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• Blizzard Isn’t Fixing Diablo 4 Season 15’s Biggest Bug

  01-10-2026 19:53 via gamespot.com
  
  Diablo 4 Season 15's biggest bug, one revolving around Hellfire Torch and being able to equip more Unique charms than should be possible, won't be fixed this season, Blizzard has announced.Hellfire Torch is a new Unique charm that counts as an extra set charm and comes with some great beneficial stats, like +All Skills, +All Stats, and +All Resistances. Players can usually only have one Unique charm equipped at a time, but Hellfire Torch breaks that rule, allowing players to use it and another U
  
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• GTA 6 Screenshot Suggests It Won’t Be Shy About Movie References

  02-10-2026 21:41 via gamespot.com
  
  A new screenshot from Grand Theft Auto 6 has arrived, and fans immediately noticed that it appears to be referencing the iconic opening scene from Quentin Tarantino's 1994 crime movie Pulp Fiction.
  The image was shared by Love magazine on Instagram. The GTA 6 Countdown social media account put it next to the diner scene from Pulp Fiction, and the similarities are there, especially in the framing.
  In Pulp Fiction, Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer's characters, Pumpkin and Honey Bunny, go on to rob the
  
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• GTA 6 Should “Blaze A Trail” To More Expensive Games, Dev Says

  02-10-2026 19:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar's GTA 6 is priced at $80 for its standard edition. Another voice has come forward to say they hope other teams follow suit and charge more for new games to help the industry at a time when developers are closing up shop, cancelling games, and laying off developers on a regular basis.Martin Klima, the co-founder of Kingdom Come developer Warhorse, told PC Gamer that raising unit prices would "help a lot," but "everybody's scared to death" to do it."Now, hopefully, GTA will blaze the trai
  
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• GTA 6 Takes The Ridiculous World We Live In And Turns It Up To 11

  02-10-2026 19:14 via gamespot.com
  
  Video games are usually a few steps removed from reality, but with Grand Theft Auto 6, developer Rockstar Games aims to reflect and amplify the current state of the world with an "over the top" experience. As seen in the trailers and gameplay previews so far, GTA 6 is a contemporary game about doing whatever it takes to make it to the top, and that pursuit of fame and glory is often bookended by shootouts, car chases, and explosions in its Bonnie and Clyde narrative."If you are going to put all
  
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• Xbox Game Pass Loses These 9 Games In October

  02-10-2026 18:34 via gamespot.com
  
  The start of the month usually brings several new Xbox Game Pass titles for subscribers, along with confirmation of which games will leave the subscription service in the coming days. This month, at least nine games will be leaving, including one of the best games of 2025, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.Other big departures this month include A Plague Tale: Requiem and-- inconveniently for horror fans during the spookiest month of the year--the Dead by Daylight spin-off The Casting of Frank Stone.
  
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• In 5 Years, Will Netflix Still Be In Gaming? Here’s What The CEO Said

  02-10-2026 17:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Netflix has been experimenting with video games for a while, but is the streaming giant going to eventually drop out of gaming? That's the question Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw put to Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos at the Screentime event this week.
  Regarding whether Netflix will still host games in five years, Sarandos said, "I think so." He said Netflix's push into mobile gaming was "a gateway to cloud gaming," which is something Netflix is "much more interested in."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lsV
  
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• Sony’s Revised PS5 Slim Could Be Getting Cheaper To Make, But Not To Buy

  02-10-2026 16:17 via gamespot.com
  
  It looks like Sony has quietly revised the PS5 console once again, with new internal changes across the (mother)board. It's not clear when these new models came into service, but they seem to have entered circulation around the same time Sony released limited-edition Marvel's Wolverine PS5 consoles.Spotted by Modyfikator89, longevity and repairability appear to be the key areas that Sony has focused on. The redesigned motherboard offers easier access to the CR2023 battery, the streamli
  
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• NBA’s Miami Heat Will Wear GTA 6 Jerseys And Play On A Branded Court The Day Before Release

