Dragonlance Chronicles Hardcover Omnibus

$31.50 (was $35) | Releases February 4

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Dungeons & Dragons has spawned numerous novels over the decades, but some of the most celebrated are the original Dragonlance Chronicles novel trilogy written by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis. Soon, fans will be able to re-experience the novels thanks to a new Dragonlance Chronicles hardcover omnibus collection, marking the first new printing of the novels in several years. The book launches February 4, and preorders are discounted to just $31.50 (was $35) at Amazon.

Dragonlance Chronicles Hardcover Omnibus $31.50 (was $35) | Releases February 4

Dragonlance Chronicles is a 1,056-page omnibus featuring the three original novels in the series co-written by Hickman and Weis: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, and Dragons of Spring Dawning. It also features an all-new cover illustration and a foreword by actor (and hardcore D&D enthusiast) Joe Manganiello.

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The series is based in the official Dragonlance campaign setting for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons First and Second Editions, which itself was borne out of Hickman and Weis' D&D sessions in the early 1980s. The high fantasy trilogy follows a band of adventurers who get swept up in an epic conflict known as the War of the Lance. The trilogy was published alongside numerous other official D&D works set in the Dragonlance universe, including adventure modules, spin-off board games, video games, and more.

While the Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy served as the official storyline for the original AD&D Dragonlance modules, future editions of D&D have also featured official modules and expansions set in the Dragonlance setting, including the most recent Fifth Edition. Aside from the official game materials, it has spawned over 190 spin-off novels, including two follow-up books to the original trilogy, Dragonlance Chronicles: The Second Generation and Dragons of Summer Flame. Unfortunately, physical copies of both books are sold out, but you can pick up Kindle and audiobook editions of Summer Flame at Amazon.

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Stephen King is a wildly prolific writer, with over 60 novels and novellas to his name, and soon that legacy will grow even larger when The Gwendy Trilogy Omnibus launches on February 18. The collection compiles the entire Gwendy trilogy into one easy-to-read volume. Preorders are discounted to $20 at Amazon (normally $22).

The Gwendy Trilogy Omnibus (Paperback) $20 (was $22) | Releases February 18

Written by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar, The Gwendy Trilogy follows a 12-year-old girl who is given a mysterious wooden box by a stranger. Inside are a bunch of unique items--but if Gwendy is tempted to press any of the buttons inside the wooden box, something terrible will happen. The two following books in the trilogy follow Gwendy later in life, with Gwendy’s Magic Feather seeing her become a successful author only to once again stumble upon the deadly button box, and it concludes with Gwendy’s Final Task as evil forces attempt to seize control of the box. This paperback omnibus is a bind-up, which is a single-volume edition containing the entire three-book trilogy.

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When Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time was unveiled by Level 5 in 2023, the game was originally announced as only going to Nintendo Switch. However, a new report suggests that The Girl Who Steals Time is also making the leap to Sony's PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4.

Via Video Games Chronicle, Gematsu spotted a PlayStation Store page for The Girl Who Steals Time that listed April 23 as a release date for both the PS4 and PS5 versions. The page was subsequently removed, but a screencap was posted on Gematsu's X account.

A PlayStation Store page for FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time was published before being quickly removed last night. It lists PS5 / PS4 versions, and an April 23 release date (or April 24—time zones). Currently only *officially* announced for Switch release in April. pic.twitter.com/MlD0UIjOix

— Gematsu (@gematsu) January 27, 2025

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time was announced as a 2023 title for Switch before it was subsequently delayed to 2024 and again to April of this year. Like its predecessor, Fantasy Life, The Girl Who Steals Time is a role-playing life simulation game. The new game also introduces a time travel element, as players will be able to customize a ruined island by going back one thousand years into the past while making changes that affect the present and future. Players can also assume up to 14 different jobs on the island, including farmer and artist.

