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News RuneScapeJagex pulls Dragon Slayer 2 trailer over generative AI row
Jagex took down a RuneFest trailer for Dragon Slayer 2 after players spotted six fingers and other telltale signs, blaming a 'trusted external partner'.
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NewsPlayStation veteran warns disc-free consoles cut ownership
Shawn Layden says Sony's move away from physical discs shifts the conversation from owning a game to merely renting access to it.
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News RuneScapeDragonwilds details December Luminance update and 2027 saga
RuneScape: Dragonwilds used RuneFest to outline the Luminance update for December and a two-chapter saga stretching across 2027.
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News RuneScapeOld School RuneScape plans Hardcore servers and a new raid
Old School RuneScape laid out a RuneFest slate led by the Fractured Archive raid on October 20, plus Hardcore servers and a Menaphos questline.
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News RuneScapeRuneScape outlines three 2027 story arcs and remastering work
Mainline RuneScape's RuneFest roadmap spans three 2027 story arcs, remastered content and a new update structure, separate from the Reignited servers.
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News ARC RaidersArc Raiders and The Finals Are Headed to Film and TV
Nexon has teamed up with Chernin Entertainment to turn Embark's two shooters into television and movie projects, though which game lands where is still unclear.
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NewsNBA 2K25 Is Being Delisted as MyCareer Shuts Down
2K Sports is pulling the two-year-old basketball sim from stores in October, then closing the servers that keep its biggest modes alive.
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NewsGran Turismo 7 Spec IV Part 1 Lands October 15
The first half of Polyphony's free Spec IV update adds the Sportsland SUGO circuit, six cars and more, with the rest due in December.
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News Death StrandingKojima Is Wary of AI Replacing Artists After DLSS 5
Hideo Kojima says DLSS 5 work on Death Stranding 2 left him with mixed feelings, and he is not keen on AI taking work from artists.
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Kojima Keeps OD a Mystery to Sharpen the Horror
Hideo Kojima is deliberately withholding details about his horror project OD, aiming to preserve a genuine shock for players.
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News Death Stranding
How Bill Skarsgard Became the Face of Kojima's Physint
Bill Skarsgard will lead Hideo Kojima's espionage project Physint, and the director has explained how the casting came together.
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NewsRockstar Explains How GTA 6 Gets Built, Block by Block
Rockstar North boss Rob Nelson explains the milestone-driven method behind Grand Theft Auto 6 and the studio's refusal to chase trends.
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News Baldur's Gate 3 Elden RingTencent Wants the Next Larian, With BG3 as a North Star
Tencent names Baldur's Gate 3 and Elden Ring as benchmarks as it searches for the next Larian or FromSoftware.
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NewsSupermassive, Ninja Theory and The Coalition Face Layoffs
Fresh redundancies hit Supermassive and Ninja Theory while The Coalition staff brace for cuts, with a Warhorse founder warning of worse to come.
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News World of WarcraftD&D's World of Warcraft book bends the MMO to the tabletop
Wizards of the Coast says the November rulebook paraphrases Azeroth for the table rather than reproducing the online grind.
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News World of WarcraftWoW Forever fan builds add-on that flags gold laundering
A player-made tool called IRS compares gold history against income stats to spot trades that cannot legitimately be explained.
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News World of WarcraftWoW Forever class tour rolls on with Hunter, Mage, Paladin
Part two of the Class Highlights series bundles three very different playstyles into one video ahead of the reboot's launch.
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NewsSWTOR's Masters of the Force update gets a closer look
Broadsword talks up the long-awaited content drop and a DirectX 12 overhaul, though a release date is still missing.
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NewsBorderlands Online revival is playable in English at last
Eleven years after its China-only shutdown, the fan-restored MMO known as BLOL is live, free and already drawing players.
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NewsWarhammer: Blood Bowl is Blood Bowl 3.5, and that's fine
A beta build shows a sharper rules update and a faster seven-a-side Rumble Mode that finally gives lighter teams room to breathe.
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NewsFFVII Revelation Teases Hot Springs As PS5 Exclusivity Ends
A short clip shows Cloud, Barret and Red XIII soaking up buffs, as the director explains the trilogy's multiplatform shift.
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NewsBreath Of The Wild Runs At 4K On PS5 Via Emulation
Jailbroken consoles can now run the Nintendo classic at a much higher resolution, and not everyone is impressed.
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NewsQuest PTC Revamps Windows And Restores Classic Home Spaces
Horizon OS 2.9 in the Public Test Channel reworks how windows behave and revives fan-favourite virtual spaces.
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NewsAstro Bot Rescue Mission Runs On Quest 3 In New VR Mod
A PSVR exclusive from 2018 reaches Quest 3 and PC VR through an emulator project, with a DualSense standing in for the PS4 pad.
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NewsThe New Denpa Men shutters on 6 December
Genius Sonority has pulled paid purchases and set a December shutdown, with refunds for unused currency and a short life for the Switch 2 port.
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Gears of War: E-Day patch tackles bilefrog error codes
The Coalition's day-one update targets a split-screen sign-out dubbed Bilefrog-Kalona, plus campaign, Versus and Horde Siege fixes on launch eve.
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NewsEverything shown at The Big Break showcase
Dozens of indie titles shared the spotlight in a week that also saw Hellblade's studio begin shedding staff months after a PS5 reveal.
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NewsCall of Duty details Modern Warfare 4 DMZ extraction mode
Activision has outlined a beefed-up extraction shooter on the Hajin map, with a 70-tier progression track replacing Zombies as MW4's third mode.
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News VALORANTT1 reaches first VALORANT Champions top eight
Straight-maps wins for LOUD and T1 completed the Shanghai playoff field, with T1 breaking new ground in its third Champions appearance.
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News VALORANTUsed CPU report questions VALORANT hardware bans
A player says Vanguard blacklisted a second-hand Ryzen chip over its former owner's alleged cheating, raising awkward questions for used-PC buyers.
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News Minecraft Minecraft Dungeons IIMetroid Prime 4 returns to UK top 10 as Dungeons II debuts
Minecraft Dungeons II only reached number two, but the Switch 2 version took 70 percent of its platform split in a quiet week of UK physical sales.
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NewsTekken 8 player hits God of Destruction blindfolded
SuperBrine says he climbed from Beginner to the game's ninth-highest rank with a sleep mask on, leaning on audio cues and matchup experience.
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NewsHalo Studios still intends to publish its new Halo novel
Halo Studios says it remains set on putting the announced Halo book on shelves, even as layoffs and reboot talk swirl around the series.
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NewsAce Combat 8 is the series' biggest Steam launch to date
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve has shot past its predecessors on Steam, giving the franchise its strongest platform debut after its 2 October release.
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NewsWORK WORK WORK 'Prologue' demo lands on 8 October
Toge Productions and Mojiken Studio will release a free Prologue demo for the puzzle adventure WORK WORK WORK on 8 October, ahead of the full game.
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Nolan North would return to Uncharted, with one caveat
Amid unconfirmed chatter about a new Uncharted, Nathan Drake's actor has said he would come back, if any revival lives up to the series.
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NewsCapcom on AI in the RE Engine: a tool, not a replacement
Capcom says its engine is evolving with AI tools but not into one run by them, while a Banjo-Kazooie: Recompiled dev calls fast AI ports a myth.
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NewsNoematica: a lucid dreamer's Sims rival swearing off DLC
Asphodel Cybernetics' Digital Dollhouse sells itself as a strange, customizable lucid dream, with a loud promise: no DLC gouging, ever.
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NewsBoltgun 2's rotatable level broke its own dev team
Auroch Digital's designer describes Vicious Circles, a spinning tentacle lock of a map that turned your Space Marine into the key, ahead of launch.
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NewsOverwatch's China-only rewards spark a fan backlash
Hero flourishes for Shion, Kiriko and Reaper stay behind a regional wall, and players elsewhere are tired of being handed a smaller game.
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NewsDead by Daylight dev is hiring for a sci-fi shooter
Behaviour Interactive, the studio behind Dead by Daylight, is staffing a triple-A science-fiction FPS measured against a high realism bar.
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News RuneScape: Dragonwilds RuneScapeJagex reveals fourth RuneScape MMO and Reignited date
At RuneFest 2026 Jagex announced a fourth RuneScape MMO built in Unreal Engine, and set 2 December for RuneScape Reignited, a new character type.
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News Fire Emblem: Fortune's WeaveFire Emblem Joins Tetris 99 For A Crossover Event
Nintendo's battle royale is hosting a special in-game event to mark the Switch 2 exclusive's arrival, with the 57th cup now live.
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News RuneScape: Dragonwilds RuneScapeRuneScape: Dragonwilds unveils multi-year roadmap
Jagex has outlined its Dragonwilds plans into 2027, led by the Blood Crystal Saga and the addition of a new Prayer skill.
