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• Forza Horizon 6 For PS5 Apparently Delayed To 2027, And It’s Getting A Disc Release

  07-10-2026 18:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Just a month after Microsoft said Forza Horizon 6 for PlayStation 5 remained on track to release in 2026, a new report says the game has in fact been delayed to 2027.Reputable leaker billbil-kun said Forza Horizon 6 for PS5 is set for release on January 26, 2027. The report said there will be a physical disc edition at retail, and the game will also be sold digitally.In September, Microsoft said in a blog post that the PS5 edition of the popular racing game was due for release in 2026, but plans
  
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• Ben Affleck Has Some Strong Opinions About Fortnite Skins And How Hard The Game Is For Him

  08-10-2026 21:36 via gamespot.com
  
  Have you ever wondered what two-time Oscar-winner Ben Affleck thinks about Fortnite skins, and the game generally? You can now rest easy, as the man himself has weighed in with some strong takes.Appearing on the New Heights podcast with brothers Jason and Travis Kelce, Affleck said he's a big gamer, and is particularly fond of first-person shooter games, so when he tried Fortnite, he thought he'd hold his own. That wasn't the case, though. He said not only did he get wiped out immediately, but t
  
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• Ubisoft Shutting Down Rainbow Six Mobile After Less Than A Year

  08-10-2026 21:11 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft has announced that Rainbow Six Mobile is shutting down, and it didn't have a very long life. The game soft-launched in 2023, but properly rolled out for everyone back in February 2026. It will shut down on January 16, 2027, so it will have been online for less than a year in its full state for everyone."'We are proud of the passion, creativity, and dedication our team has put into the game," Ubisoft said. "One of the greatest parts of this adventure has been getting to experience it alon
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077 Is Getting A Movie Adaptation At Call Of Duty Film Studio, Transformers Producer On Board

  08-10-2026 20:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Movie studio Paramount has announced that it's making a Cyberpunk 2077 movie, becoming just the latest upcoming game adaptation. The studio is also behind the Call of Duty movie that's set for release in 2028.Deadline reported that Lorenzo di Bonaventura, known for his work on the super-popular Transformers movie series, is attached to produce. CD Projekt Red is on board as well to produce, which might make fans happy to hear.Cyberpunk 2077 is headed to the big screen.Not all Hollywood adaptatio
  
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• GTA 6 Merch Revealed, Including T-Shirt With Alligator Wearing Sunglasses And Drinking A Cocktail

  08-10-2026 19:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Ahead of GTA 6's release in November, Rockstar Games has announced an official merch collection for the game, and it includes some snazzy stuff like a t-shirt featuring an alligator wearing sunglasses and drinking a cocktail.The alligator's name is Macca the Gator, and he's the star of a fictional in-universe TV show of the same name. Presumably we will learn more about this at some point, but I am certainly intrigued.All the GTA 6 merch you can buy right now.Available in the Rockstar Store, the
  
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• Strange Scaffold Saved This New Tactics Game From Cancellation

  08-10-2026 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the more interesting game reveals from today's Triple-i Initiative showcase was Gods With Badges, a narrative-driven tactics game about a disgraced police officer returning to the line of duty. What makes Gods With Badges even more fascinating is that it was canceled by its original developer and saved by El Paso, Elsewhere developer Strange Scaffold.
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  The press release announcing Gods With Badges explained that the project began at Artificer, th
  
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• Arc Raiders’ Big Update Has It Surging To Numbers It Hasn’t Seen In Months

  08-10-2026 18:46 via gamespot.com
  
  When Embark said it would take several months to deliver the major Arc Raiders update it envisioned, days like today were probably the goal. The extraction shooter is once again high up in Steam's charts for both best-selling and most-played games. Among best sellers, Arc Raiders currently ranks fifth, behind this week's other big releases, Star Wars: Galactic Racer and Gears of War: E-Day, but those came out earlier this week, and it's still early, so we may see it leap over those before t
  
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• Triple-I Initiative October 2026: Everything Announced At The Showcase

