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KRAFTON has cancelled PUBG: Black Budget, its upcoming extraction shooter, following an internal review of the project.

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Ember Lab has delayed Kena: Scars of Kosmora from 2026 to 2027, giving the sequel more time to reach the studio’s quality goals.

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💼 The move comes as Ubisoft continues its restructuring, with the latest phase expected to cut around €180 million in costs. 🧩 Ubisoft says the restructuring will combine creative and technological expertise across its studios while maintaining existing commitments to players and partners.

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🌍 Teams in Montréal, Paris, Sweden and Toronto will operate under the Massive Entertainment brand. 🚀 The creative house will also work on new original IP, including March of Giants.

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Gaming Amigos @gamingamigos.com · 30/09/2026

Ubisoft has announced that Massive Entertainment will now operate as Creative House 2, bringing several major franchises under one identity. 🎮 Massive will lead development across Tom Clancy’s The Division, Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell.

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Kasurinen says the goal is to make players feel like they are actually figuring things out rather than simply following visual markers. Instead, Resonant uses lighting, environmental details and objects to naturally guide players

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Gaming Amigos @gamingamigos.com · 30/09/2026

Control: Resonant director Mikael Kasurinen has explained why Remedy deliberately avoids the familiar yellow paint markers used by many modern games to highlight climbable or interactive objects.

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What an amazing start for The Witcher 3 Remastered.

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Steam Deck owners are particularly frustrated, as Ace Combat 8 is far more demanding while The Belkan War could potentially run much more easily on the handheld.

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The Steam listing was later changed to describe The Belkan War as a "DLC executable," requiring Ace Combat 8 to be installed. That means players reportedly need around 135GB of Ace Combat 8 installed to access a game that is itself under 4GB.

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Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve has entered early access, but its Steam version is facing backlash over the handling of Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War. The 2006 PS2 classic is included as a pre-order bonus, and players were previously told the Steam version would be a standalone application.

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📜 The initiative would amend Mexico’s Federal Consumer Protection Law and is currently going through the legislative process; it has not become law.

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🌐 Companies selling digital goods in Mexico could also be required to provide a Mexican address or representative, giving consumers and authorities a local point of contact.

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🔧 It proposes a “functional preservation” right for games and software that depend on servers, requiring a way to keep them usable if those servers are permanently shut down, where technically and legally possible.

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🎮 The proposal would require companies to clearly explain whether customers are buying "digital ownership or a license to use" the product.

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Mexican lawmakers Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas and Iraís Reyes have introduced legislation aimed at strengthening consumer protections for digital products, including video games.

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👀 VGC journalist Andy Robinson has also hinted that more negative Xbox-related news could emerge this week.

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Blizzard could reportedly face another round of layoffs, with Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier saying the cuts are “imminent.” 🎮 The comments come shortly after BlizzCon 2026, where Blizzard announced major projects including Diablo V for 2029 and a new StarCraft open-world shooter for 2030.

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😂 The game embraces the popular friendslop co-op trend seen in titles such as Peak. The Kyiv-based studio was founded in 2020 and has more than 70 employees, making Dear Passengers a major PC push for the company.

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✈️ Flexus confirmed that Dear Passengers reached 2 million Steam wishlists by July 31 and later climbed into the Top 3. 🎮 The co-op game follows a crew running the “world’s worst airline,” with players dealing with illegal cargo, disasters and chaotic passengers.

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Dear Passengers has become one of Steam’s most-wishlisted upcoming games, putting the relatively unknown Flexus alongside major titles such as Deadlock, Light No Fire, Fable and Phantom Blade Zero.

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👠 For stylish outfits, Shift Up worked with slimmer fashion models to capture the intended fit and silhouette. 🧵 Eve’s body could be adjusted for individual costumes while maintaining her overall appearance and original character design.

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👗 The team reportedly used 7–8 models, selecting different body types depending on the outfit being scanned. 🩱 For swimsuits, the developers focused on how the fabric presses against and interacts with the skin.

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Shift Up put significant effort into making Eve’s outfits in Stellar Blade look realistic, including scanning costumes on different models to understand how each outfit fits the body.

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🗓️ The skins launch November 5 alongside the Nintendo Switch 2 version and will be free on all platforms, including an original design led by Kim himself.

