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• Discord Begins Rolling Out Age Verification–And A Sponsorship With FanDuel

  23-09-2026 23:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Discord has officially begun rolling out age-verification measures as of today. The company first announced age verification--and, subsequently, limits placed on accounts of those under 18--back in February of this year, but delayed a full implementation until just recently.According to the official announcement blog post, this delay was done in order to include more age-assurance options, including several that do not rely on controversial biometric or digital ID systems, which have raised priv
  
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• Rainbow Six Siege Dev On Competing With GTA 6 And Why There Are No Plans For Siege 2

  23-09-2026 20:57 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6 releases this November, and it's expected to take up a lot of time and attention, leading some to worry how other games may fare in its wake. Ubisoft's Joshua Mills, the creative director for Rainbow Six Siege, said it's unquestionable that "you're going to take a hit when that drops."
  "All of us are going to play it," Mills told The Game Business.So what can Ubisoft do for Siege when GTA 6 comes out? He said, "It's about being smart and with your expectations so yo
  
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• 30 Years Later, Collecting Pokemon Cards Hits A Little Different

  23-09-2026 20:36 via gamespot.com
  
  Let me sound like an old for a second.I remember in the late '90s and early '00s, collecting Pokemon cards was a casual hobby. You'd go to your local brick-and-mortar store with the money you made from mowing the lawn or whatever, drop maybe $10 on a couple of packs, rip them open, then go to your middle school to trade cards with your friends. No one knew how to actually play the game; the cards just looked cool, and everyone wanted something. Me? I wanted a holographic Charizard, and I would'v
  
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• High On Life Is Helping Make The Case For Bigger Games On Quest

  23-09-2026 19:40 via gamespot.com
  
  High on Life has been a big hit since it first launched in 2022, thanks to its bizarre sense of humor, motor-mouthed guns, and polished gameplay. But can it succeed as a virtual reality port? That's the question Flat2VR is aiming to answer, as the team behind several VR games is now working with Squanch Games to bring High on Life to Meta Quest 3 and 3S headsets. While it's still early days for the project, I took the time to chat to High on Life VR game director Emily O'Neal and Eric Mashe
  
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• Arc Raiders’ Battle Pass Won’t Be Totally Free Anymore, But It’ll Pay For Itself

  23-09-2026 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  When Arc Raiders' next major update, Frozen Trail, goes live on October 8, it'll introduce lots of changes and additions, and while the update itself will be free, the new battle pass system that comes with it won't be--at least not entirely.To date, Arc Raiders has featured three battle pass-like Raider Decks in the game. Players could complete dailies to unlock Creds that then got them rewards like new cosmetics and in-game items. With Frozen Trail, Embark Studios' new Reward Pass is replacing
  
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• Marvel’s Wolverine Claws Are Real Now, And Your Groceries Don’t Stand A Chance

  23-09-2026 18:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Contrary to comic book science, you don't need to enroll in a shadowy Canadian black-ops program and undergo excruciating pain to get a set of Wolverine's signature claws. Instead, it's much easier--and less traumatic--to simply hire some blacksmiths to craft you a set, which is exactly what PlayStation did to celebrate the launch of Marvel's Wolverine. Choosing Fiedlero Knives for the job, PlayStation tasked the blacksmith with creating a custom set of Wolverine-inspired claws, and unsurprising
  
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• More Lord Of The Rings Game Re-Releases Revealed, And They’re Great

  23-09-2026 18:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Aspyr Media is on a mission to re-release more The Lord of the Rings games, and now the latest titles have been revealed.The publisher announced on September 22--the shared birthday of Frodo and Bilbo--that Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor's Game of the Year edition and Middle-earth: Shadow of War's definitive edition are coming to Switch 2 soon.The games are releasing on Switch 2 in what's called the Middle-earth: Shadow Bundle, which releases on September 30 for $70. However, the bundle is half
  
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• Star Wars Zero Company Reportedly Hits 1 Million Sales, But Will It Be Enough?

