I have read more than my fair share of LitRPG books, but Dungeon Crawler Carl has been a contender for my overall favorite series since I first picked up book one. In short, it's an ongoing story about a man and his sassy cat's descent into the madness of an apocalyptic space game show. The author, Matt Dinniman, has a writing style that perfectly blends outrageousness with intrigue, making it hard to put down once you start reading.
There are a total of seven Dungeon Crawler Carl books that have been published so far, with an eighth book set to release in May 2026. All of the books are available to read with a Kindle Unlimited subscription, and as of September 2025, hardcover copies of all seven books are available for purchase.
I've read all of the Dungeon Crawler Carl books via a Kindle Unlimited subscription, which is what I'd recommend if you want to save as much money as possible. All of the books are included with a subscription, so you can burn through the full series fairly quickly without having to buy each individual title. If you prefer reading actual physical books, however, you can also buy hardcover copies of all seven books. A Parade of Horribles, the upcoming eighth book in the series, will be getting a physical release at the same time it comes out on Kindle, so you won't have to wait to pick up a copy like you did with the previous entries.
Alternatively, if you're a fan of audiobooks, the Dungeon Crawler Carl Audible editions come highly recommended. Voice actor Jeff Hayes does an incredible job portraying all of the different characters Matt Dinniman features in his books. You can listen to the first book for free by signing up for an Audible subscription.
Matt Dinniman has stated that he expects to write 10 total entries in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. He indicated that this number may be flexible in a more recent interview, but this is the current plan. With an eighth book due out in May 2026, that leaves only two more books before the series comes to an end. In addition to the main series, there is also a graphic novel spin-off called Crocodile that's expected to arrive in March 2027 after a very successful crowd-funded campaign.
Outside of books and graphic novels, Dungeon Crawler Carl has been picked up by Universal International Studios and Seth McFarlane's Fuzzy Door to be adapted into a TV series. The Dungeon Crawler Carl TV series has not yet started development, so all we really know is that Chris Yost (known for Thor: Ragnarok and The Mandalorian) will be the one adapting the book.
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Now here is something really cool. YouTube’s ‘RRe36’ has been working on a project that brings the visuals and mechanics of Batman: Arkham Asylum in Unreal Engine 4. And, last month, RRe36 released a new video that has some gameplay footage from it. But what exactly is Arkham Unreal (or Unreal Engine Batman Arkham)? According … Continue reading Here’s what Batman: Arkham Asylum Remaster could look like in Unreal Engine 4 →
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PureDark has released a new version of his Upscaler All-In-One for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that adds support for DLSS 4.5. This mod will let you use the newest DLSS 4.5 models, Preset M and Preset L, in Skyrim. NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 features a 2nd generation Transformer Model. As such, it offers better temporal … Continue reading The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Now Supports DLSS 4.5 via Mod →
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Now here is something that passed under my radar. It appears that a co-op mod has been released for the unofficial PC port of Super Mario 64. This is a must-play for all Mario fans. So, let’s take a closer look at it. Super Mario 64 Co-Op Deluxe is an online multiplayer mod for the … Continue reading Super Mario 64 Co-Op Deluxe Is a Must-Play for All Mario Fans →
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Modder ‘woodboy90’ has just released the first version of his RTX Remix Path Tracing Mod for Quake 3: Arena. This mod adds real-time Path Tracing to this iconic multiplayer Quake game. So, if you are a fan of it, you should definitely check it out. This first version of the mod remasters 3 maps. These … Continue reading Quake 3: Arena RTX Remix Path Tracing Mod Released →
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CES 2026 is in the books, and boy was there a lot to see – new gaming handheld chips, AR glasses for portable big-screen gaming, AI-powered headphones, and a gaming laptop with a rollable expanding screen, just to name a few.
But we're not done yet – join us on January 12 at 3pm PT for an IGN Special Report as we dig into the best stuff we saw at CES and discuss the tech trends that will define 2026.
Hosted by IGN's Tech Reviews Editor Michael Higham, he'll be joined by some of our friends from CNET, PCMag, and Mashable.
Beyond our favorite tech from CES, we'll be looking forward into the trends that will define 2026 for gamers. For example, Valve's Steam Machine is on the horizon – will we see other companies follow suit with their own mini gaming PCs? Or perhaps a wider adoption of SteamOS? Meanwhile, the ongoing RAM shortage continues to cause issues across the industry, so you'll want to hear from our experts the latest word on what that means for the price of consoles and other gaming hardware.
