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• Scientists Discovered A New Cat Before Rockstar Could Finish GTA 6

  17-09-2026 20:53 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6 has been in development since 2015, and a lot of things have happened since then, including the recent discovery a new species of cat.
  The scientific journal Current Biology disclosed the discovery of Leopardus tilcayo--known as the tilcayo tiger cat--this week. The adorable little creature is smaller than your typical housecat, featuring spots and round ears. According to the discovery, the cat species was found in the Bolivian Yungas forest.
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• KPop Demon Hunters And Ghostbusters Come To Monopoly Go For Spooky Season

  22-09-2026 21:57 via gamespot.com
  
  It is officially the fall season in the northern hemisphere, and that means that Halloween is approaching. Mobile game giant Scopely has announced how it's celebrating, and that includes crossovers with KPop Demon Hunters and Ghostbusters in the uber-popular mobile game Monopoly Go.The "Monster Mash" season, as it's called, runs September 23-November 25. During the event, players can take part in themed minigames and "immersive adventures" featuring Huntr/X and the Saja Boys from KPop Demon Hunt
  
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• StarCraft Doesn’t Sound Like An Xbox Exclusive

  22-09-2026 21:54 via gamespot.com
  
  StarCraft won't be an Xbox exclusive, though Blizzard isn't exactly making it clear what platforms the newly announced shooter will launch on.Announced during BlizzCon 2026 with a 2030 release date, Blizzard's StarCraft reboot won't "be exclusive," according to Kotaku, who received a comment from a Blizzard spokesperson. What exactly that means, however, is still up for debate. When asked for clarification on whether that means StarCraft would be coming to PlayStation as well as Xbox and PC
  
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• WoW: Forever Aspires To Have A “Mandela Effect” On Players

  22-09-2026 20:53 via gamespot.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever is reinventing the classic version of Azeroth with all kinds of new content, and if Blizzard does its job, players won't be able to tell the difference between what's old and what's new. Announced during BlizzCon 2026, Forever introduces four new zones to Azeroth: the Riverglades, Mount Hjyal, Shen'dralas, and Zephras Isle. In an interview with GameSpot, WoW: Forever senior art director Jeff Parrott and senior game designer Josh Greenfield elaborated on how Blizza
  
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• What Is Xbox Game Studios At This Point?

  22-09-2026 20:04 via gamespot.com
  
  The organizational structure of Xbox has long been complex and unwieldy, and that hasn't changed after the latest wave of changes and layoffs as part of Xbox's "reset." But Microsoft's latest reshuffling of its studios and workforce does prompt the question of what the "Xbox Game Studios" brand even is now, with apparently only four studios left under that banner.The Xbox division (formerly named Microsoft Gaming) consists of Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda parent company ZeniMax Media, and Activisi
  
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• Xbox Layoffs Are Not Done Yet

  22-09-2026 19:47 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft's "reset" of the Xbox business entered its next chapter this week with the announcement of 268 more layoffs, along with other drastic organizational and operational changes for the gaming giant.
  As part of the announcement, Xbox boss Matt Booty said this latest wave of restructuring, combined with the changes completed in July, brings the company up to "roughly three-quarters of the way through" the planned changes.
  In essence, he’s saying that the Xbox “reset” effort
  
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• WoW: Forever Doesn’t Let Shamans Or Warlocks Tank, But That Could Change

  22-09-2026 19:34 via gamespot.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever is bringing big changes to the WoW Classic sandbox, but don't expect to see Shamans or Warlocks tanking, at least at launch.New roles for classes, like the above-mentioned tanks, as well as Rogue tank and Mage healer, were something Blizzard experimented with in WoW: Classic Season of Discovery. It certainly helped solve the game's tank shortage problem, with more classes than ever before able to taunt enemies and effectively hold aggro.In an interview with GameSpot, W
  
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• Obsidian’s New Fallout Game Is Still Coming, As The Studio Moves Under Bethesda’s Umbrella

  22-09-2026 17:45 via gamespot.com
  
  As Xbox continues its reset and lays off nearly 300 staff, the company announced that some of its subsidiaries have been shaken up as well. This includes Obsidian Entertainment, which will now operate under Bethesda Softworks.On September 22, Xbox chief content officer and executive vice president Matt Booty posted on Xbox's website, outlining a new structure that sees the Bethesda business unit now include Obsidian."Bethesda will expand its remit to include Obsidian, which will continue its cur
  
