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  1. Eurogamer22

    Star Wars: Galactic Racer devs on how they bottled Burnout's magic "game feel"

    The developers of Star Wars: Galactic Racer at Fuse Games spoke to Eurogamer about how they captured the "game feel" of the Burnout games. CEO Matt Webster said game feel is central to their work and that they invest enormous time, effort and money into the quality of interactions. Creative director Kieran Crimmins described the vehicle-building system as a "player story generator" aimed at creating moments of emotion.

  2. Eurogamer44

    Hellraiser: Revival review

    Saber Interactive's Hellraiser: Revival is an FPS adaptation of Clive Barker's The Hellbound Heart, following protagonist Aiden as he fights through an extreme BDSM cult to rescue his girlfriend Sunny from Hell. Its combat leans on scarce ammo, breakable weapons, and a puzzle box that doubles as a gravity gun, though the narrative is messy and unevenly paced. Still, the game shows an earnest love for its source material.

  3. VGC62

    GTA 6 leaker returns with 25 minutes of footage as Rockstar keeps hunting

    Cyberleek, the account blamed for leaking Grand Theft Auto 6 footage, has posted another 25-minute video showing a Thrillbilly Mud Club event, protagonist Jason in a dirt race, and extensive nudity. VGC said it has seen the footage and it appears authentic, but is not sharing it. The video ends with a message suggesting Cyberleek still wants to raise money through the leaks for an unspecified gaming project, while Take-Two said in late August its investigation was rapidly evolving and has issued subpoenas to Microsoft, Discord, X and YouTube.

  4. IGN22

    CBS News Amazed by GTA 6's Accuracy, Highlights Miami Similarities

    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.

  5. IGN22

    Australian Government Helps Workers Know Their Rights for Taking Time Off for GTA 6

    Australia's workplace regulator, the Fair Work Ombudsman, released a graphic helping workers understand their rights for taking time off when GTA 6 launches this November. It notes that under the National Employment Standards, Australians can take unpaid leave only "under specific circumstances" such as caring duties or emergencies, not for playing a game, though workers can ask their boss. The game is predicted to make $5.2 billion in launch week alone and reportedly cost around $1.5 billion to make.

  6. Reddit · r/Games17

    Ace Combat 8 Has Been Out for a Week — What Are Your Thoughts?

    Ace Combat 8 has now been officially out for a week, and a Reddit user is asking for others' thoughts on it. The poster rates it 10/10, calling it their favorite in the series and praising its story, characters, and soundtrack, which they have listened to in full about 10 times in the past week. They say it might genuinely be worthy of Game of the Year at TGA.

  7. Pure Xbox42

    Xbox CTO Shares Statement About Making It Easier For Developers To Publish Their Games

    Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet said the team has heard developer feedback and agrees that bringing a game to Xbox should be easier than it is today. He said Xbox is starting with areas that create unnecessary friction, including its concept and publishing processes. Xbox boss Asha Sharma also said at a recent Microsoft HQ meeting that the goal is to simplify publishing across Xbox consoles and PC.

  8. Kotaku62

    Massive GTA 6 leak surfaces with story spoilers, car chases, and nudity

    Leaker Cyberleek has released a 25-minute GTA 6 video containing story spoilers, car chases, and nude footage of Jason. It opens with a cutscene of Jason and Lucia visiting a trailer-based store, changing clothes, and racing dirt bikes, then cuts to a naked Jason on a motorbike and a tank he appears to conjure. The video was just uploaded to an overloaded file service and can be downloaded in full, so it is expected to spread quickly.

  9. Reddit · Gaming Leaks and Rumours78

    Cyberleek appears to leak new GTA VI video, roughly 25 minutes with debug menu and vehicle tuning

    Cyberleek appears to have uploaded a new video.zip file, unusual since it typically posts .mp4 files, and the download may contain malware. According to Tez2, the ZIP is reportedly 370 MB and holds about 25 minutes of footage. The content covers a debug/development menu, the Thrillbilly Mudclub dirtbike race on a Maibatsu Sanchez rentable for $250, character clothing and tattoo customization, first-person driving, and a vehicle tuning menu with Pro Builds, cosmetics, and performance categories.

    Why this: It rounds up a reported 25-minute GTA VI leak showing character and vehicle customization, racing footage, and a debug menu not seen before.

  10. Reddit · Gaming Leaks and Rumours62

    Another GTA VI leak claims 25 minutes of footage is out

    Reddit user /u/ZamnBoii relayed a GTA VI leak claiming 25 minutes of footage shows Jason and Lucia around Mount Kalaga, the Thrillbilly Mudclub introduction and Jason's dirtbike gameplay. The leak also mentions first-person driving and walking, late-night street races, and car customization tabs for pro builds, cosmetics and performance, with tuning for engine, intake, induction, transmission and nitrous on an Annis '90 Elegy. It says the race is part of the Hit N Run VC series running from Salton to Waning Sands, and that cutscenes can show Jason and Lucia naked.

