Video Game News 10/1/2025

#Microsoft
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Xbox Game Pass Gets Massive Price Hike Amid Big Changes

Game Pass Ad Tier Could Come Next, Expert Says

Microsoft Just Added Over 45 New Games to Xbox Game Pass, Including Hogwarts Legacy and Ubisoft's Back Catalog — Here's the Full List

Xbox Game Pass price hike sparks outcry among hardcore fans

Microsoft reveal massive Game Pass Ultimate and PC Pass price hike, concede that price hikes are "never fun"

Xbox Game Pass Premium members will now get new Xbox games within a year, except Call of Duty

Game Pass is changing, and its Ultimate tier with day-one releases is now $30

Microsoft increases price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, despite record subscription revenue last year

PS Plus Looks Better Than Ever After New Xbox Game Pass Price Rises

Microsoft hikes price of Xbox Game Pass by 50% "to offer more flexibility, choice, and value to all players"

Perfect Dark Reboot Was Almost Saved by Take-Two

Microsoft reworks Xbox Game Pass and hikes price of Ultimate tier by 50 percent

PS Plus Now Best Deal in Gaming After Xbox Game Pass Price Increase

Xbox Game Pass Price Hike Announced, Along With Major Changes To The Service

Costco Quietly Pulls Xbox Consoles and Games From US and UK Websites

#XboxGamePass
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It's the end of an era for Xbox Game Pass

Xbox site crashes as gamers leave Xbox Game Pass in droves

Xbox Game Pass Tiers Rejigged Yet Again, Ultimate Now Costs $30 a Month

The Next Era of Xbox Game Pass Begins Today with Three New Tiers and a Huge Content Drop

PC Game Pass Price in the Philippines Jumps by 83%

#Fallout76
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Fallout 76 Expansion Is Adding The Ghoul From Prime Video's Fallout Series

Walton Goggins Is Set to Play The Ghoul From the Fallout TV Show in Fallout 76 — but How Does the Character Fit in the Fallout 76 Timeline?

Enlisting Walton Goggins for a Fallout 76 expansion in "total tonal tandem" with season 2 came "organically", devs say, despite previous hint at "very limited" crossover

Fallout 76’s next expansion goes all-in on Fallout TV show season 2, bringing Walton Goggins and "New Vegas feel" to Ohio

'There are rainbows coming out of my heart': Walton Goggins' The Ghoul is finally coming to Fallout 76 as part of Burning Springs, and get this, he'll pay you to off people

Fallout 76's new update features Walton Goggins as The Ghoul from Amazon's TV series

Fallout 76: Burning Springs expands to post-nuclear Ohio and adds bounties

Fallout 76’s ‘biggest update ever’ expands to Ohio with bounty hunts and Walton Goggins’ The Ghoul

Fallout 76's Burning Springs Update Expands Into Ohio, Bringing Deathclaws, Bounties, and Raider Kingdoms

#GamePass
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Hogwarts Legacy And Every Other Game Added To Game Pass In The Big Shakeup

Microsoft Increases Game Pass Ultimate Subscription Price By 50%

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gets $10 price increase

Best PC Game Pass Games to Play in October 2025

Xbox Game Pass Spikes Up Ultimate Tier (And PC) Prices, But At Least You Get Fortnite Battle Passes

#DuneAwakening
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Dune Awakening developers Funcom are laying off an unspecified number of staff

Dune Awakening developer Funcom suffers layoffs after biggest release in studio history

Dune: Awakening Layoffs Hit In Wake Of Major Success

Dune: Awakening developer Funcom announces redundancies

Dune: Awakening Studio Funcom Hit by Layoffs Despite Major Success

Dune: Awakening maker Funcom laying off staff months after 'biggest release' in studio history

#EpicGames
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19-Year-Old Pleads Guilty To Sending Death Threats To Epic Games

Fortnite removes controversial Peacemaker emote after the show's big plot twist

KPop Demon Hunters heads to Fortnite with Demon Rush, HUNTR/X outfits, accessories, and emotes

