A Helldivers movie is now in development, and it was just recently announced that Fast and Furious and Star Trek Beyond director Justin Lin is lined up to helm the movie. It's been reported that Lin does not play games, and some people expressed concerns about him making the movie.

However, Shams Jorjani, the CEO of Helldivers developer Arrowhead Studios, says there's no reason to worry

Writing on Discord, Jorjani said he trusts Lin, saying the filmmaker did a "great job" with Star Trek Beyond. The executive also encouraged people to let the man cook. "Let Justin Lin work his magic," Jorjani said, as reported by GamesRadar.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin Box Set

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With the festive season kicking off, now is the perfect time to grab a cool gift for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan in your life. The franchise is as popular as ever, and one great gift idea is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin Box Set. This graphic novel collection launched last month and was originally priced at $95, but you can grab it right now for $60.33 from Amazon. This is a limited-time deal, so grab it while you can.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin Box Set $60.33 (was $95) | Limited-time deal

This box set includes both The Last Ronin, the sequel series The Last Ronin 2: Re-Evolution, and the prequel series The Lost Years. They've all been packaged in a slipcase cover featuring new art, and the set is 664 pages in total.

The Last Ronin is set in a post-apocalyptic future where all but one of the Ninja Turtles has died. The lone survivor of the group embarks on one final mission amidst the ruins of Manhattan, seeking justice for the family he lost. The mini-series reveals what happened to New York's favorite mutants, and how the world became a post-apocalyptic nightmare in the process.

The Last Ronin 2: Re-Evolution is set 10 years later and follows the exploits of the next generation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as they work to save New York from warring gangs. Finally, The Lost Years reveals secrets about the Last Ronin's final battle and how the successors to the Ninja Turtles were raised by Casey Marie Jones, the daughter of New York's infamous vigilante Casey Jones.

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While the box set is a nice way to get the entire Last Ronin saga in one unified collection, it's also more expensive than buying the graphic novels individually. If you don't mind losing out on the slipcase, you can save almost $15 by buying the three graphic novels on their own. You can also use those savings to buy The Last Ronin: The Covers, which is on sale for $16.27 (Was $35). This 200-page hardcover book features an all-star lineup of artists and collects the variant covers for the series and its sequels. Some of the big names here include Freddie E. Williams II, Peach Momoko, Tyler Kirkham, Amanda Conner, Rob Liefeld, Simon Bisley, Stan Sakai, and many more.

There's also a Director's Cut of The Last Ronin for $24 (Was $50). This version of the mini-series includes the full story and over 75 pages of character designs, concept art, and sketches, as well as excerpts from the original draft idea developed decades ago by TMNT co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.

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Sega has decided that now's the time to join the myriad other companies in the games industry adopting artificial intelligence to streamline their development processes.

In response to a question about combating ballooning game development budgets, per VGC, Sega executives said during a Q&A session after the company's Q2 financial results presentation that it will use the most efficient development methods available. If that happens to be AI--which is becoming increasingly popular in the games industry as of late--then that's what Sega will use. It just won't be everywhere all of the time, apparently, but it will be there.

"Rather than fully following the trend toward the large-scale development, we will also pursue efficiency improvements, such as leveraging AI," the company said. "However, as AI adoption can face strong resistance in creative areas such as character creation, we will proceed by carefully [assessing] appropriate use cases, such as streamlining development processes."

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Actor Macaulay Culkin is among the new cast members for Fallout Season 2, stepping into the role of a solider in Caesar's Legion. He said in a new interview that he doesn't have much experience playing the Fallout games, but he's well-versed in the Fallout lore thanks to YouTube videos.

"I'm very familiar with the lore," the Home Alone star told IGN. "For sure. I've less hands-on experience with the games themselves, but that being said, I knew what I was walking into. When we [Culkin and actress Brenda Song] were watching the show, I would pause it for her and catch her up on like, 'Oh, that's what this means, or that means, or that kind of thing.' Even some of the subtle subtext of the show."

Culkin, 45, said he's too busy these days to try to play video games, so he "watched a lot of YouTube stuff" for Fallout.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that it's partnering with Star Wars and Star Trek director JJ Abrams' video game company, Bad Robot Games, to produce and publish a new co-op shooter from Left 4 Dead creator Mike Booth.

The unannounced four-player co-op shooter is being directed by Booth and is coming to PS5 and PC at some point in the future. No further details were announced, nor were any images released.

