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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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• 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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• 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
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  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 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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• The Next Gears Of War Game Probably Won’t Need 7 Years To Cook

  07-10-2026 17:58 via gamespot.com
  
  After a lengthy hiatus, Gears of War returned this week to Xbox Series X|S and PC with a new adventure set during the cataclysmic events of Emergence Day. For fans of the series, it has been a long wait, as the previous entry in the series, Gears 5, was released all the way back in 2019. Will there be another seven-year stretch between new Gears games? Gears of War: E-Day developer The Coalition doesn't think so, as the new game lays the groundwork for a quicker turnaround for new potential chap
  
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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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