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Garrus in Mass Effect Legendary Edition.

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EA execs choosing Star Wars Battlefront 3 over Mass Effect 5 was the main factor in BioWare's demise, according to report

Corporate chair shuffling and the Mass Effect studio's recent struggles may also have played roles

Oct. 30, 2026 Mark Warren

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Rockstar developer union could end up over 1,600 workers strong and encompass nearly all UK staff below senior management, IWGB claim

Organisers say a successful vote would create "the biggest recognised union in the UK games sector"

Oct. 30, 2026 Mark Warren

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A soldier stands before a Seoul building on fire in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 intro cinematic is "not intended to reference or trivialise" real-world South Korean crowd crush, Activision say amid reported backlash

Update: Activision reportedly confirm footage will be removed in November Modern Warfare 4 update

Oct. 30, 2026 Mark Warren

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A city in Baldur's Gate 3's Forsaken custom campaign mod.

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Baldur's Gate 3 custom campaign mod channels World of Warcraft with an adventure about undead former slaves fighting to reclaim a kingdom

From the creator of the Act Two Expansion mod which came out in September

Oct. 30, 2026 Mark Warren

The unknown land of The Elder Scrolls VI in a frame from the 2018 teaser trailer.

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The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel will be an Elder Scrolls game about the infinite mysteries of the Elder Scrolls, report with some plot hintage claims

Also, it's claimed to be set in the place most heavily rumoured since that 2018 teaser

Oct. 29, 2026 Mark Warren

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Don't worry, GTA 6's cars can drive for ages before their fuel tanks need refilling, leaving me wondering why this motor management's been added at all

Filling up on questionable features

Oct. 29, 2026 Mark Warren

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GTA 6 has a smell reaction system, which immediately joins Red Dead Redemption 2's dynamically shrinking horse balls on Rockstar's list of immersive symbols of excess

Florida of course being full of smelly smells that smell...smelly

Oct. 29, 2026 Mark Warren

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A battle with tanks and soldiers raging in Company of Heroes 3's Operation Torch DLC.

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Company of Heroes 3's Operation Torch DLC ships off to North Africa in November, for new missions based around the Allied landings

Patton of attack

Oct. 28, 2026 Mark Warren

A Fortnite character takes cover from various horror characters.

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"We are more concerned about the risks of moving too slowly": Epic get more specific about genAI use in Unreal Engine and Fortnite development

"Yes, we are vibe-coding things"

Oct. 28, 2026 Mark Warren

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Mordin Solus in Mass Effect Legendary Edition.

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Leaked Mass Effect 5 trailer is being "re-scored" by one of the original trilogy's composers, so folks can get a taste of his musical vision for the game

More Massively Effective tunes incoming

Oct. 28, 2026 Mark Warren

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Medieval blokes fighting in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.

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"This is a serious incident": Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs Warhorse hit by cyberattack targeting their systems and data

Studio working to lock things down and work out how breach happened

Oct. 27, 2026 Mark Warren

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A Ford Crown Victoria parked next to a Road Trip board in American Truck Simulator.

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Supporters only | Road trippin’ in American Truck Simulator, or how I became the most dangerous driver the highways have ever seen

Turbo tourism

Oct. 27, 2026 Mark Warren

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With Xbox cuts not done, Microsoft offer voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 workers across the company in latest attempt to get rid of staff

That's around a quarter of Microsoft’s total workforce, according to reports

Oct. 27, 2026 Mark Warren

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Commander Shepard and his crew in Mass Effect 3.

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"Mass Effect was my ultimate white whale": Journey composer shares 20 minutes of music created during talks to work on BioWare's recently cancelled RPG

"It's been hard to see dear friends lose their jobs, and this beloved franchise seemingly vanish forever"

Oct. 27, 2026 Mark Warren

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An extreme close-up of Tim Sweeney speaking at State of Unreal 2026.

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Steam's AI disclosures are akin to "forcing developers to list their voting history", says man who must hate seeing eggs virtue signal that they're free-range

Tim Sweeney's throwing a wobbler in the supermarket

Oct. 26, 2026 Mark Warren

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The Lil Pip 3000 in Fallout New Vegas thanks to modders.

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"IT FLIPS UP," Fallout New Vegas modders yell after releasing a funky Pip-Boy based on cancelled entry Van Buren's design docs

The same folks are hard at work remaking Van Buren as part of a project dubbed Fallout: The New West

Oct. 26, 2026 Mark Warren

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Arkane survival negotiations reportedly seeing "several forms of takeover" considered ahead of November deadline, as Marvel's Blade production nears end

217 jobs are on the line at the studio, report claims

Oct. 26, 2026 Mark Warren

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The default Femshep in a Mass Effect: Legendary Edition screenshot.

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Mass Effect 5 was named Universe partly because it let players generate alternate timelines based on their choices in previous entries, technical director says

The system was part of BioWare's effort to give the player "absolute autonomy", according to Romain Toutain

Oct. 26, 2026 Mark Warren

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Commander Shepard at a table with some companions in Mass Effect 3.

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BioWare staff "should be given the first opportunity and the federal support" to buy the studio and keep it running, says Canadian political party leader

We'll buy BioWare, ok?

Oct. 23, 2026 Mark Warren

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A bunch of Half-Life 2 characters looking like they're explaining something to you.

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Half-Life 3 speculation reignited by Valve dev mentioning three sweet little rumored codenamey letters amid technical chat about video game noises

We're watching you, music man

Oct. 23, 2026 Mark Warren

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A Cyberpunk 2077 character wielding an assault rifle.

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Cyberpunk 2077's new dual wielding has already been modded to include shotguns and rifles, provided you're down to get "janky and wildly overpowered"

Double trouble

Oct. 23, 2026 Mark Warren

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Xbox reportedly mandate four days a week in office for staff close to Microsoft's Washington HQ, up from three day requirement brought in last year

Change set to take effect from beginning of February next year, it's claimed

Oct. 22, 2026 Mark Warren

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Grace Ashcroft holding a gun in Resident Evil Requiem.

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Resident Evil makers Capcom reveal data breach has affected over 11 million Capcom ID accounts, warn against potential phishing emails

"Credit card information was not included among the affected information," say the publishers

Oct. 22, 2026 Mark Warren

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The default Broshep in a Mass Effect: Legendary Edition screenshot.

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Mass Effect 5 was aiming to offer a "level of autonomy and choice" that could vault it into orbit with Larian and CD Projekt's top RPGs, former dev says post-cancellation

"I'm sad you won't ever get to see what we were cooking"

Oct. 22, 2026 Mark Warren

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V and Weak Kingsley in art for Cyberpunk 2077's update 2.5.

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Cyberpunk 2077's Edgerunners 2 update adds two new quests, handgun dual wielding and the ability to pimp your mantis blades

Edgerunning out of superlatives

Oct. 21, 2026 Mark Warren

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