Video Game News 10/29/2025

#OuterWorlds2
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How To Complete The Pursuit Of The Partyte Pentaptych In The Outer Worlds 2

Alexandra Monastery Observatory Riddle Answer In The Outer Worlds 2

Should You Side With Milverstreet Or Kaur In The Outer Worlds 2

Xbox Is Down, Impacting The Outer Worlds 2 Game Pass Launch

All Gadgets In The Outer Worlds 2 And How To Unlock Them

List of flaws in The Outer Worlds 2

The Outer Worlds 2's first big choice is fatally flawed

The Outer Worlds 2 pre-launch hotfix makes you less likely to fall through the world or have to fight a closet

Microsoft's Azure gets knocked out a week after the big AWS outage, and once again it looks like a bug is to blame

All The Outer Worlds 2 console commands and cheats

Best Outer Worlds 2 mods

The Outer Worlds 2 Observatory puzzle solution

Poll: Are You Playing The Outer Worlds 2?

Be Sure to Download The Outer Worlds 2's Day One Patch Before Playing on PS5

The Outer Worlds 2 Gets A Live-Action Trailer

The Outer Worlds 2's Special Snapchat Lens Lets You Scan the Moon

Outer Worlds 2 – What It Gets Right (And Where It Falters)

Outer Worlds 2 Launch Sparks Wild Reactions and Controversy

#Battlefield6
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Battlefield Redsec boosts Battlefield 6's Steam numbers, but not enough to get anywhere close to those launch heights

How To Use Custom Loadouts In Battlefield Redsec

Best Battlefield Redsec Weapons And Loadouts In Season 1

Battlefield REDSEC Launches to 'Mostly Negative' Steam Reviews as Battlefield 6 Players Push for Battle Pass Changes and Bigger Maps

'We Won!' – Battlefield 6 Fans Rejoice as EA Tones Down Bright Colors on 'Monster Energy' Skin

Battlefield 6 reviews drop to 'Mixed' on Steam as players rail against pop-up ads, small maps, and feeling left behind by battle royale

Grab a free Battlefield 6 GeForce RTX 5090 FE worth $2,000, thanks to Nvidia

All Battlefield 6 battle pass rewards

Best Battlefield 6 settings for optimized PC performance

Battlefield 6 players are dejected as the live service model arrives in force with Season One and the Redsec Battle Royale

Battlefield 6 will soon let players earn XP faster

Battlefield REDSEC is a standalone free-to-play battle royale shooter linked to Battlefield 6’s first season

Battlefield 6 Player Count Drops After REDSEC Launch Day

PlayStation Plus Gets Exclusive Battlefield 6 Deal That Xbox and PC Gamers Have to Pay For

#Don
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Life is Strange and Lost Records devs Don't Nod are working on a new Netflix-backed narrative game

How to go third-person in The Outer Worlds 2

Dummy Defense Codes (October 2025)

Decarnation is a psychological thriller adventure out now on iOS and Android

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

Don't Nod Working on New Narrative Game Based on "Major" Netflix IP

2025 PS Plus Game Failed to Perform Despite Day-1 Launch

Don’t Nod’s Aphelion Reveals New Trailer at ID@Xbox Showcase

#Amazon
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Assassin's Creed Shadows Switch 2 Edition Preorders Are Live

Junji Ito Manga Deluxe Editions And New Story Collection Get Great Price Cuts

Digimon The Movies 4-6 Blu-Ray Collection Up For Preorder At Amazon

Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake: Get Launch-Day Delivery And Bonuses

Pokemon TCG Trick Or Trade Booster Bundle Restocked At Amazon

Pokémon TCG: White Flare Binder Collection Is Now At Market Value at Amazon

Deals for Today: Pokémon Black Bolt ETB Under Market Value At Amazon and Hot Preorders

New World Enters Maintenance Mode as Amazon Cuts 14,000 Jobs — but What's Happening With Its Lord of the Rings MMO?

New World will no longer get updates, Amazon says

New World won't be getting any more new additions following mass layoffs at Amazon

Call of Duty Zombies' Artwork Book Announcement May Be Something Big

Amazon Web Services Return After Downtime

New World Development Ending as Amazon Suffers Layoffs

Vitae Aeternum: Too late, Nighthaven’s Catacombs and perk revamp saved New World’s endgame

Amazon’s MMORPG Lost Ark, still getting ‘regular updates,’ releases Fog of Diaspero today

As Amazon cut thousands of jobs, New World: Aeternum will see no more updates

New World Content Ends After Season 10, Servers Up Until 2026

#Microsoft
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Outer Worlds 2 temporarily unavailable to purchase on Xbox

Helldivers 2, Minecraft and Sea Of Thieves hit by connectivity issues following big Microsoft services outage

Talking Point: Is PS5 Really in Competition with TikTok?

'We Want to Be Everywhere, on Every Platform': Microsoft CEO Once Again Commits to PS5

Microsoft (MSFT) Q1 2026 earnings results beat EPS and revenue expectations

Official Xbox Console Emulation for Windows Might Be in the Works

Xbox and Minecraft are down thanks to Azure outages affecting Microsoft services

#DragonQuest
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Mini Review: Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake (PS5) - A Comforting Couple of Classic JRPGs

Review: Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake Renews the Legend

Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake Review – A Stunning Revival of RPG Legends

Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake Review — Scions of Erdrick

Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake

Review: Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake (Switch 2) - Rounds Out The Erdrick Trilogy In Style

The First Review For Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake Is In

Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake Review

#ArcRaiders
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Arc Raiders Release Date Between Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 May Have Some People Wondering 'What the Hell Are They're Doing?' but Dev Insists 'We Believe the Game Can Launch There'