Tune in on Monday, January 12 for the full report. In the meantime, be sure to check out all our favorite announcements from CES 2026.
reMarkable is well regarded for its best-in-class digital notebooks and the reMarkable 2 tablet represents the best value by offering premium build quality and a sensational paper-writing experience for just $399, which is the lowest price in reMarkable's lineup. For even greater savings, you can pick up a refurbished tablet for a lower price of $319. Refurbished products come with the same 1 year warranty as buying new along with a 50-day satisfaction guarantee.
To kick off the new year, reMarkable is doing even one better: for a limited time, you can take an additional $70 off the reMarkable tablet when you bundle it with a marker and folio and that includes refurbished models. With the additional discount applied, you can get a refurbished reMarkable 2 bundled with the Marker and Book Folio ($130-$170 value) for as low as $369 with free delivery. That's 30% off compared to the retail price of the same bundle.
The reMarkable 2 is reMarkable's slimmest tablet, measuring less than 0.2 inches thin. The aluminum frame houses a 10.3" monochrome E-Ink display with a 1872x1404 resolution (226 dpi). The display is protected by an etched glass surface which does an excellent job of mimicking the texture of paper. Many users believe that it has a better feel than even the higher-end reMarkable Paper Pro, which has a harder, more friction-free surface.
The bundles include your choice of reMarkable's digital stylus - Marker or Marker Plus - and folio - Book Folio or Type Folio. The Marker is weighted to mimic the feel of a real pen and the tips provide the appropriate amount of friction to maintain the realism. The Marker Plus adds eraser functionality. The Book Folio is a magnetic book-like cover that protects your tablet even while it's being used. Choose the polymer weave for durability and easy maintenance or genuine leather for that premium look and feel. The Type Folio goes one step further by integrating a slim keyboard.
reMarkable's claim to fame is in its paper-writing experience and note-taking capabilities. reMarkable tablets do a superb job of mimicking the feel of pen on paper thanks to its combination of a textured glass surface and the soft felt-like tips of the digital stylus. But that's where the similarities end. Handwritten notes are accurately translated into typed text with a single tap. Unlike physical media, you'll never run out of paper and you'll be able to resize, undo, cut, copy, or create perfect lines and circles to your heart's content.
When you're done, reMarkable makes it easy to file your notes away in an efficient and legible manner. reMarkable tablets comes pre-loaded with a variety of lined and dotted templates, to-do lists, and weekly planners to keep your thoughts organized. Your finished notes can be sorted into separate folders and tagged for easy search queries. Your notes are saved in the cloud and accessible from other devices through reMarkable's mobile and desktop apps. Both locally stored and cloud files are encrypted, but you can also set up an optional passcode if you need more security.
Although reMarkable's digital notebooks are unsurpassed in their digital writing functionality, they're not really the best option if you're purely looking for a universally compatible digital reader. That's because you cannot easily view MOBI/AZW or DRM-protected EPUB content. That includes any eBooks available on Amazon Kindle as well as Libby, which is used by most public libraries. The reMarkable OS also doesn't support third party apps, so there's no way to download a Kindle or Libby app like you would on a standard tablet or mobile device. If you're looking strictly for an e-reader, then you're best off sticking with a Kindle tablet, Apple iPad, or your smartphone.
Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time.
GameStop is closing hundreds of stores just days into the new year as CEO Ryan Cohen aims to take home $35 billion in performance-based stock options.
Reports the gaming and pop-culture retailer would soon close stores started to emerge soon after 2026 began. Some shoppers were able to find and share signage warning their location would soon shut down, offering a 20% trade-in bonus (for a limited time) as compensation.
Been going to this GameStop for over 12 years. Sad to see it go. All the best to the guys Jose, Nick and more. Check them out before they close on the 8th. This is the 18th av location in Bensonhurst Brooklyn. pic.twitter.com/hV8NxgESUO
— Brooklyn Games & Arcade (@ArcadeBrooklyn) January 3, 2026
“This store is closed effective 1/8/26,” a different sign posted to Reddit January 2, 2026, says. “Thank you for being a loyal GameStop customer.”
Signs then instruct customers with game or memorabilia reservations to travel to new stores to pick up their purchases, but the sudden nature and wide reports left GameStop buyers with more questions than answers. With reports of what seemed to be dozens of store closures online, a blog that tracks GameStop activity using employee reports and the company’s store locator claims to have recorded 390 store closures (via Polygon). An additional 10 stores are still in the process of being confirmed to have shut down, which, if accurate, brings the total to 400 shuttered GameStop locations a little more than one week into the year.