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• Xbox’s Forza Studios Have Been Tag-Teaming For Years. Now They’re Becoming One

  22-09-2026 17:25 via gamespot.com
  
  Big changes are afoot at Microsoft, as the company announced a massive reorganization of its Xbox gaming division. While Activision and Bethesda will expand their remit, adding several studios to their portfolio, Forza series developers Playground and Turn 10 won't be included in the consolidation. Instead, the two developers are joining forces, merging into one developer after years of tag-teaming on games like Forza Horizon and Fable."These two studios have been creative and franchise par
  
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• Bloodborne’s JackSepticEye Says He’s A “Vibe-Checker” For The Movie

  22-09-2026 17:20 via gamespot.com
  
  When the R-rated Bloodborne movie was officially announced with YouTuber Seán McLoughlin AKA JackSepticEye signed on as a producer, many wondered what, exactly, his involvement might be. Now, we have a better idea.
  Appearing on 100 Questions with Tom Simons (via GamesRadar), McLoughlin said you can think of his role as a producer as a "vibe-checker" for the movie. In essence, McLoughlin said that when he's on calls with stakeholders discussing key elements of the "vetting process" and hir
  
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• State Of Decay 3 Lives On, And Is Still Coming To Game Pass

  22-09-2026 17:15 via gamespot.com
  
  In the wake of the latest round of reshuffles and retrenchments, Microsoft has confirmed that State of Decay 3 developer, Undead Labs, has reached an agreement with a new publisher that will keep the game alive.Undead Labs will now continue working on State of Decay 3, with Microsoft confirming that the game will still launch on Xbox Game Pass day-one when its ready. The studio confirmed the news in an announcement of its own, confirming that it is now a completely "independent, employee-owned g
  
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• GTA 6 Is Taking Over Miami, One Airlifted Letter At A Time

  22-09-2026 16:25 via gamespot.com
  
  Ahead of its release in November, the marketing for Grand Theft Auto 6 has begun to take over Miami's Kaseya Center. As part of the campaign, developer Rockstar Games and publisher Take-Two Interactive are decking out the stadium in giant GTA 6 letters that will spell out "Welcome to Vice City" once they're fully installed. It's a big task, and one that requires aerial support, as one chopper has been steadily airlifting them up to their designated spot. Onlookers have been documenting the
  
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• Ninja Theory Now Expected To Close As Deal Falls Apart

  22-09-2026 16:15 via gamespot.com
  
  It's yet another sad day in the games industry as Xbox's continued gutting of its subsidiaries gets worse, with acclaimed action game studio Ninja Theory reportedly headed for the chopping block.Xbox's chief content officer and executive vice president Matt Booty posted on the official Xbox website on September 22 to announce that the Hellblade studio will go forward with the proposed closure."Unfortunately, two separate agreements for Ninja Theory fell through," Booty wrote. "We will now begin
  
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• All The Major Xbox Changes Microsoft Announced Today: Layoffs, Halo Goes To Activision, And Lots More

  22-09-2026 16:14 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft's "reset" of the Xbox business continued today with the announcement of another giant wave of changes and restructuring to help the business become more successful in the future, or at least that's the plan. The major moves included more layoffs, the planned closure of another developer, and a significant shakeup for the Halo franchise, among others.Here's everything we learned:LayoffsTo begin with, Xbox boss Matt Booty said there will be a further 268 layoffs that affect Halo Studios,
  
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• Halo’s Next Game Is Coming From An Unexpected Developer: Activision

  22-09-2026 16:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft has officially announced a major change to its Halo franchise, as Activision will develop the next game in the series with a new, purpose-built team. A small team at Halo Studios will continue to support the Halo community and existing games. The new studio will also exist separately from the group of developers that work on the annual Call of Duty series.Unfortunately, it's bad news for Halo Studios, as Microsoft has confirmed that it will be impacted by a new wave of layoffs that it
  
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• GameStop CEO Just Made A Big Move