  11. GamesIndustry.biz30

    Hell Let Loose developer Expression opens new studio in Manchester "in response to what's happening in the talent market"

    Expression Games, the developer behind the Hell Let Loose franchise and co-developer on Star Wars Galactic Racer, has opened a physical studio in Manchester in response to the needs of its staff and co-development clients. The studio will not mandate office attendance or set working hours, and will continue to support remote working. CEO Errol Ismail said Hell Let Loose: Vietnam has sold a million units since its August release.

  12. IGN34

    Wardogs Streamer Banned for Exploiting Building Mechanics to Farm Money

    Streamer KatieRouu was banned from Wardogs for exploiting the game's building mechanics to farm in-game money. She and her squad placed sniper lookout towers around a FOB, let the enemy capture it, then fired mortars at the structures from another FOB to earn cash and convert it into gold for skins. Wardogs developer Bulkhead's CEO Joe Brammer confirmed the exploit has been fixed for Season 2 and said the ban is final.

  13. Push Square60

    Star Wars Zero Company Success Lets Bit Reactor Bring Back Furloughed Staff

    Bit Reactor has confirmed it is bringing some furloughed staff back to work to continue supporting Star Wars Zero Company. CEO Greg Foertsch said furloughing roughly 80% of the team before launch, after the studio ran out of money, was a difficult but necessary decision made internally without publisher EA's involvement. It is not yet clear whether everyone furloughed will return, and the studio says more updates on Bit Reactor and Zero Company are coming.

  14. VGC52

    Silent Hill Townfall 1.4.0 patch nerfs The Weight stealth sections and eases the final puzzle

    Silent Hill Townfall has received a 1.4.0 patch aimed at its most complained-about sections. The patch notes say The Weight's grab attacks now deal heavy damage instead of instant death on Story Mode and Normal difficulties, its searching behavior no longer camps in front of the player's objective or repeats the same spot, and its hunting is less aggressive. The update also makes enemies less sensitive to gunfire, running and entering hiding spots, tweaks melee counter-attacks and grapples, and adds a collectible manual for the final puzzle's console. Developer Screen Burn said last week it had heard players' struggles with The Weight and would balance gameplay ASAP.

  15. VGC40

    Star Wars: Galactic Racer Will Double Its Multiplayer Party Limit in an Upcoming Patch

    Star Wars: Galactic Racer developer Fuse Games has announced that an upcoming update will raise the game's multiplayer party size from 3 to 6 players. The studio said it aims to release the update within the first few weeks of launch, though no specific date was given. The game launched earlier this week, and Amazon Prime members can currently play its single-player portion via Amazon's Luna service at no extra cost.

  16. VGC62

    Battlefield 6 and eight more games join Xbox Game Pass in October

    Xbox announced nine games coming to Game Pass in October across console, PC, and cloud, with Battlefield 6 and Valor Mortis arriving on October 13 and Valor Mortis launching day one into the service. Nine titles including A Plague Tale: Requiem and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will leave Game Pass on October 15. Xbox also said that starting in November it will cap the number of hours Game Pass subscribers can use cloud gaming, requiring them to buy additional play time if they go over the limit.

  17. Eurogamer40

    Gears of War boss says the next game won't take seven years to make as he dances around the question of layoffs

    The Coalition studio head Mike Crump told the BBC the next Gears of War game "will not take nearly as long" to develop, after Gears of War: E-Day took seven years following Gears 5. He declined to give specifics on whether the studio plans layoffs, saying the team focuses on what it can control. E-Day is an Xbox console exclusive and has posted the series' best numbers on Steam, but The Coalition has not announced any future projects.

  18. Game Informer60

    Muramasa: Revenant Blades Preview: The Best Way to Experience One of Vanillaware's Best

    Vanillaware is teaming up with publisher Marvelous to bring the full history of Muramasa: The Demon Blade to modern consoles as Muramasa: Revenant Blades, a 4K remaster combining Muramasa Rebirth and its Genroku Legends DLC. The author played roughly an hour at a Marvelous office in Tokyo's Shinagawa district, clearing the first two acts on Moral difficulty and facing bosses Kurozaru and giant centipedes. The remaster is fully redrawn by Vanillaware's artists and promises over 100 swords to forge, dozens of skills to upgrade, and five more stories with new localization and English voiceover.

  19. Gematsu58

    Muramasa: Revenant Blades one-hour hands-on preview: weapon durability and branching maps

    A Gematsu writer spent one hour with Vanillaware's side-scrolling action RPG remaster Muramasa: Revenant Blades at Marvelous' Shinagawa headquarters, where the demo limited players to Kisuke or Momohime while the full game will have six playable characters. Combat felt fluid with dashing, dodging, jumping, and ground and mid-air combos, and each weapon has its own special move; weapons lose durability and deal less damage as they degrade, forcing swaps the author found more distracting than engaging. Later areas open into Metroidvania-style branching paths across villages, caves, and beaches. The game is due out for PS5, Switch 2, Switch, and PC via Steam on February 4, 2027.

