Video Game News 9/24/2026

#State
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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 confirms indie status, developer layoffs, and continued State of Decay 3 development

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

Undead Labs Confirms Layoffs As It Splits From Xbox

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

Undead Labs confirms it is now an "employee-owned studio", a "significant number" of employees face layoffs

Undead Labs makes 'significant' layoffs after splitting from Xbox

State Of Decay 3 Studio Lays Off A ‘Significant’ Number Of Developers But Says It Won’t Impact The Game

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

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

Bethesda President Opens Up About Obsidian Pairing

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

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

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

#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' Frozen Trail update finally adds a grappling hook and a new place to keep your trinkets

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

Arc Raiders’ Battle Pass Won’t Be Totally Free Anymore, But It’ll Pay For Itself

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

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

Discord Begins Rolling Out Age Verification–And A Sponsorship With FanDuel

#FortunesWeave
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Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave icons added to Nintendo Switch Online

ShackStream: Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave on The Stevetendo Show! Episode 751

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

All paralogue dates and deadlines in Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave

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

#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

Titan Quest II Launches January 19, 2027 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S

Titan Quest II Gets January 2027 Launch Date for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S

#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

#ShadowOfWarLaunch
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Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War Hit Switch 2 on September 30

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War Launch September 30 on Nintendo Switch 2

Beloved cockney-orc Lord of the Rings games Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War finally make their way to Switch 2

More Lord Of The Rings Game Re-Releases Revealed, And They’re Great

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

#WarframesIceblade
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Return to Yuvan Peak, Explore a New Space Now That Warframe's Iceblade of Narin Update is Here

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

#QuakeChampions
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Quake Champions moves from F2P to a paid game & unlocks all content for existing players

XBOX Paywalls Quake Champions Following Restructuring

Quake Champions takes a shower, shedding all its 2017 live-service grime and becoming a $10 game

#Halo
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Former Halo leaders lament effective closure of Halo Studios, as one employee finds themselves promoted and fired in same week

Halo Stopped Being Relevant A Long Time Ago

Halo Studios cinematic director promoted, then laid off in the same week

#Playstation
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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

#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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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

New EA FC 27 Leak Reveals Upcoming Collab

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

#ThePvpFps
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Counter-Strike 2 adds an intense fast-paced 3v3 'Rush' game mode

Counter-Strike 2 gets a new 3v3 game mode and stealth-adds chicken eggs in latest update

Counter-Strike 2 gets 3v3 Rush mode in new update

#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

#StarTrekOnline
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Star Trek Online PC launches a new event, new TFO, and remastered episode with the Rediscovered update

Three Versions of Spock Join Together in Star Trek Online's Rediscovered Update, Which is Now Live on PC

Star Trek Online: Rediscovered Is Out Now on PC, Consoles Follow in November

#MoonlightFestival
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Black Desert Mobile introduces Moonlight Festival packed with rewards for you to earn

Black Desert Mobile’s Sep. 22 Patch Reworks Maegu and Raises Nightmare CP Caps

#War4HardModeIsNoJokeWatch
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Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun Boom lets you blast your enemies Space Marine-style, out now

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 Hard Mode Is No Joke — Watch AI-Controlled Orks Wipe the Floor With 2 Developers Playing Space Marines

#IosAndAndroid
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Aniimo, Pawprint Studios' debut creature collector, is out now on iOS and Android

Aniimo launches on iOS and Android with cross-progression

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

Monopoly Go free dice links (September 2026)

#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

#Workshop
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"This one is especially bad": Steam game about mistreating ragdolls suffers second bout of mod-based malware this year

Steam game disables mods after facing its second Workshop malware outbreak this year

#Classic
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Settling very quickly on a WoW Forever main character

How to Transmog in WoW Forever