  22-09-2026 15:22 via gamespot.com
  
  GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen has executed a gigantic trade, buying more than 1.1 million shares of his own company's stock and spending more than $26.4 million in the process. He now owns more than 40 million shares of the company, according to an SEC filing. He bought the shares at around $23/share.
  Since the purchase was made public in a regulatory filing on September 21, GameStop's shares shot up, rising more than 3%.
  This was just the latest massive share purchase by Cohen, as he bought 1 million
  
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• New Injustice 3 Evidence Suggests It May Bring Back A Character Who Died A Very Injustice Death

  22-09-2026 15:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Just what has NetherRealm Studios been up to since Mortal Kombat 1? All signs currently suggest that Injustice 3 is in development at the Mortal Kombat developer, and to add more fuel to the rumor-fire, a stuntworker's resume has indicated that they worked on the yet-to-be-announced game.As spotted by MP1st, the stuntworker listed "Injustice 3" after performing motion capture sessions for two characters: Supergirl and Batwoman. Those two names make a lot of sense within the Injustice lore,
  
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• Xbox’s Second Wave Of Planned Layoffs Is Reportedly Starting As Studios Face Major Restructuring

  22-09-2026 14:21 via gamespot.com
  The second wave of Xbox layoffs could be imminent, as new reports claim that Microsoft is also looking to further restructure its gaming division by consolidating several of its studios. This would tie into previously announced plans by Xbox boss Asha Sharma to cut 3,200 roles from the division, which started with 1,600 mass layoffs in July.According to The Information--which says that a Microsoft source briefed it on the company's plans--the second wave of 1,600 job cuts will start soon. Prolif
  
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• Minecraft’s Next Update Could Be Its Biggest In 15 Years, And We’ll Find Out This Weekend

  22-09-2026 11:54 via gamespot.com
  
  With the new Minecraft update now live, players have been eagerly looking forward to the next Minecraft Live to learn what comes next for the sandbox game. We now know that the next stream will be this weekend. The Minecraft Live broadcast will begin on September 26, 2026 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 6 PM GMT / 7 PM CEST. It hasn't been communicated how long that broadcast will run for, but we have a tiny hint of an idea around what could be coming next.The Minecraft Live broadcast date was revealed
  
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• Here’s Why A Nightmare On Elm Street Game Hasn’t Happened In Decades

  21-09-2026 21:32 via gamespot.com
  
  With Friday the 13th, Halloween, and other horror franchises getting video game adaptations in recent years, you might wonder when it'll be Freddy Krueger's turn, but according to Illfonic, the team behind those games, the task is harder than you might think. To do it right, one aspect of the films creates a big roadblock."There are plenty of IPs that people are like, 'Why aren't you doing this?' and 'Why aren't you doing that?' As much as I love Elm Street, [those movies are] about these big ov
  
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• Comparing Games Like Halloween To Dead By Daylight Doesn’t Make Sense, Illfonic Says

  21-09-2026 21:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Halloween is the latest in a long line of asymmetrical multiplayer horror games to release over the past decade, and like all the others, it's faced lots of comparisons to Dead by Daylight (DBD), the decade-long leader in the genre. It's an "easy" comparison to draw, Illfonic chief creative officer Jared Gerritzen said, but ultimately it's inherently flawed."It's literally cricket versus baseball. It's so easy to see an image of cricket and say it's exactly like baseball; it's like, really, is i
  
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• Resident Evil Director Reacts To People Who Didn’t Like The Controversial Ending, Says It Was Almost Completely Different

  21-09-2026 20:29 via gamespot.com
  
  The new Resident Evil movie from director Zach Cregger hit theaters on September 18, and it had a scary-good first weekend at the box office. The movie got great reviews but some people didn't like the ending specifically.
  Cregger said in new interviews that he respects that, but doesn't agree--and the ending was almost totally different.
  This story contains major spoilers.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNd1gb19A-c
  The Resident Evil movie ends by revealing that Austin Abrams' character, Bryan,
  
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• Destiny Isn’t Dead After All, Bungie Admits It Lost Sight Of What Players Loved

  21-09-2026 18:36 via gamespot.com
  
  Bungie has admitted that it "lost sight" of what players loved about its games over the past few years, acknowledging that a series of broken promises and shifting promises caused the studio to lose the trust of its community. Now, the Destiny developer promises to refocus on its players, with plans to restore removed Destiny 2 content and evolve Marathon beyond its current extraction-shooter format.In a new video accompanied by a blog post on the Bungie website, Bungie studio head Poria Torkan
  
