Video Game News 10/8/2026

Video Game News 10/8/2026

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#BitReactor
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Star Wars Zero Company staff ‘returning to work’ after being furloughed pre-release

Bit Reactor has returned some furloughed employees to work after success of Star Wars Zero Company

Bit Reactor Brings Back Furloughed Staff, Promises To Support Star Wars: Zero Company

Star Wars: Zero Company studio is bringing "as many people back as possible" after furloughing "most" of its developers

Star Wars Zero Company Developer Sees Portion Of Furloughed Workers Return

Star Wars Zero Company developer Bit Reactor brings back 'over half' of furloughed staff

Star Wars Zero Company developer Bit Reactor begins bringing furloughed staff back

Star Wars Zero Company Devs Get Happy Ending After Launch Furlough

Star Wars Zero Company Developer Bit Reactor Returns More of Their Team to Work

Bit Reactor CEO Welcomes Return of Some Furloughed Staff for 'Continued Support' of Star Wars Zero Company

Star Wars Zero Company Studio Tries To Bring Back As Many Furloughed Devs ‘As Possible’ Following ‘Unexpected Business Developments Outside Of Our Control’

#Hobgoblins
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Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Review

Review: Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen (PS5) - Epic Expansion Is Peak Dragon's Dogma

Review: Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen (Switch 2) - An Action RPG Great Returns In Fine Form

Should You Play Dragon’s Dogma 2 On Switch 2?

Here's the Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen release time for your region

Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Review

Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen – The Kotaku Review

Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Review

#DiscForzaHorizon6Reported
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Forza Horizon 6's PS5 release has reportedly slipped into 2027, but there's some good news

Forza Horizon 5 Map Guide and Every Horizon Location Ranked

Forza Horizon 6 isn’t coming to PS5 this year, it’s claimed

Forza Horizon 6 Launches on January 26th, 2027 for PS5 – Rumor

Next Major Xbox Open World Game on PS5 Gets Release Date

BrokenLore: Ascend Launches This January

Forza Horizon 6 PS5 Release Date Revealed by Reliable Leaker

Forza Horizon 6 Reportedly Coming to PS5 in January on Disc

When Is Forza Horizon 6 Coming To PS5? A Reliable Leaker Claims To Finally Know The Answer

#TheYear1Pass
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Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Adds Phoenix Cyclops on November 2, and He Has a Dark Phoenix Form

Phoenix Cyclops Joins Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls In November

Phoenix Cyclops joins MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls on November 2

Phoenix Cyclops Fires Up Marvel Tokon on 2nd November, PS Plus Trial Out Now

Phoenix Cyclops gets gameplay reveal & November release date in Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls

MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls – Phoenix Cyclops Gameplay Reveal Trailer

#NewPuzzleGameOrderOfTheSi
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Order Of The Sinking Star Review In Progress

Review: Order of the Sinking Star (PS5) - Jon Blow's Huge Sokoban Design Mixtape Made Me Weary

Order of the Sinking Star Review – One of the Best Puzzle Games Ever Made

Order of the Sinking Star review: Worlds collide

Review: Order Of The Sinking Star (Switch 2) - Intense, Sometimes Gruelling, But Always Inventive

10 Hours With Jonathan Blow’s New Puzzle Game Order Of The Sinking Star

#Classic
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WoW Forever and the call of the Druid

The Pros And Cons Of WoW Forever's Controller Support

WoW Forever Is Getting Standard-Definition Skyborne Models in 2027

WoW: Forever Players Love It When Things Look Old

We tried to earn as much gold in WoW: Forever as we could in 2 hours—which involved a mugging, slander, and at least one crashout

#Google
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Google officially reveals AI game-creation platform, Playground

Google announces Playground, an AI game generation platform

Unity unveils Unity Spark, an prompt-based tool for Google's AI game platform

Unity unveils a web-based AI game creation platform

#AndroidMobilePagesLeakMon
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Monster Hunter Rise comes to mobile via Netflix Games

Monster Hunter Rise iOS and Android Mobile Pages Leak

20 million sales later, Capcom is bringing Monster Hunter Rise to iOS and Android, but for now it's locked behind a Netflix subscription

