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fromEngadget
1 hour ago
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Forza Horizon 6 will hit Xbox Series X/S and PC on May 19

Forza Horizon 6 launches May 19 on Xbox and PC (early access May 15), set in Japan with an expanded Tokyo; PS5 release later.
fromKotaku
7 hours ago
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When And Where To Watch Today's Xbox Developer Direct

Forza Horizon 6 is set to release May 19, and Xbox Developer Direct will show deep dives on Forza Horizon 6 and Fable, plus GameFreak's Beast of Reincarnation.
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fromEngadget
59 minutes ago

Mario Kart World adds a team option in Knockout Tour

Mario Kart World on Switch 2 adds team Knockout mode where players pool individual scores across teams for online or local competitive play.
#fable
fromKotaku
1 hour ago
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Fable Reboot Features 'Seamless' Open World And Is Launching This Fall

fromKotaku
1 hour ago
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Fable Reboot Features 'Seamless' Open World And Is Launching This Fall

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fromThe Verge
1 hour ago

Here's a new look at Beast of Reincarnation, from the team behind Pokemon

Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation launches summer 2026 on PS5, Xbox, and PC as a one-person, one-dog action RPG set in post-apocalyptic Japan.
fromKotaku
2 hours ago

Yakuza 3 Remake Ugly Alleyway Has Fans Concerned

Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio recently released a new demo for Yakuza 3 Kiwami, an upcoming remake of the original PS3-era Yakuza 3. And a single alleyway in the demo has become the center of an online debate about whether Yakuza 3 Kiwami is a visual downgrade when compared to the OG game. On January 21, Sega released a demo for Yakuza 3 Kiwami for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, and PC.
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fromEngadget
3 hours ago

Xbox Developer Direct 2026: How to watch and what we expect to see from Fable, Forza Horizon 6 and Beast of Reincarnation

Xbox will hold its fourth annual Developer Direct on January 22, 2026 at 1PM ET, featuring Forza Horizon 6 and Beast of Reincarnation.
#ubisoft
fromEngadget
1 day ago
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The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake among six games canceled by Ubisoft

fromWGB
1 day ago
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Ubisoft Cancels Prince of Persia Remake And Five Others, Delays Numerous Titles

fromEngadget
1 day ago
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The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake among six games canceled by Ubisoft

fromWGB
1 day ago
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Ubisoft Cancels Prince of Persia Remake And Five Others, Delays Numerous Titles

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fromGadgets 360
13 hours ago

Ubisoft's Franchises Will be Handled by 5 New Units as Part of 'Major Reset'

Ubisoft reorganises into five decentralised creative houses, cancels six games, delays seven projects, and focuses on open-world and GaaS to restore creative leadership.
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fromEngadget
4 hours ago

The Switch 2 version of Super Mario Bros. Wonder arrives on March 26

Super Mario Bros. Wonder Switch 2 Edition adds Bellabel Park, expanded local and online multiplayer, new co-op modes, Koopaling boss courses, and a $20 upgrade.
#vr
fromGadgets 360
11 hours ago

Ubisoft Cancels Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake, Delays 7 Games

The troubled and protracted development of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake has finally come to an end. Ubisoft announced it was cancelling the remake, along with five other unannounced games, as part of a major organisational and portfolio reset that will see the company distribute its franchises among five new business units. The Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake, which was set to launch in 2026, wasn't able to reach the desired level of quality, Ubisoft said.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
8 hours ago

It's the underground Met Gala of concrete murderzone design': welcome to the Quake Brutalist Game Jam

Quake Brutalist Jam is a community game-mapping event that produced 77 brutalist-themed Quake maps with new enemies and weapons during a six-week session.
fromEngadget
2 hours ago

GeForce Now adds support for flight controllers

It only seems right that cloud gaming should welcome virtual pilots, and that's definitely now the case if GeForce Now is your streaming platform of choice. One of the most frequently requested features from its community according to NVIDIA, flight control support has now been added to its GeForce Now offering, meaning you can live your Top Gun fantasies without worrying about your rig buckling under the pressure.
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fromKotaku
3 hours ago

