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Fourth RuneScape officially revealed
Jagex has announced a fourth MMO in the RuneScape series.
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Nivalis Nights dares to ask what if Cyberpunk 2077 met Dave the Diver and Stardew Valley? And for now at least I'm loving the answer
As I throw open the windows on my first day in Nivalis, breathing in the city's neon-streaked air and watching the smog roil across the blackened sky, my government-mandated AI automata informs me the district is in lockdown and a serial killer's on the loose. Five hours later, I've become embroiled in a child trafficking plot (the good kind, apparently…
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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director says he "did his best" to fight for a full disc release
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director Naoki Hamaguchi has responded to fans asking for a full disc version of the game, saying he "did [his] best" to push for physical media as the industry edges towards an all-digital future.
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Sony in talks to land Battlefield movie from Christopher McQuarrie and Michael B. Jordan
Sony is reportedly in talks to acquire a big-screen adaptation of Electronic Arts' Battlefield, with Christopher McQuarrie attached to write, direct and produce, and Michael B. Jordan on board to produce.
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Capcom plans to evolve RE Engine into an "AI-generation game engine"
Capcom wants to transform its in-house RE Engine into what it's calling an "AI-generation game engine".
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Metro Redux's Next-Gen Update arrives this month as franchise passes 50 million sales
A free next-gen update is coming to Metro 2033 Redux and Metro Last Light Redux on 22nd October for PC (29th October for consoles).
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Memory shortages set to persist into 2028, warns Micron CEO
Micron has warned that global RAM shortages show no sign of easing, telling investors on its earnings call that it has already sold most of next year's production.
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"We felt that fans were getting a bit desensitised to the violence" Gears of War: E-Day devs made a "big investment" in gore, and weirdly, it works
Buoyed by some commendatory early reviews and fantastic initial player numbers , Gears of War: E-Day has found a solid audience a weekend before general release. And a large part of its appeal is the combat; I noted in my review I think it's the tightest Gears has ever been, augmented by some innovative thinking around the series' (in)famous weaponry, and a…
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What we've been playing - "That's one of gaming's great cities, that is"
Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Bertie's witcher skills are a bit rusty; Dom goes through the Gears; Kelsey enjoys a horror game that feels just like home; and Chris does an incredible impression of a butler that no one acknowledged.
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GTA 6's 18+ age rating reveals Lucia and Jason can partake in drug use "directly from their inventory" and "at any time"
GTA 6 is seemingly adding another naughty pastime to the series' already mammoth collection of naughty pastimes. Joining the strip clubs and violent car-jackings and carefree murder is "frequent and prominent" drug use that you can try "at any time," according to a new age rating.
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"This is your Dreamcast moment": Former PlayStation boss thinks Xbox needs to "pick a lane" with exclusive games to fix itself
Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden has some thoughts on where Team Xbox is at right now and where the green machine can go from here, but the console maker needs to "pick a lane" with exclusive games, either way.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 boss hopes GTA 6 pushes game prices up because it's "long overdue and also necessary for this business to survive"
Warhorse Studios co-founder Martin Klima - the developer behind last year's historical RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - is crossing his fingers for higher game prices, and he thinks GTA 6 might be the one to usher in a new normal.
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Grand Theft Auto 6 may be the first GTA to have full-on "sex scenes", Hot Coffee not included
Grand Theft Auto 6 may feature actual sex scenes. The suggestion comes from an age-rating description for GTA 6 on the PlayStation Store, which states - if viewing the New Zealand or Australian versions of the Store - there are "sex scenes" in the game.
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Halo's new steward Activision reportedly considering rebooting the series, with a team in Sledgehammer Games leading the charge
We recently learned that Microsoft gave development of its next Halo game to Activision , where "a new purpose-built team" - separate from the teams working on Call of Duty - has been created to oversee the franchise going forward. Now, in a report from well-known Halo and Xbox insider Rebs Gaming , a possible timeline about how the process progressed…
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Star Wars: Galactic Racer review
A few years ago, I had the chance to ask Alex Ward, the co-founder of Criterion Games, about the driving model for the Burnout series. I had heard from a friend that beneath the arcadey immediacy lay physics of rare nuance and beauty. I was reverent in my questioning, even if I was slightly clueless - is it a driving model or a handling model or a physics…
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CD Projekt Red addresses divisive lighting changes in a new Witcher 3 Remastered PC patch
A second hotfix has been released for The Witcher 3 Remastered edition that directly addresses lighting concerns on PC, as well as a couple of other notable issues.
