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A ShinyHunters suspect is being held in the Netherlands, in the case that runs through Rockstar
A ShinyHunters suspect is held for 90 more days. The group hit Rockstar in April.
Xbox launches XP, a division for films, TV, merchandise and theme parks
Xbox creates XP, a division for film, TV, merch and theme parks.
Paramount is developing a live-action Cyberpunk 2077 movie
Paramount is developing a live-action Cyberpunk 2077 film.
The Coalition staff reportedly fear being cut before Gears of War: E-Day's bonus pays out
Staff reportedly expect cuts after launch, weeks before the Metacritic bonus pays.
Fortnitemares starts early this year, and Hollow Knight's Knight is coming as a sidekick
FNAF lands on the island, and Hollow Knight's Knight arrives as a sidekick.
Capcom says its Resident Evil remakes are quietly building toward a crossover with the new games
Takeuchi says the RE remakes and numbered games are being steered into one line.
Xbox is pulling cloud gaming off 2020 Samsung TVs, weeks before hour caps arrive
The Xbox app leaves 2020 Samsung TVs on November 3, as hour caps arrive too.
Bungie says Marathon's extraction mode isn't being left behind as it bolts on PvE and deathmatch
PvE and deathmatch are coming, but Bungie says extraction is still central.
A new Uncharted with Nathan Drake is reportedly Naughty Dog's next game after Intergalactic
MP1st reports a new Uncharted with Nathan Drake is next up at Naughty Dog.
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WoW: Forever hid 12,500 items from dataminers, and beta players are finding the weird ones
Hidden WoW: Forever loot is turning up, and it breaks long-standing Classic rules.
Final Fantasy XIV Mobile is gone, 15 months after a China-only launch
Servers off September 30 after 15 months, and the global release was cancelled.
Fortnite's Rocket Racing is being retired, and your cars come with you
Rocket Racing is being switched off, but your Vehicle Locker cars stay usable.
The writer behind The Witcher 3's Bloody Baron quest is back at CD Projekt
The writer of The Witcher 3's Bloody Baron questline has rejoined CD Projekt.
Halo's community director says there is no blacklist for creators who criticise the games
Brian Jarrard: no leadership blacklist, and that video led to AI fixes.
Sakura Wars' creator wrote a plot for a sixth game and isn't sure the file still exists
A Sakura Wars 6 plot exists. A Sakura Wars 6 does not.
The next official D&D game has a fixed story, and Invoke wants that understood early
No branching plot, no morality system - Invoke sets expectations early.
Zynga's founder says he had a handshake deal to buy Supercell for $400m, and his own board killed it
Pincus says Zynga's board blocked his $400m handshake deal for Supercell.
Vincent D'Onofrio stepped in when God of War Laufey's lead actor got picked apart over her looks
D'Onofrio defends his Daredevil co-star over God of War Laufey complaints.
ANTONBLAST reaches PlayStation nearly two years on, and Australia gets it first
ANTONBLAST hits PS5 and PS4, starting in Australia and New Zealand on October 1.
Pokémon Pokopia's new physical edition puts the game and all its DLC on one card, but only in Asia
Game plus all three DLC parts on one card for 13,380 yen - Japan, Korea and Asia only.
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Newzoo's August charts: Madden debuts at No. 2 on console, Big Walk at No. 3 on PC
Six debuts in one month, and Pokopia climbed 21 places on its first paid DLC.
Sega is teasing a House of the Dead VR attraction with an 85-inch front door
A two-player VR cabinet shaped like a gothic manor, due at IAAPA in November.
A rumoured AMD chip called Gainsborough is being pinned to Steam Deck 2, mostly because of its name
The clue is the name: the Deck's current chip is Aerith, and hers is Gainsborough.
Richard Garriott says he is regaining the Ultima copyright from EA
Ultima creator Richard Garriott says he will soon regain the copyright from EA.
Asked whether FPS Boost is coming back, Xbox's Jason Ronald says the team is cooking
The Xbox VP says the team is cooking, with more to share later this year.
Minecraft's free Switch 2 upgrade is for digital owners only
Minecraft's free Switch 2 upgrade reportedly covers digital owners only.
The GTA 6 leaker is back with another long gameplay video
The GTA 6 leaker posts another long gameplay video; spoiler warnings follow.
