Indiana Jones and the Great Circle isn’t just good. It’s excellent. If you’re excited about playing the game on launch day (or beyond) and want to get the best deal possible, then look no further.
Guess who’s back.
After a quick look at the latest UK boxed software charts? Well, you’ve come to the right place.
With Black Friday sales fizzling out, things have mostly returned to normal this week. The big three of EA Sports FC 25, Hogwarts Legacy and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 assume their positions on the podium once again, leaving Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to lead the pack for Nintendo in fourth.
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be over, but there are still some seasonal sale surprises available for Xbox fans. Woot’s currently offering a phenomenal deal to first-time Woot customers on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate where you can get three months for just $28.99 with the code ‘GAMEPASS’. With this, you can jump into exciting new releases like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (which we gave a 9/10).
According to Woot, this deal only lasts for five more days or until its sold out, so act fast to sign up and save some cash. You can learn more about that deal, what’s coming soon to Game Pass, and the big releases still to come below.
Woot has come through once again with our favorite Xbox Game Pass Ultimate deal. For a limited time, first-time Woot customers can get three months of the service for just $28.99 by using the code ‘GAMEPASS’ at checkout. However, it’s worth noting it allows just one coupon per user. If you’re not a first-time Woot customer, you can still get the three months at a discounted price of $33.99.
Considering the new price of Game Pass Ultimate is $19.99/month, you’re saving $30.98 with this three-month deal. This is the best way to avoid the Xbox Game Pass price hike. By stacking these codes you can set yourself up for success to play all of Xbox’s upcoming releases at a lower price.
Game Pass has a nice rotation of new titles to play every month. If you’re curious about what’s in store for December, we’ve got you covered. The Xbox Game Pass December lineup is:
Unfortunately, for those subscribing to the new Standard tier (available for $14.99/month), this does not give Game Pass users access to day one releases. This means big new releases on the platform like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will not be available on that tier.
Unfortunately with new games joining the catalog it means a few must take their leave. Below, we’ve listed the games that’ll be leaving Xbox Game Pass in December.
Xbox’s Summer Showcase back in June was a massive success, showcasing an incredible amount of new titles coming to the platform. Alongside Black Ops 6, the showcase also included Doom: The Dark Ages, Perfect Dark, Fable, Gears of War: E-Day, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and so many more. But which of these titles will appear as day-one releases on Game Pass? Thankfully, quite a few! Including all of the previously mentioned titles.
The latest big release this month is Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which we gave a 9/10 in our review. IGN’s Luke Reilly said, “With a host of gorgeous and lavishly detailed levels, satisfying combat hinged on jawbreaking haymakers, and a focus on slow-paced exploration, platforming, and puzzle solving (interspersed with a handful of high-voltage action scenes), The Great Circle is an irresistible and immersive global treasure hunt for Indy fans who’ve felt underserved by the likes of The Dial of Destiny and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.”
If you’re looking for even more savings on all things Xbox, have a look at our roundup of the best Xbox deals. There, we’ve highlighted all of the latest and greatest discounts on the platform, from incredible game deals to fantastic offers on high-quality headphones. Or, if you’d rather see what’s going on with other platforms, check out our roundups of the best PlayStation deals, the best Nintendo Switch deals, and our overall roundup of the best video game deals.
Hannah Hoolihan is a freelance writer who works with the Guides and Commerce teams here at IGN.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be behind us, but some retailers have a few deals left up their sleeves before the holidays. Amazon, in particular, has a great offer right now. If Helldivers 2 was on your radar during the sale event, the PS5 version is currently down to just $24.99 for Prime Members.
That’s $5 lower than the $29.99 price it dropped to during Black Friday, and $15 off its original price. With a deal like that, there’s no better time to join the fight for Super Earth. For Democracy!