Man pleads guilty to sending death threats to Epic Games

Teen who threatened to kill Epic Games employees pleads guilty

Fortnite’s New Mobile Cup Rewards – Gamers Are Not Happy

#VantageStudios
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Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Rainbow Six Now Operated by Vantage Studios, Ubisoft and Tencent's New Business Group With Full Autonomy on Creative Direction and Business Plans

Ubisoft's new Tencent-backed company is called Vantage Studios, a 'creative house' that will take over development of Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six

Ubisoft and Tencent form new subsidiary, Vantage Studios, to lead development for the Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Rainbow Six franchises

Ubisoft and Tencent's New Company Stewards Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, More Starting Today

Ubisoft's Tencent-backed subsidiary now has a name: Vantage Studios

Ubisoft Announces The Launch of Its New Tencent-Backed Subsidiary: Vantage Studios

#SilentHill
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As good as Silent Hill f might be, don't expect it to be the norm for the series, says its series producer

Players’ Choice: Vote for September 2025’s best new game

Silent Hill 1 Remake Now a Big Focus at Bloober Team, Could Make Cronos 2

Silent Hill f Guide – All 5 Endings And How To Unlock Them Efficiently

Silent Hill f Review — Home Is Where The Horror Is

Bloober Team Calls Cronos A "Huge Success", But Isn't Working On A Sequel

#Amazon
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Forget GoPro, DJI Osmo 360 Action Camera Crashes to Its Cheapest Price Yet After Multiple Discounts

Crucial X9 Pro 1TB Portable SSD Drops to $0.07 per GB, Returning to Its Lowest Price in Months for Early Prime Big Deal Days

Amazon brings color to the Kindle Scribe line-up... and AI

John Carpenter's In the Mouth Of Madness Is Coming To 4K Blu-Ray In Time For Halloween

Attack On Titan: Final Season Steelbook Preorders Restocked And Discounted At Amazon

One Battle After Another 4K Steelbook Is Up For Preorder At Amazon

Amazon’s Latest MTG Sale Features Major Price Cuts and Free 10% Cashback Bonus

Amazon launching "completely redesigned" Luna streaming service later this year, with emphasis on social gaming

Lost Ark’s autumn roadmap features a ‘double raid release’ and the long-awaited North American region merge

Amazon Luna cloud gaming will get a refresh with a new social game system - and an AI powered game

#Xbox
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Assassin’s Creed Series Veteran is Now Game Director at Rocksteady

Gears of War: Reloaded Players Divided Over Change to the Original

Wizard101 is finally launching on Xbox and PlayStation this month, with the Switch following after

Build Your Way Through History in Buildest on Console

Take Aim as a Tiny Archer

Ready to Defend the All-Girls School of Magic? Notice Me Leena-senpai! is on Xbox, PlayStation & Switch!

Marvel Cosmic Invasion Demo Now Playable at Steam Next Fest

#October
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Pokemon Go October 2025 Events: Raid Bosses, Spotlight Hours, Community Day, And More

PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for October: Alan Wake 2, Goat Simulator 3, Cocoon

IGN Fan Fest: Fall Edition 2025 Partner Lineup Announced

Moonlighter 2 delayed to November due to overstuffed October release schedule

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 voice cast revealed, includes Returnal's Jane Perry and Still Wakes the Deep's Alec Newman

PS Plus Extra Loses Two More PS5, PS4 Games in October 2025

Anticipated Indie Sequel Delayed A Month Because October Has "Become Too Crowded"

New World previews the spooky soundtrack of its upcoming Nighthaven launch

October 25 reminder - GamingOnLinux needs your support

Fortnite’s Fortnitemares Halloween Event Kicks Off October 9th With Major Update

October 2025 Indie Game Wrap-Up – The Best New Indie Releases and Demos

Moonlighter 2 Early Access Release Delayed to November 19 with Playtests Coming Soon

'Shattering of Ro' EverQuest's Next Expansion, Revealed in October Producer's Letter