  08-10-2026 18:45 via gamespot.com
  
  We normally get only one Triple-I Initiative showcase per year, but 2026 is proving to be the exception. The second broadcast of the year from organizers Evil Empire, the Triple-I Initiative was a focused blast of curated trailers and game updates, all rolling out across an almost-hour-long livestream. If you don't have time, fret not, because we've recapped everything below for you to check out. Most of these games also have demos that are now live on Steam, so if you like what you see, you can
  
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• Here Are The Highest-Grossing Resident Evil Movies Ever, And The New One Isn’t No. 1

  08-10-2026 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie got solid reviews and is making a lot of money at the box office, but where does it rank on the list of highest-grossing Resident Evil movies? It's not at the top, but it's pretty close.Director Paul W.S. Anderson made six previous Resident Evil movies, starring his wife, Milla Jovovich, and 2016's The Final Chapter currently ranks No. 1 in terms of money at the box office. Anderson's movies did not fare very well with critics, but had dedicated fans who kept g
  
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• Best Buy Wants To Travel Back To 1998 With Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Midnight Launch

  08-10-2026 17:45 via gamespot.com
  
  Back almost three decades ago, digital storefronts didn't exist for home consoles. So when The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time originally launched on Nintendo 64 in 1998, the only way to get the game early was showing up at a retail store at midnight (something my dad actually did because I was only 12 years old at the time). Best Buy wants to recreate that feeling with the announcement of late-night store openings for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's launch on Switch 2 next month. I
  
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• Xbox’s XP Is A Fancy New Name, But We’re Failing To See What’s Really Different Here

  08-10-2026 16:41 via gamespot.com
  
  Xbox CEO Asha Sharma continues to reshape the gaming brand, this time with the new XP division. The clever moniker works for Xbox pictures, products, places, and partnerships--the "four investment areas" now overseen by Kayleen Walters (who previously was Mojang Studios president). This all seems like a bigger push into TV, film, and maybe even theme parks for Xbox. But upon closer inspection, there really isn't anything new here, at least not yet.There's nothing about new investments in movies
  
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• GTA 6 Reveals 6 Radio Stations, Plus Podcasts You Can Listen To On Foot

  08-10-2026 16:38 via gamespot.com
  
  Nothing enhances a crime spree better than a few needle-drop tracks, and in Grand Theft Auto 6, you'll have plenty of music stations to listen to while touring Leonida. Developer Rockstar Games has revealed six of the radio stations and the disc jockeys attached to them, and in a series first, has also confirmed that a series of on-demand podcasts will be available to listen to in the game. You won't even need to be in a car to enjoy some tunes--or some unsolicited opinions--as GTA 6 protagonist
  
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• Minecraft Theme Park Is “The First Of Many” For Xbox, But Don’t Get Too Excited

  08-10-2026 16:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Xbox has formalized its plans to extend its video games to places like film and TV via a new division called XP. As part of this, the company is also branching out further into the world of theme parks, though that may not be very surprising or exciting.Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet said in a post that "theme parks" will be part of the new XP division. This followed a post from Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball who said the upcoming Minecraft theme park initiative represents "the first of many
  
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• NBA 2K27 Tops Madden NFL 27 In August, Shocking Absolutely Nobody

  08-10-2026 15:14 via gamespot.com
  
  Circana has posted its August 2026 monthly report, and unsurprisingly, NBA 2K27 is once again the best-selling game for the month. That's hardly a shocker, as it was the best-selling August game in 2024 and 2025, ending a long winning streak previously held by EA's Madden NFL series of football games. While it didn't clinch the top spot, Madden NFL 27 came in second and fourth place, as the game's Kickoff Bundle version also appeared on the charts.Overall, it was a solid month for new games. Mar
  
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• US Video Game Hardware Sales Just Had Their Worst August In 13 Years

  08-10-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Video game console sales in the US hit their worst August in 13 years, as Circana's Mat Piscatella revealed that hardware sales fell 15% from a year ago to 559,000 units. This is the lowest August total since 2013 (423,000 units), with PlayStation sales down 11% year-over-year, Xbox unit sales down 31% year-over-year (the lowest August total since 2020), and Nintendo unit sales down 15% compared with August 2025.The silver lining (for the companies making these machines) is that h
  
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• Xbox Is Going Bigger On Movies, TV, And More With New XP Division

