Fans Are 3D Printing GTA 6 Collector's Box Items Already
— Rockstar hasn't shipped a single collector's box yet, and somebody already printed their own copy of what's supposedly inside it.
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SteamOS 3.8.28 Ships With Real Fixes, Not Just Promises
— Valve's newest SteamOS update finally tackles VRAM, ray tracing, and Steam Machine sleep bugs, while ARM SteamOS starts showing up on Android handhelds and Steam Frame buyers sound off on battery life.
HardwareBy Josh Brandt
FeaturedControl Resonant Runs Great, Just Not on Steam Deck
— Remedy's paranormal action game holds up beautifully on a real PC or Valve's Steam Machine. On the handheld Valve actually promised it for, it stumbles.
HardwareBy Josh Brandt
Steam Now Runs Native on ARM, Turning Phones Into Decks
— Steam is working properly on ARM chips now, and a tool called ArmadaOS is turning cheap Android handhelds into pocket Steam Decks. WULFF DEN shows how easy the whole thing has gotten.
HardwareBy Josh Brandt
Farming Sim Luma Island Finally Lands on PS5
— Feel Free Games is bringing its cozy-but-not-only-cozy farming game to PS5, complete with cross-play against PC and Xbox. Wishlist's up. Release date is not.
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Corridor Crew Breaks Down What Makes GTA 6 Look Real
— VFX pros at Corridor Crew picked apart GTA 6's ragdolls, hair, and lighting and admitted Rockstar is doing in real time what their industry takes days to render.
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Steam Frame Teardown Finds a VR Headset You Can Actually Fix
— iFixit cracked open Valve's Steam Frame and found swappable batteries, magnetic lenses, and a microSD slot. It's not perfect, but it's trying.
HardwareBy Josh Brandt
Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance Trailer Brings Back Teostra
— Capcom's Tokyo Game Show trailer for the Monster Hunter Wilds expansion drags an old, explosive nightmare back into the hunt. Cute. Let's see if the new gear actually helps.
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Halo Director Promoted, Then Fired by Xbox a Day Later
— A cinematic director at Halo Studios got a promotion this week. Xbox laid them off less than 24 hours later.
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Xbox's Reset Hands Halo to Activision, Cuts Studios
— Xbox's so-called reset just got a lot bloodier: Halo goes to Activision, Halo Studios gets dismantled, Obsidian gets folded into Bethesda, and Ninja Theory is reportedly closing.
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FeaturedXbox Is Reportedly Asking If Its Next Console Needs Discs
— Xbox is polling players on whether its next console, reportedly codenamed Project Helix, should keep a disc drive, while Sony has already said no.
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007 First Light's Switch 2 Version Delayed Again, Now 2027
— IO Interactive says it had no other option but to push the Switch 2 edition of 007 First Light to March 2027, and its technical producer just explained the compromises coming with it.
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Xbox and PlayStation Are Swapping Momentum Again
— IGN's Next-Gen Console Watch panel says the two consoles are trading fortunes just like they have every generation since the PS2, and this time it's Sony stumbling while Xbox tries to rebuild trust.
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Leaked Files Suggest GTA 6's Map Once Looked Very Different
— A new breakdown of the 200GB Rockstar leak claims Leonida almost got South American islands, a bigger Panhandle, and a Disney World knockoff. None of it is confirmed.
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Blizzard Dodges Xbox Questions on Warcraft 3, WoW, Heroes
— Windows Central asked three Blizzard leads point-blank if Warcraft 3, WoW: Forever, and Heroes of the Storm are headed to Xbox. They all gave the same shrug.
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EU's Kids Act Draft Could Force Age Checks on Solo Games
— A senior EU policy adviser says the wording of the bloc's new Kids Act could sweep single-player games that touch Steam for updates or logins into mandatory age verification.
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Hela: Of Mice & Magic Hits Game Pass Day One Dec. 1
— Xbox is billing brewing potions as the heart of Hela: Of Mice & Magic, and the whole thing lands on Game Pass the day it launches. Here's what that actually means once you're holding the controller.
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Sony Remade Its Famous PS4 Disc-Sharing Bit, Minus the Disc
— Shuhei Yoshida and Adam Boyes reunited at Tokyo Game Show to recreate Sony's iconic PS4 game-sharing gag, except this time there's nothing physical to hand over.
BusinessBy Josh Brandt
Kingdom of Night Finally Comes to Xbox, PS5, Switch Nov 5
— The neon-drenched isometric brawler that quietly won over Steam players last December is finally leaving PC behind for consoles this November.
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FeaturedXbox Responds to Game Pass Shakeup Rumor, Doesn't Deny Much
— A leaker says Game Pass is getting split into ad and ad-free tiers with day-one games stripped out in 2027. Microsoft's non-denial only confirms one narrow slice of it.
BusinessBy Josh Brandt
FeaturedBill Skarsgård Lands Lead Role in Kojima's PHYSINT
— Hideo Kojima confirmed Bill Skarsgård as the lead of PHYSINT during Xbox's Tokyo Game Show broadcast, alongside a fresh look at OD and the messy backstory of how Xbox ended up publishing the game at all.
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Steam Beta Adds New Big Picture Look, Screensavers, Steam Machine Extra
— Valve's latest Steam client beta reworks Big Picture Mode, adds screensavers, and throws in something extra for desktop Steam Machines. Details are thin, but the shape of it is there.
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FeaturedValve Admits It Wanted a Cheaper Steam Frame. Blame the RAM Crisis
— Valve's own engineers say the Steam Frame VR headset was supposed to cost less before the global memory shortage blew up the budget. Here's what that means for your wallet.
HardwareBy Josh Brandt