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• Take-Two Defends GTA 6’s $80 Price, Calls It “Phenomenal Value”

  07-08-2026 15:25 via gamespot.com
  
  While most of Take-Two Interactive's games are priced at $70--which became a much more common MSRP for new releases from 2020 onwards--GTA 6 is one of a handful of titles that will retail for $80--a price that the publisher believes is "phenomenal value" for the open-world game.Speaking to investors following the release of Take-Two's quarterly earnings, CEO Strauss Zelnick addressed a query about how the publisher had landed on an $80 price point for GTA 6. Zelnick echoed previous statements ma
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem Producer “Explains” Game’s Title, Confusing Us More

  30-09-2026 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The meaning of Resident Evil Requiem's title appeared to be self-evident when it was released earlier this year. However, Resident Evil producer Jun Takeuchi's explanation for the title from the recently published Biohazard 30th Anniversary Special may be a head-scratcher for even the series' diehard fans."'Requiem' isn't just a title chosen for its meaning of 'requiem,'" said Takeuchivia GamesRadar. "The spelling of Requiem (REQUIEM) contains not only the 'RE (response)' ... but also a 'Q (ques
  
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• The Splinter Cell Remake Is Still Lurking In The Shadows

  30-09-2026 20:41 via gamespot.com
  A remake of the original Splinter Cell game was first announced nearly five years ago, and since then, we've seen exactly zero seconds of the game in action, or even a trailer. However, as we know with Sam Fisher, silence can be deceiving, and it looks like Ubisoft is actively recruiting for several roles on the project.
  Spotted by Insider Gaming, job openings for a few different positions, including level designer and producer, have been posted within the last few months. This isn't necessarily
  
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• Xbox CEO Insists It’s Not For Sale Amid Studio Closures, Layoffs

  30-09-2026 20:11 via gamespot.com
  
  The "Xbox reset" has people wondering whether Microsoft is preparing to exit the video game business, but Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has flatly denied that the gaming division will be put up for sale."Xbox is not for sale," Sharma said to The New York Times. "We will do whatever it takes to set the company up for success, and we will look at the right partnerships, the right operating model, and everything needed to achieve that."Sharma's comments come in the wake of analysts predicting that Microsoft
  
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• You Can Hate The Sonic Movies, But They Help The Games Get Made, Sega Says

  30-09-2026 19:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Sonic has had a rough go at things lately, what with the myriad games that haven't been hitting like they used to. Sega appears to be aware of that and has acknowledged that, although the games have struggled recently, the franchise as a whole is back in the zeitgeist again--and it's all thanks to the live-action movies.In an interview with Automaton at the Tokyo Game Show, series producer Takashi Iizuka spoke about the impact that directorJeff Fowler's three live-action movies have had on repop
  
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• WoW: Forever Is Keeping More Than 12,500 Items Secret

  30-09-2026 19:24 via gamespot.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever is looking to keep its secrets, as over 12,500 items in the game's files have been kept hidden from dataminers.The WoW: Forever beta is currently in full swing, and in addition to new dungeons, abilities, and even a whole new playable race, players are quickly discovering there are tons of new items that will completely change how this old-school version of WoW is played. Whether it's items with far more spellpower at early levels or gear tailored towards professions,
  
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• Yes, Guile’s Street Fighter Movie Theme Goes With Everything

  30-09-2026 18:47 via gamespot.com
  
  The Street Fighter movie is shaping up to be a love letter to Capcom's classic fighting game series, with its goofy action and costumes, but if there's one crucial element it's nailing, it's the franchise's sound. Specifically, Guile's iconic theme, which is legendary for its ability to complement anything in life. How does the movie version match up? It's not straying from what is considered fighting game soundtrack perfection, but it is adding to it with a kickass guitar solo and a few more ci
  
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• Activision Should Hire Former Halo Devs For Next Mainline Game, Former Franchise Director Says

  30-09-2026 17:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Now that development of future Halo games is being handled by Activision Blizzard's hands, some former developers of the series have spoken out to share their thoughts on the shocking but not entirely surprising mix-up. This includes the former franchise creative director, who has provided some salient advice to the Call of Duty publisher.Frank O’Connor has worked on Halo for over 20 years, first working as a writer and community manager before serving as the game's franchise creative dire
  