Monster Hunter Rise Hits 20 Million After Expanding Beyond Switch

#LegendaryPokemonReturning
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Legendary Pokemon Returning to Pokemon GO This November

Pokemon Home Works With Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen Switch Now

Pokemon Home now compatible with Fire Red and Leaf Green (patch notes)

#Decay
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State of Decay 3 Will Undergo Changes Following Layoffs and Undead Labs’ Independence

State of Decay 3 Studio Head Says He Was “Irresponsibly Transparent” With Team During Xbox Layoffs

Undead Labs speaks about its split from Xbox, revealing it has to "make some changes" to State of Decay 3 following layoffs

#Castlevania
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Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse gets first review

The First Review For Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Is In

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Demo Hides Fighting Game Easter Eggs Behind Secret Weapon

#PlaystationVr2
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Sony Seemingly Ends VR Ambitions by Selling Patents to Meta

Sony has sold over 40 AR/VR hardware patents to Meta in 2026

Sony Has Thrown In The Virtual Towel By Selling VR Patents To Meta

#Playstation
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Rumour: More Sources Mount for Ape Escape Revival from Ex-Sonic Mania Devs

Ape Escape Revival Reportedly Being Developed By Studio Founded By Sonic Mania Developers

Sony is reportedly plotting to revive classic PlayStation games, starting with a new Ape Escape from the developers behind Sonic Mania

#XboxGamePassPosts
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Xbox Game Pass Posts HERE WE GOOOOO and Names Nothing

Here are our Xbox Game Pass games for October 2026

Say Goodbye To The Best RPG On Xbox Game Pass

#FormerActivisionBlizzard
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Former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick named to the board of post-merger Skydance

Bobby's back

He’s Back

#FortunesWeave
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Anomalith demo just released on Nintendo Switch 2

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave icons added to Nintendo Switch Online

Minecraft details free limited time Nintendo Switch to Switch 2 upgrade

Minecraft Switch 2 Pre-Orders Now Live, Free Digital Upgrade Path Confirmed As "Limited Time Offer"

Valheim Switch 2 Review

Review: 1000xRESIST – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Nintendo Switch 2)

Review: Farming Simulator 26 (Nintendo Switch)

#Discord
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Hackers steal millions of Discord IDs and email addresses in "deliberate, multi-stage attack" on security service Double Counter

Hackers get away with millions of Discord IDs and email addresses in ‘multi-stage’ security attack

Discord protection bot Double Counter hit by breach exposing around 1 million email addresses

#StarWars
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Star Wars: Galactic Racer has 20 Favors to unlock, and here's how to get them all

You don't actually need to finish a race to win in Star Wars: Galactic Racer

10 Star Wars Galactic Racer tips to help you beat Kestar Bool

‘Why Hasn’t Someone Thought About That Before?’ – How Star Wars: Galactic Racer Solves One of Driving Games’ Biggest Problems

#Runefest
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Warhammer Survivors will be launching on November 10 - demo available

The Pocket Gamer Podcast Episode 97 - RuneScape RuneFest, Warhammer Survivors, and, well, more Warhammer Survivors

#XboxCloudGaming
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Xbox GTA 6 Cloud Gaming Deal Is Not Exclusive and Does Not Include PC

Xbox clarifies that Cloud Gaming will not allow GTA 6 to be streamed on PC

#Team1
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FC 27 Future Stars Team 1 Predictions Featuring Vicky Lopez, Rio Ngumoha, and Others

Review – FC 27 Xbox Series X

#Anime
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Anime racer Screamer no longer demands you retrain your fingers, with a fresh patch adding single stick drift controls

Screamer Gets A More Approachable Ride With New Single Stick Update

#West
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PAX West 2026: Hands-On with the Genki Manta

PAX West

#The
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The original Grand Theft Auto was open-world because ‘we didn’t want to have to build a front end’, dev says

With Grand Theft Auto 6 poised to take over the world, I reached out to Jack Thompson and it did not go well

#ResidentEvilRequiem
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Resident Evil Requiem writer lets slip a major detail about the upcoming DLC

Resident Evil Requiem's Writer Reveals What The Upcoming DLC Might Be About