If there is one thing my download queue and shelf of shame agree on, it is that restraint has never been my strong suit. I have end creditsed most of these, sunk far too many hours into others, and still found excuses to buy them again. Basically, today's spread is stacked with smart picks and deep cuts, so go get amongst them!

Contents

• Retro
• Nintendo
• Xbox
• PlayStation
• PC
• PC Gear
• LEGO

This Day in Gaming 🎂

In retro news, we're celebrating the birthdays of two underloved gems. It's the big ten for Assassin's Creed Chronicles India, a midpoint entry in a 2.5D sub-series trilogy that plays not unlike Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Capcom's Lost Planet turns 18 today, too, and is still a blast in four-player co-op via Xbox Live. Lost Planet, I’ll remember you for your weird but awesome Frank West unlockable skin. Also for letting me lug around and unload a human-sized shotgun ripped off a mech. What's not to love about that?!

Aussie birthdays for notable games.

- Lost Planet (X360) 2007. Get

- AC Chronicles India (PS4,XO) 2016. Get

Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch

• Crisis Core: FF7 Reunion (-45%) A$47 Zack Fair’s cult classic glow up, rebuilt with modern combat and clearer storytelling. Essential if you care about Final Fantasy VII lore or just want to cry about SOLDIERs again.
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (-35%) A$51.90 XCOM lite tactics wrapped in Mushroom Kingdom chaos. Smarter systems, better pacing, and proof this crossover was never a fluke.
• Diablo III Eternal Col. (-27%) A$65.80 Still one of the smoothest loot treadmills around, bundled with everything you need to lose an entire weekend.
• Hot Wheels Unleashed (-85%) A$8.20 Ridiculously good arcade racing hiding under toy branding. At this price it is basically theft.
• This War of Mine Comp. Ed. (-90%) A$6 Bleak, thoughtful, and emotionally exhausting in the best way. Not fun fun, but important game fun.

Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.

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Exciting Bargains for Xbox

• Assassin's Creed Mirage (-69%) A$24.90 A welcome throwback to classic Assassin’s Creed stealth, dense cities, and fewer icons yelling at you.
• Persona 5 Royal (-51%) A$49.30 Style, music, and turn based combat firing on all cylinders, with Royal content that meaningfully deepens the story.
• Star Wars Jedi Survivor (-63%) A$40.20 Bigger, bolder, and more confident than Fallen Order, with lightsaber combat that finally feels properly vicious.
• Cyberpunk 2077 Ult. (-32%) A$81.90 The version CD Projekt promised from day one, now packed with Phantom Liberty and systems that actually sing.
• Star Wars Squadrons (-38%) A$36.90 Pure cockpit Star Wars fantasy, best enjoyed with a flight stick and a tolerance for steep learning curves.

Xbox One

• Dishonored 2 (-77%) A$9.10 One of the greatest immersive stealth-leaning FPSes ever made, with level design that rewards creativity and chaos equally.
• Spyro Reignited Tril. (-37%) A$44.30 A loving triple-remake that keeps the charm intact while smoothing out everything that mattered.
• Diablo III Eternal Col. (-59%) A$40.60 Couch co op friendly chaos that still holds up brilliantly on older consoles.

Or just invest in an Xbox Card.

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Pure Scores for PlayStation

• Ghost of Yotei (-13%) A$109 A striking open world debut that leans heavily into atmosphere, myth, and slow burn exploration.
• Spidey Miles Morales (-48%) A$48.90 Short, sharp, and packed with heart, Miles’ standalone adventure is pure PS5 comfort food.
• Elden Ring (-53%) A$47 A masterpiece of environmental storytelling and player driven discovery that refuses to hold your hand.
• Returnal (-43%) A$70.60 Roguelike structure meets bullet hell intensity, wrapped in some of the best haptics on the platform.
• Tekken 8 (-45%) A$47 Slick, aggressive, and more approachable than ever without losing its competitive edge.

PS4

• BioShock Col. (-57%) A$42.90 Three all timers, infinite atmosphere, and still some of the best writing shooters have ever seen.
• Persona 5 Strikers (-58%) A$41.90 Musou combat with Persona flair, acting as a surprisingly heartfelt sequel rather than a throwaway spin off.
• Batman Arkham Col. (-90%) A$8.40 An absurdly cheap bundle of genre defining superhero games that still put most modern adaptations to shame.

Or purchase a PS Store Card.

