Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball disputes a report that GTA 6 pre-orders skew toward PS5, saying Xbox's share matches its console market share.

Fantasy Flight Games will launch Arkham Horror Remastered on Gamefound October 21 at 3pm EST, remastering the 2005 board game and every original expansion.

Sonic creative officer Takashi Iizuka says Sega nearly cancelled the franchise before the 2020 film, and that Shadow the Hedgehog was meant to die for good.

Marvel's Wolverine posted the UK's biggest PlayStation physical launch of 2026, ranking third overall as Sony winds down disc production ahead of January 2028.

Origins of Light launches on Kickstarter October 20, 2026, adapting Final Fantasy I-III into a cooperative board game for two to four players.

Xbox cut 268 jobs and handed the next Halo game to Activision in a September 22 memo, while Sea of Thieves, Age of Empires and Ninja Theory also change hands.

Activision's Team Ricochet says the global video game cheat economy is worth $8.5 billion a year, backed by a new Anybrain survey of 250 US and UK developers.

VALORANT is now live on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in Australia and New Zealand, with full details on launch times, cross-play, and progression.

Embark Studios will test a PvE-only matchmaking toggle in ARC Raiders from October 13-20, 2026, removing PvP combat entirely during the week-long trial.

Sony and Lisa reveal the DualSense Lisa Limited Edition controller, launching October 30 for $84.99 in the US, with pre-orders opening October 2 worldwide.

Xbox is reportedly planning hundreds more layoffs and studio consolidation this week, extending CEO Asha Sharma's restructuring after July's 3,200 job cuts.

World's Edge cancelled an unannounced project after layoffs cut nearly half its staff, as Xbox folds the Age of Empires studio into Activision's structure.