Epic Games reportedly pivoting to "AI first" game development model
Epic Games is shifting to an “AI first” development strategy for its collaboration with the Walt Disney Company, letting AI models write all the code and guide all…
Ars Technica
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Meta's New Muse Wonder Finally Puts Zuckerberg in the Frontier AI Race
Meta released Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full on Monday, the first models from its Superintelligence Labs that the company is willing to put head-to-head with the best…
Decrypt
Breaking Bad Star RJ Mitte Dead at 34
RJ Mitte, the actor best known for playing Walter White Jr. in Breaking Bad, has died at 34. TMZ reported that a county official in Texas confirmed the…
IGN
Battlefield 6 Officially Reveals Massive Patch Notes for Season 5 Update
Ahead of the Season 5 release date, EA reveals the full patch notes for Battlefield 6 , confirming the content players will be able to access as well…
Game Rant
EXCLUSIVE: For the Stars Images Showcase the Upcoming Space Sandbox Survival Multiplayer Game | IGN Fall Fan Fest 2026
As part of IGN Fan Fest 2026: Fall Edition, we are proud to reveal five brand-new screenshots of For the Stars, Snail Games USA's upcoming space sandbox survival…
IGN
Falcons and Aurora players are most-picked in TWC 2026 Fantasy
Due to a presence of the third-place decider, teams making semi-finals will guarantee two rounds of play for themselves. Teams making playoffs via upper final will get one…
HLTV
Fans Accuse Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Of Breaking Deluxe Edition Promise After Revealing FF7 DLC: ‘Paid $100 For This Sh*t, Guess I Learned My Lesson’
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is a great racing game with a ton of post-launch support. Unfortunately, the balance between bombarding players with new content and how it’s been monetized…
Kotaku
RuneScape: Dragonwilds Is Closing In on 3 Million Players, and Jagex Is Already Planning “a String of Sagas”
Every now and then, there’s confidence and success in a game, where they don’t need to hide behind vague lines like “it was a success” or “it failed…
Wccftech
Student Suspended After Teachers Discover Death Note Notebook, Sparking Police Investigation
A student at a Massachusetts middle school found herself at the center of a police investigation after administrators discovered her Death Note notebook. The incident took place at…
IGN
Epic Games delays Disney game and tells developers to go "AI first"
Epic Games has delayed its upcoming Disney collaboration - a shooter featuring characters from the Marvel and Star Wars franchises - and told developers to move to an…
GamesIndustry.biz
From GTA V on iPhone to Free Photoshop: This AI Tool Is Upending Software
Would you like to kill a boss in Skyrim using an AK47 from Counter Strike? Give your NPCs a real genius-level brain that gives you unique answers instead…
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Epic Games reportedly orders staff to implement ‘AI-first’ development
Epic Games has reportedly instructed its developers to implement “AI-first” development and use “no more handwritten code” on an unannounced shooter. That’s according to a report by Bloomberg…
VGC
New App is Basically Letterboxd for Video Games
Tracking video game collection and completion can be a fun part of the hobby, and a new app has emerged to help players accomplish this task. Cartridge is…
Game Rant
10 Final Fantasy Dungeons That Are More Memorable Than Their Boss
Square Enix's Final Fantasy franchise is one of the all-time great JRPG franchises, and for good reason — games have memorable casts of characters, beautiful and interesting settings…
DualShockers
SEGA Labelled 'Stupid Liars' After Failing to Fulfil 'All Future Paid DLC' Promise for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Season 2, which includes Final Fantasy 7, will require a new Season Pass. Agitated Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds fans have picked up their pitchforks and are pointing them at…
Push Square
Epic Delays Disney Shooter to Unknown Date, Embraces “AI-First” Development – Rumor
The Epic Games and Disney collaboration woes seemingly continue, as the former has reportedly delayed its next title from March to an unknown date, according to Bloomberg’s Jason…
GamingBolt
Does Blizzard's revival of its classic games signal a return of the 'old Blizzard?'
