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#Significant
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State of Decay 3 studio Undead Labs lay off "a significant number" of "exceptionally talented developers" after gaining independence from Xbox
State of Decay 3 Remains in “Active Development” Despite “Significant” Layoffs at Undead Labs
State of Decay 3 Dev Hit with 'Significant' Layoffs After Going Independent
Undead Labs, After Xbox Reset, Becomes Independent Again, But With 'Significant' Layoffs
State of Decay studio Undead Labs goes independent after Xbox restructuring, but lays off "a significant number" of the team in doing so
Undead Labs makes 'significant' layoffs after splitting from Xbox
State of Decay Developer Undead Labs Responds to 'Significant' Layoffs Following Independence from Xbox
State Of Decay 3 Studio Lays Off A ‘Significant’ Number Of Developers But Says It Won’t Impact The Game

#GearsOfWarEdays
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Gears of War: E-Day Story Director Among Those Affected by Xbox’s Latest Layoffs
Gears Of War E-Day Story Dev Celebrates Game Going Gold, Let Go Four Days Later
Xbox lays off Gears of War: E-Day's story director barely two weeks before the game's launch
Gears of War: E-Day Story Director Laid Off Just Before Launch
Gears of War: E-Day Story Director Laid Off Just a Week Before Early Access Launch

#Playstation
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Star Wars: Zero Company Has Managed To Sell Over A Million Copies
Star Wars Zero Company finds success in passing 1m sales, so can the furloughed development team be reinstated and paid now?
Star Wars Zero Company Reportedly Hits 1 Million Sales, But Will It Be Enough?
Star Wars Zero Company Estimated to Have Sold 1 Million, With Nearly 70% on Steam
Star Wars Zero Company Estimated To Have Reached 1 Million Sales Amid Staff Furloughs

#LaidOffWithin
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As Halo goes to Activision, fans are worried about this year's Halo Fest and a potential lore reboot from the Call of Duty publisher
Former Halo leaders lament effective closure of Halo Studios, as one employee finds themselves promoted and fired in same week
Activision’s Halo Game: Everything We Know So Far
Halo Studios cinematic director promoted, then laid off in the same week
Halo Studios Cinematic Director Promoted and Laid Off Within the Same Week as Xbox's Brutal Restructuring Continues
Halo Developer Gets Promoted And Laid Off In The Same Week

#WorldsEdge
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Age of Empires studio World's Edge reportedly lose nearly half their staff and a new game project in mass Xbox layoffs
Age of Empires studio World's Edge reportedly lost "nearly half" of its staff during yesterday's Xbox cuts and move to Activision
Age of Empires developer World's Edge hit with layoffs following move to Activision
Age of Empires Studio Nearly Halved Amid Xbox Reset, Next Project Cancelled

#CreativeIdentity
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Obsidian Will Retain Leadership and “Creative Identity” Under Bethesda – Rumor
Obsidian's "creative identity and strengths" will remain intact, promises Bethesda, as it takes control of Fallout: New Vegas studio
Report: Bethesda president tells Obsidian staff it won't lose 'creative identity' after merge
Bethesda President Addresses Obsidian Amid Questions About Whether It Will Be Demoted To A Support Studio

#LoveForTheUmbraWitchBayon
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Stellar Blade will let players turn off frame generation on Nintendo Switch 2
Opinion: I Think I'm Missing Something About Stellar Blade On Switch 2
Bayonetta 4 When? Stellar Blade Director Confesses His Love For The Umbra Witch
Stellar Blade Switch 2 will add on/off toggle for frame generation at launch
Stellar Blade is a success now but once came close to the brink: "We could only pay salaries for about three months"

#ResidentEvilAndWeapons
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The producer of Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil and Weapons is reportedly working on a new Silent Hill film
Resident Evil Film Producer Turns to New Silent Hill Movie, Report Claims
Grab Resident Evil 4 Remake For Less Than $10 Right Now, Making It Cheaper Than Ever
Resident Evil Movie Director Reveals His Four Favorite Games
The producer behind Cregger's Resident Evil film is working on an unnamed Silent Hill project and players are asking for just one thing
The scariest part of Silent Hill: Townfall? It's not the monsters—it's British interior design
Everything I'd do differently in Cregger's Resident Evil film
SILENT HILL: Townfall Review

#Discord
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Discord announced a revamped global age verification system
Discord re-introduces age verification policy based on 'account signal' methodology
Discord re-launches age verification following backlash over privacy concerns

