Dispatch feels like it harkens back to the early 2010s--a time when Telltale Games was creating incredible episodic adventure games inspired by graphic novels, superhero stories were beginning to fill to the brim with quips to counterbalance the angst of the genre in the 2000s, and office-based TV comedies were everywhere. If not for snippets of gameplay, Dispatch would simply be a great TV show that I would want to tune into every week. It sometimes feels like it skews a little bit too much toward its TV show inspirations, but superb writing and voice acting maintains investment in this character-driven drama and makes for a story I want to replay.

In Dispatch, you play as Robert Robertson III, aka Mecha Man. Once a prominent hero without superpowers who had to rely on piloting a mechsuit to stop monstrous supervillains, Robert finds his life adrift after his suit is damaged beyond repair. He's approached by Blonde Blazer, a famous hero-for-hire, who offers him a job as a dispatcher--someone who directs and assists a team of paid heroes. The catch: Robert's assigned group of misfits is entirely composed of former supervillains, and their crass attitudes, explosive tempers, and lack of camaraderie make them a poor team and ill-suited for hero work.

Sometimes one good speech is all a group of misfits needs.

It's a stellar set-up, made even stronger by an incredible cast of varied characters. While trailers and advertisements offered an initial impression of Robert being your typical washed-up hero defined by dour sarcasm, the character is a remarkably refreshing take for a protagonist in a superhero story. Yes, he's depressed and often uses humor to deflect, but he has an earnest desire to help people and continue being a force for good. He doesn't view the supervillains under his command as a hindrance, but a mission: He'll mentor the roster into a group of heroes even greater than he was because it's best for the city and for the former villains' lives.

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I've been an Arknights: Endfield fan since the first global technical test in January 2024. Its art style that blended anime with realism and similarities with RPGs I enjoyed like Genshin Impact convinced me to try it. In the process, I found an intriguing world with a layered combat system and building mechanics that set it apart from competitors. Now, with the game's latest build, developer Hypergryph has reforged and polished those systems to feel even snappier and more accessible than what I remember.

According to developer Hypergryph, the team has redone 80 to 90% of the cutscenes and dialogue, about 50% or so of the structure of the maps, and nearly 40 to 50% of the game's overall level design--a lot of the game I first played back in 2024 is just not there anymore. But, after previewing Arknights: Endfield again for over five hours ahead of the official beta's launch, I have no doubt I'd spend another 20 in this brave new world.

When I first booted up this new version of Arknights: Endfield, I was quickly reintroduced to the controls with an action-packed battlefield. The player character, the Endministrator (or just Endmin), harnesses the power of a resource called Originium, which they can use to attack during combat and create and repair Originium-based machines. Later, we learn that the Endmin was the leader of Endfield Industries and the creator behind many of the machines that they control. Perlica, the poster character for Arknights: Endfield, and Chen Qianyu, a counterpart of Ch'en (a popular operator from the original Arknights), come from the same faction.

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Arc Raiders occasionally sends you topside to fix something and expects you to bring your own items to do so. One such quest is After Rain Comes, which tasks you with repairing some solar panels in Buried City. The last thing you'll want to do is show up to fix them and not have what you need, so we're here to help.

You will need 2 Batteries and 5 Wires to complete After Rain Comes. You'll want to place these items in safe pockets if at all possible, as you wouldn't want to lose them due to a misstep, ARC battle, or non-friendly raider while making your way to the solar panels.

When you're ready to hop in and fix those solar panels, here's what you need to know.

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The Unexpected Initiative quest in Arc Raiders sends you to the Buried City map in search of Fertilizer and a Water Pump. You'll need to visit two separate--though thankfully close by--locations to interact with and loot these items, so you may be here wanting to know precisely where. You're in luck because we're going to fill you in.

Note that the game will provide both Fertilizer and a Water Pump to you as part of this quest, but you can also find these in other places and turn them in from your own stash if you prefer. However, since the quest has to be done in a single Buried City raid to count, you do still have to visit both locations and loot them to check off the objectives either way. Either way, it's a good idea to bring in an augment with two safe pockets so that you keep both the Fertilizer and Water Pump you find, even if you don't manage to extract safely.

Let's dive into where to find the Fertilizer and Water Pump for the Unexpected Initiatives quest.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is live now, and the game is packaged with a cooperative story and a new Endgame mode, which serves as an open-world epilogue to the campaign. Activision gave GameSpot a very brief teaser of Season 1 content coming to Black Ops 7's campaign endgame. This includes a limited-time mode for Endgame, and while we don't have any major details, we can say some very massive fights will be taking place across the campaign's Avalon map.

