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Celeste and TowerFall dev explains why both games were suddenly delisted from Xbox
Celeste and TowerFall have both been delisted from Xbox suddenly earlier this week. Per a post on Bluesky, developer Maddy Thorson says this was an intentional move, with the games being removed from sale on Xbox in support of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement, which is aimed at protesting various companies linked to, or supporting, Israel's…
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Dataminer uncovers that Spiny - a character seemingly with no way to operate a car - was meant to be playable in Mario Kart World
A dataminer has uncovered something peculiar in the code of Mario Kart World . Spiny, a tiny little turtle-looking fella with a spiky shell, was meant to be a driver in the game.
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EA's sale to Saudi-led consortium was "final nail in the coffin" for BioWare, says studio co-founder in rare interview
One of BioWare's famous doctor-founders, Greg Zeschuk, has finally spoken about the studio's closure last week , saying it's "kind of sad" and that EA's leveraged buyout by a Saudi-involved consortium "was the final nail in the coffin".
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FromSoft's Switch 2 exclusive, The Duskbloods, has been delayed into 2027
FromSoftware's The Duskbloods - a game that is best described as Bloodborne meets Sekiro meets Dark Souls, with jetpacks and dinos thrown in - has been delayed from its 2026 launch window into an unspecified time in 2027.
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"A cold dead place that's slowly decaying" - EA employees reveal a culture of secrecy and terrible morale following layoffs
Last week, EA announced it's laying off 400 workers across multiple studios, cancelling projects and refocusing on its biggest money-makers. As part of that, EA closed down the iconic BioWare studio , letting go of most of its remaining staff of around 50 people.
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Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 review
It's easy to dislike Call of Duty. Aside from the annual cycle of development, marketing, and controversy that has defined the series identity for the past 22 years, the series has become an integral part of how video games prop up the military-industrial complex . Whilst some of the stories - especially 2025's Black Ops 7 - have deteriorated into the…
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Mouthwashing is finally on consoles and Xbox Game Pass, and it's a Halloween must for horror fans
A mutilated man stares at you, his single piercing eye following as you move around the room. His filthy bandages hide a ruined face, raw lips circling disturbingly perfect teeth, and his moans echo through the halls. But that eye: it knows something you don't. At least not yet.
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With a cracking new tactical feature and dedicated UI "strike team", Football Manager 27 is a huge step back towards FM's best form
Welcome back, Football Manager. I've only played half a day or so of it, whistling through my inductions, board meetings and opening transfer window, but already the positive signs are there. Football Manager 27 is a big, much-appreciated step in the right direction. In a way it's a step back - this is essentially the game I wish FM26 had been - but…
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World of Warcraft players angry after Blizzard seems to contradict housing cosmetics policy with Halloween additions
The World of Warcraft team has found itself at the centre of controversy after recently-added housing cosmetics appeared to go against previous pledges not to sell decorations tied to the visual identity of the game's races and factions.
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COD Modern Warfare 4's controversial Possum ability nerfed to stop it being used "as a combat mechanic instead of a survival mechanic"
Since the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's DMZ mode, players have been mainly arguing about two topics: whether there's a need for a PvE-only mode , and whether Possum - an in-game trait - has a place in an extraction experience .
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Xbox leader Asha Sharma says there's "more demand than consoles available" as Xbox hardware sales dip by 14%
Xbox leader Asha Sharma has claimed there's "more demand than consoles available" when it comes to Xbox, and that console sales "remain constrained by supply".
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Modern Warfare 4 faces backlash after real footage of South Korean crowd crush tragedy was discovered in game's opening moments
Activision has come under fire due to the inclusion of real-world footage of the tragic Itaewon Disaster in Modern Warfare 4. The bereaved families association and the Citizens Countermeasure Meeting are asking for the footage to be removed.
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Dog poo, anti-social behaviour, and Jason: Our latest look at GTA 6 gameplay comes from an episode of South Park
So we know that GTA 6 has a marketing deal with Sony and the PlayStation 5 , and that Rockstar has been engaging with real-world locations to get the word about its latest sandbox game out into the world ahead of its 19th November launch. But it seems the reach of Rockstar's marketing arm has no limit, as brand new gameplay footage cropped up in a quite…
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More Chinese success as Phantom Blade Zero enjoys a big launch and becomes one of Steam's most played games
Phantom Blade Zero has been officially released, and just as everyone expected, it's popular. The wuxia action game from S-Game debuted to a massive 431,541 concurrent players on Steam (via SteamDB ) at its peak just hours ago.
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Epic Games further doubles down on gen-AI tools for Fortnite, Unreal Engine 6 and more: "Our engineers are no longer writing the bulk of the code"
To no one's surprise, Epic Games has now confirmed that it's tripling down on its gen-AI push and will use the controversial tech on everything from Fortnite to the next iteration of its widely-used game development engine, Unreal Engine 6.