  02-10-2026 15:38 via gamespot.com
  
  The NBA's Miami Heat have announced that they will wear GTA 6-inspired jerseys when they host the Milwaukee Bucks on November 18, a day before the game releases. Additionally, the game will take place on a "never-before-seen court," and it'll be inspired by GTA 6 and Vice City.The Heat play at the Kaseya Center in Miami, which was recently adorned with "Vice City" signage, airlifted in by helicopter. The game will air on ESPN on November 18. Tickets are on sale now.https://twitter.com/MiamiHEAT/
  
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• Blizzard Might Finally Be Serious About WoW: Forever Gold Buying, Bans Streamer For Promoting It

  02-10-2026 15:13 via gamespot.com
  
  A prominent World of Warcraft: Forever streamer has been banned following comments made on stream encouraging his viewers to buy gold on his behalf. Forever, which is currently in beta ahead of the MMORPG's full launch in November, is currently mired in a gold buying and real-money transaction (RMT) controversy. Players buying gold from third-party websites that use bots to farm the game's primary currency has been a problem for the entirety of WoW's existence and has always been against th
  
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• Disney Responds To Rumor That It Could Buy Fortnite Studio Epic Games

  02-10-2026 15:08 via gamespot.com
  
  One juicy gaming rumor that continues to swirl is that The Walt Disney Company could buy Epic Games and Fortnite. It remains to be seen if such a deal may materialize, and now a top boss at the House of Mouse has directly responded.Speaking at Bloomberg's Screentime event this week, Disney executive Dana Walden reminded everyone that Disney already invested more than $1.5 billion into Epic for an equity stake. But could talks progress to a full acquisition?"Those are not the conversations we're
  
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• The Street Fighter Movie’s Most Obscure Easter Egg Is For True Fighting Game Nerds

  02-10-2026 14:45 via gamespot.com
  
  Ahead of its release later this month, marketing for the Street Fighter movie has focused on deep references to the long-running fighting game series. How deep? We already knew that fighting game legend Justin Wong--alongside Michael "IFC Yipes" Mendoza--was making a cameo as one of the inmates who watches Ryu take on Blanka in a prison fight, but even his prisoner costume hides one heck of an Easter egg. Any fighting game fan will instantly recognize it: on Wong's neck, you can spot the nu
  
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• Activision Could Be Giving Halo Something It Hasn’t Had In Years: A Clean Slate

  02-10-2026 14:26 via gamespot.com
  
  Halo has a new home at Activision following recent changes at Xbox, and while it's still early days, Activision has reportedly proposed a total reboot for the series. This would be a fresh start, moving away from the convoluted Halo lore built up over the last 25 years through various games and spin-off media. That's according to sources who spoke to Rebs Gaming, who also stressed that nothing is concrete right now. Call of Duty developer Sledgehammer Games presented conceptual prototypes for a
  
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• PS5’s Exciting New Zelda-Like Kena Game Just Got Delayed

  01-10-2026 21:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Developer Ember Lab has announced that its upcoming PS5 game Kena: Scars of Kosmora, the sequel to 2021's much-loved Kena: Bridge of Spirits, has been delayed. The game--which gives off major Zelda vibes--was previously set to release this year, but now it's been delayed to 2027.
  In a blog post, the developers said they need more time to "deliver a top-notch game that exceeds the quality" of Bridge of Spirits. "Pushing our release into 2027 gives us the ability to really polish the expanded game
  
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• GTA 6’s Weather System Sounds Like A Big Step Up

  01-10-2026 20:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6 includes a number of updates and improvements over the developer's past games, and that includes new weather systems.Rockstar's vice president of art for lighting and rendering at Rockstar, Owen Shepherd, told Game Informer that the studio has "re-engineered" the studio's weather system to "make everything more more localized and persistent."He said the goal was to make the weather in GTA 6's setting of Leonida--a stand-in for Florida--feel "dynamically solid and ac
  
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• PS5 Just Got A PS5 Pro-Like AI Upgrade, But Don’t Expect It Everywhere Yet

  01-10-2026 19:04 via gamespot.com
  
  The base PS5 console is no slouch when it comes to games, but compared to the PS5 Pro, it doesn't pack the same visual punch. That could change soon, as Sony has unveiled a new AI-upscaling upgrade for the older machine called Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR). Like PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR), it is designed to make games look sharper and maximize performance.While PSSR will still remain the "gold standard" for what Sony games can look like on PS5 Pro, QSSR looks like it'll offe
  
