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Massive Steam Leak Spoils Story and Achievements for Dozens of Games, Some of Which are Not Even Announced

Persona 6, Kingdom Hearts 4, Fable, Penis Bird... All the heavy hitters are here!

In the early hours on Wednesday, August 9, a huge leak brought about by the Steam API spilled the beans on over 125 games. These titles had their achievement lists freely available for anybody with an internet connection to browse.

The situation becomes particularly intriguing when it is revealed that many of the titles mentioned in the leak had not yet been publicly announced. Even more...
 

XBOX: 1,600 Layoffs Today, Another 1,600 Over the Next Year, Four Studios Now Independent or Sold, Arkane in Limbo

More broadly, Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs.

Today, Microsoft is laying off 2.1% of its workforce. This equates to 4,800 people that are being let go. The company's XBOX division is cutting about 20% of its entire workforce. All of this is being done in an effort to cut costs due to rising prices and expenses brought about by artificial intelligence (AI).

As a quick reminder: Microsoft plans to spend $190 billion on AI in 2026. In 2025, the company spent $80 billion...
 

PlayStation is Killing Physical Game Discs

Digital only after January 2028.

Starting January 2028, Sony will no longer produce physical discs for new PlayStation game releases. All games released in January 2028 and after will be available only through digital stores such as the PlayStation Store.

Sony attempts to justify this move by claiming it's a "natural direction" in order to "adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs."...
 

GTA 6 Starts at $80 with a $100 FOMO Edition and with No Physical Disc Release

And single-player only.

Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive Software sure set the gaming news world on fire today with word that Grand Theft Auto 6 will retail at a minimum of $80. Not only will there be the base $79.99 edition for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, but there will also be a Grand Theft Auto 6: Ultimate Edition for $99.99 that adds in exclusive content.

Right out of the gate, we are told that Grand Theft Auto 6 will be single-player only. Well, at...
 

Kaspersky Warns of Malware Spread Through Wallpaper Engine on Steam

Anime continues to be a danger to everyone.

The cybersecurity company Kaspersky has issued a warning about malware being spread through Steam Workshop files for Wallpaper Engine. Malware, hidden through user uploaded wallpaper packages, can lead to issues such as hijacked Steam accounts, the installation of backdoors to a user's PC, or even hidden crypto mining processes.

Wallpaper Engine includes support for various wallpaper formats: Static images, video, interactive...
 

Bungie Announces the End of Destiny 2

All good things...

Bungie is calling it quits on Destiny 2. The Sony owned Marathon developer announced the final live-service content update for Destiny 2. Today's announcement was a long time coming and one that most fans saw the writing on the wall for months ago.

That final content update for Destiny 2, Monument of Triumph, takes place on June 9, 2026. Bungie says that they will begin a "new journey as a studio" on that date with includes working on their...
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  • Pathologic 3 Announced

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    • Published: 10-07-2024, 06:25 PM
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    Pathologic 3 Announced

    The weird gets weirder thanks to time travel.

    The odd, unsettling, and often confusing horror series, Pathologic, is getting a third entry. Ice-Pick Lodge announced Pathologic 3 today, complete with all the weirdness you've come to expect from the series but now with the added weirdness of time travel.

    Players assume the role of Daniil Dankovsky, a doctor from the big city who travels to a remote town to solve a mystery about a plague that has been destroying lives....
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  • Filming Wrapped on Until Dawn Film

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    • Published: 10-07-2024, 05:52 PM
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    Filming Wrapped on Until Dawn Film

    Filming officially wrapped on October 4th.

    Director David F. Sandberg announced via Instagram that the filming on the Until Dawn film has wrapped. Filming officially wrapped on October 4, 2024 but so far there was no release date revealed for the film adaptation of the horror game that originally came out on PlayStation 4 and just this week on PlayStation 5 and PC.

    The film version of Until Dawn was announced in January 2024. It is expected to be an adaptation of the...
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  • Do You Like Pumpkin Pie?

