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Oct 7Wed
  1. Kotaku57

    Xbox CEO says the reset is working and teases a family of Gen 10 devices

    According to Windows Central, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told staff at a townhall that the platform has returned to growth after an all-time low, at more than 2 to 3 times its previous level, and claimed a 30 percent boost in brand sentiment year over year. She cited strong starts for Minecraft Dungeons 2, Gears of War: E-Day and World of Warcraft Forever, and listed goals including Play Anywhere, Disc-to-Digital, making Xbox easier to develop for and making Game Pass more flexible. On Gen 10 hardware, Project Helix, she said Xbox is moving to a family of devices with a console first and some products made in-house and others with partners.

  2. Kotaku62

    Overwatch's new season patch weakens Cassidy's high-ground combo with Jetpack Cat

    Overwatch's new season is live, adding the hero Doctrine, reworks for Sombra and Roadhog, and the final chapter of Blizzard's year-long narrative arc. The patch now makes Cassidy detach from Jetpack Cat's Lifeline tether and fall to the ground when he uses High Noon, which Blizzard says was too powerful at repositioning him to eliminate targets. The author notes that Soldier: 76's Ultimate and Ashe's B.O.B. can also be tethered but were left unchanged, and includes the full balance patch notes for Roadhog, Sombra, and hero hit volumes.

  4. Eurogamer24

    Someone modded Diablo 2 for VR, and seeing the world through your character's eyes brings a whole new dimension to the series

    A modder named Sergious has turned Diablo 2 into a VR mod, letting players explore the game's starting area in first-person as the Sorceress and fireball nearby zombies. The mod was made with FlatVR and BodyWalk, and its files are available on Github. The article also notes that Diablo 5 was recently announced at BlizzCon but doesn't appear to be going in this direction.

  6. Eurogamer39

    Overwatch Fans Unhappy as Five New China-Exclusive Skins Stay Out of the Rest of the World

    Blizzard this week revealed "Defiled Anthem," a new Overwatch event with skins and cosmetics for Shion, D.Mon, Kiriko, Reaper, and Emre, headlined by a transforming "Evolution" skin that changes sound and visual effects as a match goes on. The content is China-specific and has not been announced for other regions, drawing negative reactions from international players. Blizzard previously told IGN that China-only skins stem largely from its relationship with Chinese publisher NetEase.

Oct 6Tue
  2. Kotaku36

    Overwatch's Latest China-Exclusive Skins Spark Fan Backlash: 'I Still Don't Know How People Defend Blizzard For This'

    Overwatch has released China-exclusive Defiled Anthem skins for Shion, Kiriko, D.Mon, Reaper, and Emre, with Shion's Evolution-rarity skin changing appearance during matches and adding kill effects. Fans are upset that the best cosmetics are region-locked to China while criticizing the quality of skins elsewhere, with one Reddit user asking how people still defend Blizzard. Blizzard's Walter Kong has said these exclusive events are part of the company's agreement with NetEase and will continue.

  3. Eurogamer37

    D&D: World of Warcraft Book Won't Play Like the MMO, Designer Says It's a "Paraphrase"

    The Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft book releases 17th November, a 256-page volume bringing 16 playable species, new subclasses, 60 new spells and the whole continent of Azeroth to the tabletop. Principal designer James Wyatt said it is a "paraphrase" of WoW rather than a translation, so there are no raids, with iconic encounters like Onyxia's Lair scaled to groups of four or five instead of 20 or 40. The Horde versus Alliance divide is left to the Dungeon Master.

  6. IGN62

    Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft expansion everything you need to know, launching November 17

    Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft is D&D's first Universes Beyond expansion and launches on November 17, covering all of Azeroth up to The War Within. It assigns rough level ranges to each zone, folds in major conflicts like Alliance vs. Horde and the Burning Crusade, and uses Chromie Time to explain out-of-order campaigns. Dungeons become non-linear exploration, with Deadmines, Scarlet Monastery, Dire Maul, and Onyxia's Lair among those revealed, alongside gathering and crafting professions and a Renown system that replaces grinding.

