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• Control Spin-Off FBC: Firebreak Releases In June, Free Post-Launch Support Confirmed

  24-04-2025 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Remedy Entertainment confirmed during a livestream that multiplayer Control spin-off FBC: Firebreak will be released on June 17 and will receive ample free post-launch support afterward.The livestream provided a deeper look at the three-player co-op shooter's gameplay, including a mission, or "Job," that players can complete called Hot Fix. We also got a look at the Requisitions system, which serves as FBC: Firebreak's main form of progression and is similar to Helldivers 2's Warbonds. By playin
  
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• The Legend Of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct Missed A Giant Wind Waker-Sized Opportunity

  08-09-2026 17:15 via gamespot.com
  
  If you were hoping to see older Zelda games ported to or remastered for the Switch at the recent Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct, you were likely disappointed, as Nintendo instead dedicated almost the entire show to its upcoming Ocarina of Time remake.Out of all the Legend of Zelda remasters that have come to Switch consoles over the years, there's still a sizable Wind Waker HD-shaped hole in that collection. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD released on the Wii U in 2013, with a number
  
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• The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake Looks Fantastic In First Gameplay Look

  08-09-2026 16:46 via gamespot.com
  
  After months of rumors, Nintendo finally revealed that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake was real back in June. While that reveal was purely cinematic, today's Nintendo Direct for The Legend of Zelda showed off gameplay for the remake and offered a closer look at its updated art direction.The Switch 2 exclusive stays true to the 1998 original's aesthetics, while showcasing a huge upgrade visually. Link's hat and tunic, for example, showcase detailed threading and embroidering, along wi
  
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• Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake Borrows At Least One Mechanic From Breath Of The Wild

  08-09-2026 16:43 via gamespot.com
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2 looks like a very faithful remake of the Nintendo 64 classic, but as seen in the Zelda 40th anniversary Direct, this updated version of the game takes at least one element from the modern open-world Zelda games.When demonstrating the returning Fairy Slingshot item, Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma showed off the weapon-switching and aiming mechanics, which look nearly identical to the same systems in Breath of the Wild.
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• The Legend Of Zelda Anniversary Concert Tour Coming In 2027

  08-09-2026 16:26 via gamespot.com
  
  During The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct, Nintendo confirmed that a worldwide 40th Anniversary Concert Tour will take place in 2027.
  After an original opening arrangement kicked off the direct and the movie title was revealed, legendary Nintendo composer Koji Kondo showed up to announce The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Concert, which will tour across Japan, North America, Europe, and Australia in 2027. Considering that Nintendo has not held an officially licensed Zelda music tour i
  
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• Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake Release Date Is November 5, Just Before GTA 6

  08-09-2026 16:25 via gamespot.com
  
  As part of the Zelda-themed Nintendo Direct today, Nintendo announced that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's new remake for Switch 2 will release on November 5. That's just before GTA 6 launches on November 19.Nintendo also showed off the first gameplay of the remake, including the game's updated graphics, new features, and more.Ocarina of Time was originally released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64, and it's one of the most beloved entries in the series.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQvD3p2y
  
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• The Legend Of Zelda Movie, Based On The Legend Of Zelda, Is Called The  Legend Of Zelda

  08-09-2026 16:12 via gamespot.com
  
  After teasing fans with a few images earlier this year, Nintendo finally gave a little more info about the Legend of Zelda live-action movie. Very little! We now have a final title, but Nintendo chose not to share any additional images or a trailer yet. The movie will release on April 30, 2027.Series creator Shigeru Miyamoto appeared briefly to share that the final title is simply The Legend of Zelda. He called attention to the lack of subtitle, and said that once you see the movie the simplicit
  
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• EA Used AI To Clone John Buccigross’ Voice In NHL 27

  08-09-2026 15:46 via gamespot.com
  
  Electronic Arts utilizes generative AI systems in its suite of development tools, and now another example has come to light. John Buccigross, the ESPN personality who joined the in-game broadcast booth for NHL 27 this year, has revealed that EA Sports used generative AI to simulate his voice in some scenarios. The developers seemingly did not disclose this prior to launch.
  He said on the Chirping Zebras podcast (via 23sabres) that the developers played some AI-produced lines back for him, and he
  