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Alien: Isolation 2 devs commit to a physical edition: "Staying true to the analogue nature of Alien is one of our pillars"
The developers behind Alien: Isolation 2 are committing to a full physical edition, and have shared even more details about the highly-anticipated survival horror sequel.
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Cyberpunk 2 might include multiplayer after CD Projekt Red scrapped the feature in Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2 might try to revive Cyberpunk 2077 's online ambitions, as a new CD Projekt Red job listing is looking for someone familiar with "multiplayer network architecture."
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"This company has been driven into a wall for years" - Life is Strange studio Don't Nod faces unrest while teetering on insolvency
There's deep unrest at French studio Don't Nod - creator of Life is Strange , Remember Me , Vampyr, Banishers: New Eden, and most recently Aphelion - as it scrambles to restructure itself and guard against insolvency.
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Here are our PS Plus monthly games for November 2026
Sony has announced the monthly games coming to PlayStation Plus Premium and Extra next month, bringing a mix of triple-A bangers and remastered classics to the service on the 3rd November. All are, of course, coming at the start of what is almost certainly going to be the biggest month of the year releases-wise.
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Capcom's golden streak continues as Onimusha and Pragmata sell well, but Monster Hunter Wilds conspicuously absent from financial report
Capcom has revealed updated sales figures for its new and successful games, including Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Pragmata, and Resident Evil Requiem. But for some reason, Monster Hunter Wilds is absent from the report.
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Valve addresses Steam's AI game cloning problem - by suggesting developers make their games less copyable
Valve has responded to the worrying trend of games being cloned using generative-AI and sold on Steam, but instead of admonishing those games or promising to do something about them, it appears to have put the onus on developers to make their games less copyable.
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Mass Effect composer wants to rescore leaked internal ME Universe trailer to "properly represent my musical vision"
Mass Effect trilogy composer Sam Hulick has expressed his intent to rescore the tantalising trailer for BioWare's cancelled Mass Effect Universe for N7 day.
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Palworld studio still hopes to release the game on Switch 2 one day, despite being in a legal battle with Nintendo
Palworld , the survival crafting game featuring adorable animals seemingly inspired by Pokémon, has been embroiled in a legal battle with Nintendo over what the company alleges is patent infringement . But although the lawsuit is ongoing, Palworld developer Pocketpair still says it's keen to bring the game to Switch 2 .
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As No Man's Sky arrives on mobile, Hello Games celebrates with a spooky update for all that includes delivery missions and "seamless" interstellar travel
Today's the day iPhone and iPad owners finally get to boldly go into No Man's Sky's procedurally generated universe , adding two more devices to the game's already long list of compatible platforms. But developer Hello Games isn't stopping there. It's also launching a new update, Forsaken, for all players, bringing a bit of seasonal spookiness to the…
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Dawn of War 4 may be the most generous RTS I've played
Maybe the best way to understand the kind of game Dawn of War 4 wants to be is through a single button. If you're playing a campaign mission in DoW 4 and you're not really feeling it, or you made a silly mistake right at the end and got summarily wiped by the AI, or maybe you're in a hurry and just really curious about what happens next in the story, you…
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As Skydance merges with Warner Bros. and Paramount, the company offers voluntary redundancy and mandates return to the office
Skydance - the newly formed corporate megazord combining Warner Bros and Paramount - has issued a full five-day return-to-office mandate to employees, and offered voluntary buyouts as the merging of the companies begins.
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"We need to understand what the need is here" - Arc Raiders studio still undecided about the future of PvE despite a seemingly successful test
Arc Raiders recently ended its first-ever test for a dedicated PvE mode , following months of player requests. While feedback has generally been favourable, developer Embark has gone quiet about whether the mode will return as a permanent addition.
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Inside Buckshot Roulette developer Mike Klubnika's terrifically nasty horror universe of post-Soviet malaise
In Mike Klubnika's growing oeuvre of brilliantly deplorable games, the same elements tend to recur. First, smoking: deep, long drags to make the lungs burn and eyes water. Second, club music: hard and fast, accented with just a faint sense of melancholy. Third, guns: big and loud, usually aimed at you from point-blank range, ready to blow your brains out.
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Rockstar Games employees have locked in a union vote next month, and it'll take place over Grand Theft Auto 6's release window
A date has been locked in for Rockstar Games employees to vote on whether to recognise their developer union. If successful, it will become the largest recognised union across the entirety of the UK video games industry.
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GTA 6 is a massive 210GB download on PlayStation 5
There wasn't really any chance Grand Theft Auto 6 wasn't going to be a big download. Thanks to some new information, though, we now have a hard number.
