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Alien: Isolation 2 Sticking With Pure Survival Horror Roots, Says Creative Director

Alien Isolation 2 will be released in 2027, ready to remind you why xenomorphs are pure nightmare fuel. At the Lucca Comics and Games Festival IGN sat down with the game's creative director, Al Hope, who explained the core vision behind the science fiction sequel and why the team was sticking with the survival horror genre.

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Today’s Best Deals: Save on 007 First Light, Bose QuietComfort Headphones, and Gears of War: E-Day

Plus, can’t miss discounts on a Switch 2, Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike Mouse, and more.

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The 512GB SanDisk MicroSD Express Card Drops to $91 at Newegg, Triples Your Nintendo Switch 2 Storage

No guarantee that you'll find a better deal during Black Friday.

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Capcom Doubles Down on Movie Strategy After Street Fighter Film's Box Office Debut

In a November 2 investor relations report, Capcom celebrated the Street Fighter film’s success at the box office during its opening weekend and doubled down on its plan to keep expanding its IP through merchandise, events, esports, and possibly more movies.

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Never Run Out of Ports Again With This Sabrent 8-Port 252W USB Charging Station, on Sale for Black Friday

You can never have too many charging ports.

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Project Hail Mary Author Says He 'Might Be Among the Last Generation of Fully Human Writers'

In a recent interview, Andy Weir, the author of The Martian and Project Hail Mary, shared his thoughts about the progress of AI, how it might affect careers like his in the future and why it could be compared to a homicide hammer.

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Sony Fighting GTA 6 PS5 Piracy with New Firmware Demands

Today's new PS5 firmware reportedly required. PlayStation appears to be taking absolutely no risks, as it closes in on the launch of GTA 6 for its platform while fending off PS5 jailbreak, piracy, and hacking attempts. From the start of last month, hackers began cracking the PS5 firmware via AI tools on firmware v7.00 through v13.60. In response, Sony has issued multiple PS5 firmware updates to cut down on potential emulators for the current-gen box going forward. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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God of War's Dave Bautista Beefs Up 9kg for Kratos TV Show Role

Gym of War. Dave Bautista has been busy in the gym after being cast as Kratos in Amazon Prime’s upcoming live action God of War adaptation. Showing off in a branded shirt on social media , the former wrestler confirmed he’d put on 20lbs in muscle to play the role. That’s about 9kgs for those of you outside of the US. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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Phoenix Cyclops Is Available Now as Marvel Tokon Receives Major PS5 Patch

Born again. The first post-launch DLC character for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is now available. Phoenix Cyclops joins the fun today, 2nd November 2026, and he's accompanied by a major game update that makes a ton of improvements. Those who own the Year 1 Pass will already have access to Phoenix Cyclops, but he's also available as a standalone purchase, costing $7.99/£6.49. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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Final Fantasy Resonance Producer Had to Fight Square Enix Execs Who Wanted Cheap Port of Dead Mobile Game

"There was some resistance". Final Fantasy Resonance has seemingly gone down really, really well with fans of the franchise — and so it's surprising to hear that Square Enix's leadership were apparently against the idea of the game. Resonance is very much a callback to classic Final Fantasy in terms of gameplay and structure; some would go as far to argue that it's just what the property needs at this point. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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Stealth Classic Thief: The Dark Project Returns for a PS5 Remaster with New Content

Out on PS5 from 3rd December 2026. One of the classics that helped create an entire genre, stealth masterpiece Thief: The Dark Project is coming to PS5 in remastered form next month, from 3rd December 2026. This new version of the 1998 game has been remastered using Nightdive Studios' KEX Engine to produce a new edition running at 4K and 120 frames-per-second. It's got all the content of the base game, the three extra missions from Thief: Gold, and an entirely new campaign in the form of The Tarnished Mirror. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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Travis Touchdown 'Will Definitely Be Back' for No More Heroes 20th Anniversary

One more hero. Goichi Suda (aka Suda51), head honcho of developer Grasshopper Manufacture, has given fans fresh hope of more to come for the cult favourite No More Heroes series. Speaking to Famitsu as part of a wider interview, he's asked about No More Heroes as it's approaching its 20th anniversary in 2027. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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Until Dawn 2 to Showcase New PS5 Gameplay and More in Alamo Drafthouse Livestream

Absolute cinema. Sony is getting the ball rolling on Until Dawn 2 , its narrative horror adventure game making its debut in a few short months. The PS5 exclusive title, developed by Firesprite, launches on 28th January 2027, but you can get a good look at the game before then, as the company plans to show it off in a fancy live event this December. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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Poll: Which PS5 Games Did You Buy During the Insane Pre-GTA 6 Rush?

