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• Zero Parades: Director’s Cut Revealed And PS5 Edition Release Date Announced

  16-09-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Following the release of Zero Parades in May, developer ZA/UM Studio has announced a Director's Cut version, and it's coming soon as a free update for everyone, while the game's console edition is launching in November.The Director's Cut will release on October 1, while the PS4 version will release on November 3. The game has not been confirmed for Xbox or Switch, however.Coming soon.Representing the end of post-launch support on PC, the Director's Cut is free for all existing owners of Zero Par
  
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• Game’s Price Is Lower Because This Fall Is So Packed, Dev Admits

  17-09-2026 16:23 via gamespot.com
  
  October is going to be a tough month for anyone on a budget, as a ton of big games are coming up. Sandwiched between an already-packed September and the November release of GTA 6, how does any game stand out from the pack? In the case of Valor Mortis, a launch price of $40--and day-one availability via Xbox Game Pass--might be a winning combination to help it shift units."We've had many discussions over the past year about the price of Valor Mortis," developer One More Level and publisher Lyrica
  
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• GTA Is Like Barbie, Take-Two Boss Says

  17-09-2026 15:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6 is one of the most-anticipated game releases ever, and despite the enormous hype, Rockstar and owner Take-Two are going to market the game aggressively. Why does the game even need a marketing push? According to Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick, just because a franchise is popular and well known, that doesn't mean the company behind it can take their foot off the pedal in terms of spending time and money on marketing.Zelnick said 2023's The Barbie Movie is a good examp
  
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• Physint Release Date-Estimate, Gameplay, And Everything We Know

  17-09-2026 15:33 via gamespot.com
  
  After touring the wastelands of extinction-level events in Death Stranding, what's next for Hideo Kojima? The veteran game designer is keeping busy with two projects that Xbox will publish, and one of them is a return to his roots of tactics, espionage, and action: Physint. Still years away, Physint is already building buzz ahead of its eventual release, with new details slowly trickling out as development continues. First revealed during the PlayStation State of Play January 2024 showcase, here
  
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• MS Flight Sim Adds New Plane That Costs More Than The Game, And It Includes “Waste” Simulation

  17-09-2026 15:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft has announced the next DLC for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, and it's a plane that costs more than the game itself.The Airbus A380 is now in the game, and you can get it for $74.50. For comparison, the game itself costs $70.It is a digital version of the "superjumbo," four-engine, wide-body airliner made by Airbus. For people who aren't up to date with this kind of the thing, the A380 is the world's biggest commercial passenger plane, with 10 airlines operating them, including Emira
  
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• GTA 6 The Album Gets A Physical Release, Even Though The Game Won’t

  17-09-2026 14:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar Games has officially announced Grand Theft Auto 6: The Album. The 34-song collection includes original music from people like Keith Richards, Yung Lean, Morgan Wallen, Rauw Alejandro, and more. Rockstar is releasing the album in partnership with Atlantic Records.In addition to a lot of brand-new songs, GTA 6 will feature famous licensed music as well. Check out GameSpot's rundown of all the songs rumored and confirmed for the game so far.The soundtrack releases on November 19 alongside
  
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• Hideo Kojima’s Physint Casts Bill Skarsgard As Its Lead

  17-09-2026 12:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Bill Skarsgard has been cast in the lead role of Hideo Kojima's upcoming action-espionage game, Physint, Kojima Productions has announced. The project is being developed in partnership with Xbox after PlayStation stepped away from the game earlier this year.Known for his roles in It, John Wick, and Boy Kills World, Skarsgard will take the role of the player character in the game alongside previously announced cast members including Charlee Fraser, Don Lee, and Minami Hamabe.
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• Kingdom Hearts Has Invaded Fortnite, And There’s A Lot To Collect

  17-09-2026 12:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Kingdom Hearts has officially landed in Fortnite, and as expected, the update has brought plenty of cosmetics and weapons to the game. The content includes the Kingdom Key, a weapon Epic says can be used to clobber opponents and call down a shocking bolt of lightning when you need to clear the battlefield. If you're running low on health and shields, you can also grab a Sea Salt Ice Cream to top them up for the battles that lie ahead.But once you're underneath the heart-shaped moon on the o
  
