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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”