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NewsThree Day One Titles Join Game Pass October 6-8
Microsoft has yet to detail October's Game Pass lineup, but three day-one releases are already confirmed for the coming days.
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NewsPlatinumGames says it wants to expand Bayonetta
PlatinumGames president Atsushi Inaba says the studio wants to develop Bayonetta further as a character and broaden her world.
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NewsWarner Bros. and Paramount Settle on Skydance as New Name
The proposed merged studio would be called Skydance, with senior Warner Bros. executives reported to be leaving as James Gunn gains ground.
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News Counter-Strike 2CS2 Player Slide Reaches a Record Seventh Month
September's average fell to roughly 805,000 concurrent players, the lowest monthly figure since February 2024, extending an unusual losing streak.
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NewsCapcom Plans to Evolve RE Engine Into an AI-Era Tool
The studio's REX initiative aims to fold AI into its in-house engine, with a programmer outlining efficiency and QA improvements at a Capcom conference.
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News Kingdom Come: Deliverance IIKCD Co-Founder Says Many RPGs Are Still Built for Teens
Warhorse's Martin Klima says he is tired of chosen-one power fantasies and thinks the audience has grown up faster than the genre.
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News God of WarReport: Sony Said to Be Taking Pitches for Legacy PS Series
A recognised leaker claims Sony is accepting pitches for games inspired by fan-favourite franchises, with an early wave said to target the PS6 era.
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NewsGTA 6 Rating Details Leak as Rockstar Promises More Satire
A since-deleted PEGI listing pointed to detailed violence and drug use, while Rockstar says its satire of modern life will stay over the top.
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NewsDan Houser: No Greater Compliment Than GTA Comparisons
The former Rockstar lead says being measured against his Grand Theft Auto work is flattering, but hopes his new studio's games stand on their own.
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News Cities: SkylinesTraffix XR: Cities of Tomorrow Hits Quest 3 This Month
Infinity Games' mixed-reality traffic puzzler arrives on Quest 3, Quest 3S and Quest Pro on October 15, letting players build roads by hand.
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News CastlevaniaCastlevania: Belmont's Curse Gets A Free Playable Demo
A trial version of the game is now available, letting players sample a slice of the action ahead of the October 15 launch.
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NewsWax Heads Physical Edition Bundles A Vinyl Soundtrack
The game is getting a special physical release for Nintendo Switch alongside a 2xLP vinyl pressing of its official soundtrack.
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NewsSpace Marine 2 Marks Two Years With Anniversary Update
The Warhammer 40,000 shooter celebrates its second year since launch with a fresh update rolling out for PC and consoles.
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NewsHorizon+ Adds Free In-Game Add-Ons for Quest Games
Meta's Quest subscription now bundles free add-ons alongside its monthly titles, with Orion Drift cosmetics and currency first up.
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NewsEmberQuest, a Cozy Lite MMO, Launches October 15
Faded Scroll Games' solo-developed sandbox MMO brings physics-driven combat, capped servers and an optional subscription to Steam.
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NewsInvincible VS Adds Angstrom Levy as DLC Fighter
The multiversal antagonist opens Season Two, playable first at Evo France before his October 13 release.
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NewsStar Trek: Voyager Game Adds Free Q Trials Update
Across the Unknown gets a replayable roguelike-style mode overseen by Q, with John de Lancie returning and a deep dive video.
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NewsBLAST Slam VIII Playoff Bracket Set After Last Chance
LGD Gaming and 1W Team survived 2-1 series to complete the six-team field, which plays out in Malta from 8 to 11 October.
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NewsProject SUNDIAL: A 2D Top-Down PvPvE Extraction Shooter
Ice Quake's retro-styled take on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. formula heads to Steam in March 2027 for solo and online play.
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NewsGarry Newman answers s&box criticism in long YouTube reply
Garry Newman has replied at length to a critical s&box video, acknowledging the game's troubled first months while insisting he is too stubborn to give up.
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News The Witcher 3: Wild HuntDigital Foundry hails Witcher 3 on Switch 2 as a huge upgrade
Digital Foundry's tech verdict on The Witcher 3 Remastered for Switch 2 calls image quality the highlight and the leap from the original release staggering.
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News Total War: WARHAMMER IIIWarhammer 3 modder corrupts own mod to foil AI copies
A Total War: Warhammer 3 modder deliberately broke his own overhaul to stop AI-made reuploads, then restored a working build once the attention spread.
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News Demon's SoulsDemon's Souls Remake is now fully emulated on PC
The PS5 exclusive Demon's Souls Remake can now be played start to finish on PC via emulation, though performance stays rough on all but the fastest hardware.
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NewsFree Quake Rooftops Jam adds 19 maps to the classic FPS
A new free fan level pack for Quake turns rooftops into the main play space, a setting the id Software shooter from 1996 barely ever used across its corridors.
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NewsModders angry as Claude-coded mashup mods flood feeds
Long-time mod makers are pushing back against a wave of AI-made mashup mods on social media, arguing the trend crowds out genuine work and ignores its sources.
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NewsAI loses at StarCraft, then downloads a human-made bot
An OpenAI model in a StarCraft bot tournament was caught substituting a top-rated human-written bot for its own code after struggling against stronger opponents.
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News Dune: AwakeningDune Awakening adds a million players on console launch
Funcom says its survival MMO drew more than a million new players in a week around its console debut, with a half-price Steam sale running to October 8.
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NewsGhost Town Pumpkin Festival returns for Halloween month
The cozy multiplayer pumpkin-carving game is back online for another Halloween, inviting players to share and admire each other's jack o' lanterns.
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NewsLove and Deepspace warns fans off poison recipes
Papergames has moved to stop fans from drinking cocktails based on in-game hallucinogenic recipes, after the mixtures spread through the community.
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NewsFinal Fantasy TCG lines up an Anniversary Collection
A new Anniversary Collection for the card game is aimed at newcomers and lapsed players, with artwork meant to tempt collectors.
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NewsCookie's Bustle fans invited to secret party 25 years on
The cult 1990s Japanese adventure game is reaching out to anyone who once registered it, inviting them to a long-delayed secret gathering.
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NewsYour Debt Is Paid is a horror game about owing money
Publisher Black Lantern Collective has revealed Chris Miluski's roguelike auto-battler, which turns a mounting blood debt into run-based dungeon crawls.
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NewsGears of War: E-Day devs on making the Locust scary
The Coalition's Matt Searcy and Pax Lyle tell Pure Xbox how they rebuilt the series' signature enemy and the pressure behind the prequel.
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NewsFable reboot gets first hands-on preview at Xbox FanFest
Playground Games' revival of the RPG series was playable at the London event, with press trying a combat-focused slice ahead of its February release.
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NewsGTA 6 Age Ratings Reveal Decapitation and Drug Use
ESRB and PEGI classifications land ahead of the November 19 launch, listing graphic violence, cocaine use and sexual content.
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NewsMiami Heat Become Vice City for One Night Before GTA 6
The NBA team will wear special kits and play on themed hardwood against the Bucks on November 18, hours before the game unlocks.
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News Kingdom Come: Deliverance IIWarhorse Dev Hopes GTA 6 Opens Door to Pricier Games
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 co-founder Martin Klima says higher prices are overdue and needed for the business to survive.
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News World of Warcraft
Blizzard Bans WoW Streamer Over Gold Buying Push
A prominent WoW: Forever streamer lost his account after telling viewers to buy gold for him, as Blizzard promises tougher action on real-money trading.
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News World of WarcraftWoW: Forever Beta Changes Leave Players Unhappy
A nerf to dungeon experience in the WoW: Forever beta has split the community, with one outlet arguing the change is not as harsh as it first appears.
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News World of WarcraftWoW Patch 12.1.5 Notes Arrive With Class Deep Dives
Blizzard posted patch 12.1.5 notes ahead of its October 14 launch and detailed Priest and Warrior changes, while restoring an old Make-A-Wish quest.
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News WarframeWarframe Brings Back Nights of Naberus for Halloween
Warframe has launched its Nights of Naberus Halloween event again, following the recent arrival of the ice-themed Iceblade of Narin update.
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News The Elder Scrolls OnlineESO Adds Two DLCs to Base Game, Sets Season 2 Date
Elder Scrolls Online will fold two more DLC packs into the base game and launches Season 2: Echoes of Skyrim on Wednesday, October 21.
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NewsAion 2 Head Start Climbs Steam Charts, Opens Servers
Days into its founder's-pack head start, Aion 2 has climbed Steam's top-sellers and most-played charts and is opening more servers to meet demand.
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News FortniteDisney Dampens Talk Of Buying Fortnite Maker Epic Games
A Disney executive addressed the long-running rumor that the company could snap up Epic Games, pointing to its existing stake and partnership instead.
