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The best new Lego sets in November 2026 include the biggest ever model, but another has stolen my heart
Even though it's a quite month, the new Lego sets in November 2026 are hard to choose between - so I've laid out the best ones here.
AYANEO Reveals Another New Pocket Advance Colourway "Ice Pink"
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! Today AYANEO held another one of their product-sharing sessions via a livestream on YouTube , and it was primarily focused on revealing AYASPACE 2 , a new frontend
'I Didn't Think That We Had to Crush Nintendo' - the Father of PlayStation Says Revenge Was Never the Aim
"The story says I was super shocked and decided to take revenge". The genesis of PlayStation is a story that is familiar to many people, even those who were lucky enough to be alive when it happened. The narrative goes that, after being jilted by Nintendo over its SNES Play Station hardware, Sony decided to turn the project into a stand-alone competitor, and the rest is history; the 32-bit system triumphed over the N64 and Sony has cemented itself as Nintendo's biggest rival on the home console business. Read the full article on timeextension.com
Crimson Desert Enhanced Edition gets a surprise demo on PlayStation and Xbox, lets you play for 5 hours and carry over your save data
Crimson Desert is one of 2026's most successful releases. The game managed to sell over 6 million copies in just three months , and ended up being so profitable that its publisher ended up giving each employee at development studio Pearl Abyss a $3,400 bonus . Since launch, the dev has been committed to improving the game and correcting some of the more egregious issues that were present at launch. Read more
EA reportedly closed BioWare because it was forced to choose between Mass Effect 5 and Star Wars Battlefront 3
A new report has revealed that EA closed BioWare because it was forced to choose between investing in one of two sci-fi projects: a new Mass Effect game or a new Star Wars Battlefront game. And it chose the latter. Read more
Apparent new Physint concepts include a mech that looks like Metal Gear Rex's twin
Also multiple Bill Skarsgård designs
Podcast: We pitch Xbox’s $800 Million Netflix empire
Plus: Does Switch Sports Resort take home the gold?
Path of Exile 2 hints at a second new class for 1.0, driving fans into a frenzy
Speculation runs wild for the ARPG as a new trailer suggests that the Path of Exile 2 Shadow might be a surprise addition for version 1.0.
Studio Atelico launches Atelico AI Engine into Early Access
Studio Atelico has launched its Atelico AI Engine into Early Access. Read more
Watch the trailer for ‘Death Stranding Isolations’ ahead of Disney+ premiere
It's set to tell a completely new story, separate from that of the video games The post Watch the trailer for ‘Death Stranding Isolations’ ahead of Disney+ premiere appeared first on NME .
EA chose to shut down BioWare so it could make Star Wars Battlefront 3 instead, it’s claimed
The publisher reportedly decided having two high-budget sci-fi action games was too many
Forza director, who'd been with Turn 10 for 27 years leaves Microsoft, following studios merger with Playground Games
Dan Greenawalt, director, founder, and vice president at Turn 10 Games, has departed from the studio after spending 27 years as part of the company. This comes as Turn 10 is merged with Playground Games as part of Xbox's mass restructuring initiative that made headlines as it resulted in 3200 layoffs and four studio closures earlier this year. Read more
8 vital ways that WoW: Forever is different from Retail and Classic
Similar names, surprisingly different games – World of Warcraft now has a lot of unique ways to play, with plenty of changes
Intel giving us a reason to be excited for Nova Lake: 'We've had a bit of a hole in our portfolio for high-end desktop, Nova Lake filled in that gap'
More to come at CES 2027 in January.
Before Avengers: Doomsday, Spider-Man: No Way Home proved the best Marvel event movies put character first
On the road to Avengers: Doomsday, Spider-Man: No Way Home and its character-driven story is the perfect template for an MCU event movie
Feature: BrickStation Turns the Lego PlayStation into a Console You Can Actually Play
You can even rip your original discs and use your old memory cards. Remember the BrickBoy ? It was an unofficial kit which turned the Lego Game Boy into a playable console, raising a whopping €1 million to date on Kickstarter – and the team behind it has its sights set on the recently-released Lego PlayStation next. “When we saw the Lego PlayStation, we wanted to press power and hear it start up,” Thomas Bertani, inventor and technical lead at BrickBoy, tells Time Extension. “With BrickBoy, more than 5,600 backers showed us how much people want their Lego builds to really play. BrickStation brings that to the living room." Read the full article on timeextension.com
All the RPS Supporter rewards for October 2026: Hangout game angst, muddy RPGs, and one utterly useless butler
Thanks once again to everyone keeping our lights on, and our pantries full of Mini Cheddars, by being an RPS Supporter . The latest batch of subscription stats came in the other day and it’s been heartwarming, and more than a little humbling, to see new Supporters keep showing up. Rest assured that your backing does not go unappreciated, nor uninvested around the site. To whit, we’ve been commissioning a particularly strong assortment of freelance-scribed pieces (for all readers), some of which – including Amity Gilmour’s fun history lesson on the MicroSoft SideWinder and Kaile ' No Escape ' Hultner’s Control Resonant analysis – are already live. It’s been a pleasure to have Ashley Schofield joining us for Tuesday newshounding too, along with RPS regular Oisin. And, of course, we’re still bringing exclusive features to Premium Supporters twice every week. Like these ones, from throughout October: Read more
COD MW4 Multiplayer: Halloween event, Possession playlist, milsim explained
The Possession playlist and milsims explained in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Nintendo Cancels Kirby Air Riders Halloween Event Following Performance Woes
Freeze frame. If you have been keeping up with Kirby Air Riders of late, you might have been excited to dive into the game's new Halloween event this weekend and pick up some spooky Ghost headwear while you're at it. Well, we're sorry, but that's not going to happen, as Nintendo has cancelled the event. The event was originally scheduled to run from 28th October through until 4th November, but many players reported nasty technical difficulties when taking part in early matches, where the screen would regularly freeze — which, in a game as frantic as Air Riders, isn't going to cut it. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
John Romero confirms his axed Xbox game has a new publisher and he’s rehired some staff
The game has been rescoped for a smaller team and "we're just super happy", he says
How to start the Charting the Unknown DLC in Crimson Desert and begin your ocean adventure
To start the Crimson Desert DLC, players will need to go to different locations
8BitDo just launched its Gears of War PC gaming roster, complete with giant Crimson Omen and Locust macro buttons
8BitDo's officially licensed Gears of War keyboard and mouse are now in the wild.
Rockstar developer union could end up over 1,600 workers strong and encompass nearly all UK staff below senior management, IWGB claim
As we've previously covered, a vote on recognition of a union made up of UK-based Rockstar Games devs is set to take place around GTA 6 's console launch on November 19th. The Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB) union, whom the Rockstar staff are working with in their efforts to organise, have now revealed just how many workers the Rockstar could end up encompassing if the recognition vote is successful. It's not a small number. Read more
AYANEO Launches Its New AYASPACE 2 Android Frontend - Available Today
AYANEO has found some time between shipping out the KONKR Pocket Advance and Pocket Block handhelds to develop a new Android frontend app for its devices, which is great to see because I mentioned the somewhat bland frontend in many of my AYANEO reviews, stating that it needs some work