Evercade Alpha Taito Bartop Arcade

$260 | Releases November 12

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One of the best and most versatile home arcade machines is in stock at Amazon for the first time in over six months. Amazon is taking preorders for the Evercade Alpha Taito Bartop Arcade for $260. Themed around Bubble Bobble and preloaded with 10 games, the Taito edition is the third Evercade Alpha. The miniature countertop cabinet originally launched last November with Mega Man and Street Fighter editions. But the two Capcom-themed models disappeared from US retailers in early 2025 and have remained sold out since. As such, if you're interested in the Evercade Alpha, you may want to secure a preorder ahead of the new edition's November 12 launch.

Here's the list of preloaded Taito games:

• Bubble Bobble
• Puzzle Bobble
• Space Invaders
• Cadash
• Rastan
• Elevator Action
• The FairyLand Story
• Growl
• The Legend of Kage
• The New Zealand Story

Over a dozen additional digital games can be unlocked in the Evercade OS Secret menu.

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Tuesday was supposed to mark the arrival of the Power Rangers Megazord in Fortnite, both in the form of a battle pass skin and as an in-game event in which one player in each round of Battle Royale gets to become the full-sized Megazord and terrorize the island for a few minutes. The patch was delayed, but you'll be forgiven for not knowing that since Epic hasn't yet added any in-game notification about the delay. So the Megazord page of the battle pass just looks bugged right now.

The Megazord's arrival on the Fortnite island has been pushed back a couple days.

Epic has not acknowledged the delay, nor has it said when the patch will now be deployed, but a leaked trailer for the Megazord in-game event says it begins on Thursday, September 18, so that's our best guess for now. As has been the case the past few seasons, battle pass owners will be able to unlock the Megazord skin and all its related cosmetics by gaining 24 levels in any Fortnite mode. Despite the Megazord page of the pass already being unlocked, you cannot gain these levels early since the quests haven't yet been activated.

We don't know why it was delayed, but the patch appears to be a pretty beefy one, as it's expected to include the new Party Crashers battle royale mode, which will have proximity voice chat and support teaming with opponents, Hunger Games-style.

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Microsoft is hoping to turn the Xbox app into the one-stop destination for players to launch games on PC and Windows handheld devices, pushing an update that integrates titles from other major gaming storefronts into the app's library.

Xbox Insiders have had access to this aggregated library feature since June, but now, all users of the Xbox PC app can see their installed games from Steam, Epic Games Store, Battle.net, and "other leading storefronts." Players can launch these games directly from the Xbox app, and recently played games appear in a side tab, no matter which store they were installed from.

Additionally, the Xbox app's library also has a tab for apps, allowing you to open other storefronts and web browsers to install and launch games from outside the Xbox storefront. The app's settings also let you toggle different stores if you don't want games from those sources to appear in the library.

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Last year, Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair in Japanese court alleging infringement on the company's patents. The initial battle was over relatively minor aspects of Palworld that were similar to Pokemon. More recently, Nintendo was granted a potentially game-changing patent that “covers the fundamental gameplay mechanic of summoning a character and letting it fight another” in a video game. Now, one of the devs behind Baldur's Gate 3 has weighed in on these types of patents and the intent behind them.

Michael "Cromwelp" Douse, the publishing director of Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios replied with a since-deleted post on X (via GamesRadar), "These types of patents are too often used in bad faith."

Douse didn't expand on his thoughts beyond that in the now-missing thread, but Nintendo hasn't made any secret of its displeasure with Palworld. The initial lawsuit asked for 5 million yen--which is roughly just under $33,000 in American dollars--for the three patents allegedly infringed upon by Palworld. Kantan Games CEO and video game analyst Serkan Toto previously previously predicted that the lawsuit was designed to force Pocketpair to make a large settlement with Nintendo.

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A movie based on EA's The Sims is in the works, with Oscar-winner Margot Robbie's production company, LuckyChap, attached. Prolific Hollywood producer Roy Lee is involved as well, and now he's shared some further insight into what fans can expect from the video game movie.

