Marvel Comics has finally wrapped up One World Under Doom, its major crossover event series for 2025. This series has seen Doctor Doom, now wielding the power of the Sorcerer Supreme, proclaim himself emperor of the entire world. And much to the chagrin of the Avengers and Fantastic Four, it turns out a whole lot of people are perfectly happy living under Doom's iron-fisted rule.

But how does this epic crossover end? Is Doom victorious, or have Earth's Mightiest Heroes finally found a way to topple their new emperor? Who lives, and who dies? And who holds the mantle of the Sorcerer Supreme now? Let's break down everything you need to know about One World Under Doom's final chapter.

Warning: Full spoilers ahead for One World Under Doom #9!

One World Under Doom's Major Death

The entire series has seen Earth's heroes wage a losing battle against Emperor Doom as they face a new world order where superheroes are no longer really necessary. Doom may be an all-powerful fascist, but he's also ended crime and poverty, erased political borders, and ushered in universal health care. A lot of people are perfectly happy making that tradeoff, even after the discovery that Doom has enslaved the people of Latveria to make his new utopia possible.

In order to cement his rule, Doom launched one final attack in issue #8 - a spell designed to turn his rise to power into a fixed moment in time that can't be undone. Unfortunately, that attack resulted in one major piece of collateral damage. His goddaughter Valeria was killed.

Gearbox has released a significant patch for Borderlands 4 that makes some quality-of-life improvements such as smarter loot drops and a new Legendary Loot Indicator for your radar. These arrive alongside visual polish and stability updates for a “smoother” experience on Kairos, Gearbox said.

Digging into the detail, Class Mods have been adjusted to drop more for your current character, which is a welcome change for those on the hunt for ever-improving builds. The loot feed is now updated to display total current currency after spending or receiving money, and the likelihood of unintended movements or knockbacks while reviving a teammate is reduced. And it's worth noting that the patch adds a new Legendary Loot Indicator to the combat radar for easier identification of high-rarity drops. given how busy with loot Borderlands 4 can get, this is also welcome.

In the patch notes, below, Gearbox said it was wrapping up work on Photo Mode, while other updates like support for multiple active Big Encore Machines and more options for scaling difficulty are coming.

Further into the future, Gearbox said it’s looking at ways to improve shared character progression, add additional endgame-focused activities (Takedown), launch cross-save support, and more. Major Updates, which deliver larger-scale changes, are planned to deploy about a month apart.

Today’s update launches alongside Bounty Pack 1: How Rush Saved Mercenary Day, which is now free for all players. How Rush Saved Mercenary Day is the first of five post-launch DLC Bounty Packs coming to Borderlands 4. While How Rush Saved Mercenary Day is free for all players, Bounty Packs 2, 3, 4, and 5 are included with Borderlands 4 Deluxe Edition, Borderlands 4 Super Deluxe Edition, the Borderlands 4 Bounty Pack Bundle, and will be available for separate purchase.

Borderlands 4 November 20 Major Update Patch Notes:

Bounty Pack 1: How Rush Saved Mercenary Day

We're stoked for you to team up with Rush and teach Minister Screw the true meaning of Mercenary Day! This being a holiday-themed Bounty Pack, we knew we had to deliver it to you by the end of the year. However, the team realized that there was more mayhem than time when it came to getting as much into Bounty Pack 1 as originally planned while never slowing down in their mission to improve the Borderlands 4 player experience.

So in the spirit of the season, we're giving a gift to all Borderlands 4 players by making Bounty Pack 1 free! Thank you for all the passion and support you've given us as a community. We're hard at work making sure future Bounty Packs are more fully loaded with the compelling content players have been asking for. In addition, we're now adding a new Bounty Pack 5 (more on that in a bit); there's a lot of amazing stuff coming to Borderlands 4, so stay tuned!

• Added support for How Rush Saved Mercenary Day content! Jump into this free content today by finding and interacting with the gift-wrapped present (marked on your map as a new mission) in any major hub, which will initiate the mission to assist Rush!
• Added support for the Bounty Pack 1 Vault Card! Playing Borderlands 4 with a Vault Card active gives you more loot and XP via Daily and Weekly challenges, and it can be leveled up at your own pace (no time limits or expiring rewards here). You can activate it via the Vault Card screen in your ECHO menu. Vault Card progression works just like leveling up: it's all driven by how much XP you're gaining. By exploring Kairos, killing enemies, and completing quests, you'll fill up your Vault Card progression in addition to your regular XP!
  • This includes 4 new pieces of rerollable gear and 24 new cosmetics to earn!

Notable Changes

We wanted to pull these out specifically as they have been heavily mentioned in the community.

• Updated the Weekly Wildcard Missions to set additional start points in missions
• Dev Note: This feature will allow future Weekly Wildcard Missions to jump straight to the meat of a mission.
• Class Mods have been adjusted to drop more for your current character
• Converted the Phosphene weapon challenge from character-based to profile-wide progression
  • Dev Note: This long-term grind is aimed at our most dedicated community members who invest the most time in the game. Still, we agree that completing this collection is more a reflection of your dedication to the game and not to a specific Vault Hunter. This is the first example of allowing more progression to be shared between all characters on your account.
• Updated the loot feed to display total current currency after spending or receiving money
• Reduced the likelihood of unintended movements or knockbacks while reviving a teammate
  • Dev Note: When reviving another player, the reviving player is temporarily given more mass, making enemy attacks less likely to bounce you away from your partner.
• Added a new Legendary Loot Indicator to the combat radar for easier identification of high-rarity drops

Gameplay & Mission Progression

• Addressed an issue that could cause the loss of SDU Tokens or Specialization points; this also returns missing tokens and points to those impacted
• Resolved an interaction where players could not repurchase a boss encounter after all party members were defeated and respawned in multiplayer
• Slide-attacking lootable objects will now open or break them consistently
• Resolved progression blockers for more intuitive gameplay during Faction Survivalist, Wayward Gun, Another Day, Another Universe, the Badass Phalanx bounty, and the Black Market Tutorial
• Corrected behavior where mission items could disappear after replaying and exiting a mission, preventing completion
• Prevented rare instances of some enemies turning into NPCs and becoming unkillable
• Adjusted tracking on some challenges and achievements to award progress as intended
• Dev Note: The Professional now only awards progress for designated challenge conditions, while Private Reserve and What Have We Here? will progress correctly when opening chests with melee attacks. The Arena Grande achievement should consistently unlock in multiplayer.
• Mort will revive players more consistently during Thresher Rancher
• Resolved a condition where vehicles could be instantly destroyed if summoned immediately after using a Repkit with the Splat trait
• Adjusted object placement and pathing across multiple missions, ensuring proper enemy spawns, interactions, Echolocation, and waypoint alignment
• Synchronized some mismatched animations and behaviors in multiplayer
• Resolved a reported issue where players could become briefly suspended in midair when exiting mission replay while jumping or swimming
• Addressed a bug causing the Chopper vehicles to remain in a falling state after performing a vertical jump or powerslide
• Prevented vehicle summoning in restricted indoor areas such as the Umbral Foundry Fortress
• Removed the penalty during Scoundrel Roundup: Kilo if the panel is shot twice
• Updated Mimicron’s combat behavior so it can no longer be stun-locked by singularity effects in the Tipping Point Bunker
• Updated Patrol Ripper contract to progress with intended sources
• Updated the Order Bunker boss Fractis encounter to ensure the boss remains defeatable after entering its shielded phase in The Crawlfort
• Adjusted behavior in The Next Quest Thing so the mission can consistently be accepted after saving and reloading
• Improved enemy physics in Gone Are My Leggies to prevent The Beastie from being launched out of the playable area when hit with high-impact weapons
• Restored ECHO Log rewards for completing optional objectives in three micro-missions when played solo
• Adjusted Arjay’s resistances so status effect damage-over-time now applies correctly
  • Dev Note: Visual inconsistencies with Arjay’s wings might appear as a result of this change, but will not impact gameplay.
• Adjusted arena boundaries so Locust’s gas canisters now spawn correctly within the arena during the Idolator Sol encounter in Fortress Indomita

