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• Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s First DLC Is Out Now, Honors A Real Soldier Who Sustained Gruesome Injuries

  23-10-2026 21:37 via GameSpot - All News
  
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 released today, October 23, and the game's first DLC pack is available now. In keeping with Call of Duty tradition, the day-one DLC is a Call of Duty Endowment (CODE) pack, with proceeds going to Activision's charity that supports military veterans find new jobs after they leave the service.The CODE Valor Pack adds the real-life Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter to the game as a playable character.Carpenter was in Marjah, Afghanistan, when, on November 21, 20
  
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• Shepard Actor Reacts To Leaked Mass Effect Trailer, Is “Holding Hope” The Game Will Live On

  23-10-2026 20:01 via GameSpot - All News
  
  Prolific and veteran gaming actor Jennifer Hale, who is known for voicing Commander Shepard in the Mass Effect series, has reacted to the closure of BioWare and the cancellation of the next game in the series. After footage of the new project, Mass Effect Universe, was released, Hale said, "It's extraordinary."She added: "I’m holding hope for magic to happen. This community and you incredible vevs deserve that and more."A "Save Mass Effect" Change.org petition was launched this week to urge EA
  
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• The Next Mass Effect Sounded Like John Wick In Space

  23-10-2026 19:31 via GameSpot - All News
  
  After news broke that EA would be shutting down BioWare, more details on the studio's in-development Mass Effect have begun to trickle out. A trailer for Mass Effect Universe hinted that the next game in the series would have a completely different tone, moving away from the galactic warfare that defined the first three games and toward covert ops, espionage, and the occasional barroom shootout. Gaming content creator and YouTuber Dantics has shed more light on the game, describing it as a Mass
  
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• WoW: Forever’s Divisive Layering Will See Major Improvements For Launch, Blizzard Says

  23-10-2026 18:29 via GameSpot - All News
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever's layering system will receive some significant improvements for launch, according to a statement provided to GameSpot from Blizzard.Layering, for the uninitiated, is a behind-the-scenes system in WoW: Forever that essentially creates and runs new versions (or layers) of the world as needed, all running simultaneously on top of one another. According to Blizzard, players in WoW: Forever are assigned a layer based on various criteria, like familiar players and friends,
  
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• Battlefield 6 Reportedly Cancels Mass Effect Collab In Wake Of BioWare Closure

  23-10-2026 17:48 via GameSpot - All News
  
  Battlefield Studios is reportedly cancelling plans for a Mass Effect collaboration in Battlefield 6 in the wake of EA's decision to close BioWare and cancel the next game in the sci-fi series.
  Fans discovered various Mass Effect-themed cosmetics in Battlefield 6's files, with many speculating that they would be released in November, tied to the Mass Effect N7 Day holiday on November 7.
  Those cosmetics, which included Mass Effect-themed weapon charms and patches, have seemingly now been removed f
  
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• Finger Out How To Prep For GTA 6 With These Exercises

  23-10-2026 17:39 via GameSpot - All News
  
  We're just weeks away from Grand Theft Auto VI launching, and you might think you're set to spend hours upon hours in the open-world game right now. But PureGym asks if your body is actually ready like former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime's--as well as your thumbs. With that in mind, the fitness company has shared three thumb workouts from personal trainer David Hope to help prep you for GTA VI. These exercises are meant as a warm-up before picking up your controller, by the wa
  
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• Arkane Lyon Could Be Shut Down Within Weeks As Deadline To Find A Buyer Looms

  23-10-2026 17:31 via GameSpot - All News
  
  It might be the end of the road for Marvel's Blade developer Arkane Lyon, as a new report says that the studio has until November 13 to find a buyer or face closure.Le Monde reported that while Microsoft had followed the procedure as laid out in Florange Law--French legislation that requires Microsoft to spend at least three months searching for a buyer for Arkane Lyon--negotiations were going "badly," and worker unions are currently attempting to buy more time to save jobs at the studio, whic
  
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• GTA 6 Burgers Will Be Available In Florida Throughout The Year

  23-10-2026 17:13 via GameSpot - All News
  
  Rockstar Games and the burger company Skinny Louie have announced a partnership to promote GTA 6, during which its stores will convert to Burger Shots through the end of the year. Burger Shot is the Burger King parody in the world of GTA.People in South Florida can buy GTA 6 burgers at the Kaseya Center, and also every Skinny Louie location in Florida starting in early November. The campaign runs through December 31.
  The Burger Shot locations will serve a menu "straight out of Vice City"--and th
  
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• Xbox Wanted A Gargantuan Paycheck To Partner With Netflix On TV And Movies

  23-10-2026 16:35 via GameSpot - All News
  
  Video game adaptations are all the rage right now, with movie and TV projects in various stages of development, and Netflix is looking to strike while the proverbial IP iron is hot. The streaming giant already has a deal in place with Microsoft to develop a Gears of War movie, and it's looking to grab more Xbox IP to build new franchises. The only problem? Microsoft's price tag was reportedly quite a bit more than Netflix was willing to pay.That's according to entertainment journalist Matthew B
  
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• Cancelling Mass Effect And Closing BioWare Was An Obvious Thing For EA To Do, Experts Say

  23-10-2026 16:33 via GameSpot - All News
  
  Electronic Arts just confirmed a major shakeup that included the closure of BioWare and cancellation of its upcoming Mass Effect game. Closing the studio and cancelling the project was a horrible thing for the people who worked there and fans who enjoy BioWare games and were looking forward to the next Mass Effect. But taking that action was no surprise whatsoever from a business sense.Video game analyst Joost Van Dreunen told IGN that EA needed to make drastic cuts to service the $18 billion in
  
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• Control Resonant’s Unsettling Board Dialogue Is Carefully Crafted Gibberish

  23-10-2026 15:30 via GameSpot - All News
  
  Just what is The Board in Control Resonant? While we still have plenty of questions about the otherworldly entity that accompanies players on their trip across Manhattan, one thing we do know is that it's loud, incomprehensible, and you can't understand what it's saying without subtitles. Some players are convinced The Board is saying something specific if you listen closely, but according to developer Remedy Entertainment, it's a little audio trick that makes you hear what you want to hear.In a
  
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• Call Of Duty Ads On Xbox Are Even More Annoying This Year With Modern Warfare 4

  23-10-2026 15:05 via GameSpot - All News
  
  When a big new first-party game comes to Xbox, Microsoft is known to put up big, annoying takeover ads, and that trend continues this year with the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. Things are a little different, and more annoying, this year.People who booted up their Xbox today, the day of MW4's release, noticed that not only is there a big MW4 takeover ad, but the ad even hijacks your custom background.
  It is possible to toggle this off, thankfully, as people online quickly discovered.
  
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• Final Fantasy Resonance Lets You Take A Five-Minute Single Turn, And It’s Glorious

  23-10-2026 13:38 via GameSpot - All News
  
  As if there weren't enough games in October to tempt you, Final Fantasy Resonance is a pretty tempting offer for anyone looking to play an old-school JRPG that features an A-team of Final Fantasy guest characters. It also puts its own twist on Square Enix's HD-2D gameplay formula, as you can break past the barriers of traditional turn-based combat and take down even the spongiest of enemies--if you know how to properly set up all the moves you'll do. Play your cards right, and you can leave you
  
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