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If Walmart Canceled Your Zelda Switch 2 Pre-Order, The Store’s Giving You 48 Hours To Get A New One

The retailer started canceling pre-orders a day before they were supposed to arrive

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 30, 2026

Games

Fans Think Blizzard Is Teasing A Return To Its Most Beloved Setting In World Of Warcraft: Forever

There's a chill in the air

By Rebekah Valentine Published October 30, 2026

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Anthropic Nerfs Claude Again To Stop Users From Making AI Slop Out Of Any ‘Specific Existing Game’

Anthropic's new Claude guardrail is stopping users from recreating a game 'even if it is renamed or called original'

By Lewis Parker Published October 30, 2026

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Overwatch’s First Year-Long Story Reached Its Climax As Fans Ask What Was Even The Point

Was Vendetta a wasted villain used for Doomfist’s growth? Maybe, but let’s unpack it all

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 30, 2026

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Bungie Outlines The Road To A ‘New, Forever Destiny‘ Given The Cards It’s Been Dealt After A ‘True Reset Moment’

Don't expect Destiny 2 to feel whole again before 2028

By Ethan Gach Published October 30, 2026

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Right-Wing Fans Ostracize VTuber With Female Avatar Following ‘Revelation’ They Were Assigned Male At Birth

VTuber Ember Paradox has come under fire from fellow right-leaning collaborators for 'lying' after her voice filter glitched during a livestream

By Lewis Parker Published October 30, 2026

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Nintendo Cancels Kirby’s Switch 2 Halloween Event After It Kept Breaking Things

Kirby Air Riders was supposed to be all spooky, but it made the game repeatedly freeze up

By John Walker Published October 30, 2026

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Ex-BioWare Devs Released A 40-Minute Gameplay Video Of Exodus And Yeah, That’s A Mass Effect Spiritual Successor Alright

Can't imagine why they chose now to share it with us, but I'm glad they did

By Ash Parrish Published October 30, 2026

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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Promises To Remove Offensive Footage Of Korean Tragedy After Backlash

The game’s intro uses videos from a 2022 incident that killed 160 people to set the tone for its fictional war

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 30, 2026

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Japan’s Gundam Is Gone, But It’s Getting Two Life-Sized Monster Hunter Statues

But you'll have to travel a long way from Tokyo to find them

By Alicia Haddick Published October 30, 2026

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Star Trek Online Players Gather En Masse To Pay Tribute To Sir Patrick Stewart

Both ground and space-based memorials were held by players mourning the Jean-Luc Picard actor

By John Walker Published October 30, 2026

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Report: BioWare Was Shut Down Because EA Chose Star Wars Over Mass Effect

The publisher weighed which sci-fi project it wanted to invest in, and the upcoming multiplayer game won the coin toss

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 30, 2026

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First Teaser For New Death Stranding Anime Cryptically Reveals ‘My Mom Became A Crater’

A stacked production team and a typically cryptic teaser are all we have to go on for now

By Alicia Haddick Published October 30, 2026

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No New Assassin’s Creed Remakes Are Currently In The Works Which Seems Like A Very Bad Idea

Of all the trends for Ubisoft not to chase

By Ethan Gach Published October 30, 2026

Memorial Service Takes Place For Theatre Great Sir Peter Hall Obe

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The Entire Internet Is Mourning Sir Patrick Stewart Right Now

'Boldly go, my Captain'

By Ash Parrish Published October 29, 2026

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Acting Legend Sir Patrick Stewart Has Died At 86

The iconic actor known for his work in series like Star Trek and X-Men passed after 'a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia'

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 29, 2026

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Here’s A Metroid Prime Trilogy Dev’s Take On Why Metroid Prime 4′s Bike Sections Sucked

Jack Mathews, lead technical engineer for the Prime Trilogy, explains why Sol Valley was 'just a waste'

By Ash Parrish Published October 29, 2026

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A Rare Pokémon Is Being Distributed Again For The First Time In A Decade, But There’s A Catch [Update: The Goal’s Been Met]

Nag your friends to log in to Legends: Z-A and do their part

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 29, 2026

Games

The Elder Scrolls 6 Title Reportedly Being Revealed Next Month, Just About Eight Years After It Was Announced

Sounds like fans were right on the money

By Rebekah Valentine Published October 29, 2026

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Yakuza: Like A Dragon Is In Roblox And Seeing Kiryu Like This Weirds Me Out

Kamurocho is explorable in all its blocky glory

By Alicia Haddick Published October 29, 2026