Vault Hunters

Amon, the Forgeknight

• Updated Forgeknight Forgedrone challenge so it unlocks properly upon meeting completion requirements
• Corrected skill tree investment functionality to prevent Forgeknight from applying skill points out of order
• Updated weapon input handling so Forgeknight can reliably swap weapons after using the whip attack

Rafa, the Exo-Soldier

• Exo-Soldier's Soltado Kill Skill passive has been adjusted to function properly with two skill points
• Improved PROJECT: Raiju capstone behavior so APOPHIS Lance consistently damages enemies during extended uptime
• Adjusted Booming Business passive's functionality to prevent grenade spawns when the passive skill exceeds its intended level cap
• Updated the Temerario passive skill so it provides the intended gun damage bonus rather than a general damage increase

Vex, the Siren

• Updated challenge tracking so the Target Prescience passive only progresses when damaging valid targets

Harlowe, the Gravitar

• Ensured that QED passive skill would remain functional in multiplayer
• Updated Gravitar’s Zero-Point Action Skill so it now properly enters cooldown when used on enemies immune to Stasis. Previously, using the skill on a Stasis-immune target after affecting a normal enemy could cause it to remain active instead of triggering cooldown

All Vault Hunters

• Adjusted critical hit calculations so gun and enhancement damage now applies correctly to all valid hit regions
• Adjusted Cryo resistance scaling so enemy resistances now correctly match each player’s level in multiplayer sessions
• Prevented Action Skills from activating during the first loading screen before entering active gameplay
• Updated kill volume logic to ensure Vault Hunters cannot cheat death while in FFYL and healing with the Legendary Shield Guardian Angel
• Ensured sniper ammo displays full capacity when creating a level 30 Vault Hunter

Gear and Rewards

• Adjusted melee damage on Bayonet weapons so that melee damage increases with bayonet parts
• Updated beam weapon behavior so they will deal proper damage when thrown
• Addressed an interaction allowing players to infinitely scale the splash radius of homing sticky projectiles when using Torgue Legendary Pistol Queen’s Rest with certain builds and firmware combinations
• Updated Skully grenade to adjust projectile damage for consistent output
• Corrected boss health bar updates so sustained heavy Ordnance damage with Amon now displays correctly
• Updated Torgue Heavy Weapon Ravenfire so it now correctly applies elemental damage when equipped with elemental parts
• Adjusted Maliwan Heavy Weapon behavior so projectiles created from a hit don't detonate immediately after spawning
• Corrected the explosion delay of Fuel Rod Discharge to match its description of 3 seconds when used on Ripper shotguns
• Adjusted Rolling Thunder underbarrel grenades on Torgue shotguns to behave predictably on vertical surfaces instead of ricocheting excessively
• Prevented bosses from floating when Exo-Soldier's Booming Business passive skill was triggered with Order Legendary Grenade Skully
• Addressed a condition where the Vladof Legendary Shield Heavyweight could lose functionality after activating Forgeknight Onslaughter skill
• Adjusted projectile interaction during the fight with Vile Ripper so players can now destroy the homing “Unstable Ore” projectiles
• Updated collision behavior so Jakobs Throwing Knife grenades correctly impact the orb surrounding Vile Ordonite of Corrupted enemies
• Adjusted some gear that was behaving inconsistently in multiplayer, such as: the bounce-back force of The Order Legendary pistol Noisy Cricket, reload animation timing for the Jakobs shotgun Hot Slugger, and misaligned accuracy of the Daedalus pistol Bonn-91
• Standardized some instances of Firmware 3-piece bonus cooldowns to appear consistently. Visual cooldowns have been added for Oscar Mike, Ahoy, and Daed-dy O’
• Drops are no longer kept in the air when lowering the platform in All Charged Up
• Restored functionality allowing players to loot and preview weapons from red chests after completing the Blacklime Bunker

Gear Balance:

Darkbeast

• Addressed a scaling issue
• Explosion Chance increased from 5% to 20%
• Damage increased by 15%

Prince Harming

• Addressed a scaling issue
• Self Damage amount reduced from 5% to 1.5% of damage done
• Damage increased by ~24%

Onslaught:

• Damage increased by 75%

Ruby's Grasp:

• Damage increased by ~40%

Lucky Clover:

• Damage increased by 37.5%

Vamoose:

• Damage increased by 20%

Asher's Rise

• Addressed a scaling issue
• Damage increased by 5%

Firmware Balance:

Get Throwin':

• Ordnance Damage increased from 10% to 35%

Daed-dy O':

• Damage increased from 20% to 35%
• Mag Size increase from 15% to 20%

Rubberband Man:

• Damage Reduction increased from 5% to 10%
• Lifesteal increased from 5% to 10%

Jacked:

• Zoom-in Speed bonus increased from 20% to 35%
• Hyperion Shield Capacity bonus increased from 25% to 50%
• Ricochet chance increased from 30% to 40%

Atlas Ex:

• Mode Swap Speed increased from 25% to 33%
• Damage while locked increased from 10% to 25%

Atlas Infinium:

• Fire Rate bonus increased from 5% to 12%
• Damage bonus increased from 10% to 15%

Reel Big Fist:

• Explosion Radius slightly increased

Airstrike:

• Missile damage increased by 35%
• Decreased Cooldown from 8s to 5s

UI, UX, & Text

• Restored filter functionality to Lost Loot menus and addressed non-functional filter selections and sorting dropdowns
• Updated the Lost Loot menu so the selected sort option is retained after exiting and re-entering
• Adjusted map icon layering so Main Mission icons no longer overlap Wildcard Mission Giver
• Adjusted scrolling behaviors in menus in splitscreen
• Ensured the Transfer Machine remains open after exiting inspect mode
• Added separate sensitivity sliders for mouse and controller inputs in the Controls (Basic) menu on PC
• Corrected the buddy widget display so respawned characters no longer appear as “still respawning”
• Updated item rarity displays to show the correct color and tier when playing in non-English languages
• Removed extra ECHO Log slots
• Restored missing item thumbnails in the bank menu and improved loading speed for equipped and backpack item thumbnails when large numbers of items are stored in the bank
• Updated Explore Menu positioning so it displays correctly in front of the explored region during vertical split-screen
• Adjusted layout so Item Cards no longer overlap when compared in horizontal split-screen
• Addressed a reported issue where weapons could unequip and disappear when changing their customization in the Status menu
• Corrected overshield coloration and behavior for pets and buddy widgets so that health, shield, and armor visuals now display properly
• Adjusted Contract trackers to only appear when the Contract is active
• Resolved a reported issue where mission-related celebratory notifications could display duplicate icons
• Added the missing “Restart to Apply Changes” prompt when adjusting texture quality during gameplay
• Updated option descriptions to be more intuitive and player-friendly
• Addressed the chaos displayed by the “SHiFT code is valid” countdown in the SHiFT menu
• Updated controller prompts so the correct input type displays when opening the SHiFT menu from the main men
• Removed an extra scrollbar that could appear when Reporting Users
• Addressed text inconsistencies in some side missions
• Updated D-pad functionality on controller to behave as expected
• Preserved key bindings that could be removed between sessions for non-English keys
• Standardized ECHO Log tracking for the Kairos Speaks challenge to ensure totals display consistently between general and mission log views
• Updated localization, mission naming, and various text descriptions across the game
• Updated end credits

