
Next Week on Xbox: New Games for October 13 to 17
October 10, 2025 Next Week on Xbox: New Games for October 13 to 17 Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox on PC, ...

Genshin Impact Version Luna II: new UGC system Miliastra Wonderland launches Oct 22
Greetings, Travelers! We’re delighted to meet you once again as Genshin Impact Version Luna II, Song of the Welkin Moon: Reprise — “An Elegy for Faded Moonlight,” will be launching on October 22. The story in Nod-Krai grows ever more intense as another clash with the formidable enemy, “Rächer of ...

So, Does Bubsy 4D Scatch an Itch or Choke on a Hairball? We Played it to Find Out
Let’s get one thing out of the way: I hate Bubsy. Not Bubsy 4D, the interesting, vibrant game I’m actually previewing here, but rather Bubsy himself, the mangy, atrocious feline, a poisonous product of a cynical age of mascot marketing. Born in a dark hour when it seemed practically every ...

17-Year Halo Veteran Sparks Fan Concern After Departing Franchise With Ominous Message About Not Trading Away ‘Ethics or Values,’ and Promising to Explain More ‘When It is Absolutely Safe to Do So Next Year’
Glenn Israel, a 17-year veteran of Halo game development, has announced his departure from the series via a startling message that has left fans worried over the future of Xbox's flagship shooter franchise.Originally an artist at Bungie, Israel ultimately served as an art director at 343 Studios (now Halo Studios), ...
Arc Raiders won’t force you to give up all of your progression via mandatory wipes, at least for now
Right, it's that time again. Get ready to slide back down the ladder of powerfulness, because mandatory wipeage is required to stick everyone back on the same trajectory ahead of [insert new thing here]. No, say the developers of shooter Arc Raiders. They will not bow before the mandatory wipe ...
Switch 2 Bundles Get A Surprise Price Drop At Select French Retailers
Well that's... unexpected.Yes, you read that headline correctly, rather than pushing the prices up to match what we've seen everywhere else in the industry of late, select EU retailers appear to be cutting the cost of Switch 2 consoles and bundles (thanks for the heads up, My Nintendo News).Amazon France ...

As Datamining Begins, Fans Warn That the Pokémon Legends: Z-A Spoiler Floodgates Have Now Opened
With a week to go until the official launch of Pokémon Legends: Z-A, fans have issued a warning over online spoilers, as datamined details from the game have begun to leak online — including word of even more new Mega Pokémon.Pokémon Legends Z-A is due to launch on October 16 ...
Potential BIOS dive aside, Battlefield 6 goes surprisingly easy on PC hardware
Battlefield 6 marks the first time, in all my years of hardwaring, that I have been summoned to someone’s house in order to make a PC game work. I can’t offer this Jim’ll Fix It service to everyone, not least because IGN’s lawyers have issues with the name, so I’ll ...

EA Exec Insists Players Won’t See Anything Made by ‘Very Seducing’ Generative AI in Battlefield 6
EA has insisted players won’t see anything made by generative AI in Battlefield 6.The use of generative AI is one of the hottest topics in the video game industry, with the pressure on publishers to cut costs and speed up development in order to boost profits despite the risk of ...
Bribe pigeons into criminal acts with infinite bread in The Bench later this month
Altruism is a funny concept. Most of us can agree that bestowing a generous gift of greening shelf-stable bread-like product on the local park pigeons is a nice thing to do, but what of the knowledge that moulders in the back of our minds all the while, telling us: keep ...
