Sony released the list of November 2020's top-selling PS5 and PS4 games for the US/Canada region, and the results are unsurprising. The PS5 launched in November to great fanfare, and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales was one of Sony's next-generation console's key launch titles. It proved to be a draw and landed at number one on the top-downloaded PS5 games for US/Canada.Other big titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Demon's Souls, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and NBA 2K21 Next Generation filled in the top ranks of the best-selling PS5 games. See the end of the article for a comprehensive list, as well as top-downloaded PS4 and free-to-play games. Check out PlayStation's Blog for the top-downloaded PSVR games and DLC/expansions.On the PS4 side, many of the same titles made the top-downloaded list. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War landed at number one instead of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Grand Theft Auto V, a game launched in 2013, is still doing exceptionally well and was the seventh most downloaded game on the PS4.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Years ago, EA Redwood Shores was working on a Lord of the Rings game called The Lord of the Rings: The White Council, and it had bold ambitions as an open-world RPG. However, EA announced in 2007 that it had put the game on hiatus, and it was effectively canceled.But why? Developers who worked on it spoke to The Gamer about the project, and one of the reasons was that EA simply didn't want to take on another big-budget project after releasing The Godfather in 2006."EA was just coming off shipping The Godfather, which was a big and really expensive project that had gone way over budget and schedule," executive producer Steve Gray said. "I just think there wasn't appetite for another big over the top project."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Watch Dogs: Legion will receive Title Update 2.40 on December 10, and it'll come with numerous fixes and a few additions. The big change, for Xbox owners, is a fix coming for a save issue. Some players on Xbox Series X/S have had issues getting their games to save, which the patch will address.Another major change coming for all systems is the option to "retire" Prestige Operatives, meaning that you can, essentially, make them work under permadeath rules. This was previously only possible in permadeath playthroughs, but now it sounds like you'll be able to activate this option in any playthrough.Prestige Operatives are offered as paid DLC, so it might be important to some players to be able to protect them for an entire run to get their money's worth. If you opt to let them "retire", though, they'll join your team again immediately if you start a new game. This will give these unique characters some higher stakes, and possibly prevent players from relying on them too heavily.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Best USB-C Bluetooth adapter Creative BT-W3 Bluetooth transmitter See at Amazon Best USB-A Bluetooth adapter TP-Link Bluetooth adapter See at Amazon Best overall Bluetooth headphones Creative SXFI Air See at Amazon Best budget Bluetooth headphones Tribit XFree Tune See at Amazon Apple's premium headphones Apple AirPods Max See at Best Buy With the reveal of Apple's brand new--and very expensive--headphones, the AirPods Max, you may be wondering if they'd make a good set for your PS5. Unfortunately, Sony's consoles don't let you connect Bluetooth audio devices directly. This is frustrating considering the large number of people who want to use their favorite pair of headphones with their brand-spankin' new console, but thankfully, there is a workaround. If you've ever wanted to pass on a gaming headset in favor of Bluetooth headphones, this guide is for you.How to connect Bluetooth headphones or AirPods to the PS5First, you'll need a pair of Bluetooth headphones, such as the AirPods Max or our personal favorite, the Creative SXFI Air. Any will work, so as long as you love them, you're good to go. Secondly, you'll need a Bluetooth adapter, either USB-C or the more common USB-A. With the PS5, there's only one USB-C port, so if you're using that for something like an external SSD or hard drive, then you'll want to snag a USB-A adapter. Thankfully, some USB-C adapters like the Creative BT-W3 Bluetooth dongle come with USB-A converters.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