Visuals

• Addressed reported instances where players could become invisible when performing a Vault-level transition during a travel tunnel
• Addressed an issue with missing parts and textures on gear
• Updated ECHO-4 character model and digistruct to have lights, eyes, and thruster effects appear correctly
• Adjusted fishing point visuals so markers no longer appear incorrectly on terrain near Sandytoes Villa
• Updated level geometry and collision across multiple regions to prevent players from becoming stuck, falling out of bounds, or being blocked by invisible surfaces
• Adjusted grappling points and traversal paths in multiple missions to prevent players from chaining grapples into unintended areas or losing functionality
• Addressed misplaced or inaccessible loot containers, including strongboxes and vending-area chests in The Wireworks and Windspear
• Addressed inaccurate rendering of water in some locations
• Corrected lingering slide smoke effects that could appear when moving or jumping after performing a slide
• Turned off the mining laser after shutting down the second Eridium generator in Terminus Range
• Corrected visual stretching on character and NPC cloth when adjusting the FOV while the game is paused
• Updated Dark Subject mission so Tim’s weapon now properly disappears with his model during the “Kill Tim”
• Addressed multiple reported animation inconsistencies including gear, NPCs, hand stuttering, root-lock issues, and visual glitches during combat actions. These improvements remove visible sliding or snapping during melee or grapple sequences
• Improved environmental synchronization in multiplayer
• Adjusted mouth animation timing for Callis in Another Day, Another Universe and for Numba One in Mob Mentality so dialogue syncs correctly
• Balanced underwater lighting and brightness near Belton’s Bore (The Low Leys, Mountains) for more consistent visual clarity when diving below the surface
• Repaired a purple light texture that appeared after interacting with the Auger Shrine in Terminus Range
• Optimized beam effects on some Order gear with lasers
• Standardized bullet shell ejection visuals for Daedalus pistols
• [SPOILER] The smoke during Sophia’s death wasn’t goth enough and was changed from orange to black
• Updated the fade on digistruct to be less uniform
• Resolved flickering from Exo-Soldier’s PROJECT: Raiju Capstone effect when used inside the Order Bunker
• Updated vehicle materials to display correctly after applying paintjobs in the customization menu
• Adjusted deployable barrier visuals on shields and Shield Boi
• Faded the red light trails from Atlas underbarrel tracking Darts and Balls on Jakobs pistols
• Tuned brightness of target marker visuals when using the Ripper Sniper Rifle tracking mode against certain bosses
• Corrected firing animations for Vladof submachine guns with the Extra Barrel underbarrel and Torgue shotguns with Daedalus ammo switcher
• Adjusted Order grenade to no longer slide across the ground when dropped from the inventory
• Adjusted animation blending for Daedalus shotguns using Maliwan Element Switcher to eliminate abrupt snapping and to prevent the secondary magazine from appearing loaded when using the primary firing mode

Audio

• Resolved a reported issue where the crowd could continue to make sounds after they stopped spawning during the Null and Void mission
• Prevented host players from temporarily losing audio if another player joined their session while they were in an ECHO menu in multiplayer
• Addressed missing or incomplete sound effects when looting in multiplayer sessions
• Made the really loud bird in Grasslands quieter
• Additional audio balance adjustments

Player Experience

• Improvements to stability and optimization
  • Dev Note: We are continuing to investigate and will make further improvements to stability and performance.
• Updated PS5 controller LEDs to change color based on the player’s active elemental type
• Addressed unintended adaptive trigger feedback that occurred with Ripper weapons while reloading or firing without ammo

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Everyone who is making The Odyssey with Christopher Nolan seems to be taking their job exactly as seriously as they should — especially Tom Holland, who called the head of Sony during filming for Nolan’s epic so he and the cast could screen a 70mm print of the classic film Lawrence of Arabia during production.

Matt Damon revealed the behind-the-scenes tidbit in the latest issue of Empire magazine. “We were at Sony, and Tom Rothman has one of the pristine 70-mil prints of that movie,” he explained in an interview with the outlet. “And Tom Holland, because he’s Spider-Man and he’s everybody’s favourite at that studio, called Rothman and he arranged for us to screen it on a Sunday, the full four hours.”

Damon stars in Nolan’s upcoming film as Odysseus, while Holland plays his son, Telemachus. The film also stars Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita N’yongo, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Jon Bernthal, Benny Safdie, John Leguizamo, Elliot Page, Mia Goth, and many more.

In the Empire special, Nolan also spoke to the outlet about making something as timeless as an adaptation of Homer’s epic poem.

“Emma [Thomas, producer and Nolan’s wife] said it best when we first announced the project: it’s foundational,” the filmmaker explained. “There’s a bit of everything in it. I mean, it truly contains all stories.”

He added: “As a filmmaker, you’re looking for gaps in cinematic culture, things that haven’t been done before. And what I saw is that all of this great mythological cinematic work that I had grown up with – Ray Harryhausen movies and other things – I’d never seen that done with the sort of weight and credibility that an A-budget and a big Hollywood, IMAX production could do.”

The Odyssey is set to be released in theaters on July 17, 2026.

Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.

We’ve been seeing occasional early Black Friday deals pop up at various retailers all month, but they've finally began in earnest. Both Amazon and Best Buy kicked off their official Black Friday sales on Thursday, November 20. Among the killer deals available at this early date are LEGO Black Friday deals at Best Buy. You can check out the full sale here, or read on for our recommendations.

LEGO Deals

The two biggest ones to consider for any LEGO aficionados out there are the Bumblebee Transformers set and the Fortnite Peely Bones set. The Bumblebee set is great because you can actually transform it from robot to car form without having to take it apart and rebuild it. It's also the lowest price we’ve seen yet. And it’s a killer set – just check out our experience building it.

As for the Fortnite Peely Bone set, it’s one of the many sets LEGO is retiring soon (you'll notice the “Retiring Soon” tag on the official LEGO Store listing). That means LEGO will stop making this set, likely within the next couple of months. After that, once retailers sell through their existing stock, it will only be available on the second-hand market, which is when prices skyrocket.

I have the Peely Bone set and can attest that it’s super impressive in person. It’s both taller and thicker than it appears in the pictures. It stands over 14 inches tall, and is super stocky and sturdy on its buildable base. It comes equipped with a Peely Pick Pickaxe, paint launcher, and Banana Bag back bling.

As for the rest of the sets on sale, some of the deals are better than others. As a general rule, you can save around 20% off LEGO sets in any old sale throughout the year, so a 20% discount isn't special on most sets. The real Black Friday-level deals are 30%, 40%, or even 50% off LEGO sets. You can use that as a guideline for whether a sale price is really worth picking up as Black Friday approaches. If you’re wondering whether a deal is worth picking up, you can also check on Camelcamelcamel, which tracks prices on Amazon and provides a good barometer of how often it drops to any given price.

If the sets you’re after aren’t on sale at Best Buy right now, you only need to wait a little longer. LEGO’s official Black Friday sale doesn’t go live until Black Friday proper, November 28. If you’re looking for deals sooner, this weekend the LEGO Store will host an Insiders Weekend promotion, exclusively for LEGO Insiders (you can sign up here for free). Black Friday is also the day LEGO will release the highly anticipated LEGO Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise, which looks incredible if you ask me. You can see that and more in our look at the LEGO sets for November 2025.

For more sale info, take a look at the timelines for every major retailer’s Black Friday plans.

Chris Reed is a commerce editor and deals expert for IGN. He also runs IGN's board game and LEGO coverage. You can follow him on Bluesky.

