Video Game News 10/7/2026

#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

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 begins bringing furloughed staff back

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

Star Wars Zero Company Devs Get Happy Ending After Launch Furlough

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

#Playstation5
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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

Forza Horizon 6 PS5 Release Date Revealed by Reliable Leaker

Forza Horizon 6 has been delayed on PS5, a new report suggests, not long after developer Playground insisted it hadn't

Forza Horizon 6 For PS5 Apparently Delayed To 2027, And It’s Getting A Disc Release

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

#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

#GalacticRacer
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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

Star Wars: Galactic Racer Dev Explains Why Failing Feels Fun

PSA: Star Wars Galactic Racer pilots, put some points in resilience before you hit the acid planet

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

12 Star Wars: Galactic Racer Tips To Help You Avoid Crashing And Burning

#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’s Final Class Highlights Video Covers Druid, Warlock, and Priest Changes

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

#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 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

#ExclusiveGameStreamingRig
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Confusion as Erroneous Reports Claim Xbox Has Exclusive GTA 6 Cloud Streaming Rights

Matthew Ball Denies That Xbox Reportedly Has Exclusive Game Streaming Rights For GTA 6

Xbox denies reports it's acquired exclusive GTA 6 game-streaming rights, deflating hopes of playing it on PC

XBOX Secures Exclusive Rights for the Earliest GTA 6 PC Experience

Update: Xbox Denies Report It Has Exclusive Streaming Rights For GTA 6 At Launch

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

Google announces Playground, an AI game generation platform

Unity unveils a web-based AI game creation platform

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

#AndroidMobilePagesLeakMon
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Monster Hunter Rise comes to mobile via Netflix Games

Monster Hunter Rise iOS and Android Mobile Pages Leak

Monster Hunter Rise Hits 20 Million After Expanding Beyond Switch

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

#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

Warhammer Survivors Launches November 10 for $7.99, Joins Game Pass

#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

#ExpandedEdition
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Cities: Skylines – Expanded Edition announced for Nintendo Switch 2

Cities: Skylines Is Building An 'Expanded Edition' On Switch 2 This Month

Cities: Skylines Announced For Switch 2 While Sequel’s Console Ports Are Still MIA

#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

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

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

Rumor: Sonic Mania Developers May Be Working On A New Ape Escape Game

#BobbyKotick
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Bobby Kotick joins Skydance board of directors

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

He’s Back

#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

#TheNextGameWontTakeAsLong
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Gears of War: E-Day is a “Great Foundation,” Says The Coalition: “The Next Game Won’t Take as Long”

Gears of War E-Day is a 'Natural Choice to Be an Exclusive' – Studio Head Mike Crump Claims Series Carries The Banner For Xbox

Gears of War: E-Day Studio Boss Insists 'The Next Game Will Not Take Nearly as Long' to Make, Responds to Layoff Concern

Gears Of War Boss Dodges Question About Future Layoffs, Promises Next Game Will Come Sooner

#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

#NewEditionsTheCrewMotorfe
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The Crew Motorfest Season 11 Arrives Tomorrow

The Crew Motorfest Goes Wild In Season 11 With Kauai, Lara Croft, And New Editions

#TheLostCrown
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Humble Choice for October 2026 has Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and more

Psychonauts 2 Is Part of Humble Choice October 2026, Double Fine Says

#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

#ForzaHorizon
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Forza Horizon 6 studio acknowledges to players ‘we haven’t been talking with you as much as we could be’

Forza Horizon 6 Studio Acknowledges its Silence, Says it Will Do Better With Communication

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

Monopoly Go free dice links (October 2026)