Cyberpunk 2077's performance on last-gen consoles has been so unstable that developer CD Projekt Red is issuing users a refund and pledged to drop more patches next year to stabilize the game. In the meantime, however, players have encountered yet another glitch similar to the one from earlier this month where the character's penises couldn't stay in their pants.This time around it's the rear-end. Yes, butts in Cyberpunk 2077 are out of their pants and in the open-world for all to see. The instances in which this bug occurs seems to be specific to driving for now, but enough people have encountered it that screenshots are all over Twitter.Here's what happens: Players drive around Night City, maybe minding their business or maybe pursuing one of the many quests the game has to offer. Suddenly, the character enters a T-pose, with their pants--and sometimes their entire outfits--removed. It's here where the butt exposes itself for your eyes and the eyes of the unsuspecting Night City denizens.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Syfy has dropped a trailer for its upcoming series Resident Alien. It follows an alien who crash lands on our planet in Patience, Colorado and poses as Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle while he awaits a rescue after carrying out his mission to kill all humans. It's actually a bit more complicated than that, as the alien gets sidelined after being roped into solving a local murder--meaning he must assimilate into his new world before destroying it. It's hard to convey the humor that's infused through the high-stakes tone the show trucks in, so see for yourself in the new clip below.Due to premiere on January 27 on SyFy, the show is an adaptation of the Dark Horse comic series co-created by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, which ran from 2012 through to 2018. The trailer looks promising and strikes a fun balance between humor and drama, which isn't a shock given its star Alan Tudyk (Firefly, Rogue One), and the fact that the show is executive produced by Chris Sheridan (Family Guy). The show's cast also includes Sara Tomko (Once Upon a Time), Corey Reynolds (The Closer), Alice Wetterlund (Silicon Valley), and Levi Fiehler (Mars).A SyFy release further telegraphs the show's emphasis on balancing comedy and drama, explaining Vanderspeigle's struggle to assimilate sees him "wrestl[ing] with the moral dilemma of his mission and asking the big life questions like: 'Are human beings worth saving?' and 'Why do they fold their pizza before eating it?'"Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Fortnite got a big performance and visual boost for early adopters of the PS5 and Xbox Series X, but Epic Games wants to share the love with PC gamers as well. The studio behind the battle royale is adding a performance mode on December 15."We’re launching a new performance mode on all PCs that meet Fortnite’s minimum specifications," reads a post on Epic Games' official site. "Available in Alpha, Performance Mode will be selectable through the in-game settings menu and offers significant performance gains by trading out visual quality to lower memory usage and lighten the load on CPU and GPU."Due to the addition of Performance Mode, please note that the patch size of the upcoming v15.10 will be larger than normal on PC for players who have high resolution textures installed (approx. 23 GB).https://t.co/uY3JTQPZwQ — Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) December 14, 2020Epic Games says that this new mode should help PC players, even those who run the game on the lowest settings possible, enjoy a smoother frame rate.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Oh, scalpers. The bane of everybody's lives, and one of the major forces behind next-generation console and PC hardware scarcity. Gamers this year were frustrated at not only the competitive process of getting a standard-priced console from retailers, but also the sky-high second-hand prices set by scalpers looking to make a profit.So exactly how much did scalpers make off of this new set of hardware? Data engineer Michael Driscoll created an analysis that tried to answer the question (via Tom's Hardware). He processed sold listings on eBay for PS5 and Xbox consoles, as well as AMD and Nvidia graphics cards, and recorded the median percentage of the manufacturer's suggested price (MSRP) that a certain hardware type sold for. Take note that he only pulled US listings, so it's not a global resell market estimate.To no one's surprise, scalpers made a killing on the PS5, specifically the standard version. Since November, it has consistently sold for more than 250% of its suggested retail price. Considering a standard PS5 edition retails at $500, that means people were consistently paying above $1250 for a console. Driscoll commented, "Over 32,000 PS5s have been sold on eBay, resulting in scalpers netting $19 million in profits." The disc-less edition sold above 125% MSRP and at a maximum of 200% MSRP, staying between $500 and $800.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Over the next week, we will be posting features for what we've nominated to be the best games of 2020. Then, on December 17, we will crown one of the nominees as GameSpot's Best Game of 2020, so join us as we celebrate these 10 games on the road to the big announcement. Be sure to check out our other end-of-the-year coverage collected in our Best Games of 2020 hub.There's often a fine line that must be tread when making sequels: Give people what they want, but still surprise them with something different. The Last of Us: Part II's expanded scope offered even more to appreciate about Naughty Dog's harrowing post-apocalyptic world, yet the story of conflict between Ellie and newcomer Abby ultimately inspired an earnest and interesting, if at times heated discussion about storytelling in games. Along with being a great follow-up that ratcheted up the white-knuckle tension and anxiety of surviving in a post-apocalyptic world, its achievements in empathetic storytelling made The Last of Us: Part II one of the most unforgettable games of the year, and in PlayStation's history.Like its predecessor, The Last of Us: Part II strives to tell a similarly profound story about the bonds that can form in the bleakest of circumstances, while this time introducing a second protagonist to both compliment and complicate a plot that is already wrought with heavy themes of morality. The Last of Us: Part II puts you in control of characters that are in uncomfortable positions so that it--and by extension you--are forced to examine the human condition and cycle of violence in the harshest of times.The Last of Us: Part II is a revenge story, and the game's presentation is remarkably effective at getting you invested in the initial pursuit of righting a certain wrong. After the game's shocking opening act, which introduced us to Abby, Ellie proceeds with her odyssey across the country, going through that familiar yet engrossing cycle of survival, exploration, and heart-pounding battles to the death.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