Corsair's Platform:6 Elevate gaming desk is robustly constructed and comes with powerful features, including an integrated rail system ideal for streamers and other content creators that need plenty of kit. Add on electric sit/stand motors, multiple cable storage areas and a streamlined assembly process, and the Platform:6 can be incredible for the right person. However, its top-tier pricing ($1399) and an all-or-nothing approach to modularity make it more of a specialist tool than an instant upgrade for the everyman.

I've been using the Platform:6 Elevate as my main work and gaming desk for the past two years, and I've found it at times maddening and at times marvellous. It offers perhaps the most potential in terms of mounting multiple accessories, with a huge amount of flexibility in terms of where and how items like monitors, cameras, lights and microphones are mounted, though it doesn't include an underslung PC mount like the Secretlab Magnus Evo I reviewed last month. Still, there's plenty here to appreciate, alongside a few design decisions that I've ultimately come to disagree with – even though I have no plans to trade the Platform:6 for another gaming desk in the near future.

Corsair Platform:6 Elevate – Design and Features

There are three variants of the Platform:6: the $999 base model, which is a fixed height; the $1399 Elevate model I tested, which adds electric sit/stand functionality; and the $1899 Creator Edition, which adds on a convenient and eye-catching peg board that floats above your monitors. Every variant is well built, with large t–shaped steel legs that provide a good degree of stability even when knocked, and a choice of 1in-thick black laminate (included) or 1.25in-thick dark walnut stain rubberwood ($100 extra) surfaces on the Elevate and Creator Edition models.

Like public transport in the UK, the key to each Platform:6 variant is its rail network. You get one large top crossbar that runs above and along the back of the desk, plus an extra smaller rail built into the left and right sides. The top rail works with the included dual monitor mount, which can handle screens up to 8kg each. That's sufficient for the average 32-inch or smaller screen – my 32-inch Alienware QD–OLED gaming monitor weighs 6kg, for context – but I tend to prefer separate monitor mounts for ultra-wide monitors or putting two 32-inch 16:9 displays next to each other, as it allows for more separation than the single central mount point of the included dual monitor mount can provide.

It's also possible to screw in additional items with the provided t-nuts and a choice of multi-mount or ball-mount adapters, which can be fixed in position or left to slide back and forth along the extruded aluminium tracks. The left and right corners of the top rail also include their own dedicated screw mounts, which are designed for the Creator Edition pegboard attachment (which can be purchased separately) but can also accommodate the previously mentioned adapters. Finally, the monitor arm also has its own central post, which is an ideal placement for a camera. That means there's plenty of scope to add on accessories from within Elgato's ecosystem, though at $50 a pop for an Elgato multi-mount, getting fully set up could be expensive.

Check out our roundup of the best gaming chairs!

Corsair Platform:6 Elevate – Assembly

I first assembled the Platform:6 back in October 2023, so I'll start this section by saying that I don't have any proper professional–grade photos of the process. However, what I noted down at the time – and you can see from my colleague’s assembly photos of the smaller Platform:4 – is that the process was surprisingly straightforward, given its scope and the fact that it took the best part of a day to accomplish.

The trickiest part of the whole adventure came right at the start, when I needed to take everything out of the three large boxes and lug them upstairs without leaving big holes in the masonry. Most of the bits were quite transportable when taken in small batches, but the broad tabletop and the heavy electric motors were more of a mission. Unlike the Magnus Evo, which reaches its full width by screwing three pieces together, the Platform:6 is a single piece, so enlisting the help of a friend/family member/enemy at least at the beginning and end of assembly is sensible.

Once I had everything out of a box and in position, it was the usual story of laying the tabletop upside down onto something soft, slotting in the leg motors, bolting everything into position and then flipping the desk right-side up. Even if you're not a seasoned electric desk assembler, Corsair's user manuals are normally well-illustrated and logically arranged, with clear diagrams and consistent labelling where needed, and thankfully the Platform:6 doesn't buck the trend. If I needed bolts, nuts or new tools for a step, I was sure to find everything in a neatly labelled and separate bag. A decent amount of the packaging was also recyclable or compostable, save for the obligatory large pieces of foam surrounding the heavier components.

After the desk itself is complete, adding the final touches is easy enough. This is largely down to screwing in a crossbar on each back corner, sliding on the dual monitor mount and sorting out the cable situation in the cubby. The cable organiser below the desk is more substantial – and therefore more fiddly – than that of the Magnus Evo, but being able to raise the desk all the way does make it easier to get everything screwed in.

Corsair Platform:6 Elevate – Gaming

As a gaming platform, the Platform:6 has performed admirably, especially when I've been streaming, appearing on podcasts, or recording videos and therefore benefit from having easy mounting points for various electronic accessories. The expansive span of the desk provides plenty of keyboard and mousing space, even after plunking down monitors, speakers, computers, networking equipment and assorted knick–knacks, and the sit/stand motors have enticed me to stand while working more than I otherwise would.

The desk is extremely stable too, and has gracefully handled even heavy dual-chamber PCs over the years. The cable management cubby remains under-utilised – and I don't much like how dust accumulates in its crevices and how little power it can provide – but the larger cable management well below has proven just about sufficient for the parade of peripherals my work requires, even if its complex shape sometimes snags cables that I'm trying to tuck inside.

Dark Horse Comics is betting big on the He-Man franchise in 2026. IGN can exclusively reveal that the publisher is expanding its new miniseries Masters of the Universe: The Sword of Flaws into a monthly ongoing series called He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

The title change takes effect with issue #5 of the series, after "The Sword of Flaws" story arc wraps up. Issue #5 kicks off a new storyline called "The Battle of Snake Mountain."

Microsoft will soon dive into the November 2025 Xbox Partner Preview as Xbox Series X | S closes out the year with a brand-new showcase.

As promised earlier this week, today’s third-party-focused presentation will soon unveil a slew of announcements for some of Microsoft’s gaming partners. Fans have been told to expect showings for 007 First Light, Tides of Annihilation, and Reanimal, with the rest of the show’s contents keeping fans guessing.

Today’s Xbox Partner Preview has a lot to live up to after the last equivalent showcase, which arrived October 2024 and featured highlights like Phasmophobia, Animal Well, and Alan Wake 2. We’ll know more when the show begins at 10am PT / 1pm ET, so be sure to keep checking in with this story for every new game and game update for Xbox players.

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Disney's decision to make a fifth Toy Story film has been defended by its director, who has said that fans of Pixar's original trilogy can simply "have that and never watch another if they don't want to."

Due out next year, Toy Story 5 will see its beloved gang of toys brought out of retirement to face what director Andrew Stanton has described as their greatest "existential problem" so far: an iPad-like tablet.

Speaking to Empire, Stanton said that the idea of traditional toys dealing with the modern world was simply too good to pass up. That said, he also acknowleged those who believe 2010's Toy Story 3 wrapped up the franchise perfectly, at the end of the characters' "Andy years."

"So '3' was the end... of the Andy years," Stanton stated. "Nobody's being robbed of their trilogy. They can have that and never watch another if they don't want to. But I've always loved how this world allows us to embrace time and change. There's no promise that it stays in amber."

Toy Story 3's hugely emotional finale saw Woody, Buzz and friends passed down from their original owner, Andy, to the younger Bonnie. It was the end of an era, with Andy's age designed to match the number of years that had passed since the launch of Pixar's classic first film back in 1995.

But, nine years later, Disney launched Toy Story 4, a fresh chapter largely set in a kids day care center. The end of that film was also designed to tug on viewers' heartstrings, with Woody parting from his best pal Buzz (something the first Toy Story 5 trailer, above, shows has now been reversed.)

"Nobody's really playing with toys anymore," Stanton continued, discussing the plot for Toy Story 5. "Technology has changed everybody's lives, but we're asking what that means for us — and to our kids. We can't just get away with making tech the villain."