007 First Light: Everything We Know About The Hitman Devs' James Bond Game

It's been over a decade since the last major 007 video game, and longer still since the last good one. So there's a lot of buzz around IO Interactive's upcoming 007 First Light. But this isn't another first-person shooter trying to chase after the beloved N64 GoldenEye. Instead, IOI is making something very different than most other Bond games, and that has many fans, myself included, intrigued. Could this be the first Bond game to truly nail the vibe? Hopefully so.
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fromKotaku
6 hours ago

Arknights: Endfield Shuts Off PayPal After Random Charges Bug

A PayPal glitch on Arknights: Endfield charged players thousands of dollars; developer disabled PayPal purchases and will handle erroneous transactions.
#marvel-rivals
fromKotaku
3 hours ago
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Casual $40,000 Marvel Rivals Creator Tournament Sparks A Ton Of Online Drama - Kotaku

fromKotaku
3 hours ago
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Casual $40,000 Marvel Rivals Creator Tournament Sparks A Ton Of Online Drama - Kotaku

#animal-crossing
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago
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Animal Crossing's new update has revived my pandemic sanctuary

Animal Crossing: New Horizons preserves islands across long absences and receives visual and performance improvements on newer Switch hardware.
fromThe Verge
3 days ago
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons added just enough to suck me back in

Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 adds quality-of-life fixes, strafing, and a hotel while the Switch 2 Edition boosts performance and resolution for $4.99.
#xbox-game-pass
fromGameSpot
2 days ago
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Game Pass Is Getting More Games In January And February 2026, Including Death Stranding

fromGameSpot
2 days ago
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Game Pass Is Getting More Games In January And February 2026, Including Death Stranding

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fromThe Verge
1 day ago

Detective games get extra cryptic with TR-49's code-breaking mystery

TR-49 is a detective game by Inkle that uses a bizarre WWII-era code-breaking computer and an amnesiac protagonist to drive investigation in a dystopian setting.
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fromKotaku
1 day ago

New Donkey Kong Update Shows Nintendo Is All Over The Place

Donkey Kong Country Returns Switch port adds Dixie Kong, Turbo Attack mode, and a free Switch 2 visual upgrade with GameShare support.
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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Marathon Pre-Order Bug Forces Players To Download Destiny 2

Pre-ordering Marathon on Steam briefly triggered Destiny 2 to auto-install on players' PCs due to a backend bug, and the issue has been resolved.
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fromThe Verge
1 day ago

Ubisoft cancels Prince of Persia remake as part of major reorganization

Ubisoft reorganized development into five studios, each focused on specific genres and brand groups to grow, revive, or operate major franchises and live experiences.
#far-cry
#xbox-cloud-gaming
#life-is-strange
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fromTechCrunch
1 day ago

NYT Games' Scrabble-like game Crossplay is a dream come true | TechCrunch

New York Times Games released Crossplay, a Scrabble-like, low-ad multiplayer app with CrossBot move analysis for iOS and Android.
fromKotaku
1 day ago

League Of Legends Fighter 2XKO Launches With Issues On PS5

After roughly 18 months of closed betas and "Alpha Lab" playtests, Riot Games has finally released its beginner-friendly, free-to-play (but microtransaction-heavy) fighting game in full. There's no critical consensus regarding yet. At launch there aren't even ut I sunk a couple of hours into it this morning and can confirm that it's still just as good as it was during the last closed beta. any reviews of the console version. B Little caveat there: I played on PC.
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#battlefield-6
fromVG247
3 days ago
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Tomorrow's Battlefield 6 patch somehow makes jets more useless, improves armor bar visibility in Redsec

fromVG247
3 days ago
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Tomorrow's Battlefield 6 patch somehow makes jets more useless, improves armor bar visibility in Redsec