Our Helldivers 2 review had high praise for this game as well, if you need a little extra convincing before picking it up. Writer Will Borger said, “Helldivers 2 is the rare modern multiplayer game that does almost everything right. It gives you a ton of freedom, feels fantastic to play, and has a smart progression system that doesn’t nickel and dime you or rely too much on a paid battle pass.”
We also consider Helldivers 2 to be one of the best video games of 2024, but that’s not the only list its popped up on this year. Helldivers 2 even made our list of the 100 best PlayStation games of all time, which is a victory worth celebrating.
Looking for even more PlayStation game deals? There are quite a few available right now alongside Helldivers 2 that you can see in our roundup of the best PlayStation deals.
Some of our favorites include God of War III Remastered, NBA 2K25, Sonic X Shadow Generations, Resident Evil 4, and plenty more. There are also some really great discounts on DualSense controllers right now that are worth taking advantage of (and you’ll need a quality one to save the galaxy), including the shiny new Chroma Pearl DualSense controller.
Hannah Hoolihan is a freelance writer who works with the Guides and Commerce teams here at IGN.
Fancy taking the piss out of video games? Here you go, a fun little tool you can run in your browser easily lets you rewrite famous game quotes. The Death Generator offers a gallery full of (mostly) retro games and a simple text box that will replicate the exact font used by those games, all so you can make the little shopkeeper in Zelda say rude words, or entirely rewrite the pre-mission dossiers of Goldeneye 007. There’s a lot more than that though. I’ve done a bunch, come see what I mean and have a go yourself.
Path of Exile 2 developer Grinding Gear Games has already identified a number of skills it plans to nerf following the action RPG’s explosive Early Access launch.
Just a day after Path of Exile 2 launched to huge concurrent player numbers on Steam, GGG tweeted to say it had “finally hit that point where a skill with unacceptable balance has been discovered.” The skill in question is Supercharged Slam, which GGG said is dealing “far too much damage than was intended given the short channel window required to hit maximum stages.”
The developer reduced its damage via a hotfix soon after issuing the tweet. “As much as we are trying to avoid nerfing skills and builds, it is better to do this early before it feels obligatory to use the skill,” GGG explained. “It is important that a wide variety of skills feel viable and fun to play and it simply diminishes all other abilities when one is clearly outshining the others like this.” Another nerf is set for Supercharged Slam to adjust how long it takes to build up charges, “as it is far too quick at the moment.”
Then, on December 8, GGG said it had found another skill in an “unacceptable” balance state: Magnetic Salvo. Path of Exile 2’s next hotfix reduces its damage. “Note that this isn’t the only skill on our radar right now but we’re really just trying to address egregious cases at the moment,” GGG said.
“We’re currently playing alongside you all and are also collating a lot of your feedback that we’ll be addressing as much as possible in the upcoming week once the team is back in the office before the holidays.”
And then, on December 9, GGG said it’s “a bit too easy” to detonate Gas Cloud explosions when combined with persistent Ignite skills like Flame Wall. Yet another upcoming hotfix will nerf explosion damage of both Gas Grenade and Gas Arrow.
“In the future, we want to update it such that the potency of the Ignite or Detonator contributes to determining the damage of the Gas Cloud explosions, that way we would be able to avoid balancing around the simplest and most efficient way to apply Ignites,” GGG explained.
Path of Exile 2 is GGG’s action role-playing sequel set years after the original game. Players return to the world of Wraeclast and seek to end a spreading corruption, with six character classes, each with two Ascendancy Classes, available to play at the launch of Early Access. There’s co-op for up to six players, but you can play solo.
It launched across PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S on December 6 and immediately ran into server issues that prevented players from logging in. GGG had warned players that Path of Exile 2 might struggle with the influx of players at launch, and so it proved. But over the course of Friday and into the weekend, the New Zealand developer began to get on top of the problems, and its concurrent player count on Steam shot up.
Here’s which class to pick in PoE 2 Early Access, plus an early Mercenary build guide and Sorceress build guide to help you get started. Beyond that, if you’re wondering how to get more Spirit, how to trade, and how to ascend, we’ve got you covered.