Bad Robot Games CEO Anna Sweet said, "We hope to deliver a bold, innovative experience that is truly special for players. I could not be more excited that Mike Booth is at the creative helm, crafting a cooperative adventure that will lead to unforgettable moments with friends."

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Battlefield 6 is getting a new update called Winter Offensive on December 9, bringing a handful of combat improvements focused on reliability, consistency, and responsiveness in the shooter's various modes.

Audio changes tested in a recent Battlefield Labs mini-test will be deployed with the upcoming update, with the overall aim to prioritize the most important combat and vehicle sounds. The audio refresh includes a "comprehensive pass" on footstep audio that aims to make footstep sound effects more tactically useful to players who can hear it. The update also includes some improvements towards ongoing performance issues that sometimes cause important sounds not to play as intended, an issue that's especially prevalent on large maps.

Rush and Breakthrough are also getting some balance changes designed to improve the game mode's flow, and even out the win rate between attacking and defending teams. Seige of Cairo, for example, will get a few boosts to the attacking side, including one more attacker tank in Sectors 1 and 3, and an updated capture area on B. Rush attackers are also getting a small boost, with changes to M-COM locations on Manhattan Bridge and Liberation Peak.

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No Man's Sky and Once Human are a pair of games that don't have a lot in common. Regardless, fans have noticed that Starry Studio, the developer behind Once Human, appear to have repurposed an asset from No Man's Sky as a premium cosmetic item. Now, Sean Murray--the head of No Man's Sky developer Hello Games--has weighed in on the similarity, even if he doesn't seem to be all that concerned about it.

The similarities between No Man's Sky's base teleport module and Once Human's item were spotted by Reddit users, who noted that aside from the exercise bike and a fresh coat of paint on the latter, the two objects seem almost identical.

Hey @NoMansSky @hellogames are you aware that @OnceHuman_ is selling your teams assets in game? @Gothalion https://t.co/tcjiInvEMC pic.twitter.com/UGrsVkMVeH

— Atlas (@GenesisModding) December 1, 2025

Murray mentioned that both objects are missing rivets, which the Hello Games team accidentally left out of the model used when viewing the base teleport module from a distance. As far as Murray is concerned, "[the] joke's on them."

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Those waiting for the return of Diablo 4 leaderboards will have to wait a little longer, as the feature has been delayed into 2026.

Blizzard announced the delay during its most recent Diablo 4 developer update livestream. The new leaderboard system revolves around a new dungeon called The Tower, where players will be able to test their builds and compete for clear times and rewards.

"This is to make sure we have some stability with the season launch, and then when The Tower shows up, it's online and people are ready to tackle it," associate game director Zaven Haroutunian said regarding the reason for the delay.

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This week, From Software's Elden Ring Nightreign is expanding with The Forsaken Hollows DLC, which adds two new playable characters, two extra bosses, and a fresh Shifting Earth event. But if you want to play that DLC, then you'll need to add the new Nightreign Version 1.03 patch across PC and consoles.

One of the primary changes in this patch is that the trigger conditions for Relic effects have been broadened. The game's passive effects have been increased, which include greater attacking power when using two-handed weapons or armaments, as well as chain attacks, charge attacks, and jump attacks.

The Wrath of Gold incantation has been given a power boost, while decreasing the cost to players' FP consumption. There are a number of bug fixes in this patch as well, including one that was teleporting players to the wrong area during the Augur invasion if they were performing a critical hit at the time. Under certain conditions, players weren't able to activate Sites of Grace or Churches, but the notes say the issue has been "mitigated."

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Metroid Dread Amiibo 2-Pack

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Another Metroid Amiibo launches this week with Metroid Prime 4: Beyond on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. The third and final Metroid Prime 4 Amiibo, Sylux, is available to order for $30 at Amazon and other major retailers. Like other Amiibo released during the Switch 2 era, all three Metroid Prime 4 Amiibo are more expensive than collectors were used to before 2025. That's why it's refreshing to see Amazon restock the Metroid Dread Amiibo 2-Pack for $25.31 (was $30). The Dread Amiibo set isn't difficult to find for around MSRP, but it's rare to see it sold by a major retailer. Usually you need to buy it from a third-party seller, but this restock is sold and shipped by Amazon.

