Disney x Fortnite project and the executive who wants to do more with gaming overall going forward.

The Wall Street Journal reported that current CEO Bob Iger is planning to resign prior to the end of his current contract on December 31 this year. A meeting will take place this week at the company's headquarters in Burbank, California to vote on his replacement, the report added.

The WSJ report added that Iger would stay on for "several months" to help mentor the incoming CEO, while it's possible Iger could remain a board member after he steps away as CEO.

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Cyberpunk Edgerunners: Combat Zone

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CD Project Red's open-world RPG Cyberpunk 2077 is lauded for its sprawling, dystopian sci-fi cityscape, but some of the best tales of Night City took place outside of the game. The most notable of these side stories is Cyberpunk Edgerunners, an exciting--yet painfully short--anime series that introduced fans to new characters and a reimagined vision of Night City. In a surprising twist, the anime was later adapted into a tabletop game called Cyberpunk Edgerunners: Combat Zone--which, yes, means it's a board game adaptation of an anime spin-off of a video game adaptation of a pen-and-paper tabletop RPG inspired by classic cyberpunk novels and anime. Cyberpunk Edgerunners: Combat Zone lets you relive pivotal moments from the show through its fast-paced combat encounters, and makes for a fast-paced way to play in the expansive Cyberpunk universe. If that piques your interest, you're in luck; it's on sale for $70 (was $100) at Amazon for a limited time. Just make sure you grab this fast before the deal disappears.

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Pokemon Go's Precious Paths season rolls on with a variety of events in January. In addition to a new assortment of Raid bosses and Spotlight Hours, this month will see the arrival of a handful of new Pokemon, including shiny Fidough and Shadow versions of Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie.

On top of that, the game will host two Community Days in January, and Unova's legendary dragons are returning to Gyms for a special Kyurem Fusion Day. The nefarious Team Go Rocket are also crashing the festivities later this month, culminating in a Shadow Raikou Raid Day event.

There are plenty of other activities on the horizon beyond that. You can read more about the biggest Pokemon Go events happening in January below.

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Highguard players have shared their desire for expanded match-ups, and the game's developer, Wildlight, has listened. Starting today and going through the weekend, Highguard is introducing an "experimental" five-on-five Raid playlist. This isn't meant as a replacement for the game's three-on-three Raids, but it could potentially become a full-time part of the game.

Per Wildlight's announcement, the 5v5 Raids will have 10 lives to players instead of the standard six. It will also take slightly longer to respawn during raids in order to allow more time for generator bombs to be planted or defused. Wildlight cautions players that while the current patch has some optimization improvements, 5v5 Raids aren't going to have improved performance.

The dev team also notes that Firing Range doesn't support 5v5 yet, which is why the Play button will be grayed out when parties are over three.

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Megan the bear has just informed me that it has been five years and six months since I last booted up Animal Crossing: New Horizons. In the intervening days, the town has changed a lot. There's a coffee shop in the museum now (added in New Horizons 2.0), run by a taciturn pigeon named Brewer. A hotel stands over one of the town's two piers. The first time I visit the resort, Tom Nook immediately ropes me into crafting items to extoll my island's virtues and helping design rooms in the new hotel.

These are substantive changes from the base game, ones that offer welcome expansions to the sometimes-slight feeling original release. Yet, these changes fundamentally enlarge, rather than change, New Horizon's design. The game's recent major update, 3.0, represents a further drift from the frictions and idiosyncrasies that made the Animal Crossing series so beloved in the first place.

Upon launch, New Horizons was somewhat barren, despite all the quality-of-life additions and feature overhauls it brought to the franchise. Standard features of prior games, such as Brewster's café, gyroids, and Kapp'n's boat tours, were totally absent. New Horizon's first major update, released in November 2021, reintroduced most of those features. This 2.0 patch represented a substantial solidifying of the game's basics, though it wasn't enough to lure me back in. I've written before about my dissatisfaction with New Horizons, and by the time this update rolled around, I was fully put out. Nevertheless, a new update does represent an opportunity to rearrange the game's pieces. After so long away, I was curious about what New Horizons would feel like in my hands.

