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Five games arriving on Xbox from November 2 through November 6 will be available on Game Pass, including GRAVHOUNDS and Football Manager 27. Microsoft announced a list of 29 upcoming Xbox games, though the list below contains 32 titles. The selection ranges from a bowling simulator to games about cats on other planets. The Microsoft...
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort led Famitsu’s Japanese physical game sales chart for October 19–25, selling 64,632 copies. Final Fantasy Resonance took three of the top four spots with its Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch versions. The top five positions all went to new releases. Here is the full top 10: [NS2] Nintendo...
Maika Monroe became a modern scream queen after a breakout 2014, when she starred in It Follows and The Guest. She has continued to work in horror, appearing in films from Longlegs to Victorian Psycho. Both of her 2014 films have returned to the horror conversation this year. The It Follows sequel, They Follow, recently...
New gameplay footage of Smalland 2: Lost Realms shows swimming, parkour, resource gathering, and an expanded character progression system. The survival sequel is set to take on Grounded 2. After the success of Obsidian Entertainment’s Grounded, a number of imitators entered the market. Among them was Smalland: Survive the Wilds, which launched in 2024 and...
The Coalition’s work on Microsoft’s own branch of Unreal Engine is a major contributor to the studio’s costs, according to former Xbox senior product manager Derek Reese. He said Turn 10 faces a similar situation with ForzaTech. Developing Gears of War: E-Day could be costing Microsoft substantial sums because other studios are not using The...
Tony Butala attends the ceremony honoring The Lettermen with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Feb. 24, 2020 in Hollywood, California. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Tony Butala, a founding member of The Lettermen and the vocal group’s last surviving original member, died Sunday, Nov. 1, at age 87, a representative for the group confirmed. A...
Nintendo has released a revised Switch 2 in Europe with an easier-to-replace battery. The battery can now be removed without peeling it away or removing dozens of screws, while console performance remains nearly unchanged. Tech blogger Austin Evans took apart the new version and found several changes related to European Union requirements. The revision can...
Sony Releases PS5 Firmware 26.07-14.22.00 With Unspecified Security Fixes Sony has released PS5 firmware version 26.07-14.22.00 to address security vulnerabilities, following recent reports of a new console exploit. The official changelog lists one fix: “Some security fixes have been made to the system software.” Sony did not specify which vulnerabilities it addressed. The update arrived...
Rockstar Games says preloading for Grand Theft Auto VI will begin on Tuesday, November 10, two days earlier than expected. The press release also includes a new screenshot in full 4K. Preloading Preloading begins one week from now, on Tuesday, November 10, at the following times: PS5: midnight local time. Xbox Series X/S: midnight GMT...
BioWare established N7 Day on November 7, 2012, following the release of Mass Effect 3. The name comes from Commander Shepard’s armor: the N7 insignia represents the highest level of the Systems Alliance’s special-forces training program. The date supplies the rest of the wordplay. Fourteen years later, and following news of BioWare’s closure, fans are...