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• The Xbox Cloud Gaming Controller Is Not Dead, Apparently

  01-10-2026 18:25 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft agreed to several big changes to appease regulators in its effort to get the blockbuster $75.4 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard approved, including tweaks to its cloud-gaming projects. Now, more than a year later, we're still learning more about this, including a new claim from The New York Times that Microsoft canceled plans for a new Xbox controller "devoted to cloud gaming."
  A spokesperson for Microsoft denied that the controller concept was abandoned due to the regulatory pr
  
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• The Xbox Cloud Gaming Controller Is Dead, Apparently

  01-10-2026 18:25 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft agreed to several big changes to appease regulators in its effort to get the blockbuster $75.4 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard approved, including tweaks to its cloud-gaming projects. Now, more than a year later, we're still learning more about this, including a new claim from The New York Times that Microsoft canceled plans for a new Xbox controller "devoted to cloud gaming."
  A spokesperson for Microsoft denied that the controller concept was abandoned due to the regulatory pr
  
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• Gears Of War: E-Day Has A Clever Solution To One Of PC Gaming’s Biggest Annoyances

  01-10-2026 18:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Early access for Gears of War: E-Day has kicked off for anyone who bought the Premium Edition, and if you're on PC, you're probably dreading the traditional shader compilation wait that comes with it. There's good news, as Gears of War: E-Day supports a neat feature on this platform that cuts down on that process significantly.Called Advanced Shader Delivery (ASD), it addresses how modern games rely on shaders to calculate how light, shadows, reflections, and textures should look on screen.
  
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• GTA 6 Doesn’t Compromise Scale For Detail, Rockstar Says

  01-10-2026 17:38 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar's games are known for their impressive attention to detail, along with their massive scopes, and GTA 6 is seemingly going to up the ante in that regard. Rockstar boss Aaron Garbut said in an interview that a developer might compromise scale for detail or detail for interaction "but not with this project.""We went the other way," he told Game Informer. "Everything is dialed up--detail, scope, breadth, scale, interaction, and density." He went on to say Rockstar has never "created anythin
  
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• Former Steelers Head Coach Reveals Minecraft City He’s Been Building For 12 Years

  01-10-2026 17:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Mike Tomlin served as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2007-2025, which is a remarkably long tenure in the NFL. During more than half of that time, Tomlin was secretly working on a massive Minecraft city, and he's now revealing it to the general public.
  In the first episode of his deep dive into the Minecraft city--and the first video on his YouTube channel--Tomlin shared how the city began, initially with his kids' participation, but as they grew older, it became more and more of a fo
  
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• PUBG: Black Budget Canceled, Joining Live-Service Graveyard

  01-10-2026 17:08 via gamespot.com
  
  PUBG publisher Krafton has pulled the plug on its extraction shooter spin-off PUBG: Black Budget. Announced less than a year ago and already through several closed alpha tests, the publisher's reasoning for the cancellation is simple: it believes Black Budget simply wasn't fun enough to keep potential players engaged."After reviewing the project's development status and future direction, we concluded that its current direction would not allow us to deliver an experience players could e
  
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• Uncharted 5 Is Reportedly In Development And Will Feature Nathan Drake

  01-10-2026 16:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Naughty Dog is focused on releasing its first new IP since 2013's The Last of Us in Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, but a new report suggests it is also busy with the revival of its biggest franchise.According to MP1st, and corroborated by VGC, Naughty Dog could be developing Uncharted 5, a sequel to a series that last saw an entry in 2017. The report claims that Uncharted: The Lost Legacy director Shaun Escayag is leading the project, after briefly leaving Naughty Dog to work on Crystal Dyn
  
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• Xbox Is Paying A Lot Less Than Normal For Kojima’s Physint, Possibly Under $200 Million – Report

