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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

Undead Labs Says State Of Decay 3 Isn’t Impacted By Recent Xbox Moves, Though The Studio Is Hit By Layoffs

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

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

Undead Labs makes 'significant' layoffs after splitting from Xbox

#Fight
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ARC Raiders: Frozen Trail is Adding a Frigate Full of ARCs to Fight, 3 New Enemies, and Much More

ARC Raiders outlines the Frozen Trail's new map, endgame, and features

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 Amplified Weapons System Changes the Game in a Major Way

The Arc Raiders Frozen Trail update is bigger than anyone expected: new ARC, gun upgrades, a map, and personal outposts you can decorate

#Discord
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Discord announced a revamped global age verification system

Discord launches controversial age-verification system "using the most privacy-preserving approach we could build" months after first delay

Discord re-launches age verification following backlash over privacy concerns

Discord's Controversial Age Verification Policy Starts Today

Discord re-introduces age verification policy based on 'account signal' methodology

#CreativeIdentity
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Obsidian Will Retain Leadership and “Creative Identity” Under Bethesda – Rumor

Bethesda claims its acquisition of Obsidian won't take the 'creative identity' away, but Fallout is relying on cooperation

Obsidian's "creative identity and strengths" will remain intact, promises Bethesda, as it takes control of Fallout: New Vegas studio

Bethesda President Addresses Obsidian Amid Questions About Whether It Will Be Demoted To A Support Studio

Report: Bethesda president tells Obsidian staff it won't lose 'creative identity' after merge

#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

#Switch2Home
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Why The Witcher 3 Remastered Could Shape The Witcher 4

Witcher 3 Remastered showing on Switch 2 Home screen for those who own original on Switch

Some Witcher 3 Fans Aren’t Too Happy With New Remastered Footage

Some Fans Seem to Think The Witcher 3 Remastered Looks Worse Than the Original in Official Comparison Clip

#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

#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"

#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

#Gears
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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 a Week Before Early Access Launch

#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

#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

#Rpg
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A new Monster Hunter World seamless co-op mod tackles the RPG's most frustrating issue

New Monster Hunter World Mod Completely Overhauls Co-Op Mechanics

Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance Might Be the Endgame I’ve Been Waiting For | IGN Preview

#Bethesda
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Bethesda boss confirms Obsidian will remain a "distinct" team

Leaked Xbox Memo Reveals Obsidian’s Fate Under Bethesda

Bethesda Boss Issues Memo to Staff After Xbox Moves Obsidian Into the Fallout Company

#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

Everything I'd do differently in Cregger's Resident Evil film

#LeakRevealsUpcoming
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New EA FC 27 Leak Reveals Upcoming Collab

EA FC 27 generated a 14-year-old Charlie Kirk, and Career Mode players can't believe their eyes

Make opponents rage quit with these meta EA FC 27 Skill Moves

Review: EA Sports FC 27 (Switch 2) - Still The Best Football Option, Even With Caveats

#QuestIi
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Multiplayer OARPG Titan Quest II announces a January 19 departure from early access

Titan Quest 2 Leaves Early Access In January 2027

Titan Quest II Will Leave Early Access and Launch 1.0 on PC and Console in January

#TrovesRematch
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Trove’s Rematch update revamps PvP in the game’s new Battle Mode

Trove Shakes Up PvP With Refreshed Maps, Combat, and Improved Matchmaking in Rematch Update

Trove’s Rematch update brings PvP back with Battle Mode and stat scaling

#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

#FortunesWeaveCharacterPol
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Poll: Who's Your Favourite Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Character?

Where to find pepper leaves in Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Basically Has the Same Plot As Twisted Metal

Can Everybody In Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Please Shut The Hell Up A Little Bit?

#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

#DoubleFine
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‘I just assume someone is being greedy’: Double Fine’s Tim Schafer says he doesn’t know why the industry isn’t recovering

Double Fine’s Four-Composer Amnesia Fortnight Stream Was A Rare Treat

#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