Gaming News
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Sucker Punch Layoffs Show Even Hit Games Face Pressure
A successful game can sell millions of copies, earn strong reviews and become one of a platform’s biggest releases. Yet, for the people who made it, that success does not necessarily mean their jobs are secure. Sucker Punch Productions, the Sony-owned studio behind Ghost of Tsushima and Ghost of Yōtei, has reportedly laid off 24…
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Nintendo Launches New Parents Guide as Gaming Research Shifts
Gaming can be easy to see and surprisingly difficult to understand. A child might spend an hour playing a game, but a parent looking over their shoulder may not know who they are talking to, why they are spending time in that particular world, what the different ratings mean, or what happens when the game…
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PEAK Crossplay Guide: How to Play With Friends on PC & PS5
PEAK is a lot more fun when everyone is climbing together. It is also a lot easier to plan a mountain expedition when your friends are actually on the same platform. Fortunately, that is no longer necessary. With the arrival of PEAK on consoles, crossplay is now live. PC players can climb with friends on…
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Palworld Side by Side Update Announced for Winter 2026
Palworld has another major update on the horizon, but Pocketpair is keeping the reveal unusually quiet. On October 20, 2026, the developer announced Palworld: Side by Side, the next major update for the open-world survival game. It is scheduled to arrive in Winter 2026, but Pocketpair has not revealed an exact release date or provided…
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Pool of Radiance Returns: Classic D&D RPG Gets Modern Re-Release
Some PC games disappear because players stop talking about them. Others disappear because getting them running on a modern computer becomes harder than actually playing them. Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor belongs to the second group. The classic Dungeons & Dragons RPG is returning to modern PCs on November 6, 2026, with a…
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Steam Achievement Sets Could Finally Fix DLC Completion
Steam has quietly changed something that completionists have been asking about for years. A game can be finished. Every achievement can be unlocked. That satisfying 100% can sit on your profile for months. Then an expansion arrives. Suddenly, the same game has more achievements, and your perfect completion percentage can become unfinished again. Valve’s new…
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AI Game Clones Are Creating a New Problem for Indie Developers
An indie developer has a new reason to be careful about showing a game too early. Not because someone might steal the idea. That has always happened. The more uncomfortable possibility is that a developer can spend months building a small game, finally show it to the public, and watch something remarkably similar appear before…
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Star Trek: Outposts Unknown Beginner Guide: 10 Tips
Star Trek has always had its explorers. Star Trek: Outposts Unknown gives you something very different to worry about: keeping those explorers supplied, productive and alive. Launching on October 20, 2026, the new strategy simulation puts you in command of the U.S.S. Resonant as you establish research outposts across the X’Lehari System. Exploration is only…
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Epic’s AI-First Game Development Shift Explained
Epic Games is making a much bigger bet on artificial intelligence than simply adding another AI tool to its development toolbox. According to reports, the company has shifted an unannounced Disney collaboration toward an AI-first production model, with the team being instructed to use AI heavily for both code and artwork. The project, reportedly a…
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VALORANT Act 6 Guide: Map Rating & Patch 13.08 Changes
A new VALORANT Act usually means players ask the same questions. What changed? Which maps are in rotation? What should I practise? Patch 13.08 gives those questions a slightly different answer. Act 6 is not built around one giant Agent release or a dramatic weapon overhaul. Instead, Riot has changed several systems that sit underneath…
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Why Video Games Are Becoming Social Platforms
For years, the usual question was simple: What are you playing? That question is becoming harder to answer. A player might enter a game to compete, spend an hour talking to friends, watch an event, explore a virtual space, meet someone new, and leave without really caring about the original objective. The game was still…
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Valor Mortis Launch Guide: Release Time, Game Pass & PS5 Trial
There is no early-access rush with Valor Mortis. One More Level’s new first-person Soulslike launches worldwide today, October 13, 2026, on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. More importantly, players have several ways to get into the game without committing to the full purchase immediately: Xbox Game Pass includes it from day one, while PlayStation…
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Marvel Rivals Season 10.5 Guide: New Mode, Events & Rewards
Some Marvel Rivals updates give you a new hero to master. Season 10.5 gives you a different problem: which event should you play first? The October 9 update brings an Avengers: Infinity War-inspired battle mode, a seasonal reward event, activities in Times Square and new rewards for both competitive players and Twitch viewers. Several activities…
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BGMI Diwali Update Guide: Kiaraa, Indian Bazaar & Rewards
BGMI is celebrating Diwali with an update that goes beyond a few festive cosmetics. Starting October 8, 2026, players can enter the new Indian Bazaar on Erangel, take on Kiaraa’s Test, collect Nakshatra-themed rewards, complete Arena challenges and pick up daily login rewards. The biggest addition is Kiaraa, a character created by KRAFTON India’s in-house…
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Dynasty Warriors 3 Remastered Beginner Guide: 10 Tips
The first thing you notice in Dynasty Warriors 3 is the crowd. Soldiers are everywhere. Your allies are moving across the battlefield. Enemy officers appear on the map. Messages start coming in while you’re still trying to figure out what is happening. Then you realize something important. You’re not really supposed to defeat every enemy…
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ARC X1: How India Is Building Its Own Gaming Handheld
For years, India’s gaming hardware conversation has mostly been about products arriving from somewhere else. Consoles, PC handhelds, graphics cards and gaming accessories are usually designed and developed by companies based outside the country before eventually reaching Indian players. The ARC X1 changes the nature of that conversation. ARC, an Indian gaming company, is developing…
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Ghost of Yōtei Most Wanted Is Out: Version 2.0 Explained
Ghost of Yōtei has just entered its next chapter. Version 2.0 brings two major additions to Sucker Punch’s samurai adventure: Most Wanted, a new combat-survival mode, and Echoes of Sekigahara, a narrative expansion that takes Atsu into another part of her past. There is an important detail for players in Asia, though. While patch v2.0…
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Why AI Is Making Gaming PCs More Expensive in 2026
The next gaming PC you build might have an unexpected problem. It isn’t the GPU. It isn’t the CPU. It could be the memory sitting between them. AI has created a massive new appetite for memory, particularly high-bandwidth memory (HBM) used in AI accelerators and data-center hardware. That demand is now colliding with the same…
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The Witcher 3 Remastered Launches Tomorrow: What to Know
Geralt is heading back onto the Path. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered launches tomorrow, September 29, 2026, bringing a new round of visual, performance and gameplay upgrades to one of CD Projekt RED’s biggest RPGs. This is not a new Witcher adventure. It is the version of The Witcher 3 that existing players…
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Fortnite Global Championship Day 2: Schedule & Watch
The Fortnite Global Championship 2026 has reached its final day. After six matches in Antwerp, Malibuca and vic0 sit at the top of the leaderboard with 304 points. Darm and demus are only 22 points behind, while Koyota and yuma enter Day 2 in third with 270 points after recording two Victory Royales on Saturday.…