The last year has been unprecedented in a lot of ways as the world continues to deal with a global pandemic. The ride has been pretty wild in the games industry as well, as the reality of COVID has changed the way games are made, along with every other aspect of life. Despite the big changes, though, 2020 saw a number of top-tier game releases--many of which have helped people deal with on-going stay home orders and greatly diminished social interactions.As 2020 draws to a close, we're doing what we always do around this time and highlighting the year's best games. You can check out the peak of what 2020 had to offer with our Best Game of 2020 nominees list, although that's just the tip of the iceberg of great titles the GameSpot crew enjoyed over the last year. For PC players, 2020 was filled with great games, and below we've compiled a list of all the titles we reviewed this year that scored better an 8 out of 10 or better. If you're looking for a list that's platform-agnostic, check out our complete list of every game that received an 8 or higher in 2020.For more of the year's best, be sure to check out our Best Games of 2020, but if you're more of a forward-thinking individual, jump into our hub for the Most Anticipated Games of 2021, which contains features highlighting the biggest games coming out next year.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

With so much Vikings history and so many potential generations of the Lothbrok clan to explore, many fans of History's Vikings, which will see its final episodes first stream on Amazon Prime Video, don't want the series to end. For creator Michael Hirst, though, it's a happy accomplishment. He's glad to wrap up the story on his terms. In fact, his original pitch to History included how he wanted to end the series."I knew in a global sense where I was ultimately going," Hirst told GameSpot. "And it was very satisfactory, in a way, when we came to what I knew was going to be by the last season. I also felt that I'd said as much as I had to say really about Vikings, you know? I started off and I was fascinated by their culture and beliefs, and I wanted to overturn all these prejudices and cliches about them. And [then] I fell in love with these major characters. Often my days and nights for seven years were filled with Vikings. You know, I would write [until] 12 o'clock at night, I commuted to Ireland every week. It was time to conclude the saga."That said, while Hirst is ready to write about something other than Vikings, he knows how important the conclusion to this story is. Over the years, Vikings has grown from a show about the leader of a small farming village to a sprawling epic that takes place across many nations, as armies declare war on one another and a group of brothers vie for total control of their homeland.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Countless television productions stopped throughout 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but are finally starting to pick up as studios get their pandemic precautions figured out ahead of vaccine availability. Production on Showtime's long-awaited Halo television show, which is shooting in Budapest, Hungary, is back underway, and the social team at game developer 343 Industries dropped a few set photos for us to pore over.The photos on offer run the gamut from weapons to monsters to a recently-returned actor, along with a message from co-showrunner Kiki Wolfkill."As you may have seen on IG last month, after a herculean effort on Showtime's part, we were able to go back to Budapest a few months ago and resume production on the Halo television series! While we were able to cover a lot of ground during the pandemic 'hiatus', the thing we couldn't do while working from home was to actually shoot," Wolfkill wrote. "So with a rigorous covid protocol in place and our fingers crossed, we picked up where we left off in March and were able to get some amazing footage in the can. Oh, and this time I got to pack Jen Taylor in my luggage to bring her Cortana magic to the show! What a gift to have her on our set and in Budapest with me. So much to share in 2021 but in the meantime, stay safe, Spartans and enjoy this tiny sneak peek!"Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Early on in the pandemic, John Krasinski made wholesome headlines with his home-made web series, Some Good News. Then, he sold it to Viacom CBS. The show went on hiatus for the summer and fall, but it's back in time for Christmas with a holiday special featuring a special cameo from Dwayne "Dwanta Claus" Johnson.The episode features the usual nice news the show is known for, including George Clooney stepping into the recurring "weatherman" role on the show, but the real news is about Johnson and why he dropped by.Widowed father Jay Abel tweeted at Johnson. Abel was selling a bunch of his comics memorabilia so that he could afford Christmas presents for his kids, and asked Johnson for a retweet. Johnson, though, was having none of that. Johnson joined the call wearing a Santa hat labeled "Dwanta," and told Abel that he should hang onto his collectibles, because Dwanta is going to buy everything on the kids' Christmas lists, including an Xbox Series X for Abel's 11-year-old son.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Update: As of December 19, the hotfix is also available on PC. More substantial patches should arrive in early 2021.Original story follows ...CD Projekt Red has released a new hotfix patch for Cyberpunk 2077, which looks to fix some of the more noteworthy glitches that pop up during the main campaign missions that occur early in the game. The full patch notes are listed below.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

