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2026-10-02 9 stories
- When Does WoW Forever Come Out? Release Date and Times, Explained 2 sources
- Krafton shuts down PUBG spin-off Black Budget nine months after closed alpha test 2 sources
- Gears of War: E-Day Early Access Player Count Smashes Steam Record 2 sources
- Valor Mortis Complete FAQ—Release Date & Times, Game Pass, Early Access, Platforms & More
- Three More Particularly Notable Free Demos Have Just Been Added To The Xbox Store
- The WoW: Forever beta's nerf to dungeon XP isn't nearly as bad as it seems
- The upcoming sim about making games is so deep your in-game game can even get cyberleeked
- Gears of War: E-Day reviews are flooding in — Here's what the critics are saying
- Gears of War: E-Day is missing iconic features like chainsaw duels and meat shields, but The Coalition says we shouldn't worry - they're "not gone from the franchise"
2026-10-01 16 stories
- Gears of War E-Day campaign review - turns out you can teach old Cogs new tricks 9 sources
- Talking Point: So, How Are You Liking The Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Demo? 3 sources
- Krafton pulls the plug on another PUBG game, Black Budget, less than a year after it was announced 2 sources
- Feature: Gears of War: E-Day's PC Version Promises New Tech, Huge Scalability and the End of Shader Compilation Stutter 2 sources
- There's something even scarier than Huggy Wuggy in the Playtime toy factory this weekend
- Masters of Albion, Peter Molyneux's final game, just got a huge update and, [vigorous, lips-pursed nodding of approval], suddenly the old god game magic is back
- How To Access March of Giants Playtest—Pioneer Test Schedule, Explained
- Gray Zone Warfare’s 0.5 ‘Rogue Ops’ Update Can Turn You Into a Drug Baron
- Gray Zone Warfare is ‘30% Complete’ As Massive 0.5 Update Approaches
- Gears of War: E-Day system requirements require ray tracing-capable graphics card to play, alongside 115 GB of free space on an SSD
- Gears of War: E-Day multiplayer plans revealed as it launches in early access
- Aion 2's imminent worldwide release could be huge as early access founders' packs outsell major games, and player numbers soar
- Ace Combat 8 developer apologises for Belkan War pre-order backlash, explains why it happened and vows to explore possible solutions
- 8BitDo launch a gorgeous Gears of War E-Day keyboard and mouse
- 'We needed a potentially infinite resource of party members so that we could then kill them:' Entropy dev James Wragg explains how you fit permadeath in a party RPG
- 'Open world fatigue' is one reason indie RPG Entropy is borrowing from the classics: 'PS1, PS2, GameCube games really never outstayed their welcome'
2026-09-30 11 stories
- It's not even out yet, but Valve's Deadlock just became one of the most played games on Steam 4 sources
- AION 2 Global Launch Release Date and Times—Founder’s Pack Explained 2 sources
- WoW: Forever’s New Race Doesn't Fit into World of Warcraft At All
- WoW: Forever Is Keeping More Than 12,500 Items Secret
- Valve says Deadlock is still too unfinished to release publicly, but has hero cosmetics and new game modes in the works
- King’s Minecraft Blast is back in soft launch
- Five New Xbox Games Are Finishing Off The Month, Including A Free-To-Play Shadow Drop (September 30)
- Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves Is Getting A Switch 2 Demo In October
- Analyst Argues Gears of War: E-Day Shouldn't Have Been Cancelled on PS5 After 'Soft' Steam Pre-Orders
- Acclaimed Vampire Survivors-Inspired Survival Game Hits Switch Next Month
- "I always see it kind of like a triangle": The surprising challenge of making the perfectly-sized cave in Satisfactory expansion Core Values
2026-09-29 5 stories
- Deadlock's gigantic new update gives its city a spooky new coat of paint and debuts 6 new heroes, including the one and only Rat King 3 sources
- Controversy erupts around Ace Combat 8 on PC as bundled Belkan War re-release remains problematically attached to the new game, whereas it's standalone on console 2 sources
- What time does Gears of War: E-Day release in your time zone?
- Wardogs early access review
- Wardogs boss talks balance, XP, and why 'the endgame is sh*t' right now
2026-09-28 8 stories
- As World of Warcraft: Forever's beta popularity grows, Blizzard has yet again had to increase the server cap 3 sources
- WoW Forever Beta Player Dies to a Near Perfect Griefing Tactic That I'm Sure Blizzard Will Patch Out
- World of Warcraft: Forever players find black market NPC who sells a 15-day movement speed buff and other rare items that nobody can afford yet
- The soft launch games you need to know about from Supercell, EA, Moon Active, Zynga, more
- Seven Xbox Games Are Out Today, Including Early Access To The Danger Zone (September 28)
- Gears of War: E-Day's install size is huge: These are the best ways to upgrade your Xbox's storage
- Extraction Tower Defense Hybrid ‘Keep Her Safe’ Launches October 12
- Control Resonant Proves Everything Is a Live-Service Game Now