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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Suffers ‘Terrible’ Launch in Europe, With 63% Fewer Copies Sold Than Battlefield 6 — but There’s Important Context to Consider

The performance of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is starting to come into focus, with sales data suggesting it’s struggling not just against rival shooter Battlefield 6, but also last year’s Black Ops 6.The Game Business reported that Black Ops 7’s European launch saw opening week sales down 63% ...
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Valve confirm the Steam Machine will be priced like a PC with similar specs, rather than a console

Right, time for some box news. The Steam Machine. Valve have confirmed, or reaffirmed, that its yet-to-be-revealed price will be in line with a regular PC built to similar specs, rather than subsidised in order to try and compete with consoles. Read more ...
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Ongoing MicroSD Shortages Could Have A Knock-On Effect For Switch 2 Storage Availability

Maybe it's time to ask Santa for MicroSD Express cards.Storage-hungry consumers in Japan have been jumping on available stocks of super-fast MicroSD cards as an ongoing memory shortage continues across the computer industry, with no signs of getting better in the immediate future.As reported by Tom's Hardware, a spiralling issue ...
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PlayStation Just Added a Load More PS5 Games to Its Incredible 2025 Black Friday Sale

PlayStation's 2025 Black Friday sale is well underway, running right through to December 1, and a fresh wave of newly added games has just dropped into the mix. A stack of strong PS5 titles are already discounted across every major retailer, including standouts like Astro Bot at $39.99, Battlefield 6 ...
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The Crew Unlimited devs have prevented the Ubisoft racer’s “3rd imminent death”, this time via a “Y29K” bug

Ubisoft racer The Crew has avoided yet another shutdown after being ressurected in server-emulated form by fans earlier this year. According to the modders behind its revival project, The Crew Unlimited, a bug would have seen the game stop working once 2029 rolled around. Thankfully, they say a solution's been ...
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Udo Kier, the German Actor Who Played Yuri in Command and Conquer: Red Alert and Was Set to Star in OD, Dies Aged 81 — Hideo Kojima Says ‘There Will Never Be Another Like Him’

Udo Kier, the German actor who starred in over 200 films, has died aged 81.Kier, who appeared in 275 roles including in My Own Private Idaho, Blade, Armageddon, and Dogville, as well as Madonna music videos and video games, died on Sunday morning, his partner Delbert McBride confirmed to Variety ...
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This week in PC games: warriors, painters, roguelikes, sailors, shotguns, subs and metroidvanias

November is... merry! As the great grim centipede of people and property that is Videogaming continues its progress of the midnight wood, a dozen auteur designers from theatre backgrounds don coxcomb hats and sequined codpieces. They climb onto carts and stage a chariot race, beating each other with bladders decorated ...
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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Demo Now Available At Switch 2 Kiosks (US)

Samus returns this December.Nintendo has been promoting the Switch 2 in stores with kiosks, where you can go and play the latest and upcoming titles.We've already seen games such as Donkey Kong Bananza added to these store units, and now, in a very exciting update, it seems Metroid Prime 4: ...
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Save Over 20% On Black Myth Wukong at Amazon For Black Friday

Black Myth Wukong has been a conversation-starter since its earliest gameplay footage was shown, and the mythology-inspired action-RPG has kept a pretty high price since it debuted.Now, thanks to PlayStation Black Friday sales, it’s dropped to its lowest price at Amazon with a 22% discount from the MSRP, bringing the ...
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Horizon: Forbidden West Is Down To Its Lowest Ever Price At Amazon Ahead Of Black Friday

Horizon has become an enduring franchise for PlayStation since its debut in 2017, and while there are only two mainline games, the series’ presence can be felt in everything from a LEGO spinoff to toys and a PlayStation VR 2 game.If you’re yet to get acquainted with hero Aloy, then ...
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