The delay of Grand Theft Auto 6 to November 2026 disappointed the general public, but Rockstar's release date shuffling also has a significant impact on competing game development studios.

Speaking to The Game Business about a variety of industry hot topics, Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Shams Jorjani spoke about how GTA 6's delay affects his studio's planning and work on Helldivers 2.

"It gives us a stay of execution," Jorjani said, adding: "Us and everyone else."

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Arc Raiders is out now and putting up big sales and player numbers, and it's achieved strong results thus far amid debates and discussions about how the PvPvE game implements AI technologies. Now, industry executive Shams Jorjani, the CEO of Helldivers studio Arrowhead, has weighed in with his thoughts on the matter, imploring people to consider the nuance and perspective of the matter.

He told The Game Business that what he's observed is that people commenting on AI tend to fall into two camps: people and studios who are leaning into AI enthusiastically and other developers who say "the very fabric of their being is being threatened and therefore all AI is bad AI."

"Maybe, could it be, that reality is somewhere in the middle? Could it be?" he said, as reported by GamesRadar.

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The live-action Legend of Zelda movie is around 18 months from theaters, but recent leaks from the set in New Zealand may have spurred Nintendo to share a behind-the-scenes glimpse from the film.

Through the Nintendo Today app, Nintendo released the first official pictures of the two primary cast members, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth and Bo Bragason, in costume as Link and Princess Zelda, respectively.

Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link in The Legend of Zelda.

Ainsworth's best-known role to date prior to this film was lending his voice to Disney's live-action remake of Pinocchio. He has also appeared in Netflix's adaptation of The Sandman, as well as the streamer's horror show, The Haunting of Bly Manor.

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Sea of Stars

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They just don't make RPGs like they used to, and if that's a sentiment you feel in your bones, then you'll want to check out this early Black Friday deal on Sea of Stars, an old-school RPG that harkens back to a classic era of gaming. The game is currently on sale for $25 (was $40) for Switch, PS5, PS4, and Xbox Series X at Amazon. With a big story expansion on the way for it, now might be the perfect time to check out this critically acclaimed RPG.

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Sea of Stars is love letter to the 16-bit RPGs of the SNES and Sega Genesis, offering a sweeping fantasy adventure with turn-based combat, nostalgic pixel-art aesthetics, and a few modern flourishes. This physical version of the game also includes a double-sided poster featuring artwork by lead concept artist Bryce Kho.

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"Sea Of Stars is a classic SNES-era turn-based RPG that holds up next to the titans of the era," Jason Fanelli wrote in GameSpot's Sea of Stars review. "There are bits and pieces of those classics scattered throughout this game, but Sea Of Stars doesn't just rest on the laurels of its predecessors. In a crowded year of big-budget AAA releases, Sea Of Stars has an impeccable sense of craft that helps it stand tall alongside them."

The Sea of Stars Art Book is also on sale for $31.59 (was $50). Featuring Kho's elegant artwork, the 272-page hardcover book explores the characters, worlds, and lore of the game through dozens of illustrations. The cover features metallic accents, highlighting the game's protagonists, Valere and Zale.

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Resident Evil's next entry, Resident Evil Requiem, arrives next year, but it's very different from its original idea. While it'll have the trademark horror and aesthetics, Requiem was originally designed as an online open-world multiplayer game before Capcom decided to return it to a single-player format. However, not everything was completely reformatted from the ground up.

"There are some remaining elements, but we can't disclose what [they are]," producer Masato Kumazawa told Press Start, explaining that while the multiplayer project was shaping up to be a good game, it wasn't scary enough.

"Looking at the game when it was multiplayer, the horror part was very mild," he continued. "However, in that build, we made a game that was fun to play, but we looked deeply into this game and wondered if a fan of the franchise would really like this, so we thought they probably wouldn't enjoy it as much."

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Development on Cities: Skylines 2 is changing hands after publisher Paradox Interactive and developer Colossal Order have "mutually decided to pursue independent paths."

In a forum post, Paradox announced Cities: Skylines' development would be moving to one of its internal studios, Iceflake. The studio will take over "all existing and future" development updates for Cities: Skylines 2 and continue development on the game's long-delayed console versions.

As for Colossal Order, the studio will deliver a few more updates before Iceflake fully takes over. Those will include a major update that will add bikes, Old Town buildings, and other improvements. A beta version of the game's editor with mod-asset support will also arrive before the end of the year. Iceflake will then take over the franchise at the start of 2026.

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Sonic Colors celebrated its 15-year anniversary on November 16, 2025. Below, we look back at how the game shifted the nature of Sonic games with new gimmicks.

