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• Game Release Overshadowed By Oblivion Remastered Is Jokingly Being "Re-released"

  28-04-2025 18:38 via gamespot.com
  
  Oblivion Remastered launched out of the blue on April 22, and its release didn't just catch players off-guard. It also surprised other games released on the same day.That's the case with developer Red Soul's Post Trauma, an indie survival horror title inspired by early PlayStation classics like Silent Hill and Resident Evil that was also released on April 22. The game's publisher, Raw Fury, is now going with a "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade" approach to the situation, announcing Post
  
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• Tim Burton Horror Lives In Weird Steam Adventure That Reminds Me Of The Creepiest 2010s Games

  12-10-2026 21:15 via gamespot.com
  
  My 2012 belonged to Slender Man. I was easily terrified by creepy, early 2010s computer games like Slender: The Eight Pages, but I couldn't resist their special blend of unicorn blood and twee. Recently, I've been missing the pink bittersweetness of the Tim Burton-style horror games made in those years, like Fran Bow and Alice: Madness Returns, so the inaugural Cozy After Dark Showcase has arrived with a new trailer for Hell Is Other People at just the right time. The teaser from indie deve
  
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• Haunted Chocolatier Is Still Missing, But This Freaky Tea Party Sim Could Scratch Your Itch

  12-10-2026 21:15 via gamespot.com
  
  Haunted Chocolatier looks like it could be the perfect, candy-bar blend of sweet and creepy once it launches--but developer ConcernedApe doesn't know when that might be. So I'd like to consider an alternate option for after-funeral desserts and try the upcoming Steam game Tearoom of Terror, whose developer, Sundew Studios, was just featured during the new Cozy After Dark Showcase.Sundew studios writer and designer Allie Ast shows off the "cozy gothic murder mystery" Tearoom of Terror in all its
  
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• Sorry, Street Fighter Movie, But Mondo Just Won The Poster Fight

  12-10-2026 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The new Street Fighter movie hits theaters in just a few days, and if you're a fan of the Capcom series, you might be tempted to celebrate with some new poster art on your wall. While the official poster for that movie is fine, Mondo's new Street Fighter 2 poster is much better, striking, and it doesn't feature a gallery of floating heads--just one, in fact, being punched off the beefy shoulders of a Shadaloo enforcer. If you're wondering what that piece of fine art looks like, GameSpot can
  
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• Nintendo Says It Has No Plans To Ditch Physical Games Yet

  12-10-2026 16:29 via gamespot.com
  
  Unlike Sony, which has decided to move toward a digital-only game marketplace starting in 2028, Nintendo is sticking to an "agnostic" approach for the Switch 2 console. In a new interview, Nintendo's VP and general manager for Latin America, Bill van Zyll, said the company will still offer both physical and digital versions of games to meet consumer demand."Historically, we’ve been very agnostic," van Zyll said to YouTuber Coelho no Japão. "We go off what th
  
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• Baki’s Yujiro Hanma Is About To Turn Tekken 8 Into A Full-Blown Muscle Appreciation Simulator

  12-10-2026 15:27 via gamespot.com
  
  Bandai Namco has dropped a new trailer for Tekken 8, and while this one is mostly focused on everyone's favorite Kangaroo, Roger, it also included a brief tease of one of the most ridiculous characters in anime: Yujiro Hanma. The sneak peek at the Gigachad of fighting anime is quick, but it does show off the character's infamously toothy grin and morning-splits flexibility that would make Jean-Claude Van Damme jealous.While there's no release date yet for when Hanma will be a
  
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• The New Squadron 42 Trailer Looks Great, But That 2027 Release Date Is Hard To Believe

  12-10-2026 13:57 via gamespot.com
  
  Star Citizen's single-player mode, Squadron 42, has made a reappearance with a new trailer showing off the mode's impressive cast and interstellar warfare. In development for 12 years, the ambitious mode blends outer space dogfighting and first-person action, set during an era when hostile alien forces have pushed humanity to the brink of defeat. As a rising star in the United Empire of Earth Navy, players must push back the invaders and save the day.The new trailer is the best look yet at
  
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• Haunted Chocolatier Is For “The People In Stardew Valley That Go Into The Mines”

  12-10-2026 13:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Haunted Chocolatier, the second game from Stardew Valley creator, Eric Barone, has been in development for more than five years, having been announced in October 2021. While there's no official word on the Haunted Chocolatier release date, Barone has been discussing the development of the game, including who it's for and more about the playstyle. In a recent interview with GQ, Barone said that Haunted Chocolatier is "more of an action RPG," although it is still what he'd call "a town game.""The
  
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• Marvel Darkhold Destiny Is Magic: The Gathering’s First Universes Beyond Set Of 2027

  10-10-2026 02:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Today at New York Comic Con, Wizards of the Coast announced the first 2027 Universes Beyond expansion set for Magic: The Gathering. Marvel’s Darkhold Destiny will pit Doctor Strange, Thor, Ghost Rider, and more against cosmic villains like Hela and Dormammu in 2027.The set will include normal and Collector booster packs, and four pre-constructed commander decks themed around Marvel heroes and villains, including the Midnight Sons. Multiple cards were shown during the hour-long panel, inclu
  
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• Let’s All Be Happy This AAA Minesweeper Game Isn’t Real

  10-10-2026 01:23 via gamespot.com
  
  Minesweeper has been around for decades and it's probably overdue for some modern flourishes. Now there's a Triple-A Minesweeper parody that offers a hilarious look at what a Minesweeper update might look like.The Triple-A Minesweeper was created by writer and programmer Mike Lacher, and it's fully playable as a browser game on his site. Aside from the intentionally pretentious title cards touting the involvement of Unreal Engine, Nvidia, Bink Video, and Wwise, Triple A Minesweeper looks and pla
  
