Earlier this month, the cancellation of Postal: Bullet Paradise over allegations that it was made with AI assets demonstrated that the issue of artificial intelligence in game development remains controversial. Now, Bethesda's Todd Howard has weighed in on the issue while promoting Fallout Season 2, and he confirmed that his company does use AI, but only as a tool guided by real artists.

"I view [AI] as a tool," said Howard via Eurogamer. "Creative intention comes from human artists, number one. But I think we look at it as a tool for, 'is there a way we can use it to help us go through some iterations that we do ourselves faster?'"

Howard indicated that Bethesda isn't using AI to create assets, and instead compared using it to another iteration of Photoshop.

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Mr. Robot: The Complete Series (Blu-ray)

$29.49 (was $57)

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One of the best techno-thrillers in TV history is on sale for cheap on Blu-ray at Amazon. Mr. Robot: The Complete Series is discounted to only $29.49, which is roughly half its usual $57 price and just $1 shy of its all-time low. Mr. Robot released on Blu-ray in 2020 with a $100 MSRP; this is the first time the box set has dropped below $30 in two years.

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The 12-disc set collects all 45 episodes from Mr. Robot's four-season run. All episodes are presented in 1080p resolution and support DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround sound. Episodes vary in length from 40-65 minutes, but the total runtime of the series is roughly 37 hours.

Bonus features include a handful of featurettes, deleted scenes on every disc, and gag reels.

Mr. Robot: The Complete Series Special Features

• Making of Mr. Robot (Disc 2)
• Careful Massacre of the Bourgeoisie 1984 VHSrip (Disc 3)
• Behind the Mask: Mr. Robot 2.0 (Disc 5)
• Through the Lens. of Episode 3.4 (Disc 7)
• Mr Robot Season 3: A World Divided (Disc 8)
• The Visual Style of Mr. Robot (Disc 9)
• Deleted Scenes (Discs 1-12)
• Gag Reels (Discs 2, 8, 12)

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Created by Sam Esmail with Rami Malek in the lead role, Mr. Robot premiered in 2015 and concluded in 2019. Malek's breakthrough performance as Elliot Alderson garnered critical acclaim and earned him the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. His dynamic with co-star Christian Slater, who won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor, the sublime writing, nuanced social commentary, and incredible score Mr. Robot one of the best TV dramas of the 2010s.

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Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone | Blu-ray

$20 (was $30)

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Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance | Blu-ray

$24 (was $30)

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Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo | DVD

$19.49 (was $30)

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Evangelion: 3.0+1.11 Thrice Upon a Time | Blu-ray

Standard: $14 (was $30) | Steelbook: $22.85 (was $37)

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Dozens of Blu-rays and DVDs in Shout Factory's extensive catalog are on sale for a limited time at Amazon, including the Rebuild of Evangelion saga. Evangelion: 1.11 on Blu-ray is down to only $20, its lowest price since being reissued alongside Evangelion: 2.22 ($24) in October. Both films had been out of print in the US for years. The DVD version of Evangelion: 2.22 is discounted to just $14.

Evangelion: 3.33 on DVD is on sale for $19.49 (was $30). Unfortunately, this is the only one you can't buy on Blu-ray--unless you're willing to pay a hefty premium for the out-of-print 2016 edition. the DVD edition comes with a booklet and slipcover, so it's not all bad news.

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GoChess Wizard Mini Electronic Chess (Harry Potter Edition)

$300 (was $380)

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GoChess Mini Electronic Chess

$200 (was $250)

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If you're looking for a gift for a Harry Potter fan this holiday season, check out the GoChess Wizard, a recently released smart chessboard inspired by Wizard's Chess. Officially licensed and created by Particula Tech, GoChess Wizard is one of numerous AI-enabled games featured in Particula's holiday sale this month. GoChess Wizard is proving to be quite popular, as restocks of the tournament-sized edition sell out in a flash. The more compact, travel-friendly GoChess Wizard Mini is back in stock on Particula's online store and Amazon for $300 (was $380).

