Fanatical just launched a new Fall 2025 Edition of its recurring Build Your Own Shooter Bundle deal, and this latest version features a refreshed list of PC games from various shooter subgenres, including first-person shooters, immersive sims, twin-stick shooters, and more. Like Fanatical's other build-your-own-bundle deals, pricing scales with how many games you pick, starting at $4.95 ($1.65 per Steam key) for the base bundle. At five or more games, the price drops to $1.60 per key, and if you pick seven or more games, you'll pay just $1.45 per key. There's no limit to how many games you can select, and if you grab all the items on offer, you'll pay just $17.50--that's a massive discount compared to the whole bundle's $200 value.

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While there are 12 items you can add to your bundle, there are technically 15 games on offer thanks to the Boomer Shooter Quad Pack, which includes four games: Night Jackal: Blood Debt, Reaper, Flash of Blade X, and DOSMan: Space Aliens in Space. If you're only picking a few games from the bundle, this Quad Pack offers the best value.

One of our favorite games you can add to your bundle is Hyper Demon. This game features unique visuals delivered through 360-degree spherical projection, keeping the entire battlefield on-screen. Despite the mind-bending field of view, the game is a fast-paced blast to play thanks to its simple controls, fun arsenal of varied weapons, and dynamically scaling action that adapts to your skill level.

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Battlefield Redsec is the military shooter series' new free-to-play battle royale game. A great way to gain an advantage over your opponents in Redsec is to use custom weapon loadouts. Custom weapon builds are often better than the ground loot you'll find in your matches, but acquiring your personal guns isn't as straightforward as it is in other battle royales like Warzone.

Battlefield 6 and Battlefield Redsec feature shared progression, meaning all the weapons and attachments you unlock in multiplayer are also available in the battle royale mode. Here, we'll guide you through setting your custom Battlefield 6 weapons for use in Redsec, and we'll explain how to get them in your next match.

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Another major outage has hit the internet, as Microsoft Azure is experiencing issues. The company confirmed that its cloud computing service had begun to experience issues earlier today, and this has had an impact on several Microsoft services and the Xbox network across the globe.

This has also led to issues with the launch of The Outer Worlds 2, as developer Obsidian Entertainment has acknowledged that Xbox users "may be temporarily unavailable to purchase or install" the game on PC or console. Xbox Game Pass has also been affected, and Obsidian says that it is working with Microsoft to resolve the problems.

Due to an ongoing Azure service outage, The Outer Worlds 2 may be temporarily unavailable to purchase or install on Xbox Series X|S, the Xbox app on PC, and with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass.

— Obsidian (@obsidian.net) October 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM

"Starting at approximately 16:00 UTC, we began experiencing Azure Front Door (AFD) issues resulting in a loss of availability of some services," Microsoft said on its status page. "We suspect that an inadvertent configuration change as the trigger event for this issue."

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Pokemon TCG: Trick or Trade Booster Bundle

$27.80 | 35 Mini Packs with 3 cards each

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Amazon has restocked the Pokemon TCG Trick or Trade Booster Bundle, and this time the retailer isn't selling it for an astronomical price. Earlier this month, Amazon priced the bag of Halloween-themed mini packs at $50. As of October 29, the Trick or Trade Booster Bundle is $27.80. Your order will be shipped and sold by Amazon, but unfortunately it won't arrive until mid-November.

Pokemon TCG: Trick or Trade Booster Bundle $27.80 | 35 Mini Packs with 3 cards each

The Pokemon Company didn't release a Trick or Trade Booster Bundle this year, so it's worth emphasizing that you are buying the 2024 edition. The bag includes 35 Mini Booster Packs with three cards in each, so you're getting 105 Pokemon TCG cards total--and lots of duplicates.

The 2024 Trick or Trade Collection features 30 unique cards, including Pikachu, Mimikyu, Gastly, Haunter, Gengar, and all three starters from Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: Quaxly, Fuecoco, Sprigatito. And yes, of course the lineup features Pumpkaboo.

The 2023 Trick or Trade Booster Bundle is available for $35 at Amazon. Your order for this one will be fulfilled by Amazon but sold by a third-party reseller. The reason we're mentioning the older bundle is because it comes with 50 Mini Boosters, so you'll get 150 cards total. The 2023 Trick or Trade Collection also features 30 Pokemon, many of which are either not in the 2024 lineup or have different artwork.