Speaking to The Direct, Lee said he expects the movie to be "unique." He said it's similar to The Lego Movie, in that when it was announced, people wondered how it would translate to the big screen. People didn't understand until they saw it, Lee said, and a similar thing could happen for The Sims movie.

Lee produced The Lego Movie as well, along with Robbie's blockbuster hit Barbie. "[Audiences] were probably wondering, 'What could a Barbie movie be?' Somewhere in between both The Lego Movie and Barbie is where The Sims movie will be," he said.

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Palworld developer Pocketpair has announced that the game will leave early access and launch its 1.0 version in 2026. Additionally, the studio teased that while the bulk of the team is working on updates, improvements, and more content for Palworld, the company also has smaller teams at work on new games.

Cleanup

Palworld 1.0 isn't launching sooner because Pocketpair is spending time now working on "cleanup" for the existing game.

"Beyond just adding new content, there is a lot of clean up that needs to be done before Palworld can exit early access. It's no secret that Palworld has a lot of quirks and jank, and we want to take the time to properly address those before releasing the game," the developer said. "We think taking the time now to fix those problems will ultimately lead to a better game."

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The lowest rung of the Game Pass ladder is receiving a small but significant expansion, with Xbox adding three games to the Game Pass Core catalog.

Starting October 1, subscribers can play Cities: Skylines – Remastered, Disney Dreamlight Valley, and Warhammer 40,000: Darktide at no additional cost. The three titles will join a line-up of just a little over 50 games in Game Pass Core, which costs $9.99 USD a month.

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— Xbox Game Pass (@XboxGamePass) September 16, 2025

Cities: Skylines – Remastered, as the title implies, is an enhanced rerelease of the 2015 city-building game. The remaster was released in 2023, and those who owned the Xbox One version of the game were able to upgrade to the remastered version for free. Interestingly, the Xbox One version is already included in Game Pass Core.

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At the beginning of the week, streamer and voice actor CDawg launched a Canvas page--an interactive pixel-based artboard that communities can contribute towards, which CDawg runs annually. Now, Neuro-Sama and her creator Vedal987 have declared "war" on CDawg's Canvas, rallying their community to flood the board with Neuro-Sama-related artwork.

Neuro is an AI-powered VTuber, utilizing an impressive large language model with rapid response times, and the ability to read her own Twitch chat to directly respond to viewers. She currently holds the record for the largest Twitch Hype Train of all time, reaching level 111 with 84,904 subscriptions and 1,201,225 bits gifted to Vedal's channel during a "subathon" event in December 2024.

Shortly after the Canvas launched, CDawg, real name Connor, and his community set to work adding artwork of him, his best friend Ironmouse, and other streamers including Lord Aethelstan and Nyanners. As soon as Neuro-Sama's community became aware though, things changed. Fast.

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KPop Demon Hunters, the hit animated film from Sony Pictures, is reportedly making its way into Fortnite, according to well-known leakers SpushFNBR and Loolo. The film, which combines KPop stardom with supernatural action, follows a fictional girl group called Huntr/x--idols by day, demon slayers by night. With songs performed by real-world KPop artists, the movie quickly became a cultural phenomenon, dominating music charts and becoming the most-watched original film in Netflix history.

INSIDER: KPOP DEMON HUNTERS X FORTNITE - THIS SEASON!
This information comes from a reliable source, that me and @Loolo_WRLD can confirm, I will be posting more information in the next weeks, stay tuned!! #Fortnite pic.twitter.com/UGMP8h6Mth

— SpushFNBR (@SpushFNBR) September 15, 2025

While Epic Games has yet to confirm the crossover, the most likely additions to the game could be new dance emotes based on the film's choreographed musical numbers. Maybe even throw in some of The Saja Boys' Soda Pop routine, as it went viral over the summer.