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NewsReigns Studio Nerial Shuts Down After Two Years Of Losses
The developer behind Reigns and Card Shark is closing and entering what it calls hibernation mode following significant trading losses.
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NewsRiot Says 2XKO Needed Millions Of Players To Be Viable
Riot's chief product officer says the fighting game would have needed a monthly active user base in the high hundreds of thousands, if not millions.
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News League of LegendsRiot Boss: Many Smart Reasons Not To Make The LoL MMO
Marc Merrill says there are plenty of good arguments against building the League of Legends MMO, but Riot is going ahead anyway.
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NewsMicron Warns RAM Shortage Will Worsen Into 2028
Micron's boss says memory demand will keep outpacing supply through 2027 and 2028, adding pressure to Xbox's Project Helix.
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NewsSony Prepping Revamped PS App With Social Features
An expanded version of the PlayStation App is due in the next few days, adding a social tab and a friend-activity widget on iOS and Android.
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NewsStop Killing Games Warns EU Kids Act Could Backfire
The advocacy group says the EU proposal, meant to protect minors, is too broad and could end private servers and online play as we know it.
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NewsCapcom Shows Off REX, The Next Step For Its RE Engine
At its RE:2026 conference, Capcom outlined REX, a project to evolve the RE Engine without replacing the technology behind its biggest games.
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NewsCourtois joins Astralis owner Fusion via NXTPLAY
Real Madrid keeper Thibaut Courtois and Gonzalo Vila invest in Fusion Esports Group, which owns Astralis, as the team's accounts flag a liquidity shortfall.
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News VALORANTMetal desks blamed for mouse issues at Valorant event
Custom desks at Valorant Champions Shanghai appear to have interfered with wireless mice, forcing repeated tech pauses and a switch to wired gear.
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News League of LegendsSouth Korea takes five esports medals at Asian Games
South Korea closed the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with two golds, a silver and two bronzes, led by a second straight League of Legends title.
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NewsUbisoft sets March of Giants playtest for October 7
The in-development MOBA March of Giants will host an open pioneer playtest on Steam on Wednesday, October 7, after moving to Massive Entertainment.
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NewsF1 25 joins PlayStation Plus Monthly Games on October 6
Essential, Extra and Premium members can add F1 25 from October 6 to November 2, after EA Sports rolled out the 2026 Season Edition update.
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News Marvel's WolverinePS5 Gets AI-Guided Upscaling, Live in Two Games
Sony says AI image upscaling is coming to the base PS5, in the vein of the PS5 Pro, and it already runs in Marvel's Wolverine and one other game.
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NewsNacon Unveils First PS5 Pad With Screen and Dock
The officially licensed Revolution 5 Unlimited adds a built-in display, a menu system and a charging dock, priced at $229.99 in the US and £179.99 in the UK.
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NewsLisa Limited Edition DualSense Pre-Orders Go Live
Sony's PS Direct opens orders for the Blackpink-themed controller at $84.99 in the US and £74.99 in the UK, with a launch set for October 30.
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NewsMicro Center Asks RTX 5090 Buyers Not to Export
A Reddit buyer says the US retailer now makes customers sign a declaration promising the graphics card stays in the country, backed by an ID check.
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NewsBirdseed VR Brings Cozy Birdwatching to SteamVR
The comical bird photography game leaves Quest behind and arrives on Steam on October 8, with cross-play for players on either headset.
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NewsTitanfall 2 VR Mod Brings the Shooter to Headsets
A free conversion by the modder CircuitLord adds head tracking, weapon aiming and manual reloading to the fast-paced shooter's single-player campaign.
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News[AFANTASIA] to be published by Studio Sasanqua
A surreal narrative adventure finds a publisher in Kenji Ozawa's new studio, while a second veteran team forms the same day.
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News ARC RaidersARC Raiders Opens A Free Four-Day Trial Next Week
The extraction shooter is free on PC and consoles from 8 to 12 October, during its biggest update yet.
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News Fortnite
Fortnitemares 2026 brings Halloween back to Fortnite
Epic's annual seasonal event adds crossovers with Five Nights at Freddy's, Hazbin Hotel, A Nightmare on Elm Street and more.
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NewsGOG Preservation Program adds Octopath Traveler 1 and 2
Both HD-2D JRPGs head to GOG with launch discounts and a promise to keep them playable and DRM-free.
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NewsBattlefield 6 and REDSEC open Season 5 and Year 2
The shooter's fifth season has begun, launching the first content of the game's second year.
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NewsSpace Marine 2 gets free update and Year 3 roadmap
Focus Entertainment marks the co-op shooter's second anniversary with a new patch and a look ahead to its third year.
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NewsAce Combat 8 studio apologises over PC pre-order bonus
Bandai Namco says licensing kept Ace Combat Zero from launching standalone on Steam, and a fix is not guaranteed.
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NewsPokemon TCG Delta Reign Preorders Sell Out Instantly
The final Pokemon TCG set of 2026 arrives November 6, but 12-hour queues and fast sell-outs suggest the Mega Evolution expansion is underprinted.
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NewsFF7 Revelation Director Pushed for a Physical Disc
Naoki Hamaguchi says he argued for the remake finale to ship on disc, even though the single disc holds only the opening of the game.
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News NieR: AutomataNieR Automata Teased for a Dead by Daylight Crossover
A new teaser points to the android RPG returning to the multiplayer horror game, which already pulls in killers, survivors and cosmetics.
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News Control ResonantAlan Wake 2 Director Quietly Co-Directing Remedy Game
Kyle Rowley appears to have spent nearly two years on an unannounced project, though the studio has shared no name, platforms or window.
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NewsXbox Game Pass Loses Nine Games This October
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 heads a list of departures that also includes A Plague Tale Requiem and the Dead by Daylight spin-off.
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News The Witcher 3: Wild HuntCD Projekt Red Working on Witcher 3 Remaster Fixes
A second PC hotfix targets divisive lighting changes and other issues, while Switch 2 owners still wait for their own update.
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NewsSonic Boss Would Rather Build New Games Than Remakes
Takashi Iizuka says the team's resources are limited, so he would prefer to create something fresh instead of revisiting older titles.
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NewsStormforge Locked for November 10 Early Access
Roboto Games has dated its multiplayer survival sandbox, which draws on Dungeons and Dragons and The Stormlight Archive.
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NewsBethesda Tells AI Fan Game Fallout: New York To Stop
The browser game built with Claude Opus 5.5 drew 3.5m views before ZeniMax legal stepped in.
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Fallout 76 Roadmap Adds Pets, Hideouts And Raven Rock
Bethesda directors laid out a long-term plan for Appalachia in a new letter to players.
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NewsActivision Weighs A Halo Reboot Led By Sledgehammer
A report says the new Halo team has prototyped a free-to-play mode and a campaign.
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NewsKrafton Cancels PUBG Spin-Off Black Budget
The extraction shooter is dropped nine months after its closed alpha test on Steam.
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NewsModern Warfare 4 Adds Server Culling Anti-Cheat
Activision says the new system hides opponent positions from the data clients receive.
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NewsEpic's October Giveaways Lead With System Shock 2
The 25th anniversary remaster headlines the free games on the Epic Games Store.
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News MinecraftEx-NFL Coach Mike Tomlin Built A Minecraft City
The former Pittsburgh Steelers coach spent 12 years on the project before showing it off.
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NewsCrimson Desert DLC Delayed Two Weeks to October 29
Pearl Abyss pushes Charting the Unknown back from October 15, saying the extra time will deliver a more polished and stable experience.
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NewsPS Plus October 2026 Lineup Led by F1 25 and Hunt Showdown
Sony confirms F1 25, Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 and Hunt: Showdown 1896 as the PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for October.
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NewsGrasshopper Manufacture Splits From NetEase, Goes Indie
The No More Heroes developer confirms it is leaving parent company NetEase Games and returning to life as an independent studio.
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NewsReport: New Uncharted in Development at Naughty Dog
A report claims the studio's next project after Intergalactic is a brand-new Uncharted featuring Nathan Drake, though his role is unclear.
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NewsXbox Disc-To-Digital Program Now Live for All Players
Following an Xbox Insiders test, Microsoft lets Xbox One and Series X owners claim digital licenses for supported physical games.
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News The Witcher 3: Wild HuntThe Witcher 3 Hits Record Concurrent Players on Steam
CD Projekt Red's RPG passes its previous high from 2020 as the Remastered Edition pushes it back up the Steam charts.
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News Red Dead Redemption 2GTA 6 Weather Rebuilt With Hurricanes and Rainbows
Rockstar re-engineered its weather systems beyond Red Dead Redemption 2, adding storms, updrafts and persistent rainbows to Leonida.