Warhammer Survivors launches on PS5 on November 10 with two new heroes
Warhammer Survivors launches on PS5 on November 10, pre-orders open.
Marvel Tokon's first DLC fighter, Phoenix Cyclops, arrives November 2
Phoenix Cyclops is Marvel Tokon's first Year 1 Pass fighter, out November 2.
Monster Hunter Stories 3 is coming to Xbox on PC on November 18
Twisted Reflection reaches Xbox on PC on November 18 with Play Anywhere.
Sonic's producer says the movies are why Sonic Team has more to spend on games
Iizuka says Sonic film revenue feeds straight back into game budgets.
Xbox reportedly got Kojima's Physint for well under what it usually pays for a big game
NYT: Xbox's Physint deal came in well under its usual premium game spend.
A Pikachu card with 56 identical twins just sold for $8.4 million
A Raincoat Pikachu card sold for $8.4 million - and 57 copies share its grade.
Directive 8020's couch co-op mode is finally going online, five months after launch
Directive 8020's Movie Night co-op finally goes online in October.
Xbox's new CEO says the business is not for sale - but she does not rule out a spin-off
Asha Sharma says "Xbox is not for sale" - but a spin-off is not ruled out.
System Shock 2's remaster is free on the Epic Games Store this week
Nightdive's System Shock 2 remaster and Buried Stars are free until October 8.
Limbus Company's new chapter shipped with a bug that can stall a battle outright
The Shadowed has a bug that can make battles unfinishable, and no hotfix date yet.
Aion 2's western servers open today for Founder's Pack buyers, five days before launch
Founder's Pack owners get into Aion 2 today; everyone else waits until October 5.
WarioWare's director on life after Nintendo: 'I no longer need to think about profitability'
Goro Abe on leaving Nintendo, teaching, and making games for people who aren't gamers.
Dressmaker's team says it has 1.5 programmers and a tsunami of bug reports
The viral cosy sewing hit's tiny team admits it can't keep up with the bug reports.
Metroidvania Moadra has a release date: October 22
Gloomsoft's sci-fi Metroidvania lands October 22 on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch.
Sound System pushes its plastic-guitar revival to November 4
The new plastic-guitar rhythm game slips three weeks to a November 4 Early Access start.
007 First Light's first free DLC is out, and it's bigger than the teaser suggested
Free Extended Operations DLC lands with New Game+, Photo Mode and 700+ fixes.
Gears of War: E-Day launches without chainsaw duels or meat shields
Two signature Gears mechanics are missing at launch, and The Coalition explains why.
ARC Raiders now permanently bans cheaters on the first offence: 'No warnings, no second chances'
Embark drops first-offence leniency: ARC Raiders cheaters now get permanent bans.
Krafton has ended development on PUBG: Black Budget
Krafton scraps its PUBG extraction shooter after two closed alphas and no release date.
Kena: Scars of Kosmora pushed to 2027, and Ember Lab finally explains the story
Ember Lab moves the Bridge of Spirits sequel to 2027 and details Kena's new island.
The Lego original PlayStation goes on sale today, with Gran Turismo and Ape Escape hidden inside
Sony and Lego's 1,911-piece PS1 replica hits PlayStation's store today at $179.99.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse's free demo is live, and it runs better on Switch 2
Free Belmont's Curse demo lands October 1, and your save carries over.
Cleared Hot's jungle campaign lands October 15, and it brings a level editor
Free update on October 15: nine missions, two helicopters and a level editor.
MXGP 26 is out, rebuilt from scratch in Unreal Engine 5 by a new studio
New studio, new engine: rewritten physics and ruts that deepen lap by lap.
The Witcher 3 Remastered's first patch is out, and CD Projekt says turn HairWorks off
Patch 5.00b fixes DLSS and lighting; CDPR says disable HairWorks on PC for now.
Space Marine 2's Patch 15 finally lets you play as Chaos
Patch 15 makes Heretic Astartes playable in Siege mode and rebuilds the Tactical class.
ALLFATHER is a solo-made first-person roguelike about climbing out of Helheim
A stamina-driven Norse roguelike from one developer. No release date yet.
SUPERHOT VR now follows your eyes on Steam Frame to cut its rendering load
Eye-tracked foveated rendering is on by default in the Steam Frame build.
