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Geoff Keighley Reportedly Teasing a Diablo 4 Expansion for The Game Awards 2025

Geoff Keighley has kicked off his annual The Game Awards tease with social media posts that reportedly relate to a Diablo 4 expansion.

Host Keighley took to social media to show a picture of a monolith located in the Mojave Desert alongside location details.

The caption of the tweet leads to the monolith above, alongside its real-world location in the Mojave Desert. As you’d expect, people tracked it down and uploaded footage to social media.

Overnight, the monolith lit up, giving off hellish Diablo vibes.

Amid all that, Windows Central reporter Jez Corden took to social media to say the tease related to an expansion for Blizzard’s action role-playing game, Diablo 4. Blizzard had said Diablo 4 was set to get an expansion in 2026 (alongside a new ranking system and leaderboards), so an appearance at The Game Awards later this month would make sense.

There’s no detail yet on what this expansion will contain, although earlier this year Diablo 4 fans suggested Blizzard had leaked the Paladin class, perhaps the most-requested by fans since Diablo 4’s June 2023 release. The Paladin is one of the most popular classes from Diablo 2, so its arrival in Diablo 4, should it happen, would be celebrated by the game’s community. The game’s first expansion, Vessel of Hatred, added the Spiritborn class.

Corden’s “more” could relate to a Nintendo Switch 2 version of Diablo 4 — a shadowdrop perhaps? Or it could be to do with something else entirely.

With The Game Awards less than two weeks away, we’re starting to get an idea of what to expect. CD Projekt has ruled out more of The Witcher 4, but we do know that Exodus, the new sci-fi RPG in development at Archetype Entertainment, a studio founded by former BioWare developers James Ohlen, Chad Robertson, and Drew Karpyshyn, and published by Wizards of the Coast, will get a new trailer at the show.

The Game Awards is set for December 11, 2025. Check out all the nominations for The Game Awards 2025.

Cyber Monday is your last chance to secure the best offers of the year before the holidays. If you’re on the hunt for some last minute deals, we’re actively rounding up the strongest Cyber Monday discounts, and you can all our top picks and price drops in IGN’s comprehensive Cyber Monday hub.

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

The snazzy and sumptuous RPS Advent Calendar 2025

Dastardly December has done it again. Here I was having a nice time with November, joking about the time February tried to explain leap years to August, and the wintry month snuck up in my blindspot. Now December’s in the house, kicking back on the sofa with its feet up on the table. At least it’s brought a gift: the RPS Advent Calendar 2025, the list of our favourite games of the year.

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Elden Ring Is Oly $15 for Cyber Monday, and Nightreign Still Has A Big Discount Too

FromSoftware just doesn’t miss, eh? It’s hard to believe that it’s been over three years since Elden Ring landed on consoles and PC, and it somehow lived up to all of the expectations fans had placed on it.

A game we awarded a 10 out of 10 review score to, the joy of Elden Ring’s age now is that discounts are more plentiful, and the epic action RPG is now at its lowest price of $15 in Walmart’s Cyber Monday sale – and it’s not alone.

Elden Ring And Nightreign Score Big Cyber Monday Discounts

Whether you’re on PlayStation or Xbox, you can pick up the open-world fantasy epic for $19.99 – a 60% drop from the MSRP.

Given that it’s IGN’s Game of the Year 2022, it’s a must-play, especially for under twenty bucks.

“Elden Ring is a massive iteration on what FromSoftware began with the Souls series, bringing its relentlessly challenging combat to an incredible open world that gives us the freedom to choose our own path,” Mitchell Saltzman said in his review, and we stand by it.

It’s worth noting that this version doesn’t include the huge expansion Shadow of the Erdtree, which is large enough to be its own game – and even more challenging. We awarded it a 10 out of 10 score in our review, too. Unfortunately, the Shadow of the Erdtree version of Elden Ring is no longer discounted anywhere..

If you’re looking for something to play with friends, then Nightreign is well worth checking out. It condenses Elden Ring’s combat into a three-player hybrid between roguelite and battle royale as you’re pushed ever closer to challenging bosses.

It’s getting a 36% discount, bringing it down to just $34.99 on PS5 and Xbox.

Mitchell gave Nightreign a 7 out of 10 in his review, saying, “When Elden Ring Nightreign is played exactly as it was designed to be played, it’s one of the finest examples of a three-player co-op game around – but that’s harder to do than it should be, and playing solo is poorly balanced.”

Subsequent patches have smoothed out those jagged edges, but it’s still best played with a couple of buds.

Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer in tech, gaming and fitness seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and many more. He’s a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife’s dismay.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Deal Is Still Live at Walmart, but Only for Pickup

It’s time to draw the curtains, as the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door deal from Black Friday has gone out of stock pretty much everywhere! If you missed your chance to grab this deal, Walmart might still have some copies in stock at your local store, but pickings are slim This turn-based Mario adventure is a must-own for any Nintendo Switch player, and this discount was the best price we’ve ever seen on it.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for $30

Paper-Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is one of the most beloved Mario games of all time. The Nintendo Switch remake introduced several new features and quality-of-life updates, including the Partner Ring, which lets you quickly flip between partners, and new badges to unlock. Additionally, you can explore concept art and listen to the soundtrack in the Art and Sound Galleries, which can be filled out by obtaining Star Pieces. Beyond this, much work was put into the visual department, with updated sprites, enhanced graphics, and new lighting added to create a more premium experience.

