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Ubisoft has appointed Massive Entertainment as the global brand overseeing Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, and a new dieselpunk MOBA, following a restructuring tied to Tencent’s 2025 funding.
Queen's Domain, a first-person fantasy RPG, launches 30 October featuring a flying sword, infinite throwing weapons, and a labyrinthine island setting with over 100 foes.
Grasshopper Manufacture, creators of No More Heroes and Killer7, have left NetEase to operate independently, citing creative freedom and self-publishing experience.
Embark Studios admitted underestimating the difficulty of maintaining a live service model for *Arc Raiders*, leading to team burnout and a shift to slower, higher-quality updates.
Rock Paper Shotgun outlines September 2026 Supporter rewards, including model ships, urban sci-fi analysis, and a critique of industry layoffs and cutscene design.
Coffee Stain’s *Core Values* expansion for *Satisfactory* forces players to build compact factories inside caves, reshaping logistics and design constraints.
A modder released a custom campaign for Baldur’s Gate 3, inserting a detour between Acts Two and Three to explore The Chionthar Wilds while an army advances, aiming to ease tension before the finale.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide’s Depths of the Damned update introduces a sprawling new mission set in Tertium’s water treatment facility, featuring hazardous environments and challenging combat.
LEGO Skylines offers customizable prefab LEGO structures in a city-builder, but players hoping for brick-by-brick construction may find the compromise lacking.
The Witcher 3 Remastered update temporarily breaks the WAR Project mod restoring a cut plague questline, but modders promise a remastered-compatible update with English voice acting within a week.
Paradox Interactive banned Discord profile pictures of historical figures born after 1800 in Hearts of Iron 4 communities, following backlash over a moderator’s removal of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s image.
A new comedy game simulates endless video game menu navigation, where players press buttons to alter settings, from standard options to absurd toggles like airplane mode overlays.
Remedy announced two upcoming updates for *Control Resonant*: a New Game++ mode in October and a photo mode in November, alongside future cosmetic additions.
Hytale’s Chapter 1 update arrives October 12 with its first handcrafted dungeon, boss fight against the Gobliterator, and expanded goblin faction including a world event and new gear.
Embark Studios is testing a temporary PvE mode for Arc Raiders to accommodate players who prefer cooperative play over PvP combat.
LOVE alt delete, a 2027 horror visual novel, explores AI romance without generative AI, using chatbots Basel and Liste in a transgressive narrative blending Y2K aesthetics and psychological tension.
The final DLC for Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader has been delayed to December 2026, introducing an unsanctioned psyker companion named Stella.
Beat Saber’s largest update, arriving in Spring 2027, introduces hand-tracking and a new bare-handed mode called Flux alongside refreshed campaign content and a progression system for unlocking cosmetics.
Microsoft’s patent outlines a system where AI generates or alters game content based on players’ facial expressions, speech, or actions, aiming to dynamically reshape narratives, quests, and assets in real time.
Undead Labs, developer of State of Decay 3, announced layoffs following its independence from Xbox, citing a need to restructure after securing employee ownership.
Microsoft has transferred development of the next Halo game to Call of Duty’s publisher Activision amid 268 layoffs, including at Halo Studios, as part of a broader restructuring of Xbox’s first-party teams.
Xbox has laid off 268 employees and reorganized its studios, transferring franchises like Halo to Activision and merging others under Bethesda and new combined teams.
Deconstructeam’s next narrative-driven game, *Virtue and a Sledgehammer*, releases October 27, blending DIY destruction with emotional trauma in a hometown revisited.
Valve’s Steam Frame receives its first post-launch update, SteamOS 0.3.0, addressing a microphone issue and improving charging speed and controller tracking.
Silent Hill: Townfall blends psychological horror with 1990s Scottish island isolation, relying on stealth mechanics while exploring trauma and corporate neglect.
The EU Kids Act draft proposes mandatory age verification for single-player games using platforms like Steam, due to a broad definition of 'online games' that includes updates and distribution.
Denuvo has filed a lawsuit against an anonymous cracker identified as "voices38" for bypassing DRM on 26 games, seeking to uncover their identity through subpoenas.
A new Baldur's Gate 3 mod adds a mid-campaign region, The Chionthar Wilds, between Acts Two and Three, offering quests and dungeons for mid-level parties.
Zero Parades will receive a free Director’s Cut update on October 1, adding 40,000 new words, new scenes, and behind-the-scenes features to the RPG ahead of its console release.
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy expects GTA 6’s online multiplayer to launch in 2027, though Rockstar has not confirmed this timing.