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• Xbox Disc-To-Digital Program Is Officially Live For Everyone

  30-09-2026 17:10 via gamespot.com
  Following an initial rollout to Xbox Insiders, the Xbox disc-to-digital program is officially available for all Xbox One and Xbox Series X users. The program allows you to receive digital licenses for a whole bunch (but not all) of your physical Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S games, and Microsoft has outlined how it works and a pretty neat trick you can use.
  In order to claim your digital license for a supported Xbox game, all you need to do is put it into an Xbox console while you're signed in. Y
  
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• Ex-PlayStation Boss Has Some Advice For Xbox: “Pick A Lane”

  30-09-2026 15:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Xbox has undergone major changes since a new leadership team took over. Under Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, Microsoft's gaming division has had waves of mass layoffs, parted ways with several studios, and consolidated its remaining developers under Activision, Blizzard, King, and Bethesda. All of this is being done to make Xbox a profitable part of the Microsoft empire and to grow its reach, but former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden has suggested that the company should "pick a lane" and narrow
  
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• This New Riftbound Card Is An Exciting Variant Of A Time-Traveling Legend

  30-09-2026 15:53 via gamespot.com
  
  While it already feels like it's been around forever, October 31 will mark the one-year anniversary of Riftbound, the trading card game based on Riot Games's popular League of Legends franchise, releasing in Western markets. The game has seen four set releases so far, but there's one more on the schedule, Radiance, before we hit that one-year milestone.
  There are many exciting cards being revealed as we get closer to Radiance's October 23 launch, and today, we have an exclusive look at the Overn
  
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• The Witcher 3 Is Having A Record-Breaking Comeback In A Very Busy Gaming Month

  30-09-2026 15:14 via gamespot.com
  
  More than a decade has passed since The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt first launched, and on Steam, the game is doing better than ever. With the launch of The Witcher 3 Remastered, the game has surged up the Steam charts and has reached its best concurrent players level--ever. At the time of writing, the CCU has peaked at 120,975 players, beating the previous January 2020 record of 103,329 players.That older milestone was reached after The Witcher TV series launched on Netflix, but the new numbe
  
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• Steam Is Finally Changing How Games Get Their Big Front-Page Break

  30-09-2026 15:01 via gamespot.com
  
  The front page of Steam has long been a hot commodity for game developers and publishers, but next year, some big changes are coming. Valve has announced that it'll be changing how it handles game discoverability during sales and promotions on Steam, as it'll be moving away from the old model of a tightly controlled page through a manually curated calendar to dynamic, personalized recommendations that'll cater to individual user preferences and their purchase history.His
  
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• The Biggest New Game Releases Of October 2026

  30-09-2026 14:00 via gamespot.com
  
  If you thought September was a big month for new releases, then you ain't seen nothing yet. As the days tick down to the November launch of Grand Theft Auto 6, numerous games are looking to avoid being caught in the blast radius of the year's biggest release, which has led to an absolutely stacked October. Between original releases, sequels, and hot indie games, the next couple of weeks are loaded with options across a wide variety of genres and ideas. You can check out our top picks below, and
  
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• PlayStation Plus Free Games For October 2026 Revealed

  30-09-2026 12:46 via gamespot.com
  
  PlayStation has revealed this month's batch of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers. All PS Plus members will be able to claim a trio of freebies starting October 6--F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896, and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2. If you haven't claimed September's PlayStation Plus free games yet, make sure to do so before next Tuesday.The Formula One games from Codemasters have been an annual treat for racing game fans, and F1 25 is no different. Building on previous releases, the
  
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• Alleged WoW: Forever Survey Teases 11 New Classes, Including Some Deep Cuts

  29-09-2026 21:43 via gamespot.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever's new take on classic Azeroth is opening the door to all kinds of new ideas in the old-school version of Blizzard's MMORPG, and new classes look to be one of them.Blizzard, of course, has added a total of four new classes over the last two decades to the modern version of WoW: Death Knight, Monk, Demon Hunter, and Evoker. But an alleged leaked survey pushed to select WoW players via Blizzard's Battle.net launcher is now asking about potential new classes for WoW: Forev
  