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 10-07-2024, 05:25 PM
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    Do You Like Pumpkin Pie?

    5
    Yes!
    20.00%
    1
    No!
    80.00%
    4

    The poll is expired.

    A spooky season staple.

    How's about a random, non-gaming related question for the spooky month?

    A real simple one: Do you like pumpkin pie?
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  • Alien: Isolation 2 Confirmed by Creative Assembly

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    • Published: 10-07-2024, 04:57 PM
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    Alien: Isolation 2 Confirmed by Creative Assembly

    One of the best horror games ever made is finally getting a sequel.

    The 10th anniversary of the launch of Alien: Isolation comes with word that Creative Assembly is starting to work on a sequel. The first title was a big hit amongst critics and players, and demands for a sequel have been strong since that game's release.

    Creative Assembly's creative direct Al Hope says that the sequel is in "early development." Don't expect to hear much about this sequel for...
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  • Halo Franchise Moves to Unreal Engine 5 as 343 Industries Rebrands as Halo Studios

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    • Published: 10-07-2024, 02:56 PM
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    Halo Franchise Moves to Unreal Engine 5 as 343 Industries Rebrands as Halo Studios

    This push towards "new" also includes a new philosophy at the studio.

    Just before the final match at Sunday's 2024 Halo World Championship, Microsoft shared a surprise video concerning the future of the Halo franchise. Among the several things said and shown in the video were several test scenes of familiar locations and characters from Halo all displayed in Unreal Engine 5. Yes, the Slipspace engine is already being relegated to the trash bin.

    Also notable...
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  • Foamstars is Now Free to Play on PlayStation

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    • Published: 10-04-2024, 04:54 PM
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    Foamstars is Now Free to Play on PlayStation

    Season 8 also begins today.

    Foamstars, the soap-infused competitive combat game full of good, clean, fun, is now available as a free-to-play title from Square Enix. Foamstars can be downloaded and played for free for everyone on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. As this is now a free-to-play title, no PlayStation Plus subscription is needed to play online.

    Square Enix also notes that the eighth season of Foamstars, Diamond Jam, is now live in the game. This season adds...
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  • Review: Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred is Diablo at its Best

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 10-04-2024, 11:01 AM
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    Review: Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred is Diablo at its Best

    Refined to hellish perfection.

    Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred feels like a fresh beginning for the action-RPG that released a little over a year ago. Despite receiving generally high praise from media outlets, including my own review, fans were quite vocal about the game needing some broad, sweeping changes to several core gameplay systems. Blizzard responded to these complaints by releasing a series of updates that drastically improved and reiterated on several core gameplay mechanics. ...
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  • Starfield Design Director Calls it the Best Game Bethesda Ever Made

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 10-03-2024, 03:34 PM
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    Starfield Design Director Calls it the Best Game Bethesda Ever Made

    Yeah, about that...

    Starfield has been lingering at a "Mixed" Steam review score for basically the entirety of its life. The game's first major expansion, Shattered Space, came out just this week but is currently sitting at a "Mostly Negative" user score. Heck, even critic scores for Shattered Space are only at 52%. Still, Starfield is "the best game" Bethesda ever made, so long as you believe the words from Starfield design director Emil Pagliarulo....
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  • Outlast Developer Red Barrels Suffers Data Breach

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    • Published: 10-03-2024, 01:32 PM
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    Outlast Developer Red Barrels Suffers Data Breach

    "Players have not been impacted by the event."

    Red Barrels, the studio behind the Outlast games, including the co-op multiplayer title The Outlast Trials, has suffered a "cybersecurity event." This event being an unauthorized intrusion into their internal systems and access to "some of its data."

    Red Barrels made the announcement of the intrusion on October 2, 2024 through their website. An exact date or timeframe on when the actual intrusion...
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  • The Alters Release Date Pushed to Early 2025

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    • Published: 10-02-2024, 01:54 PM
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    The Alters Release Date Pushed to Early 2025

    This sci-fi focused title has been pushed out of 2024.

