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WoW: Forever Is Soaring, But Midnight Is Struggling
World of Warcraft: Forever is riding high thanks to its popular beta and upcoming launch, but retail WoW's Midnight expansion feels like it's in a state of crisis by comparison.The two different versions of WoW couldn't be in more different places. Forever seems to be extremely popular, with Blizzard developers commenting how its beta is breaking records. Blizzard itself has also been more communicative regarding Forever than ever before, with weekly podcasts diving into community topics, forum
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25 Years Of Xbox Bundle Includes All These Games For $570
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Xbox this year, Microsoft has launched a "25 Years of Xbox" digital game bundle. It includes 25 games for $570.
That works out to about $23/game, but it's more nuanced than that, as some of the games are bundles themselves. For example, one of the games in the bundle, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, includes Halo 1, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach, and Halo 4. There are Gears of War and Age of Empire bundles, too.Some of the games in the bundle a
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One Popular PC Game Storefront Has Had Enough Of AI Slop, And It’s Taking Action
Indie game storefront Itch.io has announced it removed "a couple terabytes of AI slop" and has begun taking steps to combat the deluge of AI-created games appearing on the platform. "Just because you can upload 10 terabytes of poorly optimized AI-generated models doesn't mean you should upload 10 terabytes of poorly optimized AI-generated models," Itch wrote in a social media post.The platform had already noted that the number of game pages being created per day had doubled from 3,000 to 6,00
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The Elder Scrolls 6 Is Officially Titled Sentinel
Confirming a recent report, Bethesda has confirmed the subtitle of the next Elder Scrolls game as The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel. This was shared as part of a 40-year anniversary video recapping many of Bethesda's highlights over the year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvcfI8RPZYc
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Buying GTA 6 Could Save You $5,000, Or At Least This Guy Thinks So
Self-made millionaire Mark Tilbury has shared some advice for how buying GTA 6 can actually save you $5,000. Just don't take this too seriously.Here's how he arrived at that number: If the game costs $100 (for the Ultimate Edition) and it takes 80 hours to complete, that works out to $1.25/hour of "fun." After adding on side missions and simply exploring GTA 6's map, investing in the game seems like an even better deal at just 50 cents of fun per hour.
If you play for four hours every evening, t
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South Of Midnight Director Says He Would Not Have Funded The Game
Xbox funded and published 2025's South of Midnight, a highly acclaimed action-adventure game set in the American Deep South. The game's creative director, David Sears, said he believes South of Midnight is a "generational" game that he hopes people discover and play for a long time and one that he thought would help elevate the "prestige" of Xbox.
At the same time, Sears said he wasn't sure Microsoft's spending spree under the previous leaders Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond--which is how Sears' stu
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Remedy’s Big Bet On Control Resonant Appears To Be Paying Off
Following the September release of Control Resonant, business is boomin' for developer Remedy Entertainment. The studio reported that its third-quarter revenue surged 226% to €39.6 million / $44.3 million after the game's release, following the financial review period on October 15, a feat CEO Jean-Charles Gaudechon called "a defining milestone" for Remedy.In terms of operating profit, Remedy said it made €0.6 million / $670,794, and while that may not sound like much, it's still better th
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Borderlands Franchise Hits 100 Million Sales As Gearbox Hints At What’s Next
The Borderlands franchise has reached a new sales milestone, as developer Gearbox Software announced that Borderlands 4 had pushed the series over the 100 million units sold mark. Celebrating the achievement, the studio also took time to reveal what's next for Borderlands 4 as it enters its second year, as well as plans it's busy cooking up for the IP."We just wrapped our Year 1 roadmap, and the team is cooking hard on more Borderlands 4 content for next year," Gearbox wrote in a blog post, addi
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GOG Wants To Bring Back Physical PC Games, But There’s A Catch
While PlayStation 5 console owners are preparing for a discless future, PC gamers have been living in all-digital world for decades now. The advent of Steam and cheaper broadband internet helped end physical PC game sales in the early 2000s, but GOG is dreaming up a future where these games can thrive once again--if it can get past a few obstacles that stand in its way.Speaking to GamesRadar, Marcin Paczynski, GOG's senior business development and partnerships manager, laid out a dream scenario
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Former Xbox Exec Shares Her Side Of The Story After Mysterious Depature
Helen Chiang, the veteran Xbox staffer who got promoted in July and left the company amid mysterious circumstances just recently, has shared her side of the story--but her response doesn't close the book on this saga.In a LinkedIn post titled "Clarity is Kindess," which itself is a reference to her former boss (and Xbox CEO) Asha Sharma's much-ridiculed and cringey mantra, said it's "not accurate" that she was "fired for a policy violation" as multiple reports said.Chiang said she will not "turn
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When Is Resident Evil Coming To Home Video? It Could Be Very Soon
Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie crushed it at the box office, banking more than $400 million globally to become the most successful entry in the series ever. When will the film be available to watch at home, though?