Sonic Colors marked a significant turning point in Sonic the Hedgehog's gaming career. Four years prior, the franchise had hit a horrifying low with Sonic the Hedgehog 2006. Two years after that, Sonic began a slow and shaky climb from rock bottom with 2008's Sonic Unleashed. And in 2010, Sonic Colors finally brought the blue hedgehog back into gamers' good graces, becoming the best-received 3D title since the Adventure games of the late '90s and early 2000s. Things were finally starting to look bright again for the franchise--but with the good came the bad as well.

Up to that point, 3D Sonic games had learned more heavily into their narratives, with the Sonic Adventure duology and Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 standing out as significant examples. For Colors, the plot was scaled back considerably, harkening back to the simpler stories of Sonic's classic games. In fact, like most of the classics, Colors foregoes an opening cinematic completely. Once the player moves beyond the title screen, they're immediately dropped into the first level. Only then does the story begin to take shape: Sonic and Tails have made a trip to space to investigate Eggman's Interstellar Amusement Park, a creation of the mad doctor designed as penance for his evil misdeeds in the past.

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It's not every day that a billionaire gets a new superyacht and the chance to unveil a new video game console. But Valve co-founder Gabe Newell experienced just that last week. On November 12, Newell received his new luxury boat--a diesel-electric yacht that's over 360 feet long--from Oceanco. It's named Leviathan and was delivered the same day that the Steam Machine was revealed.

The Leviathan has a hospital, science lab, dive center, hot tub, basketball court, and 15 "gaming stations." That's not all for video games, either, as there are two racing simulators to take for a spin on the superyacht. It's unknown if a Steam Machine is on board--or even some form of Half-Life 3.

"Yachts have great potential to serve as platforms for scientific research," said Newell. "It's about recognizing that you're part of a broader community and ensuring the yacht's presence adds value to the communities around it."

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The new line of Rog Ally devices made by Asus in partnership with Microsoft and Xbox have exceeded expectations, and Asus is now undertaking efforts to ramp up production to meet demand.

Asus management said during the company's latest earnings briefing that the new Xbox-branded devices have seen an "extremely positive" response from the market, "exceeding expectations."

Some balked at the $600 and $1,000 price-points for the Rog Xbox Ally and Rog Xbox Ally X devices, but Asus said the market has spoken and there is demand for "premium, higher-end models" of the Rog Ally.

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Concord barely lasted two weeks before Sony pulled the plug on it, and it seems determined to keep the game offline as it just issued DMCA notices against a fan-made effort to revive the live-service shooter as Concord Delta. Recently, several Concord fans had managed to resurrect the game with some technical wizardry, and although the project was in a buggy WIP state, it was still a playable build on a custom server.

The team of developers responsible for reviving Concord did take measures to protect themselves and kept the player circle small, but copyright infringement claims against videos filed by Marscan--a company that monitors online content for large clients such as Sony and has issued DMCA notices to multiple creators in the past for content like the Bloodborne demake--has the group fearing that legal repercussions might be on the way.

"Due to worrying legal action we've decided to pause invites for the time being," one of the devs behind the project said in the team's Discord group (via The Games Post). So far, the custom server for Concord Delta has not yet been targeted by Sony--only footage of it in action on YouTube or other social media platforms.

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Bungie has fully settled the copyright lawsuit over Destiny 2's Red War campaign, closing a dispute that lasted more than a year. According to an entry cited by The Game Post, a settlement conference held on November 12 was successful. As the filing states, "Negotiations were successful and resulted in the settlement of all claims," and the court thanked both sides for reaching "an amicable resolution."

The case began in October 2024, when sci-fi writer Matthew Kelsey Martineau claimed the studio copied "major parts" of his 2013–2014 stories posted on his Wordpress site. He argued that elements such as the Red Legion faction, the Red War storyline, and several plot details were "taken directly" from his original work.

After Bungie failed to get the case dismissed, both sides entered a long discovery process. Bungie repeatedly called the accusations "baseless," but because the original campaign is no longer in the game, the company had to rely on community videos and wiki entries instead of submitting the game itself as evidence. However, since those are third-party sources, the judge dismissed them.

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The Entertainment Software Association has released the results of its annual holiday shopping survey, and the data shows that kids really want video games, but not as much as they want cash.

The ESA's survey found that video games are among the top three things that kids want this holiday, with 58% of kids saying they would like games as gifts this year. Money and gift cards (69%) was the most sought-after gift for kids, followed by clothes/accessories (63%), and then video games at 58%.

The survey also found that 58% of kids want to play more video games with their parents; the percentage increases to 73% for kids ages 5-7, 66% for ages 8-9, and 62% for ages 10-12.

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Valve is making a play for living rooms again with its new Steam Machine hardware, and the company believes that the compact gaming PC could be equal to or better than what "70%" of people have at home currently. In a new interview, Valve engineer Yazan Aldehayyat explained that the Steam Machine is designed to be both a powerful and entry-level gaming device, capable of running most of the games in your Steam library at high performance levels.