  23-09-2026 18:06 via gamespot.com
  
  Star Wars Zero Company released in late August, and the game has evidently found an audience, as market-data firm Alinea Analytics estimates that the game has sold 1 million units.
  Writing on Twitter, analyst Rhys Elliott shared the estimate, which heavily favors PC. Roughly 70% of sales were on PC--unsurprising given the turn-based-tactics genre--with PlayStation following at roughly 20% and Xbox at about 10%. Elliott called its performance thus far "respectable for the genre and during such a
  
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• Resident Evil Movie Director Reveals His Four Favorite Games

  23-09-2026 17:38 via gamespot.com
  
  Zach Cregger, the director of the newly released Resident Evil movie, has revealed his top four favorite video games, and he made some solid choices.Before he listed off his top four to Regal, Cregger said they came "off the top of my head," so if he had more time, he might have chosen other games. Or he may not have. In any event, here are the games that Cregger singled out as his four faves:
  The Binding Of IsaacDark Souls 3Resident Evil 4The Last of Us 2https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xdpkc_h1k
  
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• GTA 6 Will Make Pro Athletes Perform Worse, NBA Star Says

  23-09-2026 16:57 via gamespot.com
  
  Steven Adams of the NBA's Houston Rockets has predicted that all the major professional sports leagues will experience a dip in quality this November because top athletes will be too focused on GTA 6.Speaking to press, Adams said, "Look at the NFL, look at all the leagues, and watch them plummet. Just for the month of November, performance is gonna go down."He went on to say things should get back to normal after athletes finish the game. "It should come back up though; most of the boys will get
  
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• Nintendo Turns 137 Today, Making It Older (And Better) Than Sliced Bread

  23-09-2026 16:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo is officially 137 years old today, and while that's an odd number to celebrate, it's certainly an impressive one. While it's a leading producer of video games and gaming hardware, the company originally started life as a maker of hanafuda playing cards in 1889, evolving with the times to eventually become a gaming powerhouse. But to put its age into perspective, it's worth looking at things that Nintendo predates.That makes for a long list, but the biggest surprise, as pointed
  
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• Activision’s Halo Game: Everything We Know So Far

  23-09-2026 16:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft is overhauling its Xbox business in a big--and painful--way. Part of the effort to "reset" Xbox involves enlisting Call of Duty publisher Activision to make the next Halo game. This isn't a spin-off or some kind of other extension of the iconic sci-fi series, but instead the next entry in the main series following 2021's disappointing Halo Infinite. Here's what we know about Activision's Halo game, and what comes next for Halo Studios.What's the new game?The biggest question is wh
  
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• Diablo 5 Wants You To Feel Your Power, Not Just See A Bigger Number

  23-09-2026 15:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Diablo 5 won't be out until 2029, but Blizzard is already sharing plenty of details on the game following its reveal at BlizzCon earlier this month. The power fantasy of being a demon-slaying warrior is one aspect of the Diablo experience that Blizzard wants to overhaul. Compared to Diablo 4, the developer wants you to feel the might of your newly earned power on the battlefield.Speaking to PC Gamer, game director Joe Shely explained how players should feel and look more powerful as they level u
  
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• Gears of War: E-Day Story Director Laid Off Just Before Launch

  23-09-2026 15:29 via gamespot.com
  
  Gears of War: E-Day officially went gold several days ago--indicating that the game is ready to hit its October launch date--but sadly, story director Juan Vaca was caught up in the latest wave of Xbox "reset" layoffs. After posting about the game hittings its new milestone, Vaca revealed that he was one of over 260 people who was impacted by job cuts at Xbox."I am part of this round of Microsoft Layoffs and am open to new opportunities in games/film/TV," Vaca wrote on L
  
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• Halo Co-Creator Reacts To Franchise Moving To Activision: “Shocked But Not Entirely Surprised”

  23-09-2026 13:43 via gamespot.com
  
  The Halo franchise has a new home at Activision, as Microsoft announced sweeping changes to its Xbox games division this week. As various Xbox studios are being consolidated under new branches of the company, Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto has commented on the series' move to Activision."Shocked but not entirely surprised by the news of the Halo Studios closure and moving the franchise to an Activision team," Lehto wrote online. "Wishing the best for all the developers who were
  
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