We weren't able to capture the footage being shared with us, but the video showed players fighting a giant robot across Avalon in Black Ops 7's endgame. Activision also told us that players can get inside the robot, so it seems this is something you can hijack and take control of for your own use.

The zombie T-Rex featured as the boss fight in Black Ops 6's Shattered Veil map will also become a boss encounter on Avalon. The strategy for fighting this version of the T-Rex boss looks similar to doing so in Zombies mode, with players launching themselves onto its back to deal major melee damage.

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The story of Concord is a cautionary tale in the age of live-service games. Years of development and millions of dollars went into the game, only for it to fail at launch and get canceled by Sony weeks later. However, Conord had some fans, and a trio of them worked very hard to bring the game back to life on a server.

As reported by The Game Post, Concord's partial resurrection is due to reverse engineering by a user called Red, a rebuild of the game's backend API by open_wizard, and an additional assist from a programmer called gwog. The team shared a pair of a gameplay videos to demonstrate their achievement, but noted that Concord is still somewhat buggy.

The trio successfully tested their ability to load the game, pick their characters, and run a full Clash Point match.

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Epic Games is gearing up for its biggest shake-up to Fortnite Creative since the introduction of the Unreal Editor for Fortnite. Soon, Epic will allow developers who use UEFN to make Fortnite Creative modes, or "islands," to sell in-game items using V-Bucks, the game's real-money currency.

The news, which Epic announced during the Veteran's Day holiday in the US, was not met with much excitement from fans. The way the Fortnite Creative ecosystem is currently crammed with clones of tycoon, boxfight, and platforming islands, it's easy to see how adding microtransactions to any of the typical island types could be a bad thing. And it becomes much more difficult to see any possible upside when Epic's example idea is to sell people a better shovel for 300 V-Bucks.

Fortnite will allow UEFN developers to sell gameplay items for money soon.

But the reality is actually pretty murky, because V-Buck transactions are a wildcard that could completely shake up the Fortnite Creative ecosystem and encourage creators to try new things. We've got a digital Wild West here, in a sense. Let's try to understand the situation a little better, and get a better sense of where it may lead us, by taking a deep dive into the details.

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While the latest firmware update for Switch and Switch 2 included several quality-of-life improvements, one consequence appears to be that many third-party docks have been rendered useless. According to Nintendo itself, such a consequence was unintentional.

In a statement, Nintendo spelled out the obvious, saying: "Nintendo Switch 2 outputs audiovisuals once it detects that it is docked into a Nintendo Switch 2 Dock. Nintendo Switch does the same, outputting audiovisuals once it detects that it is docked into a Nintendo Switch Dock."

More importantly, the company claimed that it "does not have any intention to hinder or invalidate legal third-party dock compatibility." It is unclear what Nintendo considers to be a "legal" dock.

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Activision has once again confirmed that AI tools were used in the development of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, which is in keeping with tradition for the franchise, as Black Ops 6 utilized AI tools as well. In a statement, Activision said the creative process is handled by humans, with AI tools helping out. Back in August, Activision explained that developers working on Black Ops 7 used generative AI, but "none of that goes in-game."

"Like so many around the world, we use a variety of digital tools, including AI tools, to empower and support our teams to create the best gaming experiences possible for our players. Our creative process continues to be led by the talented individuals in our studios," the company said.

Black Ops 7 launched today, November 14, and people quickly noticed that a number of Calling Cards that appear to use the "Ghibli-style" anime look, with people theorizing that Activision used AI to create these images.

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Anyone who plays through The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt is invited to make a choice between the two great loves of Geralt of Rivia: Yennefer of Vengerberg or Triss Merigold. That decision even informs the game's farewell to Geralt. However, CD Projekt Red has recently disclosed that players didn't always get to choose between Geralt's lovers.

CD Projekt Red co-CEO Adam Badowski told PC Gamer that the option to romance Triss was added late in the game. Until then, the team had been focusing on Geralt's relationship with Yennefer. But adding Triss back into Geralt's heart gave the game more personality .

"[The romance with Triss] wasn't [there] from the beginning," recalled Badowski. "But at some point we understood that this lack of conflict, personal conflict... There was a lack of something... This decision was made pretty late, but it was great. It was a great decision."

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Meta Quest 3S 256GB: Batman Bundle + $50 Amazon Credit

$329 (was $400)

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Meta Quest 3S 128GB: Walking Dead Bundle + $50 Gift Card

$249 (was $299)

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Amazon and Best Buy have fantastic deals on the Meta Quest 3S this weekend. As part of Best Buy's latest round of Black Friday Doorbusters, the Meta Quest 3S 256GB Batman: Arkham Shadow Bundle is $70 off and comes with a $50 gift card. Amazon is matching Best Buy's price cut and throwing in a $50 gift card of its own. So while you will pay $329 (was $400) today, the gift card deal effectively cuts the price to $280. This is the best deal of the year on the Meta Quest 3S 256GB model.

