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  2. Gematsu22

    WePlay Expo JAPAN 2027 set for April 2 to 4, 2027

    San-Ei Corporation and IID will host WePlay Expo JAPAN 2027 from April 2 to 4, 2027 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. April 2 will be a business day, while April 3 and 4 will be open to the public. WePlay Expo has been held in China since 2017, and this marks the first time a WePlay exhibition is held in Japan.

  3. IGN22

    Mixtape Wins Game of the Year at the 2026 Australian Game Developer Awards

    Melbourne-based studio Beethoven & Dinosaur won Game of the Year at the 2026 Australian Game Developer Awards for its music-themed adventure game Mixtape, which also took Excellence in Visual Art and Excellence in Sound Design. Other winners included Tempo Lab Games' rhythm game Bits & Bops for Excellence in Gameplay and Excellence in Accessibility, and Abandoned Sheep's puzzle platformer Schrodinger's Cat Burglar for Excellence in Narrative. Canberra-based Uppercut Games was named Studio of the Year.

  4. 游戏LOOK47

    Bilibili's New Pet-Catching Game Shines! Lumi Hits 50 Million Yuan in First-Week Revenue on App, Expands to Mini Games

    Bilibili's self-developed vertical-screen pet-catching game Shines! Lumi generated 50 million yuan in its first week on the app market, entering the iOS top-grossing TOP 20 before climbing into the top ranks of WeChat mini games. The game emphasizes a hand-drawn art style, vertical-screen idle play and automatic pet catching, with a core loop that lets players experience collecting within about five minutes. Bilibili supported the dual-platform launch with in-site promotion, KOL content and holiday ad spending, validating its self-developed game strategy.

  5. 机核62

    Microsoft obtains GTA 6 cloud streaming rights, says it will not be exclusive

    Microsoft announced it has reached an agreement with Rockstar to obtain cloud streaming rights for GTA 6. Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball said Microsoft will not make GTA 6 streaming exclusive and will not use the deal to bring the game to PC, and Rockstar has not announced PC plans for GTA 6 as of publication. Microsoft had earlier adjusted its cloud gaming limits, capping Game Pass Ultimate users at 15 hours of streaming per month from November, Premium at 10 hours and Essential at 5 hours, with extra time purchasable in the Xbox store and the option also open to non-Game Pass users for streaming compatible games they own.

  7. IGN52

    Bit Reactor brings back some furloughed staff to continue supporting Star Wars Zero Company

    Bit Reactor CEO Greg Foertsch said in a public post on October 7 that some previously furloughed employees have returned to the team to continue supporting Star Wars Zero Company. He called asking team members to step away so close to launch an incredibly difficult decision and thanked fans for their response to the game. Sources told GameFile that Bit Reactor's payrolled staff now account for more than half of what it had before the furloughs, leaving a sizeable chunk of furloughed staff unpaid. Star Wars Zero Company launched in August 2026 and received a nine out of 10 from IGN.

  9. IGN36

    PS5 Adding Dedicated Crunchyroll Hub Next Spring

    Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Hideaki Nishino announced at the Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum that the PS5 home screen will get a dedicated Crunchyroll hub in Spring 2027, bringing together anime, anime-inspired games, and easy access to Crunchyroll. Crunchyroll president Rahul Purini said the partnership also includes the upcoming Ghost of Tsushima: Legends anime series. The PS5 had a worldwide installed base of over 92 million units as of earlier this year.

  11. PC Gamer42

    Blood Bowl 3 Is Being Replaced by Warhammer Blood Bowl: What Happens to Unspent Currency?

    Warhammer Blood Bowl, published by Slitherine, is currently in beta and will eventually replace Blood Bowl 3, with owners of Blood Bowl 3 getting it for free and their accounts transferring over. A Slitherine representative confirmed players will use the same BB account on both games, so all cosmetics, Warpstone and teams bought in BB3 will carry over instantly. Warpstone will still be used for cosmetics in the new game, but Slitherine said it is still thinking about how to handle teams.

  12. PC Gamer42

    Blizzard promises to make the blue elves in World of Warcraft: Forever look worse (positive)

    Blizzard has promised in a blog post to give the Skyborne, the new blue elves in World of Warcraft: Forever, a retro visual makeover before the game launches in November. Players using the "HD" model setting will see harsher lines and shapes on their druid forms, while those using "SD" models will get updated Skyborne early next year. The race costs $30 to unlock.