Metroid Dread Amiibo 2-Pack $25.31 (was $30)

The Metroid Dread Amiibo 2-Pack is cool for multiple reasons. For Samus fans, it's one of the few collectibles featuring the bounty hunter's regenerating Varia Suit. The blue-tinged sections on the suit are organic matter from the Fusion Suit. This directly ties back to the events of Metroid Fusion. In the 2002 Game Boy Advance game, Samus was infected by the X parasite. She received the Metroid vaccine, but when Dread starts, her Varia Suit is still in the process of regenerating to its normal form.

This Samus Amiibo is cool, but the E.M.M.I. Amiibo might be cooler. One of the most unsettling enemies in franchise history, the Extraplanetary Multiform Mobile Identifier--better known as EMMI--is robot nightmare fuel. Like Samus, the EMMI Amiibo's pose matches official key art.

If Amazon sells out, you can buy the Metroid Dread 2-Pack from a third-party seller on Walmart Marketplace for roughly the same price.

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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond for Nintendo Switch 2

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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond for Nintendo Switch

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If you haven't picked up the Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Amiibo, all three are in stock at Amazon. Samus and Samus & Vi-O-La launched November 6 for $30 and $40, respectively, and Sylux releases December 4 alongside the game.

• Sylux -- $30 | Dec. 4
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For more Metroid collectibles and gear: Walmart has budget-friendly action figures by Jakks Pacific; Amazon has two large Club Mocchi-Mocchi plushies inspired by Metroid Prime 4; and PowerA has Switch 2 and Switch accessories. The official Metroid Prime 4 edition of the PowerA Slim Case for Switch 2 is up for grabs for only $15 (was $20), and a Metroid Prime Trilogy Crossbody Bag is down to $20 (was $25).

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For a game that's been in development since 2012, it was a surprise when Escape from Tarkov finally emerged from early access in November. And now that it's possible to really escape from Tarkov, someone's done it and shared the video to prove it.

A streamer who goes by Tigz has been acknowledged by Battlestate Games as the first player to find a way out of Tarkov in this first-person-extraction shooter. In a post captured on Instagram, the devs wrote, "Congratulations to Tigz on being the first to Escape From Tarkov. You survived. But at what cost."

The image sent to Tigz as proof of his accomplishment as the first player to escape from Tarkov.

Tigz also shared the video that demonstrated how he got his character out of Tarkov alive. But if you want to skip ahead to the actual escape, advance the clip to the 43 minute mark.

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The Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course Deluxe Edition

$36 (was $100)

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The Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

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The Art of The Cuphead Show

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If you're looking for a nice gift for a fan of Studio MDHR's popular run-and-gun game Cuphead, you should check out Amazon's deals on The Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course. Published last fall by Dark Horse, the beautiful slipcased Deluxe Edition is on sale for only $36 (was $100) at Amazon. Alternatively, you can get the standard hardcover edition for $19.27 (was $40). Take a closer look at both editions below.

These are just a few of the official Cuphead books available now; you can check out comic books, novels for young readers, and even picture books on this Amazon store page we created. We also collected all of the officially licensed Cuphead plushies available for reasonable prices, including the ultra-soft Club Mocchi-Mocchi 15-inch plush, which is a great pillow to rest against while flipping through Cuphead artwork.

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The dream of Skyblivion goes back over a decade as a team of fans came together to use The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's engine to fully recreate and re-imagine Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion as a modern RPG. At the beginning of 2023, the team set a 2025 premiere for Skyblivion. However, that's no longer the plan and Skyblivion has been pushed to next year. The good news is that the latest dev video shows off how much has been finished and what remains to be done.

Skyblivion lead Rebelzize narrates the video as he offers a guide to where things stand. According to Rebelzize, most of the work has already been done and over 70 volunteer contributors are still hard at work trying to get the ambitious mod across the finish line.

When this project was started, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion was far out of date. Earlier this year, Bethesda released Oblivion Remastered, which could have taken the wind out of this team's project. Instead, Rebelzize and others praised the remaster as a "win-win" for the community. In recognition for their work, Bethesda gave copies of Oblivion Remastered to the entire Skyblivion mod team.

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One of the new maps coming to Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 in Season 1 includes Splitgate-like portals that allow players to instantly transport themselves from one area of the arena to another.

The map, Fate, is set inside David Mason's mind, taking players "into the nightmare he's tried to forget."

"Step into a warped vision of Menendez's Nicaraguan compound, now twisted beyond recognition: colossal machetes carve through the sky, and shattered pieces of reality hang suspended as if time itself has splintered," reads a line from the description.