The traditional edition of GoChess is also on sale for $50 off, which drops the price of GoChess Mini to $200 (was $250) at Amazon and on Particula's online store. Tournament-sized editions with premium plastic or carved wood materials are available for $250 or $300, respectively, directly from Particula.

Particula Tech's holiday sale also includes the GoCube, one of the most popular 3 x 3 smart cube puzzles, Bluetooth-enabled smart dice, and smart balance boards with over a dozen games. Take a closer look at Particula Tech's smart games below. We created a hub on Amazon where you can find many of Particula's holiday deals. Particula's online store and Amazon have most of the same offers, but we've noted price differences and availability below. The holiday sale runs through the end of the year.

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The Princess Bride (4K Blu-ray)

$25 (was $50)

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The Princess Bride (Blu-ray)

$20 (was $40)

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The big Criterion Collection Blu-ray sale ends December 7, and if you haven't checked out the deals yet, then you're missing out on hundreds of excellent movies that have gotten a 50% discount. One such film is The Princess Bride, the beloved 1987 fantasy that remains popular and highly quotable. The film received a Criterion Collection release in 2023, and the 4K version is on sale for $25 (was $50). You can also pick up the standard Blu-ray version for $20 (was $40).

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The 4K Blu-ray release of The Princess Bride is a 4K digital restoration of the film with Dolby Vision support. It also includes a 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack, and for special features, it offers a legacy audio commentary track with director Rob Reiner and several more members of the cast and crew. Newer content includes a closer look at the film's screenplay and an interview with art director Richard Holland, while archival content from the older DVD and Blu-ray releases has been bundled in. Like most Criterion Collection releases, you'll get the film on a 4K Blu-ray and all the bonus materials on a standard Blu-ray disc.

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The standard Blu-ray uses the same digital transfer as the 4K release. It comes with all the same bonus features as the 4K UHD version.

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The Princess Bride: Criterion Collection Special Features

• Audio commentary from 1996 featuring director Rob Reiner, screenwriter William Goldman, producer Andrew Scheinman, and actors Billy Crystal and Peter Falk
• Edited 1987 audiobook reading of William Goldman's novel The Princess Bride by Reiner
• New program about Goldman's screenplay
• New program about Goldman's tapestry based on his novel
• Archival interviews with The Princess Bride cast and crew
• New interview with art director Richard Holland
• Programs about makeup, fencing, and fairy tales
• On-set video diary filmed and narrated by Elwes
• Five behind-the-scenes videos with commentaries from 1996 by Reiner, Scheinman, and Crystal
• The Princess Bride trailer
• An essay by author Sloane Crosley and Goldman’s introduction to his Princess Bride script

Fans of The Princess Bride can also big up a luxurious new version of the novel that the movie was adapted from. The Deluxe Edition paperback features sprayed and stenciled edges, a gold foil cover, and it's on sale for $16 (was $22).

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Later this month, Fallout will return for Season 2 on Prime Video. It's not the only Bethesda adaptation coming to Amazon's streaming service--a Wolfenstein show is coming as well--and some fans are hoping to see The Elder Scrolls game follow. Bethesda's Todd Howard--who has worked as a producer on Fallout and Elder Scrolls titles--won't rule out the possibility that it could happen. But don't expect an Elder Scrolls series anytime soon.

While speaking with Eurogamer, Howard said that he "can't rule in or rule out an Elder Scrolls thing in the future," before adding that he thought Fallout was more suitable as an adaptation because it had "more to say in its genre."

"But you never know," added Howard. "I think the impact of the show on Fallout as a franchise has been bigger than I expected, so it does make you think like, 'Hey, is there a path?' But nothing today… [and] I'm willing to say 'no' for a decade."

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Lego Disney Pixar: WALL-E and EVE (43279)

$56 (was $70) | 811 Pieces

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Pixar's Wall-E: The Criterion Collection (4K Blu-ray)

$25 (was $50)

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Lego's new building set based on Disney Pixar's beloved 2008 animated film WALL-E is on sale for the first time since its September launch. Normally $70, the 811-piece WALL-E and EVE model is available for $56 at Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Designed for adults and experienced builders, the adorable new set includes buildable figures of WALL-E, EVE, M-O, HAl, and a Garbage Cube. WALL-E fans can also grab the Criterion Collection's 4K Blu-ray edition of Pixar's Oscar-winning movie for only $25 (was $50).