  08-10-2026 14:15 via gamespot.com
  
  Xbox has officially unveiled a new division dedicated to movies and TV, called XP. The new branch of Xbox will be headed by Lucasfilm veteran Kayleen Walters, who had previously served as president of Minecraft studio Mojang and an executive producer on A Minecraft Movie."At Mojang, her record speaks for itself," Xbox boss Asha Sharma wrote in a press statement. "Under her tenure, Minecraft grew from an already-record setting 350 million units sold to over 425 million, its merchandising bus
  
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• GTA 6 Leaks Aren’t Over Yet, As New 25-Minute Gameplay Footage Appears

  08-10-2026 13:54 via gamespot.com
  
  As the GTA 6 release date creeps ever closer, the now-notorious leaker Cyberleek doesn't seem to be finished showing off unreleased content just yet.
  Having been relatively quiet since August's wave of shorter GTA 6 leaks, Cyberleek has released a 25-minute video of new gameplay footage and cutscenes just weeks before the game's release.A new post on the Cyberleek subreddit has sent Grand Theft Auto 6 fans scrambling after one user claimed to have spotted a new leak and shared an image of what a
  
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• Controversial Horror Series Ropes Me Back In With Silent Hill’s Original Composer And Lady Dimitrescu

  07-10-2026 22:45 via gamespot.com
  
  The Remothered games are true cult classics in the way that players find them either insufferable or inspired. As a lover of developer Stormind Games' antique perversions, but also a hater of its convoluted storytelling, I regretfully exist somewhere in between. But I know I won't be able to resist the new Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy when it launches later this month, since the horror game legends who helped make the Italian gothic game are way too good. Red Nun’s Legacy will feature lege
  
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• Three Years Later, The Outlast Trials Just Smashed Its Concurrent-Player Record 

  07-10-2026 22:00 via gamespot.com
  The Outlast Trials, Red Barrels' co-op horror game set in its wider Outlast universe, just broke its concurrent-player record, eclipsing 120,000 players. The previous high came when the game launched in Steam Early Access in 2023 and the player count climbed to 36,000. Today's new record means the indie horror game reset the bar with a total more than four times higher than its previous best.Red Barrels credited a few big factors for the record. For one, The Outlast Trials is enjoying a hug
  
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• Resident Evil Movie Will Become Zach Cregger’s Biggest Ever, Surpassing Weapons

  07-10-2026 21:14 via gamespot.com
  
  Zach Cregger has another hit on his hands with Resident Evil, and it's set to become his biggest movie ever by revenue at the box office.According to Deadline, Resident Evil is expected to surpass his current biggest movie, Weapons ($270 million worldwide), by the end of this week or sooner. It currently stands at $247.6 million worldwide.
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  What's propelling Resident Evil higher was its release in China this week--it debuted there on October 5, and it's
  
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• What’s Next For Halo Under Activision? Probably Not The Endless

  07-10-2026 20:54 via gamespot.com
  
  What likely would have been the big new enemy faction of the Halo universe, the Endless, have been fully revealed, though it's unclear what role, if any, they will play going forward.As announced last month by Xbox's Matt Booty, Halo is under new management, with the responsibility of the next game in the series going to a completely new team under Activision. Halo Studios, formerly 343 Industries, will remain as a small team to oversee already-released titles like the recent Halo: Campaign Evol
  
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• 007 First Light Players Unlock A Very Good Boy

  07-10-2026 20:25 via gamespot.com
  
  007 First Light is already out, but it's still accumulating wishlists on Steam, and now that it's passed 7 million wishlists, a very good boy has been added to the game.With 7 million wishlists, IO Interactive has added Jack the bulldog to the game via its TacSim lobby for everyone. Jack, as a statue model, made his James Bond debut in the 2012 movie Skyfall, sitting on M's desk. The statue survived when the office exploded, though its face got cracked and Union Jack flag was charred. Jack went
  
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• Star Wars Zero Company Developer Sees Portion Of Furloughed Workers Return

  07-10-2026 19:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Star Wars Zero Company released in late August to great reviews, but its launch was bittersweet, as a large chunk of developer Bit Reactor's staff was furloughed, unsure if they would be returning to work. For at least a portion of them, however, that uncertainty is over, as they're back at the studio.
  Speaking to Game File, Bit Reactor CEO Greg Foertsch said the studio had "started the process of returning more of our team back to work" but stopped short of giving specific percentages or figure
  