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• Wolverine Dev Denies Using GenAI After Weird-Looking In-Game Sign Discovered

  21-09-2026 17:42 via gamespot.com
  
  Fans recently discovered an odd-looking bathroom sign in Marvel's Wolverine, prompting people to wonder if developer Insomniac Games used generative AI.According to Insomniac's community and marketing director James Stevenson, that's a bunch of baloney. The reason the bathroom image looks weird is because of a "UV map bug," he said. A fix is now in the works.
  "There are no AI-generated assets in Marvel’s Wolverine," Stevenson said.
  https://twitter.com/JamesStevenson/status/2101048325067751
  
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• Pokemon Is Celebrating Space Week With Cool Merch, And You Just Know Scalpers Will Ruin It

  21-09-2026 17:12 via gamespot.com
  
  World Space Week kicks off on October 4, and if the idea of exploring the infinite horizon of the cosmos doesn't interest you, then maybe a world-famous Pokemon can inspire you to reach for the stars. As part of the event, the European Space Agency is teaming up with The Pokemon Company to shine a light on space exploration, and it'll feature a very special Pikachu. Back in June, French Astronaut Sophie Adenot traveled to outer space and back with a special Pikachu plush to lay the groundwork fo
  
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• Physint Is Biggest-Selling Game Kojima Could Ever Make, He Says

  21-09-2026 16:42 via gamespot.com
  
  Gaming legend Hideo Kojima was recently in the news when it was announced that Sony had dropped his new spy game Physint, with Xbox swooping in to sign it. In the aftermath of the shocking announcement, more information has come to light, including how Kojima thought Physint had major commercial appeal.He told The Washington Post, "This is the biggest selling title I could possibly create." He went on to say, "I didn't think Physint would be on the list of being canceled."Kojima's Physint stars
  
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• We Can Take A Small Bite Of Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Early

  21-09-2026 16:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Konami has revealed that a free demo for Castlevania: Belmont's Curse will become available on October 1. Even better, progress from this early taste of the metroidvania title will carry over to the game's full launch, which is on October 15. The Castlevania: Belmont's Curse demo will offer up the opening chapter, according to Konami. That likely means we see Rose and Trevor Belmont arrive in the burning city of Paris, before being split up. Then it's up to Rose to utilize her sword and mag
  
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• Hideo Kojima Doesn’t Know If Physint Will Be Xbox Exclusive

  21-09-2026 15:56 via gamespot.com
  
  In a big twist, Sony just dropped Hideo Kojima's new spy game Physint, with Xbox swooping in to pick it up. But will Physint be exclusive to Xbox?
  Kojima himself said in a new interview with IGN that he does not know. "That would be a question for Xbox. But I don't know for sure," he said.
  Under former Xbox CEO Phil Spencer's leadership, Microsoft began releasing some of its major games on rival platforms. Even Halo is on PlayStation today.New CEO Asha Sharma has signaled a return to exclusives.
  
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• 007 First Light Dev Says It Had “No Choice” But To Delay The Game’s Switch 2 Edition Again

  21-09-2026 15:17 via gamespot.com
  
  IO Interactive recently delayed the Switch 2 edition of 007 First Light yet again, and now the studio's technical producer, Cristina Vega, has shared more details on why the company had "no choice" but to postpone it a second time.Speaking to Inven Global, Vega said the deal is "disappointing news for fans," but it was a decision "also made for their benefit." The game was originally due to arrive alongside the other versions in May 2026, but IO pushed the game to Summer 2026, and now again to M
  
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• Sony Turned The DualSense Into Live, Laugh, Love For Lisa’s New PS5 Controller

  21-09-2026 15:03 via gamespot.com
  
  Last year, Sony announced that it was partnering with Blackpink member and actor Lisa to promote the PlayStation 5, and that collaboration has resulted in an interesting spin on the PS5 DualSense controller. While previous limited-edition controllers for games like Marvel's Wolverine, Marathon, and GTA 6 have used bold, striking designs to capture eyeballs, the Lisa Limited Edition is something else entirely. See for yourself:While it might look like the Live, Laugh, Love of DualSense contr
  
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