#MoonlightFestival
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Black Desert Mobile introduces Moonlight Festival packed with rewards for you to earn
Black Desert Mobile Overhauls Maegu, Adjusts Nightmare Levels, and Opens the Moonlight Festival
Black Desert Mobile’s Sep. 22 Patch Reworks Maegu and Raises Nightmare CP Caps

#ADisasterForSportsLeagues
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GTA 6 Could Turn November Into a Disaster for Sports Leagues, Predicts NBA Star
GTA 6 Will Make Pro Athletes Perform Worse, NBA Star Says
NBA Star Steven Adams Says GTA 6's Launch Will Lead to a 'League-Wide' Drop in Performance for Athletes and Coaches

#Atlus
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Persona Super Live 2027 Concert Will Last 3 Days
Persona 6 Could Get Its Big Reveal in March, as Atlus Announces First Super Live Show in Four Years
Persona 6 Excitement Grows as Atlus Announces Return of Major Event

#DuneAwakening
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Dune: Awakening Review
Dune: Awakening and Filmic Archive DLC Now Live on Consoles, With Overhauls & Single-Player Now On PC
Dune: Awakening launches on PS5 and Xbox alongside single-player update

#Online
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EVE Online: Cradle of War update launches, reworking wormhole combat sites & jump bridge use
EVE Online's CoW Major Update Brings Major Changes To Force Projection, Wormhole Combat Sites, And More
The Cradle of War Update – Fenris Wants To Talk Ansiblex Nerfs

#WarframesIceblade
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How to get Narin in Warframe
Warframe's Iceblade of Narin update "represents how Digital Extremes has evolved"
Warframe’s Iceblade of Narin Update Is Live With New Warframe, Free Banshee Login Reward

#Diablo5
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Blizzard to take "a somewhat different approach" to level-scaling in Diablo 5, suggesting more influence from Diablo 2 than Diablo 4
Diablo 5 Wants You To Feel Your Power, Not Just See A Bigger Number
Diablo 5 will 'take a somewhat different approach' to Diablo 4's monster level scaling so your character feels noticeably stronger as you progress

#RaiderDecks
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Arc Raiders' Frozen Trail update finally adds a grappling hook and a new place to keep your trinkets
Arc Raiders’ Battle Pass Won’t Be Totally Free Anymore, But It’ll Pay For Itself
Arc Raiders’ Cheating Epidemic Is Being Dealt With 'Quietly and Continuously'
Arc Raiders’ New Machine-Learning Enemy Looks Absolutely Terrifying
Arc Raiders Frozen Trail Is Officially the Game's Biggest-Ever Update, And It Looks Epic
The Arc Raiders Frozen Trail update is bigger than anyone expected: new ARC, gun upgrades, a map, and personal outposts you can decorate

#LeakRevealsUpcoming
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New EA FC 27 Leak Reveals Upcoming Collab
Make opponents rage quit with these meta EA FC 27 Skill Moves
A new celebration in EA FC 27 has you looking like a predator, and it's easy to see why
Review: EA Sports FC 27 (Switch 2) - Still The Best Football Option, Even With Caveats

#TheGuildWars2
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Guild Wars 2 prepares WvW players to pummel each other in a new borderlands map beta November 10
First New Guild Wars 2 Battlegrounds Map in a Decade is Set During the Searing in Ascalon, Beta Begins in November
Guild Wars 2’s New WvW Borderlands Map Gets a Gray-Box Beta on November 10

#SteamDeck
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The Steam Machine handles Control Resonant capably, but the promised Steam Deck support is a letdown
Guide: Steam Deck / Steam Machine / SteamOS game won't launch: how to fix games that won't start

#Counter
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Counter-Strike 2 adds an intense fast-paced 3v3 'Rush' game mode
Counter-Strike 2 gets 3v3 Rush mode in new update

#IosAndAndroid
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Aniimo, Pawprint Studios' debut creature collector, is out now on iOS and Android
Aniimo launches on iOS and Android with cross-progression

#MonopolyGo
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Daily free Monopoly Go dice links (September 2026)
Monopoly Go free dice links (September 2026)

#Naruto
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The best mobile games of 2026 so far (September 2026)
Best Naruto Mobile Games in 2026 for Fighting, Cards, and More

#MonsterHunterWilds
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Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance Team Wants to Bring Forward Lessons it Learned About PC Performance
Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance Might Be the Endgame I’ve Been Waiting For | IGN Preview