Xbox announced a reorganization of its first‑party studios, moving Rare and World's Edge under Activision Blizzard and assigning stewardship of the Halo franchise to the Call of Duty publisher. Halo, previously managed by 343 Industries (now Halo Studios) since Microsoft’s 2007 split from Bungie, will be developed by a formed team within Activision, while Halo Studios will shift to a support role and see staff reductions. Activision president Rob Kostich pledged to “make the greatest Halo game [...]

Blizzard announced a slate of new titles at BlizzCon 2026, including Diablo 5, a StarCraft open‑world shooter, a new World of Warcraft game and a Warcraft III campaign, with some releases slated as far as 2030. A week later, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier confirmed that layoffs at Blizzard are “imminent,” despite the studio’s recent showcase. Microsoft’s Xbox division is undergoing a second wave of cuts, having already eliminated 2,680 jobs and merged or closed several studios such as Ninja Theory and [...]

Bungie announced a comprehensive update for its PlayStation 5 titles Destiny 2 and Marathon. The company will re‑release Destiny 2’s vaulted expansions—The Red War, Curse of Osiris, Warmind, and Forsaken—while outlining a new content pipeline. Marathon will receive a deeper survival experience with core updates and balance changes, maintaining PvE, PvP, and PvPvE options. The announcement follows recent layoffs and the end of Destiny 2 live‑service support, signaling a shift in Bungie’s studio strategy.

Bungie announced that it will un‑vault several older Destiny 2 campaigns, locations, and raids, making them available to all players in the coming months after a period of internal restructuring and layoffs. The move follows the studio’s new leadership’s pledge to rebuild trust with its community and to focus on improving both Destiny 2 and its extraction shooter, Marathon, which has struggled to attract a large player base. Bungie emphasized that Destiny remains foundational to its future plans and [...]

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Deluxe Edition has been reduced to $7.99 on the PlayStation Store for both PS4 and PS5, representing an 80 % discount. The action‑RPG, which holds a 3.88‑star rating from more than 264,000 user reviews, now includes the Super Pass, granting access to four Super Packs and a bonus fifth pack. These packs add characters such as Future Trunks from Dragon Ball Super, additional fusions, transformations, missions and new locations. The base game lets players create and customize their [...]

An official Pokémon social‑media account posted a 30‑second clip showing crystal‑clear graphics of Wingull, the player avatar and Mr. Briney chasing each other in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. The footage, which could only be captured by a Switch or Switch 2’s built‑in recording feature, does not match the original 2002 Game Boy Advance output, leading observers to conclude the games are being run on an emulator. Dataminers noted that the recent Switch ports of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen contain [...]

Indie developer Rado Klasa claims that Golden Horn Studios’ new title, Potato Please, copied his physics‑based potato‑peeling game, 1,000,000 Potatoes, after seeing a trailer on September 20. Klasa, who released his game in July, accuses the studio of using AI to replicate the concept, noting identical Soviet‑style settings and gameplay mechanics. Steam curators have flagged Potato Please as an “AI imagery rip‑off,” while Golden Horn denies the allegations, asserting independent development and offering to share project files. The dispute has sparked [...]