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The sci-fi graphic novel series Red Rising: Sons of Ares is getting a massive omnibus collection on March 25. The graphic novels serve as prequels to author Pierce Brown's epic book series, Red Rising, and the omnibus is the first time all three volumes are available in a single collection. The previous single-volume releases are now hard to find and often very expensive, making the omnibus even more enticing for fans who want to read the origins of this sprawling sci-fi universe. The Red Rising: Sons of Ares Omnibus will be available in hardcover and paperback editions, and preorders for both versions are available at Amazon

Red Rising: Sons of Ares Omnibus $50+ | Releases March 25

This 456-page collection includes all the Red Rising: Sons of Ares graphic novels written by Pierce Brown and Rik Hoskin and illustrated by Eli Powell. The series is set before the events of Brown's Red Rising book series, where humanity has developed into a multi-planetary civilization organized into a rigid caste system. The Sons of Ares prequel graphic novels explore the origins of a rebel group known as the Sons of Ares that is attempting to dismantle the caste system and overthrow the existing hierarchy.

The Red Rising: Sons of Ares Omnibus is available in a $50 paperback edition or a $60 hardcover edition. Alternatively, you can pick up digital versions of all three volumes on Kindle.

Preordering through Amazon locks in the preorder price guarantee, meaning if the omnibus's price drops before release, you’ll only pay the lowest price. You also won’t be charged until your order has shipped.

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Since there’s plenty of time between now and the Sons of Ares Omnibus launch, it's a good time to check out the series that started it all. It currently consists of six entries, with a seventh planned (though no release date has been announced). New reader should check out the Red Rising 3-Book Box Set that's on sale for just $43.13 (was $54) at Amazon. It includes paperback editions of the first three books in the series: Red Rising, Golden Sun, and Morning Star, plus an excerpt preview of the fourth book, Iron Gold. You’ll also find paperback and hardcover versions of all six books in the series available for individual purchase. You'll find a list of all the books below.

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Phoenix Labs, the developer behind Fae Farm and Dauntless, has announced that has gone through another round of layoffs, which has impacted an unspecified but large portion of the studio.

"We have made the tough decision to part ways with the majority of the studio as part of unfortunate but necessary changes to our operations," Phoenix Lab explained in a statement on LinkedIn. "We will share more details in the coming weeks about what this means for Dauntless and Fae Farm."

Phoenix Labs has already laid employees off through several rounds over the past few years. In 2023, Phoenix Labs let go of 9% of its employees and then did another series of layoffs in 2024, weeks before its next game was set to be announced. According to former Phoenix Labs employees, it was an open-world sandbox game called Everhaven, which was supposed to be revealed during the PC Gaming Show on June 9, 2024 and enter early access sometime in September.

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The Middle-earth Six-Film Collection 4K

$210 | Releases March 18

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Fans of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies can soon own all six movies in a single box set thanks to the upcoming The Middle-earth Six-Film Collection, which launches on March 18. The massive collection will include theatrical and extended cuts of all six movies in 4K and Blu-ray, plus a smattering of bonus features, making this ideal for anyone who wants to add the full saga to their collection. Preorders are available for $210 at Amazon.

The Middle-earth Six-Film Collection 4K $210 | Releases March 18

The Middle-earth Six-Film Collection is a massive 30-disc box set that includes 4K UHD and Blu-ray versions of all six of Peter Jackson's film adaptations of author J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novels, including:

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Theatrical and Extended Cuts of each film are included, as well as commentary tracks for each Extended Edition. The collection also includes download codes for digital versions of each film.

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The Middle-earth Six-Film Collection looks to be a great way to get the entire Peter Jackson Middle-earth saga in one package. However, if you don't feel like waiting until March 18, it's not the only option. If you're just looking to grab The Lord of the Rings trilogy by itself, you can grab The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Theatrical & Extended Cuts 4K Collection for $69 at Amazon (was $90). Collectors will also want to check out the recently-released Fellowship of the Ring Steelbook Edition that's available for $35 at Walmart, which includes the first film and a special edition steelbook case with unique cover art.

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Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer expressed support for Nintendo--and hinted that Xbox games will be coming to the Nintendo Switch 2--in a recent interview with GamerTag Radio.

"I want people to be able to experience the games that we build, the services that we offer, on as many devices as we can," Spencer said of Microsoft's push to put Xbox games on as many screens as possible.