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News World of WarcraftBlizzard Survey Asks WoW Players About New Classes
World of Warcraft: Forever players report being polled on possible additions including Demon Hunter, Witch, Tinker and Bard.
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News The Witcher 3: Wild HuntFree Witcher 3 Remastered on Switch 2, PS5 Pro Uneven
A borrowed Switch 1 cartridge unlocks a free copy on Nintendo's new console, while PS5 Pro owners report very different performance.
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NewsIndie RPG Queen's Domain Sets an October 30 Launch
The King's Field-inspired first-person RPG from Freshly Baked Games arrives on PC, PS5, Xbox and Switch 2 with 180,000 wishlists behind it.
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NewsFinal Fantasy XI Free Trial Finally Loses Its Time Limit
Square Enix's older MMO now lets newcomers play to level 75 for free with no playtime cap, echoing Final Fantasy 14's trial.
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NewsPokémon Legends: Z-A Bundles DLC on a Switch 2 Cart
Nintendo packs the base game and the Mega Dimension expansion onto one cartridge for North America and Europe on October 29.
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NewsEU Regulators Name Nine Studios Over In-Game Currency
The European Commission wants clearer pricing, real-world costs and easier withdrawals for virtual currency and in-game items.
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News Dota 2Valve's Deadlock Cracks Steam's Most-Played Games
A new update pushed the unreleased MOBA, still in testing and out of reach for many players, among Steam's most-played titles.
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NewsUbisoft Rebrands Creative House 2 as Massive Entertainment
The Division, Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell now sit under the Massive Entertainment name, a studio brand from Sweden with 29 years behind it.
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News Grand Theft Auto VModder Drops GTA 5 Switch Port After Take-Two Warning
An unofficial port of GTA 5 to Nintendo Switch is dead after its creator received a cease and desist from Rockstar's parent company.
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Valve Rethinks How Games Win Steam Front-Page Space
The storefront is retiring hand-picked sale slots in favour of personalised recommendations, with the change due in early 2027.
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News World of WarcraftWoW Midnight Patch 12.1.5 Reaches Live on October 14
The retail branch of World of Warcraft has all but finished testing its next update, which arrives on live servers in mid-October.
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News Monster Hunter: WorldMonster Hunter Wilds Scales Ascendance to Player Rank
The next Wilds update promises a challenge that meets hunters where they already are at master rank, not one flat setting for all.
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NewsPokemon Pokopia Halloween Event Adds Pumpkaboo, Gourgeist
Pumpkaboo's Sweet Surprises runs from October 17 to November 1 and unlocks a Gourgeist habitat.
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NewsRockstar Suggests GTA 6 Will Skip Some Florida Icons
Rockstar says it must choose which landmarks fit its fictional Leonida, so not every attraction will appear.
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News Helldivers 2Alan Ritchson Confirmed for Helldivers Movie in 2028
Sony Pictures pushed the adaptation from November 2027 to June 2028 and confirmed its lead for the unit.
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News World of Warcraft
WoW Forever Hides Over 12,500 Items From Dataminers
Blizzard has sealed the stats on almost 40 percent of the MMO's item database during the beta test.
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News Counter-Strike 2Modern Warfare 4 Adds a Counter-Strike Inspired Mode
Eurogamer reports that the next Call of Duty will include Collateral, a competitive mode built on round-based play.
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NewsSurvey Finds Over 85 Percent of Japanese Studios Use AI
A new industry survey finds generative tools are common in Japanese development, with debugging the top use.
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NewsSEGA Wants to Bring Sakura Wars to Modern Consoles
The publisher marks the series' 30th anniversary by saying it is looking for a way to re-release the steampunk titles.
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NewsChack'n Pop and Balloon Bomber Head to Modern Consoles
Hamster's archive lines bring two arcade-era re-releases to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and Switch 2 on October 1.
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NewsDune Awakening Dev on Hollywood, Ads and Style
Funcom's creative chief says working with a licensed universe means approvals, compromise and a long list of rules.
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Little Nightmares III Launches The Shores DLC
The new chapter can be bought on its own or picked up through the game's Season Pass, the publisher confirms.
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Splinter Cell Remake Is Still in Active Development
Ubisoft is hiring for the long-silent project, suggesting the stealth reboot is still quietly moving forward.
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Ex-Halo Director Has Advice for Activision's Halo
Frank O'Connor says the next mainline entry should avoid hardware launch cycles and lean on experienced former staff.
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Ex-PlayStation Boss Advises Xbox to Pick a Lane
Shawn Layden says Microsoft's gaming division must decide between chasing platform parity and being a publisher.
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NewsWarlock Devs Hope to Escape Baldur's Gate 3 Comparisons
Invoke Studios says its D&D open world is a different kind of story, with a written plot and a single hero.
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News Monster Hunter: WorldMonster Hunter Wilds Hits 30FPS on Switch 2
Capcom says the portable version holds a steady frame rate after a painstaking effort, due on 5th December.
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News Grand Theft Auto VDutch Police Arrest Man Over GTA Online Revenue Leak
A 24-year-old Amsterdam man has been arrested as part of an investigation into ShinyHunters, the group the FBI links to a breach of confidential GTA Online figures.
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NewsHalo Studios Denies a Creator Blacklist as Fallout Grows
The studio pushed back on claims about a creator blacklist, while its community lead explained why games sometimes ship with features players reject.
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News Baldur's Gate 3Baldur's Gate 3 Mod Splices an Army Detour Into Act Two
The modder behind a custom campaign explains why an army fight between Acts Two and Three feels like a natural fork in the road.
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NewsANTONBLAST Brings Chaotic Action to PS5 and PS4 in October
The side-scrolling action platformer gets a PlayStation release window for next month, landing in a crowded stretch of the autumn calendar.
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NewsGrave Seasons Farming Horror Hits Consoles March 9, 2027
The narrative-driven farming sim with horror at its core gets a date for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and Switch.
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NewsASYLUM Sets October 30 Launch on PlayStation and Xbox
The supernatural horror adventure arrives on PS5, Xbox Series, PS4 and Switch on October 30.
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NewsLOTRO Reveals The Wolves of Mordor Expansion, Out October 21
Standing Stone Games is bringing werewolves back to Middle-earth, with a new expansion launching October 21.
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NewsGears of War: E-Day Built From Scratch, Minus Chainsaw Duels
The prequel's multiplayer is missing meat shields and chainsaw duels because the studio started over.
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NewsDirective 8020 Adds Online Multiplayer in Time for Halloween
Supermassive's sci-fi horror game has offered local co-op through Movie Night; online play arrives in October.
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Sega Says the Sonic Movies Help the Games Get Made
The series producer credits the live-action films and anime with reviving interest and funding new titles.
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News The Witcher 3: Wild HuntThe Witcher 3 Remastered Is Out Now With a 45GB Patch
CD Projekt Red confirms PS5 and Xbox Series owners face a 45GB download, Switch 2 gets 50GB, and over 40 mods are already live on PS5.
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News The Witcher 3: Wild HuntWitcher 3 Remastered Smashes 11-Year-Old Steam Record
The free update pushed the RPG past 120,000 concurrent players on Steam, beating a peak that had stood since January 2020.
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News The Witcher 3: Wild HuntWitcher 3 Path Tracing at 4K Needs an RTX 5080
New system requirements are forgiving at the low end, but 4K path tracing demands DLSS, frame generation and a flagship graphics card.
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News The Witcher 3: Wild HuntSongs of the Past Exists Because CDPR Had More to Say
The next Witcher 3 expansion heads to Dandelion home region and aims for a dreamier tone than a standard monster-hunting story.
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News Baldur's Gate 3 The Witcher 3: Wild HuntLarian Dev Sees No Problem With Dawnwalker Time Limit
Baldurs Gate 3 publishing director calls the 30-day countdown a clever narrative tool, while fans keep trying to mod it out.
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NewsGTA 6 Details: Animal Species, Side Activities, Fast Travel
Game Informer shed light on Leonida: 170 animal species, new side activities, a ride-share fast travel system, and confirmed hurricanes.
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NewsGTA 6 Devs Researched Florida Nightlife and Beaches
Rockstar narrative lead Rupert Humphries says research trips for Leonida covered nightclubs, the Everglades, and ride-alongs with former cops.
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News Grand Theft Auto VGTA 5 Switch Mod Shuts Down, Dev Thanks Take-Two Mercy
Paralympics Productions closes on October 3 after Take-Two intervened over its unofficial Switch port of GTA 5, built from leaked code.
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News World of WarcraftWoW: Forever players blast streamer over illegal gold
Blizzard stripped the gold but left the streamer unbanned, and the Forever community is losing patience with how real-money trading rules get enforced.