Best Buy is also offering a $50 discount on the Quest 3 128GB bundled with The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners as well as the $50 gift card.

Meta Quest 3S 256GB: Batman Bundle + $50 Amazon Credit $329 (was $400)

Batman: Arkham Shadow is an impressive action-adventure game that faithfully recreates the experience of being the Caped Crusader in VR. It's exclusive to Quest 3 and 3S headsets and is one of the showpiece games on the platform.

As mentioned, the $329 price matches the Prime Big Deal Days offer, but this deal is even better since it includes a $50 gift card to use on a future purchase at Amazon or Best Buy.

New Quest owners can also get a three-month free trial to Meta Horizon+. The subscription service typically costs $8/month and features a rotating library of games to play--similar to Game Pass--as well as two games to claim each month. The freebies remain in your library even if you cancel your subscription, so new Quest users are getting seven free games over the next three months.

See at Amazon See at Best Buy Meta Quest 3S 128GB: Walking Dead Bundle + $50 Gift Card $249 (was $299)

The Best Buy-exclusive 128GB Quest 3 bundle comes with The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, a VR-only survival FPS that retails for $20, and three months of Meta Horizon+. You also get the $50 Best Buy gift card freebie through November 16.

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Amazon has two great Meta Quest 3S VR headset bundles in its Prime Big Deal Days sale. The 128GB base model is available for only $249, which matches the best-ever price for the best entry-level virtual reality headset around. As an added bonus, this is an Amazon-exclusive bundle with a bunch of free DLC for the popular online game Gorilla Tag. But if you love Batman, you may want to opt for the 256GB model, as it's on sale for a larger $71 discount and comes with the very cool Batman: Arkham Shadow VR game.

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A few weeks before it was slated to hit early access, the Sims-like life sim Paralives has been delayed to May 2026 so that the developer can address some "impactful bugs" and add more activities to the game.

Developed by Alex Massé over the course of six years, Paralives is a life sim about building homes, lives, and bonds. You get to create a character, design a house, customize the furniture, and more as you interact with citizens and live out a cozy life in an open-world town. Not unlike The Sims, there's plenty to do: garden, fish, work, swim, raise children, discover personality traits, and more. Unfortunately, while it was planned to launch in early access on December 8, Massé posted on the game's official Steam Store page that Paralives' release has been delayed to May 25, 2026.

"We had to make the difficult decision to delay the release," Massé said. "We are truly sorry for the last-minute announcement. After thoughtful consideration, we feel it’s best for the game and the community. This year, we ran many playtests with friends and fans, and we were confident that we could improve the game enough in time for December. In the lead-up to Early Access release, we broadened our playtests with a more varied playerbase, and the latest feedback we received made us realise the game isn’t up to the standard we wanted it to meet for release. Players enjoy the flexibility and the customization of the Paramaker and Build Mode."

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If you're exploring Arc Raiders' first post-launch map, Stella Montis, you may also be working on a quest called Cold Case. This quest asks you to head into Stella Montis to search for a J Kozma storage container to loot. This may sound like a tough thing to round up, but in reality, there's an extremely convenient way to get this quest knocked out and return to Speranza with minimal effort. Let's look into it.

Keep in mind that you need to extract with an item you'll receive by looting a J Kozma storage container, so bring in a loadout with a safe pocket just in case someone comes along and tries to ruin your run. As you'll see below, we'll be looting a container directly beside an extraction point, which reduces the chances that you'll encounter any trouble. But it's always better to be safe than sorry.

When you're ready to finish Cold Case, check below for where to find a J Kozma storage container.

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If you've ever wanted to publish a game on an Xbox console, Microsoft is providing a way to make that a lot easier. The company is now publicly sharing the Xbox Game Publishing Guide for all developers and publishers who want to bring their titles to the Xbox ecosystem.

The Xbox Game Publishing Guide is already online, and even ordinary players can take a look at the document for added insight into the development process. This move appears to be geared towards attracting independent game developers who would ordinarily focus on making a PC game. However, Microsoft notes that seasoned publishers are invited to take advantage of the guide. It covers everything from pre-production to release.

According to Microsoft, the decision to share this resource is part of new imitative to make sure "every developer has the information they need to bring their game to Xbox." The publisher went on to say that the public guide will be updated over time with new features and other relevant information about making games. It also invited interested developers to join the Microsoft Game Dev Discord.