"We're really taking the approach of, 'We want people to be able to play Xbox on many different screens,'" Spencer said. "We're not gonna put walls up around where people can engage with the great games our studios are building, or where they can experience Xbox through different forms. Whether it's cloud [gaming], whether it's on PC, whether it's on handheld, whether it's on phones... I want everybody to be able to play on Xbox, and it does mean more of our games shipping on more platforms, not just on PlayStation. We love the work that we do with Nintendo, we love what we do with Valve on Steam, and that's what we're going to continue to do, we'll just continue to do more of it because what we learn is, 'Put the games first, make sure the games can be as great as they can.'"

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Earlier this month, Larian Studios announced that Baldur's Gate 3 will be receiving one last major update in Patch 8. And while select Baldur's Gate 3 players will be invited to a stress test for Patch 8, the update has been mistakenly released for some PlayStation 5 players ahead of the scheduled time. Larian confirmed the mistake in a post on social media.

No, the Patch 8 stress test hasn’t yet begun.
Yes, PS5 players do currently have access to Patch 8.
While we work with our partners to understand what’s going on, please note that any new saves made while on Patch 8 will not be compatible with Patch 7.
How’s your Monday going?

— Larian Studios (@larianstudios) January 27, 2025

Larian subsequently shared a longer update about the situation, which acknowledged that Patch 8 was mistakenly available for a few hours to PlayStation 5 players in Europe and Asia. The studio also warned that Patch 8 is not compatible with Patch 7, and urged players to uninstall and reinstall the game to return to the previous patch. Players who don't revert to Patch 7 may risk losing their saves.

Additionally, Larian indicated that receiving the Patch 8 by itself was not intended as an invitation to the stress test. Players who were selected to take part in that should receive a separate email--if they haven't gotten one already--and the Patch 8 stress test will go on as scheduled later this week.

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The Xbox Series S has faced its share of criticism, but Microsoft isn't pivoting away from the console. In fact, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer believes the Series S is part of what helps differentiate Microsoft in the market. The apparent clause at Microsoft that mandates developers support both Series X and Series S for games coming to the platform is not going to change, he said.

Speaking to Destin Legarie, Spencer said Microsoft has a "real advantage" right now thanks to the Series S because some of the most popular new platforms, including Steam Deck and ROG Ally, are more in line with the power and performance specs of the Series S.

"When we look at something like a Steam Deck or a ROG Ally, we've got this Xbox Series S version of the game that's more tailored to the device specs of a lot of devices that are getting introduced right now. I think that helps us," he said, going on to specifically mention the Nintendo Switch 2 as well.

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A new Stalker 2 update is out now, and according to the patch notes, it prevents prevents game crashes, shader compilation issues, and memory leaks. Developer GSC Game World claims the patch fixes the most critical problems based on player feedback.

In brief, the patch stops freezes and crashes related to shader compilation issues. It fixes a memory leak problem in the Rostok location, prevents save loss on Xbox, and corrects UI animations that caused other crashes. Additionally, saves with long playtimes will no longer have performance drops when players aim and fire weapons.

Hello, stalkers!
We are finally back with another update — patch 1.1.4 is already available for your PCs and consoles. We took time to evaluate the situation and prioritize our upcoming steps. This update is the first of the year, and we will be releasing another major update… pic.twitter.com/dtvo3ux3qJ

— S.T.A.L.K.E.R. OFFICIAL (@stalker_thegame) January 27, 2025

GSC Game World stated that the shader compilation crashes were the hardest problem to solve. It is encouraging players to reach out via its help page if they continue to run into shader compilation issues (or any other glitches). The developer also emphasized that another major update is on the way soon.

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WWE 2K25 is on the way, and tonight during WWE Raw on Netflix, the official cover star was revealed. If you've followed the teases, you may have already figured it out, but now it's official: Roman Reigns will be featured on the cover of WWE 2K25.

Reigns had one of the biggest years of his career in 2024. After 1,316 days as WWE Champion, he finally dropped the title to Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 40. For months, he was off-screen, as his cousin Solo Sikoa had disowned him post-defeat from their familial faction, The Bloodline, and claimed the role of leader for himself.

Roman Reigns is the cover athlete of WWE 2K25

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— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful (@seanrosssapp.bsky.social) January 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM

Reigns returned at SummerSlam to reclaim his spot as the "Tribal Chief" to a chorus of massive cheers from the crowd. Turning face but still keeping a harder edge to his character than Rhodes' purer Face That Runs The Place role, Reigns has re-emerged as the fan-favorite good guy the company once spent years failing to create.

