IXION combines city building, survival elements and exploration, into a thrilling space opera as you explore the stars. Propelled onwards through a perilous journey, you are the Administrator of the Tiqqun space station, charged with finding a new home for humanity.

Keeping the station sound and flying will require a deft hand and strategic thinking, as you are constantly pulled between maintaining hull integrity, bringing in new resources and managing power consumption.

What choices will you make when confronted with impending disaster? What will you discover out there in the dark?

PvP Colosseums - The Colosseum doors open for the first time to reveal a new challenge, unlocking three new arenas. Located in Limgrave, Caelid and Leyndell, each arena comes with its own sets of rules and will be theatres of fierce Player versus Player confrontations.

The Limgrave Colosseum features two modes: United Combat and Combat Ordeal.

• In United Combat, combatants will be divided into two teams to fight in timed battles with the ability to respawn. Each death and respawn grants points to the adversaries, offering victory to the team with the higher score.
• In Combat Ordeal, it’s every Tarnished for themselves. Combatants in this mode can also respawn until the timer hits zero, and the one with the most points will prevail as victor.

• Rumor - Uncharted Franchise Is Being Rebooted, Naughty Dog 'Expected To Initially Assist' New Team.
• Diablo 4 Teaser Hints at Reveal on December 8; Character Creation for Sorcerer and Barbarian Showcased.
• Hideo Kojima is teasing another actor for his next title ahead of a potential Game Awards reveal.

• Valve says long-term Call of Duty Steam offer not needed as ‘Xbox always follows through on its promises.’
• John Garvin Blames Poor Days Gone Reception On "Woke" Reviewers And Launch Bugs.

• Isometric Games Festival on Steam.
• Save 65% on Othercide on Steam.
• Save 67% on Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition on Steam.
• Save 45% on Clone Drone in the Danger Zone on Steam.

• GameStop Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2022 Results.

• Wizard101 Update Notes.
• Ylands - Update 1.11- CRAFTY CRAFTS.

• Far Cry 6: Lost Between Worlds Guide.

↑ Official trailers. ↓ Content creator videos.

• Dead Space- Scene and Graphic Comparison - IGN First.

• Diablo Immortal Developer Q&A Series — Blizzard News.

• Nominations for the Women In Games Awards 2023 are now open.
• League of Legends Preseason 2023: State of the Jungle. Welcome to the jungle, we've got fun and games.
• Warzone pro exposes their cheats during $100k tournament, blames it on glitch.
• In 2022, Picking a Game of the Year Is Ridiculous (may require registration or subscription).

• Dragonflight Twitch Drops: Earn Rewards as the Race to World First Heats Up — World of Warcraft.

• GamesIndustry.biz: The truth about video game awards events.
  "The Game Awards this week features a lot of different categories, and almost all of them are designed to appeal to core game fans. You’re not going to get a lot of mobile or casual titles up for prizes – Wordle doesn't get a single nomination. The job of The Game Awards, outside of celebrating great games, is to entertain gamers, so that publishers can showcase what's coming next to them."

• ‘Diablo IV’ hands-on- This feels worryingly good - Engadget.
• I've spent 10 hours with Diablo 4 and I'm sold - it's been worth the wait - Eurogamer.net. For the record, Diablo II was over 22 years ago.
• Diablo 4 Hands-On Preview- We Played Act 1 and Hit Level 25 - IGN.
• Diablo 4 is the Diablo I've been waiting for - PC Gamer.
• Diablo 4 hands-on: A more expansive, customizable loot-filled adventure – PlayStation.Blog.
• Diablo 4 is darker than its predecessor, and better for it - Polygon.

• Online Multiplayer Will Be Free For This Coming Weekend, Announces Sony.
• Xbox Insider Release Notes - Alpha (2302.221205-2200).
• Xbox Insider Release Notes - Alpha Skip-Ahead (2308.221205-2000).

• The Division Resurgence Announces Live Test Starting December 8.

• Crypto peaked in Nov. 2021: Investors lost more than $2 trillion since. Thanks Kxmode.
• Apple Expands End-to-End Encryption to iCloud Backups (may require registration or subscription).
• Amazon Refuses To Refund Gamer Who Received Fake Video Card. Thanks Console General.
• Instagram will finally help creators understand why they're failing. Why the creators are failing, or Instagram?
• Elon Musk tweet confirms employee beds installed at Twitter HQ in San Francisco.
• Twitch streamer merges breastfeeding with ‘hot tub meta’ perfectly.