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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Mio: Memories In Orbit Review: Stunning Art, Standard Gameplay

Mio: Memories in Orbit is a stylish, tightly paced Metroidvania with stunning visuals, solid movement and combat, but limited compositional depth and musical variety.
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fromKotaku
23 hours ago

How A Headline Gets Written At Kotaku: Battlefield 6 Edition

Kotaku editors debate headline wording, avoid overused verbs, propose alternatives in Slack, and note a classic large Battlefield 6 map likely arrives after season 2.
fromKotaku
1 day ago

Game Trailer Showcased By IGN Slammed For Using AI 'Placeholders' - Kotaku

Introducing Fallen, a new Xbox 360-era inspired character action game where you play as Astra, a fallen angel who must battle through Hell and its demonic forces. It's in development for console and PC,
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fromInverse
1 day ago

Ron Perlman? 'Fallout's Shocking Cameo Just Revealed A Huge Mutant Easter Egg

Fallout Season 2 integrates game lore and introduces a Super Mutant allied with ghouls, connecting TV characters back into the games.
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fromAol
1 day ago

Roblox's 2025 Reset: 3 Developments That Investors Must Know

Roblox reaccelerated growth in 2025, expanded monetization and strengthened its creator ecosystem, resetting expectations despite continued lack of profitability.
#borderlands-4
fromKotaku
22 hours ago
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Loot Capsules Are The Worst Part Of Borderlands 4

Loot Capsules force players to carry pods back on foot while disabling many traversal and combat actions, creating tedious and frustrating gameplay segments.
fromKotaku
2 days ago
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The Wait For Borderlands 4 On Switch 2 Might Almost Be Over

Borderlands 4 appears to have a Switch 2 release date of February 27, 2026, while Oblivion Remastered shows high sales but low completion rates.
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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Fat Pikachu Is Back

Takara Tomy is releasing a 40 cm plush of Pikachu's original chubby design Chunkachu for Pokémon's 30th anniversary, sold only in Japan.
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fromGameSpot
2 days ago

Hitman Is Getting Cross-Progression Soon As It Celebrates A Major Anniversary

Hitman: World of Assassination will enable cross-progression on February 3, syncing progression, inventory, and achievements across platforms using one selectable primary save.
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fromGameSpot
2 days ago

Marathon Sees Explosive Steam Sales Growth After Release Date Reveal

Marathon's PC preorders surged after its release-date reveal, placing it high on Steam and setting a March 5 launch with momentum but uncertain long-term retention.
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fromKotaku
2 days ago

What Games Are Forever Stuck In Your Backlog?

Players often keep one game perpetually unfinished due to boredom, unengaging worlds, outdated mechanics, or design barriers that block continued play.
#marathon
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fromGameSpot
2 days ago

Divinity Announcement Has Driven Way More People To Larian's Previous Games

Divinity announcement at The Game Awards 2025 significantly boosted sales of Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin 2.
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fromSlate Magazine
2 days ago

Slate Pears Game 157: Jan. 20, 2026

Pears publishes a new daily game at noon, offers a complete archive and Slate Plus access to 150+ games, and now shows post-game statistics.
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fromInverse
2 days ago

PlayStation Plus Just Added The Perfect Prelude To 2025's Biggest Horror Game

Resident Evil Village blends tense first-person survival horror with heightened action as Ethan Winters searches a monster-filled village for his kidnapped infant.
fromKotaku
1 day ago

Forza Horizon 5 Is My Antidote To Doomscrolling In 2026

2012's Forza Horizon is one of my lifetime favorites. Earlier games like Grand Theft Auto 3 had shown me how much I could enjoy the simple experience of driving around a game's world with a great song on the radio, but took it to the next level with its gorgeous Colorado setting, its impeccable driving model, and the relentless stream of exceptional pop tunes on Horizon Pulse, the game's best radio station.
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fromGameSpot
2 days ago

Halo On PS5: "We Want To Bring Players Back Together," Microsoft Says About Remake