Spoilt for choice. Over the last couple of months, we've been subjected to one of the most packed release schedules in recent memory — and it's all been GTA 6's fault. The now imminent launch of Rockstar's world-beater changed everything when it was first announced. Publishers from across the globe scrambled to avoid its inevitable impact, opting to push all of their games out between the end of August and the beginning of November. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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Xbox Black Friday Sale 2026 Leaks Early, Thousands Of Games Set To Be Included

It seemingly begins on November 19th. We're still a little while away from Black Friday in late November, but Xbox is already preparing for a massive Black Friday sale in a few weeks' time, and the list of potential games has leaked online in recent days. This is courtesy of a user named "Bloomy" over on the CheapAssGamer website , who says there are specifically 3,519 items in the list. The actual number of discounts is set to be lower than that though, as Bloomy breaks down each "Deluxe Edition" and similar bundles into individual items (some of which aren't purchasable on their own). Read t

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Former Xbox Manager Explains Why $500M Cost For Gears: E-Day Doesn't Tell The Whole Story

"I should know...". Over the past couple of weeks, there's been a lot of chatter about a rumoured $500 million cost for The Coalition to make Gears of War: E-Day , alongside debates about how much of that money went on the game itself. Speaking on the weekend, former Xbox exec Derek Reese shared his take on the situation, suggesting that The Coalition is heavily involved with supporting Microsoft's branch of the Unreal Engine, which is where a lot of the cost goes. Read the full article on purexbox.com

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Feature: All New Games Coming To Xbox In November 2026

Release dates for every November Xbox launch. Welcome to our roundup of all new Xbox games coming out in November 2026 ! Below, we've listed every Xbox game with an November 2026 release date, including all confirmed Xbox Game Pass titles for November 2026 so far. Without further ado, here are all the new games coming to Xbox in November 2026: Read the full article on purexbox.com

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Feature: 25 Years Later, How Many Of These Original Xbox Launch Titles Have You Played?

From the original North American launch on November 15, 2001. Welcome to the month of Xbox's 25th anniversary! Xbox will be celebrating that milestone officially on November 15th, but before we get there, we thought we'd use the chance to highlight the very first games that ever launched on Xbox. To do that, we're going back to the initial list of North American Xbox launch titles, of which there were 20 in all. Some of them are obvious standouts, such as Halo: Combat Evolved , Fuzion Frenzy , Dead or Alive 3 and Project Gotham Racing , while others are more obscure - Arctic Thunder, Dark Summ

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OG Xbox Game 'Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee' Gets Remastered, But What Do The Critics Think?

Was it worth digging the original Xbox title back up? Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee launched on the original Xbox in 2003, a few months after its GameCube debut, and sadly, only in North America. The kaiju arena-brawler, which depicted the iconic King of Monsters, Godzilla, body-slamming Ghidorah into various cityscapes, has apparently made a big enough impact to warrant Atari funding a remaster in 2026. Sadly, the whole North American release made it quite difficult for us Brits to get our mucky mitts on the game, and DAMM wasn't a big enough deal for Xbox to share the game with the re

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'Too Big A Risk' - Game Developer Sparks Debate After Delaying Playtest Due To AI Concerns

Will it push us towards a more cloud-focused future? As AI continues to adopt a bigger influence in the gaming industry, there have been concerns in some circles about how people can use AI to reverse-engineer games, including for upcoming titles that haven't even been released yet. This became a particular talking point a couple of weeks ago when Moonlighter developer Digital Sun Games decided to delay a planned (PC) playtest for their upcoming game ReVamp, worrying that the code might be reverse-engineered before they actually had a chance to release the full game. Read the full article on p

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Two Big Remasters Are Now Lined Up For Xbox On December 3rd

Including a first-ever Xbox appearance for the original Thief! It's usually the case that December is a quiet time for new video game releases, but we've still got a few notable ones lined up for the first couple of weeks on Xbox, including two very interesting remasters on December 3rd. We already knew about the first of these - Rayman Legends Retold is coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on that date. It seems a little bit redundant to "reimagine" an Xbox One game like Rayman Legends on the face of it, but the previews have been pretty great for the most part, and there's no doubt that

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Former Xbox COO Issues Lengthy Departure Statement To 'Set The Record Straight'

"This is not how I ever imagined my story here would end.". This time last week, we mentioned how newly-promoted Xbox Chief Operating Officer Helen Chiang was suddenly leaving Microsoft after 21 years , with a suggestion at the time that she may have been "terminated for policy violations". Chiang has now taken to LinkedIn to share a lengthy departure statement in which she denies she was fired for a policy violation, but nevertheless suggests concerns regarding how certain things were handled in her case. Read the full article on purexbox.com

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The Pokémon Company Is Counting Down To A Mysterious Date On Social Media

But what's it for? The Pokémon Company is no stranger to a little over-hyping every now and then, but its latest bit of marketing has us seriously thinking that there is a big announcement in the pipeline. You see, TPC is counting down to... something. As brought to our attention by Serebii 's Joe Merrick , the company has been sharing images on social media of its 30th anniversary icons , with a number underneath. Interestingly, these numbers decrease by the number of hours that have passed between each post — 1,025 on 18th October, 843 on 26th, 676 today. Read the full article on nintendolif

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Google's Ocarina Of Time Easter Egg Will Transport You Back To The Internet Of Old

Links to the past. We love it when Google pulls out a little gaming Easter Egg. We had the inkable search engine screen for Splatoon 3 , the various Pokémon collaborations, and even a Katamari crossover . But now, Google has delivered the most nostalgic one of them all. If you Google ' Ocarina of Time ', you'll now be met with a small Master Sword icon in the bottom right corner. Clicking on said icon pushes the sword back into its pedestal and transports the search engine into the past with it. Read the full article on nintendolife.com

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