Video Game News 10/23/2025

#Xbox
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Microsoft Has Reportedly Pushed Xbox Studios to Deliver a 30% Profit Margin, Allegedly Leading to All Those Layoffs, Canceled Projects, Price Rises, and the End of Exclusives

Microsoft pushing for profits "well above the industry average" is reportedly behind Xbox's layoff and cancellation misery

‘We’re seeing people evolve way past that’: Xbox’s Sarah Bond says the idea of exclusives is outdated

Buckle Up, Xbox – Pacific Drive Launches Today with Game Pass

Everything is an Xbox now, so I see no reason to buy Xbox again

Microsoft's push for high Xbox profit margins behind job cuts, publishing on PlayStation, and cancellation of projects like Perfect Dark, claims report

The Outer Worlds 2 review

Xbox Boss Believes Sony's Strategy of Console Exclusives Is 'Antiquated'

Microsoft (MSFT) is reportedly pushing for 30% profit margins at Xbox division

Official Xbox Console Emulation for Windows Might Be in the Works

Xbox Game Pass Losing One of Its Highest-Rated Games on October 31st

Microsoft Reportedly Pushing Xbox to Hit Sky-High 30% Profit Margins

PS6 Price Is Great Deal Compared to Next Xbox, Leaker Says

Gamers Debate Microsoft’s Xbox Price Hikes and Game Pass Increases

New Report Says Microsoft Is Pushing Xbox To Hit 30% Profit Margins (Which Is Crazy)

Xbox Game Pass October 2025: Wave 2 Lineup Revealed

#RPG
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows Looks Like Another Impressive Switch 2 Port From Ubisoft

The Outer Worlds 2 review

Mark 10 Years of Fallout 4 with a PS5, PS4 Re-Release Next Month

Project Tal Is Another Stunning Open World Action RPG Targeting PS5

Preview: Ratatan Is Promising but Difficult

OUTERPLANE, the turn-based anime RPG, is adding thrills and chills and a new Hero this Halloween

Stella Sora codes (October 2025)

Fallout 4 announced for Nintendo Switch 2

Warhammer 40000: Rogue Trader coming to Nintendo Switch 2 [update: release date]

Persona 3 Reload Nintendo Switch 2 launch trailer

Hoyoverse’s cozy life sim RPG Petit Planet dates its closed beta, promises expanded multiplayer

Beloved 2012 PS3 Exclusive Action RPG Getting PS5 Remaster

MicroProse reveal Dungeon Holdem a mixture of poker and dungeon crawling that looks ace

ChronosWorlds Launches S0 Game Pass with Airdrop Benefits

The Outer Worlds 2 Reviews Are In And Gamers Are Divided

Smilegate Launches Chaos Zero Nightmare, a Free-to-Play Dark Fantasy Roguelike Deckbuilder RPG

Escape From Duckov Sells 1 Million Copies in 5 Days, Becomes a Steam Sensation

First Impressions: The Last Phoenix, a Free Indie Platformer RPG Demo

The Outer Worlds 2 Review – A Much-Improved Second Adventure

The Outer Worlds 2 Review

#Switch2
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Fallout 4 And Fallout: New Vegas Are Getting Anniversary Editions

Assassin's Creed Shadows Coming To Switch 2, And Really Soon

Bonus Elden Ring Items from New Tarnished Edition Delayed to 2026

Switch 2 Elden Ring Tarnished Edition Delayed

Top Ride Is Back in Kirby Air Riders, and Road Trip Is New

Assassin's Creed Shadows is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in December 2025

Borderlands 4 launch and Switch 2 hardware sales drive US game spending to $4.8bn | US Monthly Charts

Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s paid Switch 2 upgrade proves you should buy Digimon instead

Elden Ring Switch 2 Version Delayed for "Performance Adjustments"

Review: Persona 3 Reload (Switch 2)

Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition Brings The Apocalypse To Switch 2 In 2026

Nightdive's Excellent 'System Shock' Remake Is Getting A Switch 1 & 2 Port

Switch 2's First Warhammer 40,000 Game Isn't The One You Might Expect

It's Official, Assassin's Creed Shadows Comes To Switch 2 In December With Cross-Progression

Japanese Charts: Surprise, Surprise, Pokémon Legends: Z-A Leaves The Competition In The Dust