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• Cities: Skylines Announced For Switch 2 While Sequel’s Console Ports Are Still MIA

  07-10-2026 19:47 via gamespot.com
  
  Paradox Interactive has announced Cities: Skylines - Expanded Edition, a Nintendo Switch 2 port of Colossal Order's hit 2015 city-builder. While it's great to see Cities: Skylines make its way to a new platform, this announcement also serves as a reminder that we have no idea when the long-awaited console ports of Cities: Skylines 2 will come out.
  Cities: Skylines - Expanded Edition was developed by Tantalus Media, the team behind The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword's Switch port. It'll cost $49,
  
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• WoW: Forever Players Love It When Things Look Old

  07-10-2026 19:42 via gamespot.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever players have made their feelings about the game's visual style crystal clear: They love it when things look old.It's a recurring theme in the Forever beta, where players have continually pushed back against updated high-definition character models and character portraits. While Forever is in many ways a new version of Blizzard's MMORPG, it's built with the spirit and foundation of WoW Classic in mind, even as it includes updated visuals and quality-of-life updates take
  
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• GTA 6 Wants Losing Your Wanted Level To Feel Like A “Hit-And-Run”

  07-10-2026 18:25 via gamespot.com
  
  Gamers hoping for GTA 6 to amp up the realism when it comes to losing their wanted level in the sunny state of Leonida are in luck, with Rockstar confirming in a recent interview that Jason and Lucia can do far more than escape a glowing red zone on the map to shake off the law. Speaking to IGN ahead of the Netflix Extended Look back in August, head of development and co-studio head Rob Nelson walked the outlet through a 30-minute gameplay demo in which several new mechanics and locations w
  
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• Xbox Game Pass Gets Gears Of War: E-Day And These 11 Games In October

  07-10-2026 18:07 via gamespot.com
  
  It's the start of a new month, and like clockwork, the next batch of Xbox Game Pass titles has been announced for the subscription service. Gears of War: E-Day leads the new arrivals this month, and it'll be joined by a few more big games, Battlefield 6 and Valor Mortis.Here's a closer look at everything you can grab in the first half of the month through Xbox Game Pass:Xbox Game Pass October Wave 1 GamesNow available
  Gears of War: E-DayMinecraft Dungeons 2
  October 8
  Echo WeaverForever
  
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• New Details Revealed For GTA 6’s Jason And Lucia, Including “Physical Intimacy”

  07-10-2026 18:02 via gamespot.com
  
  New information has come to light about GTA 6, and specifically the partnership of its main characters, Jason and Lucia. In GTA 6, they are both partners in crime and lovers, and physical intimacy will be part of the experience, it seems.Rockstar North's Rob Nelson said in an interview with IGN that physical intimacy is a "huge part" of a relationship, and that applies to GTA 6. Exactly how this may operate in GTA 6, however, remains a mystery. "It has to be done right," Nelson said.
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• Forza Horizon 6 For PS5 Delayed To 2027, And First Paid Expansion Releases Alongside It For All Platforms

  07-10-2026 18:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Just a month after Microsoft said Forza Horizon 6 for PlayStation 5 remained on track to release in 2026, a new report says the game has in fact been delayed to 2027. This has now been confirmed by Sony: Forza Horizon 6 will now release on January 26, 2027.Reputable leaker billbil-kun originally said Forza Horizon 6 for PS5 was set for release on January 26, 2027, so that reporting was accurate. There will be a physical disc edition at retail, and the game will also be sold digitally.Early acces
  
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• Forza Horizon 6 For PS5 Delayed To 2027

  07-10-2026 18:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Just a month after Microsoft said Forza Horizon 6 for PlayStation 5 remained on track to release in 2026, a new report says the game has in fact been delayed to 2027. This has now been confirmed by Sony: Forza Horizon 6 will now release on January 26, 2027.Reputable leaker billbil-kun originally said Forza Horizon 6 for PS5 was set for release on January 26, 2027, so that reporting was accurate. There will be a physical disc edition at retail, and the game will also be sold digitally.In Septembe
  
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