Nintendo on GTA 6 for Switch 2: "a conversation for Take-Two and Rockstar"
Nintendo of America's president neither confirms nor rules anything out, weeks before the game's November launch.
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Nintendo sidesteps GTA 6 on Switch 2 as Gears of War: E-Day tests Game Pass
Nintendo stays noncommittal on GTA 6 for Switch 2, estimated Gears of War: E-Day sales reopen the Game Pass debate, Konami is thinking about more Silent Hill and Sonic Racing unveils its second year. The day's essentials, summarised and sourced.
Gears of War: E-Day starts with modest estimated sales, but Game Pass muddies the picture
An Alinea Analytics analyst estimates around 230,000 copies sold in week one; Kotaku and IGN differ on the headline figure.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds kicks off Year Two on November 3 with Duel Mode and Godzilla
Sega cuts the base game's price and announces Season Pass Two with Evangelion, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Persona collaborations.
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Konami is already planning "second and third waves" of Silent Hill games
Producer Motoi Okamoto says the first wave was a relief and several projects are being evaluated, with no details yet.
Pearl Abyss defends Crimson Desert: critics "didn't get a fair chance" to explore it
Executive Lybee Park attributes the middling scores to limited time and a build different from launch; the game has sold 6 million copies.
Report: Double Fine's union drive collapsed amid miscommunication and culture clash
According to Kotaku, the May petition was withdrawn after months of internal tension; Tim Schafer denies the July layoffs were linked.
The last two Leisure Suit Larry games leave Steam after October 23
Wet Dreams Don't Dry and Wet Dreams Dry Twice are 95% off before they go; the other seven games were pulled in 2025.
Battlefield 6 Season 5 launches October 13; the server browser comes later
Las Vegas is the setting, with two maps from day one; the server browser and platoons, long requested by fans, are not there at the start.
The Witcher 3 Remastered gets patch 5.01 as CD Projekt readies Switch 2 improvements
The patch fixes gameplay, UI, PS5 and PC issues; the Switch 2 version will get sharpness changes.
It Takes Two arrives on Switch 2 on October 15 with a free upgrade and cross-play
Hazelight offers 1080p at 60fps docked and cross-play with PC, Xbox and PlayStation.
In brief
Star Wars Zero Company has passed one million copies sold, EA announced.
Push SquareCharlie Cox says he has recorded 40 hours of dialogue for an unannounced Sega game.
GameSpotFatal Fury: City of the Wolves will add Tekken's Reina as a DLC character.
GematsuTropico 7 will come to Switch 2 on January 28, 2027, alongside other versions.
Nintendo LifeShadow of the Road is delayed to March 10, 2027.
GematsuCrazy Taxi: World Tour shows its Brazil location in a new trailer.
Push SquareThe Ghost of Tsushima anime slips to 2028 with new cast and crew, per Push Square.
Push SquareThe Atari 800XL returns at full size with 25 games and cartridge compatibility, per Vandal.
VandalZenless Zone Zero's version 3.3, "Journey to the Sky", launches October 21.
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Out now and coming up
- Battlefield 6 – Temporada 5PC · consolasOctober 13
- It Takes Two (Switch 2)Switch 2October 15
- Zenless Zone Zero 3.3PC · móvil · consolasOctober 21
- Phantom Blade ZeroPC · PS5October 29
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds – Año DosMultiplataformaNovember 3
- Shadow of the RoadPC · consolasMarch 10, 2027 (delayed)
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A clip of a character named Biddy Blas in Star Wars: Galactic Racer has gone viral and a Lucasfilm Games producer has responded.
IGNEstimated Gears of War: E-Day sales reopen the debate over whether Game Pass cannibalises sales of Xbox exclusives.
KotakuAt the labour tribunal hearing, Rockstar HR is questioned over a Discord "mole" and the timing of GTA 6 developer firings.
KotakuBattlefield 6 fans grumble that the server browser took a year to arrive.
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