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2026-09-23 4 stories

• Xbox lays off Gears of War: E-Day's story director barely two weeks before the game's launch 2 sources
• WoW Forever Is Not Built for Retail Players, Dev Says 2 sources
• YouTube Announces A/B Testing For Videos
• World of Warcraft: Forever's first patch will bring back the number one thing seasoned players missed from the MMO's past: storms

2026-09-22 24 stories

• Report: Activision Takes Over Halo, Sea of Thieves, Age of Empires as More Huge Layoffs Hit Xbox Studios 61 sources
• State Of Decay 3 Lives On, And Is Still Coming To Game Pass 5 sources
• Bungie says it's "not done with Destiny", aims to earn back player trust by restoring archived Destiny 2 content 4 sources
• Another Injustice 3 leak reveals two characters in the rumoured DC fighting game - one that's expected and one that's a big surprise 3 sources
• The Blood of Dawnwalker is Receiving a Big Update Next Month 2 sources
• State of Decay Developer Undead Labs Responds to 'Significant' Layoffs Following Independence from Xbox 2 sources
• GTA 6 Is Taking Over Miami, One Airlifted Letter At A Time 2 sources
• Why Blizzard vet Rob Pardo is going all-in on Arkheron, the PvP dungeon crawler that's like dark-fantasy Backrooms: 'It's very much been an odyssey'
• What the hell are you guys doing?
• The mythology of Gabe Newell now includes Mongolian throat singing
• Rumour: Next Halo Game Will Be a New 'Mainline Instalment', Casting Doubt on More Remakes
• Netflix Officially Announces Next 'KPop Demon Hunters' Project
• League Classic to Add Aatrox, Caitlyn, Irelia, Karma, and Quinn
• IO Interactive "had no choice" but to delay Switch 2 launch of 007 First Light for a third time
• Hipster Whale could revive or reimagine a range of retro classics after Atari acquisition
• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Dev 'Considering' Customisation Options for Game's Huge Amount of 'On-Screen Guidance'
• Escape From Tarkov dev wants to bet on 'risky' games with its new publishing arm
• Dragon's Dogma 2 Dev Says There's a 'Significant Gap' in What Western and Eastern Players Want
• Blizzard layoffs are reportedly imminent, days after an exciting BlizzCon and a seemingly popular World of Warcraft: Forever beta
• Blizzard layoffs are reportedly imminent, days after an exciting BlizzCon and a seemingly popular World of Warcraft: Forever beta
• Arc Raiders Is Finally Getting More Endgame Content
• All Songs in Stage Tour—Every Song, Artist & Full Setlist
• 'Pokémon' Leak Teases A Totally New Frontier For The Series
• 'Coyote vs. Acme' Officially Gets Streaming Release Date

2026-09-21 22 stories

• Bungie is freeing vaulted Destiny 2 campaigns after Marathon "did not reach as many players as we had hoped" 14 sources
• Hideo Kojima doesn't know if Physint will be released on PS5, and he hasn't decided if it's going to use Sony's Decima game engine 11 sources
• Weeks before GTA 6, Rockstar Games imposes new guidelines that restrict mods for missions, maps, updated storylines, and third-party IP 5 sources
• Dead Cells studio's Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is getting a demo in time for the spooky season 3 sources
• Marvel's Wolverine "fart gas" scent trails addressed by a surprise update 2 sources
• Daredevil: Born Again Will Reportedly End With Season 3, Showrunner Departs Amidst Post-Production 2 sources
• World of Warcraft: Forever players competing over enemies is 'extremely important' to the experience, Blizzard says: 'This is one of those things that we simply must hold the line on'
• Wolverine Dev Denies Using GenAI After Weird-Looking In-Game Sign Discovered
• Vita Mahjong, Amaze Go and Meowdoku maker Oakever Games fights cloning accusations
• Virtue and a Sledgehammer will begin battering down the walls and android ghosts of a hometown filled with emotional memories this October
• The Blood of Dawnwalker cost less than expected to make - it's more of a double-A game than a triple-A blockbuster
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day Story Changed Repeatedly as Sony Launched Those Terrible Villain Spinoff Films
• Rockstar Games Email GTA 6 Actors To Say They’re Still Under NDA, It’s Claimed
• Poll: Which Gears Of War Launch Trailer Is Your Favourite?
• Life-Sim MMO ‘Loftia’ Enters Early Access on November 3rd
• Injustice 3 ‘Leak’ Reveals Two Characters, One of Which is a Newcomer
• Huge 30GB Update Prepares Ghost of Yotei for DLC, Some Features Already Live Now
• Game of Thrones Actor Addresses Marvel's Midnight Sons Movie Rumors
• FF7 Revelation Will Fix One of Rebirth’s Worst Features
• Double Fine's New Game Project Raises Half a Million Before Hitting Controversy
• Comparing Games Like Halloween To Dead By Daylight Doesn’t Make Sense, Illfonic Says
• Blizzard warns World of Warcraft: Forever players it will 'very aggressively' punish anyone who buys gold with real money