It's a story idea that some fans feel Disney has already touched on, in movies such as Wreck-It Ralph sequel Ralph Breaks the Internet, and something that others have said they just aren't interested seeing the fan-favorite Toy Story cast have to struggle again to deal with. The elephant in the room here, of course, is the money Disney clearly hopes to make by going back to the Toy Story well once more. Toy Story 4 made $1 billion back in 2019 — a total that Pixar has only beaten once since, with Inside Out 2, amid a series of original movies such as Elemental and this year's flop Elio that have performed markedly less well.

It's a topic that Pixar veteran Pete Docter addressed earlier this year, while acknowledging Elio's box office performance. Stressing that Pixar needed to "find out what people want before they know it," Docter said that the alternative was just feeding audiences "more of what they know" — leading to endless sequels and more of the same. "We'd be making Toy Story 27," Docter admitted. Well, we're not quite there yet.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

Today marks the beginning of Black Friday sales for a few different retailers, including Amazon and Best Buy. The latter has dropped quite a few exciting deals already, including sneaking in AirPods Pro 3 as part of its Deal of the Day with a $30 discount. And while they're not specifically part of Best Buy's Black Friday sale right now, Amazon and Walmart have matched the discounted price, which certainly feels like a seasonal savings miracle worth celebrating.

While the AirPods Pro 3 are usually listed for $249, you can scoop them up for $219.99 at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart. According to price tracker camelcamelcamel, this is their lowest price yet, so grab them while they're still at this price.

AirPods Pro 3 Down to $219.99

Friends fans, this is major news for you. Listen up. Matt LeBlanc’s classic spinoff series Joey has just released a whopping eight unaired episodes — over 20 years after the show was cancelled.

The official Friends Instagram account recently announced the episode drop. “East or west coast, Joey is still, well, Joey. Did you know that the final eight episodes of Joey Season 2 never aired in the U.S.?” the account wrote alongside a video with clips from the series. “Now, 21 years later, catch the remaining episodes exclusively on the #FRIENDS YouTube channel!”

Friends aired for ten seasons that spanned 1994 to 2004. Alongside LeBlanc, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, and Matthew Perry starred. The year the show went off the air, Joey premiered on NBC.

Joey specifically followed LeBlanc’s Joey Tribbiani as he tried his hand at an acting career in Los Angeles. The show starred Paulo Costanzo, Drea de Matteo, Andrea Anders, and Jennifer Coolidge alongside LeBlanc. They made only two seasons of the show, which was cancelled in 2006.

In a 2012 interview with The Guardian, LeBlanc opened up about the complicated feelings he had about the show and where his character went. “I thought that it was a good show. I just think that we were telling stories that emasculated the character,” he explained to the outlet. “They wrote a guy who became very doubtful of himself in this new place, in Hollywood, no friends, can't meet girls – and that's not who Joey was. He was always, always, always, the consummate optimist. Always. And that's not who they wrote. That was very frustrating for me."

That said, his work on Friends set him up for success beyond Joey. “Friends was an education in intelligent comedic banter; in intelligent vernacular. It was an education in scene study,” he told The Guardian. “It was an education in group dynamic. I came out of there with a masters degree in comedy."

The eight unseen episodes of Joey are available to watch on the Friends YouTube Channel but the show is not currently available on streaming.

Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.

HBO has confirmed A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Season 2 and House of the Dragon Season 4 as part of a Marvel-style roadmap update for Game of Thrones TV series.

In its announcement today, HBO extended each series run through 2028. Both series will air on HBO and be available to stream on HBO Max.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is renewed for a second season ahead of the Season 1 debut on Sunday, January 18. Season 2 debuts in 2027, HBO said. House of the Dragon Season 3, meanwhile, debuts in summer 2026, with Season 4 set for 2028.

Francesca Orsi, EVP, HBO Programming, Head of HBO Drama Series and Films, said: “We are thrilled to be able to deliver new seasons of these two series for the next three years, for the legion of fans of the Game of Thrones universe. Together, House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms reveal just how expansive and richly imagined George R. R. Martin’s universe continues to be. In January, I think audiences will be delighted by the inspiring underdog tale of Dunk and Egg that George and Ira Parker have captured so beautifully. And this summer, House of the Dragon is set to ignite once again with some of its most epic battles yet.”

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms adapts George R. R. Martin’s Tales of Dunk and Egg novella trilogy, itself a prequel to Game of Thrones set 100 years before the events of the main books. Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell play Ser Duncan the Tall and Egg, respectively.

Out of nowhere, Xbox's Black Friday sale has officially gone live. There was a little less fanfare in the run-up to the sale, at least compared to PlayStation and Nintendo's announcements.

Nevertheless, the deals are now available, Xbox fans, including standout offers like Xbox controllers for $39.99. Let's jump into everything else and discuss where best to find Xbox deals during Black Friday season this year.

Let's rip the band-aid off right away, there are currently no discounts on Xbox consoles, instead just a trade-in offer with Microsoft ($130 for a used console). Still, there's plenty of other great deals to consider in the sale, so let's focus on those.

There's up to 75% off digital games, which has a reasonably good selection, including Black Ops 6 for $34.99 (the CoD from last year), The Outer Worlds 2 for $55.99, Ninja Gaiden 4 for $55.99, and Battlefield 6 for $59.49. The brilliant Silent Hill 2 Remake is also finally arriving on Xbox, and it's being released with a hefty 50% launch discount.

There's also a handful a great games from the past few years that are around $10 as well, including Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Sonic Frontiers, The Witcher 3, Dead Space, and more.

Physical games are also on sale at other major retailers, featuring games like Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 for $30, Silent Hill f and Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater for $49.99, EA Sports FC 26 for $29.99, and Borderlands 4 for $47.99.

It's happening — the brilliant Silent Hill 2 Remake is finally arriving on Xbox Series X/S, and it's being released with a hefty 50% launch discount.

Fans have spotted that the game is already available to purchase via the Xbox Store in Australia, where it's already Friday, November 21. Store pages for the game in other regions are also available, though the game cannot yet be purchased elsewhere.

When it does become available — likely when midnight passes tonight — the game looks to have launched at half price. The Australian version has a recommended retail price of AU $99, currently reduced to AU $50, which is something at least after the long wait.

As of yet, publisher Konami is yet to make the launch official, though we are just hours away from Microsoft's impending Xbox Partner Preview showcase, where the console maker is set to detail a raft of new third-party announcements. You can tune into that later today, Thursday, November 20 from 10am Pacific, 1pm Eastern, or 6pm UK time.

Silent Hill 2 Remake has been available since October 2024 on PC and PlayStation 5, though its eventual arrival on Xbox Series X/S has long been expected. Last month, a new Xbox version of the game popped up on the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), suggesting it was finally almost time — and here we are.

Silent Hill 2 Remake has sold 2.5 million worldwide, something which has propelled sales of the overall franchise past the 10 million mark. IGN's Silent Hill 2 Remake review returned an 8/10. We said: "Silent Hill 2 is a great way to visit – or revisit – one of the most dread-inducing destinations in the history of survival horror."

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

Amazon has announced its latest attempt to use generative AI: to add a Video Recaps service for previous seasons of popular shows on Prime Video.

Prime Video is Amazon's streaming platform, and is home to hit TV series such as Fallout, Reacher, and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

The tool is now in beta on select Prime original series, with catch-ups using music, dialogue, and narration to give the viewer a recap on what happened in the earlier seasons of a show. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Amazon is betting AI can identify key plot points for a series to be synchronized with a voiceover narration and dialogue snippets.”

