Pokémon Unite is shutting down: service ends on March 23, 2027
It’s official: Pokémon Unite will shut down on March 23, 2027 on Nintendo Switch and mobile. Gems can no longer be purchased.
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Mass Effect: Fans fight for the series' future with #SaveMassEffect
After BioWare’s closure, fans are fighting for Mass Effect with a petition, a Times Square billboard and more.
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GTA 6 review embargo: First reviews expected on November 18
According to reports, the GTA 6 review embargo lifts on November 18, 2026 – one day before release. Not officially confirmed yet.
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Playable Archive: Free found-footage horror for PC released by surprise
Just before Halloween, The Mortuary Assistant studio DarkStone Digital released the free found-footage horror game Playable Archive on Steam.
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EA restructures its game development: BioWare closes, focus on Apex, Battlefield and Project Gridiron
Electronic Arts is reorganizing: in an open letter from studio head Cam Weber and COO David Tinson, EA lays out where money and teams will go in the future. The hardest decision hits BioWare: the storied studio is being closed, and the new Mass Effect has been stopped.
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PHYSINT is coming to Xbox: Kojima's espionage game has found its lead actor
Hideo Kojima’s next game has a new partner: PHYSINT is no longer coming from PlayStation but from Xbox. The lead role has also been cast. I sum up what’s officially confirmed and what’s still open.
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AI brings old games to Mac, browser and iPad: Xbox founds XBOX LABS, the decomp scene pulls the emergency brake
Old PC and console games are suddenly running on Mac, in the browser or on iPad, and AI is often helping. This isn’t just stirring up the fan scene: Xbox has founded its own team for it with XBOX LABS, while one of the most important sites in the decompilation scene is pulling th
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Dead by Daylight Diablo: Lilith, Mephisto and Belial in the Fog
Dead by Daylight Diablo: Behaviour Interactive brings Lilith, Mephisto and Belial into the Fog. The Diablo Collection adds six new outfits for three Killers and three Survivors. As someone who has spent far too many nights in Sanctuary, I was genuinely excited about this collabor
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SaemTV charity event Scarety: 7 days of horror streams for Make-A-Wish
SaemTV charity event Scarety: from October 25 to 31, 2026, Twitch streamer SaemTV is live every day, raising donations for Make-A-Wish Germany. We took a look at what it’s about and how you can take part.
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Xbox Cloud Gaming without Game Pass: From November you can stream your games with hour packs
Xbox Cloud Gaming without Game Pass is becoming reality: from November, you can stream your own games without a subscription. To do so, you buy hour packs in the Xbox Store. Xbox Insiders can already test the model, and the first prices are set.
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Steam Next Fest: Community angry about flood of AI games
The October 2026 Steam Next Fest was supposed to be a stage for exciting indie demos. Instead, many players are mainly talking about one thing: the many games created with generative AI. On Reddit, in forums and on X, people are talking about „AI slop“, and calls for an AI filter
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Cyberpunk 2077 gets mod support on consoles for the first time
Cyberpunk 2077 gets mod support on consoles for the first time: with the Edgerunners 2 Update (2.5) from October 22, 2026, you can now install mods on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S too, straight from the game’s main menu.
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Squadron 42: Release in Q2 2027 and a trailer with a star-studded cast
Honestly, I’d stopped expecting it: Squadron 42 has a Steam page and a concrete release window.
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FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE review: The first HD-2D Final Fantasy
With FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE, Square Enix takes the series back to its roots. The RPG came out on October 22, 2026 for PC on Steam and is the first Final Fantasy in HD-2D style, meaning pixel characters in front of detailed 3D backdrops. Square Enix developed it together with the
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Black Myth: Zhong Kui: All info on release, gameplay and story
Black Myth: Zhong Kui is the second game in the Black Myth series from Game Science, the studio behind the global hit Black Myth: Wukong. Instead of the Monkey King, the focus this time is on Zhong Kui, the legendary ghost hunter of Chinese folklore. We’ve gathered all the offici
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Squadron 42 preview: Chris Roberts' space epic
I’ve been following Squadron 42 since its announcement in 2012, and honestly, at times I’d stopped believing in it. Now Cloud Imperium Games has published a Steam page and confirmed the release for the second quarter of 2027. The single-player campaign from the Star Citizen unive
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World of Warcraft: Forever: All info on release, content and stress test
Honestly, I didn’t think I’d live to see this: Blizzard is sending us back to the Azeroth where it all began for so many of us, and this time it doesn’t want to freeze it but let it keep growing. World of Warcraft: Forever, or WoW Forever for short, aims to bring back exactly the