It’s another hit to GameStop’s physical presence in the gaming market, with a December 2025 filing from the company noting it had ceased operations at 590 locations in the U.S. in fiscal 2024. Now, the once-titan known for giving “power to the players” seems to be keeping with its future plans, too, with the same document saying it anticipated “closing a significant number of additional stores in fiscal 2025.” For the last ten years, GameStop has closed more stores than it has opened in the U.S. each year, with closures often numbering in the hundreds.
Meanwhile, GameStop announced earlier this week that Cohen, who took over as CEO in September 2023, is up to receive a staggering $35 billion in performance-based stock options. For Cohen to receive the payout, the company’s board of directors states GameStop would need to reach a market capitalization of $100 billion and, before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, achieve $10 billion in cumulative performance. GameStop’s market cap currently sits at about $9.5 billion.
“The award is designed to incentivize Mr. Cohen to achieve extraordinary growth,” the announcement says.
GameStop has looked to new, bizarre ways to gain traction in recent years as it continues to double down on collectibles and memes. August 2023 saw the company pull out of crypto, moving to shutter its short-lived NFT marketplace just a few months later. More recently (and much to the dismay of its employees), it held its first-ever Trade Anything Day, which saw customers bringing in literally anything for trade-in credit at their local stores. Earlier this week, The New Zealand Herald reported that GameStop’s EB Games branch had made a proposal to close its remaining stores in New Zealand.
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LEGO launched a series of book nooks back in June 2025, but none of them had received any sort of discount until now. Amazon is currently offering the first deal on the LEGO Balrog Book Nook set, dropping the price by 10% for a limited time. This 1,201-piece diorama set depicts Gandalf facing off against the Balrog and is specifically targeted at adult builders.
There are currently only four LEGO Lord of the Rings sets available to buy in 2026 and discounts on them are extremely rare. If you're looking for a good LotR gift, I'd definitely recommend grabbing this while the savings are still available.
With the 10% discount on Amazon right now, this is the lowest price we've ever seen on the Balrog Book Nook since it was first released. The build itself is made up of 1,201 pieces and features a Gandalf minifigure as well as the larger Balrog. Once put together, the book nook sits at 8.5 inches high and is meant to be placed in between books on your shelf. The completed set depicts the iconic "You shall not pass!" scene from The Fellowship of the Ring movie. Those precise words are featured on a little plaque piece that adorns the front of the set. This is notable because while Gandalf says that phrase in the film, he actually says "you cannot pass" in Tolkien's original books.
We actually had the chance to build this set when it was first released and loved the unorthodox brick connectivity and the overall design. Despite a rather unfortunate position of this set making headlines last year, it's an overall fun build that looks great on any collector's shelf.
If you're looking for something newer, LEGO has released a ton of new sets for January 2026. The list includes a new Back to the Future Delorean set, new Star Wars builds, and Stranger Things sets. You can also already preorder the first LEGO Star Wars bricks integrated with Smart Brick technology, but they don't release until March 2026.
Best Buy has a great deal on an affordable Lenovo Legion 7 laptop, but you better hurry because the sale ends tonight. For just a few more hours, you can pick up a Lenovo Legion 7 RTX 5060 gaming laptop for only $1234.99 after over $600 in savings. This is a high-end model with a full aluminum chassis, gorgeous OLED display, and a generous 32GB of DDR5 RAM. The RTX 5060 is unthrottled (115W TGP) will play any game out there without having to bust your budget.
The Legion 7 is Lenovo's flagship laptop series, featuring a full aluminum (lid and chassis) construction and weighing in at a very reasonable 4.5 pounds. This particular system is also decked out in a rare "Glacier White" color scheme which, in my opinion, looks better than the standard black. It is configured with a 16" OLED display with 2.5K 189ppi resolution and 165Hz refresh rate, Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX CPU, 32GB of DDR5-5600MHz RAM, and 1TB SSD.
The RTX 5060 (mobile) is about 15%-20% more powerful than the RTX 4060 that it replaces and approaches the performance of the RTX 4070. It supports the newer DLSS 4 technology with multi-frame generation, which widens the performance gap in games that support it. It's a good GPU to pair with the 1600p display and should run most games at that resolution. With less demanding games like Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox, Hades 2, or Silksong, you can expect very high framerates, but pulling off 60fps on Cyberpunk 2077 with require some tweaking in the settings.