  13. Kotaku62

    Report claims Halo Studios is down to about 30 people for one last update before a possible shutdown

    A video report from Rebs Gaming on October 6 claims about 30 developers not included in recent Xbox layoffs are still at Halo Studios under boss Pierre Hintze, working on one last free content update for Halo: Campaign Evolved that would add Firefight and Theater Mode, plus help with December's Halo Fest. The report says this team has no connection to Activision, which now runs the Halo franchise, and that no one is moving to the new team being built there, with the studio possibly shutting down after the event and update. Halo Studios also shared concept art this week, reportedly including ideas for a Halo Infinite sequel such as giant trees in a swamp on Zeta Halo, some of it from former Halo lead Joseph Staten before he left in 2023.

  15. Push Square43

    PS5 to Integrate Anime into Main Menu as Sony Tightens Ties with Crunchyroll

    PlayStation boss Hideaki Nishino confirmed at the inaugural Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum that PS5 will integrate anime into its main menu with a dedicated hub, beginning Spring 2027. PS5 owners can already access Crunchyroll via the console's dedicated app, but the new initiative will place the streaming service front and centre. Sony acquired the subscription-based platform for $1.1 billion in 2021.

  16. PC Gamer62

    Former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick joins Skydance's board

    Former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has joined Skydance's board as an independent director. Skydance, formed by Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, owns gaming operations including Paramount Games and Warner Bros Games, which a Variety report says will be merged into a single entity. Kotick left Activision Blizzard at the end of 2023 after Microsoft completed its acquisition, following a California lawsuit over workplace misconduct that ended in a $54 million settlement on pay and promotion inequity claims and $47 million set aside for gender discrimination accusations.

  21. GamesIndustry.biz62

    Gravity Well lays off more than 40 developers after losing its funding

    Gravity Well, an independent studio founded by Respawn Entertainment alumni, has let go of the majority of its team after losing its funding, with more than 40 developers affected. Its three leaders said in a LinkedIn post that the funding was lost this summer and that the studio is still searching for a new partner. A much smaller team will carry on as the studio continues to fight for survival, though it described its future as uncertain given the current state of the industry, and asked other companies to consider hiring those affected.

  22. GameSpot38

    Three Years Later, The Outlast Trials Smashes Its Concurrent-Player Record With Over 120,000

    The Outlast Trials has broken its concurrent-player record with over 120,000 players, more than four times its previous high of 36,000 set when it launched in Steam Early Access in 2023. Red Barrels credited a $4 Steam Autumn Sale discount, roughly half of players coming from China, and the Halloween season. The co-op horror game launched version 1.0 in spring 2024 and will follow with its annual Geister event and Season 8 in December.

  23. GamesIndustry.biz58

    Star Wars Zero Company developer Bit Reactor begins bringing furloughed staff back

    Bit Reactor, the developer of Star Wars Zero Company, has started bringing back staff it furloughed ahead of the game's launch. CEO Greg Foertsch said in a Bluesky statement that the studio began the process of returning more of its team to work this week, without confirming how many people are returning. A person familiar with the situation told Game File that more than half of the pre-furlough team is now back on the payroll, while others remain unpaid; Game File previously reported that furloughed staff kept their employee status but received neither salary nor benefits, and sources said 80% of staff were furloughed before launch.

  24. Eurogamer60

    Star Wars: Zero Company studio Bit Reactor brings some furloughed staff back to work

    Bit Reactor, the studio behind Star Wars: Zero Company, began returning some furloughed developers to work this week, CEO Greg Foertsch called it an important step forward. The studio furloughed around 80% of its workforce weeks before launch, and Game File reports more than half of its overall headcount is back on payroll while a fair number of workers remain in limbo. The tactics game sold over 1m copies shortly after release.

  26. PC Gamer62

    ReSkate modding platform makes EA's Skate playable offline, hits 350,000 downloads

    A fan-made modding platform called ReSkate makes EA's early access free-to-play skateboarding game Skate playable offline, with support for private servers, custom maps and other mods. It had been downloaded over 350,000 times from GitHub as of Tuesday. Its two creators told PC Gamer they will comply if EA sends a cease and desist, but ReSkate is open source and already has more than 70 forks on GitHub.

