Video Game News 10/24/2026

#CompleteEdition
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"This was not a Creative Assembly developed game": Total War boss points the finger at external partner for Shogun 2 Complete Edition disaster

Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Complete Edition pulled from sale due to mass complaints

Creative Assembly clarifies gen-AI stance, and admits it "took its eyes off" Total War Shogun 2's Complete Edition

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

#ModernWarfare4
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Breaks Metacritic Record After 15 Years

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's Multiplayer Unlocked Early, But Feedback Has Been Brutal So Far

Modern Warfare 4 review in progress - a series high

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 Has Korean Lawmakers Lashing Out

'I Don't Know if There's Perfecting It' — Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Multiplayer Chief Weighs in on Matchmaking

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

Nearly 12 Million Capcom ID Accounts Affected in Huge Data Breach

Capcom Confirms Data Breach Affecting Nearly 11.8 Million CAPCOM ID Records

Capcom affected by data breach, over 11.7m Capcom ID accounts compromised

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

#TheHourOfRuin
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7.2 Genshin Impact Update Adds Mitya and Valeriy in November

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

Genshin Impact 7.2 arrives November 4 with Mitya, Valeriy, and eastern Snezhnaya

Genshin Impact Version 7.2 Launching November 4

All Genshin Impact 7.2 livestream codes

#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

Arkane Lyon Could Be Shut Down Within Weeks As Deadline To Find A Buyer Looms

Arkane Lyon Has Less Than a Month to Avoid Closure

#Canadian
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BioWare staff "should be given the first opportunity and the federal support" to buy the studio and keep it running, says Canadian political party leader

Canadian Politician Avi Lewis Is Going To Bat For BioWare

Canadian Politician Wants the Government to Help BioWare Staff Buy the Studio From EA and Run It Themselves

A Canadian Politician Says BioWare Devs Should Be Given Government Funding To Buy The Studio And Get Back To Making Mass Effect

#CultureDay
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Shigeru Miyamoto Becomes First Game Dev To Receive Japan's Prestigious Culture Award

Nintendo veteran Shigeru Miyamoto to receive Japan's Order of Culture award

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto Becomes First Game Developer to Receive Prestigious Government Medal

Nintendo Legend Shigeru Miyamoto Becomes First Game Designer to Be Awarded Japan's Order of Culture

#HoldingHope
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FanPetition To Save Mass Effect Is Gaining A Lot of Signatures

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

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

Save Mass Effect Petition Hits 50,000 Signatures, Just Days After BioWare Closure

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

#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’

#Helldivers
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Helldivers 3 "only makes sense" if it’s so unlike Helldivers 2 "that both games can exist side by side", says Arrowhead boss, discussing their new prototype game

Helldivers 3 Isn’t On The Cards at the Moment, Per Arrowhead’s Chief Creative Officer

Helldivers 3? Not Unless It's Very Different from Helldivers 2, Says Arrowhead

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

Dawn of War IV Closed Beta Is Live Ahead of December 3 Launch

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

#FindABuyer
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Arkane Lyon Has Until November 13th to Find a Buyer – Rumor

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

Arkane Lyon Reportedly Could Be Closed in Mid-November if a Buyer Isn't Found, With Marvel's Blade Still in Development

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

Phantom Blade Zero isn't even out yet, but it could be 'one of the year's breakout hits' as it shifts half a million copies on Steam alone

Phantom Blade Zero – Everything To Know

#TheGoodGuy
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Dead By Daylight Delistings Continue As Developer Reveals It Must F**k With The Chuck

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

#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

Ultimate Scream Returns to EA SPORTS FC 27 With Position Changes

#Halflife3
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Half-Life 3 speculation reignited by Valve dev mentioning three sweet little rumored codenamey letters amid technical chat about video game noises

Half-Life 3 is back in the news again as Valve developer accidentally sort-of references it in public, reigniting hope once more

#Be
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Be ready for spooky season with new games from Fanatical's Build your own Frightmare Bundle (Halloween 2026)

Fanatical Halloween bundle gives you Prey, Doom 1 & 2, and Evil Within 1 & 2 for $11.66

#Million
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Xbox wanted $800 million from Netflix for 7 years of its biggest characters, it’s claimed

Netflix Offered Xbox $500 Million to Adapt its IP, Xbox Countered With $800 Million – Rumor

#AngryBirds2
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Angry Birds 2's Flocktober Sticker Album lets you earn boosts and other rewards

Angry Birds 2 Flocktober Sticker Album Feature Now Available

#BaratieOnePieceGrandGourm
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One Piece: Grand Gourmet lets you build your own version of the famous Baratie

One Piece: Grand Gourmet Now Available

#WowForever
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WoW Forever: 12 days to go…

WoW: Forever’s Divisive Layering Will See Major Improvements For Launch, Blizzard Says

#AssassinsCreedBlackFlagRe
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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is Getting New Game Plus Next Week

AC Black Flag Rescyned Wants You to Play It Again in New Game Plus Patch Next Week

#Igor
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Igor and Margaret Voice Actors Return for Persona 4 Revival

Persona 4 Revival Casts Kirk Thornton as Igor and Marisha Ray as Margaret

#Review
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Review: Village in the Shade Is a Delightful Mix of Horror and Farming

Review: Village In The Shade (Switch 2) - A Farm Sim That Plays With Cosy Tropes In Clever Ways

#TrackAion
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Aion 2 Ludra Returns November 4 With a Seven-Day Check-In Track

AION 2 Brings Back Ludra on November 4 With Login Rewards and Race Titles