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  1. FIFA 23 World Cup update

    EA has finally detailed the free World Cup update set to hit FIFA 23 on 9th November.

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  2. Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong publisher says box's PS5 upgrade listing was "mistake"

    Despite saying differently on both the front and back of the game's box, it sounds like owners of Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong's PS4 version won't actually get their promised free PS5 upgrade.

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  3. Xbox Game Pass line-up for November 2022.

    Return to Monkey Island will launch on Xbox via Game Pass, Microsoft has confirmed.

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  4. Foolish Mortals is a Monkey Island-like point and click adventure with a free demo on Steam

    I recently got word there was a Monkey Island-like game in the works. This in itself is not exactly unusual - point and click games have always been around, even if they are not as prevalent as they once were.

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  5. Hiroyuki Kobayashi headshot

    Resident Evil producer establishes new studio with NetEase

    Aim to create original IP for games and other media.

    Resident Evil producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi has established a new studio with NetEase.

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  6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) review - tight action trapped in cynical, spineless form

    If you like brash, explosive, Brosnan-era Bond action with outrageous, blockbuster set-pieces and peak Michael Bay spectacle, then boy do I have the game for you: it's available now on next-generation hardware, it's called Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and it came out in 2009.

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  7. Xbox Series X and S consoles

    Microsoft loses up to $200 on each Xbox console sold

    Phil Spencer admits in wake of possible price hikes.

    Microsoft loses up to $200 on each Xbox console it sells.

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  8. Sega, Valve, Naughty Dog celebrate Halloween with video game pumpkin carvings

    With Halloween behind us, the spooky season is now winding down as we enter November.

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  9. Luke Skywalker in Fortnite.

    Fortnite is hosting a Star Wars week, and introducing skins for Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa and Han Solo alongside a range of classic trilogy-themed acessories.

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  10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 disables family sharing on Steam

    The option to use Steam's family sharing function with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been disabled.

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  11. Sackboy: A Big Adventure has weak start on PC

    Sackboy: A Big Adventure has weak start on PC

    Just 610 concurrent player peak.

    Sackboy: A Big Adventure hasn't had a big start on Steam.

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  12. PlayStation Plus subscriber numbers down by 2m despite revamp

    PlayStation Plus subscriber numbers down by 2m despite revamp

    Game sales also down year-on-year, as PS5 passes 25m consoles shipped.

    The number of people subscribed to PlayStation Plus has dropped by two million over the past year, despite Sony's big summer revamp of the service and the launch of several new pricing tiers.

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  13. Harvestella lead character artwork

    Square Enix's forthcoming farming sim Harvestella is the first of the publisher's games to offer a non-binary gender option in a character creator.

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  14. Netflix acquires Triple Town and Cozy Grove developer Spry Fox

    Netflix acquires Triple Town and Cozy Grove developer Spry Fox

    Bringing streaming service's studios up to six.

    Netflix's ongoing grasp for a chunk of the video game pie continues with the streaming service's announcement it has now snapped up Spry Fox, the studio behind the likes of Triple Town, Alphabear, and last year's Cozy Grove.

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  15. Horizon Forbidden West senior writer joins Fable reboot team

    Playground Games' long-awaited Fable reboot continues to staff up with the news that Andrew Walsh, whose credits include senior writer on Horizon Forbidden West and associate narrative director on Horizon Call of the Mountain, has joined the team.

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  16. Ghostbusters VR gets Rise of the Ghost Lord subtitle and 2023 release

    In an appropriately spooky bit of news for All Hallows' Eve, Ghostbusters VR has re-emerged following its announcement tease earlier this year with a brand new subtitle - Rise of the Ghost Lord - and 2023 release date on PSVR 2 and Meta Quest 2.

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  17. Portal 2 director dissects cut content

    Portal 2 director dissects cut content

    The origins of Animal Turret King explained.

    Portal 2's director Josh Weier has spoken more about the game's cut content and given background information on why features were cut or how they came to be.