  8. PC Gamer40

    Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft Rulebook Captures the MMO's Spirit Rather Than Copying Its Mechanics

    The Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft collaboration rulebook launches on November 12, and lead designer James Wyatt says it "paraphrases" the MMO within a tabletop framework instead of emulating its mechanics. Azeroth and its expansions up to Midnight are fair game, with dungeons like the Deadmines largely intact and options to sneak around or skip bosses. Iconic encounters including the Lich King, Illidan, and Jaina Proudmoore are included, with Jaina freezing a player and striking them with an ice lance unless they are thawed out.

Oct 5Mon
  1. IGN23

    Modder Turns Diablo 2 Resurrected Into a VR Game, But You Probably Can't Play It

    Reddit user fantasticauthor2736 has built a VR mod that turns Diablo 2 Resurrected's isometric ARPG into a first-person VR game, using the existing D2R-3D mod along with FlatVR and BodyWalk. The mod hasn't been published yet, and it will likely share D2R-3D's restriction of crashing after about a minute because it trips Blizzard's file integrity checker. The UI was also redesigned, with the inventory moved to the belt, health, mana and the toolbar on the left wrist, and the map summoned as an orb held in hand.

Oct 4Sun
Oct 3Sat
  1. Kotaku40

    World of Warcraft: Forever Beta Update Raises Level Cap to 30, Adds Wetlands Dungeon

    The World of Warcraft: Forever beta update raised the level cap from 20 to 30 and unlocked the new Excavation Site: Wetlands dungeon for level 26+ players, along with Razorfen Downs (25+) and Uldaman (30+). It also restored the Mulgore questline Kyle's Gone Missing! and reduced bonus XP from dungeon quests by 50%. Three of the promised nine new dungeons are now explorable.

  2. Kotaku12

    In Praise Of World Of Warcraft's God-Awful Polygonal Prairie Dog

    World of Warcraft: Forever keeps the original game's bizarre polygonal prairie dog model, which the author celebrates. A pet version can be bought for 50 silver from Halpa near the Hunter's Rise entrance in Thunder Bluff. Blizzard later replaced the model with a cuter one in the retail version, though many fans still prefer the old one.

  3. IGN42

    Blizzard Adds Beloved 'Kyle's Gone Missing' Quest to World of Warcraft: Forever

    Blizzard has added the quest "Kyle's Gone Missing!" to World of Warcraft: Forever as part of the October 1 patch, now live on the beta. The quest originated in The Burning Crusade through a 2007 Make-a-Wish campaign for Ezra Chatterton, and was added after players requested it on the forums. Blizzard Principal Designer Johnny Cash said he brought the quest into Forever.

Oct 2Fri
  2. 机核22

    Second RED LAND Opens Today: 160+ IPs Gather on Fuxing Island with World's First Game/Anime Float Parade

    RED LAND, Xiaohongshu's open-world adventure island event, opened on October 2 on Fuxing Island in Shanghai's Yangpu district and runs through October 6. The site doubled from 80,000 to 150,000 square meters, with over 160 game and anime IPs and the world's first large-scale game and anime float parade featuring about 150 community-registered users. Official figures say all five ticket rounds sold out in an average of 20.6 seconds each, and 80% of ticket buyers came from outside Shanghai.

  3. GameSpot62

    Blizzard bans a World of Warcraft: Forever streamer over gold buying

    A World of Warcraft: Forever streamer was banned after encouraging viewers on stream to buy gold on his behalf. The game is currently in beta ahead of a November launch and is caught up in a gold-buying and real-money transaction controversy. Blizzard has said it will punish gold buyers more aggressively and admitted it was too lenient in the past, with accounts accepting large amounts of questionable gold facing gold removal, suspension, or permanent bans.