Image credit: Netflix

Character skins based on the three members of Huntr/x are also a strong possibility. In the film, Rumi, Zoey, and Mira all have distinctive fashion and stylized weapons. Fortnite could easily include their fits from the introductory number "Done, Done, Done" to their more detailed outfits like they had in "Golden" (see above).

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Job sims today encompass so many different professions, from train operator to farmer to power washer and beyond. Sometimes I enjoy those kinds of games, but I expect The Lift to be my favorite of them going forward, because it takes the job sim genre and makes it spooky and weird.

Inspired by the New Weird movement, which defines things like the SCP Foundation and Pacific Drive, The Lift casts you as a handyman who fixes benches, replaces light bulbs, and reroutes electricity in a facility that quite closely resembles the setting of Control. It's for that reason I've already coined its alternate title: The Oldest House Flipper. A playtest for the game is out today on Steam, free for all players. I got to check it out last week in a hands-on demo that showed off about three hours of the game, including its earliest moments and some later stages. What I saw was a game that pulls from many of my favorites but wraps them together in a novel way.

The facility at the heart of The Lift, called The Institute, feels like it's pulled right out of Remedy's New Weird foray, complete with a once-orderly workspace now left mysteriously abandoned and endangered. As the "Keeper" sent in to keep things tidy, you'll need to solve BioShock-like electricity puzzles, clean up mystical black gunk coating much of the place, and explore the world in a manner inspired by immersive sims. Particularly inspirational to the game's designs is one of my favorite games ever made: 2017's Prey. Finding new crafting blueprints, then dumping resources into a giant machine where it spits out new, more valuable parts, is pulled directly out of Prey--even the room that houses this multi-machine process resembles Prey's.

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The next Hollow Knight: Silksong patch is on the way, as developer Team Cherry is now focused on polishing the game up further with post-launch updates. The studio says that while the first patch was focused on dealing with critical issues--and making a few boss fights a little easier--a few bugs still remain. Additionally, Team Cherry is looking to address several issues around specific tools in the game.

There's no release date yet for the patch, but it is being tested in the public-beta branch of Silksong, and overall, you can expect tweaks and fixes across the board. For example, the Savage Beastfly in Far Fields won't be tempting fate by being too close to lava, a softlock issue that occurred with Shaman Binding has been fixed, and an issue with the break-counter not working for certain multi-hitter tools has also been resolved. Players can also visit the Silksong help site to see what the temporary solutions are for critical bugs.

Silksong has been a big hit since it launched earlier this month, and according to GamerDiscoverCo's estimates, the metroidvania has sold 6 million units so far--up from initial estimates of 5 million sales shortly after launch. The firm estimates that 3.2 million sales are on Steam alone, with sales mostly focused in the US and China. If you're looking to jump in and play the challenging game, you can check out the best Silksong PC mods to fine-tune the difficulty and out GameSpot's Hollow Knight: Silksong guides hub for several helpful features.

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Valheim will launch on PlayStation consoles in 2026, developer Iron Gate has announced, five years after it launched in early access on Steam and three years after its arrival on Xbox.

Exactly when in 2026 Valheim will arrive on Sony's consoles remains to be seen and was not announced, but in a press release, Iron Gate co-founder Henrik Törnqvist said the studio is thrilled to bring Valheim to more players.

"Bringing both new and longtime players to a new platform allows even more people to explore the world we've worked so hard to build, and we can't wait to hear their stories as they're able to dive into their Viking adventures," Törnqvist said.

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Mutations are the key to making your fortune in Grow A Garden. Each one makes plants more valuable, while pets gain the ability to convert plants or other animals into the mutated variant. Therefore, if you want to make a lot of money quickly, you’ll need these mutations or ways to manipulate the odds and get these multipliers easily.

Discovering which are the best Grow a Garden mutations is a huge reason why everyone is playing this Roblox game every day. But where do you start? We’ll go over everything you should know in advance about all the mutations available in Grow A Garden. These range from which ones you should focus on getting to start with, to why events are so valuable, and which pets give you the mutation with the highest multiplier.