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• The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct: All The Biggest Announcements

  08-09-2026 15:45 via gamespot.com
  
  This year marks a major milestone for The Legend of Zelda IP, but one that has seemingly had very little fanfare from its parent company, Nintendo. That all changes today, as Nintendo is dedicating a whole Direct broadcast to its long-running tale of heroes in green, mythical items of power, and the titular princess Zelda. Nintendo has--as always--kept mostly quiet about what you can expect from today's look at The Legend of Zelda, but it did confirm that the show will run for around 3
  
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• Resident Evil Director Says He Won’t Do A Franchise Movie Again

  08-09-2026 15:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Director Zach Cregger is making one of 2026's most-anticipated video game movies in Resident Evil, but don't expect him to make another film based on a franchise again.
  Speaking to Deadline, Cregger said, "I'm doing this [Resident Evil], and that's it for me. I'm not going to go tackle any other franchises."Why? He said it's because he wants to "write whatever I want to write," as opposed to adhering to a specific franchise's history and lore.
  "I don’t want to write something where I have
  
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• Rumored 3D Mario Game Could Finally Be Revealed At Tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct

  08-09-2026 14:53 via gamespot.com
  
  The big September Nintendo Direct is right around the corner, and so far, the only thing that Nintendo has confirmed about it is that it'll run for 45 minutes. Beyond that, the company is keeping a tight lid on tomorrow's broadcast, where it's expected to make a few big reveals that could help soften the blow of a $50 increase to the Switch 2 console.That hasn't stopped leakers from making some bold predictions, as one insider claims that we could finally see a new 3D Mario game revealed. Malo93
  
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• Capcom Is Getting My Hopes Up For Devil May Cry 6 With Its Talk Of “Reactivating” Dormant Franchises

  08-09-2026 13:53 via gamespot.com
  
  A new Onimusha game hit PC and consoles last week, and so far, it looks like Capcom has yet another win on its hands. Onimusha: Way of the Sword sold 1 million copies on launch day--bringing lifetime sales for the franchise up to 10 million--which is pretty impressive for a series that has been dormant for the better part of 20 years. Commenting on the early sales milestone, Capcom said that it wants to repeat Onimusha's success with other games that haven't seen a new release in many years."In
  
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• The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct: Start Time, How To Watch, And What To Expect

  08-09-2026 04:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Can you believe that The Legend of Zelda franchise turned 40 this year? It's true, and it's the main focus of today's new Nintendo Direct. The series is in the spotlight, and Nintendo says it'll celebrate its ruby anniversary with a new broadcast that fans will want to check out. Don't forget, there'll also be a Nintendo Direct on September 9, but for now, here's a closer look at how you can watch the Zelda stream.How to watch the Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary DirectAs usual, you can watch th
  
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• Before HBO’s The Last Of Us, An Entirely Different Adaptation Was Proposed

  05-09-2026 10:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Naughty Dog's first effort to adapt The Last of Us for the screen was not as an HBO TV show, but a movie, a fact that recently began doing the rounds again on social media. Like with many Hollywood productions, The Last of Us had a tumultuous, long development period as a movie before it was ultimately abandoned in favor of what is now a hit series. While not everyone agrees with the creative departures from the source material for the TV series on HBO, it's undeniably a success and one of
  
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• Game Director Finally Addresses His Rumored Foot Fetish–Wait, Not Kojima, The Other One

  04-09-2026 17:50 via gamespot.com
  
  A prolific Japanese game developer has finally addressed all that weird foot imagery in his video games. What? No, I'm not talking about Hideo Kojima (he's busy hanging out with The Backrooms director right now, anyway). I'm referring to Dark Souls and Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki, who has finally addressed online speculation that he is a foot guy.“It's not necessarily something I’m consistently aware of--maybe it’s something subconscious coming through,” Miyazak
  
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• Xbox’s New TCL Partnership Couldn’t Come At A Worse Time