  4. Kotaku22

    Blizzard Added a Working Torch to WoW: Forever and We Hiked Across Azeroth to Get It

    Players recently discovered a new toy in World of Warcraft: Forever called the Night Watchman's Torch, which lets a character hold a light-producing torch while still keeping a weapon equipped. A Kotaku writer set out on a level 14 Horde character from Mulgore, traveling through the Barrens and Orgrimmar by zeppelin into the Eastern Kingdoms on foot to reach it. The beta's level cap was 20 at the time, with a maintenance patch later that day raising it to 30.

  5. GameSpot58

    Blizzard Won't Fix Diablo 4 Season 15's Biggest Bug This Season

    Blizzard announced that Diablo 4 Season 15's biggest bug, involving the Hellfire Torch Unique charm, won't be fixed this season. The Hellfire Torch normally lets players equip one extra Unique charm, but a bugged interaction with the Seal of the Golden Epiphany and the Mythic Seal of the Diamond Mind lets players equip two additional Unique charms. Design director Dan Tanguay said the behavior goes beyond what was originally intended, but Blizzard will leave it in place this season to avoid disrupting players who invested time in the item.

Oct 1Thu
  1. GamesIndustry.biz74

    EU CPC Network launches coordinated actions against nine companies over in-game currency

    On 30 September 2026, the EU's Consumer Protection Cooperation Network launched coordinated actions against nine games companies to enforce the EU's Key Principles on in-game virtual currencies, covering titles such as Hunt: Showdown 1896, Candy Crush Saga, Minecraft, Valorant, Clash of Clans and For Honor, alongside a parallel action with Activision Blizzard UK over Diablo Immortal and Call of Duty Mobile. The CPC Network argues that purchases made with in-game currency should also show real-world prices, while the author notes that bundle pricing and earnable currency make real value hard to assign and could create duplicate notices and a double right of withdrawal. The author also points to inconsistency with the EU Commission's EU KIDS Act draft and a Digital Fairness Act draft expected in November.

  4. PC Gamer47

    World of Warcraft: Forever Survey Pitches New Classes Including Bard, Witch, and More

    Blizzard has surveyed players on Battle.net about potential new classes for World of Warcraft: Forever, listing Monk, Demon Hunter, Tinker, Illusionist, San'layn, Necromancer, Rune Knight, Bard, Warden, Witch and Death Knight with short descriptions of roles, gear and sample abilities. The survey notes Demon Hunters would start at level one in Forever rather than level eight as in the Midnight expansion. The game's full release is set for November 4.

  5. IGN74

    European Commission Calls Out Riot, Activision, Mojang and More Over In-Game Currency and Transactions

    The European Commission and the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network named nine game companies, including Activision Blizzard UK, Mojang AB, Riot Games Limited, Supercell Oy and Ubisoft EMEA SAS, in a joint statement on September 30, 2026, asking them to align their in-game currency and transaction systems with the Key Principles released in March 2025. The principles require games to show the real-world price of items bought with virtual currency, avoid obscuring costs through multiple currencies or exchanges, and let players withdraw from contracts within two weeks, including for unused virtual currency. Commissioner Michael McGrath said roughly half of Europeans play video games and the industry must ensure its games do not expose players, especially children, to harmful or unfair practices.

  6. Kotaku35

    Blizzard Seems To Be Surveying Players About Adding Demon Hunter, Witch, Tinker, Bard, And More Classes To WoW: Forever

    Multiple World of Warcraft: Forever players say they received a Battle.net launcher survey about possible new classes, including Demon Hunter, Witch, Tinker, Bard, Necromancer, Warden, Illusionist, and Metalborn/Runesmith. Screenshots were forbidden, but other players confirmed the same class list, and one person posted what they claim are extracted descriptions listing armor types and roles, several marked as "support." Blizzard has not confirmed the survey, and it is unclear how seriously it is considering adding new classes.