Naturally, the hope with a new feature like this is that casual viewers who may have missed large sections of a TV series can jump back in easily with an AI-generated visual recap that goes over both characters and crucial storylines missed. Prime Video is no stranger to AI, as it uses it to suggest search topics already, but this is certainly a more blatant use of the technology.

“Video Recaps marks a groundbreaking application of generative AI for streaming,” VP of technology at Prime Video, Gérard Medioni, explained in a statement. “This first-of-its-kind feature demonstrates Prime Video’s ongoing commitment to innovation and making the viewing experience more accessible and enjoyable for customers.”

No word just yet on when, or if, this technology will be rolled out for all shows and users, but it stands to reason that Prime is going to at least try to get us all on board as soon as possible, especially with big hitters Fallout Season 2, Reacher Season 4, and The Boys Season 5 waiting in the wings.

The new comes hot on the heels of Disney boss Bob Iger's confirmation that the company's streaming service will soon allow subscribers to create and view AI-generated content.

Speaking during the company's latest earnings call, Iger said Disney+ would change to also host user-generated content for the first time, in a step that looks set to open the floodgates for fans keen to make their own creations featuring the likes of Darth Vader, Iron Man, and characters from Frozen.

"[We're] in the midst of rolling out the biggest and the most significant changes — from a product perspective, from a technology perspective — since we launched the service in 2019," Iger said, per The Hollywood Reporter.

Photo Illustration by Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images.

Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping has its debut trailer, showing off a first look at the next entry in the long-running franchise exactly a year before launch.

Due out November 20, 2026, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping revisits the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games led by Jennifer Lawrence, starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.

Sunrise on the Reaping, directed by Francis Lawrence (who directed four of the five Hunger Games films beginning with Catching Fire), is based on the 2025 book of the same name by American author Suzanne Collins. It’s the second prequel novel to the original The Hunger Games trilogy, following 2020’s The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which itself was adapted into movie form in 2023.

As the trailer reveals, because these games are the Second Quarter Quell, each district must send twice the number of tributes to the capital (two boys and two girls), totaling 48 tributes, to remind the districts that "two rebels died for every one Capitol citizen."

We see a young Haymitch Abernathy played by Joseph Zada (Woody Harrelson played the character in the original Hunger Games), Elle Fanning, fresh from her star turn as a Weyland-Yutani synth in Predator: Badlands, as a younger version of Effie Trinket, who was originally played by Elizabeth Banks, Ralph Fiennes as President Coriolanus Snow (Donald Sutherland played the character in the original films), and Glenn Close introducing the games itself.

Jesse Plemons, meanwhile, is a younger version of Plutarch Heavensbee, the character the late Philip Seymour Hoffman played in the original Hunger Games films. Succession star Kieran Culkin plays a young Caesar Flickerman.

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 time has come: Best Buy has kicked off its Black Friday sale, and it's full of excellent deals to look through. This is especially true on the video game front, where we've spotted quite a few exciting deals already. One that's jumped out to us is Silent Hill f, which has received a $20 discount that's dropped its price from $69.99 to $49.99.

This applies to both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions of the game (see the deal here at Best Buy), so no matter the platform you play on, you can still save if it's been on your radar.

Silent Hill f Drops to $49.99 for Black Friday

October was an incredible debut month for Battlefield 6: it's officially the best-selling title in franchise history in the U.S., and the best-selling game in the U.S. as of last month.

This comes from Circana's monthly report, which states that Battlefield 6 is the best-selling game of 2025 on both Xbox and PC, and the second best-selling on PlayStation so far, behind NBA 2K26. It also says that Battlefield produced the highest single month tracked full game dollar sales total of any video game in three years. That means it sold more than the last few Call of Duty games did in their debut months, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II in October of 2022. Is this troubling news for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 when the November report comes out? We'll see.

Battlefield 6 is followed by Pokemon Legends: Z-A, which is the second best-selling game of October and, per Circana, the best-selling physical game year-to-date. Notably, because Nintendo does not share digital sales data, its second-place spot is entirely based on physical sales.

Other debut games for October included The Outer Worlds 2 at No.7, Little Nightmares III at No.8, and Ninja Gaiden 4 at No.11. Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake didn't make it to the top 20, but it was No.6 on Nintendo platforms for the month. There weren't any other major outliers in the charts this time around.

Hardware spending was up 36% year-over-year to $351 million, with the Nintendo Switch 2 offsetting declines in the other three major consoles: Nintendo Switch (sales down 52% year-over-year, wonder why?), Xbox Series (down 37%), and PlayStation 5 (down 22%). The Nintendo Switch 2 sold approximately 328,000 units in October, 68% ahead of the original Nintendo Switch's pace and 3% ahead of the PlayStation 4, which was the previous record-holder.

Thanks to Battlefield, the Nintendo Switch 2, and a good month for mobile, overall game hardware, content, and accessories spending was $4.9 billion for the month, up 3% year-over-year.

October 2025 U.S. Top 20 Best-Selling Games:

1. Battlefield 6 (NEW)
2. Pokemon Legends: Z-A (NEW)*
3. Ghost of Yotei
4. NBA 2K26
5. EA Sports FC 26
6. Madden NFL 26
7. The Outer Worlds 2 (NEW)
8. Little Nightmares III (NEW)
9. Digimon Story: Time Stranger
10. Borderlands 4
11. Ninja Gaiden 4 (NEW)
12. EA Sports College Football 26
13. Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2*
14. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
15. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
16. Silent Hill: f
17. Minecraft*
18. Helldivers II
19. Grand Theft Auto V
20. Red Dead Redemption II

* Indicates that some or all digital sales are not included in Circana's data. Some publishers, including Nintendo, do not share certain digital data for this report.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.

Games Workshop is once again expecting big profits despite an expected slowdown in licensing revenue from blockbuster video game Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.

Games Workshop’s main business is the sale of miniatures fans assemble and paint for use in tabletop wargames, such as Warhammer 40,000. But it is increasingly an IP business, with huge revenue from smash hit video games such as 2024's Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, and animations, such as Amazon’s Warhammer 40,000 Secret Level episode. Last year, Games Workshop and Amazon finalized a deal for Henry Cavill's Warhammer 40,000 Cinematic Universe, which will involve the creation of films and television series. Space Marine 3 is also in development.

In a trading update, the Nottingham, UK-based tabletop wargame company said it now expects revenues of at least £310 million for the six months to the end of November 2025, which would amount to a 15% rise from the same period last year. Pre-tax profit is expected to be about £135 million for the half year, up from £126.8 million last year. Shares in Games Workshop were up 12.8% on the news this morning.

That’s despite expected licensing revenue of at least £16 million, which would be down from the £30.1 million reported during the same period last year.

Space Marine 2 may well be the most successful Warhammer 40,000 video game ever made. It sold over 7 million copies less than a year after going on sale, and, according to Saber Interactive exec Tim Willits, changed everything for the studio. Even Games Workshop itself has talked about the money it’s made from Space Marine 2, and protagonist Titus is now leading the charge on the next narrative expansion of the Warhammer 40,000 setting.

In January, Games Workshop said it was on the hunt for the next blockbuster Warhammer video game, but CEO Kevin Rountree also expressed a degree of caution on potential future video game success, admitting hits like Space Marine 2 are few and far between. “We recognise that successes like these for Warhammer are not a given in the world of video games,” Rountree said at the time. “Clearly we are looking for the next one. We remain cautious when forecasting royalty income.”

Meanwhile, Games Workshop had warned that Donald Trump’s tariff plans could damage its profits by up to £12 million, but it seems the impact has yet to significantly dull financial performance.

Games Workshop’s primary business is of course the sale of tabletop wargames and their miniatures, with an expansive bricks and mortar retail business providing a foundation for the hobby. In July, Games Workshop said that a “cute looking pipistrelle bat” was “delaying our work on our new temporary car park.” Yes, really.

