Video Game News 10/6/2025

#Microsoft
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Call Of Duty Lost $300 Million In Sales Due To Game Pass - Report

Future Xbox Consoles Not Canceled, Microsoft Says

After the Week Microsoft Had You'd Be Forgiven for Believing a Rumor That Xbox Had Canceled Its Next-Gen Hardware Plans, but the Company Insists It's False

Microsoft Confirms It Scrapped the Xbox Game Pass Discount on All Games and DLC Purchases, Gives Subscribers More Rewards Points Instead

Game Pass Ultimate subs don't get DLC discounts any more, Microsoft confess, amid reports about Call of Duty sales cannibalisation

Microsoft abandoned in-house Xbox handheld because of AMD costs, says rumor

Microsoft confirms Call of Duty DLC discounts with Xbox Game Pass now dropped in favour of reward points

Microsoft Counters Rumors Of Xbox Console Abandonment

Xbox Game Pass is increasing in price by 50%

Perfect Dark Reboot Was Almost Saved by Take-Two

Microsoft Removes Game Pass Discounts for Games and DLC, Replaces Them With Reward Points

Microsoft Denies Xbox Cancellation Rumors, Confirms Next-Gen Console Plans

Xbox Game Pass Game and DLC Discount Has Been Removed in Favour of More Reward Points, Microsoft Confirms

October 06, 2025: Zelda Guide Hits Record Low Price & Xbox Scraps Game Pass Discounts

Gaming status October 2025

#Battlefield6
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All Battlefield 6 Classes: Gadgets, Traits, And Best Weapons For Each Class

Battlefield 6 Physical Copies Already In The Wild And Servers Live Early, Apparently

Battlefield 6 Day One Patch Includes Changes to Movement, Weapon Recoil, Rush, and More

Activision extends the Black Ops 7 beta to wrap up just 24 hours before Battlefield 6 launches

After making Closed Weapons almost invisible in the Battlefield 6 beta, DICE says Open Weapons is 'the right path forward' because it was more popular

Tools of the trade: I upgraded my gaming PC with a 420mm Arctic Liquid Freezer 3 AiO and vertical GPU mount, and now it looks incredible

Guide: These 25+ New PS5, PS4 Are Coming Out This Week (6th-12th October)

Guide: Battlefield 6 Release Times: When Can You Start Playing?

Has Battlefield 6 Bested Black Ops 7 In The Battle Of The Betas?

Forget Pre-Loading, Battlefield 6 Discs 'Leak' With The Full Game And Live Servers

EA Remains Firm About Battlefield 6 Server Browser, Opting For Custom Matchmaking

Battlefield 6’s free Season 1 roadmap revealed

Battlefield 6 launch update: Closed Playlists, Portal changes, and new modes

Battlefield 6 vs Battlefield 2042 – What’s New?

Battlefield 6 Is Almost Here And Gamers Are Going Ecstatic

Battlefield 6 Release Times, Preload Schedule, and Season 1 Roadmap Confirmed

#Nintendo
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Nintendo Demands $4.5 Million From Switch Piracy Reddit Mod

Nintendo Is Suing A Reddit Moderator For $4.5 Million

This Super Mario Costume Is Cursed, But At Least It's Cheap Before Halloween

Nintendo Issues Official Statement in Response to Generative AI Claim, as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Calls Sora 2 Copyrighted Character Videos 'Interactive Fan Fiction'

Nintendo sues Reddit mod for $4.5M, says it's 'nowhere near' enough money

Voila! Nintendo quietly shares new details on Samus's motorbike in Metroid Prime 4

Nintendo Shared Statement on Generative AI Lobbying Rumors

Nintendo refutes claims it had "any contact" with the Japanese government to lobby against genAI

Nintendo Denies Generative AI Government Lobbying

Nintendo Denies Lobbying Japanese Government Over AI, Will "Take Necessary Actions" Over IP Rights

UK Charts: Mario Galaxy Starts Strong, But It Can't Topple Sony's Latest

Grant Kirkhope says he hasn’t watched Mario movie as still annoyed he wasn’t properly credited

#Funcom
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Metal: Hellsinger studio The Outsiders has been shut down as part of Funcom's recent layoffs

‘We are all hurting’: Metal: Hellsinger studio closed as part of Funcom cuts

Metal: Hellsinger studio The Outsiders is closing as part of Funcom's post-Dune: Awakening layoffs

Metal Hellsinger studio closing as part of Funcom layoffs

Metal: Hellsinger studio The Outsiders closes in relation to Funcom layoffs

Funcom is closing Metal Hellsinger studio The Outsiders

Metal: Hellsinger Developer The Outsiders Shut Down by Parent Company Funcom

#Activision
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Black Ops 7 Cheaters In The Beta Were Booted Very Quickly, Activision Says

97% of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Beta Cheaters Were Caught 'Within 30 Minutes of Signing In,' Activision Says

97% of Call of Duty Black Ops 7 beta's early cheaters were caught within 30 minutes of sign in, Activision say