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  18. This Uncharted Legacy of Thieves PC mod puts Elena in the driving seat

    The Uncharted series made the jump to PC earlier this month with Naughty Dog's Legacy of Thieves collection. And, where there are PC games, modders are never far behind, ready to put their skills into action.

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  19. DF Direct Weekly takes on God of War Ragnarök and potential Xbox price rises

    Digital Foundry | DF Direct Weekly takes on God of War Ragnarök and potential Xbox price rises

    Plus: looking forward to AMD's RDNA 3 graphics reveal.

    The new DF Direct Weekly arrives, with myself, John Linneman and Alex Battaglia diving straight into a packed week of news... though we kick off with our own God of War Ragnarök impressions a whole week after the preview embargo lifted. Unfortunately, media outlets were prohibited from showing their own captured footage which essentially precluded us from producing a video, but in the wake of the impressions pieces that did follow, we did feel compelled to share some initial thoughts - and the extent to which Ragnarök leverages the power of PlayStation 5.

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  20. An illustration that could be from a Japanese horror film. A featureless face with a big, red-smeared mouth, on a woman's kimono-dressed body, flanked by thick black hair. It's scary as hell.

    I must admit, there was an element of selfishness involved in this podcast. I'm currently doing a creative writing course in my spare time (rather than in my news stories, ho ho) and one of the things I'm struggling with, weird as it is to admit, is the idea that I can write anything. I don't have to be bound by the rules of this world, or any world, or any rules. I can conceive of something totally and utterly new. And that's... I still can't quite wrap my head around it.

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  21. Nibel.

    Video games industry Twitter legend Nibel quits platform

    "I don't think Twitter has yet experienced good leadership, and this trend will not change with Musk."

    Games industry Twitter stalwart Nibel, who built a following of 450,000 for regularly tweeting breaking news and memes under the handle @Nibellion, has today quit the social media platform.

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  22. A player sits atop the horse-like Torrent, surveying the vast landscape stretching beneath the towering, golden Erdtree.

    Twitch Streamer GinoMachino has completed the world's first Elden Ring all bosses no hit run.

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  23. Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild gets spooky fan-made DLC for Halloween

    Today is the spookiest day of the year. Now, in honour of this occasion, Breath of the Wild modders have released a new fan-made DLC for the game known as "The Halloween Hunt".

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  24. Sony battling God of War Ragnarök leaks

    Sony battling God of War Ragnarök leaks

    "The reality is that we cannot catch everything."

    God of War developer Sony Santa Monica Studio has said it is doing its best to block Ragnarök spoilers ahead of the game's launch next week - but that ultimately, it cannot completely stop the flood of leaks now spreading online.

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  25. A soldier riding a horse towards the viewer, lifting an axe as if to ride past and hit the viewer. Charming!

    There was a run of things that happened to me in Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord that perfectly summed up my early-game experience with it.

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  26. Sonic looks out over a lush landscape in Sonic Frontiers

    No, Sonic Frontiers "isn't similar at all" to Breath of the Wild, says Sonic Team head

    Also level ups and bosses aren't required to beat the game.

    Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka has confirmed that Sonic Frontiers "isn't similar at all" to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

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  27. Black Adam lands in MultiVersus this week

    Black Adam lands in MultiVersus this week

    UPDATE: Patch 1.05 now live.

    UPDATE 31/10/22: Black Adam is now available to play in MultiVersus as part of the game's 1.05 patch.

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  28. NASCAR driver recreates wall ride from 2005 GameCube game to qualify for championship

    A NASCAR driver pulled off a wall ride stunt on the final lap of the Xfinity 500 race at Martinsville Speedway yesterday.

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  29. Modern Warfare 2's Amsterdam hotel use "undesirable", manager says, considering next steps

    Call of Duty fans were quick to praise Modern Warfare 2's Amsterdam level, with many complimenting how accurate Infinity Ward's in-game depiction of the city was to real life.

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