WALL-E and EVE is one of several great Lego Disney and Pixar deals available now. Amazon also has the 394-piece Inside Out 2 Mood Cubes set for $19.89 (was $35), the Up House for $37.70 (was $60), and the Toy Story Celebration Train & RC Car for $32 (was $40).

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Battlefield 6's 1.1.3.0 update is bringing the fog of war into winter. As part of the new Winter Offensive, players will be able to access a new version of the Empire State map called Ice Lock Empire State. This map will only be around for a limited time, but it swaps out the standard map with frozen streets and other examples of cold and hazardous weather.

The new map will also have a themed event mode, allowing you to play Domination, Conquest, and Gauntlet mission variations that utilize the new "Freeze" mechanic. Players will also be given access to the ice climbing axe through the Winter Offensive Bonus Path. Once they have the axe, players can unleash it as a melee weapon on unlucky foes. That bonus path also features an 11-tier, time-limited reward track featuring event cosmetics, and XP Boosters.

According to Battlefield Labs, the new update has "a broad range of fixes and refinements across Battlefield 6." Some of the improvements include weapon reliability, vehicle behavior, and quality-of-life bug fixes. You can find the complete notes for this update below.

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Fallout Season 2 is just around the corner, and Amazon Prime Video has largely kept this season's storyline a secret. But there's one thing we can be reasonably certain about: Ella Purnell's Lucy won't be having a romance with Walton Goggins' Ghoul now or ever.

During an interview with Geek Culture, Purnell was with Goggins and Aaron Moten when she shot down the very idea of a love affair between Lucy and the Ghoul.

"Here's what I would say: you guys need therapy," said Purnell. "You can't fix him. You can't save him. Let it go. Let it go, hon."

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Trigun Deluxe Edition

$18.23 (was $50)

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Trigun Maximum Deluxe Editions: Volumes 1-5

Get Volume 1 for $20.17 (was $50)

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Amazon still has some great manga and anime deals lingering around after Cyber Monday, including enormous discounts on Dark Horse's Trigun and Trigun Maximum Deluxe Editions as well as limited-time price cuts on Trigun anime collections. The handsome hardcover edition of the original Trigun story arc is on sale for only $18.23 (was $50). Published last September, Trigun Deluxe Edition is a massive 704-page omnibus with premium presentation value.

All 14 volumes of Nightow's follow-up series Trigun Maximum have also received the Deluxe Edition treatment across five matching hardcover books. Trigun Maximum Deluxe Edition Volume 1 is discounted to only $20.17 (was $50), and multiple other volumes are on sale for over 50% off. Meanwhile, the classic Trigun anime on DVD is only $22 (was $40) and Trigun Stampede on Blu-ray is down to $21.

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Cash is still the ultimate commodity in Grand Theft Auto Online, and Rockstar Games has been known to go out of its way to entice players with in-game currency rewards... sometimes for just logging in. Now, Rockstar is offering $500,000 in game currency to anyone who follows a simple request.

To earn the prize, all you have to do is link your Discord account to your Rockstar Games account. Just clicking on this link will take you where you need to be.

Get a GTA$500,000 reward in GTA Online when you link @Discord to your Rockstar Games account.

Check out the discord-rewards channel on the server for details on how to claim: https://t.co/K0J2awLpJx pic.twitter.com/YKmecyAgJ3

— Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) December 5, 2025

If you need something to invest all of that cash in, GTA Online's next update--A Safehouse in the Hills--allows players to buy their own missions. A new trailer for that update dropped today, and it revealed the return of Michael De Santa, one of the leading characters from Grand Theft Auto 5. If the footage is any indication, Michael's retirement didn't fully take. Or perhaps he's just very passionate about keeping certain criminal affairs out of his upscale neighborhood.