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Nvidia remains one of the world's largest companies by market cap, but the chip-maker is having a tough day on the stock market today. The company's share price slid by nearly 17% today, wiping out more than $500 billion in market cap. Should this hold through the end of the trading day, it would be far and away the biggest single-day trading loss for a company in history. Nvidia's previous $279 billion one-day dip is the existing record-holder.

Why is Nvidia stock tanking? The stock price had been surging for the past two years as investors felt bullish on the company's fortunes due to excitement in the market about artificial intelligence. Nvidia sells the necessary GPUs to train large-language models and for general AI use, after all.

But at the end of last week, Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek launched a new model, R1, that the company claims is far cheaper than other models out there, including Open AI's o1. The fear from investors, it seems, is that AI companies may not actually require as much computing power as it was once believed. This, in turn, could have spooked investors and sent Nvidia's stock price down.

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Few things in life are more terrifying than hearing Moon Knight announce his ultimate attack in Marvel Rivals. Widely considered to have one of the best ultimate abilities in the game, Hand of Khonshu opens up a portal above opposing players and bombards them with area-of-effect attacks. This attack might have gotten even more powerful recently, as according to some testing done by the Marvel Rivals community, it's reportedly dealing double the damage it's supposed to.

Reddit user Sidewaysgts (via Kotaku) posted a video on the game's subreddit, showing off some of the absurd power of this ultimate in its current state. According to Netease, each talon summoned by the ultimate is supposed to do 75 points of damage, but Sidewaysgts showed off instances where training bots in the practice level were being hit with 150 points of damage instead. This seems to happen less often to bots who are further outside the field of influence, but if you're wondering why your Hulk or Thor is being absolutely shredded by Moon Knight lately, this might be the reason why.

Moon knight ult is bugged. Does 2x damage
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It's not clear yet if this is a bug or intentional, but it does make Moon Knight one of the biggest threats in the Marvel Rivals metagame right now. Even without reportedly increased lethality, Hand of Khonshu is still the bane of many players as it'll continue to inflict damage even if Moon Knight is stunned or eliminated.

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Gears of War Judgment and Outriders developer People Can Fly has revealed that it is co-developing Gears of War: E-Day with Microsoft's studio The Coalition. People Can Fly previously led the development of the spin-off Gears of War Judgment back in 2013.

"Returning to collaborate on the next chapter of this legendary saga is both a privilege and an exciting opportunity to build upon the intense, visceral action and rich storytelling that fans have come to love," said People Can Fly CEO Sebastian Wojciechowski in a statement. "We are deeply grateful for our partners' trust and support on this journey."

Back in 2023, People Can Fly announced it was working on Project Maverick, which was at the time an unannounced AAA game with Microsoft. While unconfirmed, it's likely that Gears of War: E-Day is Project Maverick. People Can Fly also recently let go of 120 employees, as well as scaled down Project Bifrost and suspended Project Victoria.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 is breaking its Steam concurrent player record five years after its release on Valve's platform, all thanks to a huge Rockstar Games publisher sale that sees the western epic at its lowest price yet.

A number of Rockstar's games are currently steeply discounted on Steam, but it's the 70% off Red Dead Redemption 2 that is helping Rockstar's most recent title achieve its highest Steam concurrent player numbers ever. According to data from SteamDB, Red Dead Redemption 2's player numbers have been steadily climbing since the start of the sale on January 24, when the game became discounted to just $15. The game's concurrent players peaked at 86,717 on January 26, a bump of more than 10,000 players compared to the same time in 2023 and 2024.

It's an impressive resurgence for what is still one of the most critically-acclaimed games of all time. Red Dead Redemption 2 currently sports a 98 on review aggregator Metacritic, and in GameSpot's Red Dead Redemption 2 review, we called Rockstar's return to the Wild West "a thought-provoking" prequel with a rich, detailed world we didn't want to leave. We even awarded it as GameSpot's GameSpot's Game Of The Year 2018.

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There was a point in time when it would have been unthinkable for Xbox-exclusive titles like Halo or Gears of War to ever make the leap to PlayStation 5. But the recent cross-platform push by Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer may make those rumors into a reality. Now, Thomas Mahler--the creative director of Moon Studios and director of Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps--has endorsed Spencer's approach and suggested that it may be what's best for the video game industry.