  20. Nintendo Life55

    Muramasa: Revenant Blades preview: Vanillaware's gem remastered for Switch

    Muramasa: Revenant Blades arrives on Switch 1 and Switch 2 on 4th February 2027, combining the 2013 PS Vita version Muramasa Rebirth with the Genroku Legends DLC so all six stories are available at launch. The author spent an hour with a PC build at publisher Marvelous' Tokyo headquarters, playing as the possessed noblewoman Momohime through branching paths, three-weapon durability management, samurai blocks and ninja deflections, and the first Blue Monk boss. The remaster keeps the original visuals in HD, adds new English voice acting, and offers a skill tree with three ground and three airborne slots.

  21. PC Gamer62

    Muramasa: Revenant Blades on PC hands-on: a skill system for 108 swords and fixed enemy levels

    Muramasa: Revenant Blades is Vanillaware's first PC release, 17 years after the game launched on Nintendo Wii as Muramasa: The Demon Blade. The PC version adds a skill system for all 108 swords, letting players equip three blades at once with three ground and three air skills each, and skills can be moved to another sword only after it has drawn blood. Enemies no longer scale with the player and instead have fixed levels per area, while higher difficulties add more and tougher foes and blocking wears down your sword until it breaks.

  22. 游戏LOOK28

    15 New Games Expected in October, Led by "JX World 4: Infinite"; Steam Titles Push Into Mobile

    GameLook counts 15 new games expected to launch in October, led by Xishanju's "JX World 4: Infinite," the finale of the JX World series, which hits October 15 with over 9 million pre-registrations. On October 23, Lingxi Interactive's "Basketball Girl: Leap to the Top" and Guyoo Games' NBA-licensed "NBA Miracle Dream Team" launch the same day. Steam-acclaimed titles including "Neon Abyss 2," "Lost Castle 2" and "Trash Sailors" also arrive on mobile this month.

  23. 机核71

    Immortal Legacy Drops Official Gameplay Overview Trailer and Full Voice Cast

    The Immortal Legacy team released a new gameplay overview trailer, narrated by James Alexander, the voice of protagonist William Dorset, showing first-person soulslike combat, weapon differences, firearms and supernatural abilities, plus the upgrade and equipment systems. The full voice cast was also revealed, with Vincent Cassel as Napoleon and Jennifer English as Shrike. The game launches on October 13, 2026 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, priced at 168 RMB for the standard edition and 248 RMB for the deluxe edition on Steam in mainland China, with pre-orders not yet open.

  24. Nintendo Life27

    Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds "Year One" Edition Spotted Online

    PS5 box art for a "Year One Edition" of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has been spotted online, reportedly bundling all paid content from the first season, including the SpongeBob, Minecraft, Pac-Man, Mega Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Avatar Legends DLC. The physical release also lists a "35th anniversary logo patch & reversible cover sheet" and requires an internet connection. Sega has confirmed a second year of content is coming, with Bayonetta announced as the first free character and more "Year Two" details due in a livestream on 9th October 2026.

  25. Nintendo Life22

    Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire Switch Port Rumours Resurface After Pokémon HOME Update

    Pokémon HOME's latest update, Version 4.1.0, adds a "GBA games" icon to the main menu alongside FireRed & LeafGreen connectivity, letting players link those digital versions and trade Pokémon to HOME. The section's name has convinced many fans that Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire will return, though no official announcement has been made. An earlier datamine of the FireRed and LeafGreen Switch emulator reportedly revealed support for Sapphire, Ruby and Emerald ROMs, and The Pokémon Company has said Pokémon Bank will end on 27th February 2027.

  26. 游戏LOOK60

    September game licences: 206 domestic and 3 imported titles approved, including miHoYo's Yuanchu Zhi Jie and Zulong's Lord of the Mysteries: The Fool

    China's National Press and Publication Administration published September approvals covering 206 domestic games and 3 imported games, plus 15 licence changes. Among the domestic approvals were 185 mobile titles, 2 client titles, 16 mobile and client titles, 2 mobile, client and web titles, and 1 game-machine title. miHoYo's Yuanchu Zhi Jie was approved for mobile and client, after an official QA said it would support PC at launch, while Zulong's Lord of the Mysteries: The Fool is a cross-platform RPG card game.

  27. 机核38

    Rockstar Reveals Details for GTA Online Halloween Horror Event

    Rockstar has revealed details for GTA Online's "Halloween Horror" event, running for a full month with supernatural phenomena and undead in Los Santos. Players can take part in Ghost Exposure, the Halloween Featured Series, Slasher, and the San Andreas Super Series. October weekly challenges offer a 2 million GTA$ bonus, while Halloween Survival modes grant triple GTA$ and RP.