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• GTA 6 Won’t Spoof Disney World, And That’s Too Bad

  29-09-2026 21:24 via gamespot.com
  
  GTA 6 will not include its own spoof on one of Florida's most iconic venues: Walt Disney World. I adore all things Disney, including the parks. But I also appreciate and enjoy Rockstar's penchant for sarcasm and making fun of things. And Disney World? There is a lot to poke fun at. So I am a bit bummed that Walt Disney World--or whatever Rockstar would name its simulacrum--won't appear in GTA 6. Game Informer asked Rockstar if Florida's central region, including Orlando and its tourist dest
  
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• CoD: Modern Warfare 4 Brings Back The Franchise’s Most Chaotic And Divisive Multiplayer Map

  29-09-2026 21:08 via gamespot.com
  
  Activision has confirmed that one of the Call of Duty franchise's most notorious maps, Shipment, is coming back for this year's Modern Warfare 4.After fans spotted it in the newly released trailer for MW4's PC version, the Call of Duty account directly confirmed its return with a dedicated post.
  Shipment, which debuted in 2007's Modern Warfare 4, is a tiny map filled with shipping containers that players can dash through. Due to its small size, players can get wiped out in their spawns easily, a
  
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• WoW: Forever Players Are Up In Arms Over Streamer Not Being Banned For Illegal Gold

  29-09-2026 20:35 via gamespot.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever is opening up old wounds when it comes to Blizzard's actions (or in many players' views, inaction) against bots and real-money gold buying, with a recent incident involving a popular streamer becoming a flashpoint for the MMORPG.WoW Classic streamer Ziqo was recently seen on stream accepting large sums of gold from strangers in the lead up to a $100,000 WoW: Forever beta dueling tournament on October 17. In a clip in which he was traded 380 gold from a level one charac
  
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• Xbox’s New Mythic Achievements Will Show Exactly How Close You Are To 100%

  29-09-2026 19:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Mythic Achievements for Xbox Insiders will officially roll out starting today, and Microsoft has provided more detail on how its new milestone system works. Designed to celebrate the biggest Xbox achievements that a user has unlocked throughout their PC and console history--and similar to PlayStation Platinum Trophies--Mythic Achievements are earned whenever all original achievements for a game have been earned.Microsoft added that achievements added later through DLC or updates aren't
  
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• Majority Of Gears Of War: E-Day Revenue On Xbox Will Be Cannibalized By Game Pass, Analyst Says

  29-09-2026 19:02 via gamespot.com
  
  Gears of War: E-Day is launching into Xbox Game Pass, and because of that, the majority of the game's moneymaking potential will be cannibalized by its inclusion on the service. That's according to Rhys Elliott of Alinea Analytics, who released a report today that covers this, the game's initial sales on Steam, and the possibility of a PlayStation 5 port sometime down the road.According to Elliott, E-Day has surpassed 120,000 copies sold on Steam at this point, generating more than $7 million in
  
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• Want To Dress Up As Bryan From The Resident Evil Movie For Halloween? Here’s How

  29-09-2026 16:27 via gamespot.com
  
  Halloween season is almost upon us, and if you're looking to dress up as the Resident Evil movie's in-over-his-head courier, Bryan (played by Austin Abrams), then here's a checklist of everything you need to pull off the Raccoon City look. Fortunately, Bryan's look is surprisingly easy to pull off, as director Zach Cregger and costume designer Caroline Fahrer settled on an outfit that's grounded in the real world, will keep you warm on a chilly night, and can probably handle a few bites from any
  
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• GTA 5 For Switch Mod Project Shuts Down, Dev Thanks Take-Two For Its “Mercy”