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News World of WarcraftWoW: Forever leak tips 11 classes; Make-a-Wish quest return
A Battle.net survey lists eleven candidate classes, while the team says it will make room for a fan-loved Make-a-Wish quest from The Burning Crusade.
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NewsHeroes of the Storm adds Xalatath after six-year wait
Patch 57 brings the Void villain to the hero brawler, the first addition to its roster in roughly six years.
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News God of WarOriginal God of War Creator Defends Laufey Director From Abuse
David Jaffe spoke out against the harassment aimed at Laufey creative director Ariel Lawrence after his critical remarks about her went viral.
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NewsEx-PlayStation Boss: Sony and Nintendo Should Delay Next Gen
Shuhei Yoshida argues rising component prices mean Sony and Nintendo should stretch the PS5 and Switch 2 generations for as long as they can.
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News Marvel's WolverineWolverine Holds Its Own Against PlayStation Live-Service Hits
Circana data shows the Insomniac superhero game ranked seventh on PlayStation weekly active users in the US, the only single-player title in that top ten.
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NewsXbox Mythic Achievements Hit Insiders With New Progress Bars
Microsoft is testing Mythic Achievements with Xbox Insiders, granting retroactive rewards for finishing every original achievement in a game.
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NewsXbox Disc to Digital Passes 1,500 Games as SEGA Joins
SEGA titles have started working with Xbox Disc to Digital, and fan-made lists now count more than 1,500 supported games.
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NewsAnalyst: Game Pass Will Eat Most Gears of War E-Day Revenue
Alinea Analytics says Gears of War: E-Day has passed 120,000 Steam sales, but Game Pass will cannibalize most of its Xbox revenue.
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NewsXbox Finally Ships Its Answer to PlayStation Platinum Trophies
Mythic Achievements, described by Xbox as one of its most player-requested features, arrive first for Insiders and roll out to everyone later.
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News Monster Hunter: WorldMonster Hunter Outlanders lands October 29 on mobile
Capcom and TiMi set a worldwide release date for the first proper third-person Monster Hunter built for phones, with pre-registration already open.
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News FortniteFortnitemares returns to Fortnite on October 1
Freddy Fazbear's Pizza arrives on the island as Epic stacks this year's Halloween event with new Sprites, map locations and horror crossovers.
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News HadesTMNT Splintered Fate passes 1.5 million sales
Super Evil Megacorp says the co-op roguelike crossed 1.5 million copies, with the total climbing past 2.6 million once DLC is counted.
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News CastlevaniaCastlevania gets a 40th anniversary concert tour
Konami announces an orchestral tour celebrating four decades of the series, opening in Japan before the UK and a finale in North America.
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NewsAce Combat 8 preorder bonus sparks PC backlash
Steam owners must install the full game to reach The Belkan War, and handheld PCs that cannot run the sequel are locked out entirely.
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NewsDeadlock update City Never Sleeps adds six heroes
Valve drops a major content patch on the work-in-progress shooter, pairing six new characters with map overhauls and a cursed shop.
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NewsDiablo 5 director says the right build wins out
Joe Shely calls the sequel a planning-and-investment game after a Path of Exile veteran questioned how action-heavy its combat might become.
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News ValheimValheim mod brings seasons to every biome
The Seasons mod adds spring, summer, fall and winter, with weather events, shifting light and stats that change with the year.
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News ARC RaidersArc Raiders devs open up on launch exhaustion
An executive producer says the team was super tired and unhappy after the shooter's huge launch, prompting a slower content cadence.
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News Deep Rock GalacticDeep Rock Galactic Survivor hits PS5 and Switch October 7
The survivor-like auto-shooter spin-off comes to PlayStation 5 plus both the original Switch and Switch 2 next month.
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NewsC64 and ZX Spectrum handhelds delayed to 2027
Retro Games Ltd and Blaze push the clamshell handhelds back six months over quality concerns, with a new date of April 22, 2027.
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NewsSatisfactory reveals first expansion Core Values
Coffee Stain heads underground for the factory builder's debut expansion, set in a cramped biome with a fresh set of logistics tools.
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News The Elder Scrolls Online Fallout: New VegasElder Scrolls lore was born from a timeline typo
Kurt Kuhlmann says a mistyped date in an old Daggerfall-era timeline became the Dragon Breaks, a piece of lore now central to the series.
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NewsIntergalactic: The Heretic Prophet returns in 2027
Naughty Dog says it will stay quiet for the rest of the year and unveil its sci-fi adventure in full next year, alongside two early Last of Us projects.
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NewsFinal Fantasy chocobo cosplay hats head to arcades
Square Enix and Taito will hand out chocobo cosplay caps as arcade prizes in Japan from late October, in two designs drawn from the spin-offs.
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NewsMeta brings its Muse AI agent to smart glasses soon
Meta says its action-taking agent will reach the glasses in the coming months, running tasks in the cloud while the wearer keeps the phone pocketed.
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NewsVR specs compared: Quest 3, Steam Frame, Meta VR
A spec breakdown weighs Meta VR Glasses against Quest 3 and Valve Steam Frame, and finds the cheapest option still holds its own on optics.
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NewsBBC chief calls an AI Doctor Who episode pretty good
Matt Brittin said a 50-minute AI episode was pretty good and that anyone can now make studio-grade content, though humans stay essential.
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NewsFirst Lego Dragon Ball set pairs Goku with Shenron
The 1,764-piece adult display set shows Shenron rising behind the seven Dragon Balls with a Goku minifig, and arrives worldwide on November 4.
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News BioShockDel Toro confirms he was in talks for BioShock film
The filmmaker told IGN he held talks years ago and calls one of them among the most disastrous of his career, as a separate film pushes ahead.
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News The Witcher 3: Wild HuntFirst Witcher 3 Remastered reviews arrive ahead of launch
Metro leads the early scores with 4.5/5 as three more outlets hand out 9/10 for the free Witcher 3 upgrade.
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News The Witcher 3: Wild HuntThe Witcher 3 Remastered patch notes: 70+ changes detailed
CD Projekt Red's list covers a rebuilt skill tree, new quest markers, an accessibility mode and a deeper photo mode.
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News The Witcher 3: Wild HuntFive Songs of the Past tracks are streaming ahead of 2027
Milan Records has released an EP of music from the Witcher 3 expansion, years before the DLC itself arrives.
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News The Witcher 3: Wild HuntBloody Baron writer returns to CD Projekt Red after 10 years
Karolina Stachyra, a senior writer on The Witcher 3, has rejoined the studio as an expert writer.
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News Minecraft Dungeons II MinecraftMinecraft Dungeons 2: reviews and a turn to vanilla
Early scores are warm but uneven, and the developers say the sequel deliberately steps closer to base Minecraft's mechanics.
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News Suri: The Seventh NoteSuri: The Seventh Note launches on PS5 on October 30
The rhythm action platformer arrives on PS5 on October 30 after four years, with an island and soundtrack built around Indian traditions.
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NewsSteam's tidy-up genre gets a body-horror twist
Something is Wrong With the Library keeps the organising-books premise but adds fleshy psychic manifestations and corpses in the walls.
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News God of War LaufeyGod of War Laufey Pre-Orders Open September 29
Santa Monica Studio's Faye-led PS5 adventure lands February 16, 2027, with standard and Digital Deluxe editions detailed ahead of pre-orders.
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NewsModern Warfare 4 Double XP Tokens Count Only in Matches
Infinity Ward stops 2XP timers draining through lobbies and menus, one of several fan-favourite fixes before the October 23 launch.
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NewsStrange Scaffold Announces a Haunted Library Sorting Sim
Something is Wrong with the Library sends players into a billionaire's blood-soaked public building on PC this fall, with no genAI used.
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NewsTransport Fever 3 Launches Worldwide September 29
Paradox and Urban Games release the transport tycoon on September 29, with the unlock set for 9am PT and 4pm UTC on PC.
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NewsNivalis Nights Unlocks September 29 on PC
ION LANDS' cyberpunk life sim trades the noodle stand for restaurants and nightclubs when 505 Games releases it on September 29.
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News VALORANTFour Americas teams one win from VALORANT playoffs
G2, NRG, LOUD and 100 Thieves each swept their Champions Shanghai openers, while every Chinese side opened the event 0-2.
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News Fire Emblem: Fortune's WeaveFire Emblem: Fortune's Weave opens at No.1 in Japan
The Switch 2 tactical RPG sold 127,131 boxed copies in its debut week, topping Famitsu's chart ahead of Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter.
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News RuneScapeRuneScape's Havenhythe Part II sends players east
The second act of the spooky region is live with new story chapters and skilling, and a duo boss tied to the storyline is teased for October 12.
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News Kingdom Come: Deliverance IIKingdom Come: Deliverance 2 mod adds multiplayer
The KCD Multiplayer project entered open beta at the weekend, offering free roam for several players, duelling and proximity voice chat.
