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A new weekend has arrived, and today, you can save on Civilization VII, select LEGO sets, AirPods Pro 3, Saros, Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection, and more. Check out our top picks for Sunday, August 9, below. Civilization VII for $19.99 Amazon has Civilization VII on sale for $19.99 this weekend, saving you $20 off a physical copy. In our 7/10 review , we wrote, "Civilization 7's improved warfare and added bits of narrative flair give me reasons to keep clicking one more turn late into the night, but the desire to streamline and simplify this legendary 4X series feels like it has also gone a bit too far, particularly when it comes to the interface." AirPods Pro 3 for $189 AirPods Pro 3 are a fantastic upgrade over the 2nd generation, bringing a built-in heart rate sensor, redesigned eartips for better noise cancellation, and improved sound quality. Right now, you can score a pair for only $189 at Amazon. I've had a pair since launch and have been incredibly happy...

Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look will hopefully give us the first proper gameplay reveal for GTA 6 — and it will be exclusive to Netflix for six hours. This unprecedented marketing beat has drawn criticism from some who have said Rockstar is effectively paywalling a video game trailer . Meanwhile, many questions remain. Is this extended look along the lines of a standard gameplay trailer? A mini GTA 6 documentary? A Netflix show? Something else entirely? Strauss Zelnick, boss of Rockstar parent company Take-Two, is keeping his cards close to his chest. But in a new interview with IGN, he said everyone will tune in regardless. Rather than a straightforward GTA 6 Trailer 3, this special event showcase sounds like it will offer fans a far deeper dive on Rockstar's highly-anticipated blockbuster — over a year after the publisher released GTA 6 Trailer 2 . Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look will be available to stream via Netflix on Thursday, August 27 at 12pm Pacific / 3pm Ea...

Freddy Fazbear's Pizza is coming to life thanks to a new collaboration between Five Nights at Freddy's and entertainment and retail center American Dream. The all-encompassing New Jersey mall announced it would be collaborating with Five Nights at Freddy's and its creator, Scott Cawthon, with a social media post today. It came with a brief teaser that set the mood with the promise of a grand opening in 2027. "The world of Five Nights at Freddy’s is arriving at American Dream," a short teaser description on the American Dream website said . "Step into an immersive experience inspired by the iconic horror franchise and be among the first to discover what awaits behind the doors." Fantasy and Fun Come to Life in 2027 - Only at American Dream @FNAF_ScottGames pic.twitter.com/HcH3o0IpfR — American Dream (@americandream) August 8, 2026 Five Nights at Freddy's fans have dreamed of visiting a real-life, Chuck E. Cheese-style Freddy Fazbear's Pizz...

From the first pregame animation I watched, Madden NFL 27 had a presence I haven't felt in this series a while. The expression of the players, the roar of the crowd, and even the coaching staff on the sidelines felt right , as if I was watching Week 1 six weeks early. I've only played a few hours of this year's Madden so far, but I've already noticed some immediate improvements, while other aspects will likely be a slow burn before I fully understand what's going on as I work toward my final review. Still, Madden 27 has already made a better impression on me than its predecessor, which gives me confidence that EA Sports may be on to something here. For starters, the reworked passing game is instantly impactful thanks to a new Timing-Based Catch mechanic. After passing the ball to a receiver, when I hold down the catch button, a meter will appear over my receiver's head. If I release the button in the meter's green zone, the receiver gains an advantage over t...

Survival games have been wildly popular for years now. I’ve dabbled here and there to see what the fuss is about, but I’ve always fallen off after a few hours. Usually, I get tangled up in one meagerly explained system after another until I lose track of what I’m supposed to do, and my time with the game peters out. When Palworld 1.0 came out to rave reviews , I figured I’d give the genre another shot – and I’m glad I did. Palworld’s gradual, newbie-friendly onboarding helped me see what a whole lot of people have loved about survival games all along. Palworld made me a believer. I’m glad I came in at the 1.0 mark, because I’ve heard Palworld had a much steeper learning curve out of the gate. But now, new players start with a series of missions designed to guide you through the game’s numerous systems . You learn how to punch trees to get wood to create a crafting bench. You learn how to make a club you can use to beat some Pals to death (it’s a dog-eat-dog world out there) to get wool...

To know something's name is to understand it — at least just a little, be it the thing itself, or the world around it. In Big Walk, there are lots of things yet unnamed. You will certainly recognize trees, mountains, that dang cowbell. But there are plenty of things you won’t: the red, peanut-shaped objects my group calls a bean, which makes the structures they must be delivered to the bean towers. To us, the underground tunnel system is the backrooms, and the glowing medicine balls that light paths throughout the world are simply orbs – but not to be confused with the Big Orb, a mysterious and ominous structure looming in the distance. Big Walk is a co-op-only puzzle adventure that relies heavily on shared experience, shared language. Its genius lies in how it pushes you to decipher the logic behind the clever puzzles spread around its open world in a way that only you and your companions will understand. With all the twists and limitations it imposes, it’s unlike any other multip...