Video Game News 10/24/2026

#Hitman
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Mass Effect: Universe Would Have Mixed James Bond, John Wick and Hitman, Claims Community Adviser

Fan Petition To Save Mass Effect Is Gaining A Lot of Signatures

Mass Effect Universe "looked incredible" says creator who claims he advised BioWare

Shepard Actor Reacts To Leaked Mass Effect Trailer, Is “Holding Hope” The Game Will Live On

The Next Mass Effect Sounded Like John Wick In Space

One of 2026’s Best-Rated Games Is Basically Mass Effect With Spies

Mass Effect Universe Feature List Makes Cancellation Hurt Even More

Mass Effect 5 was set in a 'galactic Cold War,' new leak claims, and all 3 endings were wrapped into 1

Mass Effect Fans Call for EA Boycott as Petition to Save BioWare's Canceled Game Garners More than 75,000 Signatures

FemShep Voice Actor Jennifer Hale Speaks Out After Mass Effect 5 Trailer Leaks Online

New Mass Effect 5 Leak Explains How It Was Going To Deal With Mass Effect 3’s Multiple Endings

#Xbox
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Helen Chiang exits Microsoft three months after becoming Xbox’s first COO

Xbox's Helen Chiang exits after 21 years, but only 3 months as COO

Xbox's first chief operating officer Helen Chiang leaves Microsoft just three months into the job

Xbox's First-Ever COO Is Already Leaving After A Few Months

Xbox Loses Its First Chief Operating Officer After Several Months

#CallOfDutyModernWarfare4
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Breaks Metacritic Record After 15 Years

PSA: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Switch 2 Update Now Live

Modern Warfare 4 gets an additional 39GB update on Nintendo Switch 2

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 Has Korean Lawmakers Lashing Out

#SeveralFormsOfTakeover
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Arkane Lyon Closure and 217 Jobs at Risk If The Studio Doesn’t Find a Buyer By November 13 With “Several Forms of Takeover” Being Considered

Arkane Studios reportedly has until November 13 to find a buyer to avoid closure

Arkane Lyon Unions Seek More Time to Find Buyer and Save 217 Jobs

As devastating Xbox "reset" continues, Dishonored studio Arkane Lyon reportedly only has until November to find a new buyer before it's closed

#CompleteEditionMess
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Creative Assembly Blames External Development For Total War: SHOGUN 2 Complete Edition AI Use

Creative Assembly exec pins the blame for the Shogun 2 remaster mess on someone else: 'This was not a Creative Assembly developed game'

Creative Assembly Discusses the Shogun 2: Complete Edition Mess, Promises Next Steps

Creative Assembly Finally Addresses The Shogun 2 Remaster Disaster By Pointing Fingers

#Steam
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I've got egg on my face because Steam's Personal Calendar feature has apparently been a test this whole time and is only now actually a fully fledged component

Steam's new Personal Calendar aims to solve game discovery without trapping you in a bubble

Steam Officially Rolls Out A Calendar Feature To Directly Recommend New Games

#NoThanks
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Future? No Thanks! dev removes AI-generated voices from game and offers refunds to players who feel "betrayed"

Chaosium Removes AI-Generated Content From Miskatonic Repository

Developer Of ‘Ecosocialist’ Game Future? No Thanks! Offers Refunds After Using AI Despite Calling It ‘Technofascist’

#StreetFighter6
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Capcom confirms 11.7 million account records were exposed, raising concerns for Street Fighter 6 players

Capcom Confirms Data Breach Affecting Nearly 11.8 Million CAPCOM ID Records

Street Fighter 6 Players Reeling After Capcom Takes Down Popular Community Resource Site

#Dead
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Dead by Daylight Is Losing Another Horror Icon

Dead By Daylight Fan Favorite Chucky Joins the Killers Removed Via License Loss

Dead by Daylight to Remove Chucky Content Just Months After Losing Michael Myers

#TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOf
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Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake details you may have missed

The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Switch 2 ESRB Rating Summary Published

Zelda: Ocarina of Time gets ESRB Rating page with new details

Zelda: Ocarina of Time The Battle for Hyrule Begins commercial

#Patch21
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Factorio's final major update has rolled off the assembly line, adding "the things we wanted to do for 2.0 but didn't have time for"

After 14 years of development, Factorio's final major update is out now

#Dawn
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 Touts Over 70 Campaign Missions in New Overview Trailer

Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War IV Closed Beta Begins, New Overview Prepares Us For Upcoming Launch

#ANewDawn
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A New Dawn – Star Wars Galaxies Restoration | Official Trailer

Star Wars Galaxies' Restoration project just received another massive update, including a huge visual upgrade and an overhaul to the Wookiees' home planet

#MetroidDread
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What makes Metroid Dread one of the best Nintendo Switch games ever

5 Years Later, Metroid Dread’s Perfect Ending Is Still One of Nintendo’s Best

#PhantomBladeZeroSells
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Phantom Blade Zero Sells 500K on Steam: Who Plays First?

Phantom Blade Zero – Everything To Know

#NetflixReportedlyPulls
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Netflix Reportedly Pulls $500M Xbox Adaptation Offer After $800M Counter

With Minecraft and Diablo shows already on the way, Netflix reportedly offered Xbox $500m for a bigger film and TV deal

#ModernWarfare4
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Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 655

Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (24th October)

#WorldPetsReleaseDate
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Fallout Day Reveals Fallout 76 World Pets Release Date and New Fallout 4 Creations

Prime Video's Fallout reality competition Fallout Shelter: The Experiment premieres in January

#HourOfRuin
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Impending Doom Brings All Of Teyvat’s Leaders Together In Genshin Impact Version 7.2 Hour of Ruin

Genshin Impact Version 7.2 Launching November 4

#Sports
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EA Sports FC 27 Ultimate Scream Team 2 Predictions Featuring Ginola, Olise, and Other Stars

All the ways to get Ultimate Scream Tokens in EA FC 27

Here's how to complete the Spooky Nights SBC in EA FC 27

#October
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Today's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang redeem codes (October 2026)

Bey Rivals codes (October 2026)

Project Iron codes (October 2026)

#WorldOfWarcraftForever
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The Daily Grind: What class and race are you maining in World of Warcraft Forever?

World of Warcraft: Forever Global Release Times

#Halloween
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Dune Awakening’s Halloween event may be the most creepy you play all year

The Scourge Brings a Sinister Halloween Spirit to the Deserts of Arrakis in Dune: Awakening's New Event

#CriterionGames
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Feature: Star Wars: Galactic Racer Is the Blueprint for a New Burnout, and I Need It to Happen

5 Must-Try Faulty Parts in Galactic Racer

Star Wars: Galactic Racer – Turns And Corners 101 (Quick Tips Before You Go On Tour)

#TouhouKoumakyou
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A Tower Full of Cats launches on Nintendo Switch today, Nintendo Switch 2 version coming soon [update: Switch 2 release date]

Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic getting Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch physical release in Japan with English support, pre-orders open

The Spectrum Retreat: Redux coming to Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo Switch Sports review for Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo Is Still Being Wildly Underestimated