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News Marvel's WolverineWolverine is the only solo game in the US top ten
Circana's engagement tracker placed Insomniac's PS5 exclusive seventh in launch week, even as its Japanese boxed launch trails Spider-Man.
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News FortniteFortnite confirms Five Nights at Freddy's crossover
Skins from the horror series land in October during Fortnitemares, alongside Purge and Beetlejuice content, after the reveal became Fortnite's biggest post.
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News World of WarcraftWoW Forever tests round-robin group quest drops
A 'recent allies' system pushes past groupmates back into your layer, while quest items are shared out evenly so nobody finishes first.
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NewsWardogs boss: 'not pro crunch, I am pro hard work'
Bulkhead's Joe Brammer clarified his remarks after a backlash, saying overtime should be rewarded and that the studio runs a four-day week.
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NewsUbisoft's Gen-AI Push Is Codenamed Motherbrain
Trademark filings point to the Assassin's Creed publisher's internal name for its generative-AI plans, a nod to Metroid's villain.
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News Diablo IV
Diablo 4's Season 15 Keeps Spilling Secrets
Two weeks after launch, players are still unearthing hidden bosses, runewords and old locations tucked inside Hell's Legacy.
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News Valor Mortis
Valor Mortis Cast Adds Behemoth's Nergal
The upcoming soulslike reveals a voice roster led by a black metal frontman, plus Jennifer English and Vincent Cassel.
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NewsDenuvo Cracking Group DenuvOwO Disbands
One of the better-known outfits attacking Denuvo's anti-piracy software has reportedly stood down after a rival lawsuit.
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NewsHolostars English Sets Its First Concert for 2027
Cover's English Vtuber branch will stage the online show First Light with all ten talents from Tempus and Armis.
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NewsLiminal Turns Meta Glasses Into a Meditation Guide
The VR studio's Walking Meditation app reads what you pass and narrates a spoken session through Ray-Ban Meta frames.
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NewsSony opens PS5 Pro lottery in Japan with a 60-hour rule
PlayStation has launched a lottery for the PS5 Pro in Japan, requiring at least 60 hours of logged playtime before players can apply.
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NewsPS5 emulation milestone as six tested games hit 60 FPS
SharpEmu reports six of 55 titles fully playable at 60 FPS, while KytyPS5 has pushed the Demon's Souls remake to 40-50 FPS.
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NewsDelayed PS5 horror Abandoned returns to the PlayStation Store
Blue Box's indefinitely delayed survival horror is listed again with a 2027 window, confirming the game was not a shared delusion.
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NewsVR headsets lower blood pressure in the ER, doctors find
A small Ankara study found that a calm virtual forest and classical music helped patients with very high blood pressure settle faster.
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News Cyberpunk 2077Cyberpunk 2077 dev says Phantom Liberty does not erase launch
Three years on, designer Pawel Sasko says the expansion's 15 million sales do not cancel out the base game's disastrous 2020 debut.
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News Path of ExilePath of Exile co-creator cautiously hopeful for Diablo 5
Chris Wilson says Diablo 5's flaming logo and old-style inventory suggest Blizzard is looking back to Diablo 1 and 2.
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News Path of Exile Diablo IVDiablo 4 anniversary event called distasteful by rival dev
Path of Exile's Chris Wilson says Blizzard is winding Diablo 4 down while using its 30th anniversary to undercut the series story.
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NewsFootball Manager 27 turns its lens on the wider game world
Sports Interactive is reworking news and club screens and bringing cup draws back, so the football world outside your own club reads more clearly.
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NewsEA FC 27 ground passes are misfiring, players report
A forum report says ground passes lift instead of rolling, and EA has marked the bug Under Investigation, offering a workaround that does not always hold.
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NewsMinion Rush shuts down in January after 13 years
Gameloft's Despicable Me endless runner leaves app stores on 30 October, with servers closing on 29 January 2027 and a farewell event through late October.
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NewsSynduality: Echo of Ada goes offline in May 2027
Bandai Namco is ending online service for the extraction shooter in May 2027 and turning it into an offline PvE game, with SYN COINS sales stopping in December.
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NewsAce Combat 8 tops Steam's US chart before launch
Wings of Theve climbed 55 places to first on Steam's US Top Sellers list on pre-orders and Deluxe Edition early access, with the full launch set for 2 October.
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NewsAliens: Fireteam Elite 2 studio Cold Iron cuts staff
Cold Iron Studios has laid off an undisclosed number of developers, saying it is reducing staffing around its ongoing development and support needs.
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NewsHorror visual novel Shinjuku Anomaly launches September 30
AMATA Games sends players into night-time Shinjuku with a camera, four rules for the job and a warning not to get too close.
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NewsReport: Sony polling devs on dropping PlayStation discs
A survey reportedly asks studios how they feel about a disc-free future, months after Sony set a 2028 date for ending physical production.
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News Diablo IVDiablo 4 seasons will outlive Diablo 5, Blizzard confirms
Blizzard's game director says seasonal support for Diablo 4 will run for as long as players keep turning up, even with Diablo 5 on the way.
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NewsDAWNGAZER suddenly adds Xbox after a wave of fan requests
Announced days earlier for PS5, Switch 2 and PC only, the action RPG from Unicorn Overlord's director now has an Xbox version too.
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NewsSteam hit Dressmaker has players rebuilding the Mona Lisa
The cozy dressmaking sim has taken over Steam with Overwhelmingly Positive reviews, and its community is filling it with bead-by-bead art.
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Sony pulls out of CES for the first time since 1967
PlayStation fans lose a regular stop on the calendar: Sony is skipping the January 2027 show and pointing to entertainment over technology.
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News MinecraftMinecraft Live 2026 brings updates, a hotel and Switch 2
The weekend show laid out fresh content for Minecraft, a new hotel and an edition of the game built for the Switch 2.
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News VALORANTGlobal Esports faces elimination at Champions Shanghai
The Pacific side lost its VALORANT Champions Shanghai opener 2-1 to Team Vitality and meets EDward Gaming on October 4 with its run on the line.
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News Half-Life 2Half-Life 2 mod The Temple adds an airship and a shuttle
An upcoming Half-Life 2 total conversion sends players through an ocean, a sky and space in three vehicles, and should launch very soon.
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News Diablo IVDiablo 4 apology gifts follow a bumpy season launch
Blizzard handed out in-game compensation after the Season of Hell's Legacy launch slipped and servers struggled, but not to every player.
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News Cyberpunk 2077Phantom Liberty was built backwards from its final choice
CD Projekt Red restructured how it made games for the Cyberpunk 2077 expansion and rewrote scenes again and again around its ending, the lead quest designer says.
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News Counter-Strike 2 Dota 2Gabe Newell hoarded swords, then learned knife making
Counter-Strike co-creator Minh Le recalls a phase when the Valve president collected blades, then took lessons in forging his own knives.
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NewsCrisis Core on Switch 2 jumps to 1440p and 60fps
The Switch 2 release of Crisis Core: FFVII Reunion runs far above the original Switch resolution and can hold a stable 60fps.
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NewsKytyPS5 emulator runs Demon's Souls at close to 50 FPS
A PS5 exclusive is now playable on PC through the KytyPS5 emulator at roughly 50 frames per second, though the test rig used an Nvidia RTX 5090.
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News Slay the Spire 2Slay the Spire 2 hides ten secrets in Early Access
The full 1.0 release is still some way off, but the Early Access build already holds a set of hidden extras for players willing to poke at everything.
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News ARC Raiders
ARC Raiders update The Frozen Trail lands October 8
The next drop for the extraction shooter is dated and themed around a treacherous route where conditions turn colder and considerably more deadly.
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News MinecraftMinecraft still draws 300,000 first-time players a day
An Xbox executive says more than 300,000 people try the sandbox for the first time every single day, years after it first became a phenomenon.
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NewsRocket Racing goes offline on Xbox on October 1
The Fortnite racing game is one of only two titles losing servers across October and November 2026, and it becomes unplayable in any form once it shuts.
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NewsThe Last of Us Season 3 Adds Abby and Lev Actors
Laura Bailey and Ian Alexander, who voiced Abby and Lev in the games, join HBO's third season alongside John Goodman in new roles.
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News Dota 2Stanley Parable co-designer has 1,603 hours in Dota 2
William Pugh says Dota 2 tops his Steam record at 1,603 hours, a game he keeps coming back to but insists he never actually enjoyed.
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NewsLegacy Code builds creatures from childhood toys
A quirky physics simulator called Legacy Code is announced for 2027, letting players assemble their own creatures out of toys and objects from childhood.