In a lengthy post on X, Mahler argued that it no longer makes sense for Xbox and PlayStation consoles to compete when the hardware is so similar and the user base is "stuck attracting the same 100-150 [million] players for over two decades now." He argues that the key to growth is to make it easier for players to get their desired games regardless of which console they buy... with the exception of Nintendo, which doesn't have to play by anyone else's rules. Mahler added that "rooting for one huge corporation to sell more boxes over another strikes me as fantastically senseless... We should all just share in the love for games!"

For now, Spencer's platform agnostic position has not been adopted by Sony, but Mahler suggested that the PlayStation maker has already bent towards that reality by bringing its exclusive titles to PC, including the recently announced Rise of the Ronin port.

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A new trailer for the next EA Originals game, Split Fiction, has gone live and shows off more of the Hazelight-developed game in action. Narrated by game director Josef Fares, the gameplay trailer shows off two levels--one set in a sci-fi world, the other in a fantasy land--and how players will use unique co-op gameplay elements in each one to progress. For the sci-fi level, there are anti-gravity sections and bike chases to look forward to, while the fantasy level features shape-shifting gameplay mechanics.

The other big feature shown off in the Split Fiction video are Side Stories, optional one-off adventures that are hidden throughout the game's levels. Discovering one and exploring it will transport players to even more worlds influenced by sci-fi and fantasy fiction, with some of the levels including outer space, an Alice in Wonderland-themed world, and a stage that looks heavily influenced by the recent Dune movies.

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Sega recently filed trademarks for Skies of Arcadia and Eternal Arcadia, leaving fans hopeful that some sort of remaster or new entry in the Skies of Arcadia RPG series.

According to Gematsu, the two trademarks were filed on January 16 and made public on January 24. Skies of Arcadia, known as Eternal Arcadia in Japan, was a critically acclaimed RPG from Sega that launched in 2000 for the Dreamcast. It was later ported over to the Nintendo GameCube in 2002 as Skies of Arcadia Legends.

Skies of Arcadia follows Vyse, Aika, and Fina, who are part of a group of air pirates called the Blue Rogues as they resist against the tyrannical Valuan Empire. Additional ports of Skies of Arcadia have been highly requested by fans throughout the years, although Skies of Arcadia Legends has never been released outside of the GameCube.

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We have learned more gameplay details about an unannounced Warhammer RPG that Games Workshop and Nexon reportedly canceled prior to its reveal.

On January 18, a report from MP1st revealed that an unannounced Warhammer RPG had been canceled. MP1st reported that this Warhammer game was in the works at a new studio called Thought Pennies and spotted several LinkedIn resumes from developers suggesting that it was a third-person action-RPG with live-service multiplayer elements. A new report from Eurogamer today, January 27, revealed even more about this canceled title.

Namely, Eurogamer discovered that Thought Pennies was making a game based on the Warhammer Age of Sigmar tabletop RPG, the fantasy alternative to Warhammer 40,000, and that Nexon was involved in the project. In fact, Nexon and Games Workshop had teased this game in 2021, describing a "new Virtual World will feature a socially interactive player-versus-environment world supported by Nexon’s world-class Live Operations for sustaining the fun with new content and service" in a press release announcing their collaboration.

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Nearly two years after its initial release, Hogwarts Legacy is getting official mod tools on PC. Avalanche Software has announced that the proverbial door is being opened for Hogwarts Legacy modders on January 30, and the developer has already lined up some curated fan-made creations that will be available to play as soon as the feature launches.

In the video above, some of the new mods are showcased for character creations and outfits. Additionally, there are options to exchange your brooms for a vacuum cleaner, a phoenix, or even a dragon. It's also possible to create new dungeons or to embrace some small bits of silliness by swapping out Hogwarts' official portraits with your own pictures.

This might go a long way towards extending the appeal of Hogwarts Legacy, which has already sold more than 30 million copies globally. Warner Bros. Games is reportedly producing a Hogwarts Legacy Definitive Edition with additional story content, but that has yet to be officially announced. All we know for sure is that Warner Bros. is making a sequel a priority for the gaming division. But if you still need a PC copy of Hogwarts Legacy, it's currently on sale for $16.19 at Fanatical.

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