It's not hard to get attached to animals, and that's exactly what happened to Viggo Mortensen during the filming of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Mortensen purchased three of the horses used during filming when they went on sale, and said this week that two of the horses Mortensen adopted have passed away, the actor said in a recent interview.Speaking to NME about his new film, Falling, Mortensen talked about the steeds when the interview touched on the trilogy."There were actually three horses that I bought, they were up for sale once the movies were done. There were the two I’d ridden–a chestnut and then the big bay that Aragorn rides–but I also bought the white horse that Arwen rides in The Fellowship Of The Ring when she’s being chased through the forest by the Black Riders," Mortensen explained. The first two horses, named Uraeus and Kenny, Mortensen said, have passed away. Uraeus was credited as Brego in the films, and Kenny as Hasufel. The third horse he purchased for the stuntwoman who rode the horse in that scene, and that one is still around.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Google has released its Google Trends for the year, and looking over the stats for searches in the US, as well as the global searches, there's some interesting insights into the entertainment people wanted to know more about in 2020.The most searched term in the US was "election results;" globally, it was "coronavirus," for reasons that should be obvious. Tom Hanks was the most searched-for actor, in the US and globally, likely because he was the first major celebrity to contract COVID-19.The impact of COVID-19 can also be seen in searches that start with "Where To Buy," with "toilet paper" ranking high. But in the US, "Where to buy PS5" was the top search, ahead of toilet paper in second. Of course, in a normal year it would not be that surprising that the new PlayStation was in rarer supply than toilet paper, and anyone seeing this headline after time traveling here from 2019 would be confused and worried. But 2020 was not a normal year.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The wait is over: CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 is finally here. The RPG has released on Steam, and it's already doing huge numbers.According to Steam's public data page, there are more than 980,000 concurrent players for Cyberpunk 2077 right now. That makes it Steam's biggest game, exceeding Valve's own free-to-play juggernaut Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.There have been some reports about issues and outages with Steam, but as always, your mileage may vary.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Rocket League Season 2 is now live and it brings a host of changes to the game about supersonic acrobatic rocket-powered battle-cars. Season 2 adds a new battle car and arena, as well as player anthems.The new battle car is the R3MX, unlocked in the first level of the Rocket Pass. The R3MX possesses the Hybrid hitbox, so it strikes the ball similarly to battle cars like the Venom and X-Devil. Meanwhile the new arena, Neon Fields, is a colorful field that reacts to the music being played during the match.Neon Fields interacts with Rocket League Radio and each individual player's player anthem, reacting to songs as they play.Really, music is the overall theme of Season 2. For example, several new goal explosions, battle car decals, wheels, and boosts in the Rocket Pass all relate to music. This theme most comes through in the brand-new player anthems. You can now assign yourself a player anthem, a song that will play when you score a goal, get an epic save, or earn MVP for a match.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

PC players of Destiny 2 who have stuck with the game's free-to-play version following the launch of Beyond Light might want to keep their phone on hand while playing from now on. A new security measure has been added to the game to prevent cheating as of Update 3.0.1, adding SMS verification to certain activities.As Bungie explains in a help article, this applies only to "certain pinnacle level activities," and players who have purchased a Destiny 2 expansion do not need to do this. Trials of Osiris, competitive Crucible matches, and the Iron Banner will be affected--all PvP activities.Here are the steps necessary to activate and use SMS verification from Destiny 2 on PC:Launch into an SMS restricted activity when playing on PC, and receive a pop-up requesting SMS verificationClick the "Verify Now" button. This will redirect players to Bungie.netSign into their Bungie.net profileEnter their phone number in the space provided and request a verification codeEnter the verification code sent to their phone numberThis might be a minor hassle, but hopefully it will have an impact on cheating and account theft on PC. Players with the expansions can also choose to opt-in for SMS verification, if they would like to do so. If you're a console Destiny 2 player who has managed to get their hands on a PS5 or Xbox Series X version, make sure you check the game out after this latest update--it's a major upgrade.Info from Gamespot.com

For the first time, Hollywood heavyweights and Oscar-winners George Clooney and Ben Affleck will work together on a feature film. According to Deadline, Clooney will direct an adaptation of the book The Tender Bar, with Affleck set to appear in the starring role. While Clooney and Affleck have never worked directly with one another, they did win an Oscar together for the movie Argo. Affleck starred and directed that film, while Clooney produced it.According to Deadline's report, Clooney and Affleck have been trying to work together more directly for years. Affleck was said to have been "high" on Clooney's list to star in The Tender Bar.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

When you start a new game in Cyberpunk 2077, you're asked to pick one of three life paths: Street Kid, Corporate, and Nomad. The path you choose will have some effect on the stories you see, the characters you meet, and the conversations you might have. While your life path will inform your V's backstory, it won't drastically change the game--but there are a few key elements that the choice will alter, including the prologue and your path into Night City.Here's what you need to know about the three Cyberpunk 2077 life paths and how they'll change your Night City experience. It's worth noting that, after the prologue section, all three paths merge together with the game's main story to take you on a similar journey. Your life path will change some of the details, however, and it's important if you want to immerse yourself in V's experience. Your life path choice will bring you some specific side quests related to your prologue.We've also got some essential tips for Night City newcomers, a guide to help you make money in Cyberpunk 2077, a rundown of how romances work in the game, and our full Cyberpunk 2077 review--so check those out too.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