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
It’s true!
Off the back of last year’s exquisite Dodonpachi DaiOuJou Blissful Death Re:Incarnation, publisher Live Wire has announced that it’s bringing DoDonPachi True Death to Switch in Japan on 19th December.
True Death (or ‘DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou’, in Japan) is the sixth entry in Cave’s vertical-scrolling shoot ’em up series, initially launching in arcades in 2012 before coming to Xbox a year later.
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It’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, PS VR, and free-to-play games topped the download charts last month. November’s PS5 list saw spooky newcomer Phasmophobia rise from the dead, landing in the top five of the US and EU charts. Metro Awakening claimed the top spot on November’s PS VR2 list in the US and EU.
Check out the full listings below. What titles are you playing this month?
| US/Canada | EU |
|---|---|
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 |
| Phasmophobia | EA SPORTS FC 25 |
| NBA 2K25 | Farming Simulator 25 |
| EA SPORTS FC 25 | Phasmophobia |
| EA SPORTS Madden NFL 25 | Grand Theft Auto V |
| Grand Theft Auto V | Hogwarts Legacy |
| Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Minecraft |
| EA SPORTS College Football 25 | NBA 2K25 |
| Farming Simulator 25 | Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 |
| Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 | UFC 5 |
| DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO | Cyberpunk 2077 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | Dragon Age: The Veilguard |
| Minecraft | Palworld |
| Mortal Kombat 1 | God of War Ragnarök |
| Undisputed | ASTRO BOT |
| ASTRO BOT | Planet Coaster 2 |
| Palworld | Baldur’s Gate 3 |
| UFC 5 | DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | The Crew Motorfest |
| God of War Ragnarök | Resident Evil 4 |
*Naming of products may differ between regions
*Upgrades not included
| US/Canada | EU |
|---|---|
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | EA SPORTS FC 25 |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 |
| Need for Speed Heat | Need for Speed Heat |
| Batman: Arkham Knight | Red Dead Redemption 2 |
| Gang Beasts | Battlefield 1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | Need for Speed Payback |
| EA SPORTS FC 25 | The Forest |
| Need for Speed Payback | Battlefield V |
| The Forest | Grand Theft Auto V |
| Battlefield 1 | Gang Beasts |
| EA SPORTS Madden NFL 25 | Mortal Kombat X |
| Minecraft | Batman: Arkham Knight |
| theHunter: Call of the Wild | Minecraft |
| Mortal Kombat X | Hogwarts Legacy |
| Battlefield V | Kingdom Come: Deliverance |
| NBA 2K25 | A Way Out |
| Hogwarts Legacy | Rayman Legends |
| STAR WARS Battlefront II | Unravel Two |
| Chained Climb Together | Chained Climb Together |
| BODYCAMERA SHOOTER | Mafia: Trilogy |
*Naming of products may differ between regions
| US/Canada | EU |
|---|---|
| Metro Awakening | Metro Awakening |
| Beat Saber | Beat Saber |
| Arizona Sunshine Remake | Arizona Sunshine Remake |
| Arizona Sunshine 2 | Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge – Enhanced Edition |
| Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge – Enhanced Edition | Arizona Sunshine 2 |
| Pavlov | Pavlov |
| Into the Radius | Horizon Call of the Mountain |
| Red Matter 2 | Red Matter 2 |
| Among Us VR | Crossfire: Sierra Squad |
| Crossfire: Sierra Squad | Creed: Rise to Glory – Championship Edition |
*PS Store purchases only. Game upgrades or games bundled with hardware not included
| US/Canada | EU |
|---|---|
| ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission | Batman: Arkham VR |
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR |
| Batman: Arkham VR | ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission |
| Borderlands 2 VR | Job Simulator |
| Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul | DOOM 3: VR Edition |
| SUPERHOT VR | Lethal VR |
| Beat Saber | Beat Saber |
| Job Simulator | DOOM VFR |
| DOOM 3: VR Edition | Borderlands 2 VR |
| Surgeon Simulator: Experience Reality | SUPERHOT VR |
| US/Canada | EU |
|---|---|
| Fortnite | Fortnite |
| Call of Duty: Warzone | Call of Duty: Warzone |
| Roblox | Roblox |
| Rocket League | Rocket League |
| Asphalt Legends Unite | Asphalt Legends Unite |
| Fall Guys | eFootball |
| Apex Legends | Fall Guys |
| VALORANT | VALORANT |
| eFootball | The Sims 4 |
| The Sims 4 | Stumble Guys |
Red Dead Redemption actor Rob Wiethoff, who plays the iconic John Marston in both the original game and Red Dead Redemption 2, has started an OnlyFans page.