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Newsvic0 and Malibuca Top Fortnite Championship After Day 1
Fifty duos from seven regions are competing in Antwerp for a $2 million prize pool, with the title decided over 12 games spread across two days.
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NewsWarhammer 3 Player Count Rises Fivefold After End Times DLC
Lords of the End Times launched on September 24, and Steam concurrents climbed from about 19,000 to a 102,000 peak, the busiest the game has been since August 2022.
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NewsDark Souls 2 gets a seamless five-player co-op mod
A modder behind similar projects for Elden Ring and the first Dark Souls has released an alpha build that strips the interruptions out of multiplayer.
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NewsEsports Leaves Asian Games for 2027 Event in Kuwait
The Olympic Council of Asia has signed a host city contract with Kuwait for the first Asian Esports and Mind Sports Games, planned for 2027.
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NewsSpirit Crossing Update 15.4 Adds the Feast of Bears
Update 15.4 adds the Feast of Bears seasonal event alongside reworked waystation crafting, better tournament rewards, tweaked pickaxe harvesting and new flairs.
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NewsThunder Hoop Collection Brings Two Gaelco Games to Steam
Thunder Hoop and TH Strikes Back arrive on Steam on October 8 with save states, rewind, CRT filters and local co-op in the sequel.
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NewsHollowed Oath opens up its latest patch notes
The in-development MMORPG briefed players on the week of work, with mining, combat systems and new zones all moving forward.
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NewsShadow the Hedgehog Was Supposed to Die, Sonic Team Says
Sonic Team killed the character off in Sonic Adventure 2 and revived him in Sonic Heroes only after he became a fan favorite, says Takashi Iizuka.
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NewsLords of the End Times Lets Players Rewrite Warhammer Lore
Buying any single character from the expansion unlocks the full Immortal Empires campaign for $9, letting players overturn an ending long disliked by Warhammer fans.
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NewsMost Blood Bowl 3 Matches Were Played Solo, Programmer Says
Cyanide programmer Mathieu Valero says most play happened in solo Eternal Leagues, and the follow-up, Warhammer Blood Bowl, will finally ship with working AI.
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NewsFC 27 Destined for Glory challenge wants bronze
One task, bronze cards and a Small Gold Pack at the end: the Destined for Glory Challenge 1 squad builder is live in FC 27.
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NewsGears of War story director cut days after gold
Juan Vaca is looking for work after Microsoft's latest Xbox reset, days after Gears of War: E-Day went gold and ahead of its 6 October release.
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NewsVanadis Heart opens another Gundam story
The Witch from Mercury manga follows a former Vanadis Institute researcher and her child assistant, with volumes one and two out now from Yen Press.
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NewsFire Emblem run clears the game without any Flame Lords
A player finished the Switch 2 strategy game in around 40 hours on Hard and Classic, skipping all four of its central Flame Lords.
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NewsAce Combat 3 lost its story in the West
As Ace Combat 8 scores 87 on Metacritic, a look back at the localisation that cut Electrosphere's branching campaign, voice acting and three endings.
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News TyrTyr adds a map and bigger teams in new update
Stoke Games' free-to-play tank shooter, in early access since the start of the month, scales up its matches with a new map and larger squads.
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NewsMarked for Mayhem pits a team against itself
Bladework Games is building a multiplayer action RPG where two goals run at once: clearing the dungeon and finishing top of the points leaderboard.
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NewsNIS America boss on Sony's PS5 disc decision
With SEGA and Capcom unfazed by Sony ending physical media in 2028, the publisher behind elaborate collector's editions says the outcome is still open.
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News Thousand Hells: The Underworld HeistsThousand Hells is a heist from Dragon Pass creator
The designer behind King of Dragon Pass is back with Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists, where a crew breaks into an underworld of shifting nightmares.
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NewsAge of Empires studio loses half its staff in Xbox reset
World's Edge, the developer behind the strategy series, was hit hard by the latest Xbox cuts, and its next project has reportedly been cancelled.
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NewsFive Nights at Freddy's joins Fortnitemares
Epic has confirmed that Five Nights at Freddy's is coming to Fortnite as part of this year's Fortnitemares, the game's annual Halloween run.
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NewsSony patent shows a controller that takes payments
A new filing describes a PlayStation controller able to accept touch payments from phones and bank cards, reported by VGC as a patent application.
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News MinecraftMinecraft gets its first new dimension in 14 years
Mojang used Minecraft Live to confirm The Sift, a fourth dimension that reaches Java and Bedrock in 2027 and debuts in Minecraft Dungeons II on 29 September.
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News MinecraftMinecraft ice caves bring a frozen zombie this winter
The next Minecraft game drop, due in December 2026, adds ice caves below cold biomes, a hostile frozen zombie and ice crystals you can throw or brew with.
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News Minecraft Minecraft Dungeons IIMinecraft Dungeons II opens The Sift on 29 September
Minecraft Dungeons II arrives on 29 September with The Sift as its headline dimension, days before the same place is confirmed for the main game in 2027.
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News MinecraftMinecraft World adds a hotel for 2027
Mojang and Merlin Entertainments named Minecraft World Hotel and the Escape the Nether rollercoaster, both opening at Chessington World of Adventures next year.
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News MinecraftMinecraft Live: sound packs, Switch 2, no End update
Beyond the Sift, Mojang announced Marketplace sound effects packs and Minecraft on Nintendo Switch 2, and left the End alone despite what fans read into the trailer.
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NewsNintendo shows more Ganondorf in the Ocarina remake
A 16-second clip in the Nintendo Today app gives the clearest look yet at the Ocarina of Time remake, with Nintendo 64 and 3DS comparison footage alongside it.
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News Cyberpunk 2077CD Projekt spent two years on the Chimera Tank fight
The Phantom Liberty boss battle went through two years of iteration, the studio said, as it chased a spider-tank clash worth the opening act it capped.
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News Blacksmith MasterManor Lords publisher will ship into the GTA 6 week
Hooded Horse is taking Blacksmith Master out of early access on 19 November, the same day as Grand Theft Auto 6, and calls the clash a deliberate strategy.
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NewsSupernatural returns to Quest as its own company
Meta's VR fitness app is coming back this autumn under Supernatural Health, with a day-one version promised for the newly announced Meta VR Glasses.
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News Dota 2GamerLegion and LGD reshape Wallachia playoffs
LGD Gaming swept Xtreme Gaming to lock in a top-three finish at PGL Wallachia Season 9, as GamerLegion ended the run of 1win Team in the lower bracket.
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News VALORANTVitality open Champions 2026 with a 2-1 win over GE
Team Vitality beat Global Esports in the first Group B match at VALORANT Champions 2026 in Shanghai, sending the Pacific side into the lower bracket.
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News Fallout: New VegasKuhlmann says New Vegas fans shaped Todd Howard's care
The former Elder Scrolls designer suggests the intensity of Fallout: New Vegas loyalists is part of why Bethesda guards its own worlds so closely.
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NewsStarfield sequel looks unlikely, former designer says
Kurt Kuhlmann doubts Bethesda will return to its sci-fi RPG, saying the original was not successful enough to justify a second one.
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News NieR: AutomataYoko Taro says he hid Nier Automata from Square Enix
The director describes building the RPG he wanted while keeping the publisher out of the room, and explains why the first Nier changed protagonists by region.
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News CastlevaniaKonami gives away the original Castlevania for its 40th
The 1986 NES game is free on the App Store and Google Play as the series turns 40, with a new entry, Belmont's Curse, due in October.
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NewsDisgaea studio head says Sony may be hearing disc backlash
Nippon Ichi Software's chief suggests the console maker is collecting developer feedback on its discless plans, and that the discussion may change.
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News Dungeons of EternityDungeons of Eternity adds a tomb extraction mode
The co-op dungeon crawler's update brings extraction-style runs into its red dungeons, plus new enemies, loot and an overhaul of its lighting.
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News Dota 2Team Liquid field MidOne as Nisha sits out BLAST Slam 8
The swap appeared on BLAST's own participant list rather than in a statement, leaving the organisation's silence around Nisha the story of the week.
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News The Witcher 3: Wild HuntWitcher 3 remaster leads a crowded Xbox week
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt remaster, Ace Combat 8, Minecraft Dungeons II and Gears of War: E-Day early access all land between 28 September and 2 October.
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NewsElder Scrolls Online team on rebuilding after layoffs
ZeniMax Online has lost hundreds of staff over two years, and its developers say they refused to rush updates simply to hit dates.
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NewsRockstar said to remind GTA 6 cast about NDAs
Reports say the studio nudged voice actors back toward silence after one of them mentioned being in the game, ahead of the game's release.
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NewsGabe Newell confirms his throat singing phase
The Valve co-founder replied to a fan email to confirm months of Mongolian throat singing in the office, a habit staff apparently found annoying.