LitGirls: Bookbound Dungeons sends anime Alice, Juliet and Dante into a dungeon crawler
A turn-based crawler with literary heroines and a morale bar beside HP. Due 2027.
Control Resonant's first big update adds endless New Game++ runs and eases up the Unknown Zone
Infinite New Game++ runs, Build Power on the loadout screen, a gentler Unknown Zone.
Petal Crash 2 is out in Early Access, with online play still missing
Arcade, Score Attack and local versus are in. Online play and Adventure mode are not.
Marvel Rivals' October 1 patch is two skins and three fixes, with no downtime
Two costumes, a Pop & Win refresh and three fixes - no balance changes this week.
A Game About Digging a Hole is getting a four-player sequel, rebuilt from scratch
Four-player co-op, crossplay and a new beach setting, rebuilt by Mi'pu'mi Games.
Minion Rush is shutting down after 13 years, and an offline version is what survives
Off app stores October 30, servers off January 29, with an offline mode left behind.
Steam Next Fest returns October 19 for a week of free demos
A week of free demos from October 19, with the lineup revealed on October 8.
Lisa's limited-edition DualSense opens pre-orders on October 2 for $84.99
Pre-orders open October 2 at 10am local, $84.99, with the pad on sale October 30.
Tetris 99's next Maximus Cup hands out a Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave theme
100 event points between October 2 and 5 unlocks a Fortune's Weave theme for keeps.
Aniimo is scrapping its legendary creature's random stats after player complaints
Irisalis gets fixed stats in 1.1, with excess Potential refunded as Starcryst Essence.
War Thunder's latest ban wave takes out 3,984 accounts, plus a space event exploit
3,984 banned for cheats, 661 more for farming a Space Program Event scoring bug.
Rayman Legends Retold was supposed to be out today — it is a December 3 game now
Today was the old date. Ubisoft's 3D Rayman remake now lands on December 3.
Sega's own numbers: Persona 5 has outsold Persona 3 and 4 put together
P3 past 5m, P4 past 5.7m, P5 past 13m — and 80% of sales are outside Japan.
Moros Protocol takes its pixel-art roguelite shooter to PS5 and Switch 2 today
The pixel-art FPS roguelite lands on PS5 and Switch 2 today, from $19.99.
Football Manager 27 is set for November 10, day one on Game Pass and Netflix
FM27 arrives November 10 on PC, console and mobile, with Game Pass and Netflix day one.
Ace Combat 8's free Ace Combat Zero is annoying the people who pre-ordered for it
Free Ace Combat Zero is a DLC executable on Steam, not its own game. Reviewers noticed.
Sega and Epic put numbers on Sonic in Fortnite: 14 million Eggman defeats in one weekend
Sega and Epic put numbers to the Sonic crossover: 14 million Eggman defeats.
RetroSpace launches today, and you can get through its dying space station without firing a shot
Disco-punk space horror lands on PS5, Xbox, Switch 2 and PC, combat optional.
Switch 2 firmware 23.0.1 fixes the slow app launches that came with last month's big update
Firmware 23.0.1's only listed change fixes slow app launches from 23.0.0.
Donkey Kong Bananza's Emerald Rush events are coming back, one a month
All the Emerald Rush events return on a monthly rotation, starting with Chip Fever.
GTA 6 cover story reveals hurricanes, 170-plus animal species and a new Heat system
Hurricanes, 170+ animal species and a new Heat system, per Game Informer's cover story.
Octopath Traveler and its sequel land on Switch 2 today at full price, with no upgrade and no save transfer
$59.99 each on Switch 2, with no upgrade discount and no save transfer from the Switch versions.
Dynasty Warriors 3's remaster is out today, with online co-op still to come
The Musou landmark returns on four platforms for $39.99. Online co-op arrives in a later update.
ARK's three-headed hound and bottomless dragon are live, but the engine upgrade meant to join them isn't
Cerberax, Gargantar and the Therizino rework are live. The UE 5.8 upgrade slipped to Oct 28.
Active Matter's Distorteds now aim where you're going, not where you are
Active Matter's Distorteds now predict your movement, and extractions got safer.
The Witcher 3 Remastered is out now, and most existing owners pay nothing
Free for existing owners: new skill system, cross-platform mods, and both expansions included.
