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In this week’s holiday-fueled gaming news roundup, like every year, numerous games have ushered in their holiday events to celebrate the last hurrah of 2020. Marketplaces like Steam and the PS Store have also started end-of-year holiday sales for any last-minute games to snag. In some not-so-jolly news, Cyberpunk 2077 garners even more controversy as a class-action lawsuit is filed against CD Projekt. Gamers also echoed a collective groan over the severe lack of PS5 consoles, largely thanks to scalpers....

A Rasmussen Reports poll released Wednesday found that 51 percent of voters said they would vote for the former vice president, compared to 43 percent for Trump. The survey found that 3 percent are undecided, while another 3 percent intend to vote for a third-party candidate. A Rasmussen survey from two weeks earlier was the only national poll out of more than 100 conducted in September to show Trump ahead, leading Biden by 1 percent....

Under the Trump administration, then-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin preemptively increased government borrowing and amassed well over $1 trillion, according to Politico. The rainy-day fund was accumulated in advance of possible future relief measures due to the uncertainty of the economy amid the pandemic. “Early on in the Covid crisis, I made sure we always had ample funds on hand to be prepared for any needed economic response,” Mnuchin told the outlet in an email....

Biden made his comments while responding to a question from CNN anchor Don Lemon during a CNN Town Hall on Wednesday night. Earlier in the event, Biden said that the nation needs more police to respond to recent increases in violent crime. Speaking of a Democratic police reform bill, Biden said, “We need to pass the [George] Floyd Act and all that, but here’s the deal: Cops are having real trouble....

Take Valley Park, Mo., which passed an ordinance requiring city businesses to sign affidavits swearing that they don’t knowingly hire illegal aliens and prohibiting illegal aliens from renting or leasing property. The town got the idea from a similar law passed in Hazelton, Pa., which spread around the Internet on anti-immigration Web sites and became a template for towns and cities across the country. Shaheena Simons, a lawyer at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) in Washington, says at least 50 other cities–in states including California, Alabama, Oklahoma, New York and New Jersey–have either passed similar laws or have them in the works....

MORE: Bowlsby’s comments a ‘crock’ | SN All-Big 12 | SN Top 25 Bowlsby said Conti, a Southland Conference official, has paid her dues. Kansas coach Charlie Weis jokingly said he’ll try not to use as many curse words during the game.

Big Brother is alive and well, not only in Newham but all over Britain. More than a million cameras now monitor the citizens’ movements. That’s more per head of population than in any other country. By one reckoning, the average commuter can expect to be caught on film 300 times between opening the garden gate in the morning and returning at night. Glance upward in almost any town center for proof: a wall-mounted camera–sometimes in a bulletproof casing–trained on the shoppers below....

The charges leveled last week–of fraudulent acts that threatened epilepsy patients, mined retirees and put high-polluting ears on the street-were once the kind that led to a regulator’s slap on the wrist. No more. “What used to be a violation of a rule has suddenly become a crime,” says Aaron Marcu, a New York defense lawyer. That’s painfully clear to business. Just ask Warner-Lambert, which will pay $10 million to the Food and Drug Administration on charges that it failed to report test results on the drug Dilantin....

Miles averaged 14.7 points and 6.7 rebounds at Walton-Verona High School and was considered a three-star prospect by 247 Sports. At 6-10, he weighs only 210 pounds. He also had a scholarship offer from Northern Kentucky and was scouted by Western Kentucky and Louisville. MORE: UNC’s Cole Anthony sounds like NBA vet after historic collegiate debut Xavier opened its 2019-20 season Tuesday with a 76-57 victory over Jacksonville. Starting big man Tyrique Jones played 21 minutes and recorded a double-double, and freshman Zach Freemantle and junior Jason Carter played a combined 31 minutes off the bench....

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Corgi Classics It’s never too early to be a history buff. One of a series of model airplanes with exhaustive attention to original details. $50; go to corgiclassics.com for stores. Portable Foosball Table Restoration Hardware Kids can be competitive without a TV or console. This classic sport table packs up so parents can take it anywhere. $129 at www.restorationhardware.com. Skagen Fun Watch Garnet Hill Finding out you’re late for school never looked so good....