Kirby Air Riders 'Global Test Ride' Demo Kicks Off Next Month

Guide: 48 Switch 1 & 2 Games You Should Check Out In The eShop 'Halloween Sale' (Europe)

Two Unlisted Metroid Prime 4 Commercials Reveal New Boss Fight

Elden Ring’s Debut On Switch 2 Delayed To 2026

#OuterWorlds2
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The Outer Worlds 2 Xbox Series X Port Outperforms PS5, Says Digital Foundry

Review: The Outer Worlds 2 (PS5) - Mechanically Fantastic RPG Struggles to Be Memorable

The Outer Worlds 2 Gets A Live-Action Trailer

Top Obsidian games to play if you enjoy The Outer Worlds 2

The Outer Worlds 2 review: An explosive adventure

The Outer Worlds 2 Review — Perilous Journey To Arcadia

The Outer Worlds 2 Review: Obsidian's Deepest, Most Ambitious Universe Yet

#KirbyAirRiders
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Kirby Air Riders Online Demo Announced: Global Release Times

Kirby Air Riders will get a 'Global Test Ride' demo event in November

Kirby Air Riders apparently has super deep, dark, and dangerous lore (and a story mode)

Kirby Air Riders Announces Global Test Ride Event During Its Direct Presentation Alongside More Gameplay Details

Guide: Kirby Air Riders Direct #2: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate it?

Three More Kirby Air Riders amiibo Have Been Announced

Kirby Air Riders Direct roundup

Kirby Air Riders Online Demo Event Announced For November

#Fallout4
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Bethesda Announces Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition, Confirms Nintendo Switch 2 Version for 2026

Todd Howard Reassures Fallout Fans as Fallout Day 2025 Ends Without a Brand New Game Reveal: 'Just Know We Are Working on Even More'

Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition announced, coming to Switch 2

Fallout 4 is getting an ‘Anniversary Edition’ and coming to Nintendo Switch 2

GOTY-Winning PS4, PS5 Action RPG Gets Surprise New Release

Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026

#Halloween
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Get Three Of Stanley Kubrick's Best Movies On 4K Blu-Ray For $8 Each

Stock Up On John Carpenter 4K Blu-Rays For Halloween

Palworld Halloween Mission Unlocks Zoe and Depresso Costumes

Cats & Soup dives into Halloween with new update and fresh items to grab

October’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue

Black Desert tweaks PC’s Arena of Solare, begins console Halloween, and revamps mobile’s Black Spirit mode

Throne and Liberty’s Haunted Harvest has officially begun with the return of the Haunted Labyrinth

RuneScape Dragonwilds is making base difficulty tier 3 mobs less ‘brutal and frustrating’

Star Trek Online remasters the Gladius and fixes bugs while kicking off its Halloween event

Halloween returns to TERA for the 2025 season, at least for those of you left on console

Nightholme is a new horror-themed PvPvE extraction RPG launching next year

Blumhouse Games Marks Fear the Spotlight’s First Anniversary with PS5 Physical Edition, Free Epic Games Launch, and New Graphic Novel

Mini Review: Silver Bullet (Switch) - A Gothic Arcade Shooter Full Of Tricks

15 Iconic Movie & TV Costumes for Halloween

#MouseP
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Galaxies Showcase 2025: Everything Announced

Noir shooter Mouse: P.I. For Hire finally has a release date

Jazz-fueled shooter Mouse: P.I. for Hire announced for Nintendo Switch 2, Switch [update: release date]

#FalloutDay
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Todd Howard Can’t Wait To Tell You All About Fallout 5, But Not Today

Fallout: New Vegas 15th Anniversary Bundle Announced on Fallout Day — Here Are the Contents

'Remaster New Vegas Boss!' — Danny Trejo Calls on Bethesda to Give Fallout Fans What They Really Want

Obsidian Entertainment Announces Special Fallout: New Vegas Stream

Another Fallout Game Coming to PS5 But Not What Fans Hoped For

October 23, 2025: Trejo Pushes Fallout: New Vegas Remaster & Scarface’s Odd Return

It's Fallout Day! Here's Everything That Was Revealed in the Yearly Broadcast

#NintendoSwitch2
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Elden Ring Delayed On Nintendo Switch 2 To 2026