Lenovo Legion gaming PCs and laptops generally feature better and more rugged build quality than what you'd find from most other mass produced brands. Lenovo generally does not throttle the GPU on any of its Legion models, which means you should expect maximum performance. Legion laptops are solidy built, with most models having either an aluminum lid or full metal chassis, include an OLED display option even on their budget models, and feature a great feeling keyboard. The current generation models are up to date with WiFi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, and Thunderbolt 4 ports as standard. Lenovo also offers excellent customer service; the warranty period is usually 1 year by default, but there's an option to extend it.
Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time.
From portable gaming handhelds to smartphones, our lives rely on portable, untethered electronics, and it can't hurt to always have a charger on hand. Fortunately, they don't have to be expensive. Case in point, Amazon is currently offering a Baseus Picogo 67W USB Type-C wall charger for just $16.99 after you apply coupon code "T9TLS56H". This diminutive adapter has plenty of ports and enough power output to fast charge most portable electronics.
The Baseus wall charger is very compact thanks to its use of gallium nitride (GaN) instead of the more common silicon for its semiconductor material. This makes the charger smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient than a traditional charger. The plug portion can also fold out of the way so that it doesn't get damaged during travel.
There are a total of three ports: two USB Type-C ports and one USB Type-A port each capable of 67W of power output. Note that the maximum output for all three ports is 67W as well, so if you used all three at time same time, you would pull about 22W per port. This throttling is actually a good thing; charging at 201W (67Wx3) would generate a ton of heat and you'd need a bigger, less portable enclosure to accommodate it.
The 67W power output per port is higher than what I typically see at this price point. It matches the charging output of the adapters that come packaged with even the most power hungry handheld gaming PCs like the Xbox Ally X, ROG Ally X, Legion Go S, and Legion Go 2. It can also easily charge the Steam Deck, which only takes 35W max. As for the Switch 2, you could charge three consoles simultaneously at their maximum rate (the Switch 2 only accepts about 20W max).
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If you need some cables to go along with this charger, Amazon is offering a four-pack of Basesailor 10ft 100W USB Type-C cables for just $13.39. To get this deal you'll need to add both the two pack of gray cables and a two pack of purple cables to your cart and apply coupon code "LUU2CPDS" during checkout. You're paying just $3.35 per cable.
Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time.
ESPN officially launched a new streaming service back in August 2025 that includes the full suite of ESPN Networks in one package. ESPN Unlimited is currently available as a standalone service or as a bundle with Disney+ and Hulu. If you're shopping around for sports streaming service during football season this year, we've gathered everything you need to know about ESPN Unlimited.
The first thing you need to know is that the previous ESPN streaming service, ESPN+, no longer exists. What was once ESPN+ has been replaced with the ESPN Select plan. So if you already had a subscription, this is what you've been moved over to and the content will pretty much be the same.
ESPN Unlimited does not offer any sort of free trial. That being said, there is a way to test out the service for free. If you sign up for a Fubo free trial, you'll also get access to ESPN Unlimited. The trial only last for seven days, but it's a great option if you're looking to test out a live TV alternative to cable or just maintain access to ESPN during the YouTube TV blackout.
There are two new ESPN streaming services available: ESPN Unlimited and ESPN Select. ESPN Select is essentially a reskinned version of ESPN+ and doesn't feature any of the live ESPN channels. ESPN Unlimited is the version of the service that includes all of the ESPN networks and the content featured on ESPN Select.
Each of these services offer monthly or annual pricing, with a slight discount for those who choose the annual plan. Alongside the standalone service, there's also a Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN bundle that includes a discount as well as the option to add on an NFL+ Premium subscription for more football coverage. Here's a quick rundown of the pricing for each of these subscription plans:
According to the original press release, ESPN Unlimited features access to all of ESPN's linear networks as well as 47,000 live events a year and original programming. That means you'll be able to stream NBA games that air on ABC via this service as well. Here's a full list of all of the channels available with a subscription:
In addition to these channels, ESPN also recently reached a deal with the NFL that will eventually bring NFL Network games to the service. In the meantime, you can choose to bundle your subscription with NFL+ Premium to get access to those games and NFL RedZone. This new option is ideal for anyone looking for a good streaming service for NFL games. There was also a new agreement reached with WWE that will bring WrestleMania to ESPN Unlimited sometime in 2026.
ESPN Unlimited is integrated into the existing ESPN app, so you can pretty much watch from anywhere. For a mobile experience you can download the app from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store. It's also available on popular streaming devices such as Fire TV, Apple TV, Roku, and Android TV as well as major gaming consoles such as the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
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