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WWE 2K26 is officially stepping into the ring this March, and 2K is betting big on scale, nostalgia, and player freedom. Headlined by reigning World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk on the cover, the latest entry in the long-running wrestling franchise promises new match types, sweeping upgrades across every mode, and the largest roster in series history.

WWE 2K26 launches March 13, 2026, on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam. Premium editions arrive a week earlier on March 6. GameSpot participated in a virtual press conference in which 2K and Visual Concepts went through the ins-and-outs of what players can expect from WWE 2K26.

CM Punk Takes Center Stage

CM Punk graces the Standard Edition cover, marking his second time as a WWE game cover star after WWE '13. Fittingly, Punk also headlines this year's 2K Showcase mode, titled Punked: CM Punk's Personal Journey.

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Many are wondering if the upcoming third season of HBO's The Last of Us could be the show's final set of episodes, and that appears to be increasingly likely.

HBO programming boss Casey Bloys was asked by Deadline if the third season will be its last, and he replied, "It certainly seems that way." He didn't totally confirm anything, though, as Bloys went on to say, "On decisions like that, we defer to the showrunners. So you can ask them."

Season 3 is expected to premiere sometime in 2027, though HBO has yet to set an official date. Craig Mazin is the sole showrunner for Season 3, following the departure of Neil Druckmann.

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The Amazon-owned retailer Woot is running a massive Games Mega Sale from until February 6 that includes dozens of physical video games, accessories, collectible mini consoles, and PC hardware. Even better, you can also save an additional 20% on video games and hardware at Woot until February 1 when you use the discount code GAMER at checkout. To top it all off, Amazon Prime members can even get free shipping on their orders. There are many great discounts, and we've rounded up some of them in the lists below. Just keep in mind that these deals may end abruptly or sell out before the Games Mega Sale ends next week.

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The bread and butter of this sale is, of course, the games. Dozens of physical games are discounted, including numerous Nintendo Switch first-party releases, which rarely go on sale. Several Pokemon games are among the marked-down titles, including Pokemon Legends: Z-A, Pokemon Scarlet, and Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu on the original Switch. You can even save on full-priced games like the recent Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 with the GAMER discount code at checkout. You'll also find deals on PS5 games like Elden Ring: Nightreign, the Amazon-exclusive version of Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, and even 50% off the massive Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Collector's Edition, plus discounted Xbox releases like Stalker 2, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and more.

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While the upcoming God of War television show for Prime Video has mostly been casting new faces for key roles, fans of the game can expect to see at least one actor reprising his original role. Welcome back, Mimir.

A report from Deadline confirmed that Scottish actor Alastair Duncan will once again portray Mimir, the self-declared "smartest man in the world." Duncan first appeared as Mimir in the 2018 installment, and his other video game credits include Death Stranding 2 as the President and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance as the nano-machine-loving Senator Armstrong.

Mimir was Odin's advisor before his imprisonment in Midgard, forever bound to a tree. Kratos then freed him (by chopping his head off and getting it resurrected, mind you), and Mimir's talking disembodied head became a permanent companion throughout the game and its 2022 sequel.

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Developer Respawn Entertainment has announced that it is shutting down the servers for the battle royale game Apex Legends on Nintendo Switch. However, the game will remain playable on Switch 2.

The upcoming Apex Legends Season 29 will be the final update for the game on Switch. Beginning with Season 30 on August 4, 2026, Apex Legends will no longer be playable on the OG Switch.

Until then, people can play normally. Any leftover allotment of in-game currency can be migrated to the Switch 2 version if people opt to keep playing on the new system. Additionally, all gameplay progress is tied to an EA account, so that will migrate to other platforms as well.

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Google has rolled out a new AI technology, Project Genie, that claims to allow users to create interactive worlds "generated in real time." Apparently some video game investors are spooked, as a number of gaming companies saw their stock prices get hammered today.

In particular, Rockstar Games parent company Take-Two's stock price took a massive beating, falling by more than 9% today, wiping out billions in market cap along the way. Roblox Corp., which makes the hugely popular game Roblox, saw an even steeper sell-off, with the share price dipping by more than 12% today alone. Unity, the company that makes the popular Unity game engine, saw a massive 30% stock price slip today.

Stock prices are known to bounce around in this way based on real-world news headlines, but the sell-off happening today is more substantial than normal. People have already used Project Genie to make worlds that rip off Mario, and it's not hard to imagine how things may snowball from here and invite lawsuits.