Caves of Qud's Switch 2 version is a free upgrade, and the only way to own it on a card is a 1,500-copy run
Caves of Qud's Switch 2 edition is free DLC, and its only physical run is 1,500.
Japan's game industry body says 85.8% of developers now use generative AI at work
CESA's first AI survey puts generative AI use among Japanese devs at 85.8%.
God of War's original creator says don't use his criticism as cover to harass Laufey's director
Jaffe: using my criticism to make personal attacks on Laufey's director is low.
Hamster is putting two obscure Taito games back on sale on October 1
A 1980 arcade shooter and a 1985 maze game, reissued on October 1.
Okko The Exiled is out on PC, and consoles are waiting until 2027
Hand-animated 2D action, $14.99 on PC now, consoles in early 2027.
Wuthering Waves 3.7 adds two Electro five-stars and finally lets you replay the old story
Hsin, Suoming, a new Mengzhou region, and replayable early story quests.
Ubisoft's Tom Clancy studios now all answer to the Massive Entertainment name
The Division, Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell teams now share one studio brand.
Songs of Glimmerwick is out after eight years, and the developers want you to play the demo first
Eastshade's witch-school RPG is out on PC, and the demo is staying up.
ESO sends players out to sea for two weeks with the High Seas of Tamriel event
ESO's two-week naval event is live, with a Golden Pursuits campaign alongside.
EA says it will not rush gameplay changes to FC 27, even the ones players are shouting about
EA lists FC 27's four gameplay watch items and promises not to patch in a hurry.
Palia's Halloween event makes you pick one monster title and lose the other two
Spiritfest returns to Kilima, and one token a year buys just one monster title.
Final Fantasy 11's free trial no longer expires, and the level cap has jumped to 75
No more 14-day clock on FF11's free trial, and the cap is now level 75.
Apex Legends is shelving its solo-queue experiment because it made high-tier lobbies feel worse
Respawn's solo-queue Ranked test broke up the stacks and made lobbies feel worse.
Deadlock's City Never Sleeps update rebuilds the map and puts six new heroes to a vote
Four new districts, a corrupting secret shop, and six heroes released by player vote.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A is getting a Switch 2 card with the Mega Dimension DLC already on it
One Switch 2 card with Legends: Z-A and Mega Dimension arrives October 29.
Microsoft's first new mobile game in seven years is a match-3 that hands out Xbox Achievements
Microsoft's first new mobile game in seven years awards Xbox Achievements on phones.
October's PS Plus games are F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896 and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2
October's PS Plus set: F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896 and EDF: World Brothers 2.
Blaze pushes its C64 and ZX Spectrum handhelds to April over build quality
The clamshell C64 and Spectrum handhelds slip six months to April 2027.
Coinbase is teasing Pokémon card pack openings on its app, with almost no details attached
Rip packs in-app, vault or ship the real card - and almost no details yet.
Analysts see game revenue crawling to $229bn by 2030, with PC doing the work
Kagan forecasts $229.1bn in game revenue by 2030, growing just 2.3% a year.
Pokémon Pokopia's Halloween event has you startling Pokémon for candy
Pokopia's Halloween event runs October 17 to November 1 and adds Pumpkaboo.
Arc Raiders' success burned out the team, and Embark slowed the update schedule to fix it
Embark dropped monthly updates after Arc Raiders' success exhausted the team.
An unannounced Gundam Battle Operation 3 network test has appeared on Steam
An unannounced Battle Operation 3 network test build is registered on Steam.
Rogue Core's next update brings a new boss, and it's close
Update 3 teases a new boss, targeted for the end of October.
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is getting a Switch 2 demo with six fighters
SNK announces a Switch 2 demo for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, six fighters in.
Vitality are the first EMEA team into the Valorant Champions playoffs
Vitality beat LOUD 2-0 to win Group B and reach the Champions playoffs.
GTA 6 can't win a Golden Joystick this year because it launches eight days too late
The awards happen November 11. The game arrives November 19. Awkward.
Suda51's Grasshopper Manufacture is independent again after splitting from NetEase
Suda51's studio leaves NetEase Games on October 1 and goes independent again.
Stranger Than Heaven's second era takes Makoto Daito to a navy port town in 1929
RGG's second era video visits a 1929 naval port town in Hiroshima.
Garry Newman is giving s&box characters necks because the reviews wouldn't stop mentioning it
Garry Newman relents on the neckless look after months of bad reviews.