Halo: Campaign Evolved will be released on PS5 this year, bringing Halo to PlayStation to grow and reconnect the Halo community.
fromKotaku
2 days ago

Marathon Art Director Talks Big Design Shift And Leaving Bungie

The game design itself having a pretty profound evolution midway through, and that changed the visual psychology a fair amount,
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fromKotaku
2 days ago

New Witcher 3 Online Mod Lets You Hang Together With Friends

Witcher Online adds free online multiplayer for up to five players to The Witcher 3, enabling shared exploration, character sync, and social hangouts.
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fromSportskeeda
2 days ago

The Division 2 vendors this week (January 20 to 27, 2026): All named items, armor pieces, mods, and more

The Division 2 vendor rotation (Jan 20–27, 2026) supplies weapons, gear, and mods across DC, Countdown, and Clan vendors for E‑Credits or Countdown/DZ resources.
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fromThe Verge
2 days ago

Former Nintendo of America boss Doug Bowser is joining Hasbro

Doug Bowser joined Hasbro's board of directors weeks after retiring as Nintendo of America's president.
fromKotaku
2 days ago

Fallout 3 And New Vegas Remasters Won't Get This Ambitious Mod

The existence of upcoming new versions of Bethesda's and Fallout: New Vegas might be the worst-kept secret in gaming right now, much like The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered was prior to its release last year . If this is the first you're hearing of this, of why everyone is so convinced that the remasters are on the way. The community is understandably excited, with said excitement at least partially fueled by the success of Fallout season 2 on Prime.
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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Male Fortnite Creators Are Using Women To Market Their Maps

Misleading marketing uses young women as spokespeople, obscuring the true creators of popular Fortnite custom maps and disadvantaging female map makers.
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fromKotaku
2 days ago

Anthem Is Already Running On A Private Server

Fans have recreated the game's playability using a P2P/local server setup days after official server shutdown, enabling limited multiplayer despite missing online features.
fromWGB
3 days ago

Rockstar North Cordoned Off Following Explosion (Update: They're Open!)

Original Story: Rockstar North, part of the massive company developing , has been cordoned off following an explosion in the early hours of January 19. "We were alerted at 5.02am on Monday, 19 January to attend an incident on Holyrood Road, Edinburgh," a spokesperson for Scottish Fire and Rescue Service told The Herald. Fire crews had left by around 9am.
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fromThe Verge
2 days ago

Life is Strange will bring the Max and Chloe story to an end in new game

Max uses her Rewind power to go back three days to prevent a deadly fire that destroyed Caledon and killed friends, students, and faculty.
fromKotaku
2 days ago

Ex-BioWare Dev Disputes That It Shouldn't Have Made Anthem

My feeling is that BioWare has always been changing,
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fromGameSpot
3 days ago

Valve. Please Save VR Gaming

Meta closed three major VR studios, but signs point to renewed VR optimism as Meta loosens control and Valve prepares the Steam Frame comeback.
fromGadgets 360
3 days ago

Arc Raiders Will Get Multiple New Maps This Year, Says Embark

"There are going to be multiple maps coming this year, and I think it's going to be across a spectrum of size to try to facilitate different types of gameplay,"
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fromGameSpot
3 days ago

The 12 Best Fighting Games on Switch and Switch 2

Nintendo Switch's hybrid design and Switch 2 hardware revived fighting games on Nintendo, offering improved performance, load times, and a diverse range of titles.
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fromGadgets 360
3 days ago

Top Deals on Gaming Accessories During Amazon Great Republic Day Sale

Amazon Great Republic Day Sale 2026 offers discounts on gaming accessories—consoles, controllers, headsets, racing wheels, and charging docks—with additional card, Prime, and cashback benefits.
#co-op-games
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fromInverse
3 days ago

The Latest Survival Epic on Game Pass Was Inspired By Real-World Fallout

Atomfall reimagines the Windscale nuclear disaster as a British survival-investigation game blending scarce-resource survival, brutal sparse combat, and investigative world-building.
fromArs Technica
2 days ago