Less than 1% of Black Ops 7 beta cheaters got into a match, Activision says

97% of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 cheaters banned within 30-minutes, Activision claims

Call of Duty movie officially in the works at Paramount

Black Ops 7 Beta Anti-Cheat Is Absolutely Destroying Cheaters

#Xbox
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Xbox quietly killed another Game Pass perk

Details emerge on Xbox’s cancelled ‘Uncharted rival’ Project Ranger

Red Dead Redemption 2 Still Coming to PS5, It's Claimed

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

#DLC
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Assassin's Creed Mirage's allegedly Saudi-backed DLC, Valley of Memory, releases November 18

Ninja Gaiden 4 Isn't Even Out on PS5 Yet, But Here's Its DLC

Assassin's Creed Mirage's Free Valley Of Memory DLC Release Window Confirmed

Ninja Gaiden 4 DLC Arrives in 2026

Review: Sonic Racing CrossWorlds Is as Enjoyable as All-Stars Racing Transformed

Kingdom Two Crowns 2.3 “10th Rulerversary” update out now, patch notes

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds reveals Minecraft Pack DLC release date, new trailer

Rock Band 4 will be delisted this weekend, with its DLC to follow

Popular PS5/PS Plus Action Game Gets Free DLC & PS5 Pro Patch

PS Store Adds Another Big Scam Game, Buyer Beware

#BlackOps7
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The best guns in the Black Ops 7 beta in early access

Will Battlefield 6 Season 1 be enough to steal Black Ops 7’s launch day thunder?

#MinaHollower
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Shovel Knight Dev's Next Game Mina The Hollower Delayed, But Not For Long

Mina the Hollower catches a delay nebulously beyond its previously seasonally appropriate release date

Mina the Hollower has been delayed

Mina the Hollower has now been delayed

#2XKO
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All 2XKO characters and movesets

Warwick confirmed playable in 2XKO as early access kicks off tomorrow

Warwick was just teased as next 2XKO fighter in boring cinematic

Razer Teams Up With 2XKO For New Fighting Game Gear

#October
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One Of My Most Anticipated Games Just Got Indefinitely Delayed

Marathon gets another technical test, but you won't hear anything about it

Poll: Vote for Your PS5 Game of the Month (September 2025)

Feature: Last Chance to Get These 50+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Tokyo Game Show 2025 Sale

Marvel Contest of Champions is geared up for Halloween with the climax of the Eidol storyline

Multiplayer Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival is alive again for the month of October 2025

Upcoming PS5 Game Gets Free Demo and Players Like It

'Scurge: Hive' Spreads Its Isometric, Metroid-y Retro Virus To Switch This Week

#GamePass
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Upcoming Game Pass games

PS6 May Go Uncontested as Rumours of Next-Gen Xbox Cancellation Force Microsoft to Comment

Day-One Indie Hits Validate Game Pass in the New Tier Era

#Japanese
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Ghost of Yotei Praised in Japan for How Quintessentially Hokkaido It Feels

OpenAI starts major mess with Japan as Sora cribs Nintendo, anime

'It's Selling Like Hot Cakes': Hokkaido Goes Crazy for Ghost of Yotei on PS5

Metaphor Re:Fantazio Keychains Feature Every Character

Magical DoReMi Sanrio Characters Crossover Arrives for Halloween

We Get Free Carats in Umamusume for Cinderella Gray Anime

Hori's New Switch 2 Pad Lets You Lock The Home And Capture Buttons

#RedDeadRedemption2
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‘They exist’: Red Dead Redemption 2’s PS5, Xbox Series, and Switch 2 versions are still happening, it’s claimed

NateTheHate remains adament Red Dead Redemption 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch 2

#CallDutyBlackOps7
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You can't type "Arc Raiders" into Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta's in-game chat, but you are allowed to talk about Battlefield 6

Shroud’s Black Ops 7 Beta Verdict: From Miserable to Actually Enjoyable

#Kingmakers
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Kingmakers Delayed Indefinitely As Developer Says It Needs 'More Time Before We Feel Good About Charging Money For It'

Kingmakers release date, early access launch, and trailers

Redemption Road indefinitely delays Kingmakers

Ambitious Action-Strategy Game Kingmakers Delayed Indefinitely

#BrokenSword
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Broken Sword – The Smoking Mirror: Reforged announced for Nintendo Switch

Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged Revealed for Early 2026

Broken Sword – The Smoking Mirror is Being Reforged in 4K for a 2026 Release

Broken Sword Continues To Reforge With 'The Smoking Mirror' On Switch

#Halloween
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Pokémon Go is hosting a haunted tea party for Halloween Part I this year

Clash Royale and the NHS Team up for a bone-chilling cause with the Skeleton Army Evolution

Amazon Prime Gaming’s 14 ‘free’ games for October include Fallout: NV

Season 17 Act 3, New Music, and Lots of Halloween Fun in Sea of Thieves in October