K. Kwanghee Woo is a veteran of the StarCraft scene, having covered esports for community hub TL.net since 2002. He is currently a part of the StarCraft 2…
PC Gamer
Haunted Chocolatier Is Still Missing, But This Freaky Tea Party Sim Could Scratch Your Itch
Haunted Chocolatier looks like it could be the perfect, candy-bar blend of sweet and creepy once it launches--but developer ConcernedApe doesn't know when that might be . So…
GameSpot
Tim Burton Horror Lives In Weird Steam Adventure That Reminds Me Of The Creepiest 2010s Games
My 2012 belonged to Slender Man. I was easily terrified by creepy, early 2010s computer games like Slender: The Eight Pages, but I couldn't resist their special blend…
GameSpot
Epic Reportedly Pushing Devs to Use AI, Delays Secret Star Wars and Marvel Crossover Shooter
Epic Games has reportedly delayed its secret Star Wars and Marvel crossover shooter as it pushes its developers to shift to an "AI first" production model. Details on…
IGN
Solana Treasury Firm DeFi Development Keeps Buying SOL as CHAD Preferred Stock Hits Record
DeFi Development Corp, the Nasdaq-listed Solana piggy bank, added about 22,070 SOL—worth about $2,373,211—and “SOL equivalents” to its treasury last week, according to a press release published Monday…
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EMT runs 1,000 feet up mountain to deliver blood and help save injured climber
A North Carolina EMT covered 1.5 miles and climbed 1,000 feet in elevation to deliver blood needed to help save a critically injured climber. Will Soper, 28, was…
Dexerto
Epic Games Forces Shocked Developers Into ‘AI-First’ Mode For Delayed Shooter Featuring Marvel And Star Wars Characters
Epic Games is rushing headfirst into generative AI-based game development for an upcoming Disney shooter that uses characters from Marvel and Star Wars. Developers on the project were…
Kotaku
Upcoming Animal Life-Sim Game Already Hits Major Milestone Before Launch
Over a dozen regional Top Sellers charts on Steam now include Planet Zoo 2 . The achievement serves as an encouraging sign of early commercial momentum for the…
Game Rant
Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii releases game he says he made with AI in about 30 minutes
Yuji Horii, the creator of Dragon Quest, says he has produced a new game using AI in about 30 minutes. Horii shared the game, a text-based police interrogation…
GamesIndustry.biz
ARC Raiders Tops Nearly 186,000 Concurrent Players on Steam After Frozen Trail’s Launch
Following the launch of Frozen Trail, Embark Studios’ ARC Raiders is officially back in the limelight. On Steam, the extraction shooter peaked at nearly 186,000 concurrent players …
GamingBolt
Why alts are part of World of Warcraft: Forever's core progression plans
The developers of World of Warcraft: Forever would very much like it if you would create multiple characters, please. There are a number of reasons for that, including…
PC Gamer
IDW Promises Epic Kaiju Destruction in Godzilla Versus Everything Crossover - Fall FanFest 2026
IDW has been busy establishing an ambitious new Godzilla line with the Kai-Sei Universe , which kicked off in 2025. Now, IGN can exclusively reveal that the Kai-Sei…
IGN
IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog Series Begins the 'Road to #100' - Fall FanFest 2006
IDW Publishing will be celebrating a major milestone in 2027, as the long-running Sonic the Hedgehog comic reaches issue #100. The publisher is already teasing the big developments…
IGN
The Crazy Wait for Dragon Quest 12 Made Worse by Creator's 'Astonishing' Praise for AI
Here we go again. I don't know about you, but I was already a bit concerned about the trajectory of Dragon Quest 12 . The long, long awaited…
Push Square
Four Xbox Games Are Getting Delisted In October 2026
One of them's gone already, and there's mystery around a couple of them. It's been a while since we've had a list of upcoming Xbox delistings to share…
Pure Xbox
VisionQuest Release Schedule Reveals Early Premiere for Episode 1
Marvel has published the full release schedule for VisionQuest , revealing an early premiere for Episode 1. The Vision (Paul Bettany) and Ultron-led (James Spader) Disney+ show's rollout…
IGN
Who to pick in the FC 27 Super Lig Future Stars SBC
The Super Lig Future Stars Pick SBC in FC 27 features four special items in Ultimate Team, and you have just one. The SBC is really affordable in…
Destructoid
Beats by Dre Teases Pokémon Collaboration With an Electrified Beats Pill Speaker
A six-second video teaser posted to the official Beats by Dre YouTube channel shows the shadow of the Beats Pill speaker, enveloped by animated sparks and flames. The…
IGN
Jeremy Renner Says the Avengers Will Lose in Doomsday and It's 'Their Fault' Because They 'Didn't Call' Hawkeye
Marvel star Jeremy Renner said the Avengers will lose in Doomsday , and it's "their fault" because they didn't give Hawkeye a call. The original Avengers star confirmed…
IGN
Ripple-Backed Evernorth Hits Nasdaq Holding 473 Million XRP Worth Far Less Than It Paid
Evernorth, the Ripple-backed company built to stockpile XRP, started trading on the Nasdaq on Monday under the ticker XRPN, giving anyone with a regular brokerage account a way…
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Valor Mortis' system requirements appear to have been drastically cut, just before the FPSoulslike launches
Pretty good first-person Soulsliker Valor Mortis seems to have sliced its PC system requirements down, dropping its minimum CPU and graphics cards demands as an October 13th launch…
Rock Paper Shotgun
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Team Says It’s “Too Early” to Commit to DMZ’s Long-Term Survival
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is less than two weeks away, and our expectations are surprisingly neutral this year. Despite multiplayer concerns, the campaign looks pretty decent…
GamingBolt