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Epic Games has acknowledged players' complaints about Fortnite's recent stability issues, and it's taking action to fix them. Fortnite design director Ted Timmins has announced a new "multi-discipline live-ops strike team" will now be watching over Fortnite to catch any issues and help improve the game's quality of life.

According to Timmins, members of the live-ops strike team will meet daily, prioritize feedback, and take action when needed. Timmins recently asked players to report any bugs that they encountered. This appears to be the natural next step to deal with some of Fortnite's in-game issues.

"This new team is going to be a permanent addition to the development teams setup and I'm excited to see the results," wrote Timmins. "It's not to say they will catch everything, so I don't want to set false expectations, but I am confident that you will see an improvement in the months and seasons ahead."

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The video game movie Iron Lung, which was self-financed by YouTube star Markiplier, is off to a good start in theaters, it appears.

Deadline reported that the movie, which was written and directed by Markiplier, who also stars in the movie, pulled in $3.5 million from its Thursday night previews in the US. The movie's budget was said to be under $3 million, with only "barebones" marketing spend. The Iron Lung movie opens widely today, January 30.

The Thursday night box office numbers for Iron Lung in the US were higher than the Thursday preview numbers for Spider-Man director Sam Raimi's Send Help ($2.2 million). Iron Lung booked $6 million in presales and is projected to earn as much as $10 million for its first weekend.

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Code Vein 2 features three different endings, but unlike many similar games, they don't require you to enter New Game Plus to access them. Instead, they unlock after meeting certain conditions in the main story, allowing you to pick up after your previous ending to see another one through. Meeting these conditions will require some work on your part, though, as you'll need to change the past at four separate points to reach the game's true ending. Whether you do this before the first ending or choose to knock it out later will be up to you--but we'll fill you in on what to expect below.

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All Code Vein 2 endings

There are three endings in Code Vein 2. The first ending unlocks automatically, while the other two are continuations of the story accessed in their own way.

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Code Vein 2 features a variety of hot springs your character can find and bathe in throughout your adventure. It's a good idea to do this if you want to collect all the craftable recipes in the game.

Each time you rest in a hot spring, you'll receive two recipes that are automatically added to your crafting options, with some of them being particularly helpful against certain bosses in the game. Additionally, you'll earn the Master Bather Trophy or Achievement once you've taken a dip in every hot spring. With that in mind, here are all of the hot spring locations in Code Vein 2.

There are six locations in Code Vein 2 that you'll need to visit to find all of the hot springs.

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Arc Raiders projects are a fun way for players to work toward long-term goals back home while they're exploring topside. This means finding and extracting with high-value items that can be applied to the project to earn rewards. While some of these projects are temporary, January 2026's addition of the Trophy Display project appears to be the game's first permanent (or at least very long-term) project. Below, we'll fill you in on what items you'll need for this project and what rewards you'll earn for turning them in.

All steps and rewards in the Arc Raiders Trophy Display project

The Trophy Display project has five stages (tiers) to complete, each asking you to contribute a certain type of item or resource to receive a reward. When you've finished one step of the project, the next stage will become available for your contributions. Because these stages don't show which items you'll need for future stages, we've compiled a list of every stage, items needed, and rewards obtained in the Trophy Display project so that you can plan ahead.

Roaming Threats (Stage 1)

• Rusted Bolts x3 (Reward: Mod Components x10)
• Pop Trigger x15 (Reward: Power Rods x3)
• Tick Pod x15 (Reward: Raider Tokens x10)
• Surveyor Vaults x5 (Reward: Light Gun Parts Blueprint)

Soaring Menaces (Stage 2)

• Spotter Relay x10 (Reward: Vita Spray x3)
• Expired Respirator x3 (Reward: Photoelectric Cloak x3)
• Wasp Driver x20 (Reward: Raider Tokens x20)
• Hornet Driver x15 (Reward: Vita Shot Blueprint)

Ferocious Foes (Stage 3)

• Arc Performance Steel x10 (Reward: Kinetic Converter)
• Shredder Gyro x5 (Reward: Anvil Splitter x3)
• Leaper Pulse Unit x10 (Reward: Raider Tokens x30)
• Bastion Cell x5 (Reward: Shotgun Silencer Blueprint)