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• Xbox At Tokyo Game Show 2026: All The Biggest Announcements And Trailers

  17-09-2026 11:45 via gamespot.com
  
  The Tokyo Game Show kicked off this week, and Xbox is celebrating its presence with a new broadcast dedicated to showing off what its Japanese partners are up to. The Japanese market has been a tough nut to crack for Microsoft--especially with Sony and Nintendo enjoying a home-field advantage--but Xbox has had a presence there for the last 20 years.Hosted by Misuzu Araki, this year’s Xbox TGS broadcast will offer exclusive content and new gameplay. It's also taking place at
  
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• Metroid Ravenous Logo Memes Make Phrases Like “Girl Dinner” And “They Took My Ass” Look So Metal

  16-09-2026 21:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Hype emanating from the reveal of Metroid Ravenous has translated into an onslaught of memes after a logo generator circulated online. If you're on Reddit or Bluesky, you may have seen the instantly iconic image of Samus Aran aggressively pinning down a mysterious enemy for consumption, but now accompanied by stupid text like "I ASKED FOR NO PICKLES" in the Metroid Ravenous font.The Pixelframe Design website unveiled a tool that lets anyone input any text and style it to look like the grainy and
  
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• Resident Evil Director Was In Horrible Pain Making The Movie

  16-09-2026 21:15 via gamespot.com
  
  Resident Evil director Zach Cregger has revealed he was going through hell while making the movie, which is about a man going through hell.
  He told The Hollywood Reporter that he had pneumonia for the first half of filming on Resident Evil. For the second half of production, he had Campylobacter jejuni. This causes diarrhea, and man, that sucks for anyone, but especially if you're trying to film a big-budget, highly anticipated film based on a property with legions of fans and great expectations
  
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• Resident Evil Is Now The Highest-Rated Gaming Movie Ever

  16-09-2026 20:44 via gamespot.com
  
  The Resident Evil movie from Weapons and Barbarian director Zach Cregger releases in theaters on September 18. Reviews from critics went live today, and the movie is earning high scores. GameSpot's Resident Evil review scored it an 8 and said it successfully captures the breathless terror of the games.In fact, it's now the highest-rated video game movie ever. It boasts a mightily impressive 96% on Rotten Tomatoes from 71 reviews and an equally impressive 80 on GameSpot sister site Metacritic. Ac
  
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• Lego Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight Gives Harley Quinn An Arkham Asylum Makeover

  16-09-2026 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight was a fun tribute to the Caped Crusader when it launched earlier this year, but if you're tired of saving Gotham, you can embrace chaos with two of the city's greatest villains: Harley Quinn and the Joker. The duo are headlining the game's Mayhem Collection expansion, and just like Batman, they're dressing in style with multiple outfits that you can unlock during their caper. GameSpot can exclusively reveal one of them: a classic costume for Harley Quinn, p
  
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• Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave’s Fantastic Reviews Have Me Feeling FOMO

  16-09-2026 18:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Here we go again: A new Fire Emblem game is garnering glowing reviews, and I'm thinking this could be the one that finally clicks with me. Launching tomorrow on Switch 2, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave sits at a fantastic 89 metascore (at the time of publication) on GameSpot's sister site Metacritic. That's good enough to place it No. 13 currently on Metacritic's list for best games of 2026. In addition, GameSpot's Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave review says this is "the new high point to beat f
  
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• Call Of Duty: Black Ops Dev Teases “Something That Nobody’s Ever Experienced Before”

  16-09-2026 18:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Veteran Call of Duty developer Treyarch is finishing up its work on Black Ops 7 and shifting to its next project, but what will that be? That remains to be seen, but Treyarch design director Kevin Drew said in a new Dev Talk video that it might not be what you expect.Drew said Treyarch has "learned a lot" working on 2024's Black Ops 6 and 2025's Black Ops 7 and "tried a lot of things in our current era."
  "But we're ready to make something new and something that nobody's ever experienced before,"
  
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• Fable Being “Vital To The DNA” Of Xbox Helped Shield The Game From Hardship, Director Says

  16-09-2026 17:43 via gamespot.com
  
  The Fable reboot in development at Playground Games has been in the works for a long, long time, and part of what's "protected" the game during the lengthy development cycle was that the franchise is so closely associated with Xbox. That's according to Fable game director Ralph Fulton, who told The Guardian, "I genuinely think Fable is an important game."
  "What has protected us over a long development cycle is that so many people within Xbox view Fable as vital to the DNA of the platform,”
  
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• Bloodborne May Not Be Getting A Sequel Or Remaster, But How About An Umbrella?