According to Fandango, the home video release is set for November 3. That's apparently when people can buy the movie outright or rent it digitally, with a physical edition for Blu-ray coming at some point later. It will also presumably come to streaming at some point, and it shoul
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Phantom Blade Zero Put Up Some Massive Sales Numbers
Developer S-Game's action-RPG Phantom Blade Zero launched on October 29 and had a massive start across PC and PS5.
The game sold more than 4 million copies over its first 72 hours. That works out to 926 units sold per minute or about 15.4 per second over the first three days.
"Thank you everyone from the bottom of our hearts for all the love and support," the studio said in a social media post.
https://twitter.com/pbzero_official/status/2117074929594298758
The 4 million figure counts copies sold
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Xbox Game Pass Has A Busy November Ahead With Several Day-One Launches
The start of the month is a good time to be an Xbox Game Pass subscriber, as that's when Microsoft reveals the next batch of games coming to the service. November is frontloaded with new game releases before November 19--we can't imagine why--and several of them are day-one releases. Once more games are revealed, we'll update this post.A few games have already been revealed for November, and usually, the first wave is the biggest one for Game Pass. Kicking things off is the online horror co-op g
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GTA 6 Buying Guide: Get Ready For Sticker Shock
Rockstar's GTA 6 finally releases on November 19, and if you're looking to play the game, you'll also need a console--and those are more expensive than ever. Here's a quick buying guide to help you understand what you need and how much the items will cost. A consoleFirst, you'll need a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S console. The least expensive option for buying a new system outright is the Xbox Series S, which costs $500. Unfortunately, that's $200 more expensive than the system cost at laun
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Claude Code Just Got A New Rule: Stop Copying Other People’s Games
AI clones and vibe-coded copycat games have become a huge headache for developers recently, but it looks like an update to Anthropic's Claude Code's "rules" has been pushed out. Listed under "tengu_heron_brook," the tweak to the AI now directs it not to copy games and assets, and users cannot disable this setting.Spotted by Chasm on X (via Game Developer), the full rule reads, "Do build original games, games in a genre, and games from the user’s own designs and assets. Don't build a recreat
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Doom Dev Says “We’re Doing Great” After Half The Studio Was Just Laid Off
Doom developer id Software was among the numerous Microsoft-owned game studios that cut staff recently as part of the big Xbox "reset." What's the vibe like internally at the studio in the wake of that? Studio co-director Marty Stratton said in a recent interview, "We're doing great."He said he wasn't trying to "handwave" the layoffs, and isn't shying away from acknowledging that "half of our studio" was laid off, IGN reported. Stratton said the layoffs were part of a "deliberate effort" to ensu
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We Finally Know Who Made The Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake
Fans have speculated on which studio is leading the development of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake since it was first announced, and a new Ask the Developer feature from Nintendo appears to give us the answer.The interviewees in Nintendo's online feature include longtime Zelda producerEiji Aonuma and several members of Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development (EPD) Production Group No. 3, which is the team behind the mainline Zelda games. In other words, the usual Zelda peop
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Gears Of War: E-Day’s Apparent $500 Million Budget May Not Tell The Full Story – Report
How much does a true console exclusive cost to make today? If recent reports are to be believed, Gears of War: E-Day had a production cost $500 million, but there's more to that figure than just a single game.That's according to Windows Central writer Jez Corden, who says he spoke with multiple sources familiar with the story behind the half-billion dollars paid over several years to The Coalition while it was working on Gears of War: E-Day. The studio emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic as a Swi
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Resident Evil Director Reacts To Backlash: “I Should Have Known Better”
Resident Evil is a huge success at the box office, recently surpassing $400 million globally. It's also received fantastic review scores. But hardcore fans of the game series took issue with the film and its direction because it did not contain any storylines or characters from the source material. Director Zach Cregger never intended to, instead opting for his own original story that is set in the world of Resident Evil. Now, Cregger has spoken more about the fallout, saying he became "frustrat
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Dave Bautista Is Looking More Like Kratos After Packing On 20 Pounds Of Muscle
With filming set to resume soon on Prime Video's God of War series, 55-year-old actor Dave Bautista revealed in an Instagram Story that he's packed on a beefy 20 pounds of muscle for the role of Kratos, bringing his weight to 250 pounds. While it's not the first time Bautista has bulked up for a role, he'd noticeably slimmed down in recent months, and he'd previously said he needed two months to get ready to play Kratos on TV.While 250 pounds is an impressive weight, it's not the heaviest that
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Xbox Game Pass Is Losing 14 Games In November
