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• DOOM: The Dark Ages Review | TheXboxHub

  13-05-2025 01:23
  RDarren writes: DOOM: The Dark Ages is a gloriously gory game which manages to feel familiar but fresh at the same time.
  
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• Google Playground Wants Everyone To Make AI Games, And Maybe Everyone Shouldn’t

  07-10-2026 16:44 via gamespot.com
  
  Stadia might be dead, but Google isn't giving up on gaming. The company has rolled out Playground, a platform built around AI that "lets you create, play, and share custom games." It's browser-based and labeled as an "experiment" to start. There's also Unity Spark support, which will offer more development options for people who catch the creator bug. Google's pitch claims that this new platform makes game creation more democratic by ending gatekeeping to development. The company states tha
  
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• GTA 6 Won’t Make You “All-Powerful” Like GTA 5 Did

  07-10-2026 16:35 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar boss Rob Nelson has stated that GTA 6 won't make players "all-powerful" like they were in GTA 5 and the games that came before it. For GTA 6, this means NPCs in the world will have impulses of their own, and could come after you.Speaking to IGN, Nelson said, "The world will act upon you as well as you acting upon the world." In previous GTA games, except for the police, the player was the only one with an "invisible arsenal hidden away," and everyone in the world would run away in terro
  
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• State Of Decay 3 Was Announced Early To Keep Undead Labs On Microsoft’s Radar

  07-10-2026 15:54 via gamespot.com
  
  After leaving the Xbox Game Studios portfolio, State of Decay 3 developer Undead Labs is now an independent, employee-owned studio. The developer had previously announced State of Decay 3 all the way back in 2020--partly to keep the project and the studio on Microsoft's radar--as the company embarked on an acquisition spree. Now one of several departures from Microsoft's gaming division following the bloody "Xbox reset" that has seen scores of jobs slashed throughout 2026, Undead Labs also had t
  
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• Skydance Is Merging Paramount And Warner Bros.’ Game Studios Into One Unit

  07-10-2026 13:47 via gamespot.com
  
  With Paramount's $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery in the bag, details on what this merger means for the Warner Bros. game division have finally been revealed. Warner Bros. Interactive will merge with the newly formed Paramount Games Studio, and it'll oversee projects based on Skydance's rich--and newly acquired-library of IP. That lineup includes Avatar: The Last Airbender, South Park, Mortal Kombat, Game of Thrones, and Star Trek--and that's not even mentioning the treasure tr
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem DLC Could Further Rewrite One Of The Series’ Biggest Villains

  07-10-2026 13:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Resident Evil Requiem is one of this year's biggest hits, and Capcom plans to build on that success with new story DLC. While it hasn't yet revealed when it'll be out or what it's about, one of the game's writers, Haris Orkin, recently teased that the DLC will shed new light on Oswell E. Spencer, one of the biggest villains in the Resident Evil series."I think villains honestly are really fun to write, because I usually see every villain as a hero of their own story. So the villain is like in th
  
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• GTA 6 Will Not Stream To PC Through Xbox, Despite Earlier Report

  07-10-2026 11:03 via gamespot.com
  
  PC players hoping to find a way to play GTA 6 when it launches on consoles next month must be feeling pretty disappointed, as Microsoft has clarified that Grand Theft Auto 6 will not be available to stream to PC via Xbox Cloud Gaming. The news comes after an earlier report claimed Xbox had secured exclusive streaming rights to Rockstar's highly anticipated game.The clarification came from Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball, who addressed The Verge's report. Ball said the excitement surroun
  
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• A Scary-Looking New Conjuring Game Just Got Announced, And It’s Out Next Week On Netflix

  06-10-2026 21:26 via gamespot.com
  
  Out of nowhere, Netflix and Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games announced a new The Conjuring game, and it's out next week.The Conjuring: Unspoken releases on October 13 through Netflix, so you don't need any dedicated hardware or controller to play it.
  The game is an "interactive paranormal investigation" experience where players decide how the story progresses based on the dialogue options they choose. Players use their phone to walk through the fictional Red Lion Inn to search for clues a
  
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• Xbox Was At An “All Time Low,” But Is Now Growing Again CEO Says Without Providing Any Real Evidence