"As you know, we definitely learned a lot, from 10 years ago. We learned a lot from the Steam Deck. We really feel like we have all the hardware and the software bits to make that vision a reality," Aldehayyat said to Tested. "It needs to have enough performance to play all your Steam games; we wanted it to be a pretty simple experience. We also wanted to target more of an entry-level device. Affordability is really important, and definitely the price-point played a huge factor in what performance level we're trying to target. Another thing we looked at is the Steam Hardware Survey. It gives us a good benchmark of where people's home devices are at in terms of performance, and the Steam Machine is equal or better than 70% of what people have at home."

Aldehayyat's comments might not be too far off the mark. Older gaming PCs are still capable of running a wide variety of games thanks to upscaling technologies, while in the console space, many games are still released for both current and last-gen machines, like the PS4 and the Switch. Valve has also said that the Steam Machine is over six times more powerful than the Steam Deck, and the official tech specs released for it do suggest that it'll be capable of comfortably playing modern PC games.

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Retailer GameStop has announced a "Trade Anything Day," and as part of this, people can visit a store and trade anything. Well, not quite anything. There is a list of items that GameStop will not accept, including dead animals and illegal drugs.

The fine print for the December 6 event states that people can only bring in for trade items that fit into GameStop's own 20x20x20 box and that employees have discretion to reject any item.

In terms of the specific exclusions, GameStop said people cannot bring hazardous waste, weapons, dead or alive animals (taxidermy is OK, though), alcohol, tobacco, drugs (illegal or otherwise), "sexual and explicit" items, or items "resembling body parts." The full list of exclusions is available on GameStop's website.

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Earlier this month, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 players called out the apparent use of AI in the game, especially the "Ghibli-style" Calling Cards. Activision subsequently acknowledged that some AI was used in the creation of Black Ops 7, but it insisted that the creative process is still in the hands of humans. Regardless, a US Congressman has weighed in on the Black Ops 7 debate and called for extensive AI regulations.

California Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna--who has previously accused Roblox of not doing enough to protect children who use it--reposted a message about the Ghibli-like Calling Cards and wrote, "We need regulations that prevent companies from using AI to eliminate jobs to extract greater profits. Artists at these companies need to have a say in how AI is deployed."

We need regulations that prevent companies from using AI to eliminate jobs to extract greater profits.
Artists at these companies need to have a say in how AI is deployed.
They should share in the profits. And there should be a tax on mass displacement. https://t.co/uU2tmt8pDJ

— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) November 14, 2025

In a subsequent post, Khanna shared some proposals from Nobel Laureate Acemoglu, including "tax reforms to discourage excessive automation" and allowing workers and unions to benefit from AI gains rather than being replaced by artificial intelligence. Khanna also stressed that he isn't calling for a complete ban on AI.

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Embark Studios' brand-new extraction shooter Arc Raiders hit a new peak player count on Steam over the weekend, seeing 481,966 raiders online at the same time. As Arc Raiders was breaking its own concurrent player record, Black Ops 7's launch weekend saw lower than usual player counts for a Call of Duty Steam launch, suggesting the competition may be impacting CoD's success on Steam.

Black Ops 7, the latest mainline Call of Duty game, hit a launch weekend peak of 100,332 players on Steam, less than a quarter of Arc Raiders' weekend high. Of course the two numbers aren't directly comparable--Arc Raiders is only available on Steam and the Epic Games Store for PC, while Black Ops 7 can also be purchased through Battle.net or the Microsoft Store, and is playable on PC Game Pass from launch--however the Black Ops 7 launch numbers are also lower than CoD's previous Steam launches.

While last year's Black Ops 6 also was available on Game Pass from launch, it still saw a Steam launch peak of over 300,000 players, almost three times the numbers clocked by its direct sequel. Modern Warfare 3's November 2023 release was also higher, with a launch window peak of 190,000 players.

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Lego Disney Pixar: Up House (598 Pieces)

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If you have a Disney Pixar fan on your holiday shopping list, there's an early Black Friday deal at Amazon and Target that you should consider before it inevitably sells out. Both retailers have discounted the 598-piece Lego Up House to only $30.39 (was $60). The nearly 50% price cut is one of the best deals yet for the highly rated Pixar building set. The Up House is recommended for kids ages 9 and up, but just like the wonderful 2009 animated movie, parents might appreciate this "playset" even more than their kids.

Lego Disney Pixar: Up House (598 pieces)

Despite releasing in 2023, Lego's Up House remains one of the most popular Disney Lego sets at major retailers each month. It has received similarly large discounts during previous Black Friday and Prime Day sales, and retailers almost always run out of units before the promotion officially ends. The only Pixar Lego set that has outsold the Up House on Amazon recently is WALL-E and EVE. The new 811-piece set hasn't received any price cuts yet, but Walmart has a 2-in-1 bundle with the Up House and WALL-E and EVE for $95 (was $130).