While the website is predominantly associated with adult content, Wiethoff’s OnlyFans page, spotted by ComicBook, will instead chronicle his journey getting in shape.
“This page is not like other OnlyFans pages,” Wiethoff said in an Instagram comment. “If you follow, you’re going to watch an old guy work out. That’s all it is. My plan is to get ripped, though. You can do it with me if you want.”
He warned he’s by no means an expert, however. “I am not certified or even trained in any kind of physical training nor am I an educated or certified dietician,” Wiethoff said on his OnlyFans page. “If you decide to do what I do and eat what I eat, that’s up to you. I’m certainly not asking for you to do either of those things or even suggesting that you do. This is for fun. I hope we all enjoy it.”
His first post on OnlyFans asked fans if they’re ready for it, and if he’s ready for it. Wiethoff’s second and latest post chronicles his water drinking philosophy for the day while explaining his eating habits.
The actor plays one of the most iconic roles in video games as the protagonist of Red Dead Redemption and a main character of its sequel, both of which have gone down among the greatest games of all time.
In our 10/10 review of the second, IGN said: “Red Dead Redemption 2 is a game of rare quality; a meticulously polished open-world ode to the outlaw era.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.
Infinity Nikki, the open-world dress up role-playing game from former The Legend of Zelda director Kentaro Tominaga, has already crossed 10 million downloads, and developer Infold Games is celebrating with in-game rewards.
An X/Twitter post revealed the impressive milestone was reached just four days after Infinity Nikki’s December 5 launch, and players can now access 10 free draws as a thanks for their support.
“Infinity Nikki has reached over 10 million downloads worldwide,” Infold Games said. “On this whimsical journey, take each step with confidence and embrace the brilliance of every moment. Let’s set forth toward a bright and sparkling future.”
Players can access the rewards by opening their mailbox before January 1, where they’ll find a special bonus of 10 Resonite Crystals which can be used to unlock as many draws. Players have access to the mailbox once they have joined the Florawish Stylist’s Guild and received a Pear-Pal.
Infinity Nikki is described as “a grand adventure in the glamourous dress-up adventure game series,” where, “for the first time ever, Miraland is now an explorable open world. Nikki and Momo will set off on another marvelous journey, exploring the world, discovering amazing landscapes, and collecting outfits.”
It has enjoyed a very successful launch so far, as beyond a brief website hack which stopped players downloading the game, no technical difficulties or other issues have arisen. This has obviously converted well for Infold Games with the 10 million downloads.
In our 9/10 review, IGN said: “Infinity Nikki has deep open world exploration, a quirky story, and some of the most beautiful in-game outfits you’ll ever see – you just have to be ready to navigate a maze of menus to get them.”
For curious stylists and outfit collectors, we’ve got a guide to all Outfits in Infinity Nikki, plus all Ability Outfits, to help you avoid a fashion faux pas. As you explore Miraland and search for collectibles, keep an eye out for all the Whimstar locations, and make sure to check in with our Infinity Nikki daily tasks guide. Plus, there are plenty of Infinity Nikki launch rewards to claim, including some very generous promo codes you won’t want to miss.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.
