Video Game News 10/15/2026

#CompleteEdition
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Sega pulls Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition from stores over bugs and AI art

"Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition has fallen short of both your expectations and our own standards", Sega say as they pull it from stores and restore the original

Total War Shogun 2's Complete Edition quickly pulled from sale following severe blowback

Total War Shogun 2

Controversial Total War Remaster Being Delisted From Steam After AI Allegations

SEGA Pulls Controversial Total War Remake After Backlash

Sega Pulls Disastrous Total War: Shogun 2 Remaster From Sale Following Backlash

Sega’s Total War: Shogun 2 Remake Is Such A Disaster It’s Being Pulled From Sale

#XboxBigWalk
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House House Explains Big Walk Not Being On Xbox

Big Walk devs House House announce support for BDS Microsoft boycott, say the co-op puzzler isn't coming to Xbox

House House won’t release Big Walk on Xbox in support of Palestine’s BDS movement

Big Walk developer explains the lack of Xbox version is due to Microsoft's place on the BDS boycott

House House will not release Big Walk on Xbox in support of pro-Palestinian BDS campaign

Big Walk devs explain why it isn't on Xbox and likely never will be, 'not until Microsoft and/or Xbox have been removed as BDS boycott targets'

Big Walk Developer Explains Why the Game Isn't on Xbox

Big Walk Devs Say The Game Won’t Come To Xbox In Accordance With The BDS Boycott

#PrologueDemo
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The Switch 2 version of Monster Hunter Wilds gets a Prologue Demo next week

Monster Hunter Wilds Prologue Demo Launches on October 19th for Switch 2

Free Monster Hunter Wilds Prologue Demo Hits Switch 2 on October 19

Monster Hunter Wilds Switch 2 Demo Offers Local Multiplayer

Monster Hunter Wilds Free Prologue Demo Brings The Hunt To Switch 2 Next Week

Monster Hunter Wilds demo available next week on Switch 2 eShop

Monster Hunter Wilds' fairly generous Prologue Demo comes to Switch 2 next week

#Switch2
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The Switch 2 version of 007 First Light finally gets a new release date

"You're Late, 007" - First Light Has Finally Locked In A Switch 2 Release Date

007 First Light for Nintendo Switch 2 finally launches 18th March

007 First Light gets Switch 2 release date, with IO Interactive saying time for "optimisation and performance" was needed

007 First Light On Switch 2 Includes Something No Other Platform Gets, And It’s Ridiculous

007 First Light Coming to Nintendo Switch 2 March 18

#NovemberRelease
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GTA 6 Launch Trailer Available to Watch Right Now, Captured on PS5

GTA 6 launch trailer shows off a criminal romance

Rockstar Drops GTA 6 Launch Trailer

The GTA 6 Launch Trailer Shows Off Vice City And Steamy Scene With Lucia And Jason

The GTA 6 Launch Trailer Is Here Ahead of November Release

GTA 6 Launch Trailer Teases Jason's Troubled Past, a Steamy Shower Scene With Lucia, and Much More

#FortunesWeave
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Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Expansion Pass Announced

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Expansion Pass DLC Announced

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Expansion Pass announced with three waves of DLC

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Expansion Pass Announced, Wave 1 Launches Today

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Expansion Pass DLC announced, Wave 1 out today

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave gets its first wave of DLC today, and an expansion pass to include it

#Classic
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League of Legends Classic is effectively calling it quits after just three months of operation

League of Legends Classic will become a thing of the past in January 2027, though it may one day be resurrected as a limited-time event

Riot has already called time on League of Legends Classic, will turn it into an event instead

Riot Games has announced the end League of Legends Classic as an on-going mode, just three months after its release

League of Legends Classic Getting Shut Down After 3 Months

3 months after launch, Riot announces League of Legends Classic will be killed in January: 'most have gone back to other parts of League'

#EpicGames
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Epic Games vibe codes new launcher because 'programming is hard,' claims it starts 46% faster than Steam — Preview is available now but not recommended for competitive players

New Epic Games Launcher ‘Vibe Coded’ Because ‘Programming Is Hard’

Epic throws shade at Steam, admits to vibe-coding the new Epic Games Launcher with AI "to be faster than the other guy"

Epic Games claims its new "vibe coded" launcher runs 46% faster than Steam from cold start to store page

Epic Dunks On Steam With Vibe-Coded Storefront And Gets Roasted: ‘This Launcher Is So F*cking Vibeslopped Its Funny’

#PlaystationPlusCatalog
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PS Plus Premium Members Treated to More New PS5 Demos Next Week

PlayStation Plus Catalogue Titles For October 2026 Announced, Including Mafia: The Old Country, Horizon Forbidden West, Tales of Arise, Dino Crisis 2, and More

Mafia: The Old Country Headlines Octobers PS Plus Extra And Premium Games

Here are our PS Plus Premium and Extra games for October

October’s PlayStation Plus Catalog Is One Of The Service’s Best Months In A Long Time

#TookyoGames
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Kotaro Uchikoshi Confirms His New Studio’s Game Is Cancelled (Is It Though?)