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Borderlands 4 for PS5 / Xbox Series X

$48 (was $70)

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Borderlands 4 for Nintendo Switch 2

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Amazon's Black Friday 2025 sale doesn't officially begin until November 20, but the online retailer is offering some stellar early video game deals for PS5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch 1/2. One of the most notable early discounts is Borderlands 4. Launched in September with a $70 retail price, Gearbox's long-awaited looter-shooter is up for grabs for $48 on PS5 and Xbox Series X.

Black Friday deals on games that aren't out yet are uncommon, but Amazon is also offering a big discount on the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 port of Borderlands 4. The Switch 2 port doesn't have a release date, but you won't be charged until your preorder ships.

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Friday the 13th Collection Deluxe Edition (12 Movies)

$105.34 (was $160)

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Shout Factory recently discontinued one of its best horror movie box sets, but there's still time to add it to your collection before it's gone for good. Friday the 13th Collection Deluxe Edition is back in stock at Amazon with a huge 34% discount that drops the price to $105.34 (was $160). Released in 2020 to rave reviews from fans and critics, this 16-disc Blu-ray box set is the only Friday the 13th collection with all 12 movies. With Amazon's deal, you're paying $8.75 per movie, and that's without factoring in the mountain of special features, premium display case, and collector's booklet.

During Amazon's Halloween horror sale, this box set was discounted to $124 and sold out fast. The $105.34 price is the lowest we've seen in years. And since Shout Factory is no longer printing the collection, Amazon's current deal is also probably the last. Take a closer look at Friday the 13th Collection Deluxe Edition below.

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Tomb Raider IV - VI Remastered Deluxe Edition

$30 (was $50)

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Tomb Raider IV - VI Remastered Standard Edition

$20 (was $30)

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Tomb Raider I-III Deluxe Edition

$30 (was $40)

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As part of Amazon's Black Friday deals, you can get all 6 of the original Tomb Raider Remastered games at steep discounts thanks to deals on the recent Tomb Raider Remastered collections. The series is divided into two separate collections, each offered in impressive Deluxe Editions and standard editions. Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Deluxe Edition for PS5 is currently $30 (was $40), while Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered Deluxe Edition is available on both PS5 and Switch for $30 (was $50). You can also pick up Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered Standard Editions for $20 on PS4 and PS5, or $25 on Nintendo Switch--saving you a few dollars compared to the standard editions' normal $30 price points. If you're looking for additional discounts on video games, Blu-rays, and more, be sure to check out GameSpot's Black Friday deals hub.

Tomb Raider IV - VI Remastered Deluxe Edition $30 (was $50)

This Deluxe Edition is available on both PS5 and Switch. It comes with the game in a regular box on disc or cartridge, and a handful of other collectibles all compiled in one convenient oversized box. Here's everything you'll get in the Deluxe Edition:

• Deluxe Edition Oversized Box
• Regular Game Box
• SteelBook Case
• Official Soundtrack CD
• Exploration Map Book

The Exploration Map Book contains the in-game maps for each of the included games with over 150 pages of detailed walkthroughs and tips.

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The Standard Editions of Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered just includes the base game, but at $20 is reasonable value for how much is on offer here. It's important to call out that the Nintendo Switch version is $25 compared to PS4 and PS5 versions. You get the fourth, fifth, and sixth games in the series, which are:

• Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
• Tomb Raider: Chronicles
• Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness

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The first collection of the original Tomb Raider games. This Deluxe Edition is available on PS5 and, like the IV-VI collection, comes in an oversized box to store all the bonus items. Here's what those are:

• Deluxe Edition Oversized Box
• Regular Game Box
• SteelBook Case
• Official Soundtrack Digital Download Code
• Exploration Map Book

The games you get in this collection are:

• Tomb Raider + Unfinished Business
• Tomb Raider II + Golden Mask
• Tomb Raider III + The Lost Artifact

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Retro game remasters are a dime a dozen these days, but with good reason. They're the perfect opportunity for fans of the originals to revisit their old favorites with modern design sensibilities or quality-of-life features, and they aim to introduce new audiences to games that pioneered genres and gave rise to iconic characters. These Tomb Raider remasters achieve exactly that, offering the first six titles in the series. The Tomb Raider franchise jump-started the action platformer genre and inspired games like Naughty Dog's Uncharted games. They all come with updated visuals and performance enhancements in addition to their mechanical improvements.

For physical game collectors, both of these Deluxe Editions are beautifully packaged, and despite their oversized nature, they don't take up too much space. The height and width of the boxes are slightly larger than regular game cases, so they should fit on your game shelf just fine. The glossy gold and brown colors really help the boxes pop, and at this price, they are great premium items for any fan of the series.

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