  06-10-2026 21:03 via gamespot.com
  
  During a town hall meeting today, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma spoke to staff to help reassure them following mass layoffs and studio closures related to the "reset" of the business.Windows Central reports that Sharma told staff that Xbox is "making the right decisions" and that "after an all time low, we've started to return to growth," though she did not share any specifics. She added that Gears of War: E-Day, Minecraft Dungeons 2, and World of Warcraft: Forever had "strong" starts, though she did not
  
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• Xbox Was At An “All Time Low,” But Is Now Growing Again After Huge Cuts, CEO Says

  06-10-2026 21:03 via gamespot.com
  
  During a town hall meeting today, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma spoke to staff to help reassure them following mass layoffs and studio closures related to the "reset" of the business.Windows Central reports that Sharma told staff that Xbox is "making the right decisions" and that "after an all time low, we've started to return to growth." She added that Gears of War: E-Day, Minecraft Dungeons 2, and World of Warcraft: Forever had "strong" starts.Sharma also told staff that Xbox's "Gen-10" platform--AKA P
  
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• Razer’s Wolverine V4 Controller Is Overkill For Most Gamers, And That’s The Point

  06-10-2026 19:49 via gamespot.com
  
  Razer has officially revealed the next entry in its line of high-end gaming controllers, the Wolverine V4 for Xbox and PC. Geared toward competitive gamers--not that there's anything stopping you from using it to play Vampire Survivors--and it focuses primarily on polling performance and thumbstick sensor architecture.One of the biggest changes is Razer choosing capacitive contactless sensors backed by a 16-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for the thumbsticks, rather than the usual Hall Eff
  
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• Call Of Duty’s Richtofen Actor Wants Him To Come Back, Says 2027’s CoD Could Be From Sledgehammer

  06-10-2026 17:57 via gamespot.com
  
  Veteran video game actor Nolan North has addressed his future in the Call of Duty series, saying he hopes to reprise his character Dr. Edward Richtofen from Black Ops' popular Zombies mode.
  If this does happen, it probably won't be soon. That's because, North said he believes 2027's Call of Duty game might be developed by Sledgehammer. Given that, a new Black Ops game might not come until 2028 at the soonest, but this is just conjecture.
  Speaking at Gamergy in Puerto Rico (via DomTheBomb), North
  
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• Solo Horror Dev Makes A Creepy Connection To A Real Haunted Island In Mexico

  06-10-2026 17:52 via gamespot.com
  
  Being a haunted doll must be difficult. You're missing an eyeball, and your lipstick makes you look more like a cannibal than a cherub. People make faces of disgust at you in the antique mall, and you want to tell them you're actually the unblemished soul of a 19th century nun named Eunice, but they speed away before you can. But if you were a haunted doll, you'd at least have solo developer Steelkrill Studio on your side, as its upcoming survival horror game Where Dolls Hang features real-life
  
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• GameStop Is Preparing Us For Next-Gen Pricing With $1,400 Used PS5 Pros

  06-10-2026 17:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Sticker shock might be underselling it with GameStop's new used pricing for Sony's most powerful system. Starting today, the video game store is listing pre-owned PS5 Pros for $1,400, though GameStop Pro members only need to dish out $1,330. Basically, it's a $500 surcharge over a brand-new PS5 Pro and capitalizing on the fact that those are stock-constrained currently.A generous take on GameStop's new strategy for used PS5 Pros is that the company's conditioning us ahead of the possibility that
  
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• Warhammer Survivors Is Launching Mere Days Before GTA 6, And I Respect The Audacity

  06-10-2026 17:16 via gamespot.com
  
  The next Survivors-like game--or Survivaton, as Vampire Survivors developer Poncle refers to them--is out soon, and it's threatening to cut into GTA 6 playtime. Warhammer Survivors launches November 10 on PC, consoles, and mobile devices, and you can also grab a new demo on PC via Steam right now.Set in the grim (and dark) 41st millennium of the Warhammer 40,000 franchise, Warhammer Survivors sticks to the Vampire Survivors playbook: You'll fight all manner of Tyranid enemies that thre
  