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Pokemon Trading Card Game prices have been extremely volatile this year, even at major retailers like Amazon. Many 2025 Pokemon TCG products are selling for above MSRP at Amazon. For instance, the Holiday Calendar is $110.67 as of October 29, which is more than double its original $50 price.

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From corporate takeovers and pseudo-religious cults to black market smugglers and roving mercenaries, you've certainly got your work cut out for you in The Outer Worlds 2. As an agent of the Earth Directorate, one tragic mishap has left you floating deep in the Arcadia system. You're eager for a fresh start, but you also have vengeance on your mind. Thankfully, we have our The Outer Worlds 2 guides hub to help you every step of the way.

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• The basics: Core gameplay mechanics

The basics: Core gameplay mechanics

Can you respec - The decisions you make early on are crucial when building your character.

How to unlock the double jump - Get these augmented boots to hop while in mid-air.

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Scream the Game

$11.49 (was $20)

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Halloween the Board Game

$50.50 (was $60)

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Halloween II the Board Game

$29.77 (was $60)

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Alien: Fate of the Nostromo Board Game

$28 (was $35)

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Right in time for Halloween, Amazon is offering four horror movie board games at discounted prices. You can pick up Funko's Scream The Game for $11.49 (was $20), Emerson Matsuuchi's Halloween The Board Game for $50.50 (was $60) and its follow-up, Halloween II The Board Game for $29.77 (was $60). And fans of sci-fi horror--or those who prefer co-op board games--can grab Alien: Fate of the Nostromo from Ravensburger for $28 (was $35). Each game offers an easy-to-learn, pick-up-and-play experience that pays homage to its respective source material. The Scream board game even has an option to download a free mobile app with music and narration to enhance the experience. Halloween and Halloween II are asymmetrical multiplayer games where one person plays as Michael Myers, while Alien: Fate of the Nostromo has you play through the plot of the film and evade the terrifying Xenomorph.

Scream the Game $11.49 (was $20)

This 3 to 9 player game is super quick and easy to set up and learn, with games lasting about 20 minutes. You can also download the free app with background music and original narration by Ghost Face voice actor Roger L. Jackson to accompany the experience.

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Similar to asymmetric video games based on cult horror films, Halloween the Board Game pits 2 to 4 players against each other in roughly hour-long showdowns, with one player controlling the iconic slasher Michael Myers and the rest of the group working together to escape him.

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Halloween II the Board Game features the same asymmetrical competitive gameplay as the first game, but with new characters, mechanics, rules, and cards.

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Alien: Fate of the Nostromo is a cooperative board game in which players assume the iconic roles of the Nostromo crew from the original film. Sessions last around an hour, and the game features difficulty scaling and multiple unique objectives, so no two sessions are the same. The game also provides an online video tutorial for setting up and learning to play.

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If you're a trivia fan, Amazon also has two horror-themed Trivial Pursuit games available. Trivial Pursuit: Horror Movie Edition is a great option for a quick, pick-up-and play experience for your next game night or casual hang out. This version includes 600 questions about the last century of horror movies, and is available at Amazon fro $22. However, hardcore horror afficionados will probably want to check out the Trivial Pursuit Horror Ultimate Edition, which features 1,800 questions (that's 1,200 more than the base version), and is currently on sale at Amazon for $47.68 (was $53).

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Are you wondering if it's possible to respec in The Outer Worlds 2? Many role-playing games (RPGs) offer a wealth of options to fully customize your character or fine-tune abilities to your playstyle. That lends to a function that allows you to reset or reallocate points in case you made a few mistakes. Well, you might be scratching your head while looking for such an option in this particular title.

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  Can you respec in the Outer Worlds 2?

  The short answer is yes, you can respec your character. There's just one very glaring problem: You're given only a single opportunity to do this at the start of the campaign proper.

  When are you able to respec?

  Here's what you need to know about The Outer Worlds 2 respec function:

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There are plenty of ways to earn loot in Battlefield Redsec. Whether you go around looting every chest across Fort Lyndon, pick up loot off enemy players, or find a custom weapon drop, your inventory should be kitted out fairly quickly after dropping into a match. However, one of the easiest and most lucrative ways to score some loot in Redsec is by completing missions.