World of Warships Marks 250 Years of the US Navy With Liberty Harbor Update

#Steam
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One Of 2025’s Coolest-Looking Games Now Has A Demo

Grab a free Steam gift card, thanks to MSI

Hotel Barcelona adds Steam generative AI disclosure five days after release

Prototype Remaster Could Potentially Be Happening, Evidence Found in PC Version

Digimon Story: Time Stranger Anime Short and Launch Patch Revealed

Final Fantasy Tactics Ivalice Chronicles Drops With Familiar Voices And Some Drama

Former Disney Imagineer’s LIFTED Trailer Debuts Ahead of Q1 2026 Launch

Painkiller: Rogue Angel

Cozy Island Cooking Pot Guide

#AI
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Pragmata Developers Say They ‘Couldn’t Predict’ Real-Life AI’s Growth When They First Conceived The Game's Story

Japan’s AI Demand Will Increase 320x by 2030, Industry Leader Says at NVIDIA AI Day Tokyo

How to Get Started With Large Language Models on NVIDIA RTX PCs

Facebook and Instagram to get ads based on users' AI chats

Mighty Bear’s TON GrabGifts Enhances Surprise Rewards

Sui Introduces Overtake, a New Gaming Marketplace

Education is not just a financial transaction

#AssassinsCreed
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Ubisoft’s Tencent-backed subsidiary starts operation today, is named Vantage Studios

Ubisoft's new subsidiary could mean a bigger focus on mobile

Ubisoft and Tencent officially launch new subsidiary Vantage Studios

#RPG
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BioWare's future under EA in question, studio veteran warns, if it makes "the kind of games that this new company isn't interested in making anymore"

Rumour: Mass Effect, Dragon Age Studio BioWare Braced for Layoffs After EA's Buyout Agreement

Review: Digimon Story Time Stranger (PS5) - Monster Taming RPG Squanders So Much Potential

Color x Warriors: Merge War lets you restore colours to a fading world across an auto-battler, out now

Cladun X3 launch trailer – pixel action RPG makes it to Nintendo Switch

Wizard Community College Kickstarter Brings Accessible Magic Hijinx

Digimon Story: Time Stranger Review – A Digi-Dream Come True

#Battlefield6
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Here Are 55 Games Coming Out In October 2025 And That’s Not Even All Of Them

Battlefield 6's first season arrives just 18 days after launch and over two weeks before Black Ops 7

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault isn't closing up shop, but it has received a small delay out of a busy October

Battlefield 6's first post-launch season of updates will add two new modes, then get very cold

Battlefield 6 Achievement & Trophy List

Xbox Jumps The Gun On Battlefield 6 Preload, With Wildly Different File Sizes

Battlefield 6's First Season Of Free Updates Outlined As Part Of Post-Launch Roadmap

#GhostYotei
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Which Horse To Pick In Ghost Of Yotei

Ghost Of Yotei Tips: 15 Things To Know Before You Play

Ghost Of Yotei 10 Tips We Wish We Knew Before Playing

Ghost of Yotei Gets a Near Perfect Score in Japan's Most Famous Gaming Magazine

Ghost of Yotei's London Billboard Is One of the Coolest Ads We've Seen in Ages

Ghost of Yotei – release times and preload details

Ghost of Yotei – 14 Details You May Not Know

#Switch2
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Fire Emblem Shadows Review - Emergency Meeting

Video Game Release Dates: The Biggest Games of October 2025 and Beyond

Resident Evil Requiem's Switch 2 demo at TGS 2025 was frighteningly high-quality

Yooka-Replaylee Launches on October 9th

Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 Day One Update Out Now, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Guide: Upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Games & Accessories For October & November 2025

The Next Arcade Archives Release Will Have Mouse Controls On Switch 1 & 2

My Nintendo Store Reveals Kirby Air Riders Pre-Order Bonus & Plushie Bundles (UK)

ICYMI: Switch 2 Mouse Mode Is Supported In Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2, But There's A Catch

Final Fantasy VII Remake director says Switch 2 is a “truly amazing piece of hardware”