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• How To Get GTA 6’s $100 Edition For $80 Right Now

  06-10-2026 17:10 via gamespot.com
  
  If you're looking for GTA 6's $100 Ultimate Edition but don't want to pay that much, there is a way to get it for $80--if you meet a few requirements.Costco has rolled out a nice new deal where you can get four $25 PlayStation Store gift cards for $80. Or you can buy two $75 gift cards for $120. These offers are good through October 11 or while supplies last, so act fast.While Costco does not require people to have a membership ($65/year) to shop online, the deals for these PlayStation gift card
  
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• Warner Bros. Games Now Belongs To Skydance, But Company Makes No Mention Of That In Big Announcement

  06-10-2026 15:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Paramount has officially completed its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, but the company's announcement of the deal closing did not contain a single mention of video games. That's notable because Warner Bros. Discovery is heavily invested in video games, and many may wonder what's coming next.CEO David Ellison says he is a big gamer himself, but whether or not that means anything for the future of games at the new company, now known as Skydance, is unknown. Ellison, the son of
  
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• Sega Announces $7,000 Sonic The Hedgehog Pottery, And I Can’t Stop Watching How It’s Made

  06-10-2026 15:24 via gamespot.com
  
  Time flies by fast, especially if you're Sega's blue mascot, as 2026 marks the 35th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog. While Sega has various plans to commemorate the milestone, one of the most elegant is a hand-painted porcelain sculpture that is both graceful and expensive. Even if you can afford to shell out big bucks for this Blue Blur pottery, you'll still need luck on your side, as only 50 of these pieces are being made.Sculpted by the artisans of the Japanese studio YOYOYO, this ornate pi
  
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• Steam Frame Gets VR Right Where So Many Others Went Wrong

  06-10-2026 15:18 via gamespot.com
  
  The virtual reality market has grown over the years, and depending on your budget, there's probably a VR headset out there for you. But can your VR gaming budget stretch to over $1,000 for the entry-level Steam Frame headset, and is it even worthwhile? That's the question GameSpot's senior video producer Kurt Indovina set out to answer, and after spending some time with it, his main takeaway was that it's the best VR headset he's ever used, and possibly the last one he'll ever own.
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• Star Wars: Galactic Racer Is Free To Play Now, If You Know Where To Look

  06-10-2026 11:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Star Wars: Galactic Racer is finally out, and so far, it might just be one of the best Star Wars games ever made. The new racing game has an attractive MSRP of $60, but if you're looking to grab it for the low price of nothing, you can play it for free through Amazon Luna starting today.Amazon has announced that Prime members can stream the single-player campaign for free through Amazon Luna. "We've always believed Luna players deserve to be in the action from day one, and Star Wars: G
  
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• Halloween’s First DLC Reveals Even The Bad Sequels Will Get Some Love

  05-10-2026 23:15 via gamespot.com
  Halloween's first paid DLC is coming on October 27 in the form of a new skin for the game's killer, Michael Myers, and it's pulling from a source you might not expect: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers. A free update on the same day will also add a fifth map, The Tower Farm, inspired by a location in the same film. It may seem odd to jump to the fifth movie for the game's first DLC, but it's not the only piece of new content coming that day. There's also a second skin coming for Big
  
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• Amid Uncharted 5 Rumors, Nathan Drake Actor Says He Would Come Back, But With One Catch

  05-10-2026 21:05 via gamespot.com
  
  One of actor Nolan North's most famous roles is that of Nathan Drake in Naughty Dog's Uncharted franchise, but he wrapped things up with 2016's Uncharted 4: A Thief's End. There are rumors that Naughty Dog is making a new Uncharted game, and North has said he would "110%" be up for coming back in a new game in the storied series.“110%. Absolutely. I think it would be one of the biggest games ever if they decided to do it. It just depends if Sony wants to make money," he said at Gamergy in
  
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• New Gears Of War: E-Day Patch Addresses Giant Vomiting Frog Error Codes