  04-09-2026 17:02 via gamespot.com
  
  Xbox has announced a new partnership with TCL, which will see the Xbox app added to "select" models from the brand. This means that owners of those TCL TVs won't need to spend $500 on an Xbox Series S or $800 on an Xbox Series X, as they can instead take advantage of the cloud-based gaming features offered as part of a monthly Xbox Game Pass subscription--but only for a few hours per month, before they need to start coughing up some extra cash to buy more hours to play.If your TCL TV is sup
  
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• Two Nintendo Directs Announced For Next Week, Including A Zelda Presentation

  04-09-2026 15:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Not one, but two Nintendo Directs are coming next week. Nintendo has confirmed that a Legend of Zelda Direct will be held on September 8 at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET, and it'll be followed by a Nintendo Direct on September 9 at the same times. The Legend of Zelda: 40th Anniversary Direct will run for 30 minutes, while the Nintendo Direct is scheduled to run for 45 minutes.Rumors of a Nintendo Direct began picking up earlier this week after Ubisoft announced that a new look at Just D
  
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• Steam Has Generated $15 Billion In Revenue So Far In 2026, And New Games Are A Big Part Of It

  04-09-2026 13:40 via gamespot.com
  
  As the platform that gets the lion's share of PC game sales, Steam naturally makes a lot of money every year from commissions, publishing fees, and more through its storefront. But how much cash has it made so far in 2026? Unsurprisingly, enough dough to buy Valve co-founder Gabe Newell a few more superyachts. According to the head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics, Rhys Elliot, Steam has made $15 billion in 2026, and with a massive period of high-profile game releases around the corner, th
  
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• Steam Has Generated $15 Billion In Revenue So Far, And New Games Are A Big Part Of It

  04-09-2026 13:40 via gamespot.com
  
  As the platform that gets the lion's share of PC game sales, Steam naturally makes a lot of money every year from commissions, publishing fees, and more through its storefront. But how much cash has it made so far in 2026? Unsurprisingly, enough dough to buy Valve co-founder Gabe Newell a few more superyachts. According to the head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics, Rhys Elliot, Steam has made $15 billion in 2026, and with a massive period of high-profile game releases around the corner, th
  
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• GTA 6 Online Could Struggle To Pull Players Away From GTA Online, Says Valve Veteran

  04-09-2026 13:38 via gamespot.com
  
  What's the biggest question about Grand Theft Auto 6? Easily Rockstar's plans for GTA Online, and how it'll factor into the post-launch plans of GTA 6. Considering just how consistently popular GTA Online has been for the developer, it is strange that Rockstar has yet to publicly comment on the anticipated multiplayer mode, as it has so far only focused on talking about the "single-player experience" of GTA 6. And that could be a major problem for the franchise.As Valve veteran Chet Faliszek poi
  
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• GTA 6 Is Completely Changing How You Steal Cars

  03-09-2026 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Carjacking in Grand Theft Auto games has been, as the title denotes, a staple of the series. Up until now, it's largely been the same. While there have been more details and animations added over the years, the premise has remained that you'll walk up to a car, press Y or Triangle, throw the driver out, get in and drive away. If the car was parked, you'd execute the same button press to smash the window and steal it. With GTA 6, carjacking is getting a complete overhaul. Here, we've got all of t
  
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• The Last of Us Season 3 Did Not Include Naughty Dog’s Involvement For Creative Choices

  03-09-2026 21:32 via gamespot.com
  
  Writer-director Neil Druckmann dropped out of HBO's The Last of Us TV show to focus on Naughty Dog's gaming output, including Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. In a new interview, he said Season 3--which, again, he had no direct involvement in, will "wrap up" the series. He also revealed that, unlike Seasons 1 and 2, Naughty Dog "did not have a creative role in the direction" of Season 3.Druckmann said this to The Washington Post, confirming, "I wasn't involved in shaping this season's creativ
  
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• Something Is Brewing With StarCraft

  03-09-2026 21:31 via gamespot.com
  
  With BlizzCon just a week away, there's new reason to believe that some kind of StarCraft news is on the way. Various visual elements on the official StarCraft website are now glitching out in a way that looks much more "hey fans, get excited" than "alert the engineering team that we've got a problem."The glitches were flagged on Bluesky by John Carson, and they specifically appear on the section of Blizzard's website advertising 2017's StarCraft Remastered, rather than StarCraft II. The glitche
  