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Gears of War: E-Day is missing iconic features like chainsaw duels and meat shields, but The Coalition says we shouldn't worry - they're "not gone from the franchise"
Gears of War: E-Day arrived for early adopters yesterday, available for anyone who bought either the Premium Edition, Premium Upgrade Edition, or Collector's Edition version of the game. As it arrived, however, some players noted 'missing' features that have appeared in past Gears games, but not in The Coalition's latest.
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PS5 gets "AI-guided upscaling" a bit like PS5 Pro's, and it's available now in Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei
AI image upscaling is coming to PlayStation 5, Sony has announced, and it's available already in two games: Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei .
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Aion 2's imminent worldwide release could be huge as early access founders' packs outsell major games, and player numbers soar
Aion 2's much-awaited worldwide release is days away, following its release in Korea and Taiwan roughly a year ago. Despite this, the MMO has soared - high up Steam's most played game chart.
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007 First Light gets free new DLC today, adding New Game Plus and Photo modes, new TacSim missions and more
James Bond game 007 First Light is getting free DLC today in an Extended Operations update. This adds much-asked-for features to the game - such as New Game Plus, a new harder difficulty mode, a photo mode - as well as more TacSim mission challenges and a couple of game adjustments
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Ace Combat 8 developer apologises for Belkan War pre-order backlash, explains why it happened and vows to explore possible solutions
The early access launch of Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve kicked off on a down note due to some confusion regarding one of the game's pre-order bonuses. Pre-orders of the flight action game include a copy of 2006's Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War , but early adopters discovered it was not a standalone product, contrary to what they were lead to believe when…
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Gears of War E-Day campaign review - turns out you can teach old Cogs new tricks
"Look ma, no face," growls Marcus Fenix as I land a headshot on an Elite Sniper from across the map. The foley, wet with viscera and meat, drips and gloops in my ears. A nearby Locust roars its outrage, a chainsaw revs up to my left, and there's a big meaty slap of muscle on flesh as a Drone ambushes my right flank and tackles me to the floor. Gears of War…
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Witcher 3 Remastered patch addressing "various lighting adjustments" rolls out
Since The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered's launch earlier this week, the debate around its lighting changes - whether it's overly brightened and washed out - has waged on. Now, CD Projekt Red has rolled out a patch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and the game's PC Xbox Play Anywhere version, which makes "various lighting adjustments" among other…
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Krafton pulls the plug on another PUBG game, Black Budget, less than a year after it was announced
PUBG publisher Krafton announced today it is ending development of PUBG: Black Budget, the extraction shooter spin-off announced nearly a year ago.
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New Uncharted game reportedly in the works at Naughty Dog, and it's not a remake
Uncharted series developer Naughty Dog is reportedly early in development on a new game in the action-adventure series. That's according to a report from MP1st , which said the game is bringing back series protagonist Nathan Drake in some form, suggesting he may not be the game's lead.
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Here are our PS Plus monthly games for October 2026
Sony has revealed the games coming this month to PlayStation Plus, which are available to everyone from 6th October.
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As Xbox swings the axe, Gears of War: E-Day developers fear they'll be laid off straight after launch - and right before they'd be due their bonuses
Back in July, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced a total of 3,200 job cuts across Microsoft's gaming arm , with roughly half of those cuts being made alongside that announcement. The impact was vast. Various developers at Xbox studios, including Activision, Bethesda, Id Software, Blizzard, Mojang, and King suffered layoffs. Double Fine and Compulsion were…
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The Division studio Massive expands to take control of Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon, and a new IP, in Ubisoft's most recent reorganisation
Ubisoft has expanded the remit of Swedish studio Massive Entertainment - responsible for The Division series, Star Wars Outlaws and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - to become a second major part of the company and include more of its studios and game brands. Ubisoft also revealed Massive's work on a brand new, original game called March of Giants.
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Former Halo lead suggests three ways Activision could revive the legendary series, and urges the company to hire laid off Bungie staff
Halo's ex-franchise director, Frank O'Connor, has given Activision a few pointers now that it's in charge of making the next Halo game with a "purpose-built team." Top of the list, hire some devs who were laid off from Bungie and Halo Studios.
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"Xbox is not for sale": CEO Asha Sharma says "we will do whatever it takes" to turn the console maker's fortunes around
Despite mass layoffs at multiple first-party studios and major internal shakeups, CEO Asha Sharma has shot down speculation about a potential Xbox buyout.