Bungie's delayed Marathon revival will finally launch March 5

But today, in a post on the PlayStation Blog, Bungie revealed that the new Marathon would finally be hitting PS5, Windows, and Xbox Series X|S on March 5, narrowing down the month-long March release window announced back in December. Unlike Destiny 2, which transitioned to a free-to-play model in 2019, the new Marathon sells for $40 in a Standard Edition or a $60 Deluxe Edition that includes some digital rewards and cosmetics.
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fromWGB
3 days ago

Ubisoft Randomly Gives Far Cry 3 A 60FPS Current-Gen Upgrade

Far Cry 3: Classic Edition will receive a 60FPS update on PS5, PS5 Pro, and Xbox Series X/S on January 21st, with no graphical improvements.
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fromArs Technica
3 days ago

Reports of ad-supported Xbox game streams show Microsoft's lack of imagination

Microsoft should expand Cloud Gaming with timed demos, ad-supported tiers, and short-term rentals to better reach occasional and hardware-limited players.
fromVG247
3 days ago

Heartopia surprise launches on Steam and shockingly, everyone seems to be happy

When the game's release date was announced back in December, developer XD said it was pushing back the Steam release without offering any hints about how long the delay was going to be. While the game can be played on PC through TapTap,
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fromGameSpot
3 days ago

Satisfactory Multiplayer: The Basics For Peer-to-Peer And Dedicated Server Hosting

Satisfactory supports peer-to-peer, self-hosted, and rented servers; peer-to-peer is easiest, rented servers cost monthly, and self-hosted offers always-on access but requires complex setup.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

A beginner's guide to Arc Raiders: what it is and how you start playing

Created by Swedish developer Embark Studios, Arc Raiders is an extraction shooter: an online multiplayer game that drops you into a world with other people to search for valuable weapons and items before attempting to escape with all your spoils. You can play alone or with up to two friends in a squad. Most extraction shooters feature two types of gameplay: Player vs Environment (PvE), which means exploring the world and fighting computer controlled enemies,
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fromKotaku
3 days ago

This Is My Favorite Limited Edition PS5 DualSense Controller Yet

A limited edition Marathon-themed PlayStation 5 DualSense controller and Pulse Elite headset launch alongside the game, with the controller praised for its subtle, cohesive design.
fromGameSpot
3 days ago

Brendan Fraser's Comeback Era Includes Getting Wrecked In The Legend Of Zelda

After years out of the Hollywood spotlight, The Mummy and The Whale actor Brendan Fraser has made a huge comeback. The actor has new film roles lined up, but right now, his most pressing concern is avoiding getting steamrolled by the notorious Lynel mini-bosses in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. In an interview, Fraser was asked whether he was playing any video games, and he explained that he was "still stuck" on the critically acclaimed 2017 Zelda game.
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fromKotaku
3 days ago

Cyberpunk 2077 VR Modder Blasts 'Corpo Logic' Over Takedown

Modder Luke Ross released a paywalled R.E.A.L. VR mod for multiple major games and faced DMCA takedowns from Take-Two and CD Projekt Red.
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fromKotaku
2 days ago

Dev Behind Last Year's Big Flop Is Still Paying Streamers To Play It

Developer Build a Rocket Boy and publisher IO Interactive continue sponsoring creators to promote MindsEye despite low Steam player counts and poor reception.
fromGadgets 360
3 days ago

Terminally Ill Fan May Be Able to Play GTA 6 Ahead of Release

Grand Theft Auto 6 is months away from its November 19 release date, but a particular fan might just be able to play the open world crime game ahead of launch. Take-Two and Rockstar Games are said to have reached out to a terminally ill fan to grant their wish to play GTA 6 while they still can. That's according to Anthony Armtrong, a family member of the terminally ill fan and himself a developer at Ubisoft Toronto.
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