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Big release week.

Only the biggest releases happened this week, carried by none other than that fat orange cat that hates Monday, Garfield.

In all seriousness, this was a pretty banger week for new game releases. Control Resonant and Silent Hill: Townfall were both released this week. Both are absolute bangers in their respective genres. Graveyard Keeper 2, EA Sports FC 27, SiN Reloaded, and Garfield - Escape from Monday also dropped this week.

I've been...

Create and stream for charity.

If you're a creator. or streamer. or influencer, or whatever you care to call yourself, then you can now register for Jingle Jam 2026. The annual charity event has officially opened fundraiser registrations through Tiltify for this year's event. Creators are invited to register through the platform and get their fundraising pages set up ahead of the upcoming two-week-long event.

Every year, members of The Yogscast organize the annual Jingle...

Surely the adults will let the kids have them.

According to PokeBeach, the Pokémon Happy Meals will soon return to a McDonald's near you. According to their report, the Pokémon Happy Meals return to locations throughout the United States starting on November 5. These Happy Meals will be available until December 9.

These Pokémon themed Happy Meals will include a single four-card booster pack. Each pack is said to include one holographic card and three non-holo cards....

This is the team behind Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 was released a little over a month ago now and already the developers at Cold Iron Studios were hit by layoffs. An announcement was made late last week by Cold Iron Studios' parent company Enad Global 7.

Prior to last week, Cold Iron Studios employed roughly 60 employees. Roughly a third, or 19 employees, have now been laid off from the studio. Enad Global 7 called the layoffs a "staff reduction"...

They are becoming exceedingly efficient at reboots.

It is rumored that Halo will be rebooted as a franchise after Activision was given control following the latest "reset" of all things XBOX at Microsoft. This claim comes from TechnicalHalo on Twitter, who says, "lore is not going to be continued."

This rumor follows the news from yesterday that XBOX laid off an additional 268 employees, many of whom came from Halo Studios. As part of the ongoing...

Cuts across Halo Studios and other first-party studios.

XBOX continues its reign of terror today as it announces another 268 layoffs across first-party XBOX studios, as well as the "XGS management and central functions layer." Ninja Theory will be shuttered. Several other studios are being shuffled around. As for Arkane, "consultation(...) remains underway."

The unfortunate news was shared with the public earlier today by XBOX executive vice president...

Friendship ended with PlayStation, now XBOX is new best friend?

In January 2024, Hideo Kojima's Kojima Productions and PlayStation's Hermen Hulst announced that they were partnering on a new action-espionage title called Physint. This deal would see PlayStation publishing the Kojima-developed title, making it a PlayStation 5 exclusive release.

Outside of a brief update in August 2025 where Kojima shared some of the stars that will appear in the game and a poster, not...

This includes unvaulting major content.

Destiny 2 died months ago. The game's developer, Bungie, suffered mass layoffs shortly after. Despite all of this, Bungie announced today that they are going back to Destiny.

A new studio update from studio head Poria Torkan and head of product Josh Deane says that Bungie is aiming to "return Destiny to its original promise." The studio also plans to make some major changes to the game. First and foremost, this includes...

Wait until you see the price of the 1TB model.

Valve just opened sign-ups for their new virtual reality headset, Steam Frame. It officially "launches" today, starting at an eye-watering price of $1,059 for the 256GB model. The 1TB Steam Frame bumps that price up to $1,299.

A purchase of the Steam Frame, either model, includes the wireless VR headset, Steam Frame controllers, and a copy of Half-Life: Alyx.

Valve is once again using the reservation...

Fans are divided on the new look for Ocarina of Time.

Nintendo held a special Direct today for The Legend of Zelda's 40th anniversary. The company showcased a handful of new Zelda-related announcements, including a new extended gameplay look at the Ocarina of Time remake, new amiibo figures, new concerts, and the absolutely wild name they gave the upcoming The Legend of Zelda live-action film.

Without a doubt, the biggest reveal from the Direct was the new gameplay footage...

Raise some hell! But only a little bit for now.

A playable demo for Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival is now available through Steam. Along with the demo release, a new trailer, Scarlet Church, was also released today. Both of these come a few weeks ahead of the full game release, which is slated for October 8, 2026 on PlayStation 5, XBOX Series X|S, and PC. A Switch 2 release is also happening but won't be available until October 8.

If you can't see the new trailer...

One week out from release.

It's almost time to take back a paranaturally altered version of New York. Control Resonant is out September 24, 2026, from Remedy Entertainment, and a new launch trailer dropped today.

This launch trailer features the track "My Favourite Game" by The Cardigans. It builds up the hype ahead of release without revealing too much of the mysteries that await players.

In Control Resonant, players take on the role of Dylan...

Minecraft Bedrock 26.50 Wilderness Bound can make an established Android world feel new again. The update focuses on outdoor exploration, autumn-colored environments, camping features, and new building options, but players should still prepare before replacing a stable installation or opening an important world in a new build.

What Android Players Should Check Before Installing Bedrock 26.50

Before updating, players can review the build details and supported files when they download...

All employees have apparently been laid off.

The Leslie Benzies-led development studio, Build a Rocket Boy, seems to have laid off all remaining employees. Multiple developers have come forward saying they were laid off, with some adding that they believe pretty much everyone at the company has been laid off. This would effectively mean Build a Rocket Boy is no more after releasing only one title, MindsEye.

For Benzies, MindsEye was to be the start of their "Roblox...

As if some of you needed another reason to boycott EA.

Veteran sports commentator John Buccigross says that Electronic Arts and EA Sports are using generative AI for portions of the commentary in NHL 27. The broadcaster shared this news on the latest episode of the Chirping Zebras podcast.

During the episode, Buccigross shared some of his experience working with EA Sports on the NHL games that the studio puts out annually. While Buccigross says that he did record lines...