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"We really don't see any force that could stop GTA 6": Not even multiple delays and angry employees can prevent Rockstar from making GTA 6 the "gaming event of the decade," experts say
News An immovable object meets an unstoppable GTA 6
"Going against GTA 6 for such games would be suicide": GTA 6 delay is bad for everyone except Rockstar, as analysts predict major devs will avoid a 2026 winter release like it's rancid
News Get out of GTA 6's way
After 18 years, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is a surprisingly magical return to Nintendo's legendary series, and I'm all in on psychic abilities and the power of friendship
Hands-on Hands-on | My 80 minutes blasting away on the Nintendo Switch 2 left me feeling one thing: good for her
Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics continues to bleed out, laying off "under 30" more employees in third cut of the year: "The realities of the industry continue to evolve"
News Listening, learning, etc.
New Red Dead Redemption port on the way to a bunch of new platforms, including Switch 2 and Netflix, promising "free upgrades" and "a number of enhancements"
News Arriving on December 2
"Rockstar want us to feel scared": GTA 6 studio staff plan international protests demanding Rockstar reinstate 31 employees it claims were leaking information
News Protests will take place in Paris, London, and Edinburgh
"Delay game, disappoint fans, all in a week's work for Rockstar": Labor group issues legal claims against GTA 6 dev Rockstar for "simple union busting" after firing 31 staff
News "We will not be intimidated"
7 years and 35,000 wishlists later, one of Steam's most popular city-builder demos failed miserably enough at Early Access for its creator to question everything: "None of this means we were owed anything"
News Generation Exile is out now in Early Access
After Arc Raiders AI voice actor controversy, owner Nexon says people should just assume "every game company is now using AI"
News That's probably true
Arc Raiders Hidden Bunker map puzzle feels like the Mount Chiliad mystery all over again, and players are breaking the laws of physics to solve it: "I found a non-corporeal wall on accident and fell out of the map"
News Don't do that
Fallout 3 remaster reportedly in production as Bethesda boss Todd Howard confirms the developer is working on Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout 76, "and some other things"
News How many shadow drops do you think we can handle, Todd?
The Elder Scrolls 6 is "still a long way off," Todd Howard says, but Bethesda is working on it more often than Fallout 76: "We did a big play test yesterday"
News Hm, very interesting
Halo Infinite is finished with "major" updates after its next release as devs focus on Halo: Campaign Evolved, fans lament it's "going out on a whimper"
News Not so infinite now, huh?
After another GTA 6 delay he called unlikely, Take-Two CEO says "bad things happen" when games are rushed and breaks out his favorite phrase: "I'm highly confident on the new date"
News Sure, man, whatever makes you feel better
JRPG grind is dead, the advanced Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake auto-battle system killed it – though devs say players may still "be in trouble if they get careless"
News Watch out!
"Printing money": Rockstar reveals GTA+ membership will now let anyone play GTA Online – and it's not trailer 3, but it does bode well for GTA 6 Online
News Could GTA 6 Online be included in membership too?
Baldur's Gate 3 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard are both "very LGBTQ+ friendly," former EA dev says, "but one handled it perfectly and one fumbled it"
News "Baldur's Gate 3 just supports you"
It: Welcome to Derry shares an important similarity with some of the scariest horror movies ever made, and it's all thanks to Stephen King
opinion Opinion | Shows like Welcome to Derry and movies like Black Phone 2 remind us what it's really like to be a small, fragile thing in the world
Rockstar accused of "ruthless" firing ahead of GTA 6, cutting over 30 employees tied to dev union: Take-Two claims "gross misconduct," labor group says "we won't back down"
News Take-Two says, "We fully support Rockstar's ambitions and approach"
Studio Ghibli, Square Enix, Bandai Namco and more Japanese companies demand OpenAI avoid unauthorized use of their IP: "There is no system allowing one to avoid liability"
News "Respond sincerely"
Helldivers 2 is "starting to break at the seams," game director admits, since Arrowhead kept choosing new content over bug fixes: "Now we're paying the price"
News "We will avoid this going forward"
The most unsettling horror game of the year is the Mouthwashing publisher's No, I'm Not A Human – Junji Ito meets Papers, Please with a monstrous twist
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Mouthwashing and Buckshot Roulette publisher Critical Reflex has another crusty, narrative horror hit on its hands, and it's all I want to play this Halloween
Nobody told Octopath Traveler 0 devs they'd make an extreme town building system, so they guessed it was a mistake before the JRPG's producer said it "absolutely" wasn't: "I thought it would be only logical"
News If you say so!
