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GTA 6's Leonida is nearly as big as GTA 4, GTA 5 and Red Dead 2's maps combined, Rockstar says.
Sources: GameSpot, Insider Gaming
Co-director Marty Stratton says about half of the Doom studio left in the cuts. The tech work with the Wolfenstein team started earlier this year.
2 min read
Sources: IGN, PC Gamer
Digital Extremes is ending invite-only Preludes. Mounts arrive later in November with the Verse of the Veilands update.
2 min read
Sources: Digital Extremes, Polygon
Square Enix pushed the expansion back about three weeks from late January. Pre-orders open on 4 Nov PT (5 Nov AEST).
3 min read
Sources: Square Enix press release, Polygon
Funcom says the Polar Sink has about 35 hours of progression. Offline single-player arrives in November and full cross-play in January 2027.
2 min read
Sources: Funcom press release, PC Gamer
The first Year 1 Pass character builds Solar Shards with Optic Blasts, then turns into Dark Phoenix at a cost to his health.
2 min read
Sources: PlayStation Blog, Gematsu
A new Claude Code rule allows original and genre games but blocks copies, even renamed ones. Anthropic says cloning breaks its usage policy.
2 min read
Sources: PC Gamer, Kotaku
Alter Ego beat NEXVOID in two overtime maps to reach the decider. The best-of-five final starts on 1 Nov at 1pm AEST.
2 min read
Sources: Liquipedia, DFRAG
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