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• Alleged WoW: Forever Survey Teases 11 New Classes, Including Some Deep Cuts

  29-09-2026 21:43 via gamespot.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever's new take on classic Azeroth is opening the door to all kinds of new ideas in the old-school version of Blizzard's MMORPG, and new classes look to be one of them.Blizzard, of course, has added a total of four new classes over the last two decades to the modern version of WoW: Death Knight, Monk, Demon Hunter, and Evoker. But an alleged leaked survey pushed to select WoW players via Blizzard's Battle.net launcher is now asking about potential new classes for WoW: Forev
  
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• GTA 6 Won’t Spoof Disney World, And That’s Too Bad

  29-09-2026 21:24 via gamespot.com
  
  GTA 6 will not include its own spoof on one of Florida's most iconic venues: Walt Disney World. I adore all things Disney, including the parks. But I also appreciate and enjoy Rockstar's penchant for sarcasm and making fun of things. And Disney World? There is a lot to poke fun at. So I am a bit bummed that Walt Disney World--or whatever Rockstar would name its simulacrum--won't appear in GTA 6. Game Informer asked Rockstar if Florida's central region, including Orlando and its tourist dest
  
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• CoD: Modern Warfare 4 Brings Back The Franchise’s Most Chaotic And Divisive Multiplayer Map

  29-09-2026 21:08 via gamespot.com
  
  Activision has confirmed that one of the Call of Duty franchise's most notorious maps, Shipment, is coming back for this year's Modern Warfare 4.After fans spotted it in the newly released trailer for MW4's PC version, the Call of Duty account directly confirmed its return with a dedicated post.
  Shipment, which debuted in 2007's Modern Warfare 4, is a tiny map filled with shipping containers that players can dash through. Due to its small size, players can get wiped out in their spawns easily, a
  
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• WoW: Forever Players Are Up In Arms Over Streamer Not Being Banned For Illegal Gold

  29-09-2026 20:35 via gamespot.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever is opening up old wounds when it comes to Blizzard's actions (or in many players' views, inaction) against bots and real-money gold buying, with a recent incident involving a popular streamer becoming a flashpoint for the MMORPG.WoW Classic streamer Ziqo was recently seen on stream accepting large sums of gold from strangers in the lead up to a $100,000 WoW: Forever beta dueling tournament on October 17. In a clip in which he was traded 380 gold from a level one charac
  
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• Xbox’s New Mythic Achievements Will Show Exactly How Close You Are To 100%

  29-09-2026 19:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Mythic Achievements for Xbox Insiders will officially roll out starting today, and Microsoft has provided more detail on how its new milestone system works. Designed to celebrate the biggest Xbox achievements that a user has unlocked throughout their PC and console history--and similar to PlayStation Platinum Trophies--Mythic Achievements are earned whenever all original achievements for a game have been earned.Microsoft added that achievements added later through DLC or updates aren't
  
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• Majority Of Gears Of War: E-Day Revenue On Xbox Will Be Cannibalized By Game Pass, Analyst Says

  29-09-2026 19:02 via gamespot.com
  
  Gears of War: E-Day is launching into Xbox Game Pass, and because of that, the majority of the game's moneymaking potential will be cannibalized by its inclusion on the service. That's according to Rhys Elliott of Alinea Analytics, who released a report today that covers this, the game's initial sales on Steam, and the possibility of a PlayStation 5 port sometime down the road.According to Elliott, E-Day has surpassed 120,000 copies sold on Steam at this point, generating more than $7 million in
  
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• Want To Dress Up As Bryan From The Resident Evil Movie For Halloween? Here’s How

  29-09-2026 16:27 via gamespot.com
  
  Halloween season is almost upon us, and if you're looking to dress up as the Resident Evil movie's in-over-his-head courier, Bryan (played by Austin Abrams), then here's a checklist of everything you need to pull off the Raccoon City look. Fortunately, Bryan's look is surprisingly easy to pull off, as director Zach Cregger and costume designer Caroline Fahrer settled on an outfit that's grounded in the real world, will keep you warm on a chilly night, and can probably handle a few bites from any
  
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• GTA 5 For Switch Mod Project Shuts Down, Dev Thanks Take-Two For Its “Mercy”

  29-09-2026 15:07 via gamespot.com
  
  The creator of a mod project that sought to bring Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 5 to Switch is closing up shop, apparently at the request of rights owner Take-Two. This action comes in the same month that Rockstar published a new "Mod Guidelines" notice informing people they need to "respect our games" and are not allowed to modify its games to operate on consoles or devices that are not officially supported by Rockstar. GTA 5 was never released on Switch.Paralympics Productions announced (via Gam
  
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• Sony Makes Japanese Players Prove They’re Gamers To Get A PS5 Pro

  29-09-2026 14:05 via gamespot.com
  
  The demand for PlayStation 5 Pro consoles is currently outpacing supply in Japan, due to ongoing memory shortages that have yet to be resolved. Now, Sony is offering Japanese players a unique way to earn their way into a PS5 Pro lottery system, but only if they can demonstrate that they've already been gaming at a certain level.Sony's Japanese PlayStation blog notes that players who want to enter the PS5 Pro lottery must have 60 hours of gameplay time on their PlayStation accounts between Septem
  
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• Marvel’s Wolverine Is Holding Its Own Against PlayStation’s Live-Service Giants

  29-09-2026 13:49 via gamespot.com
  
  Marvel's Wolverine might not be a critical hit, but it's doing surprisingly well commercially. The new superhero adventure from Insomniac Games faced stiff opposition from new releases and established live-service titles at launch, but according to the analytics firm Circana and its engagement tracker, Marvel's Wolverine broke a live-service stranglehold on the PlayStation charts.For the week ending September 19, Marvel's Wolverine ranked seventh on Circana's Top 10 Titles by weekly ac
  
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• Naughty Dog Is Working On Two New The Last Of Us Projects

  29-09-2026 10:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Naughty Dog studio head Neil Druckmann has dropped some tantalizing news for fans of The Last of Us, confirming the studio is currently working on not one, but two new The Last of Us projects. Druckmann also gave an update on Intergalactic, saying Naughty Dog will fully reveal the sci-fi game in 2027.The Last of Us Day is marked on September 26, the day that was the start of the zombie apocalypse in the game's lore, and Naughty Dog celebrated the 2026 event with a charity livestream, fan giveawa
  
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