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• The best Grow A Garden mutations

Combining mutations turns an otherwise worthless strawberry into a fruit worth hundreds of thousands of Sheckles.The best Grow A Garden mutations

The best Grow a Garden mutations are:

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You may have seen that some users in Grow A Garden give free plants to new players. Some of them are incredibly expensive, and you can sell them for millions of in-game sheckles. Most of the time, these are just generous people who want to give you a head start. However, there are a select few who have access to some behind-the-scenes functionality that most players won’t see.

As one of the best Roblox games around, numerous content creators have hopped on the bandwagon to see if they can promote their channels through otherwise seemingly altruistic endeavors. However, the secret is that certain permissions are given to them by the developers, which enable the code to work. Here are all of the Grow a Garden cheats and console commands available if you have those special permissions.

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The command for entering codes has changed and now uses the default chat interface.How to use Grow A Garden console commands

Firstly, you need to be a Grow A Garden admin. If you aren’t one, you can still type in the cheats into the console command prompt, but you’ll get an error message that says “You don’t have permission to run this command.” The other condition is that players with access to developer commands will be running Grow A Garden on PC, so if you use a tablet or phone to play, you won’t be able to do so.

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So you or your child wants to play Roblox? That’s great, but where do you begin? In fact, where do you find it in the first place? As the app is available through multiple channels on PC and mobile devices, there’s the potential to find unofficial and potentially dangerous versions of it elsewhere. As such, you may wish to know how to download and update Roblox via the official channels.

Before starting to download files, you’ll want to double-check if Roblox is safe for you or your children to play, as there has been significant discussion about it in recent years. If you’re looking for more tips on how to use this platform, check out our Roblox Beginner’s guide for everything you need to get started and links to relevant articles about its many features. You can also find a list of the best Roblox games from a whole host of genres, from simple party games to challenging Obby platformers.

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After logging in, load up a game's page and click the Play button circled here to download the official Roblox client.How to download Roblox on PC

To download Roblox via the official website, log in with your username and password and attempt to open any game. You’ll automatically download the official app onto your PC. Once finished, open the install file and follow the steps as shown on screen. After this is complete, open the app and enter your login details. You should then be able to play any game from either the website or via the official app.

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Magic: The Gathering - Marvel's Spider-Man Set

Releases September 26

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Spider-Man swings into the Magic: The Gathering universe next week in the latest crossover set. Most of the MTG Spider-Man products have been sold out since preorders opened back in March, but Amazon has restocked the Marvel's Spider-Man Play Booster Box and is offering a discount. Normally $209.70, the 30-pack Booster Box is available to preorder for $192 ahead of the Spider-Man set's September 26 release.

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Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology (Blu-ray)

$60 | Releases December 2

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Tom and Jerry, one of the most iconic duos in cartoon history, will continue their 85th anniversary celebration on December 2 with a very exciting box set for fans of classic animated shorts. For the first time ever, a complete collection of the duo's theatrical shorts will be available on Blu-ray. Preorders for Tom and Jerry: The Golden Age Anthology are available now for $60. At the time of writing, the 16-plus hour collection of cartoon hijinks is the No. 1 best-selling Blu-ray on Amazon.

Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology (Blu-ray) $60 | Releases December 2

Part of the Warner Archive Collection, this six-disc standard Blu-ray set includes 114 shorts in total, presented in chronological order and in 1080p. These originally appeared before the main feature film presentation in cinemas from 1940 through 1958, and three of the shorts--Casanova Cat, Mouse Cleaning, and His Mouse Friday--have been completely remastered for the first time.

Additionally, the collection comes with a 28-page booklet with artwork and essays, 20 audio commentaries, over three hours of bonus features, and two brand-new featurettes--Lady of the House: The Story of Mammy Two Shoes and Animal Hijinks: The Friends and Foes of Tom. The cover also features a nod to the animated shorts, with illustrations of Tom in his Zoot suit from 1944's The Zoot Cat.

