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As we near GOTY season what are the games with GOTY hype that you are playing and trying to finish before the onslaught starts?

Have you dropped any GOTY candidates? Share away on @giantbomb.bsky.social!

Discussion Thread: www.giantbomb.com/forums/gener...

#games #gaming #GOTY #GOTY2025 #2025GOTY

What are you playing/finishing/abandoning this week? - General Discussion - Giant Bomb

I've had Octopath Traveler 2 downloaded for ages and I finally started it last week. I loved the first one. I thought it did something bold and fresh

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November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM

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Did you want a deep dive on how the scoring works in Balatro? Whelp, mod @gamer152.bsky.social has you covered with this blog on @giantbomb.bsky.social that leaves no stone unturned!

Click the link to give it a read!

User Blog: www.giantbomb.com/balatro/3030...

#games #gaming #balatro #giantbomb

A screenshot of the game Balatro. It shows the player about to submit a Flush while facing the boss blind, The Wall.

November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM

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Why do games like Concord fail so quickly or spectacularly? Also, do you think we are seeing an uptick in online-only games that get their severs pulled within one to two years?

Share on the Giant Bomb forums!

Discussion Thread: www.giantbomb.com/forums/gener...

#games #gaming #concord #sony

A promotional digital banner/poster for the now defunct/cancelled game Concord.

November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM

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If I may be forgiven for tooting my own horn here, I am still fairly chuffed that I managed to pull off another Deafheaven Stream Moment™ OVER ELEVEN HOURS into a drum stream.

November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM

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Jordan Hass

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knuckles doesn't tolerate bigotry

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There's important site-related news and cool user-created works to talk about on this edition of the @giantbomb.bsky.social Community Spotlight!

Come on over and drop a comment when you have a chance!

Article Link: www.giantbomb.com/articles/the...

#games #gaming #gamenews #gamingnews #giantbomb

The Community Spotlight 2025.11.22

He'll get to play his Blightning Round game one day.

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November 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM

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There's important site-related news and cool user-created works to talk about on this edition of the @giantbomb.bsky.social Community Spotlight!

Come on over and drop a comment when you have a chance!

Article Link: www.giantbomb.com/articles/the...

#games #gaming #gamenews #gamingnews #giantbomb

The Community Spotlight 2025.11.22

He'll get to play his Blightning Round game one day.

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November 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM

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To celebrate the Xbox 360's 20th anniversary, @giantbomb.bsky.social's console page for the 360 is this week's pick for Wiki Page of the Week!

If you ask me, we lost something as a society when console manufacturers dropped custom face plates.

Wiki Page: www.giantbomb.com/xbox-360/304...

#xbox

A photo showing three different launch window custom faceplate for the Xbox 360.

November 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM

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Adam

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November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM

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Hey! If you can, join me in giving a huge THANK YOU to the @nextlander.com team for streaming for Giant Bomb's Extra Life Team and raising over $38k!

Here's a link to the VOD of their 12-hour Stream and donation page!

Page: www.extra-life.org/participants...
VOD: www.twitch.tv/videos/26243...

Extra Life | Change Kids' Health, Change the Future

I'm raising funds with #EXTRALIFE for kids treated at my Children's Miracle Network Hospitals! I need your help to reach my fundraising goal. Please donate today to change kids' health.

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November 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM

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Hey everyone! Don't forget that @doublefine.com's Keeper is the current pick for Giant Bomb's Game of the Month Club!

If you have any early impressions of the game, share them over here!

Activity Link: www.giantbomb.com/keeper/3030-...

#keeper #doublefine #games #gaming #gamepass #gameclub

A screenshot from the 2025 video game Keeper. It shows a lighthouse walking using crab or spider-like legs with a green bird flying in the background.

November 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM

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djcube's Zapper: One Wicked Cricket! review on @giantbomb.bsky.social reminds us of the last dying gasps of the mascot-led action-platforming game.

But is this one really that bad? Read to find out!

User Review: www.giantbomb.com/zapper-one-w...

#games #gaming #retro #retrogame #retrogaming

Help Zapper rescue his kidnapped brother and defeat the evil Maggie…

After Frogger 2: Swampy’s Revenge, Blitz Games were eager to make another one with the same style of gameplay. Hasbro turned them down, so Blitz

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November 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM

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If there are any @giantbomb.bsky.social fans out there that want to treat themselves to an early holiday gift?!

For just $20 + shipping and handling, you can remind yourself of @tolkoto.com's BBQ joke for the rest of your life!

Store Page: store.giantbomb.com/products/bbq...

#giantbomb

A Giant Bomb store screenshot of a cooking apron with the text "The ends will justify the leans" above a simple drawing of a steak, in all white and caps text. This is a reference to a BBQ-related joke staffer Mike Minotti told.

November 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM

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Also, don't forget to give ALLTheDinos' blog post detailing every game or gaming news item they included in their list of nominees for the @giantbomb.bsky.social Hottest Mess 2025 voting a read!

User Blog: www.giantbomb.com/forums/gener...