  16-09-2026 17:11 via gamespot.com
  
  It never rains, but it does pour for Bloodborne fans holding out hope for some news on From Software's beloved game. Fortunately, you can take some shelter from that storm of disappointment with an official Bloodborne umbrella, and a few items for anyone wanting some souls-like couture in their wardrobe.Announced by the SuperGroupies fashion label, the Bloodborne collection includes an umbrella, necktie & tie clip set, card holder, laptop sleeve, and book cover. The "Chil
  
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• Resident Evil Director On Who Should Play Lady Dimitrescu In A Resident Evil Village Movie

  16-09-2026 16:28 via gamespot.com
  
  Director Zach Cregger's latest movie, Resident Evil, hits theaters this week, but if there were to be a movie based on Resident Evil Village, who should play the game's popular Lady Dimitrescu character?That's the question that Pedestrian TV put to Cregger recently. He said his choice would be Christina Hendricks. "That feels about right to me," he explained.Lady Dimitrescu, a tall vampire woman, was one of the most popular characters in Village. She was based on Morticia Addams and other wicked
  
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• Blizzard Boss On Why Diablo Is Becoming A TV Show And How Involved The Studio Will Be

  16-09-2026 15:49 via gamespot.com
  
  At BlizzCon, Blizzard announced a partnership with Netflix for an animated Diablo TV show. The announcement caught some by surprise, but Blizzard president Johanna Faries said in an interview that it makes sense for the studio because many people simply don't have the time to invest meaningfully in Blizzard's games, but still might watch a Diablo TV show.“We have so much fandom around Blizzard that doesn’t always necessarily translate into hardcore gaming time,” she told The Lo
  
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• Why Blizzard Stopped Protecting The Overwatch Formula To Save The Game

  16-09-2026 15:16 via gamespot.com
  
  After a successful rebrand earlier this year, the mood around Overwatch has been far more positive recently. Speaking to GameSpot at BlizzCon, associate game director Alec Dawson attributed the recent success to ditching the fear of changing core systems--such as the introduction of a Perk system that fundamentally alters hero capabilities--embarking on a year-long narrative, and actively working to break player expectations."Being able to continue to surprise people is really important," D
  
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• This Is How Blizzard Is Reducing Toxicity In Overwatch

  16-09-2026 13:22 via gamespot.com
  
  For years, Overwatch had an infamous player toxicity problem. A few years after its successful 2016 debut, the problem became especially bad whenever a new hero was added to the game, and that was an issue Blizzard wanted to solve. How did it do that? By simultaneously dropping five heroes into the game earlier this year, as part of Overwatch 2's rebuild.
  Alongside the game's first year-long story arc, The Reign of Talon, this gamble paid off when Blizzard discovered that toxicity within th
  
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• New PS5 Update Is Out Now, And Sony Actually Added Some New Features

  16-09-2026 12:11 via gamespot.com
  
  A new PS5 firmware update has arrived, and it's upgrading the console with more than just extra stability. Firmware update version 26.06-14.00.00 offers a new tweak for the PS5 Pro console, voice chat improvements, and tweaks to longstanding features. Here's a breakdown of everything.For PS5 Pro owners, the update will now see the option for enhanced PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) turned on by default. When this is active, it will allow games to run with sharper, smo
  
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• Microsoft Reacts To Xbox Game Pass Rumor That Could Change The Service In A Big Way

