Video Game News 10/31/2026

#StarWarsBattlefront
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Mass Effect 5 Canceled, BioWare Closed Because EA Chose to Focus on Star Wars Battlefront 3 – Rumor

Insider Claims Star Wars is What Killed Mass Effect

New Mass Effect Cancelled So EA Can Focus on Star Wars Battlefront 3

EA reportedly closed BioWare because it was forced to choose between Mass Effect 5 and Star Wars Battlefront 3

Report: EA shut down BioWare in favor of Star Wars: Battlefront sequel after previously decrying licensed games

EA reportedly canned BioWare and Mass Effect 5 to make a new Star Wars: Battlefront instead

EA execs choosing Star Wars Battlefront 3 over Mass Effect 5 was the main factor in BioWare's demise, according to report

EA chose to shut down BioWare so it could make Star Wars Battlefront 3 instead, it’s claimed

New Report Claims EA Chose Star Wars: Battlefront 3 Over BioWare And Mass Effect

#Switch2
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Showcases The Minds Behind Its Multiplayer Offerings In New Video

Digital Foundry Delivers Its Tech Verdict On Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 On Switch 2

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 review: Three-headed monster

Digital Foundry: Modern Warfare 4 on Switch 2 has input lag issue as 31ms to 51ms slower than PS5 in multiplayer

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Nintendo Switch 2 tech analysis, including frame rate and resolution

#Zephyr
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Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold slips from January to February 23, 2027, as Yoshida takes the blame

Final Fantasy XIV Online's Sixth Expansion 'Evercold' Launches February 2027

Final Fantasy XIV Evercold Delayed Till February 2027

Final Fantasy XIV Evercold Delayed, New Release Date Announced at FFXIV Fan Fest

Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold Moves to February 2027, Zephyr Job Revealed

#StarTrek
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Star Trek Online developers and players mourn and memorialize the passing of Sir Patrick Stewart

Star Trek Online Players Pay Tribute To The Late Sir Patrick Stewart

Star Trek Online players are holding public vigils to mourn Patrick Stewart

Star Trek Online Community Honors Walter Koenig and Patrick Stewart With In-Game Tributes

Star Trek Online Players Gather En Masse To Pay Tribute To Sir Patrick Stewart

#JohnRomero
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John Romero's Next Project is Back from the Dead as New Publisher Steps In

John Romero's canceled game finds a new publisher amidst an overall scope change

John Romero confirms his studio & next game have a new publisher

John Romero confirms his axed Xbox game has a new publisher and he’s rehired some staff

#TheTrueEndingInPhantomBla
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All Phantom Blade Zero bosses in order and how to beat them

Phantom Blade Zero: Where to Find the Flesh Lily for Yu’er

Phantom Blade Zero: How to Get the Feather Bow

How to get the True Ending in Phantom Blade Zero

Wooshy wuxia actioner Phantom Blade Zero is sharp enough on the Steam Machine, if blunted on the Steam Deck

How To Unlock The Secret Ending In Phantom Blade Zero – True Ending Guide

Phantom Blade Zero’s Lead Voice Actor Was Seemingly Replaced At The Last Minute

#ModernWarfare4
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Activision Pulls Footage of Seoul Crowd Crush from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Following Backlash

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 to Remove Seoul Crush Footage in November 12th Update

Activision apologizes and says it will remove South Korean crush footage from Modern Warfare 4 after victims’ families speak out

#GameBoy
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Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (31st October)

Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 656

What are we all playing this weekend?

#OcarinaOfTimereadThe
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Video: Nintendo Highlights Eight New Things In Zelda: Ocarina Of Time (Switch 2)

Zelda: Ocarina of Time Comes to Nintendo Switch 2 on November 5

Zelda: Ocarina of Time Nintendo Switch 2 remake “What’s New” trailer

#AhaJoinsHonkai
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Aha Joins Honkai: Star Rail When Patch 4.7 Debuts in November

Aha Is Summoning All The Eons To The Stage In Honkai: Star Rail’s 4.7 Update

Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.7 Arrives November 11 With Playable Aeon Aha

#GameIsOutNow
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Ubisoft Outlines the Future of Assassin’s Creed as Remakes Pause

Ubisoft Confirms There Is 'No Other Assassin's Creed Remake Actively in Development'

New Assassin’s Creed Game Is Out Now, If You Don’t Mind Being Board

#ModernWarfare4
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New Call of Duty to Remove 'Appalling' Footage of Real-Life Tragedy

CoD: Modern Warfare To Cut Real-Life Korean Tragedy Segment After Backlash

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Promises To Remove Offensive Footage Of Korean Tragedy After Backlash

#SamAltman
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Sam Altman argues that it's bad you want DRAM in your computer and not a data center, actually

OpenAI's Sam Altman says your PC's RAM would be better off allocated to a data center

Sam Altman Thinks It’s Good If You Can’t Afford RAM For Your PC

#BlackFridaySave
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Minecraft review for Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo Switch Sports Resort Review – A Wiiturn to the Past

Save 20% (or More) Off Minecraft Dungeons 2 for Nintendo Switch 2 Ahead of Black Friday

#DeepSeaDiving
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Old School RuneScape reveals an upcoming Deep Sea Diving update

Old School RuneScape Outlines Proposed Quest and Deep Sea Diving Feature With Activities, Expanding Sailing

Old School RuneScape Proposes Deep Sea Diving and Burial at Sea Quest

#Chronicles
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Chronicles: Medieval Potentially Cancelled As Funding Pulled

Chronicles: Medieval Developer 'At Real Risk of Closing' Before Release as Funding 'No Longer in Place'

#Path
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Path of Exile 2 1.0 is Getting a Full Reveal on November 3rd

Path of Exile 2 hints at a second new class for 1.0, driving fans into a frenzy

#TheLord
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The Lord of the Rings Online Wolves of Mordor Expansion Arrives

LOTRO: Welcoming the Wolves of Mordor

#GameBoy
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Pokémon And Fender Are Teaming Up A Rocking Guitar Collaboration

Your Next Guitar Could Have an 8-Bit Pokémon Switch

#HalloweenEvent
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Nintendo Cancels Kirby Air Riders Halloween Event Following Performance Woes

Nintendo Cancels Kirby’s Switch 2 Halloween Event After It Kept Breaking Things

#XboxSeries
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PingPlayers for Xbox Squads: Which Crossplay Games Work, and How Xbox Players Join

Puckoff: Reloaded Is Out on Xbox, a Hockey Brawler From Five Finns

#CopyCats
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Help These Sleepy Cats Get Cosy In Cat Pipes: More Meow

Copy Cats is a cat-cloning platformer where you'll need all the help you can get

#MyChemicalRomance
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Hideo Kojima voices a cranky teacher in My Chemical Romance’s surprise animated short

Hideo Kojima Makes Surprise Cameo in New My Chemical Romance Animated Short

#Grammy
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Justice’s three-hour Grand Theft Auto VI score is up for pre-order ahead of a December 11 release

Grand Theft Auto VI: The Original Score Is Up for Preorder

#Bybit
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Binance hit for about $6.3 billion in what may be crypto’s largest theft ever

Binance was hit by a $6.3 billion crypto heist