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If you're wondering how long it takes to beat Black Ops 7's campaign, we have you covered with this mission guide. The game includes a full co-op campaign and mission collectibles to hunt down. Below, we'll break down the mission list and give you all the details you need before jumping into the Black Ops 7 campaign.

How long is Black Ops 7 - Campaign length and missions

Black Ops 7 has a total of 11 campaign missions. This is designed as a co-op campaign for up to four players, but it can be experienced solo, as well. This cooperative design has removed Call of Duty's feature of allowing you to choose the difficulty you play the campaign. Instead, difficulty scales based on how many players are in your party. However, playing solo isn't necessarily the easier route, and it might take a bit longer to complete alone.

On average, it should take you around 5 hours to complete the campaign in co-op, but it might take closer to 6 hours as a solo experience. If you're hunting down the campaign's mission intel, then it will likely take longer to complete.

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It's a been a long wait for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, but the return of bounty hunter Samus Aran is just a few weeks away. Now, Nintendo has dropped an extended trailer for Metroid Prime 4 that sets up the story, shows off her new powers, and reveals that she does have allies on the planet Viewros. What she doesn't have is a way to get off the hostile world that's trying to kill her.

In the opening minutes of the trailer, Samus answers a distress call from a Galactic Federation research center that comes under attack by her rival, Sylux. During the battle, Samus is somehow transported to an unknown and hostile world called Viewros. And some of the Galactic Federation troops survived to make the trip as well. But without a ship, this may be a one-way journey for Samus and her allies.

Samus' standard abilities are back in this game, and she picks up a few new skills including psychic powers that can direct her shots with precision or operate the long-abandoned machinery on Viewros. GameSpot recently had a chance to try out those psychic powers during a hands-on experience with Metroid Prime 4.

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Dragami Games has announced that the upcoming Switch 2 port of Lollipop Chainsaw has been delayed. It was previously set to launch this November but is now coming in "early 2026."

The developer said the delay was due to the volume of requests for a physical edition of the game's RePOP remaster version. The studio wanted to align the digital and physical releases, so it opted to delay all versions to 2026.

"We sincerely apologize for the extended wait and any inconvenience this may cause. We appreciate your understanding and continued support," Dragami said.

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Sony and NCSoft just announced Horizon spin-off called Horizon Steel Frontiers, a mobile-first, multiplayer-focused MMO that's in the works for mobile and PC--but not Sony's flagship PlayStation 5 console.

Executive producer Sunggu Lee spoke to IGN about the game and answered some questions people might be wondering, like if Aloy is in the game, what the game's inspirations are, how combat works, and more.

Asked if Aloy, or other well-known Horizon characters, are in Horizon Steel Frontiers, Lee said, "We haven't finalized whether characters from the original game will appear, so it's too early to share any specific plans."

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After getting leaked earlier this week, Epic Games has revealed that Grammy-winning artist Tyler, the Creator will join Fortnite on November 14 as an purchasable skin.

The official Fortnite X account posted a seven-second teaser video of the "Don't Tap the Glass" rapper's skin. In the clip, we get a look at two outfits for Tyler, the Creator: his green "Chromakopia" getup and an ensemble that closely resembles his "Wolf" or "Cherry Bomb" days.

The wait is over. @tylerthecreator is landing in Fortnite tonight. pic.twitter.com/m2cID42h25

— Fortnite (@Fortnite) November 14, 2025

According to a November 12 Vice story, prolific dataminer NotPaloLeaks unveiled this Tyler, the Creator collaboration in an X post on November 11. As Vice speculates, his skins could cost 1,500 V-Bucks, and his arrival may come with cosmetics like weapon wraps, pickaxes, backpacks, jam tracks, and emotes. The official Fortnite X account hasn't confirmed this yet, but Tyler, the Creator hits the in-game shop on November 14, so it won't be much longer until everything is made clearer.

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Mario Kart DS is celebrating its 20-year anniversary today, November 14, 2025. Below, we examine how the fan community has kept the game alive, and online, long after official servers were retired.

When Mario Kart DS launched in 2005, it felt like a glimpse into the future. For the first time, Nintendo’s chaotic, shell-filled racer could be played online, pitting players from around the world against each other in real-time competition. It was a leap few handheld games had dared to make at the time.

Two decades later, the official Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection servers that powered those matchups are long gone, but the race never really stopped. Through fan-built tools, open-source servers, and emulation projects, Mario Kart DS remains alive and well--still spinning its wheels in the hands of a dedicated community that refuses to let it drift into the past.

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