  15-09-2026 21:46 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft has released a statement in response to a new rumor that claims the company is considering a massive shakeup to Xbox Game Pass in 2027 that would include numerous significant changes.
  ResetEra user Slayven, who has accurately reported on unannounced Xbox news before, said the changes could include the bifurcation of Game Pass into two tiers: one with ads and one without. The tier with ads would be $13/month, while Game Pass without ads would cost $20/month, according to the report.Xbox
  
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• James Pond Legacy Situation Is More Than Meets The AI

  15-09-2026 20:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Last month, System 3 Software released a trailer for James Pond Legacy, a four-game collection for Nintendo Switch 2. But the gameplay footage was largely overshadowed by accusations its developer used generative AI to create the game's promotional artwork and cover. System 3 followed this trailer up with a blog post asserting that generative AI was not used in the development process for James Pond Legacy, but some wires were evidently crossed. 
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• The Last Of Us Season 3 Is Probably The Final Season, HBO Says Yet Again

  15-09-2026 20:07 via gamespot.com
  
  HBO boss Casey Bloys has once again said that the upcoming third season of The Last of Us is expected to be its last.He told Deadline that Season 3 is coming in 2027, though did not confirm when in the year. Asked if he still think it's the final season, Bloys said he believes showrunner Craig Mazin "has planned it as the final season."In January this year, Bloys was asked if Season 3 is going to be the last, and he said, "It certainly seems that way." However, at the time, Bloys admitted that a
  
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• Xbox Game Pass Removes 8 More Games Very Soon

  15-09-2026 18:24 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft has announced the second wave of removals from Xbox Game Pass thismonth, and eight more games are heading out soon.Earlier this month, Microsoft removed 10 games from Game Pass, so a total of 18 games are being removed this month alone.Titles set for removal on September 30 include Atomfall, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Sifu, and Little Nightmares 2 Enhanced Edition. Other games getting dumped include SOPA Tale of the Stolen Potato, Sworn, Little Rocket Lab, and Terminull Brig
  
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• Xbox Game Pass Gets 12 More Games In September

  15-09-2026 18:19 via gamespot.com
  
  The second wave of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in September has been revealed, and we've also gotten a sneak peek at what's coming in early October. In total, there'll be 12 games headed to Xbox and PC Game Pass libraries, joining September's wave of new arrivals. Here's a closer look at what you can download soon.Xbox Game Pass September Wave 2 GamesSeptember 15RuneScape: Dragonwilds (Cloud and PC), Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game PassSeptember 16Marvel Cosmic Invasi
  
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• PlayStation Plus Is Removing 7 Games Soon, So Play Them While You Can

  15-09-2026 17:58 via gamespot.com
  
  A fresh batch of games are coming to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for Extra- and Premium-tier subscribers, but several games are also on their way out. While we don't have an exact date for their exit just yet, there'll be seven games in total leaving soon, so you only have a few weeks left to play one of the best survival-horrors of all time and a melodramatic gangland adventure where you can hit people really hard on the head with a baseball bat.PlayStation Plus Game Catalog games leaving
  
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• Big GTA 6 News Could Be Coming Up Soon

  15-09-2026 17:58 via gamespot.com
  
  It appears some GTA 6 news is coming up soon, and it could be focused on the game's music. A variety of musicians have released GTA-inspired teasers, and people are theorizing it's tied to some kind of music reveal for the game.
  Country pop singer Morgan Wallen released an image showing GTA-inspired visuals of a pool with no water in it. Rapper Travis Scott, meanwhile, shared his own GTA-inspired image of high heels on a pole. He wrote, "See yall soon," and tagged Rockstar Games in his post. Bef
  
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• GTA 6’s Stephen Root Is The Franchise’s Second-Ever Emmy Winning Actor

  15-09-2026 16:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Actor Stephen Root recently confirmed that he will appear in GTA 6, after people correctly identified him as the voice of the drug-runner Brian Heder. He confirmed this on September 13, and on September 14, Root won his first-ever Emmy award for his incredible performance on the show Widow's Bay.
  In winning an Emmy, Root becomes just the second-ever Emmy-winning actor to appear in a GTA game. The first? That was James Woods, who voiced Mike Toreno in 2004's GTA: San Andreas.
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