The Big Show vs Randy Orton The Big Show was a guest on WWE Live Dhamaal earlier today. During the interview, He spoke about his time in the WWE, his favorite moments, and his feud with Randy Orton. When The Big Show was asked about what he thought about fans writing him off as Randy Orton’s next “victim”, The Giant said the following; The match between Randy Orton and The Big Show is yet to be made official by the WWE....

The UM defense was not good on that final trip by the Illinois Fighting Illini. It has been not good during a lot of trips by a lot of opponents. There is a reason it is the 95th-ranked D in all of college basketball in terms of points per possession. On this day, in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament, that defense allowed the Illini to shoot 45 percent from the field....

“We are in talks with WWE to tape a version of our RINGSIDE w/ Jim Ross show for airing on the WWE Network at some point in the future. Details are still being discussed but this could happen much sooner than later. If all the details get finalized we would likely tape the show in Orlando at the NXT Arena. Fingers crossed for this project which I hope will lead to more opportunities to contribute to @WWENetwork....

The Battle at Lake Changjin, a $200 million project commissioned by the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda office, has generated $902 million in ticket sales since it was released to coincide with China’s National Day holidays on October 1. The three-hour action flick—part of the celebrations marking the CCP’s centennial this summer—has made more than 99 percent of its revenue from China’s own moviegoers, according to IMDb’s tracker, Box Office Mojo....

RELATED: Educational Games On Steam That Are Actually A Lot Of Fun Even though many game jams have a panel of judges or some voting pools to declare one game the winner, a game jam isn’t really a competition. The winner usually doesn’t even receive a prize besides a short-lived spotlight on their work. Game jams are an opportunity to experiment, learn, and make a game under time pressure. Thanks to those events, developers can learn to manage their time effectively, they see what it’s like to work on a game from start to finish, and in the case of in-person jams, they make connections....

The initial data for 2021 shared with Newsweek has not been finalized due to lags in reporting. The data set does not include a death estimate for December and includes just a partial estimate of 138 deaths for the first 20 days of November, a number significantly lower than the 6,576 opioid overdose deaths provisionally reported for January. Though the data is expected to change, the 53,702 deaths reported thus far still demonstrate an uptick in opioid-related deaths during President Joe Biden’s first year in office, a rise his two most recent predecessors also experienced....

Leaders from more than 570 tribes in the United States are expected to participate in the two-day event, with nearly three dozen addressing the gathering. The summit is being held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected Native Americans and Alaska Natives at disproportionate rates. Biden announced steps to protect Chaco Canyon, a national park and UNESCO World Heritage site a few hours northwest of Albuquerque, New Mexico...

According to the latest The Economist / YouGov poll on Wednesday, Biden’s net approval fell 14 points to 39 percent. Earlier, Biden had an unusually high approval rating from “less committed Democrats” YouGov says. The president ended the week with a 45 percent approval rating. Independents, however, seem to be giving Biden the cold shoulder as his approval fell a whopping 18 percent in the past week. While the direct answer as to why the sudden drop isn’t certain, the poll points to Biden’s failing favorability in the economy as one potential reason....

While the war has brought catastrophe—including more than 110,000 deaths from violence and famine—the manner and timing of Biden’s decision represents a betrayal, scapegoating a Saudi Arabia that, despite its lingering war, has recently championed reform and aided U.S. Middle East policy amid intensifying security threats. Biden’s declaration could not have been more insensitive, especially given his aspirations to rejoin a nuclear deal with Iran, Saudi Arabia’s existential enemy....

“One true champion,” if you will. MORE: What is the committee to do? | CFB Playoff matchups we want to see The problem with that is the scenario in which there is a tie, such as what may take place if both No. 5 TCU and No. 7 Baylor win this weekend. You see, if both teams finish with a 11-1 record, the conference will recognize them as “co-champions” despite the conference’s tiebreaker policy stating that the winner of the head-to-head matchup, which Baylor won 61-58, wins the conference....