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• Call Of Duty: MW4 Early Access Also Includes DMZ, Here’s How To Get In

  09-10-2026 21:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's campaign is playable a week early for people who preorder, and now we know the DMZ mode will be as well.Activision has announced that MW4's extraction-based DMZ mode will be playable starting Tuesday, October 20, which is three days before the game launches. Campaign early access, meanwhile, starts on October 16.How to get inTo access DMZ mode before everyone else, you need to preorder any edition of MW4, including the standard or Vault versions. The perk applies
  
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• Gears Of War: E-Day–How’s It Selling? Let’s Unpack Things

  09-10-2026 20:41 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft's latest console exclusive, Gears of War: E-Day, launched this week, and now we've gotten the first glimpse at how the game is performing commercially. Multiple analysts have weighed in, and there are numerous factors at play beyond pure sales, due to Game Pass and other factors. So let's break things down.Rhys Elliott of Alinea Analytics released a report that said the game has sold about 230,000 copies so far, with Steam sales accounting for 168,000 and Xbox (across console and PC) m
  
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• Battlefield 6 Is Adding Something Fans Have Wanted Since Day 1

  09-10-2026 18:21 via gamespot.com
  
  EA and Battlefield Studios have unveiled more details on Battlefield 6's upcoming Season 5, and it includes a new feature that fans have wanted since day one: a proper server browser.Battlefield did indeed launch with a server browser, but--considering how it only supported Portal mode--it wasn't the one fans wanted. One of the game's producers asked why players even want a full server browser. Now, in response to the feedback, Battlefield Studios is adding a proper server browser with the Seaso
  
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• Street Fighter Was On Death’s Door, And Its Players Weren’t Getting Any Younger

  09-10-2026 17:42 via gamespot.com
  
  Street Fighter 5 launched in 2016 in rough shape, and if things hadn't changed, the classic fighting game franchise might have been dead and buried by 2026. That's according to Street Fighter 6 producer Shuhei Matsumoto and game director Takayuki Nakayama, who recently spoke about how Capcom's signature fighting game franchise was knocking on death's door at one point, before a turnaround strategy reenergized it for a new generation of digital fisticuffs.Following Capcom veteran Yoshinoro Ono's
  
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• Is GTA 6 Coming To Switch 2? Ask Rockstar, Nintendo Says

  09-10-2026 17:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar's GTA 6 is the biggest game of 2026 and possibly ever, but it's not coming to Switch 2 ... or is it? Nintendo of America's new president, Devon Pritchard, was recently asked if GTA 6 is coming to Switch 2, and she didn't say yes or no. Instead, she said people should ask Rockstar and its owner, Take-Two.“That’s going to be a conversation for Take-Two and Rockstar, but nothing to announce on my end at this time,” Pritchard told Variety.
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• Is The BioShock Movie Ever Going To Happen? Director Weighs In

  09-10-2026 16:24 via gamespot.com
  
  A movie adaptation of the popular game series BioShock has been in the works for a long time, and like a lot of film projects, it appears to be trapped in Development Hell. It remains to be seen how things will shake out with BioShock, but now its director has provided a positive-sounding update.Francise Lawrence told GamesRadar that the team is "still working on a script," but he believes, "We're pretty close." He added: "I'm feeling really good about it."Hollywood is littered with stories of f
  
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• The EU Is Coming For Gaming’s Most Manipulative Monetization Tactics

  09-10-2026 16:01 via gamespot.com
  
  European consumer protection authorities have announced a series of "coordinated actions" aimed at 10 video companies, accusing several of the biggest names in the industry--like Activision Blizzard and Ubisoft--of "dark patterns" that are designed to put minors and individuals at risk of gaming addiction.If you've ever purchased in-game currency, then you're probably aware of how one of these tactics works. For example, Destiny 2's in-game currency, Silver, comes in bundles of 500, 1,
  
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• “Video Games” Singer Can’t Wait To Play New Video Game GTA 6

  09-10-2026 15:15 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar Games recently announced GTA 6's in-game radio stations, and one of them is co-hosted by 11-time Grammy-nominated Lana Del Rey. The singer-songwriter had a connection to video games before this, as she recorded the song "Video Games" on her 2012 album Born to Die. Now, she's set to appear in the biggest video game ever, and she's pretty stoked about that.Speaking to Rolling Stone, Del Rey said, "On so many different levels this is super special and a privilege. Can’t wait to get i
  
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• Charlie Cox Recorded 40 Hours Of Dialogue For A Sega Game He Can’t Name Yet

  09-10-2026 14:11 via gamespot.com
  
  Daredevil: Born Again actor Charlie Cox is starring in an upcoming video game, but it's not the first time he has lent his voice to one of these projects. At New York Comic-Con 2026, Cox revealed that he'd just finished recording his lines for a game that'll be published by Sega, but he didn't say which one. Hilariously, Cox mentioned that the game's crew was disappointed to find out he was English, not American."I did another one! It doesn’t have a name yet," Cox said to IGN. "I did a Seg
  
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• Ghost Of Tsushima Anime Taps Star Wars: Visions Talent For Its 2028 Release

  09-10-2026 12:52 via gamespot.com
  
  The upcoming anime adaptation of Sony's Ghost of Tsushima just took another big step forward, with Crunchyroll revealing more details on the cast and crew attached to the project, as well as a 2028 release window.
  While details are still light on what the story will be, Hayate Inc. did confirm that actors Mayumi Saco and Shinya Fukumatsu will voice characters. Saco had previously voiced Tomoe in Ghost of Tsushima, a master archer and pupil of the renowned Sensei Ishikawa
  
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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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