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Purchase Cheap for PC

• Pacific Drive (-60%) A$17.50 A road trip survival game obsessed with vibes, where your car becomes your best friend and worst enemy.
• South Park The Fractured but Whole (-70%) A$14.90 Juvenile, smart, and mechanically solid, with RPG systems far better than they have any right to be.
• SteamWorld Dig 2 (-94%) A$1.70 One of the best indie platformers ever made, now priced like a packet of chips.
• A Plague Tale Innocence (-80%) A$12.90 A grim, story driven adventure that uses stealth and sound design to devastating effect.
• Little Nightmares Comp. Ed. (-75%) A$9.90 Creepy, clever, and quietly brilliant environmental storytelling without a single line of dialogue.

Or just get a Steam Wallet Card

Legit LEGO Deals

• Minecraft The Creeper (-29%) A$49.90 A clean display build that actually looks great on a shelf, even if you have never punched a tree.
• 3in1 Wild Animals Panda (-35%) A$39 A flexible build with genuine replay value thanks to its alternate animal designs.
• V-19 Torrent Starfighter (-30%) A$69.90 A deep cut Star Wars ship that finally escaped the archives and into brick form.
• Balrog Book Nook (-25%) A$149 Ridiculously extra, gloriously nerdy, and absolutely worth it if your bookshelf needs intimidation.

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Tonight is the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, celebrating the best and brightest in the world of film, television, podcasts, and original music from 2025. IGN is going to bring you all the winners, shenanigans and news from the event as it happens, starting at 5pm PT / 8pm ET. The show will run for roughly three hours.

Expect lots of speeches, glam looks, and probably plenty of Heated Rivalry references. Presenters signed up for duty tonight include Amanda Seyfried, Ana de Armas, Ayo Edebiri, Charli xcx, Chris Pine, Colman Domingo, Connor Storrie, Dakota Fanning, Dave Franco, Diane Lane, George Clooney, Hailee Steinfeld, Hudson Williams, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Joe Keery, Judd Apatow, Julia Roberts, Justin Hartley, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Hart, Kyra Sedgwick, Lalisa Manobal, Luke Grimes, Macaulay Culkin, Marlon Wayans, Melissa McCarthy, Mila Kunis, Miley Cyrus, Minnie Driver, Orlando Bloom, Pamela Anderson, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Queen Latifah, Regina Hall, Sean Hayes, Snoop Dogg, Wanda Sykes, Will Arnett, and Zoë Kravitz.

Playing along at home? You can check out the full list of Golden Globe nominations here.

On update duty is IGN's Rachel Weber, Jessie Wade and Michael Peyton.

Rachel Weber is the Senior Editorial Director of Games at IGN and an elder millennial. She's been a professional nerd since 2006 when she got her start on Official PlayStation Magazine in the UK, and has since worked for GamesIndustry.Biz, Rolling Stone and GamesRadar. She loves horror, horror movies, horror games, and French Bulldogs. Those extra wrinkles on her face are thanks to going time blind and staying up too late finishing every sidequest in RPGs like Fallout and Witcher 3.

Avatar: Fire and Ash has now grossed $1.231 billion globally after four weekends in theaters, with Zootopia 2 up to $1.655 billion worldwide after six weekends.

James Cameron’s sci-fi sequel added $21.3 million domestically and $65.6 million internationally this weekend. In total, Avatar 3 has made $342.6 million domestically, leaving the majority of its box office — $888 million — coming internationally. That’s par for the course for the Avatar movies, which have tended to show staying power at theaters and perform particularly well in China. Avatar: Fire and Ash has made $149 million to date in China, and is behind only Zootopia 2 in terms of films released in 2025. Speaking of Zootopia 2, it’s made an incredible $1.276 billion internationally, with $611 million coming from China. It is Walt Disney Animation’s highest-grossing movie of all time.

The special effects-heavy Avatar films cost a huge amount of money to produce, but they have historically made billions of dollars at the box office. 2009's Avatar 1 remains the highest-grossing movie of all time (not adjusted for inflation), and has earned a staggering $2.9 billion across several theatrical runs. 2022's Avatar: The Way of Water has earned $2.3 billion, meanwhile, cementing its place as the third-highest grossing film of all time — just ahead of Cameron's own Titanic.