The Physical Revolution on Jailbroken PS5s Now Has People Emulating PS3 Discs
Roughly three days ago, coder Swordpdf unveiled PS5SX2: a vibecoded port of the PCSX2 emulator, which allows users to emulate PS2 games on jailbroken PS5s by using physical…
Kotaku
New Official Diablo Product Confirmed for March 2027
Following in the wake of the exciting Diablo announcements at BlizzCon 2026, the franchise has officially confirmed a new release for March 2027. While the Diablo franchise is…
Game Rant
Devil May Cry 5 Composer Returns for Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC, Makes a Banging Metal Track
Burn the Sky. Devil May Cry 5 composer Casey Edwards had been teasing some sort of involvement with Dragon's Dogma 2 — and now we know why. Capcom's…
Push Square
Nintendo's Latin America VP says there are no plans to ditch physical games
As spotted by Eurogamer , vice president and general manager of Nintendo Latin America, Bill van Zyll, told YouTuber Coelho no Japão that the company acknowledged fans' interest…
GamesIndustry.biz
XBOX Testing a New ‘Streak’ System for Dashboard
New details about XBOX’s Streak system have surfaced online, and it appears on your dashboard. XBOX is known to test several features with a group of Insiders before…
Insider Gaming
Streamers arrested after robot allegedly sexually assaults teen and makes “thrusting motions”
Two teenagers are under investigation in Germany after allegedly livestreaming a robot touching a 16-year-old girl’s buttocks and making thrusting motions against her. Police in Cologne seized the…
Dexerto
PS5 Jailbreak App ‘Overdrive’ Seemingly Makes Games and DLC Free
A new app called ‘Overdrive’ has been released for jailbroken PS5s and appears to make all games and DLC free to download. Players have been hearing about a…
Insider Gaming
Best players for FC 27 Touchline Magic Evolution
The Touchline Magic Evolution is now live in FC 27 , and you can spend 20,000 coins to upgrade one of your lower-rated items. Despite being a paid…
Destructoid
After the Comeback of the Century, No Man's Sky is Chasing the Final Platform Frontier
Rajarshi Acharya is a writer at DualShockers who has been covering video games professionally since 2021. His work spans news, guides, features, and editorial coverage across open-world games…
DualShockers
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother Cast on Preparing for Their Intense Roles | IGN Fall Fan Fest 2026
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother is the intense story of a hitman Latif (played by Mahershala Ali) struggling after the death of his wife with caring for…
IGN
Directive 8020 Multiplayer Gets Release Date
During the mid 2010s, the 'playable film' style of game was still a tempting quirk for many. Stemming from the success of the original Until Dawn on PlayStation…
DualShockers
God of War 3 now runs on PC without an emulator, supports 240 fps and customizable mouse and keyboard controls
These last few days, we’ve encountered literal dozens of reverse-engineered, decompiled games being ported from PlayStation to PC without the need to emulate them. These projects vary from…
Destructoid
Cut Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Epilogue Seemingly Teases Assassin’s Creed 3 Prequel
A dataminer has seemingly uncovered a scrapped, half-finished cutscene buried in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced , and the specific appearance of a character named Miko more than…
Kotaku
US Hardware Market Said To Be Most 'Precarious' Since 1980s Following Xbox & PS5 Sales Slumps
"Not been in a more precarious position since the early 80s". Just in case you needed another reminder that the hardware situation looks pretty bleak for the gaming…
Pure Xbox
I don't know what Rick and Morty's about but I have turned GTA 5 into its perfect replica
I'm modding GTA 5 every day in a quest to either transform it into a PC version of GTA 6 or break it entirely. Come back tomorrow to…
PC Gamer
Hackers turn supermarket fridges up to 122 degrees forcing stores to throw away food
Hundreds of French supermarkets have been hit by a cyberattack that caused their fridges and freezers to heat up, spoiling food and forcing retailers to dump stock. The…
Dexerto
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Director Aims for “Even Higher” Graphics Quality Than Rebirth on Switch 2
If you haven’t heard, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will be massive, not just in terms of playtime ( easily over 100 hours , per game director Naoki Hamaguchi)…
GamingBolt
Valor Mortis Release Time, Date, Download Size and Game Pass Details
The Valor Mortis release time is set for October 13, 2026, at 10 AM PT, and the game unlocks at the same moment worldwide. It’s a new first-person…
ChainPlay
Burn With Me is a hand-drawn demon card game featuring the artist's own hand - and also, a refreshingly finite alternative to yer Balatro-likes
Burn With Me is a hand-drawn game in which the most prominent non-hand-drawn bit is artist Eva Manuilovich's own right hand . Excellent, no notes. Manuilovich's hand appears…
Rock Paper Shotgun
Valve have released the Steam Frame's CAD files, but there’s already a cottage industry of DIY wrist straps and lifesize skull stands
Last week, Valve chose their absolute most favourite announcement time – Friday evening, after we all go home – to release the Steam Frame ’s CAD files to…
Rock Paper Shotgun
Invincible VS is Adding Agent Spider to its Roster This Winter
Developer Quarter Up and publisher Skybound Games have announced that the fighting game Invincible VS is getting Agent Spider as an addition to its roster. The character was…
GamingBolt
Bitcoin Spooked? Crypto Fear and Greed Index Drops to Pre-Rally August Lows
After a red hot summer lifted Bitcoin and the rest of crypto out of a brutal bear market, sentiment has now clearly shifted, bucking typically reliable seasonal trends…
Decrypt