Every team in Redsec is given three dedicated missions to complete right after a match begins. You can also find missions to complete scattered across the map. These missions reward you with loot and some exclusive rewards, such as Vehicle Keycards that you can use to drive a tank. The mission descriptions can often be confusing, though, so allow us to explain how to complete each individual mission in Redsec.

All Missions in Battlefield Redsec

For starters, you can view your team's three random missions by waiting for around a minute after landing on the map. Then, you can click your mini-map button to see the three missions you can complete. You can only complete one mission at a time, and new missions are scrambled every minute. So if you're looking for a specific reward, waiting for new missions instead of trying to complete ones you don't want is the way to go.

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YouTube is updating its policies to age-restrict more content containing video game scenes with "graphic violence," the company announced on Tuesday. Starting November 17, the updates will prevent accounts under 18 and signed-out users from watching videos with games focused on showing "realistic human characters" involved in scenes of "mass violence against non-combatants" or torture. It'll also cover online gambling, even when no actual money is involved.

"Our policies are designed to evolve alongside the digital world," the statement read. "We're making these updates to keep pace with new trends, like gambling with digital goods, and to more closely align our guidelines for mature content with industry standards."

The policy changes introduce clearer rules around three main categories of content: online gambling, social casino games, and graphic gaming content. YouTube will expand its enforcement on gambling-related material to include digital goods with monetary value--such as in-game skins, cosmetics, and NFTs--if they are linked to non-Google-certified gambling sites or apps.

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With the leap of Halo to PlayStation 5, some observers have facetiously declared the console wars to be over. Despite rumors that Microsoft is getting out of the console business, the company is working with AMD on future consoles and devices. Now, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has shared some thoughts about the next Xbox, which may indicate that it will be more like a PC.

"We want to do innovative work on the system side, on the console and PC. It's kind of funny that people think about the [Xbox] console and PC as two different things," said Nadella during an appearance on TBPN. "We built a console because we wanted to build a better PC, which could then perform for gaming. So I kind of want to revisit some of that conventional wisdom. But at the end of the day, console has an experience that is unparalleled ... I'm really looking forward to the next console."

The consoles wars are now over. What does that mean for Microsoft's gaming business model?
"We just want to make sure the games are being enjoyed by gamers everywhere; consoles, PC, mobile, cloud, or TV." - @satyanadella pic.twitter.com/AOGf3mj0Kf

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Nadella went on to suggest that there may need to be new interactive media to compete with short-form videos, which he sees as Xbox's real competition. A recent report stated that Nadella's compensation this past year was $96.5 million, largely through stock options. That's roughly 480 times what the average Microsoft employee makes.

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I think we can all agree that a good title makes a great first impression, especially in the busy landscape of video games. Look no further than The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles, an indie RPG game from developer Fix-a-Bug whose satirical tone is quite obvious from the jump. Can you believe it had an even funnier name in Japan?

In an interview with Game*Spark (h/t Automaton for the translation and reporting) the game's developer Paolo Nicoletti admitted a hilarious anecdote from its development. Earlier this year, Nicoletti uploaded a demo for The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles to Steam that boasted a hilarious, not to mention inappropriate, title instead.

The game's name had been localized to Kuso Dungeon, which translates (in the tamest language) to "Crap Dungeon." While kuso is a term that, throughout Asia at least, can broadly denote campiness or parody--making its usage here incredibly appropriate--it can also be misinterpreted to mean any number of Japanese curse words. You see where this is going now.

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Limited Edition Deluxe Double Vinyl

$49 | Releases June 2026

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Limited Edition Deluxe X8LP Box Set

$195 | Releases June 2026

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild features one of the best soundtracks in the franchise, and if you're a fan of that music, then you can look forward to a limited-edition vinyl collection featuring music from the game, produced by Laced Records. This will be available in two versions with a June 2026 shipping date, through My Nintendo Store and at Laced Records. Pricing starts at $49 for the Deluxe Double Vinyl Edition and $195 for the Collector's Edition box set.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Limited Edition Deluxe Double Vinyl $49 | Releases June 2026

The standard vinyl release features 34 curated tracks--like Overworld (Day), Great Fairy Fountain, and Hyrule Castle--on blue-and-white marbled discs that will be packaged in a wide-spined outer sleeve with a printed inner sleeve and the original Breath of the Wild key art created by the game's development team.