#games #gaming #gameindustry #gamenews #gamingnews

A screenshot showing an excerpt of a user-created blog on Giant Bomb wherein the author of this blog is attempting to annotate what are the biggest gaming industry messes of 2025. This excerpt says:

The Candidates:
AbleGamers - Founder Mark Barlet is allegedly a huge misogynist creep who mocked individuals with physical disabilities. He also allegedly wasted massive amounts of donation money on personal spending. Steven Spohn, COO of AbleGamers, allegedly discouraged former employees from speaking to IGN by using "manipulative language". You can read all of these details in the IGN article, but be warned that it's severely depressing.
The Alters - The developer failed to disclose the use of generative AI for images and text, then lied (allegedly) about the genAI items being placeholders. People seem to have mostly forgotten this one, but I didn't want to delete entries.
Amazon - Sunset New World immediately after a well-received expansion was released, in accordance with massive layoffs throughout the company. You'll never believe what that money is being reallocated to.
Apple - The tech giant was found in contempt of court after failing to implement orders from the Epic vs. Apple case from several years back. They blocked or slow-rolled the addition of Fortnite back into iOS, and it's unclear how large a hit the ruling will end up being to Apple's profit margins.

November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM

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This interview with the Roblox CEO sure is "something!"

For those that think this now qualifies for the @giantbomb.bsky.social "Hottest Mess 2025" voting, click "Other" and then explain your vote in the comments!

Thread & Poll Link: www.giantbomb.com/forums/gener...

#games #gaming #gamenews

A comment in the Giant Bomb discussion thread titled "Hottest Mess 2025 - Community's Choice! (Vote for 3)." The comment indicates that they think the hottest mess of 2025 is Roblox in light of the game's CEO's recent interview with the New York Times.

Transcript of the comment:

Late dishonorable mention goes to Black Ops 7 using ugly AI art in place of real art for gamertag IDs. I'm sure there might be some more messes that will come out, even though 2025 is almost over.

My Picks:

1. Roblox. Yes, the other messes more so have to do with business practices and failures, but Roblox is worse, because they knowingly let predators use their platform and create games to prey upon children. On top of this, they went out of their way the last couple of years banning and even suing content creators who were pointing this out and trying to stop it. It wasn't until this went viral and mainstream news began covering it that the people behind Roblox even acknowledge that it was even a problem. Even politicians began calling them out. That is a huge mess.

November 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM

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Mod @gbmento.bsky.social has a new entry in their "Indie Game of the Week" feature on Giant Bomb and this week they tackled Ball x Pit!

Were they impressed by this brick-breaking roguelite? Read to find out

Blog: www.giantbomb.com/ball-x-pit/3...

#games #gaming #indiegame #BALLxPIT #giantbomb

A screenshot from the game BALL x PIT. It shows enemy targets descending towards the player from the top of the screen to the bottom and there are multiple projectiles or balls in the play area they can bounce or ricochet towards the enemies to deal damage.

November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM

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Are people that normally would be in the business of making or buying an entry-level 1080p gaming PC better off buying a Steam Machine?

Share your thoughts in this thread on @giantbomb.bsky.social!

Discussion Thread: www.giantbomb.com/forums/gener...

#pcgaming #steam #steammachine #gaming

A promotional photo of Valve's Steam Machine device. The photo shows the front ports and the device is surrounded by a brown/tan background.

November 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM

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Are any of you shocked by how mum MS and Xbox have been in light of the Xbox 360's 20th anniversary?

Regardless, share your fondest memories of it over here on the @giantbomb.bsky.social forums!

Discussion Thread: www.giantbomb.com/xbox-360/304...

#xbox #xbox360 #microsoft #games #gaming #retro

A photograph of the Limited Edition Beatles Rock Band version of the Xbox 360.

November 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM

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djcube's Monopoly Party review on @giantbomb.bsky.social briefly discusses why it might be a valid candidate for "Worst Party Game Ever Made!"

Read all about what they think makes the game so rancid by clicking the link below!

Review: www.giantbomb.com/monopoly-par...

#games #gaming #retro

A screenshot of Monopoly Party (2002) for the Nintendo GameCube. It shows four players playing the board game Monopoly with three of the four being prompted to buy property with one being stuck in jail.

November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM

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MajorMitch joins others in the @giantbomb.bsky.social community in making a Best Games of the Last Decade list after the staff got the ball rolling!

Give theirs a read and consider making your own!

User List: www.giantbomb.com/profile/majo...

#games #gaming #eldenring #ufo50 #gamelist #giantbomb

A screenshot of a user-created list on Giant Bomb wherein the author is attempting to list what they think are the best games of the last decade. The author of this list has Elden Ring at #3 and UFO 50 at #4

November 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM

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After PR denied the allegations, the CEO of Krafton has admitted that they used ChatGPT to research how to avoid paying promised bonuses.

Read about it on Giant Bomb.

Discussion Thread: www.giantbomb.com/subnautica-2...

#games #gaming #gamenews #gamingnews #krafton #chatgpt #subnautica2

A screenshot of Subnautica 2 showing the player swimming in an ocean while approaching a flower-like or shaped alien fish creature.

November 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM

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Over on YouTube, AlexWP made a one-hour video compiling what they think are the best and funniest moments from @giantbomb.bsky.social's Extra Life stream from last year!

Relive the magic of @danryckert.com's Noobz Hole!

Link: youtu.be/2_hIDclkdBU?...

#games #gaming #giantbomb #extralife

Giant Bomb Extra Life 2024 Highlights

YouTube video by AlexWP

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November 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM

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So, there are reports pointing to Battlefield 6 outselling Black Ops 7. Are you surprised by this news if it is verified?

Share away on the @giantbomb.bsky.social forums!

Discussion Thread: www.giantbomb.com/call-of-duty...

#games #gaming #gamenews #gamingnews #COD #CallofDuty #BlackOps7