It's time for the final WWE PPV of 2020, as TLC--known for its tables, ladders, and chairs--comes to the WWE Network on Sunday, December 20. The year will end with a bit of a bang as TLC tends to be an extreme show, considering it's named after a relatively extreme match. The wrestling promotion will close out 2020 with some big matches, many of which have titles on the line.Taking place at Tropicana Field in Tampa, Florida--the new home of the WWE Thunderdome--TLC will take some of WWE's biggest superstars and put them inside a wrestling ring located on a baseball field. It's like two sports for the price of one. The event will be streamed live, so make sure to check out the start time in various time zones below.Start time:4 PM PT6 PM CT7 PM ET12 AM GMT (December 21)11 AM AEDT (December 21)Like every other PPV, there will also be a pre-show, which you can watch for free on Twitter, YouTube, and on the WWE Network. The one-hour-long Kickoff Show typically features one match and a cast of famous faces analyzing the upcoming match.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Rock's Black Adam movie--which will introduce The Justice Society of America to the DC movie universe--has reportedly just found its Cyclone in Trinkets star Quintessa Swindell. Swindell's stock has been continuing to soar since a breakout 2019 performance in HBO's series Euphoria, and this casting choice demonstrates their growing range as an actor.The Rock took to Twitter on December 14 to announce the news himself. Obviously, he's pretty excited to bring a piece of JSA into the DCU.Ready to rumble⚡️💪🏾A pleasure to officially welcome, Quintessa Swindell to our BLACK ADAM cast. They’ll be taking on the role of CYCLONE. Can’t wait to work with them and we ready to rumble in the DC jungle. #bringit#cyclone🌪 #blackadam⚡️Production starts spring 2021 pic.twitter.com/kIlHkZBmgh — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) December 14, 2020Swindell's casting announcement marks the fourth role to be announced so far for Black Adam, but little is known about the film overall. It was recently revealed that Underground and The Invisible Man star Aldis Hodge was cast for Hawkman, making him the third actor to sign on after Dwayne Johnson in the titular role, and Noah Centineo, who will play Atom Smasher.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A movie based on the classic fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons has been in development for many years, and last year it was revealed that Game Night's Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley were in talks to direct. It's now been reported that Chris Pine might star in the film.According to Deadline, Pine is in negotiations to take the lead role in the D&D movie. Goldstein and Daley will still direct, and have also written the screenplay. The movie is being produced by Paramount, who also made the Star Trek movies in which Pine starred.Dungeons and Dragons doesn't currently have a release date, but Deadline states that it will start production in Belfast in the first quarter of 2021. An earlier Dungeons & Dragons movie was released in 2001, but it was a commercial failure and poorly received by critics.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Winter has arrived in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. For the next few weeks, players in the Northern Hemisphere will find their islands blanketed with snow, which means they can now catch snowflakes and build snowboys. That's not all; there are also new wintry DIY recipes to learn and craft.These DIY recipes will teach you how to build various pieces of ice furniture. To get them, however, you'll need to build a perfect snowboy, which can be a little tricky if you're not already well versed in the delicate art of snow craftsmanship. If you find yourself in that camp, we've put together some tips to help you build perfect snowboys and collect all the new DIY recipes below.How To Build A Perfect SnowboyTwo snowballs will appear around your island each day throughout winter, and you'll need to carefully roll them up and combine them to make a snowboy. All you need to do is walk into the snowballs to start rolling them, but you'll need to take care while doing so, particularly at the beginning; the snowballs will initially be too small to roll by hand, so your character will kick them around a couple of times to pack more snow on.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Since 2019, we've known that Netflix mainstay The Office was due to leave the streaming platform for its NBC mothership platform Peacock in 2021. While previous reports indicated that The Office might stay on Netflix through the end of January 2021 at the very latest, one final way 2020 is getting its last kicks in is the announcement that this will not be the case. In a release sent out by Peacock, 2021 means 2021: The show will leap to Peacock on New Year's Day."This memorandum is to inform everyone that we expect a significant spike in sales starting on January 1, 2021 when Peacock starts streaming the documentary footage that was shot at Dunder Mifflin Scranton between 2005 and 2013," Peacock said in an announcement.Sales brags aside, legitimate though they might be, The Office creator Greg Daniels pointed out one of the more exciting benefits of having The Office on an NBC platform: "Having The Office back in the NBC family opens up access to a lot of extra content that we originally shot." As opposed to the vanilla broadcast versions that were available on Netflix, Daniels explains that he and the show's original editors went back into the original footage and found never-before-seen footage which was "cut for time but is still fun to see."