Photo by Uli Deck/picture alliance via Getty Images.

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.

Xbox's Black Friday sale is now live, apparently? Zero fanfare to this one, unlike PlayStation and Nintendo's announcements. In all honesty, I'm not surprised, as the sale on Microsoft's online store is actually a little disappointing.

Whilst Xbox controllers are discounted at Microsoft, they are listed for around $52-$60, but the same Xbox Controllers are also included in Best Buy's sale from just $40 instead. It's night and day in terms of pricing.

Update: Amazon's $33 Xbox controller deal has now expired. The next best deal is controllers for $39.99 from Amazon and Best Buy.

PokéPark Kanto is a new, permanent Pokémon theme park opening in Japan next February. Visitors to PokéPark will take on the role of Pokémon Trainers, and explore a town and forest areas designed to bring the anime and games to life. However, those eager to channel their inner Ash Ketchum and “catch ‘em all” may be surprised to discover that strict rules could make a huge portion of the park out-of-bounds for many visitors.

PokéPark Kanto will be located inside the existing Yomiuriland, Tokyo’s largest theme park. The PokéPark is divided into a large, nature-filled area called the Pokémon Forest, and Sedge Town, which features stores, rides and Sedge Gym, where you will be able to watch Pokémon stage shows. More details about the attractions can be found in IGN’s previous coverage.

『ポケパーク カントー』が、2026年2月5日（木） に開業決定！
オープンに先駆けて、『ポケパーク カントー』の楽しさをギュッとまとめたオフィシャルトレーラーをお届けするよ！
くわしくは公式サイトをチェックしてね。https://t.co/ahldUwjQv1 #ポケパークカントー pic.twitter.com/CNrcjznT2V

— ポケモン公式 (@Pokemon_cojp) November 11, 2025

According to the Area Rules on PokéPark Kanto’s official site, the Pokémon Forest is a 500m long nature trail, featuring steep hills, tunnels and stairs. While walking through the forest, visitors will be able to spot statues of many Pokémon playing, resting or battling in their natural habitats.

However, for safety reasons, the Pokémon Forest has many restrictions on who can enjoy this huge part of the park. PokéPark Kanto’s official English website says that visitors who cannot walk up 110 steps without assistance will not be allowed to enter the Forest, which will impact a wide range of people with mobility issues. The official Japanese language site specifies that people who need to use wheelchairs cannot access the Forest. Children under five will also not be allowed, even if accompanied by a parent or guardian. Those who are pregnant, have heart conditions, have either high or low blood pressure, have consumed alcohol, or simply feel unwell on the day are also prohibited from entering the Pokémon Forest.

Although PokéPark Kanto is clearly taking visitors’ safety very seriously, the problem is that purchasers of tickets to the park could lose out on a huge chunk of the experience if they don’t meet the entry requirements for the Pokémon Forest. When it opens next February, PokéPark Kanto will only offer two types of ticket: the Ace Trainer’s Pass (14,000 yen) and the Trainer’s Pass (7,900 yen), both of which give access to the Pokémon Forest. The Ace Trainer’s Pass lets you freely enter the Pokémon Forest and Sedge Town areas, and comes with added perks like priority lane access for attractions, reserved seats for the Sedge Gym show, meet and greets, and original merch. The Trainer’s Pass gives unlimited access to Sedge Town but gives you a timeslot for the Pokémon Forest.

To counteract this, PokéPark Kanto has special tiered pricing for each ticket: children aged 3-12, seniors, and people with disabilities can access the park at reduced rates. Despite this pricing, the strict restrictions on the Pokémon Forest sparked much criticism on Japanese social media when they were announced. Users questioned why children aged 3-4 will be charged the same price as older kids for Ace Trainer’s and Trainer’s Passes, even though they cannot enter the Forest. Others expressed sadness that the Pokémon Forest doesn’t have a wheelchair-accessible path. Said one commenter: “I’d been looking forward to it, so I wish there had been more consideration.”

Although Pokémon Forest has many restrictions on who can enter, the Sedge Town area will be more accessible. The park is planning on introducing a Town-only pass by summer 2026 to “ensure everyone can safely and comfortably enjoy the park.” This will be the cheapest ticket, priced at 4,700 yen for adults, 4,200 yen for seniors, and 2,800 yen for children and those with disabilities, according to the park’s Japanese language site.

PokéPark Kanto also has rules against recording the inside of the park. This includes any kind of unpermitted filming or photography for commercial purposes, or any kind of recording deemed to disrupt the experience for other visitors or affect the park’s operation. Visitors will have their bags checked at the entrance, and suitcases, drones, selfie sticks and pets (with the exception of service dogs) are among the things that are prohibited in the park. There is also a ‘No Outside food’ rule, which prohibits visitors from bringing food and drink into PokéPark Kanto (including those purchased in other parts of Yomiuriland), although they make exceptions for small children and those with dietary restrictions.

Verity Townsend is a Japan-based freelance writer who previously served as editor, contributor and translator for the game news site Automaton West. She has also written about Japanese culture and movies for various publications.

Major gameplay leaks have offered a glimpse at the next era of Fortnite, in which its ever-popular battle royale mode will transition to a fresh map based on the USA.

Previously, official hints from Epic Games have pointed to coordinates based in Hollywood, while another leak suggested the game would feature a Las Vegas-esque location (and a Quentin Tarantino crossover). And now, thanks to footage that has leaked from a preview event attended by media and influencers, Chapter 7's USA-style setting has been confirmed.

Footage now widely circulating on social media shows an arid area with palm trees. In the distance, the game's map references an area named Sandy Strip. Signage names Chapter 7's first season as being titled "Pacific Break."

LEAKED CHAPTER 7 INFO FROM CREATOR EVENT 💀

- Hot air balloons
- Driveable Reboot Vans
- Solo VS Bots mode
- Rift A Palooza events that spawn rifts
- Gameplay UI update
- Battle Pass has Marty McFly and The Bride pic.twitter.com/l9lBrLZMIz

— Shiina (@ShiinaBR) November 20, 2025

Other changes visible in the footage look to include driveable reboot vans, and the option for a new Solo vs Bots mode (although it's unclear if this was provided just for the preview event).

Fortnite has followed up the leaks with its own, official look at Chapter 7, via a top-down view of the game's new battle royale map that shows a more urban area, complete with wide city streets and homes with backyard pools. (The top-down view here is a bit GTA 1, isn't it?)

A first look at the battleground to come.
Preparation = Victory pic.twitter.com/4KO1whuy80

— Fortnite (@Fortnite) November 20, 2025

Last night, Fortnite also publicly shared footage of Quentin Tarantino appearing at the aforementioned event, standing next to a Fortnite version of Kill Bill's infamous Pussy Wagon car. Here, the word "pussy" has been replaced by a picture of Meowscles, the game's fan-favorite swole cat. Leaked footage from the event, meanwhile, shows a new in-game skin for Uma Thurman's Kill Bill character The Bride. Oh, and also Marty McFly from Back to the Future.

Fortnite typically works on its big annual map change around a year in advance, and it's fun to consider the idea that, 12 months ago, Chapter 7's USA-inspired setting was being planned with the expectation that a certain other big game with a USA-inspired setting would launch at the same time.

The one. The only. #QuentinTarantino #FortniteSeven pic.twitter.com/IYxD8w4Y62

— Fortnite (@Fortnite) November 20, 2025

Of course, GTA 6 has now been delayed — twice. But up until May this year, Rockstar was still saying the game would arrive this week, around the time Epic Games has launched a fresh Chapter of Fortnite for the past few years.