  29-09-2026 15:07 via gamespot.com
  
  The creator of a mod project that sought to bring Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 5 to Switch is closing up shop, apparently at the request of rights owner Take-Two. This action comes in the same month that Rockstar published a new "Mod Guidelines" notice informing people they need to "respect our games" and are not allowed to modify its games to operate on consoles or devices that are not officially supported by Rockstar. GTA 5 was never released on Switch.Paralympics Productions announced (via Gam
  
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• Sony Makes Japanese Players Prove They’re Gamers To Get A PS5 Pro

  29-09-2026 14:05 via gamespot.com
  
  The demand for PlayStation 5 Pro consoles is currently outpacing supply in Japan, due to ongoing memory shortages that have yet to be resolved. Now, Sony is offering Japanese players a unique way to earn their way into a PS5 Pro lottery system, but only if they can demonstrate that they've already been gaming at a certain level.Sony's Japanese PlayStation blog notes that players who want to enter the PS5 Pro lottery must have 60 hours of gameplay time on their PlayStation accounts between Septem
  
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• Marvel’s Wolverine Is Holding Its Own Against PlayStation’s Live-Service Giants

  29-09-2026 13:49 via gamespot.com
  
  Marvel's Wolverine might not be a critical hit, but it's doing surprisingly well commercially. The new superhero adventure from Insomniac Games faced stiff opposition from new releases and established live-service titles at launch, but according to the analytics firm Circana and its engagement tracker, Marvel's Wolverine broke a live-service stranglehold on the PlayStation charts.For the week ending September 19, Marvel's Wolverine ranked seventh on Circana's Top 10 Titles by weekly ac
  
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• Naughty Dog Is Working On Two New The Last Of Us Projects

  29-09-2026 10:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Naughty Dog studio head Neil Druckmann has dropped some tantalizing news for fans of The Last of Us, confirming the studio is currently working on not one, but two new The Last of Us projects. Druckmann also gave an update on Intergalactic, saying Naughty Dog will fully reveal the sci-fi game in 2027.The Last of Us Day is marked on September 26, the day that was the start of the zombie apocalypse in the game's lore, and Naughty Dog celebrated the 2026 event with a charity livestream, fan giveawa
  
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• Activision Keeps Saying All The Right Things About Modern Warfare 4

  28-09-2026 22:22 via gamespot.com
  
  Activision has made a key announcement about how Double XP tokens work in the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, and it sounds like good news.Beginning with MW4, 2XP tokens will only count down when you're actually in a match. Previously, the timer would tick down when you were in a game's menus or searching for a match. That's not ideal for a lot of reasons, obviously.https://twitter.com/CallofDuty/status/2104619925881168010
  If you're anything like me, sometimes you have to get up to let
  
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• WoW: Forever’s Beta Just Keeps Getting Bigger

  28-09-2026 22:19 via gamespot.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever's beta is in full swing, and if its popularity is any indication of how the full launch might go, it's going to be big, as Blizzard has had to increase the beta's population cap multiple times.Forever was Blizzard's big finale during its BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony, a modified version of WoW Classic that keeps the old-school MMORPG's gameplay and world but brings plenty of new changes and content as well. It's something WoW Classic players have asked for years, and
  
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• For The First Time Ever, Sony Skips CES, Which Was Home To One Of PlayStation’s Silliest Announcements

  28-09-2026 22:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony has attended every edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) since it debuted in 1967, but that's ending for the upcoming show in January 2027. This means there won't be any PlayStation news, at least not directly from Sony.The company confirmed to Bloomberg that it's pulling out of the show this year following a strategic evaluation of its approach to "events and communications based on the needs and priorities of our diverse business."
  The company went on to say that today it's putti
  
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• Diablo 4 Season 15 Is Filled To The Brim With Big Secrets, And They Just Keep Coming

  28-09-2026 20:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Diablo 4 Season 15 is stuffed full of secrets years in the making, and despite the season having launched two weeks ago, players keep discovering new ones. Season 15, Hell's Legacy, is a major nostalgia trip for Diablo fans. It adds new dungeons, boss fights, and items from previous Diablo games to Diablo 4, as players team up with Deckard Cain to defeat echoes of the Prime Evils and harness some of their iconic powers.But those references to previous games go far beyond a handful of dungeo
  
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