Dominant Dangers (Stage 4)

• Arc Synthetic Resin x10 (Reward: Bobcat)
• Magnetic Accelerator x10 (Reward: Wolfpack Grenade x5)
• Rocketeer Driver x8 (Reward: Raider Tokens x40)
• Queen Reactor x3 (Reward: Bobcat Blueprint)

Imposing Behemoths (Stage 5)

• Exodus Modules x5 (Reward: Snap Hook x2)
• Geiger Counter x3 (Reward: Aphelion)
• Bombardier Cell x8 (Reward: Raider Tokens x50)
• Matriarch Reactor x3 (Reward: Snap Hook Blueprint)

Final rewards

After completing all stages of the Trophy Display project, you'll receive the following rewards:

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With a new-old Metal Gear Solid game on the market in the form of Delta: Snake Eater, developer-publisher Konami has announced that the stealth-action franchise has reached a massive sales milestone of 65.5 million.

According to a sales breakdown on Konami's corporate website (via Eurogamer), the company provided a look at the success of its various intellectual properties. The football sim eFootball (formerly known as PES) "sold or downloaded" 950 million copies worldwide, and the cute baseball sim Pawafuru Puroyakyu (or Power Pros) franchise surpassed 26.3 million copies globally. However, it's the Metal Gear series that's the most fascinating here, as it sold a cumulative total of 65.5 million copies as of December 2025 following Delta: Snake Eater's release.

A remake of 2004's Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater kept the story and gameplay of its predecessor intact while introducing new visuals and mechanics, such as updated textures and third-person gunplay. It reviewed well, with managing editor Tamoor Hussain scoring it a 9/10 in GameSpot's Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater review. And about one week after its August 28, 2025, launch on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, the remake sold one million copies. Now that's a lot of boxes to ship, Snake.

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A new Battlefield 6 update is planned for February 3, and the patch notes detail changes focused on quality-of-life improvements across Battlefield 6 and Redsec battle royale. This includes map adjustments, audio improvements, and small movement fixes.

Battlefield Studios continues to make improvements following the delay of Season 2, and the developer says this update has a "particular focus on smoothing out edge cases reported by players."

One of the major changes detailed in the patch notes is a fix for inconsistent player movement issues, including cases of excessive sprint-jump momentum and unintended behavior. The developer says the adjustment won't impact player movement on a large scale and is instead meant to target those specific extreme cases.

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Video games may be a popular entertainment medium around the world, with there being some 2.7 billion gamers globally according to December 2025 Statista data, but an analyst has contextualized this popularity a bit with new findings suggesting that video games are really popular in the country in which they are developed.

Rhys Elliott, the head of games market data firm Alinea Analytics, shared his findings in an X post on January 29. Discussing the concept of the "hometown hero," Elliott had surveyed his company's recent estimates and discovered that the hometown hero effect bears true within the games industry as well. Elliott cited some recent examples of games developed in a specific country that, although popular globally, were especially popular in the country that they were developed in.

Assassin's Creed is one example. Although the studio has global offices and the franchise is known worldwide, those games--including Shadows--are particularly popular in French markets, with the series consistently hitting the number-three spot in the "Land of the Franks." The same is true of Cyberpunk 2077, which also remains in the number-three spot on Steam's Polish charts--studio CD Projekt Red is Polish. One more: South Korean studio Shift Up's Stellar Blade, which is number three on the PlayStation 5 chart in South Korea.

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The Fallout TV show based on Bethesda's game franchise is proving popular, prompting some to wonder if another one of the company's franchises, The Elder Scrolls, could get its own show. That remains to be seen, but now former Bethesda designer Bruce Nesmith has said an Elder Scrolls TV show probably would not work.

He told Press Box PR (via Insider Gaming) that there is "something very special and different" about Fallout that makes it good fodder for a TV show. On the other hand, The Elder Scrolls is a "standard kind of fantasy" story, and those have been done again and again and again on TV, he said.

"That's not as interesting, not in this day and age where you already have The Lord Of The Rings movies. We've got Game Of Thrones. You'd have to try to find something to lean into that would be special about it," Nesmith explained.

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