Kotaro Uchikoshi Mentions New Studio Crash Keys and ‘Canceled’ Game

Kotaro Uchikoshi, Creator Of Zero Escape And AI: The Somnium Files, Launches New Studio

Zero Escape and The Hundred Line co-creator's new studio "might literally crash into a million pieces" after the cancellation of its next game

Zero Escape And Hundred Line Director’s New Game Canceled Before He Could Announce New Studio [UPDATE: Something’s Off]

#TheSexSceneIsOneOfTheBest
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Rockstar has revealed the official launch trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6

Grand Theft Auto 6 Launch Trailer Showcases Covert Operations, Chases, and More

Grand Theft Auto 6 Characters Will Sweat Realistically Depending on the Intensity of Their Actions

Grand Theft Auto 6 launch trailer suddenly drops, showing a saucy shower scene, a tense police chase, and high-flying heists

Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA6) – Official Launch Trailer

The Grand Theft Auto 6 launch trailer is here

The Sex Scene Is One Of The Best Parts Of Grand Theft Auto 6′s New Trailer

Surprise, Here’s A New Grand Theft Auto 6 Trailer

#Skull
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Ubisoft’s latest round of layoffs shuts down another studio and cuts into Skull and Bones staff

Ubisoft Appears to Be Shutting Down Trials Developer RedLynx Studio and Downsizing Its Ubisoft Singapore Studio

Ubisoft Proposes Closing Trials Studio RedLynx, Cuts 70 Jobs at Skull and Bones Developer

Ubisoft to close Trials studio RedLynx, downsize Ubisoft Singapore

Ubisoft Shutters Trials Developer RedLynx and Cuts Jobs at Ubisoft Singapore

#StreetFighter
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WWE 2K26 is collaborating with Capcom for a DLC pack adding five WWE wrestlers as Street Fighter action figures

Movie Review: Street Fighter - Gaudy Testosterone-Fuelled Action Film Is Fun But Not a Knockout

Street Fighter Could Be In For A Rough First Round At The Box Office

Street Fighter Review: Even David Dastmalchian Can't Save This Incoherent Action Movie

#CodModernWarfare4
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‘No offense to Zelda’ but GTA 6 and COD Modern Warfare 4 are ‘the two biggest games of the year’, Activision exec says

"No Offense To Zelda" - Activision Exec Says Call Of Duty: MW4 And GTA 6 Are The Two Biggest Games Of The Year

GTA 6 Helps Modern Warfare 4, Actually, Activision Says

Activision Thinks GTA 6 Will Actually Help Modern Warfare 4: 'No Offense to Zelda, but [GTA and COD] Are the 2 Biggest Games of the Year'

#PlaystationUnveils
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Gran Turismo Limited Edition DualSense Wireless Controller Announced

(For Southeast Asia) Gran Turismo 7’s Spec IV (Part 1) launches today and a first look at DualSense wireless controller – Gran Turismo Limited Edition

Nobody Loves Cars More Than Polyphony Digital, and Its New Gran Turismo 7 Movie Proves It

Gran Turismo 7 Spec IV (Part 1) Launches Today; PlayStation Unveils DualSense Wireless Controller – Gran Turismo Limited Edition

#CrackTheWhipInCastlevania
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Crack The Whip In Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse

Castlevania Belmont's Curse swung between Dark Souls and Dead Cells to find the form that "feels good in your hands"

Feature: "I Lost My Mind" - Abby Trott On Singing The Smash Bros. Theme & Playing A Belmont In Castlevania

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse review - inspired by great ideas, but doomed by questionable execution

#Trollheim
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"I lost the concept of home, until my grandmother took me into these forests" - Trollheim: Gnomes is a survival game from ex-DICE and Paradox devs that channels childhood fairytales

Trollheim: Gnomes' Nordic Folklore Inspired World Looks Stunning, And I Need To Explore It

Trollheim: Gnomes Announced, Survival Crafting In Nordic Folklore

Trollheim: Gnomes Aims to Bring the Mystery and Whimsy of Nordic Folklore to a Survival Crafting Game

#Xbox
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Xbox reveals the Nano Controller, a smaller and cheaper alternative with a rechargeable battery

Xbox announces new Nano Controller that's also compatible with mobile

Xbox Announces Tiny New Xbox Nano Controller

#Rpg
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Tales of Eternia Remastered launch trailer – classic RPG returns on Nintendo Switch 2, Switch

Tales of Eternia Remastered Launches on PS5 Friday, October 16

Tales of Eternia Remastered review: We should do better

#FirstFinalFantasyResonanc
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First Final Fantasy Resonance PS5 Review Released, Rough Campaign Length Revealed

Final Fantasy Resonance Scores 36/40 in Famitsu’s First Review

The First Review For Final Fantasy Resonance Is In

#Fallout
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Xbox Polling Players on Whether Fallout, Elder Scrolls, or Even Minecraft Should Go Exclusive

Microsoft Surveys Xbox Insiders on Bringing Back Exclusive Releases

Microsoft survey suggests company considering making Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Minecraft Xbox exclusive

#TheSwitch2
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Hands-on with Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2, where the feel beats the looks

ICYMI: Zelda: Ocarina Of Time On Switch 2 Has A Museum & Boss Time Trial Mode

Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Previews Say Streamlined Controls And Other Improvements Have Breathed New Life Into A Classic

#Playstation2
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El Paso, Elsewhere 2 Steam Demo Reveals New Weapons and Vampire Combat

El Paso, Elsewhere 2 gets its first playable demo

El Paso, Elsewhere 2 Preview – Escape the Void!

#DuneAwakening
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Funcom confirms new layoffs and the stepping down of its CEO as it focuses on Conan Exiles and Dune Awakening

Funcom Announces a New CEO and Layoffs in Restructuring, Focus On Dune: Awakening and Conan Exiles

Funcom to lay off staff as it pivots to focusing solely on Conan Exiles and Dune: Awakening

#ClashRoyale
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Clash Royale is the next Supercell hit to come to tabletop, with an upcoming Kickstarter project

Clash Royale: The Grand Arena Board Game Exclusive Trailer and Kickstarter Reveal