Arc Raiders doesn't AI-generate guns from Youtube videos, Embark clarifies: "that's a research project, and not something that we're using in the game now"

Arc Raiders dev "in no way uses generative AI whatsoever" for its visuals, but here's why Embark still has to disclose on Steam

Is Arc Raiders down? Server status explained

Arc Raiders dev teases an even bigger threat than the Queen and finally tells us what wiping gets you

Arc Raiders system requirements

After 40 hours and counting, Arc Raiders has me convinced: extraction shooters are brilliant

"It needs to start somewhere" Arc Raiders dev really doesn't seem to be concerned about launching between Call of Duty and Battlefield

Witchfire is a single-player extraction shooter & perfect Arc Raiders alternative for unsocial moths

#Xbox
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Millions Tune in for Halo PS5's Reveal on PlayStation's Social Media Accounts

Microsoft (MSFT) reports Xbox content and services Q1 2026 revenue grew 1% year-over-year

Continue the Adventure with Journey of Johann: Cave Explorer

Lonely Guardian Puts You in the Paws of a Mythical Foo Dog

Ready for the Pulse-Pounding Platforming Challenge of Colorful Boi 2?

Puppergeist Revealed at ID@Xbox Showcase – A Rhythm Visual Novel About Dogs and the Afterlife

Microsoft On Its Gaming Business Going Forward: "We Want To Be Everywhere"

#PlayStationPlus
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Sony Confirms PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for November 2025

PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for November: Stray, EA Sports WRC 24, Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

PlayStation Plus Monthly Games Lineup For November 2025 Announced

PlayStation Plus Monthly Games For November 2025 Announced, Including Stray, EA Sports WRC 24, and Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

#NintendoSwitch
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Best platformers on Nintendo Switch

Promise Mascot Agency gains Nintendo Switch physical release

Limited Run announces over 20 new Nintendo Switch physical releases at LRG3 2025

Little Samson making a comeback on Nintendo Switch

Slam City with Scottie Pippen returning on Nintendo Switch

Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix coming to Nintendo Switch

Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch coming to Nintendo Switch

Milano’s Odd Job Collection Launches in the West on December 9 for PC and Consoles

Review: Particle Hearts (Nintendo Switch)

#Version1
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Super Mario 3D All-Stars Updated To Version 1.1.4, Improves Gameplay On Switch 2

Super Mario 3D All-Stars updated to Version 1.1.4 (patch notes)

#Nintendo
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Breath Of The Wild‘s $180+ Vinyl Box Set Is A Test To See If Fans Want Physical Nintendo Soundtracks

Official The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Vinyl Soundtracks Coming

Nintendo explains why Mario Kart World isn’t on Nintendo Music yet

Award Winning Photo Puzzler 'Viewfinder' Snaps Up December Switch Release Date

Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Soundtrack Is Scoring A Gorgeous Vinyl Release Next Year

Nintendo has had some patents initially rejected by Japan Patent Office in Palworld case

#MMO
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We could have lived in a world where Hideo Kojima made a Matrix game, if only someone had told him he was offered to make one

New World is officially ending development, following huge Amazon layoffs

Amazon Layoffs Kill Lord Of The Rings MMO

Vindictus turns 15 years old and officially enters its moody goth phase

Perfect Ten: MMOs that adapted specific video game genres

The Daily Grind: What factors keep you from rolling up more MMO alts?

New World: Aeternum Players Spun Up A Petition To Save The MMO

Amazon’s New World and Middle-earth Dreams Crumble into Dust as the Destruction of the Video Game Industry Continues

#HideoKojima
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Hideo Kojima Is as Surprised as We Are That Konami Reportedly Turned Down a Matrix Video Game: 'There Could've Been a Way to Make It Work'

If only Hideo Kojima had known the Wachowskis wanted him to make a Matrix game, maybe he could have found a way to make it work

'Maybe There Could've Been a Way to Make It Work': Hideo Kojima Didn't Know About Matrix Offer from the Wachowskis

Kojima Tells His Side Of The Matrix Story

#MonsterHunterWilds
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Monster Hunter Wilds is getting outsold by its 4-year-old predecessor

Monster Hunter: Wilds sales have plummeted, lagging behind even the last game's DLC and a two-year-old Street Fighter game

Monster Hunter Wilds Doing So Badly That's It's Been Outsold by MH Rise, Devil May Cry 5

New Capcom Earnings Report Is Very Bad News For Monster Hunter Wilds

Monster Hunter Wilds Sales Hit The Brakes So Hard Last Quarter, Even 'Rise' Outsold It

#RPG
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Descent of Lunaris is a sci-fi dungeon crawler RPG for sickos, with Wizardry and Shin Megami Tensei roots

PS5 & PS Plus RPG Ending Support, Will Eventually Shut Down

Dinoblade – Alpha Demo

#Steam
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Get Up To 15 PC Shooter Games For Under $18 At Fanatical

Floorboards creak, spooks spook and I harass a man with a bell in detective puzzler The Séance of Blake Manor

Ambitious new Crusader Kings 3 expansion All Under Heaven is a win for Paradox, right when it needed it most

Escape from Duckov is not what I was expecting at all, and it's another startling reminder that perhaps we're going about this whole making games business all wrong

Rune Factory 4 Director Hopes To Bring His Next Farming Sim To Consoles

#AI
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CEO of GTA 6 publisher Take-Two is surprisingly hesitant about AI usage for entirely unsurprising reasons

GTA 6 couldn't have been made by AI because it lacks Rockstar's "extraordinary" creativity, Take-Two boss says

Generative AI Won't Be Creating the Next GTA, Says Take-Two Boss

Take-Two CEO Believes AI Cannot Develop Next ‘Grand Theft Auto’

Artery Chain Sets $ARTERY Token TGE Date for October 30