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Entertainment giant Disney is hiring someone to join its Digital Entertainment team to work on an upcoming Star Wars game that has the ambitious goal of being a "groundbreaking game experience that will herald the next generation of Disney to the world."

The job ad for an Associate Art Director calls for someone who will work on the "ambitious and exciting new project."

"Working with top-class industry talent, this role is perfect for the seasoned visionary leader looking to create something epic--guiding and collaborating with a robust group of creative and production leaders focused around a wonderfully rich and cohesive product that is truly Disney," reads a line from the description.

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Path of Exile 2 players won't have to wait long for the next update. The Last of the Druids is arriving on December 12, and it's putting more than just the magic of the Druids at your command. Players will soon be able to transform their Druids into a wolf, a bear, or even a dragon-like wyvern. The teaser trailer below demonstrates the powers that each new form has to offer.

The Druid's ability to transform is tied to one of three different talismans. As a wolf, players can summon a pack to attack enemies or rip adversaries to shreds with their own teeth and claws. Bears are raw power personified, and they can increase their strength through each roar they make. Becoming a wyvern grants the player the power of flight, as well lightning and fire attacks that can bring any adversary to their knees.

Even as a human, Druids have formidable abilities to fall back upon. They can command earth and storm elements, which put thunder and volcano attacks at their fingertips. There will be two paths for Druids to ascend to. As a Shaman, Druid magic and spells are amplified to a staggering degree. The Oracle may be the second ascendancy class for the Druids, but it grants players the foresight to predict enemy movements before they happen. Using those visions of the future in battle sounds like it could be very useful.

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Call of Duty Season 1 is live in Black Ops 7, bringing the brand-new Astra Malorum map to Zombies mode. This is a traditional round-based map set in space, and it has a unique UFO-themed Wonder Weapon called the LGM-1. In this guide we'll walk you through how to get the LGM-1 Wonder Weapon for your next match of Zombies on Astra Malorum.

If you need help with Ashes of the Damned, we have full guides for unlocking the map's unique Necrofluid Gauntlet Wonder Weapon as well as getting Ol' Tessie repaired and upgraded.

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• The LGM-1 explained

The LGM-1 explainedLGM-1 Wonder Weapon

LGM-1 doesn't sound like a very interesting name for a Wonder Weapon, but it stands for "Little Green Menace," and it shoots UFO-like projectiles that swarm nearby targets with laser-fire attacks. This gun has infinite ammo, and it can also be Pack-a-Punched.

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The Game Awards are coming up soon, and now host and organizer Geoff Keighley is hyping the event with some kind of real-world teaser campaign for something people believe is connected to Diablo. Others do not believe it is connected to Diablo. Some think it's for the next God of War game. Still others think it could be for The Elder Scrolls 6. All of these suggestions may be wrong, however.

On November 28, Keighley posted the tex "regal.inspiring.thickness" along with an image of some kind of huge carving featuring humanoid people in the middle of a desert. On November 29, Keighley followed up with a Google Maps image showing the location of the marketing monolith in the California desert. People quickly found the spot and posted images and video, including the ones below. Then on December 5, Keighley posted yet another teaser, this one also very puzzling.

Here's the message: "The █████ are silent. █████ bleeds. New █████ stir."

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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is intended as both a continuation and a new start for the long dormant franchise. Though Nintendo has never quite said it overtly, it has seemed likely that this is meant to launch a new series of Prime games--possibly even a second trilogy, for the sake of dramatic rhyme. And the ending of Prime 4 accents that feeling, leaving the door wide open for more story--but in the process, diminishing the character of protagonist Samus Aran.

Spoilers for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond follow.

As many eager Metroid fans know from preview coverage and reviews, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond features a wide cast of Federation characters, who have been stranded on Viewros with Samus. As you explore the corners of Sol Valley you eventually meet five in total: engineer Myles MacKenzie, sniper Reger Tokabi, Sergeant Ezra Duke, Private Nora Armstrong, and mech unit VUE-995. Each talks with Samus and relates to her in different ways. Myles is out of his element and needs Samus' rescue. Armstrong is a bona fide Samus superfan. Tokabi opens up to her about his religion and upbringing.