You'll find all sorts of weapons in Cyberpunk 2077, whether you earn them from completing mercenary jobs, buy them from stores, or pry them from the hands of your cold, dead enemies. But hidden out in the world among all the standard (if high-tech) guns, clubs, and swords you can find in Night City are much rarer, special weapons with unique properties. These are Iconic weapons, which you can only find in some key places and stand well above the other equipment you'll find on your journey to become a living legend.Though Iconic weapons are some of the best in the game, they're also easy to miss. We've compiled a list of some of the Iconic weapons you can find throughout your journey, running down what they can do, and more importantly, where you can find them. While you're hunting for these, don't forget to read our Cyberpunk 2077 review and check out our essential tips, romance guide, life path guide, and guide for making money quickly and easily in Night City.Fenrir -- Power Submachine Gun Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has received another update, this one fixing some bugs and crash scenarios, and also making some changes to multiplayer playlists.The Miami map has been added to the Combined Arms playlist, joining Crossroads, Armada, and Cartel as the fourth map in the 12v12 playlist. For the Zombies mode, this new update adds the "Pack-a-Punch" camos for the Ray Gun. Additionally, Nuketown '84 has been added to the Onslaught map playlist.In terms of fixes, the update addresses an issue where player-voting for the next map could become disabled. Additionally, the updates fixes scenarios where the game could crash in some cases. You can see the full patch notes below, as posted by Treyarch.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Sony has had its eye on anime streaming service Crunchyroll for some time, and was set to spend a whole load of cash to get the service. Now, it's official, and Crunchyroll is a Sony brand, acquired from WarnerMedia for the price of $1.175 billion.Sony is no stranger to anime. The actual purchase of Crunchyroll went through Funimation Global Group, LLC, which the official press release for the sale describes as "a joint venture between Sony pictures Entertainment Inc. and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc's subsidiary, Aniplex." Funimation, founded in 1994, is one of the longest-standing names in anime in Western territories. Aniplex came together a year later, and has been producing anime and music, as well as publishing games, ever since."The Crunchyroll team has done an extraordinary job of not only growing the Crunchyroll brand but also building a passionate community of anime fans. Crunchyroll’s success is a direct result of the company’s culture and commitment to their fans," said WarnerMedia's Chief Revenue Officer, Tony Goncalves, in an official statement.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

All the way back in 2012, Disney bought LucasArts, and the rights to Star Wars, for $4.05 billion, making series creator George Lucas even richer than ever before. In the years since, we've had insights into the man's thoughts on the new films, and how he feels about no longer being involved with Star Wars. Now, in an excerpt from an upcoming book about the series, Lucas has talked more about his decision to step away from the spacefaring saga.This excerpt, from Paul Duncan's upcoming book The Star Wars Archives Eps I-III 1999-2005, is from an interview with Lucas, who directed Episode IV and the prequel trilogy. Why did George Lucas sell Lucasfilm in 2012? He tells me why in this extract from my new book The #StarWars Archives Eps I-III. My unboxing video here: https://t.co/M907YGZsjm pic.twitter.com/MEPRStOil8 — Paul Duncan (@kershed) December 3, 2020Lucas reflects on how, before the sale, he had begun work on a new trilogy, and at the same time he was anticipating the birth of his daughter. "It takes 10 years to make a trilogy--Episodes I to III took from 1995 to 2005," he reflected, saying that he was 69 years old at the time. "So the question was am I going to keep doing this the rest of my life," he reflects.Lucas says that working on the prequel trilogy took 10 years--so if he'd started work in 2012, he'd likely finish in 2022. Ultimately, Lucas decided that he'd rather spend time raising his daughter and pursuing other projects. "I could have not sold Lucasfilm and gotten somebody to run the productions, but that isn't retiring," he says. "On The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi I tried to stay out of the way, but I couldn't. I was there every day." Lucas says that he'd always wanted to build a museum, and knew that if he spent a decade making another trilogy, that likely wouldn't happen. The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art was established in 2014."I've spent my life creating Star Wars--40 years--and giving it up was very, very painful," Lucas says. "But it was the right thing to do."It's previously been revealed that George Lucas felt "betrayed" over how the Disney deal played out. Lucas does not go so far in his own words, but he suggests that he had less input on the new films than he anticipated. "I thought I was going to have a little bit more to say about the next three because I’d already started them, but they decided they wanted to do something else," he says. "Things don’t always work out the way you want it. Life is like that."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com