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• WoW: Forever Just Got Another Major Racial Ability Shakeup Before Launch

  26-10-2026 23:48 via GameSpot - All News
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever's release is just around the corner, but developer Blizzard is making one final pass at the game's racial abilities before launch in response to beta feedback.In a forum post, WoW community manager Kaivax posted a list of significant changes to many of each race's unique abilities that players expressed concerns about during Forever's beta. Those changes include tweaks to tauren, humans, orcs, dwarves, and Skyborne elves."In taking a final pass on these, we've prioriti
  
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• Diablo 4’s War Plans Are Getting A Huge Upgrade In Season 16

  26-10-2026 20:14 via GameSpot - All News
  
  Diablo 4's War Plans system is getting a major upgrade in Season 16, giving players even more control over their endgame activities and rewards.Developer Blizzard introduced War Plans earlier this year as part of the game's second (and last) expansion, Lord of Hatred. It's an endgame system where players can essentially create a playlist of endgame activities, along the way ranking up those activities via a skill tree to make them even more rewarding.It was a welcome addition, but unfortunately
  
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• Why There Won’t Be A Helldivers 3 Anytime Soon, If Ever

  26-10-2026 16:29 via GameSpot - All News
  
  Helldivers 2 has been a huge hit for developer Arrowhead and publisher Sony, but don't expect a third game in the series anytime soon.Arrowhead's chief creative officer, Johan Pilestedt, told Rock Paper Shotgun that a sequel would reset "everything" and force the player to "start over."He doesn't want to ask the community to do that, so Arrowhead will instead keep the momentum going with the existing game by offering new content."Some studios can treat players like a short-term cash grab," Piles
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077 Hits Its Biggest Steam Player Peak Since Phantom Liberty, And You Can Guess Why

  26-10-2026 15:57 via GameSpot - All News
  
  Almost six years after launch, Cyberpunk 2077 still has a healthy player base, especially with a new anime spin-off driving people to the Night City source material. The second season of Edgerunners launched last week alongside a beefy update for Cyberpunk 2077, and unsurprisingly, PC player numbers have spiked.At the time of writing, Cyberpunk 2077 player numbers had surged to 187,215 players on PC via Steam alone. That's the biggest peak since October 2023, when the game received the substan
  
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• Arkane Lyon Gets Another Chance To Find A New Home And Finish Marvel’s Blade

  26-10-2026 15:23 via GameSpot - All News
  
  Arkane Lyon has received a slight reprieve from its looming deadline to find a new buyer, as Microsoft says it is exploring allowing another company to support the developer's efforts to get Marvel's Blade over the finish line.Originally, it was reported that Arkane Lyon had until November 18 to find a new owner or risk the studio being shut down. Microsoft had initially announced that it was divesting itself of the developer--and several others--earlier this year, but under French Law, it was l
  
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• Xbox Game Pass Is Now Included With A Phone Plan

  26-10-2026 15:20 via GameSpot - All News
  
  Microsoft has announced a new way to subscribe to Xbox Game Pass, and it's part of your phone plan.
  T-Mobile has announced a new offering called "T-Mix," and it allows users to pick and choose the services they want included in their plan--one of the options is Xbox Game Pass.Game Pass is now included with T-Mobile.T-Mix rolls out in November, and at that point, people can choose Game Pass Ultimate or Premium to be included with their phone plan. Microsoft noted in its announcement that this is
  
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• GTA 6 Coffee Is Here To Keep You Warm Until The Game Releases

  26-10-2026 14:54 via GameSpot - All News
  
  While Rockstar's GTA 6 won't release until November 19, you can now buy officially licensed GTA 6 coffee from a local company in Miami.Vice City Bean has partnered with Rockstar Games for a new blend called Leonida, but it's not cheap. A 10oz bag of beans is going for $23, and that's before shipping costs if you don't live close to one of Vice City Bean's three locations in Miami. You can also get the coffee ground course, medium, or fine, depending on your tastes and preferred brewing style.
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• Call Of Duty Movie Will Not Be About, “Hey, Let’s Shoot Them All Up,” Director Says

  26-10-2026 14:15 via GameSpot - All News
  
  The upcoming Call of Duty movie aims to show the "cost of war," according to director Peter Berg. He told ComicBook that the film, set in the Modern Warfare universe, will strive to capture the spirit of those games, which means lots of guns and violence, but also heart and soul."So Modern Warfare, if you really look at the missions, and the storylines, and the characters--like Captain Price, and Soap, and Ghost, and Alex--these are complicated humans,” Berg said. “These are not--and no disr
  
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• Elden Ring Movie Is Reportedly A $200 Million Gamble For A24

  26-10-2026 13:57 via GameSpot - All News
  
  Bringing From Software's Elden Ring to life on the big screen is no small feat, and it won't be cheap. A new report claims the upcoming Alex Garland-directed film has a whopping budget of nearly $200 million, making it the most expensive movie distributor A24 has ever financed.While that's not an unrealistic sum for a movie of this nature with so much star power, it is a rare move for A24. The Wall Street Journal reported the figure, and if true, Elden Ring's budget will eclipse A24's most exp
  
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• Xbox Veteran Who Just Got Promoted Under Asha Sharma Promptly Leaves Amid Mysterious Circumstances

  26-10-2026 13:47 via GameSpot - All News
  
  Xbox's first-ever chief operating officer, Helen Chiang, has left the company after being promoted to that role just a few months ago under CEO Asha Sharma. In this job, Chiang was assigned to oversee the profitability of Xbox, and it's been looking very bleak for Xbox lately.Given the timing of her exit, people wondered about the circumstances, and that remains unclear. Sharma confirmed Chiang's departure in a memo to staff, seen by The Verge, saying she is grateful for Chiang's "years of servi
  
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