Of course, the star of the show is the turn-based combat that Paper Mario is known for. Battles take place on a stage with toads in the audience, who actually can help change the course of battle by refilling the SP gauge. Each turn, you’ll have the chance to choose your attack, whether that be a jump, hammer, or special move. The Thousand-Year Door is a game of strategy, which is a huge shake-up to the traditional Mario formula found in the 3D platformers.

For more Cyber Monday deals, be sure to check out the Nintendo sale to save on even more Nintendo Switch games.

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Noah Hunter is a freelance writer and reviewer with a passion for games and technology. He co-founded Final Weapon, an outlet focused on nonsense-free Japanese gaming (in 2019) and has contributed to various publishers writing about the medium.

Amazon is Stocked With Phantasmal Flames Pokémon Cards This Black Friday Weekend

With the Black Friday and Cyber Weekend season in full swing, Pokémon TCG players will be happy to know that not only are Phantasmal Flames boosters and ETBs in stock and ready to buy at Amazon & TCGPlayer, but they can also get some sweet deals, too, depending on which you buy.

The best storefront to go for each Phantasmal Flames product depends on the various listings available, but TCGPlayer offers a compelling added incentive by offering 10% cashback on all purchases as in-store credit (available until 1 December at 11PM ET). If you plan on buying any of the most valuable Pokémon cards in Phantasmal Flames, this is a very good way to take a bit of the sting out of your wallet.

This pairs greatly with the Phantasmal Flames Elite Trainer Box on TCGPlayer, as the card-selling marketplace has listings for unopened boxes from around $87 right now. Amazon’s Phantasmal Flames ETBs are available from $94.99, thanks to some new price cuts from various sellers — making these a good back-up option if TCGPlayer’s run out.

The same goes for the Mega Charizard X ex Ultra Premium Collection; TCGPlayer is currently listing these for as low as $175.99 at the time of writing, while Amazon has a steeper price point of $189.99. For those who don’t know, this collection is like an Elite Trainer Box, but on a more premium level, as the name implies.

These come with foil Mega Charizard X ex & Oricorio ex promo cards, a Charizard playmat, deck box, metal coin, damage counter dice, a Pokemon TCG Live code, and 18 booster packs from various sets (Phantasmal Flames, Mega Evolution, Destined Rivals, Journey Together, and Prismatic Evolutions).

Amazon does have a decent offer on Phantasmal Flames Booster Display Boxes, now priced at $254.99 for 36 packs at 15% off from $299. This Cyber Weekend / Black Friday deal works out at $7.08 per Phantasmal Flames booster pack — compared to the $7.90 minimum for individual boosters at TCGplayer, and the very high $15.99 price per booster at Amazon.

If it’s only a half-dozen packs or so you’re after, TCGPlayer is still the best place for buying Phantasmal Flames Booster Bundles (six packs) for listings sitting at around $48, while Amazon’s are going for $61.50 at the lowest.

The same goes for the Phantasmal Flames Build & Battle Box, currently being sold for just under $50 at TCGPlayer. Thanks to a Black Friday price cut, the difference isn’t too big, with Amazon’s available for $52.99 after having 29% taken off from its $74.94 listing price.

Ben Williams – IGN freelance contributor with over 10 years of experience covering gaming, tech, film, TV, and anime. Follow him on Twitter/X @BenLevelTen.

Poll: Box Art Brawl – Bionic Commando (NES)

Bionic calls.

Get your spiciest takes at the ready, because it’s time to dive into another edition of Box Art Brawl!

It was a special edition affair last time, as we celebrated the 35th anniversary of the SNES by matching up three boxes for the SNES Mini. There was one clear winner in our eyes, and you lovely lot agreed with us! The simplistic Japanese design comfortably walked away with the win, taking 48% of the vote and leaving Europe and North America with the remaining 26% and 25%, respectively.

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Nintendo’s Switch App For Mobile Has Been Updated, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Includes some small but handy updates.

In case you missed it, this week Nintendo released a new update for its Switch mobile app, bumping it up to Version 3.2.0.

This latest update features some notable changes, including notifications displaying what software friends are playing, and the ability to send friend requests to players you’ve spoken to in GameChat sessions.

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More Switch Games Receive Compatibility Updates For Switch 2

Following a system update earlier this week.

Nintendo released a new firmware update for the Switch 2 earlier this week, and it’s now followed this up with more compatibility fixes for select Switch titles.

Apart from the update for NieR:Automata The End of YoRHa Edition, several other titles have reportedly received compatibility fixes. Here’s the rundown via Nintendo Everything:

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