We’ve spoken for some time now about Avatar: Fire and Ash’s box office performance and how well it’s doing relative to Avatar 1 and 2. Avatar: Fire and Ash is indeed trailing both its predecessors at this point in its run — by some distance, too. After weekend four, Avatar: The Way of Water had made $1.713 billion, and Avatar had made $1.335 billion. It looks increasingly unlikely that Fire and Ash will end up matching Avatar 1 or 2 by the end of its theatrical run. But the bigger question is whether it will end up doing well enough to convince Disney to greenlight Avatar 4 and 5. Disney has given both sequels release dates already: Avatar 4 currently has a December 21, 2029 release date, with Avatar 5 due out December 19, 2031. Cameron, now 71, would be close to 80 years old by the time it all wraps up.

In the run up to Fire and Ash’s release, Cameron admitted he was feeling nervous about the film’s box office performance and expressed concern about the “forces” working against theatrical releases in 2025. Speaking on The Town with Matthew Belloni podcast, Cameron said there was potential for “sequelitis.” He added: "people tend to dismiss sequels unless it’s the third Lord of the Rings film and you want to see what happens to everybody, which in my mind this is — this is the culmination of a story arc, but that may not be how the public sees it.” And there’s the “one-two punch” of streaming and Covid, which means fewer people are going to the movies — 75% of the number in 2019, Cameron suggested.

Disney has used Avengers: Doomsday teaser trailers to encourage repeat viewings of Avatar: Fire and Ash in theaters. Four teasers have been released so far, with each going online after a week of theatrical exclusivity ahead of Fire and Ash.

Meanwhile, The Housemaid starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried is nearing the $200 million mark globally, with positive word of mouth fueling strong holds week on week. A sequel is already confirmed. Anaconda starring Jack Black and Paul Rudd is now up to $110.1 million at the global box office. And Marty Supreme starring Timothée Chalamet is on $84.1 million globally.

Photo credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing 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.

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The Golden Globes are returning for their 83rd year tonight, January 11, and the show is sure to be filled with stars, big moments, and more that all celebrate the best of the best in the world of film, television, podcasts, and original music from 2025.

To ensure you don't miss a thing, this guide will let you know how to watch the Golden Globes, when they start, who the nominees are, and more.

We'll also be covering all the big news and winners out of the show with live updates, so be sure to stay tuned to IGN throughout the night!

Warhammer 40,000 lore fans are in overdrive after a single page of a new campaign book teased something that’s never happened before in the setting: the meeting of two loyalist primarchs.

The primarchs are the overpowered, genetically-engineered demigod sons of the Emperor, the leaders of the loyalist Space Marine legions before they were broken up into chapters following the catastrophic civil war known as the Horus Heresy. Warhammer 40,000 as a narrative operated for decades with most of the primarchs either thought dead or lost in the warp.

Today, only two primarchs are confirmed alive and active in the current Warhammer 40,000 setting: Ultramarines boss Roboute Guilliman, who returned to the galaxy during the Gathering Storm event in 2017, and Dark Angels chief Lion El'Jonson, who miraculously popped back into existence as part of the Arks of Omen storyline in early 2023. These were galaxy-shaking plot developments for the Warhammer 40,000 setting, and ever since Lion El'Jonson’s shock return to Warhammer 40,000, fans have wondered when he’d finally bump into his brother, Roboute. Now, it looks like that long-awaited family reunion will take place in the coming months, after a new campaign book teased a meeting of the Emperor’s sons.

Word comes from Warhammer 40,000 lore expert Arbitor Ian, who IGN has partnered with for a number of explainer videos, such as the one above. Arbitor Ian got an early look at 500 Worlds: Titus, a soon to be released Warhammer 40,000 campaign book and narrative expansion that features 80 pages of lore covering the beginning of the Ultramarian Reclamation, and published a new video on its most explosive lore reveal.

To back up briefly, Lieutenant Titus from the Space Marine 2 video game has become one of the most recognizable faces in Warhammer 40,000 following its enormous success. To capitalize on Titus’ newfound fame, Games Workshop promoted him to Captain and made him Master of the Watch, which means he’s in charge of defending the 500 Worlds of Ultramar, the realm of Space Marine poster boys, the Ultramarines. With Roboute Guilliman off gallivanting with his Indomitus Crusade, Titus is now in charge of keeping things safe and sound back home, where new Necron threats have emerged, as they always do.

According to the new video from Arbitor Ian, 500 Worlds: Titus has a crucial piece of new lore, found right at the back of the book, that teases a meeting between Guilliman and Lion El'Jonson. It is an intergalactic message written by Lion El'Jonson and intended for Roboute Guilliman that reads: “Brother. We need to talk.”