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Nvidia today is the world's most valuable company with a market cap of more than $4 trillion, thanks in large part to the AI boom of the past few years. But Nvidia's success was far from guaranteed.

CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang recalled recently how a $5 million gift following a failed business deal with Sega gave the company the lifeline it needed at the time, allowing the fledgling company to stay in business and eventually become what it is today.

Appearing on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Huang talked about how, back in the 1990s, he and his two co-founders were trying to drum up business for their start-up PC company. They traveled to Japan and pitched Sega management on the idea that Nvidia could build the company's Dreamcast console.

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Earlier this week, Running With Scissors unveiled a new look at Postal: Bullet Paradise, a Postal spin-off developed by Goonswarm Games as a Vampire Survivors-like shooter. However, fan backlash against the alleged AI elements in Bullet Paradise have led Running With Scissors to cancel the game entirely.

"After revealing Postal: Bullet Paradise, a title Running With Scissors was planning on publishing--but not developing--we've been overwhelmed with negative responses from our concerned Postal Community," said Running With Scissors founder Vince Desi in a statement. "The strong feedback from them is that elements of the game are very likely AI-generated and thus has caused extreme damage to our brand and our company reputation."

Desi noted that Running With Scissors has lost trust in Goonswarm Games, which is why the project has now been killed. Subsequently, Goonswarm Games issued a statement to PC GamesN in which the studio denies using AI in either the game or the trailer shown above.

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While the gaming world eagerly awaits the launch of Grand Theft Auto 6 in 2026, Rockstar Games has announced a variety of new themed products for the holidays, including a $60 candle that smells like "Vice." This is likely a reference to Vice City, the setting of 2002's GTA: Vice City and next year's GTA 6.

Developed in collaboration with Joya Studios, the Vice candle comes in a frosted white glass with the Rockstar Games logo and has notes of lemon California, yerba mate, thyme, fig leaf, petitgrain, orange oil, and terpenes. Your nose may also notice notes of tuberose, mimosa, jasmine petals, lily, lotus, cyclamen, wild grass, and raspberry blossom. Beyond those, the candle also contains notes of Texas Cedarwood, galbanum, and smoked patchouli.

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There is also a "Liberty" candle that comes in a frosted black glass with notes of blood orange, black pepper, green cardamom, cedar, and clove leaves. The burn time for these candles is about 65 hours, Rockstar said, or just under $1 per hour if you want to look at it that way.

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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond isn't a Switch 2 exclusive, but how it would run on the OG Switch has remained a mystery through its entire announcement and preview cycle. The preview coverage has consistently been running on Switch 2, and review codes were for the Switch 2 Edition, so many reviews including ours evaluated that version. Now that the game is out, though, we can put any lingering concerns to rest: The game plays smoothly on the original Switch.

For the purposes of this look at the game I replayed through the first two major sections: the tutorial mission with the assault on the Galactic Federation, and then the Fury Green portion on Viewros where Samus first starts to unlock her psychic abilities. Predictably, the Switch 1 version looks noticeably lower-quality than its Switch 2 counterpart, with less-detailed textures and lighting effects. It still looks decent, though, and compares favorably to the Metroid Prime Remaster that was released on Switch in 2023. Just know that you shouldn't go in expecting it to look quite as nice as the official trailers or other footage captured on a Switch 2.

Its performance, on the other hand, is very good. It doesn't offer a Quality or Performance mode selection like it does on Switch 2, but the default settings run well, without noticeable framerate dips. Switch fans who have watched recent Nintendo games outpace the hardware's limitations, especially in the cases of some recent Pokemon and Zelda titles, can be assured that isn't the case here. In my limited testing, I didn't run into any hitches, and felt the smooth performance was roughly on par with my review experience on Switch 2. It's possible, of course, that later portions may overwhelm the system, but I haven't had any cause for concern so far.

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