  27. GameSpot62

    Halo moves to a new team under Activision as Halo Studios cuts 268 staff and reveals the Endless

    The next Halo game will be handled by a completely new team under Activision, while Halo Studios, formerly 343 Industries, keeps a small team for released titles and lays off 268 people. In the final issue of the Canon Fodder blog, Halo Studios community writer Alex Wakeford shared the first full look at the Endless, called the Xalanyn, children of Abaddon, after the faction was teased in Halo Infinite through the Harbinger. The blog also includes Zeta Halo environments that may have once been planned for Halo Infinite DLC.

  28. VGC62

    Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor begins returning furloughed staff to work

    Star Wars Zero Company developer Bit Reactor said it has started bringing some furloughed staff back to work. CEO Greg Foertsch said around 80% of staff had been sidelined without pay before release because the studio was running out of money, and the return process began this week. According to Game File, the studio's pay-rolled headcount is still less than half of what it was before the furloughs, while Newzoo ranked Zero Company as the sixth-best PC game of August by revenue in six major Western markets.

  31. IGN62

    The Coalition studio head calls Gears of War: E-Day a natural choice to be an exclusive

    Gears of War: E-Day launched this week, and The Coalition studio head Mike Crump told the BBC that keeping it Xbox-exclusive was a natural choice because the series has been tied to the Xbox brand for 20 years. He said the team measures success beyond sales and retention, including whether it showcases the platform and pushes the hardware to its limits. IGN notes the game runs well on Xbox Series X and Series S and scored a 9 in review, while Microsoft is in the middle of a months-long restructuring and The Coalition developers told Eurogamer they expected layoffs.

  35. Kotaku28

    Unity Spark Promises to Let You Vibe Code Your 'Dream Game' in the Most Embarrassing Video Imaginable

    Unity has announced Spark, an AI vibe-coding tool that it says lets people make and share games in their browser with no prior Unity or game development experience, and it is listed as "coming soon" with a waitlist. Its promotional trailer shows a game called Space Corridor being made by typing six words, and that demo game can be played in a browser now, running about five minutes and priced at $7.99.

  36. GameSpot58

    Star Wars Zero Company developer Bit Reactor brings back some furloughed staff

    Some furloughed staff at Star Wars Zero Company developer Bit Reactor have returned to work. CEO Greg Foertsch told Game File the studio has started bringing more of its team back but did not give specific percentages or figures. Game File's sources said headcount is now more than half of what it was before the furloughs, and it remains unclear whether more staff will return; a lawsuit involving Foertsch and co-founder Alison Kelly is ongoing.

  37. Game Developer62

    Paramount completes Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition as Skydance names former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick to its board

    Paramount's $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has been finalized, with the combined company taking the name Skydance. Its games division, called Games and Experiences, merges Paramount Games Studio with Warner's internal teams including Avalanche Software, NetherRealm Studios, Rocksteady, TT Games, WB Montreal and WB Boston, and will be led by Tony Driscoll. The board includes former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick and Emerson Collective founder Laurene Powell Jobs, with former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair serving as an advisor.

  38. Game Developer45

    Star Wars Zero Company developer Bit Reactor brings back 'over half' of furloughed staff

    Bit Reactor, the developer of Star Wars Zero Company, has started returning more team members to work this week after furloughing over 80 percent of its staff down to a skeleton crew. Sources estimate the returning employees bring the studio back to more than half of its pre-furlough headcount, though many furloughed workers have not yet been brought back.

  39. Polygon40

    Dispatch Is Eligible for The Game Awards for a Second Year in a Row

    AdHoc Studio told Polygon that The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley has confirmed Dispatch is eligible for all major categories at the 2026 awards, making it two years running. All eight episodes of its first season released by Nov. 12, 2025, before the Nov. 21 eligibility cutoff for the 2025 show, yet judges had only played half the season when it earned a Best Debut Indie Game nomination. The game later received six DICE Award nominations including Game of the Year and won three BAFTA Games Awards.

  40. IGN40

    FBI Arrests 29-Year-Old Alabama Man After Epic Reports Fortnite Voice Chat Threats

    The FBI arrested a 29-year-old Alabama Fortnite player after Epic reported threats he made over voice chat. According to the affidavit, Edward Frith, who used the username "WagesOfNinja," said he wanted to "literally murder somebody" and thought about killing "every day." He was indicted for violating Interstate Threatening Communications on September 23 and pleaded not guilty on September 24.