Bubble Bobble 4 Friends is getting a Switch 2 edition with new stages and a webcam gimmick
New stages, the arcade original, and a camera mode that bubbles your face.
Shawn Layden says Xbox is giving him Dreamcast flashbacks
The ex-PlayStation boss says Microsoft is at Sega's old fork in the road.
A Brazilian rating briefly listed WoW: Forever on consoles before someone changed it to PC
A ratings listing named consoles, then changed to PC. Blizzard has announced nothing.
An analyst thinks Game Pass will eat most of what Gears of War: E-Day could have earned
Alinea estimates 120k Steam pre-orders, and says Game Pass eats the Xbox revenue.
Thailand takes PUBG Mobile gold at the Asian Games, its first medal in the event
Thailand beats China to PUBG Mobile gold at the 2026 Asian Games.
Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War reach a Nintendo console for the first time today
The Nemesis System goes handheld: both games, all expansions, out on Switch 2.
Discord's Game Mode will quietly turn its own effects down while you play
Game Mode detects a running game and drops Discord's animations and effects.
End of Abyss, from three ex-Little Nightmares leads, launches October 1
The twin-stick Metroidvania from ex-Tarsier leads arrives October 1.
Gears of War: E-Day opens early on October 1, and it wants about 109GB first
E-Day Early Access starts October 1. Preload is live and it is not small.
Minecraft's first new dimension in 14 years is playable now, but not in Minecraft
The Sift debuts in Minecraft Dungeons II and comes to Java and Bedrock in 2027.
Asylum, the horror game that took 15 years to finish, reaches consoles on October 30
The 15-years-in-development horror adventure hits consoles October 30.
Silent Hill: Townfall's stutter is patched, and the enemy everyone hates is next
Patch 1.3.1 cuts PC stutter, and The Weight encounters are next in line.
King's Field-style dungeon crawler Queen's Domain hits consoles and PC on October 30
The King's Field-inspired RPG lands October 30 on consoles and PC.
Grave Seasons slips to March 2027, and the studio says console ports are why
The farming sim murder mystery slips to March 9, 2027 over console ports.
Ghost of Yotei's roguelike mode and Sekigahara expansion land October 1, and Jin Sakai is playable
Most Wanted and Echoes of Sekigahara arrive October 1, with Jin Sakai playable.
Darktide's Depths of the Damned adds a three-mission campaign and a Nurgle Psyker boss
Darktide's free update adds the Spillway mission and a Nurgle Psyker boss fight.
Among Us lets dead crewmates talk again, badly, with the Influencer role
Among Us 19.0.0 adds the Influencer, a ghost who messages the living in pictures.
Valheim is getting concerts and a comic book, plus content Iron Gate won't describe yet
Iron Gate teases Valheim concerts and a comic book, but won't name the next update.
Mario Kart Tour's servers are off for good after seven years
Nintendo switched off Mario Kart Tour after seven years. The app no longer works.
Crimson Desert's first paid expansion slips two weeks to October 29
Pearl Abyss pushes Crimson Desert's Charting the Unknown expansion to October 29.
Sekiro: No Defeat isn't a movie after all - it's eight episodes in January
The cinema cut was an edit - eight episodes land in January on Crunchyroll.
Dune: Awakening is testing a way to play Arrakis without BattlEye running
Solo and private servers get an anti-cheat opt-out in Funcom's new test patch.
Shuhei Yoshida thinks Sony and Nintendo should stretch this console generation out
The ex-PlayStation boss says nobody is asking for more power - except Xbox.
Halo's former creative director tells Activision to hire the people Xbox just cut
O'Connor's advice to Activision starts with a hiring list of laid-off devs.
DEFCON turns 20 and gets a free rebuild, made largely by its own players
New graphics, audio and HDR for the 2006 classic, free and community-built.
Gnomesplosion is a roguelike where you fire exploding gnomes at goblins
Fling hat-wearing gnomes at goblins in this pachinko roguelike reveal.
DarkSwarm opens a second closed alpha on November 3, with thousands of enemies on screen
Second closed alpha starts November 3, with thousands of enemies promised.
FLASK, the auto-battler about selling monster blood, launches January 14
The monster-blood auto-battler arrives January 14, with a rebuilt demo now.