• One app to rule them all- New report suggests Microsoft "Super App" was indeed a new thing.
• TSMC Unveils Major U.S. Fab Expansion Plans- 3nm and $40 Billion by 2026.
• Intel to Disclose PC Roadmap Next Week.
• NVIDIA Mulling Pricing GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Around $899 MSRP.
• Micron Commences Shipments of 232-Layer NAND Technology With 2550 NVMe M.2 SSD Lineup. Thanks Neutronbeam.
• Corsair's Bendable Xeneon Flex Monitor Will Cost $1999, Pre-Orders Start Dec 15.
• Graphics Cards Value Comparison. Explained on Reddit. Thanks Simon.
• Visual Studio Code version 1.74.0.
• DVDFab v12.0.9.4.
• LVMH’s Bernard Arnault Wears the Crown Again- Elon Musk Is No Longer the World’s Richest Man as Tesla Hits a Rough Patch.

• Scammers Are Scamming Other Scammers Out of Millions of Dollars (may require registration or subscription).

• San Francisco killer police robots policy halted after backlash.
• Indiana sues TikTok over alleged security and child safety issues.
• Amazon is being sued for allegedly 'stealing' driver tips in DC.

Brain munching zombies rule the world. After years of research brave scientists have finally found an antidote that reverses the zombification progress, creating zombie-human hybrids. Find the final cure for humanity and build the perfect zombie curing facility.

Construct walls and fences to provide shelter for your scientists. Set up efficient production lines to keep the treatment running and match the growing needs of your lab.

Gather resources, set day and night shifts and manage four different worker types. Prioritize and assign jobs within your lab to maximize efficiency. Keep to power running in your lab and anticipate your worker's behavior to prevent possible outbursts of the virus in you facilities.

We would not have reached any of these milestones without the continued support of our amazing community and their ongoing engagement and contributions. Because it’s a day for celebrating numbers, we want to share a few more impressive accomplishments of our community:

• 500 million flights
• 40 billion miles flown
• Equivalent of 10 million trips around the Earth
• Equivalent of 200 round trips from the Earth to the Sun

And we’re just getting started! We have exciting plans for 2023 and beyond. Join the 10 million pilots in Microsoft Flight Simulator today! The sky is calling!

Akka Arrh combines the intrigue of an incredibly rare Atari arcade cabinet with the unique creative vision of Jeff Minter. Akka Arrh is based on an arcade prototype that was released in 1982 to a small test market. Unfortunately, the project was scrapped because players found the game too difficult. Due to its exceptionally short production run, only three Akka Arrh cabinets are still known to exist. Now, players have the chance to experience not just one of Atari’s rarest games, but one of the rarest games of the arcade era!

Jeff Minter has a storied career that includes the creation of nearly 100 games spanning almost every generation of console. Among the two dozen titles he created for Atari and Atari hardware are Tempest 2000, Tempest 3000, and Tempest 4000™. Akka Arrh embodies his signature light-synth style and ability to craft a uniquely chaotic but extremely fun arcade experience.

Players around the world will see a one-time request for their age when they log into Epic Games Store or our games. If you are a younger player, your Epic account will be a Cabined Account and you will be asked to provide a parent or guardian’s email address to begin the parental consent process.

You will continue to be able to use the Epic Games Launcher, but will need Parental Controls to be set in order to access certain features. Once your parent sets up Parental Controls, your experience will respect the settings they select and your account will no longer be a Cabined Account.

• Diablo 4 Release Date Listed For June 5, 2023 On Microsoft Store Backend.
• Fortnite leak reveals Titanfall-esque wall running mechanic.

• Starbreeze CEO Offers Payday 3 Update as New UK Studio Announced. Seems to be yoinked. Here's a cached version.

• Midweek Sale: Indie Multiplayers discounted up to -90% - GOG.com.*

*Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.

• Microsoft has entered into a 10-year commitment to bring Call of Duty to @Nintendo following the merger of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard King. Hard to tell the bribes from the blackmail these days.
• Embracer Group has been approved for trading on Nasdaq Stockholm.
• Giant Gaming Corporations Spent 2022 Gobbling Each Other Up.

• BATTLEFIELD 2042 UPDATE #3.1.0.
• Drug Dealer Simulator - Endgame Update Is Live.
• Elden Ring – Patch Notes Version 1.08.
• Fallout 76 Nuka-World on Tour Update Notes – December 6, 2022. Thanks Dave.
• GTFO - Relive and [re]die — ALT---Rundown 2.0 Infection is out now.
• Hunt- Showdown -- Update 1.11 - Now Live.
• Team Fortress 2 Update Released.
• World of Warcraft — Hotfixes: December 6, 2022.

↑ Official patches. ↓ Unofficial games, patches, and mods.

• Exploding Fist Remake - A remake of the C64 classic "The Way of the Exploding Fist."

