GTA 6's 18+ age rating indicates that Lucia and Jason can use drugs "directly from their inventory" and "at any time." Eurogamer reported on the rating details and included a link to the source.
Darkhold Destiny, Magic's first Universes Beyond set of 2027, was revealed at New York Comic Con 2026. Polygon spoke to the set's team ahead of the reveal. It is Marvel's third crossover set with Magic and is described as the most ambitious Universes Beyond set yet.
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". https://bit.ly/4dQCUYl
Circana analyst Mat Piscatella said Xbox and PS5 price hikes have hit sales hard, with US Xbox hardware units down 33% year on year and PlayStation hardware units down 25%, marking an all-time low for Xbox and PlayStation's lowest point since 2013. He said the average US price paid for a new Xbox console in 2026 year-to-date through August was $529, up 26% year on year, while the average PlayStation console sold for $597, up 20%, both all-time US highs. Piscatella said the US hardware market has not been in a more precarious position since the early 80s, and noted that GTA 6's launch next month might ease some of the declines, depending on pricing and product availability.
WoW: Forever dev says 'there's a real longing for that slower, more deliberate pace' in MMOs https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/wow-forever-dev-says-theres-a-real-longing-for-that-slower-more-deliberate-pace-in-mmos-a-deliberate-pushback-on-this-go-go-go-nature/
More Cox in video games as Daredevil and Clair Obscur star says he's recorded 40 hours of lines for an unannounced Sega title https://www.eurogamer.net/charlie-cox-unannounced-sega-game-clair-obscur-daredevil
Razer has announced the Basilisk V4 Pro and Basilisk V4 HyperSpeed gaming mice, priced at $170 and $110 respectively. Both feature four side buttons, one of which can be configured in Synapse to trigger a "Perfect 180" feature that snaps your aim around 180 degrees with a single click. The Pro uses a 50K optical sensor while the HyperSpeed uses a 33K unit, and both support 8K polling in wired and wireless modes.
World of Warcraft: Forever's content scope grew during development, with associate production director Clay Stone saying the team's original internal pitch was four new dungeons before it became six and then nine. He said the response to Season of Discovery, shipped in November 2023, led to discussions about a non-season version, and that appetite within the team and Blizzard built the launch scope beyond what players expected.
Live-action Cyberpunk 2077 film reportedly in development, with CD Projekt Red collaborating with Paramount to make it https://www.eurogamer.net/cyberpunk-2077-live-action-film-paramount-cd-projekt-red
WoW: Forever's list of changes snowballed as its devs got more excited https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/wow-forevers-list-of-changes-snowballed-as-blizzard-got-more-excited-says-dev-our-original-pitch-internally-was-well-do-4-new-dungeons/
Charlie Cox confirmed at New York Comic-Con 2026 that he has finished recording for an unannounced Sega game, telling IGN he voiced an American character across roughly 40 hours of lines. He previously voiced Gustave in Expedition 33 and was nominated for Best Performance at that year's Game Awards. Sega's announced lineup includes Stranger Than Heaven, Virtua Fighter Crossroads, Persona 6, and Alien: Isolation 2, but this project has no name yet.
The Pokémon 30th Anniversary Trading Card Game's Ultra Premium Collection, featuring 30 booster packs and extensive accessories, launches Nov. 6. The deluxe product's price has turned out far higher than expected, making pre-orders a confirmed nightmare.
At New York City Comic-Con, Travis Willingham discussed taking over the role of Sephiroth in Final Fantasy VII Revelation after Tyler Hoechlin stepped down due to scheduling conflicts. Willingham said Japanese voice actor Toshiyuki Morikawa was his "North Star" for the character, adding that "there's nothing more dangerous than the villain in the room that doesn't need to shout to be heard." The panel also confirmed Marisha Ray will join the game as Polydroid Shiva when Revelation launches on April 8.
Marvel Tokon Far Exceeds Expectations in US Sales Charts, PS5 Dollar Spend Up https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/10/marvel-tokon-far-exceeds-expectations-in-us-sales-charts-ps5-dollar-spend-up
U.S. consumer spending on new physical games is up 5 percent year-over-year so far in 2026, the first growth in more than a decade, according to Circana. The increase is largely driven by a 631-percent jump in spending on game-key cards, offsetting a 3-percent drop in everything else, with Circana's Mat Piscatella citing Switch 2 and publishers leaning more into game-key cards. Overall content spending for August was down 10 percent, and NBA 2K27 was the month's best-selling game.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has revealed paid spawn options for its DMZ mode, giving paying players a notable advantage over those spawning on foot. Eurogamer reported the news with a link to its full article.