  01-10-2026 16:18 via gamespot.com
  
  New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has made a lot of big moves since taking over for Phil Spencer in the role, one of which was signing Hideo Kojima's new spy-thriller game, Physint, after Sony walked away from it.According to The New York Times, Xbox's agreement with Kojima was "substantially below what Xbox would typically spend to develop a premium game."What exactly would be typical, however, is unknown, because game studios are incredibly secretive about budgets.The money figures for Physint have bee
  
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• The Witcher 3 Remastered Is Already Being Patched For Being Too Bright

  01-10-2026 15:38 via gamespot.com
  
  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered launched for free earlier this week, and has since been subject to debate over whether its visual changes have been for the better. One aspect that has routinely dominated the conversation is how overly bright the remaster makes the game look, and it's evident developer CD Projekt Red agrees that it went too far.A patch for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and the Xbox Play Anywhere version of the game on PC has been released thatmakes "various lighting adjustm
  
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• Resident Evil Director’s Next Movie Is Called The Flood But It’s Not About Halo, Adds Jennifer Lawrence

  01-10-2026 15:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie is a critical and commercial hit, but the director is not jumping right into a sequel, and may never. Instead, his next project is called The Flood, and while The Flood are well-known to gamers in Halo's lore, Cregger's new movie has nothing to do with Halo--though it does involve aliens.Cregger is known for keeping secrets about his movies, and he’s not saying much about what to expect from The Flood beyond that it’s a sci-fi movie set in deep spac
  
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• 007 First Light’s Free Expansion Gives Bond A Driving License To Kill

  01-10-2026 15:11 via gamespot.com
  
  007 First Light developer IO Interactive has revealed a major new free update for the James Bond game, which is now available across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. Extended Operations adds new missions, the Valhalla Protocol, a photo mode, New Game+, new weapons, outfits, and more. Here's a closer look at everything that's new:Valhalla Protocol
  https://youtu.be/yRF4IXmNixo
  The main event of Extended Operations, Valhalla Protocol brings back Bond's signature Aston Martin Valhalla ride for a r
  
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• How Long Is Gears of War: E-Day – Mission List And Hours Played

  01-10-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Gears of War: E-Day is almost here--unless you're hopping in a few days early with the Premium Edition--and if you're looking to try out the campaign, you can settle in for a few days of action and chainsaw executions. While Gears of War: E-Day is primarily a linear cover-based shooter, the game also sprinkles in some semi-open-world environments for you to explore between missions, giving you the opportunity to hunt down collectibles, upgrades, and take part in side missions. Here’s how l
  
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• Control Resonant Has Finally Gotten The One Thing It’s Missing (But Only On PC)

  01-10-2026 14:45 via gamespot.com
  
  There's a lot to love about Control Resonant, from its delightfully weird world to its intriguing story, but visually, the game offers some jaw-dropping visuals and art direction. From the Hiss hovering in the air to the tastefully red atmosphere when you venture into dangerous zones, every frame of the game is begging for some virtual photography. The only problem? There's no photo mode yet, and developer Remedy Entertainment only plans to add it in a November update.And that's just too long to
  
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• Ubisoft’s Massive Entertainment Rebrand Has Made The Name Much More Literal And Slightly Confusing

  01-10-2026 14:44 via gamespot.com
  
  After folding several of its studios into "Creative Houses" earlier this year, Ubisoft has announced a rebranding for Creative House 2, which might be slightly confusing. The branch that is home to almost all of Ubisoft's Tom Clancy-branded games, Creative House 2 will now be known as Massive Entertainment, which is also the name of one of Ubisoft's longest-serving studios. Massive Entertainment, as a studio, will still exist within Massive Entertainment the Creative House, and th
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem Producer “Explains” Game’s Title, Confusing Us More

  30-09-2026 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The meaning of Resident Evil Requiem's title appeared to be self-evident when it was released earlier this year. However, Resident Evil producer Jun Takeuchi's explanation for the title from the recently published Biohazard 30th Anniversary Special may be a head-scratcher for even the series' diehard fans."'Requiem' isn't just a title chosen for its meaning of 'requiem,'" said Takeuchivia GamesRadar. "The spelling of Requiem (REQUIEM) contains not only the 'RE (response)' ... but also a 'Q (ques
  
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