Square Enix Making Persona 3 Reload Orpheus Form-ism Figure

Dumb Ways to Party announced for Nintendo Switch 2, Switch

System Shock remake announced for Nintendo Switch 2, Switch

Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Launches On Switch 2 In December, New Roadmap, Including Advanced Parkour Coming

System Shock Remake coming to Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 this year

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is confirmed for Nintendo Switch 2 in December

Japan: Pokemon Legends: Z-A has sold 1.48 million physical copies this week

#Microsoft
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Rumour: New Halo Game Heading for PS5, Will Almost Certainly Be Announced This Week

Microsoft support for Windows 10 officially ends

#AI
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PUBG and Subnautica publisher Krafton says it’s transforming into an ‘AI-first’ company

Open Source AI Week — How Developers and Contributors Are Advancing AI Innovation

AI is 'a combination of metadata with a parlor trick,' Take-Two boss says: 'A great thing' for business, but it's not creative and never will be

Krafton is now an 'AI-first company,' will spend $70 million on a GPU cluster to 'serve as the foundation for accelerating the implementation of agentic AI'

Review: Full Metal Schoolgirl (PS5) - This Offbeat Anime Roguelite Somehow Gets It Right

EA Jumps Headfirst Into AI Hype Train Immediately After Acquisition

Krafton (PUBG, Subnautica, inZOI) becoming an "AI-First" company

Fedora Linux project agrees to allow AI-assisted contributions with a new policy

Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Looks Suspiciously Like His Ex Grimes

#Ubisoft
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Ubisoft to offer voluntary redundancies to Massive Entertainment staff

‘I did not walk away’: Former Assassin’s Creed boss says

Yet More Ubisoft Layoffs Announced as Massive Entertainment Cuts Staff

The Division 2’s Twitch Drops Are Live But Players Are Facing Major Issues

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Just Dropped Its Fall Roadmap

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Sneaks To Switch 2 In December

#Nintendo
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Bethesda Bringing Fallout 4 To Switch 2 Next Year

Pokemon Legends ZA’s Mega Dragonite Has Players Totally Divided

Pikmin 4 and Pikmin Bloom to get free update this November

My Nintendo Store Adds A New Metroid Reward For Switch Online Members (US)

Kirby Air Riders: Global Test Ride event announced

Nintendo unleashes two Metroid Prime 4 adverts featuring new boss

Nintendo Unveils Three More Kirby Air Riders Amiibo, Including Meta Knight And King Dedede

#Steam
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Eating Poop Is No Longer A Solid Strategy In Viral Steam Game Duckov

Battlefield 6 hits EA’s highest ever concurrent player count

Karrat Foundation Launches Studio Chain Mainnet to Power the Next Generation of Web3 Entertainment

Three Lost NES Classics in One – The Gruniożerca Trilogy is a Delightful Retro Journey!

Talespinner Demo Brings Japanese Mythology to Life in a Roguelike Deckbuilder Adventure

Mouseward Revives N64-Era Adventure with Soulslike Challenge on PC

Whimsical Action-Adventure Onirism Now Fully Available on Steam

#Fallout4AnniversaryEdition
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Fallout Day 2025: Everything Announced

Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition announced, coming to Switch 2 in 2026

Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition Announced For November

#Battlefield6
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Some Battlefield 6 Players Hate This Season 1 Skin So Much They're Threatening Not to Revive Anyone Who Uses It

Former Ridgeline Game GM "disappointed" EA omitted staff from Battlefield 6 credits "despite their significant contributions"

Battlefield 6 will soon let players earn XP faster

Battlefield 6 Players Are Furious Over Season 1’s ‘Unrealistic’ Skins

#NintendoSwitch
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Famitsu Interview Teases New Tales Remasters After Xillia

Skinwalker, a side-scrolling action platformer, announced for Nintendo Switch

Silver Pines, a Metroidvania horror game, heading to Nintendo Switch

Terrifier: The ARTcade Game release date set on Nintendo Switch, new trailer

Folklore Hunter, a co-op urban legend hunting survival game, coming to Nintendo Switch

Review: OFF (Nintendo Switch)

#Today
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Ganondorf And Zelda Figma Figures Are Finally Back In Stock At Amazon

Fortnite Will Add Moe From The Simpsons In Next Major Update, It Seems

Medieval city builder Farthest Frontier says good knight to early access with its 1.0 release today