Nerfs to Silent Hill: Townfall's Worst Enemy Are Substantial, Hard Puzzle Also Tweaked https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/10/nerfs-to-silent-hill-townfalls-worst-enemy-are-substantial-hard-puzzle-also-tweaked
CBS News' Miami office reported on how accurately GTA 6's Vice City recreates Miami, noting fans have spotted over 100 real locations mirrored in the game, from PortMiami and South Beach to Wynwood and the Everglades. The report also mentions the Miami Heat will wear Vice City-themed uniforms in an upcoming match to celebrate the game's November launch. GTA 6 is scheduled to release on November 19, 2026, for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Steam is about to start getting some of the best Japanese pixel art in gaming history https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/steam-is-about-to-start-getting-some-of-the-best-japanese-pixel-art-in-gaming-history/
Final Fantasy XIV's Evercold expansion is set for a January 2027 release, and what has been shown so far includes two new jobs, expanded character customization, a main story players can progress in their chosen order, an evolved combat system, and a reborn mode. The first revealed job is bastion, a tank wielding the skyltborg, while the second job is unconfirmed and said to be ranged physical damage. Evercold also reworks endgame grinding with weekly self-paced quests instead of daily ones, lets players reflect their highest item level gear onto other max-level jobs, and allows chocobos to join dungeons as combat party members.
World of Warcraft: Forever beta players have repeatedly pushed back against updated high-definition character models and character portraits, preferring the game's original look. Developer Blizzard originally planned to use only HD models but added an option for original character models after testers stressed its importance, and a quilboar boss mistakenly using its modern WoW model was quickly reverted to its WoW Classic appearance. Earlier this week the character-creation screen also switched back to WoW's original portraits.
Rockstar head of development Rob Nelson walked IGN through a 30-minute gameplay demo of GTA 6 ahead of August's Netflix Extended Look, covering the wanted system. Shaking off the law goes beyond escaping a red zone on the map, and Rockstar says it does not want GTA 6 to make players all-powerful the way GTA 5 often did, so actions carry more variables. The demo also showed Jason and Lucia's safehouse, where players can switch characters, interact, or decorate, though Rockstar stressed it is not their own house.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 studio Infinity Ward is betting big on DMZ - the game's extraction shooter mode - becoming another major pillar of the series. https://bit.ly/4hIgYzE
Star Wars: Galactic Racer's Biggest Weakness Is Its Limited Multiplayer, and It's Already Getting Fixed https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/10/star-wars-galactic-racers-biggest-weakness-is-its-limited-multiplayer-and-its-already-getting-fixed
Solo developer Steelkrill Studio's upcoming survival horror game Where Dolls Hang features dolls modeled from real photographs of Mexico's Isla de las Muñecas, the Island of the Dolls. The photos can also be found within the game, and the title appeared in the Horror Game Awards' showcase this past summer.
Player numbers are still rising for The Witcher 3 following the release of the Remastered edition upgrade last week, as people not only return to the game following its overhaul but also buy it for the first time, or again. https://bit.ly/3VMQ3LS
Player engagement with Resident Evil games jumped 50% in the run up to and following the release of Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie, according to data shared exclusively with GI
CD Projekt Red outlines which Witcher 3 Remastered fixes are coming next, but there's still division about the changes https://www.eurogamer.net/cd-projekt-red-witcher-3-bugs-issues-remastered-ps5
The Coalition has found a way to work around the Xbox Series S's limited 10GB GDDR6 RAM by offloading data to the console's NVMe SSD, trading about 2GB of storage for roughly 1GB of usable system memory. The tech, co-developed by Xbox's Advanced Technology Group, uses advanced heuristics to keep frequently used data in RAM and move idle data to the SSD. Whether other Xbox games could adopt similar technology remains an open question.
Ultra Street Fighter IV has received two rollback netcode mods, Faabi's SF4Enhanced and Kabiefox's SF4 Ember, both released in the last few weeks with rollback netcode and private rooms, and both coded with the assistance of Anthropic's Claude. Faabi has since abandoned SF4Enhanced entirely, saying they don't have the time to deliver what the community deserves, and encouraged players to stick with Ember. Both mods appear to be getting a lot of play.