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops Cold War's Season 1 will launch later this week. Players will get new maps, a new Zombies mode, new weapons, and much more when the season kicks off on December 16.Treyarch held a 30-minute broadcast detailing some of the new content earlier today. The studio took a look at Rebirth Island, Warzone's newest, smaller map. The island, which is a much denser, more compact map than Verdansk, is a remake from the original Black Ops game that explores where all of the gas comes from lore-wise. The map also features a new gulag system, where players have to break out from being strapped to a chair before fighting.Warzone will also be getting new operators, weapons, and additional content with a new battle pass. All Black Ops Cold War weapons, including blueprints, variants, and attachments, will be accessible in Warzone right away.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

An update for NBA 2K21 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S is now live and it makes some visual changes, particularly regarding players and teams. The patch notes are outlined below.Several teams have had their City uniforms updated, including the Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets, and Los Angeles Clippers. Players on those teams, like the Celtics' Kemba Walker and Clippers' Paul George, have had their likenesses updated as well to bring them more in line with their real-life counterparts. Other players have improved signature facial animations, though it's unclear which players this applies to. There are also updates for the Toronto Raptors' logo and City courts for teams like the Nuggets and Philadelphia 76ers.Along with updates to the City for various teams is a holiday makeover. The City in NBA 2K21 will be decked out in Christmas accouterments starting December 15.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

CD Projekt Red became one of the biggest names in video game development thanks to the success of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt back in 2015, but it looks Cyberpunk 2077's release is having a negate impact on its parent company. Though the open-world game beat Steam's concurrent player record for a single-player game, its messy launch has caused CD Projekt's stock to slip more than 33% since its early December high in Polish markets.The downturn has caused some in the industry to question CD Projekt's strategy. Daniel Ahmad, a senior analyst at Niko Partners who often tweets about industry happenings, said that this reflects an "overreliance on one large game release every few years...Any sort of uncertainty/issues will lead to this. Ultimately the decline isn't because the game isn't selling well, but because of future prospects / current known issues."https://t.co/NYnVs2T6Zq pic.twitter.com/NFHO0sl3JN — Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) December 14, 2020As I noted before, the over reliance on one large game release every few years is never a good thing. Any sort of uncertainty/ issues will lead to this. Ultimately the decline isn't because the game isn't selling well, but because of future prospects / current known issues. — Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) December 14, 2020CDPR's stock is taking a hit IN THIS MOMENT. But let's pull the camera back...5 days1 month6 months1 yearThey'll be fine. Stop stanning billion dollar corporations. They'll recover from this. They already made their money back from CP2077 dev. They'll get away with this. pic.twitter.com/wSlufQLvts — Mike Futter (@Futterish) December 14, 2020Others have downplayed the stock price, calling it merely a bump in the road for one of the world's biggest video game developers. For example, reporter and consultant Mike Futter noted that CD Projekt's stock price is still ahead of where it was a year ago.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Pokemon Go's annual holiday event is returning next week, developer Niantic has announced. The event kicks off at 8 AM local time on December 22 and will feature a ton of festive activities and bonuses, including increased appearances of Ice Pokemon, exclusive Research tasks to complete, and more.Throughout the holiday event, Ice-type Pokemon such as Spheal, Snover, Snorunt, and others will appear in the wild and hatch from 5 km eggs more frequently than normal. The Fresh Snow Pokemon Vanillite and its evolved forms will also make their debut in the game during the event, while Alolan Sandshrew, Dewgong, Jynx, Walrein, and more will appear as Raid bosses.In addition to all the Ice Pokemon, a couple of festive costumed Pokemon will be available during the Holiday 2020 event as well. You'll be able to catch Pikachu, Delibird, and Cubchoo wearing holiday-themed outfits. You'll also have a chance to encounter Shiny Jynx in Raids.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A lot of watchers of The Game Awards were surprised to see actor Vin Diesel make an appearance at the proceedings to promote the unexpected sequel to Ark: Survival Evolved. However, it turns out that Vin Diesel isn't just doing his best Turok impression in Ark 2; he's helping developer Studio Wildcard make it, too.In a press release, Studio Wildcard says that Vin Diesel will both portray the hero Santiago in Ark 2 as well as serving on the production team as Wildcard's President of Creative Convergence. Since it's not really clear what this fancy title means, the press release later clarifies that Diesel will perform an executive producer role. Ark 2 is said to be exclusive to the Xbox Series X / Series S, but it's unclear whether it's a timed exclusive or not. There's also no word on a release date.This isn't the first time that the actor has been personally involved in the creation of a game. Diesel founded the developer Tigon Studios back in 2002, which produced several games that he starred in, most notably Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay and its remake/sequel, Assault On Dark Athena. Diesel is also a well-known fan of Dungeons and Dragons.Info from Gamespot.com