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Call of Duty Mobile is celebrating the game's sixth anniversary with plenty of new content. While Black Ops 7 is sticking to thematically appropriate operator skins, Season 11 of Call of Duty Mobile includes a major crossover with Street Fighter, which allows players to transform into the popular fighting characters and use their iconic fighting moves. This new season also adds a DMZ extraction mode, new loadout items to unlock, and special events.

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Season 11 start date details

Season 11 starts on December 11 at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET. This new season includes a brand-new battle pass with both free and premium items.

Battle pass details

The main highlights of the free battle-pass tiers are the SO-14 marksman rifle and Wheelson-HS scorestreak. There are also weapon blueprints, skins, and other cosmetics available to unlock for free.

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Legendary game designer and programmer Ron Gilbert (Monkey Island) has revealed that one of his exciting-sounding upcoming projects has been canceled due in part to investors not coming to the table to fund the project.

Speaking to Ars Technica, Gilbert said this game had a vision of being a "large, open-world-type RPG" in the vein of The Legend of Zelda. Gilbert worked alongside two other people--an artist and a designer--for about a year on the project before Gilbert realized it was not going to happen.

"I just [didn't] have the money or the time to build a big open-world game like that," he said. "You know, it's either a passion project you spent 10 years on, or you just need a bunch of money to be able to hire people and resources."

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Getting 100% completion in a Metroid game--and metroidvania titles in general--is a satisfying achievement that's part of the genre's appeal. However, in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, there is unfortunately a way to pigeonhole yourself where collecting everything needed isn't possible. Now, the game will warn you about a point of no return, but it's still easy to make a regrettable decision. That's why GameSpot's reviewer for the first-person adventure, Steve Watts, advises players to make a copy of their main save in another save slot before entering the endgame.

Watts detailed the "confusing choice" that Nintendo and developer Retro Studios made in his Metroid Prime 4 review. "When I was ready to proceed to the endgame, I got the usual warnings about a point of no return, but I had figured I could always load an older save to go back and do more exploring to pick up power-ups that I missed," Watts wrote. "But the auto-save now has me locked into the final area with no such apparent option, and my regular save slot--the one that activates when Samus steps into a save station--has been overwritten with a Mission Complete, so loading it prompts me to start a new game."

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Fallout Season 2 premieres on December 17, and in a big change from Season 1, episodes will be released weekly instead of all at once. Prime Video has now published the full release schedule for Fallout Season 2, so you can plan and prepare for all eight episodes.

Episodes will be released weekly on Wednesdays at midnight PT, and the sophomore season will run through February 4, 2026. Fallout Season 1 also had eight episodes.

Fallout Season 2 schedule

• Episode 1 - December 17 at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET
• Episode 2- December 24 at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET
• Episode 3 - December 31 at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET
• Episode 4 - January 7 at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET
• Episode 5 - January 14 at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET
• Episode 6 - January 21 at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET
• Episode 7 - January 28 at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET
• Episode 8 - February 4 at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET

With Season 1, some people enjoyed having all episodes release at the same time so they could binge the series. Others said they wished it was released weekly to give them time to digest.

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Monster Hunter Wilds may have been overshadowed by the games that followed it this year, but it just took home two awards from the PlayStation Partner Awards 2025 Japan Asia. While accepting his wins, the game's leading boss Ryozo Tsujimoto shared his conviction that Monster Hunter is still popular among players and he doesn't see any need for the franchise to stop.

"Of course, we don’t intend to stop the series here," Tsujimoto told IGN. "We plan to continue, and we want to let more people play. In addition, I would like to think about things beyond the games so that we can further expand the potential of the Monster Hunter IPs.'"

There was a live-action Monster Hunter movie in 2020 from director Paul W. S. Anderson and actress Milla Jovovich, the husband-and-wife team behind the first six Resident Evil films. However, Monster Hunter's dismal $47.9 million worldwide box office has seemingly killed any prospect of a sequel.

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Prediction markets have been popular for years, and now Roblox's top boss has said he wants to see them integrated into the hugely popular game someday.

CEO Dave Baszucki told The New York Times, "We would. I think we would have to do that."

It's not so easy, though, as Baszucki said every country has different legislation surrounding "loot boxes and kid gambling," so there are regulatory hurdles that would need be sorted out.

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