This year, Fortnite will hold its big Chapter 6 finale event on Saturday, November 29. Chapter Seven will then launch imminently after, though some period of downtime is expected. A teaser trailer for that in-game event released officially last night and featured Fortnite going full Ready Player One and Avengers: Endgame with its plans, while tying up story threads from the past few years.

In recent weeks, the secret bunkers in Fortnite's OG mode have been flashing messages in morse code, such as "Zero Hour", which we now know is the name of the upcoming event, and "Titans". After seeing that teaser trailer, fans think "Titans" refers to the game's current main antagonist, The Dark Presence, a towering demonic entity that rules Chapter 6's Spirit Realm, but also to the forces now squaring up against him.

In the coming battle, players look set to fight alongside a series of other looming figures: the returning Godzilla and King Kong, plus the newly giant-sized Homer Simpson. Is there a clue to a much longer story arc here too? Think back to Fortnite's Chapter 5, which introduced the current era of storytelling focused on blue-haired hero Hope, and you could also link in the mysterious giant hand that erupted from the ground holding Pandora's Box.

Are all of these Titans? And how will Fortnite wrap all of these things together (plus Star Wars' X-Wings, Uma Thurman, and Marty McFly) as it moves to its new USA-based home? We've just over a week to go until we find out.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's co-op Endgame mode will unlock for all players tomorrow, Friday November 21.

Up until now, Endgame was only accessible to those who'd completed the campaign, but from tomorrow, all players will be able to jump into the action regardless of whether or not they've completed the single-player mode.

Endgame is a brand-new, replayable co-op mode that expands on the events of the main story. Here, JSOC continues their fight across Avalon, taking on the remnants of The Guild in a toxic, ever-changing battlefield. It isn’t just an epilogue, but a progression-driven mode built around teamwork, power growth, and survival — here’s everything you need to know before dropping in.

According to CharlieIntel, those who managed to complete the campaign ahead of the launch of Black Ops 7's multiplayer mode will secure some additional goodies, including:

• 1 Hour 2XP Token x 3
• Weapon XP Token x 2
• Battlle Pass XP Token x 2
• Perkaholic Gobblegums x 3

IGN's Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 campaign review returned a 6/10. We said: "Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’s campaign is a wild one thanks to the scope of its ambition, but the big swings it takes don't always land, leaving it an uneven step down from last year."

Last week, Activision acknowledged it used of "a variety of digital tools, including AI tools," in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, "to empower and support our teams to create the best gaming experiences possible for our players. Our creative process continues to be led by the talented individuals in our studios." The statement generated quite a response, including one from a member of U.S. Congress who called out Activision Blizzard's use of generative AI in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, and demanded tighter regulation to "prevent companies from using AI to eliminate jobs."

AI isn't the only thing bothering Call of Duty fans, either. Last last week, players realized the story campaign has numerous restrictions tied to its always-online nature, with no method of pausing levels. You'll also be booted from your game if you're idle for too long.

Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.

Valve’s announcement of the Steam Machine has sparked much debate online about the company’s return to the PC in the living room space, but one key piece of information remains unknown: price.

The Steam Machine is a gaming-focused PC designed to be more accessible than a standard desktop PC, with a sleek, cube-like design and SteamOS on-board. We here at IGN have offered our thoughts on how much the Steam Machine will cost, suggesting it’ll probably be higher than people think. But chatter about pricing has ramped up again after Linus Sebastian of Linus Tech Tips recalled a conversation he had about the subject with Valve itself ahead of the Steam Machine reveal.

On a recent episode of the WAN Show, Linus recalled that he had expressed his disappointment to Valve that Steam Machine wouldn’t follow a console pricing model where it is subsidized by the manufacturer because it takes a 30% cut of sales made on the platform, as the likes of Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo do with their consoles.

Linus said he was then asked by Valve what he meant by a “console price,” to which he responded $500. “Nobody said anything, but the energy of the room wasn't great,” Linus continued.

Here are the comments in full:

“So basically, it's a 7600 CPU and a 7600 GPU. This is not a super powerful machine. Valve is upfront saying that they are going to be relying on FSR in order to achieve 4K. And even then man, like 8 gigs of VRAM, anyone else would be taking a ton of flak for shipping a game console today with 8 gigs of VRAM.

“I can’t tell you what the price will be because I literally don't know but, when I said, ‘I'm disappointed that it isn't going to follow a console pricing model where it's subsidized by the fact that the manufacturer is going to be taking 30% of every game sold on it over the lifespan of this thing, because I feel that would be a more meaningful product,’ they kind of asked what I meant by, well, ‘what do you mean by console price?’ And I said, ‘Well, $500.’

“Nobody said anything, but the energy of the room wasn't great.”

It is highly unlikely that Steam Machine will cost $500, then. But is that surprising? When we asked Valve hardware engineer Yazan Aldehayyat about what the company was shooting for, he told us that “[affordability] is just something we thought about every time we made a hardware decision, a feature decision, is to make sure we keep it as approachable, as affordable as possible.”

And while Linus has suggested Valve won’t benefit from a subsidized business model in the way, say, Sony does with PlayStation, because Steam Machine comes with SteamOS and the vast majority of users will use Steam itself as the storefront from which to buy their games, Valve can effectively do the same thing.

We’ve suggested Steam Machine will cost $700-$800. To put that into perspective, the base PS5 with a disc drive currently costs $549.99, while the PS5 Digital Edition costs $499.99. The PS5 Pro, meanwhile, costs $749.99. But what do you think?

We’ve got plenty more on all Valve’s recent hardware announcements, and have a handy roundup so you don’t miss a thing. We went hands-on with Steam Machine and Steam Controller, and if you’re wondering about Steam Deck 2, we asked Valve about that as well.

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.

After weeks of teasing us with its collection of Doorbuster deals, Best Buy has finally kicked off its proper Black Friday sale, with all the big discounts you'd expect, alongside a few handy surprises as well.

Best Buy's official sale runs from Nov. 20 to 29, and will likely carry most of its deals to the Cyber Monday sale from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1 as well.

Amazon also kicked off its proper Black Friday sales from November 20, so we can expect a lot of price matching going on between the two big retailers in the run up to Black Friday proper on November 28.

For now, the next big wave of discounts lands on November 21, when the PlayStation Black Friday sale finally goes live. Expect Best Buy to mirror almost everything Sony puts on the table, including cuts on PS5 consoles, first and third party games, and accessories.

Nintendo already confirmed its own schedule, with its official Black Friday sale kicking off November 23. Translation, don’t hold your breath for meaningful Switch game discounts before that date. Most of the worthwhile deals you’re seeing right now are coming from GameStop’s early Black Friday push, and while it’s a decent start, the heavier hitters are still a few days out.

If you miss the window in November, Best Buy will roll out its Last-Minute Savings event from December 15 to 24. Sure, it’s an option, but you’re better off wrapping things up earlier. Stores get packed, deliveries get sketchy, and leaving it that late is asking for trouble.

Outside of games and consoles, you’ve probably noticed the LEGO situation is pretty bleak in this first wave of Amazons Black Friday deals. That’s no accident.

The LEGO Store’s own Black Friday event doesn’t actually kick off until the day itself, so Amazon isn’t going to blow out its inventory early. You’ll see a few scattered discounts creep in beforehand, but the real drops should land on November 28.

If you’re hunting for toys in general, keep an eye on Walmart. Its Black Friday sale starts November 25, and that’s usually when the bigger toy markdowns show up. In short, don’t panic about the empty shelves yet, the better deals just aren’t scheduled to hit until next week.

If you want the full breakdown, take a look at the timelines for every major retailer’s Black Friday plans.

Robert Anderson is Senior Commerce Editor and IGN's resident deals expert on games, collectibles, trading card games, and more. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter/X or Bluesky.