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Valve formally revealed Deadlock over the last weekend, and its closed beta hit a new peak of concurrent players not long after.

The surprise MOBA shooter has 89,203 players at time of writing. It's just over double the original peak of 44,512 players in August 16.

Deadlock's existence has been known for some time, but Valve was insistent on keeping it secret up to this pointCome from Soccer 13 pools and matches . That move drew controversy after The Verge wrote about its time with the beta, and banned writer Sean Hollister after bypassing the prompt to not speak on the beta and talking about it.

For those curious, the current Deadlock peak is just above the 24-hour peak for Valve's older multiplayer titles like Team Fortess 2 (71,863 players) and Left 4 Dead 2 Read more

As the first entry in the franchise in over a decade, it’s no surprise that EA Sports College Football 25 has been popular at launch, but new figures released by EA have revealed just how popular it’s been. According to EA’s quarterly financial results, CFB 25 saw over 5 million unique players in its first week. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

EA’s quarterly report for Q1 2025, which ended on June 30, encompasses what EA calls the “record-breaking launch of EA Sports College Football 25.”

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Apple devices rarely get steep discounts, which is why Best Buy’s current MacBook Air deal is so noteworthy. The latest model MacBook Air with the M1 chip is on sale for just $750 at Best Buy right now. This discount, which is part of Best Buy’s Student Deals, is only available through August 1. That said, there’s certainly a chance Best Buy will sell out before then, as this is the lowest price to date on the M1 MacBook Air.

In order to take full advantage of the discount, you have to be logged into a free My Best Buy account and sign up for Best Buy’s Student Deals. Student Deals apply to college students, those who plan on going to college soon, and parents of school-age children. Signing up relies on the honor system, so do with that information as you please. After you gain access for Student Deals, you simply have to click the button below the price on the listing to get the additional discount. If you’re not signed up for Student Deals, the MacBook Air deals start at $850, which is still a nice $150 discount. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

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Ahead of Halo Infinite’s release in December, Microsoft has announced new statistics about the sci-fi shooter series that speak to its size and scale.

More than 81 million Halo games have been sold since the franchise debuted in November 2001. Microsoft did not provide a sales breakdown by game, but the company said 2015’s Halo 5: Guardians was the “biggest Halo launch to date.” For comparison, Activision has sold more than 400 million Call of Duty games, while the GTA series has passed 355 million sold. The Halo series is exclusive to Xbox platforms and PC, while those franchises are multiplatform.

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Last week, Sony officially opened up preorders for Horizon Forbidden West ahead of the game’s release on PS4 and PS5 in February next year. Curiously it was bound to be the first exclusive from Sony without a PS4-to-PS5 upgrade path, forcing you to purchase the $80 Digital Deluxe edition if you needed both. Sony has since reversed that decision, which has inadvertently made the PS5 version of the game a less sensible purchase, especially if you’re buying digitally.

Right now, the PS4 version of Horizon Forbidden West retails for $60, while the PS5 version is listed for $70. This isn’t too surprising–all of Sony’s exclusives outside of launch titles that are also cross-gen have followed this pattern, including Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut most recently. Unlike those, however, the PS4-to-PS5 upgrade for the PS4 version is going to be free following Sony’s announcement over the weekend, making the $10 premium for the base PS5 version a costly option for what it gets you.

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James Bond movie series producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson have provided an update on the search for the next actor to play the iconic British superspy. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

Speaking to Variety, the pair said it’s still “early days” in the search for the next James Bond actor. Whoever gets the role will need to sign on for numerous films over a decade, Broccoli said.

“The thing is, it’s going to be a couple of years off,” she said. “And when we cast Bond, it’s a 10-, 12-year commitment. So he’s probably thinking, ‘Do I really want that thing?’ Not everybody wants to do that. It was hard enough getting [Daniel Craig to do it].”

Craig played James Bond in five films, ending with 2021’s No Time To Die. He wasn’t always a lock to come back for No Time To Die, as he made headlines saying he would rather “slash my wrists” than come back, but he later explained what he really meant to say.

One name that has popped up for the role of James Bond is British actor Idris Elba. Broccoli and Wilson said they have not spoken to Elba, but Wilson said Elba is “great” and Br…

There’s quite a bit of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 that can be summed up as “more of the same.” Granted, that’s a good thing–both the original game and the Miles Morales-focused follow-up feature fantastic reimaginings of their respective Spider-Men, exhilarating web-swinging, and superb combat mechanics. Who wouldn’t just want more of that? And sure, more of what came before does mean that Spider-Man 2 retreads less successful ground, like the first game’s buzz-killing science puzzles. However, the good far outweighs the bad, and a few new gameplay mechanics freshen up aspects of both traversal and combat. Altogether, it’s a great game and one well worth seeing all the way through from its bombastic beginning to its emotional end.

Like the first two games, the true star of Spider-Man 2 is its story. It finally gives us the chance to jump between playing as either Peter or Miles as the two work together to protect New York City from Kraven, a fierce warrior looking to transform the city into his hunting ground. Their personal lives don’t fare any less stressful–Peter and Miles are both stuck, struggling to figure out what’s next for them. Peter desperately y…

Baldur’s Gate 3 may have won Game Of The Year (both at The Game Awards and here at GameSpot), but that doesn’t mean developer Larian Studios is finished refining its award-winning RPG Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Ever the perfectionists, Larian devs recently announced that an upcoming patch will improve one of the game’s many romance features: kissing.

Larian has taken the game’s more amorous moments seriously from the beginning, with Patch 5 including a fix that “improved the lip contact when kissing Minthara in the endgame for large male humans and female dragonborns.” So what do players have to look forward to when locking lips after the upcoming patch?

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Nintendo is extending the life of Mario Kart 8 on the Nintendo Switch with a series of DLC expansions that add old courses from throughout the franchise. While that means we won’t be getting Mario Kart 9 anytime soon, these new courses are much more than simple recreations of what players could find in Mario Kart 64. Instead, these are full-on remastered tracks, and while some add new features, they all look spectacular.

In our video comparing original courses with their Mario Kart 8 Deluxe versions, the upgrades are pretty clear. For instance, Choco Mountain, which first appeared in Mario Kart 64, isn’t marked by the same bland brown scenery and dense Silent-Hill-esque fog. It’s still creepy in Mario Kart 8, with some of that fog seeping in, along with extra spooky details, like dead trees that smatter the sides of the track. A new underground section similarly changes things up, having players drive into oncoming bats before hopping out and onto a cliffside packed with rolling boulders. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

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