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The Collector's Edition is more comprehensive with 130 tracks across eight vinyl discs, and each one features alternative blue and gold splatter effects. Each vinyl is also housed inside of printed inner covers, and all of these are kept inside of an illustrated slipcase cover. Laced Records says that each of the eight discs is sequenced around a theme, mirroring Link's progression across Hyrule as he explores the kingdom, frees the Divine Beasts, and faces off against Calamity Ganon.

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Originally composed by Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata, Hajime Wakai, and Soshi Abe, the Breath of the Wild soundtrack is also available through the Nintendo Music app, although this does require a Nintendo Switch Online subscription so that you can stream it.

If you prefer physical media, you can get the Breath of the Wild soundtrack on CD for $38.71 (was $51) through Amazon, alongside several other compilations based on Nintendo games.

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In the wake of Krafton Inc. becoming an "AI-first" company, developer Unknown Worlds Entertainment said that it won't adhere to its publisher's wishes, confirming that the team isn't using generative AI for the action-adventure survival sim Subnautica 2.

In a post on the game's official Discord server, community manager Donya Abramo explained the relationship between a publisher and a developer. Likening it to that of a library, Abramo said that Krafton Inc. provides the tools while Unknown Worlds Entertainment chooses what it will and won't use for development, and GenAI is one of those tools that the team will simply not touch.

"We're not using generative AI to develop Subnautica 2," Abramo wrote. "We have an 'AI system' in the game that is similar to ones that have always been in our games: the creature behavior trees."

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Tanks are at the center of controversy in the early stages of Battlefield Redsec. Just like in Battlefield 6 multiplayer, you can use tanks throughout a match in the battle royale, which can allow you to steamroll your way to victory if no enemies have equipped the Engineer class or anti-vehicle equipment. However, tanks can be dealt with rather swiftly as long as you have rockets or an AV mine in your inventory.

Regardless of how you choose to interact with tanks in Redsec, they are not easily obtainable during a match. Instead of being out in the open for anyone to drive, you need to go through a few different steps to unlock your very own tank.

How to get a tank in Battlefield Redsec

There are only a few tanks that can be driven in any Redsec match, and each one is unlocked roughly the same way. Unlike helicopters, Humvees, and golf carts, all of which can be found freely across the map, unlocking tanks requires you to complete missions in Redsec.

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A datamine has revealed when players will be able to use World of Warcraft's full suite of player-housing systems, giving an indication of when the MMORPG's next expansion will launch in full.

As datamined by Wowhead, the Midnight pre-patch, which will introduce class changes and new systems (though not the actual new zones, dungeons, or other expansion content) looks to be coming on or around January 27, 2026. The datamined splash screen for the patch points out Neighborhoods, the void-focused Devourer Demon Hunter specialization, and a new pre-patch event called Twilight Ascension as new additions.

The event, which looks to have players dealing with cultists of the Twilight Hammer, states it will be available on January 27. That puts the likely release date of the expansion itself in the following three or four weeks sometime in February. Blizzard has not yet given an officiall release date for when Midnight, or the pre-patch, will release.

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One of my favorite experiences in any open-world game is when something that must've been spontaneous feels scripted: when emergent moments become setpieces by happy accident. Many of my favorite games have this quality, such as State of Decay, Sea of Thieves, and PUBG. In a recent four-hour session with Arc Raiders, I saw signs that it, too, has this elusive yet irresistible trait.

For the uninitiated, Arc Raiders is an extraction shooter. What interests me about extraction shooters is that the shapes they've taken have been more varied than those of battle royale games, the subgenre du jour that preceded it. Whereas Fortnite, Warzone, and PUBG are all more or less offering the same gameplay loop in different wrappers, Wildgate is just about nothing like Hunt: Showdown, and neither of those is quite like Escape from Tarkov. What they all share is a constant risk-versus-reward calculation forever running in the back of players' minds. Knowing whether to push on for some incredible loot or to escape with more modest winnings comes down to feel; it's a gutcheck more than anything.

