Nintendo Download: 6th November (North America)

I hope you’ve been sharing your Battlefield 6 clips to social media, because we’re only 8% of the way through the $1 trillion destruction challenge and the clock’s ticking

Both phases of the Battlefield 6 open beta have given us heaps of in-game challenges to complete to earn exclusive rewards once the game fully launches in October. However, there’s actually another event going on that no one seems to know about: Destruction Receipts. Given it’s not featured in the in-game menus, I’m not too…

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Most of Arc Raiders’ Mobility skills don’t work how you think they do, so I guess it’s time to start building your Expedition caravan to respec

Earning XP for simple upgrades is one of the coolest and most unique additions Arc Raiders brings to the extraction genre. I’ll admit, I’m surprised by how much a permanent upgrade feature feels at home in a space that’s usually all about temporary upgrades like new, stronger gear that you’ll inevitably lose. That said, it’s…

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“A Cornerstone Of Gaming History” – Microsoft, Xbox, & Activision Team Up To Make Original Zork Trilogy Open-Source

You are likely to be eaten by a grue. Infocom’s original Zork trilogy is now open-source under an MIT license, thanks to the combined efforts of Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Xbox, and Activision (h/t: The Verge). The three classic text adventures — which Microsoft OSPO director Stacey Haffner and the Microsoft vice president…

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This bundle of award-winning tabletop RPGs brings together superheroes, Lord of the Rings, Lovecraftian horror, Dragon Age, and more for just $25

When I make tabletop RPG bundle recommendations around here, normally you just have to trust my judgement (which is flawless, of course). But for Humble Bundle’s latest offering, you don’t have to take my word for it—every game in the deal is a former winner or nominee of the Ennie Tabletop RPG Awards. That does…

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The RTX 5090 might make triple-fan cards look light on cooling if these four-fan and five-fan versions from Gigabyte and MSI are anything to go by

Undoubtedly the biggest news from CES 2025, at least for us PC gamers, has been the Nvidia RTX 50-series graphics cards. There’s a big jump up from the RTX 5080 to the RTX 5090, though—a $999 to $1,999 kind of jump—and we’re now seeing that all that apparent top-end grunt is pushing some AIB manufacturers…

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