    The Alters has been pushed out of a nebulous 2024 release date and will instead be released some time in the first quarter of 2025. 11 bit studios made the delay announcement through various social channels today.

    The delay announcement did not really offer any specific reason. The message, shared as though it were an in-universe notification, says that they need more time to "optimize all mission-critical systems...
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  • Update Released for Nvidia App Beta, Plus New Drivers for Throne and Liberty

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 10-01-2024, 06:51 PM
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    Update Released for Nvidia App Beta, Plus New Drivers for Throne and Liberty

    RTX HDR now supported for multi-monitor setups.

    A new GeForce Game Ready Driver is out today from Nvidia. This update adds support for things like DLSS, Reflex, and RTX to a handful of new titles. Perhaps more importantly, a new update was released for the beta version of the Nvidia app. This is the program that Nvidia will eventually replace extremely outdated Nvidia Control Panel with.

    Today's update for the Nvidia app adds in some much requested features from users....
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  • Nintendo Issues Copyright Strikes Against YouTube Creator Focusing on Emulation

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    • Published: 10-01-2024, 04:34 PM
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    Nintendo Issues Copyright Strikes Against YouTube Creator Focusing on Emulation

    Emulators. Emulation. It matters not to Nintendo.

    In addition to taking down popular Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx, the house of Mario is also issuing copyright strikes against YouTube creators. Nintendo seems to once again be taking action against YouTube channels that showcase its games running on emulators, having issued copyright strikes against creators like Retro Game Corps (via Time Extension).

    Retro Game Corps is a channel that focuses on previewing and reviewing...
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  • Nintendo Forces Ryujinx Emulator for Switch to Shut Down

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 10-01-2024, 03:05 PM
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    Nintendo Forces Ryujinx Emulator for Switch to Shut Down

    First it was Yuzu and now Ryujinx.

    Nintendo has struck another blow against Switch emulation today as the Ryujinx emulator has been shut down. The emulation scene began wondering what was going on earlier in the day on Tuesday, October 1st when the Ryujinx GitHub repository returned a 404 error. The official Ryujinx Discord also had invitations disabled around the same time.

    It was speculated that Nintendo, and their far-reaching legal team, got to the Ryujinx team and...
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  • It's Not Just You, PlayStation Network is Down (Update: It's Back Up)

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 09-30-2024, 08:31 PM
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    It's Not Just You, PlayStation Network is Down (Update: It's Back Up)

    Go ahead, get the pitchforks back out.

    If you tried to play online with your PlayStation consoles starting roughly around 8:41PM (ET) on October 1, you may have noticed that you couldn't get online. Hell, you probably can't do much of anything online related be it through PlayStation consoles or some services access through a desktop or mobile browser. It seems as though PlayStation Network, all of it, is currently down.

    The PSN Service Status page indicates that there...
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  • First Trailer for Prime Video's Like a Dragon: Yakuza

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 09-30-2024, 07:24 PM
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    First Trailer for Prime Video's Like a Dragon: Yakuza

    KIRYU CHAN!

    Amazon's Prime Video just released the first full trailer for their upcoming six-episode series, Like a Dragon: Yakuza. This is the live-action adaptation of Sega's Yakuza/Like a Dragon game franchise that was first revealed back in June 2024.

    Like a Dragon: Yakuza will hit Prime on October 24, 2024. ...
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  • How Many Games Did You Complete in 2025?
    by Shawn Zipay
    Make up your own definition of "complete."

    Was 2025 a big year for game completions for you, or were you more of a "stick to one never-ending, live-service game for the entire year" sort of player?

    For this, you can take whatever definition you want as a game "completion." Beat the main story? Earned 100% of the game's achievements? Or simply played enough that you're satisfied with what you accomplished and have no plans to return any time...
    I did not complete any game in 2025
    33.33%
    2
    I completed up to 10 games
    50.00%
    3
    I completed more than 10 games
    16.67%
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