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• Dungeons And Dragons Icons Could Take The TTRPG To A Modern-Day Setting

  03-09-2026 20:13 via gamespot.com
  
  The D&D Icons initiative, led by actor and longtime D&D fanatic Joe Manganiello, brings today's Dungeons & Dragons game together with famous series creators of the past, like author R.A. Salvatore's The Legend of Drizzt. But things aren't going to be strictly limited to classic fantasy settings, Manganiello has teased.Speaking to GameSpot's Jessica Cogswell at Gen Con 2026, Manganiello stressed that modern-day settings could be part of the Icons program, too.
  "There [are] also lots o
  
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• The New Gundam Game Has A Collector’s Edition Just For Gunpla Sickos Like Me

  03-09-2026 19:40 via gamespot.com
  
  Gundam Rogue Orbit is a break from tradition for Bandai Namco, as new entries in the franchise typically debut as an anime series first, then as a line of collectible model kits. But this Gundam is arriving first as a video game--one that was shown in more detail today during the September PlayStation State of Play broadcast. If you're a Gundam fan, fret not, because at least one part of the traditional Gundam experience is being kept intact if you buy the $160 Rogue Orbit collector's editi
  
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• Game Pass Is Getting Worse, And More Expensive

  03-09-2026 19:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft has made a big announcement about one of the big perks of Xbox Game Pass, cloud streaming, and the news is not great.Starting in November, Microsoft will put limits on how many hours per month people can use the service, and then allow people to pay more to unlock more time. Below is a breakdown of how many hours you'll get included with the tier of Game Pass you're subscribed to:
  Game Pass Ultimate: 15 hoursGame Pass Premium: 10 hoursGame Pass Essential: 5 hours
  Microsoft said it unde
  
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• A Long-Dormant Blizzard Franchise Could Be Coming To Dungeons And Dragons

  03-09-2026 18:59 via gamespot.com
  Dungeons & Dragons is no stranger to crossovers with other IP, and a collaboration with Blizzard's World of Warcraft also already on the way. However, that may not be the only Blizzard crossover we get in D&D, as both Wizards of the Coast and Blizzard teased recently.
  Speaking to GameSpot's Jessica Cogswell during Gen Con 2026, head of Dungeons & Dragons Dan Ayoub made it clear that he would love a StarCraft crossover.
  "I will say this, since I am sitting here with [World of Warcraft
  
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• D&D’s World Of Warcraft Crossover May Not Be A One-Way Street

  03-09-2026 18:53 via gamespot.com
  
  Dungeons & Dragons fans will soon be exploring the dangerous lands of Azeroth, as World of Warcraft is coming to the tabletop game. Wizards of the Coast (WotC) and Blizzard have gone all-out with this crossover, as not only does it feature multiple World of Warcraft classes and six additional subclasses, but also various specializations, spells, items, and enemies. That sounds like a dream pairing between two titans of the fantasy genre, but could we see Dungeons & Dragons make an appear
  
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• Crimson Desert Channels The Sims With Its Chartering The Unknown Expansion

  03-09-2026 18:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Revealed during today’s State of Play presentation, Pearl Abyss has confirmed that Crimson Desert’s first major expansion will be launching in October. It not only adds a new region and plenty of new narrative surprises, but also gameplay features that pull from the most unlikely of places. If the reveal trailer is any indication, Crimson Desert could soon be a life sim that gives The Sims a run for its money. In Chartering the Unknown, players can expect underwater combat in wh
  
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• One Of The Coziest Games Of The Year Is Helping Crunchyroll Game Vault Grow Even Bigger

  03-09-2026 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The Crunchyroll Game Vault is expanding, as the anime brand has announced several new additions to its collection of mobile games. Available as a membership perk for Mega and Ultimate Fan subscribers, the Game Vault will now offer more than 100 games free of ads and in-app purchases, with new arrivals like Baki Hanma: Blood Arena and ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs being added to the service.For fans of cozy experiences, ReStory is a delightful game where you run an electronics workshop and s
  
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