• 10 Video Game Accessories EVERYONE Owned (Until They Didn't) - WhatCulture.

• Geoff Keighley wants to set your 2022 Game Awards expectations - Digital Trends.
• NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang on RTX Remix and The Amazing Tech Behind Portal with RTX - AusGamers.com.

• Micro-Holiday: Join the Wanderer’s Festival! — World of Warcraft.

• ULTRAKILL - Christ Centered Gamer.

• PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Apologises For PS5 Supply Issues In Japan & Asia.

• Alienware's 18-inch gaming laptops to return in 2023.
• Qualcomm Makes Samsung the Official Smartphone Partner for Snapdragon Pro Series.
• Toyota's New Hydrogen-Powered Pickup Is a Testbed for Sustainable Future Trucks. Thanks Max.

• FTX Contagion Chart. Thanks Kxmode.
• A Row Erupts Over Texas’ Bold Bitcoin Battery Plan (may require registration or subscription).
• Twitter advertisers aren’t happy with ads appearing on pages of white nationalists.
• This year’s roundup of the top Google searches includes super local trends.
• An Artist Used Pokemon Go Technology to Sell ‘Crypto Cocaine’ NFTs in Art Basel Bathrooms.
• Elon Musk’s Latest Headache: Twitter Office Janitors Go On Strike. Some messes can't be cleaned up.

• Why super high refresh rates are still important.
• AMD's RX 7900 XT-X reference cards reportedly not shipping to China because the packaging says 'Made in Taiwan.'

• Microsoft warning after DDoS attack disrupts Russian bank.
• China believed responsible for NGO cyber attack.
• Taiwan bans state-owned devices from running TikTok.
• Nearly all businesses are adopting Zero Trust, but still aren't getting its full business potential.

• Yuji Naka re-arrested over alleged Final Fantasy VII The First Soldier insider trading scheme.

• The Callisto Protocol Benchmark Test & Performance Analysis Review - TechPowerUp.
• Dwarf Fortress review: the legendary colony sim gets a welcome facelift for Steam - Rock Paper Shotgun.
• Far Cry 6: Lost Between Worlds DLC Review - IGN.
• Portal with RTX Review - AusGamers.com.
• Portal with RTX Review - Amazing Raytracing - TechPowerUp.
• Warhammer 40K- Darktide review - PC Gamer.

• Case: Fractal Design North Review - TechPowerUp.
• Case: Fractal Design North Case Review - ThinkComputers.org.
• Case: Fractal Design North Review- Mid-Century Mid-Tower - Tom's Hardware.
• Graphics Card: Palit RTX 4080 GameRock OC Review - KitGuruTech (video). Thanks Neutronbeam.
• Headset: SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7X Wireless Gaming Headset Review - TweakTown.
• Laptop: Alienware x17 R2 Review - IGN.
• Laptop: Dell XPS 13 review- More than just a pretty face - Ars Technica.
• Laptop: HP Elite Dragonfly G3 5G review- The best 13-inch laptop I have ever used is also the lightest - Windows Central.
• Mini PC: Intel NUC 12 Pro Review - Power in the Palm of Your Hand - MobileTechReview (video).
• Mouse: SteelSeries Aerox 9 Wireless Gaming Mouse Review - TweakTown.
• NAS: Asustor Lockerstor 2 Gen2 AS6702T 2-Bay NAS Review - TechPowerUp.

• World Cup Player Gets Gaming Setup Sent To Qatar For Fortnite…

Weighty Round-up
Thanks Ant and Neutronbeam.

Breakfast Link

• Volodymyr Zelensky Is TIME's 2022 Person of the Year.

Stories

• Lion Refuses To Leave Sick Best Friend’s Side. Onion warning. Thanks Kxmode.
• Wes Anderson's "Asteroid" Impacts In June.
• Boeing's last 747 to roll out of Washington state factory. Can't self-crash like more modern counterparts.

Science
Thanks Max.

• Flu and cold spread linked to cold air in new study.
• Humans Keep Growing an Extra Artery in Their Arms, And This Is Why.
• Talk to the animals? Study shows some human understanding of creatures’ sounds. Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting to a cheetah!

Image

• Midnight Watcher. Thanks Kxmode.

Media

• When u hire a professional it’s zero regrets ( satisfying ). Thanks Kxmode.

Creature Features
Thanks Kxmode.

• Girl holds and beautifully sings to a bird who crashed through her window.
• Dogs Chase RC Boat.
• Are you serious hooman?🐶🐾🍭😅.
• Never give up.. 😂.

Follow-up

• First "Avatar" Sequel Reactions Are In. Fair enough. Although the hype certainly caused the original to be vastly overrated.