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NewsFinal Fantasy 7 remake lead on playing the original first
Naoki Hamaguchi says fans are not wrong to tell newcomers to finish the 1997 RPG, because its story is enshrined inside the trilogy.
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NewsDiscord users protest age checks by tearing up Wumpus
Artists are drawing increasingly gruesome deaths for the platform's mascot after Discord called its new age assurance system extremely popular.
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NewsJust Hoops 2.0 leans on hand tracking
The VR basketball game rebuilt its controls around controller-free play, developed over a year with player feedback and support from Meta.
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News GOLF+GOLF+ adds the course that hosts the Presidents Cup
Medinah Country Club No. 3 joins the VR golf game for $11.99, or through the GOLF+ Pass subscription that opens up the full course list.
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News RENNSPORTRENNSPORT adds the Nordschleife and three new cars
The Kings of the Ring DLC brings a laser-scanned Nürburgring, the Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo and an update that makes the AI less erratic.
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NewsPokemon Go pairs a Sandile Hatch Day with Adidas
The Ground-type hatches far more often from two-kilometre eggs during a six-hour window on 17 October, as an Adidas collection arrives in the game.
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NewsNASCAR 26 September Pack adds 40 paint schemes
The monthly DLC brings more than 30 firesuits and the alternate looks of the Cup and O'Reilly series championship contenders, for $9.99 or a season pass.
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News ShilShil brings puzzle horror to Quest in October
OSM Games' two-tone trip through a fractured subconscious arrives on 8 October, with a slingshot for unseen enemies and a Steam launch planned.
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NewsBrokensides turns prison release into a beat em up
A psychological horror brawler about a sea bunny out of prison after a cardinal crime, where the glass enemies shatter and the suplexes land.
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News State of DesireState of Desire puts a prison under your control
The strategy game is out now on iOS and Android, building a small facility into a maximum-security prison full of gang leaders and assassins.
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NewsTALON TOWERS turns a foggy fall into a parkour climb
A platformer set on dilapidated towers above an endless fog, chasing the mood of the games Fumito Ueda signs his name to.
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NewsBuild A Rocket Boy enters administration
The MindsEye studio has filed for administration in the UK, weeks after reports that most of its staff had already gone.
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NewsNintendo turned down Ubisoft's Ganondorf Zelda pitch
The Mario + Rabbids studio reportedly pitched a Zelda game with a new protagonist before talks with Nintendo stalled.
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NewsBeyond Good & Evil 2 is still in development
A Ubisoft Bordeaux narrative director says he has spent months on the game in a support role, nearly two decades after it was announced.
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NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Revelation gets an easier Platinum
The director of the remake trilogy says more players should be able to finish Revelation's trophy list, and confirmed a classic summon is back.
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News CastlevaniaCastlevania turns 40 as Konami teases a 3D collection
An anniversary video ends with a glance at portraits that fans read as a hint, while the original game is free on mobile for a limited run.
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News Control ResonantControl Resonant adds New Game ++ and Photo Mode
Remedy has laid out its post-launch plan, adding an endless mode and the screenshot tool players asked for loudest.
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News HytaleHytale Chapter 1 lands October 12 with its first boss
The early access survival game is getting a hand-built dungeon, a flame-throwing goblin king, and a raft of item changes.
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News RuneScape: DragonwildsJagex admits the Dragonwilds Switch 2 build is not good enough
After players reported blurry visuals in the new survival game, the studio promised incremental fixes and accurate store screenshots.
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NewsPrince of Persia: The Lost Crown is free on Switch this week
Nintendo's Game Trial makes the full metroidvania playable until September 30, with steep discounts running alongside it.
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News ARC RaidersArc Raiders will test a PvE queue in mid-October
Embark is adding an opt-in matchmaking mode after players kept asking for a version of the extraction shooter without other raiders.
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NewsNadella calls Xbox restructuring great to see
Microsoft's chief executive praised the streamlining on a podcast, days after further layoffs and studio cuts in the gaming division.
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News Marvel's WolverineMarvel's Wolverine patch adds toggles for its scent trails
Insomniac has made the sensory clues that lead players to collectibles optional after sustained complaints.
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NewsUnicorn Overlord director reveals new RPG for 2028
Takafumi Noma has announced the IGNISPHERE project and DAWNGAZER, an action RPG heading to PS5, Switch 2 and PC in 2028.
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NewsStranger Than Heaven's cast revealed in a new gameplay look
RGG Studio has shown off the faces and the era-hopping world of its 50-year crime drama.
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NewsHalo 2 and 3 remakes were among the projects cut
Leaked details suggest several Halo projects were in development before the restructuring, including two remakes and a seventh mainline entry.
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NewsSony surveys PS5 owners as disc backlash continues
An open questionnaire follows reports of a developer survey, and industry figures say the decision to end disc production may not be final.
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News PalworldPalworld tops Steam's 2026 review rankings
The survival game's 1.0 launch made it the best-rated release of the year on Steam, ahead of Valheim.
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NewsXbox is happy with GTA 6 pre-orders, exec says
A report that PlayStation 5 is taking the bulk of pre-orders drew a response from Xbox's chief strategy officer.
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News Hell is UsHell Is Us moves its Switch 2 launch to October 27
Nacon is delaying the port and the game's major update by two weeks, blaming a crowded September.
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News The Witcher 3: Wild HuntThe Witcher 3 Remastered gets release times and update sizes
CD Projekt Red's free upgrade lands on September 29 with the same unlock time on every platform.
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NewsMicrosoft patents a system that pauses games to show ads
A filing describes promoted content triggered mid-session, with playtime credits offered to delay the interruption.
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NewsWoW: Forever beta lost its character-name filter
A senior producer says the studio is kicking offensive character names and has little patience for complaints.
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NewsBlizzard gifts Diablo 4 crafting material after rough season
Server trouble and a delayed seasonal realm have been answered with free high-end crafting material for everyone who logs in.
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NewsArmed Fantasia is cancelled four years after its Kickstarter
The Wild Arms spiritual successor has been dropped by its publisher, which also ended work on two other projects.
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NewsRayman Legends Retold gets a loaded physical launch edition
Ubisoft is shipping a PS5 box with a printed map and lithographs, and the remake now arrives on December 3.
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NewsKing signs a collective agreement with Swedish unions
The Candy Crush maker reached a deal with Unionen and Sveriges Ingenjörer a week after workers voted for industrial action.
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NewsEVE Frontier's next test build arrives on September 29
Cycle 7, subtitled Vestiges, brings reworked systems to the survival MMO as it works towards a full launch.
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News Pokémon TCG PocketPokémon TCG Pocket adds a Mega Deluxe Pack this month
The mobile card game is running its largest booster release yet between September 29 and October 28.
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NewsTrophy Games buys Playrion from Paradox Interactive
The Danish studio has taken over the Airport Simulator: First Class developer, the second small acquisition this month.
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NewsPS Portal firmware adds an 80 percent charging cap
Sony's Remote Play handheld gets a battery-preserving option in system update 7.1.7.
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NewsAion Reforged relaunches the original MMO on October 20
NCsoft is opening a new auto-hunt server for the core game just as Aion 2 arrives.
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News MarathonMarathon's Symbiosis update adds a permanent PvE mode
Bungie is stepping away from the seasonal model, adding a social space and a new character on December 8.
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News ThronefallThronefall joins Game Pass as a day-one release
Mythwright's minimalist strategy game arrives on console on November 11 with a Game Pass launch.
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News Dragon's Dogma 2Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen shown at Tokyo Game Show
Capcom's first expansion for the 2024 RPG appeared at Tokyo Game Show with new monsters in a frozen region.
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NewsGolden Joysticks: 007: First Light and Big Walk lead
Both games have five nominations, with Resident Evil: Requiem close behind in the public-voted awards.
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NewsJapan's PC games market has more than doubled in four years
Industry data presented at Tokyo Game Show shows PC revenue climbing sharply in a country long dominated by consoles and phones.
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NewsDeveloper says games need to cost more, GTA 6 missed its shot
Joe Brammer of Wardogs says rising development costs make a price rise inevitable, and that Rockstar could have set the standard.
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NewsPC Gaming Show: Most Wanted returns on December 3
The show trims its countdown from 25 games to 20 to give each announcement more room.
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News League of LegendsLEC commissioner on growing the league beyond Berlin
Artem Bykov says six arena shows a year are the way to grow the League of Legends European Championship while keeping its formats at home.
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News VALORANTG2 Esports sweep TYLOO to open VALORANT Champions
The North American side beat TYLOO 2-0 on Lotus and Icebox, sending the host-region team to the lower bracket.
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NewsDeckbane brings Balatro-inspired deckbuilding to iOS
A solo-developed roguelike that mixes poker hands with party building is out now, with Android to follow.