CD Projekt could soon be facing yet another Cyberpunk 2077 problem, arguably bigger than having to offer refunds to upset players: a class-action lawsuit. It isn't from other players, either, but potentially from investors who felt they were misled about the game's quality prior to release.According to VGC, multiple law firms, as well as a CD Projekt investor, are looking into a class-action suit related to potential misrepresentation by CD Projekt. The company could be accused of breaking an SEC rule that makes it unlawful to operate "as a fraud or a deceit upon any person" during security transactions.In other words, this potential lawsuit would see investors taking aim at CD Projekt rather than the customers who bought the game. Given the massive drop in share value for the company over the last week, this isn't a huge surprise. Several of the executives and co-founders of the company have reportedly lost over $1 billion in their own stock value since the game's launch.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Especially if you are far along in the Cyberpunk 2077 storyline, you are going to want to monitor your save file size closely. Players are reporting that their save data is being corrupted after it goes beyond 8MB, and there isn't any way to recover the data if this happens.Players on Reddit are discovering that, at least in some instances, their save files are corrupted and unrecoverable once they reach that 8MB mark. For those who have been crafting items extensively over the course of their playthrough, the file size can balloon, putting them at greater risk of having their data corrupted. It isn't affecting all players, and you seem to be more likely to corrupt your data if you've crafted literally thousands of items.GOG support (GOG is owned by CD Projekt Red's parent company, CD Projekt) seemed to acknowledge that there was indeed a file size limit in a reply to a concerned player. The company said it may increase the save file size limit via a future patch but this would not revert already corrupted save data back to a useable state. It also recommended not using any item duplication glitches and loading a save file that hasn't made use of it yet. Because you can manually save, you can potentially keep a "safe" save file if you don't mind the risk of losing progress and reverting back to that file. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

No one is more closely associated with Nintendo than Shigeru Miyamoto. "Mario's dad" and the creator of series like Donkey Kong and The Legend of Zelda has been with the company for decades, and his own children grew up with access to Nintendo's game library. That's why it's particularly amusing that they were also big Sega fans.Speaking to The New Yorker, Miyamoto said that growing up, his children were big fans of Space Harrier and Out Run--two classics we've seen on numerous systems, including Sega Genesis. They both hold up fairly well today, and you can actually play them both on Nintendo Switch via the Sega Ages series.Perhaps that Sega love came as a result of the house's game consoles being owned by Miyamoto himself rather than his kids.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

2020 has been quite the year, and now that it's finally coming to a close, we figured it's the perfect time to look back at some of our favorite games. Our top 10 picks make up our Best Game of 2020 nominees list, but there were plenty of other wonderful gems that we liked. And many of those games released on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. Below, we've rounded up GameSpot's best-reviewed Xbox games of 2020.Now, remember, this list only includes the games for Xbox that GameSpot reviewed. We're only human and there aren't enough of us to cover literally every single game. This list is not designed to diminish other excellent games that were released on Xbox this year, such as Call of the Sea, Evan's Remains, and Coffee Talk (all of which you should go play, by the way); it just compiles the collection of games that we managed to publish a review for on the website that scored an 8/10 or higher. We've listed the games in alphabetical order.If you're looking for even more Best Games of 2020 coverage that concerns Xbox, we've got you covered. We've put together a round-up of the best Xbox games of 2020, a list of the biggest Xbox games to look forward to in 2021 and beyond, a catalog of the biggest upcoming console exclusives for Xbox Series X|S, and an overview of how Microsoft handled this past console generation.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