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As mentioned above, the remastered shorts Mouse Cleaning and Casanova Cat are being released on home media for the first time in the US. These are controversial Tom and Jerry episodes due to them being racially insensitive, and while they were scheduled to appear in Tom and Jerry: The Golden Collection Volume Two, that release was ultimately canceled. Older--and extremely dated--content like this has appeared in several other Warner Archive releases over the years, as the company has added disclaimers to these shorts to indicate their historical context, problematic nature, and racially insensitive jokes.

If you don't feel like waiting until December, there are several other Tom and Jerry collections you can grab right now. Tom and Jerry: The Complete Cinemascope Collection bundles all 23 of the pair's CinemaScope widescreen animated adventures together, along with three bonus cartoons. This is classic Tom and Jerry at its highest quality, as each cinematic short featured incredible animation, as well as cruel and unusualy punishment for Tom as he tried to do his job.

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Stranger Things: The Complete Scripts (Paperback)

Seasons 1-2 available now, Seasons 3-4 release December 9

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Stranger Things fans and aspiring screenwriters should check out Amazon's deals on the newly released Stranger Things script books. Published by Random House Worlds on September 1, Stranger Things: The Complete Scripts - Season 1 is on sale for $19.54 (was $30) for a limited time. Season 2's script book was published the same day and is available for $23.26 (was $30).

Script books for Season 3 and Season 4 are up for preorder ahead of their December 9 release, and we imagine Season 5 will eventually get a script book of its own--after fans finally get to watch it, of course. The fifth and final season of Netflix's hit series starts streaming November 26 with Episodes 1-4. The next three episodes will be added to Netflix on December 25, and the series finale is scheduled for December 31.

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After years of anticipation, Team Cherry only gave the video game industry and players two weeks notice that Hollow Knight: Silksong was about to arrive on September 4. While a handful of indie games were moved away from that date, Rogue Factor had already staked out the same release date for Hell is Us six months earlier. Now, Hell is Us' creative director is sharing his belief that Silksong's shadow drop negatively impacted Hell is Us' sales, and he doesn't sound happy about it.

Jonathan Jacques-Belletête acknowledged that Team Cherry had the right to pick any date it wanted to during his appearance on the Friends Per Second podcast (via This Week in Video Games). However, Jacques-Belletête feels that the decision to do so on such short notice was "a little callous."

"When you know you're that big, I think a shadow drop is a bit like--'wow,'" said Jacques-Belletête. "As the 'GTA 6 of indie' ... to shadow drop something like this is a little callous."

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SpongeBob SquarePants: Bundle Physical Edition (Switch)

$35 | Releases October 31

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SpongeBob has gone on plenty of video game adventures, and on October 31, you can grab a physical edition of the SpongeBob SquarePants: Bundle that collects two of SpongeBob's best games--Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated and The Cosmic Shake--into a single physical release. Preorders for the two-game collection are available at Amazon for just $35--that's a 50% price cut compared to the digital version of the bundle that's already available for $70 on the Switch eShop.

SpongeBob SquarePants: Bundle Physical Edition (Switch) $35 | Releases October 31

SpongeBob SquarePants: Bundle includes SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated and SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake on a single Switch game cartridge. The full game data for both titles is included on the cart. While it's only getting a Switch release, it's also playable on Switch 2.

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The Cosmic Shake is the better (and newer) of the two games, and it earned solid marks from critics. Our Cosmic Shake review gave it a 7/10, thanks to its classic SpongeBob humor and enjoyable platforming segments. "Despite a few hiccups and disappointing aspects of The Cosmic Shake design, at its core it achieves its goals," writes GameSpot reviewer James Carr.

The other game in the bundle, Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated, earned similar reviews, giving nostalgic fans a massive version of the underwater town to roam around as SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy.

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