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💬 He also said: “I hope the series continues until at least Bayonetta 10.” 🤝 PlatinumGames CEO Atsushi Inaba expressed interest in exploring more collaborations with Shift Up in the future. 👗 For now, the studios are working together on four Bayonetta-themed skins for Stellar Blade.

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Stellar Blade director Kim Hyung-tae says he would love to work with PlatinumGames again and even offered to help design characters for a future Bayonetta game. 🎮 Kim joked that he would happily spend his days at PlatinumGames working on character designs for the next Bayonetta.

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NateTheHate claims Halo could come under Activision Blizzard, with other studios also potentially moving between Xbox and Microsoft divisions.

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Xbox is reportedly preparing a major internal restructuring that could involve consolidating several studios and shifting major franchises between different Microsoft divisions. The Information reports that Xbox plans to merge or reorganize several studios, alongside another wave of layoffs.

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🗣️ The studio acknowledged the community backlash and said, “your voices mattered, and the way you showed up made a real impact.” 🚀 Bungie described restoring Destiny 2 as the first step toward building new stories and games for the franchise.

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Bungie has revealed its plans for Destiny’s future, confirming that the franchise remains “foundational to Bungie’s future” even after Destiny 2’s final major update. 🔓 Bungie plans to restore vaulted Destiny 2 content, including campaigns, destinations, and raids.

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EA FC 27 players are reporting a strange visual glitch where female players appear partially undressed in dressing rooms and during celebrations on the pitch.

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🛍️ The collaboration also includes apparel, hats, tote bags, keychains, stickers and a DualSense carrying case.

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🎮 The controller features Lisa-inspired details, including her iconic bangs and eyes, signature stars and “LL” lettering. It launches October 30 for $84.99 USD, with pre-orders beginning October 2.

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PlayStation has announced a new Lisa Limited Edition DualSense controller and merchandise collection created in collaboration with Lisa.

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One player claimed they received $10 in wallet credit after purchasing The Blood of Dawnwalker. The offers may be connected to a mysterious “Wallet Credits” app spotted on the PlayStation Store earlier this year.

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Sony appears to be testing a new PlayStation rewards system that gives players "wallet credit" after purchasing select games. Games spotted with offers include The Blood of Dawnwalker, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy and Star Wars Zero Company.

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Gaming Amigos @gamingamigos.com · 19/09/2026

Microsoft is surveying Xbox users about physical media support for its next-generation console, Project Helix. 💿 A survey spotted in the Xbox Insider Hub app asks users to rate “install games from a physical disc” as Not Necessary, Nice to Have or Must Have.

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A daughter has shared the story of her terminally ill father, a longtime GTA fan who has been waiting years to play GTA 6.

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Gaming Amigos @gamingamigos.com · 19/09/2026

Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil is heading toward the biggest domestic opening in the franchise’s 24-year movie history, with Sony projecting $53M–$55M for the three-day weekend and rivals estimating up to $60M.

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Gaming Amigos @gamingamigos.com · 19/09/2026

An experimental project called PS5X is bringing the KytyPS5 emulator to Xbox Series X. 🎮 Some games are already playable with controller support and sound. 🛠️ Xbox Series X does not support Vulkan, so the project translates the emulator’s graphics work to DirectX 12.

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🎮 Former Nintendo of America PR manager Krysta Yang praised the release timing, saying she would have prioritized GTA 6 if both games launched on the same day. 💬 “I would 100% prioritize [GTA], and now I don’t have to.”

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Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is launching two weeks before GTA 6, giving both games some breathing room. 🗓️ Ocarina of Time arrives on November 5, while GTA 6 launches November 19, 2026.

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🎮 Activision says it has disrupted 375+ reseller operations, issued 80+ cease-and-desist demands and helped shut down 31 major cheat vendors.

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Activision says the broader video game cheating economy generates around $8.5 billion annually. 💰 Cheat subscriptions across 15 games reportedly generate about $3.5 billion each year.

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation could require around 200GB of storage, according to director Naoki Hamaguchi. 💾 The first FF7 Remake was around 100GB, while Rebirth reached roughly 150GB. 📅 Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is scheduled to launch in 2027.

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🎮 The game reportedly sold over 1 million copies in its first week.

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