WWE's December PPV TLC is coming to a close. However, Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens TLC match was a barnburner, and one of the best matches of the year. So do yourself a favor and check that one out. Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton is the final match of the night. Check out the full results below.The main card of WWE's PPV TLC kicked off with a championship TLC match between Drew McIntyre and AJ Styles. However, along the way, Money in the Bank contract holder The Miz got thrown into the mix, and it didn't go too well for him.The Thunderdome has moved to a new location, and TLC will take place at Tropicana Field in Tampa, Florida. That's right. It's a WWE PPV in the middle of a baseball stadium. However, since you can't attend the show in person, you'll have to watch it the old fashion way--through the WWE Network.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The PUBG Mobile development team has been on a roll with its anti-cheat actions, as it has banned more than 2 million people over the course of a week. Dubbed the "Ban Pan," the latest anti-cheating report for the game says that nearly a third of all banned players had modified their character model, while about 15% of players were using aim hacks.From December 11th-17th, 2,127,454 accounts have been permanently suspended from accessing our game, out of which these are the majority of the reasons:⬜ X-Ray Vision⬜ Auto Aim Hacks⬜ Modification of Character Models pic.twitter.com/AdA8iItjqJ — PUBG MOBILE (@PUBGMOBILE) December 20, 2020The accounts banned as part of the mass action are permanently suspended from using the game. Other reasons for the bans include x-ray vision hacks, speed hacks, and hacks that modify an area of damage. All of them threaten to undermine the competitive nature of a game that game that has more than 50 million daily users. That means the banned total equals roughly 4% of the total daily number, though the game has been downloaded more than 600 million times to date.PUBG Mobile's success is even more crucial right now, as Fortnite is--at least temporarily--not available on iOS. That doesn't mean the game faces no competition on the platform, as Call of Duty Mobile continues to get updates for standard multiplayer as well as battle royale content.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

2020 was a big year for PlayStation. As Sony prepared to launch the PS5 and usher in a new generation, developers were preparing to say goodbye to the last one with swan song games that pushed the PS4 hardware to its limit, and others transitioned to the PS5 with next-gen upgrades.That made this an especially strong year for PS4 games, as exclusives like Ghost of Tsushima and The Last of Us Part II showed off what the hardware can do. Meanwhile, some games like Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Watch Dogs Legion crossed between generations. And the PS5 itself got some of its own highly-regarded exclusives like Astro's Playroom and Demon's Souls.We've compiled a list of the best-reviewed PlayStation games in 2020 below. For more of the year's best, be sure to check out our Best Games of 2020 and familiarize yourself with GameSpot's top 10 nominees.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

We are about to reach the end of a very important era for Xbox--well, in about a year. Microsoft has announced that in December 2021, it will be taking Xbox 360 services offline for the Halo series. This move will affect seven different games, including two games in the original trilogy, limiting or completely disabling online matchmaking.In a post on Halo Waypoint, 343 Industries said that it takes a great deal of resources in order to maintain the services for these games. Total player-count has been dwindling as more players choose to play the Xbox One or PC versions through the Master Chief Collection, and the Xbox 360 versions haven't even been available to purchase physically for about two years.Halo Xbox 360 services are going offline in December 2021. Games remain playable indefinitely, but some experiences will be impacted. Please visit https://t.co/9934rbtGdO for all the info. pic.twitter.com/11hEpzUrwE — Halo (@Halo) December 18, 2020The games affected are listed below:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The No More Heroes games have been primarily associated with Nintendo systems thus far, and the upcoming No More Heroes 3 will be a Switch exclusive. However, it looks like the first two games could be coming to PC if an ESRB rating listing is any indication.Spotted by Gematsu, there are full ratings and descriptions available on the ESRB website for both No More Heroes and No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle. Only the Windows PC platform is listed at the top of each page, and the games were only available on Wii and Nintendo Switch, though an enhanced version of the first game did also come to PS3 and Xbox 360. Keep in mind that these rating descriptions do contain some spoilers about the games in order to convey their level of violence. The spinoff game Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes did release on PC eventually, coming alongside a PS4 version in late 2019 after the game initially launched as a Switch exclusive. It's possible something like this could also be planned for No More Heroes 3, though only a Switch version has been revealed so far.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

There's no denying that 2020 has been a wild year, not just because of the fantastic games on display, but because of how COVID has shaken and, at times, stopped the world. But putting all that aside, there really have been some amazing games to play across all the major platforms, and they've made coping with the unexpected changes this year somewhat more bearable. Many of them were even made with developers working from home. Like previous years, we've been highlighting some of the best games this year. Our top 10 picks make up our Best Game of 2020 nominees list, but there were plenty of other excellent gems that we liked. If you're keen to find out which games GameSpot reviewed highest this year, then we've got a whole list here to point you towards all the games we've scored 8 or higher.For more of the year's best, be sure to check out our Best Games of 2020, but if you're more of a forward-thinking individual, jump into our hub for the Most Anticipated Games of 2021, which contains features highlighting the biggest games coming out next year.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com