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Even more Expedition 33.

Hot off its Game of the Year award, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is getting a “Thank You” update that’s rolling out now. It has a new playable area accessible from Act III, a photo mode, AMD FSR 4 support, Steam Deck and Xbox Ally certification, and a lot more.

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Ash Parrish
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Entertainment
Andrew Webster
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Tina Nguyen and Richard Lawler
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Ash Parrish
Catfish and Crouton are goin’ on the road.

Ahead of The Game Awards, Compulsion Games has announced that South of Midnight is going multi-platform. The southern gothic action-adventure game, first released on Xbox earlier this year, is coming to PlayStation and Nintendo Switch 2 in spring 2026. Come for the incredibly cool southern folklore inspired narrative, but stay for your adorable companion Crouton and the yarn-spinnin’ Catfish.

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Andrew Webster
It’s almost that time.

The shine may be wearing off The Game Awards, but the show is still often worth a watch if you like catching the latest game reveals. This year’s edition kicks off at 8PM ET, with a pre-show airing 30 minutes before that.

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Nilay Patel
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Tech
John Higgins and Chris Welch
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Hayden Field
Sam Altman’s World (formerly Worldcoin) unveiled a new “super app.”

The company behind World, Tools for Humanity, said the new “World App” combines encrypted messaging via its in-app World Chat and the ability to “send or request digital assets directly within chats, across borders and without fees,” along with the human authentication features World was built on. We’ll see how this goes.

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Allison Johnson
RAM is ruining everything

Price hikes related to the memory shortage aren’t just coming for PC gamers; smartphones, laptops, and storage drives could soon get increases, too.

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Andrew Liszewski
Xbox Pip-Boy controllers debut ahead of season two of Amazon’s Fallout series.

Following a Fallout-themed Xbox controller released last year featuring Vault Boy, Microsoft has announced a new version inspired by Pip-Boy. The standard controller is available now for $82.97, but both it and the Elite controller can be further customized through the Xbox Design Lab. Season two of Amazon’s Fallout series debuts on December 17th.

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Two versions of the Fallout Pip-Boy-themed Xbox controller.
Both the standard and Elite versions of the Xbox wireless controller are available with Pip-Boy theming that can be further customized through the Xbox Design Lab.
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Deus Ex Remastered has been delayed indefinitely.

Following the poor reception to the game’s recent announcement trailer, Aspyr is no longer planning to launch the game on February 5th, 2026. Aspyr hasn’t provided a new release date, and given that the company is fully refunding preorders, the game probably won’t come out anytime soon.

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Sheena Vasani and Brandon Russell
A first look at Google’s Project Aura glasses built with Xreal

It’s kinda like a pair of chunky sunglasses that runs Android apps.

Victoria Song
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Mamoru Hosoda explains why Hamlet is everywhere this year

The director behind Belle and Summer Wars on why his fantasy epic Scarlet is so timely.

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