By now, any half-decent extraction shooter knows how to toy with this sense of risk, but Arc's art direction, audio design, and great pacing made me feel like my best rounds were the game telling my story. When I died early in my first two rounds, I was just a Redshirt, an NPC bad guy there as fodder for some other daring raider who braved the terrain's hostilities to escape with precious resources. But on the missions where my GameSpot colleagues and I traveled, fought, and scraped out wins for 20+ minutes at a time, those were our moments as the story's heroes.

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Former EA developers, now making games as Play by Play Studios, are taking a shot at a new officially licensed NBA game called NBA The Run. It will feature 3v3 gameplay with recognizable faces from across the world of basketball.

Players will be able to take part in knockout tournaments and face off against both current NBA stars and fictional characters, blending classic basketball gameplay with creative matchups. Bobbito Garcia, who served as announcer for several NBA Street games, returns to provide commentary.

Play by Play Studios emphasized NBA The Run's rollback netcode system--an online multiplayer technology that predicts players’ inputs to reduce lag, then corrects any mismatches by rolling back and resimulating the game for smoother, near-real-time play. Rollback netcode is especially popular in the fighting game community for keeping matches responsive and fair even with high latency.

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In Ghost of Yotei, when you're not actively battling Lord Saito's forces or frolicking through the fields of Ezo, there's a pretty good chance you're climbing some sort of mountain. As with many video games, Ghost of Yotei makes use of specially marked white stones in order to help guide you on your journey, but it wasn't until I was many hours into the story that it occurred to me: I've been touching bird poop this whole time.

There is no getting around this, and no mental gymnastics you can do to pretend it's anything else. As Atsu climbs up a mountain, the white rocks eventually lead to a white smeared area at the top. Sure, at this point, perhaps you could say that is chalk or some sort of paint. However, there is always a bird that just so happens to fly away just as you get there. Was that bird simply hanging out and singing a tune? Perhaps, but only if it likes to multitask while delivering an absolutely gargantuan dump.

That's poop

It's gross, and I'm luckily not the only person to notice this. George Foster over at TheGamer made mention of it, and a clever Reddit user even posited this is the reason why people complain about protagonist Atsu's cooking. For once, "This tastes like crap" would absolutely not be hyperbole. Let's just be thankful none of those birds have IBS, because it would both be more disgusting and impossibly difficult to figure out where to climb.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi seems to have an affinity for guiding players with yellow paint, as he expressed in a recent interview that this style of environmental markings is necessary.

Speaking to GamesRadar, Hamaguchi explained that there is "definitely a need" for environmental guidance in video games. Whether that be yellow paint or not isn't really the point for him; sometimes, you just need a little assistance to figure out where to go or what to do next.

"I get there is a debate about that, whether that fits with that world or not, whether some people want it, some people don't," Hamaguchi said via a translator. "I think as a game, there is definitely a need for that kind of thing in a lot of ways. I think obviously different developers experiment, try different things about what works best, what fits best, the right way of doing that in their game."

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Releasing a video game in the middle of new Battlefield and Call of Duty titles probably brings back memories of Titanfall 2. But Arc Raiders is threading that needle this week when it arrives tomorrow, October 30. Battlefield 6 came out earlier this month--including the free-to-play Battlefield RedSec dropping this week, too--while Black Ops 7 is just weeks away on November 14. But leadership behind Arc Raiders seems undeterred.

Speaking with The Game Business, Embark Studios co-founder Patrick Soderlund was questioned about launching Arc Raiders between two of the biggest shooters of the year. "I know. The insanity," Soderlund said in jest. "People may look at that and say, 'What the hell are they doing?' We have spent a lot of time looking at this from multiple angles, and you know, for right or wrong, we believe that the game can launch there. This is the start of a long journey. It needs to start somewhere."

Arc Raiders has already seen some success in the wake of Battlefield 6. Earlier this month, the extraction shooter saw huge player numbers on Steam for the game's "server slam" play test. Embark Studios has also looked at the early reception to Arc Raiders versus Marathon, an extraction shooter in development at Bungie.

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