Dinolords is putting eight players and their dinosaurs on one battlefield in an October demo
Eight players, one battlefield, dinosaurs. Free Steam demo on October 19.
Teardown's promised racing mode has a name: Rally, and it's free
A free racing mode where the track and the other drivers are both hazards.
Modern Warfare 4 is adding Collateral, a round-based mode with a Counter-Strike-style economy
One life a round, two bomb sites, and cash to spend between them.
Deep Rock Galactic sets Season 07 for December and announces its first paid expansion
Season 07 arrives in December, and 2027 brings DRG's first paid expansion.
Konami marks 40 years of Castlevania by making the original free on mobile
The 1986 original is free on iOS and Android until Oct 24, and you keep it once downloaded.
Sonic Team's boss says the series is still only halfway to what it could be
Iizuka says Sonic at 35 is only halfway to what the series could be.
Blizzard's latest WoW hotfixes buff Blood DKs and crank up PvP rating inflation
Class tuning, a softer Venomous Abyss and deliberate PvP rating inflation.
Neverness to Everness builds a funfair for version 1.4, and brings two more Porsches
NTE 1.4 adds a funfair district, a new episode and limited S-Class Blackbird.
Gears of War: E-Day Collector's Editions are turning up with broken statues
The Coalition confirms some E-Day Collector's Editions shipped damaged.
Heroes of the Storm has a new hero for the first time since 2020
Xal'atath is live, ending a six-year wait for a new Heroes of the Storm hero.
Kaguya is a bullet hell built by someone who admits they are bad at bullet hells
A vertical shmup built for people the genre usually scares off. Playtest live now.
Deep Rock Galactic's publisher is backing ACORN, a 15-minute roguelike about rodent rebels
Ghost Ship Publishing reveals a rodent auto battler with 15-minute runs, out on PC in 2027.
Anime action roguelite Eternal Palace Sakura gets a November date and a Switch version
The anime action roguelite hits Switch and PC on November 5.
Block-puzzle adventure Isles of Sea and Sky washes up on Switch on October 8
Cicada Games' open world puzzler hits Switch on October 8 for $19.99.
Supergiant has put its full Hades orchestral concert online for free
The one-night London concert covering Hades and Hades II is now online in full.
Rhythm adventure Suri: The Seventh Note lands on PS5 on October 30
Sony dates the rhythm-action adventure for October 30, built around a 480ms beat.
Pokemon HOME links up with FireRed and LeafGreen on October 7, and there is no way back
Version 4.1.0 lands October 7 with one-way Kanto transfers, a free Celebi and more storage.
A new PS5 exploit reportedly opens up every console below September firmware
Relapse reportedly jailbreaks PS5s on firmware up to July 2026 update.
Diablo 4's seasons will keep running after Diablo 5 launches, its director says
Blizzard plans to keep Diablo 4 seasons running past Diablo 5 launch.
Star Fox's free update brings four-player split-screen Battle Mode to Switch 2
Star Fox's free update adds four-player local Battle Mode and three stages.
Lord of the Rings: War in the North is getting a physical release, 15 years after it came out
Limited Run opens pre-orders October 2 on Switch 2, PS5 and Xbox.
MapleStory Classic World's Steam version makes you install the whole modern game to play it
On Steam, Classic World ships inside MapleStory's build. Access opens October 6.
Idea Factory has launched a visual novel label, starting with a crime thriller about painting people's minds
New Idea Factory label debuts with a thriller about reading minds as paintings.
Remedy built Control Resonant's "Strange York" and left out the yellow paint on purpose
Remedy's leads on Strange York, boss themes and why there's no yellow paint.
Blizzard says it will start closing accounts of players who accept bought gold, not just sellers
Blizzard will strip gold and may close accounts of players who accept RMT gold.
Capcom rebuilt Monster Hunter Wilds' assets and shaders to hit 30fps on Switch 2
Capcom remade assets and shaders for a stable 30fps handheld on Switch 2.
Little Nightmares III's second DLC drops Low and Alone into a flooded coastal town
The Shores is out now: flooded streets, leeches and sewer diving for $7.99.
Diablo 5's director says builds will beat reflexes, unlike Diablo 4
Joe Shely says planning and gear will matter more than dodge-rolling in Diablo 5.