  05-10-2026 20:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Gears of War: E-Day rolls out worldwide starting October 6, and thanks to early access players, The Coalition has identified several issues that it's fixing with the game's first patch. Focused mostly on overall stability and performance across the game's campaign, multiplayer, and Horde Siege modes, the Gears of War: E-Day update is out now.One of the biggest fixes is the "Bilefrog-Kalona" error, an issue named after the gigantic subterranean Locust frogs encountered throughout the game, which
  
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• Why GTA Studio Co-Founder Is Avoiding GTA 6–And All Open-World Games

  05-10-2026 20:06 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser left the company in 2020 and now runs a new outfit called Absurd Ventures. Houser will be forever connected to the GTA franchise, and he's now weighed in on GTA 6.He told Variety that he did not watch the "Extended Look" trailer and doesn't plan to. Why? He said he tries to avoid consuming things that are going to "disrupt me creatively."
  "And given that I spend a large amount of time trying to make open-world games, and the rest of my conscious time trying to figu
  
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• Hideo Kojima Wants To Keep OD A Mystery, Even By His Standards

  05-10-2026 18:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Games developed by Hideo Kojima typically have an air of mystery, but for his upcoming horror project OD, the veteran game director wants to both terrify and mystify his fans. On a new episode of his weekly radio show Koji10, Kojima briefly spoke about the game, avoiding the release of teasers, and ensuring that players get a proper shock when playing it"It's still a mystery. That doesn't mean we haven't made the game," Kojima said. "I want to keep quiet and release it. That's unusual for me, is
  
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• Hideo Kojima Is Keeping OD A Mystery To Make Its Horror Hit Harder

  05-10-2026 18:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Games developed by Hideo Kojima typically have an air of mystery, but for his upcoming horror project OD, the veteran game director wants to both terrify and mystify his fans. On a new episode of his weekly radio show Koji10, Kojima briefly spoke about the game, avoiding the release of teasers, and ensuring that players get a proper shock when playing it"It's still a mystery. That doesn't mean we haven't made the game," Kojima said. "I want to keep quiet and release it. That's unusual for me, is
  
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• How Is A Game Like GTA 6 Actually Made? Here’s How Rockstar Gets It Done

  05-10-2026 18:32 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6 is one of the most highly anticipated game releases this year, or ever. The franchise is known for its massive scope and impressive attention to detail, but how is a game like GTA 6 actuallymade? In a new interview with Love magazine (via Kotaku), Rockstar North boss Rob Nelson said that part of the secret sauce with the GTA franchise is that many of its developers have been working together for a long time and have a "good sense of what they need to do."In terms of
  
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• How Bill Skarsgard Became The Face Of Hideo Kojima’s Physint

  05-10-2026 18:26 via gamespot.com
  
  Hideo Kojima's spiritual successor to Metal Gear Solid, Physint, doesn't just have a new home at Xbox; it also has a famous face attached to it, with Bill Skarsgard (It, Boy Kills World) playing the lead role. Thanks to Death Stranding 2: On the Beach composer Yoann "Woodkid" Lemoine, Kojima was introduced to Skarsgard, who would later be cast as the yet-to-be-named protagonist of Physint."He's been in some excellent films. Directors I know have worked with him and can't praise him eno
  
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• NBA 2K25 Is Getting Delisted Soon, Single-Player Modes Also Closing Down

  05-10-2026 16:11 via gamespot.com
  
  2K Sports has announced that NBA 2K25 will be discontinued soon, and that includes delisting the product and server shutdowns that will make even the game's single-player MyCareer and MyTeam components unplayable.In a post, 2K Sports said NBA 2K25 will be removed from sale on October 30, 2026 and then fully discontinued on December 31, 2026.People who own the game can redownload it and play offline after the shutdown. However, as of January 1, 2026, all multiplayer games and access to every onli
  
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• 10 New Things We Just Learned About GTA 6

  05-10-2026 16:04 via gamespot.com
  
  New information about Grand Theft Auto 6 continues to be revealed. Game Informer's most recent issue included a number of new details, and we've rounded up some of the key things we learned below.Story SetupIt seems like we'll start the game playing as Jason, since Lucia is still in prison. When Lucia gets out, the two get a score because they both want to live better, wealthier lives. It's supposed to be a simple job, but they get caught and an entire mystery that spans all of Leonida will unfo
  
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