  8. GameSpot52

    WoW: Forever Beta Keeps More Than 12,500 Items Hidden

    More than 12,500 items in the World of Warcraft: Forever beta are hidden from dataminers, who can see the items exist but not their stats. According to Icy Veins, that is roughly 40% of the game's nearly 32,000 items, and players have already discovered over 4,400 hidden items in the beta. The beta's level cap is currently 20 and will be raised to 30 before it ends.

  9. IGN40

    Diablo 5 Game Director Promises a Return to Methodical Character Builds, but Players Don't Believe Him

    Diablo 5 game director Joe Shely said on Twitter that while the game will keep some DEX (moment-to-moment execution) mechanics, it will on balance be an INT/STR game built around planning and investment. The community responded skeptically, with top Reddit comments saying Blizzard has made such promises before and will likely reverse course after launch. Diablo 5 is still a couple of years away.

  10. GameSpot62

    Diablo 5 Seems To Be Fixing Diablo 4's Biggest Mistake

    Blizzard revealed Diablo 5 at this year's BlizzCon and discussed gameplay design changes based on feedback from Diablo 4, chiefly the return of procedurally generated dungeons and worlds. The article argues Diablo 4's single pre-established open-world map left players repeating the same content, while the series' earlier random dungeons and maps were a key ingredient. The game is expected in 2029.

  11. 机核62

    Gcores Weekly 9.30: Xbox cuts 268 more jobs, Halo handed to Activision

    Gcores' weekly roundup covers the week's news: Bungie announced that all vaulted Destiny 2 content will return, and Microsoft's Xbox cut another 268 jobs, with Halo handed to Activision while Rare and World's Edge move under Activision and Obsidian under Bethesda, leaving Xbox Game Studios with only three direct studios. Gears of War: E-Day narrative director Juan Vaca was laid off two weeks before release, with the game's future tied to its commercial performance; Build A Rocket Boy, developer of MindsEye, entered bankruptcy proceedings; TGS 2026 cancelled its final public day due to a typhoon; and Pokemon Pokopia won the Japan Game Awards 2026 Grand Award, with Masahiro Sakurai announcing this year's Game Designers Award will be the last.

Sep 30Wed
  1. Kotaku57

    World of Warcraft: Forever Isn't Out Yet, but Its Beta Is Already Dealing With a Gold-Buying Scandal

    Players in the World of Warcraft: Forever beta are paying real money for in-game gold, and Blizzard says it is taking action now and will continue to do so after launch, increasingly targeting buyers' accounts. Streamer Ziqoftw admitted receiving around 520 gold from viewers, and the gold on the character that received it was almost entirely wiped down to a few silver while his other characters were left intact. Community members are calling for harsher punishment of gold sellers, buyers, and streamers who benefit from such transactions.

  2. Eurogamer50

    Blizzard seemingly surveying World of Warcraft: Forever players about never-before-seen classes

    World of Warcraft: Forever players claim Blizzard sent them a Battle.net survey asking about interest in a range of new classes, including Bard, Illusionist, Tinker and Witch. Details leaked online and were covered by YouTubers such as Belluar, though Eurogamer cannot verify the survey's accuracy. Some listed classes, like Death Knight, Demon Hunter and Monk, are reworked takes on modern World of Warcraft classes.

  3. PC Gamer38

    World of Warcraft: Forever players find black market NPC selling a 15-day movement speed buff and other rare items nobody can afford yet

    World of Warcraft: Forever players have found a black market goblin merchant named Mister Graphed in the new Riverglades zone, selling expensive crafting items for 20+ gold. He also sells the Gift of Galloping, a 150-gold item that grants a 10% mounted movement speed boost for 15 days, plus new crafting materials Fel Crystal and Stranglevine. Players suspect the NPC exists to keep auction house prices from skyrocketing, as the game's level cap will permanently stay at 60 when it launches in November.