A confidential Blizzard survey put 11 WoW class ideas in front of players, Bard and Tinker included
Leaked survey screenshots list 11 class ideas for WoW: Forever. None are announced.
A fan-made GTA 5 Switch port died days before release after a Take-Two letter
A Take-Two letter kills the fan-made GTA 5 Switch port days before launch.
Capcom is recalibrating Monster Hunter Wilds' difficulty for Ascendance
Ascendance aims Master Rank at the hunters who found Wilds too easy.
Mexican lawmakers want storefronts to say out loud that you are buying a licence
A Mexican Senate initiative targets licence disclosure and preservation.
34 video game Lego sets are being retired at the end of the year
Lego retires 34 video game sets on December 31, Horizon losing its only one.
TMNT: Splintered Fate has sold 1.5 million copies, 2.6 million counting DLC
Super Evil Megacorp puts Splintered Fate past 1.5 million copies sold.
Sony wants 60 hours on the clock before you can buy a PS5 Pro in Japan
Japan's PS5 Pro lottery needs a local PSN account and 60 hours of playtime.
Valve is killing Steam's curated deals calendar and handing the slots to an algorithm
Steam's hand-picked Daily, Midweek and Weekend Deals go algorithmic in early 2027.
Arcade shoot 'em up Sturmjäger is aiming at January 14, 2027
Byteproduct's arcade shmup Sturmjäger arrives January 14, 2027.
Neighbors: Suburban Warfare left early access by going free
The house-wrecking brawler hits 1.0 on PS5, Xbox and PC, and goes free.
Both Remothered games are getting Unreal Engine 5 remasters, free for people who bought the originals
Remothered remasters hit Q1 2027, free for digital owners in week one.
Synduality: Echo of Ada is dropping PvP and turning into an offline game
Echo of Ada loses its servers after May 2027 but gains an offline PvE mode.
Xbox's Disc to Digital claim is now switched on for everyone
Disc to Digital leaves Insider testing and rolls out to all Xbox players.
Cozy cleaning game Muri: Wildwoods gets a December 7 release date
The cozy cleaning adventure hits Steam on December 7. A demo is up now.
American Truck Simulator lets you park the truck, and immediately sets a player record
Four Ford cars, a new Car Mode, and an all-time Steam player record for the sim.
NBA The Run starts its first season by importing five 2000s legends
Five 2000s legends join NBA The Run in its free first season update.
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor hits PS5 and Switch on October 7, with an expansion on the way
The auto-shooter spin-off hits PS5 and Switch on October 7.
Modern Warfare 4 will bring back Shipment, but not at launch
Call of Duty confirms Shipment returns in MW4, though not at launch on October 23.
Goat Simulator 3's next DLC lands on GTA 6 day, and Coffee Stain knows exactly what it's doing
Goat Sim 3's carnival DLC is launching on November 19, same day as GTA 6.
Lightyear Frontier leaves Early Access on November 4 after two and a half years
The mech farming game hits 1.0 on November 4, with saves carrying over.
Zelda's 40th anniversary concert tour starts selling tickets on September 30
Zelda's 40th anniversary concert tour opens ticket sales on September 30.
Modern Warfare 4 targets 90fps on PC and finally fixes double XP tokens
MW4 aims for 90fps on PC, and double XP tokens now only burn in matches.
Monster Hunter Outlanders locks in an October 29 mobile launch
Capcom's free-to-play mobile Monster Hunter arrives October 29 on iOS and Android.
Satisfactory's first paid expansion, Core Values, is sending factories underground
Satisfactory's first paid DLC digs underground with new biomes and buildings.
Naughty Dog has two more Last of Us projects going, and Intergalactic stays hidden until 2027
Two early Last of Us projects confirmed; Intergalactic's full reveal slips to 2027.
God of War Laufey lands February 16, 2027, and pre-orders are live now
Faye's God of War arrives February 16, 2027 on PS5, with pre-orders open now.
Xbox begins rolling out Mythic Achievements to Insiders
Finish all original achievements in a game to earn a permanent Mythic badge. Insiders first.
Xbox cuts 268 more roles and hands the next Halo to Activision
268 roles cut, Activision takes the next Halo, and Ninja Theory faces closure.
Marvel's Wolverine patch lets you switch off the collectible scent trails
Patch 1.001.006 adds toggles for the collectible scent trails players kept complaining about.