It's the start of a new month, which means new additions and departures on Xbox Game Pass. To kick off November, 14 games are being removed from the Game Pass library soon, including several simulators, one longrunning Dragon Ball game, and one of the greatest James Bond adventures of all time--at least until that upstart 007 First Light popped up earlier this year.Simulator fans can say goodbye to Football Manager 26, Firefighting Simulator, Pigeon Simulator, and Police Simulator this month. Be
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Gang Of Dragon Won’t Be The First Game From Nagoshi Studio. It Won’t Be Any Game At All
Nagoshi Studio, the studio formed by Yakuza creator Toshiro Nagoshi at NetEase, has been shut down before it even released its first game. According to Gematsu, shareholders officially dissolved the developer on October 31 via a resolution later published in the Japanese government gazette Kanpo.Under Nagoshi, the studio worked on Gang of Dragon, a new game that looked similar to the veteran developer's work on Sega's Yakuza and Like a Dragon series at Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. Work on the game con
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EA Just Shelved A Mysterious Sims Project—That Could Be Good News For Players
It's been another rough year for video games, with countless studio closures, staff layoffs, and projects that barely managed to even get off the ground before they were unceremoniously cut short. But things are feeling especially grim after EA trotted out two beloved franchises--Mass Effect and Dragon Age--for what amounted to a public execution via the announcement that BioWare has been shuttered. This was especially painful for Mass Effect players, who were looking forward to the upcoming Ma
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CoD: Modern Warfare To Cut Real-Life Korean Tragedy Segment After Backlash
Publisher Activision has responded to criticism over using a devastating tragedy in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, saying that the incident will be removed from the military shooter in a November 12 update.The Seoul Halloween crowd crush occurred in October 2022 in Itaewon. Approximately 100,000 people gathered in a narrow alleyway in Seoul, resulting in 160 casualties as people were suffocated. This year marks the fourth anniversary of the tragedy, with bereaved families and community organize
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Phantom Blade Zero’s Lead Voice Actor Was Seemingly Replaced At The Last Minute
There's a new voice behind the protagonist of Soul in Phantom Blade Zero, and it's none other than Sonic the Hedgehog--or his longtime voice actor, Roger Craig Smith, to be precise.As spotted by Game Informer, Smith has stepped in to replace Jay Maksenuk (V in Once Human). You can still hear the latter in the various trailers for Phantom Blade Zero, and developer S-Game hasn't revealed why they brought Smith on as a last-minute replacement. Both actors have several video game credits, and as Ga
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New Assassin’s Creed Game Is Out Now, If You Don’t Mind Being Board
If you thought there wasn't going to be a new Assassin's Creed game this year, think again. It's not a video game, but Assassin's Creed: Animus is out today, turning the series into an adventure-style board game for 1-4 players.
A competitive game that pits players against each other as they explore distinct eras from the video games, Assassin's Creed: Animus features four protagonists to choose from in its standard edition: Eivor, Ezio, Altair, and Connor. The Collector's Edition, meanwhile, ex
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EA Reportedly Chose An Unannounced Star Wars Game Over BioWare’s Next Mass Effect
EA recently announced it was shutting down BioWare, ending a studio responsible for multiple hit games over 30 years. According to a new report, EA's decision was driven by economics, as it had to choose between funding a new Mass Effect and backing the safer bet, Star Wars: Battlefront 3.Bloomberg's Jason Schreier reported that EA had to choose between two costly projects, and with the added pressure of paying off $18 billion in leveraged debt after its sale to a business consortium and Saudi
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GTA 6’s Attention To Detail Is Getting A Little Ridiculous
Only a few more weeks remain before Grand Theft Auto 6 launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and while Rockstar Games recently lifted the lid on its big open-world sequel, that's still not enough. There's definitely value in approaching a game with as little knowledge as possible so that you can enjoy any potential surprises, but we're not those people.
Instead, senior video producer Jake Dekker decided to grab a folder of high-resolution GTA 6 screenshots--a whole 99 of them, not including the p
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Don’t Expect Destiny 3 At The Game Awards, Bungie Says
Destiny's future lies in its past, as Bungie is working to bring content from the infamous Destiny vault back to the game. Big plans are in place to rework fan-favorite campaigns like the Red War and Forsaken back into Destiny 2, and while that content won't be out for quite a while, Bungie has also detailed what you should not expect from the studio as the year winds down. Long story short: Don't expect to see Destiny 3 teased at The Game Awards."Knowing we are early in incubating our future a
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Patrick Stewart Dies At 86
Beloved actor Patrick Stewart has died at the age of 86. The veteran of stage and screen was best known for his many years as Star Trek's Jean-Luc Picard and X-Men's Charles Xavier, though he also had notable roles in video games, including The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.This story is developing...
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