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Naughty Dog will fully reveal Intergalactic in 2027

Naughty Dog will fully reveal Intergalactic in 2027

Naughty Dog confirms new Last of Us projects are in early development

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No Intergalactic PS5 Updates Until 2027, New Artwork for Now

No Intergalactic PS5 Updates Until 2027, New Artwork for Now

"We're going to be quiet for the rest of this year". Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet will not get its long-awaited blowout this year, as boss Neil Druckmann says Naughty Dog needs a little more time to “cook”. Speaking in the aftermath of The Last of Us Day – where it also announced multiple new The Last of Us projects are in development – Druckmann said “we’re going to be quiet for the rest of this year”. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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New The Last of Us Projects in 'Very Early Stages' of Development

New The Last of Us Projects in 'Very Early Stages' of Development

"These stories are worth telling". Naughty Dog has started work on a “couple” of “very exciting” new The Last of Us projects. That’s according to boss Neil Druckmann, who made the announcement to conclude its the Last of Us Day celebrations today. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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New The Last of Us Games in 'Very Early Stages' of Development

New The Last of Us Games in 'Very Early Stages' of Development

"These stories are worth telling". Naughty Dog has started work on a “couple” of “very exciting” new The Last of Us projects. That’s according to boss Neil Druckmann, who made the announcement to conclude its the Last of Us Day celebrations today. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet to be fully revealed in 2027

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet to be fully revealed in 2027

Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Naughty Dog will lift the veil on science-fiction adventure …

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Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
Two new The Last of Us projects in “very early stages” at Naughty Dog

Two new The Last of Us projects in “very early stages” at Naughty Dog

Two new projects set in the world of The Last of Us are in the …

Gematsu / Sal Romano
Random: "Motherbrain" Returns As Ubisoft's GenAI Gaming Initiative

Random: "Motherbrain" Returns As Ubisoft's GenAI Gaming Initiative

Watch out, Samus! If you thought it was game over for Mother Brain, you might want to keep reading because Ubisoft is reportedly resurrecting the AI antagonist, just not in the way you might have expected. As reported by Stephen Totilo of Game File, "Motherbrain" is actually a trademark and term Ubisoft is now using to refer to its AI projects.

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Resident Evil Fans Have Already Modded Austin Abrams' Character from the Movie Into RE2

Resident Evil Fans Have Already Modded Austin Abrams' Character from the Movie Into RE2

As Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie spreads to theaters across the globe, one dedicated fan has managed to create a Resident Evil 2 mod featuring Austin Abrams' character, Bryan.

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Enhance Your Ace Combat 8 Experience with Two Rival PS5 Flight Sticks, Out This Week

Enhance Your Ace Combat 8 Experience with Two Rival PS5 Flight Sticks, Out This Week

Do a barrell roll. In a stacked year for new video games, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve has emerged as another Game of the Year candidate. We awarded the title a very respectable 8/10, but on aggregator website Metacritic, it’s got an incredible 87 – that makes it one of the best new releases of the year. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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The Elder Scrolls Doesn't Have a New Vegas-Like Spinoff Because Todd Howard Is 'Very Protective' of the Franchise, Former Dev Claims

The Elder Scrolls Doesn't Have a New Vegas-Like Spinoff Because Todd Howard Is 'Very Protective' of the Franchise, Former Dev Claims

The Elder Scrolls never got a Fallout: New Vegas-like spinoff because Todd Howard is "very protective" of the IP, according to former Bethesda developer Kurt Kuhlmann.

IGN / Michael Cripe
New Game Ready to Add Meat and Blood to Steam’s Tidying-Up Craze

New Game Ready to Add Meat and Blood to Steam’s Tidying-Up Craze

Steam has seen an avalanche of cheap and cheerful tidying-up games lately, from libraries to magic shops to toy stores, but the genre is about to get weird.

IGN / Rachel Weber
Double XP Tokens Finally Work How You'd Think They Would in Modern Warfare 4

Double XP Tokens Finally Work How You'd Think They Would in Modern Warfare 4

Tied to in-game time, not real time. If you activated a double XP token, you'd assume it would only be active when you can actually earn XP, right? That has not been the case in the Call of Duty series for all of time, as the franchise allows the token's XP timer to keep on counting down to zero even when you're not in matches, like in a lobby. Essentially, you'll activate a double XP token for 30 minutes, and maybe a third of that time will be spent simply waiting for the game to transition fro

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Is Finally Making Double XP Tokens Only Active During Matches

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Is Finally Making Double XP Tokens Only Active During Matches

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is making a major quality of life change that fans have been wanting to see for years.

IGN / Cade Onder
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'As Far as I'm Concerned, That's a Step in the Right Direction' — Path of Exile Dev Optimistic About Diablo 5

'As Far as I'm Concerned, That's a Step in the Right Direction' — Path of Exile Dev Optimistic About Diablo 5

While Diablo 5 was announced at Blizzcon 2026 just a couple weeks ago, the game doesn't come out until Spring 2029. But it seems like Chris Wilson, Ex-Co-Founder of Path of Exile developer Grinding Gear Games, is tentatively excited for Blizzard's next ARPG.

IGN / Jacqueline Thomas
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Bobby Kotick’s lawyers sent me a bad email (and later apologized)

Bobby Kotick’s lawyers sent me a bad email (and later apologized)

Part of a broader strategy by the former Activision CEO to shape press coverage

Game File / Stephen Totilo
Gears Of War: E-Day Now Has Its Own Pizza, And It Even Comes With A Special In-Game Item

Gears Of War: E-Day Now Has Its Own Pizza, And It Even Comes With A Special In-Game Item

Update: The pizza cutter appears to have sold out though. The launch of Gears of War: E-Day probably goes pretty well with a slice of pizza-or-two, so that might be why Xbox has decided to team up with Prince St. Pizza to offer a limited edition "Emergence Pie" in the U.S. and Toronto. If you grab one of these at any point from November 1st onwards, you'll get yourself a "unique code to unlock a Gears of War: E-Day in-game pizza emblem" along with a pretty nifty box with the words "Made in Kalon

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Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Is 'Testing the Bounds' of What Naughty Dog Is Capable of, Troy Baker Says

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Is 'Testing the Bounds' of What Naughty Dog Is Capable of, Troy Baker Says

Troy Baker has teased that Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is "testing the bounds" of what Naughty Dog is capable of, telling fans that they are going to have their "minds blown."

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Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
Double Fine's releasing its next game, Thank You Bus Driver, just months after splitting from Xbox

Double Fine's releasing its next game, Thank You Bus Driver, just months after splitting from Xbox

Double Fine's wasted no time at all as an independent game studio (again) after splitting from former owner Xbox earlier this summer. The storied developer is releasing its whacky driving sim, Thank You Bus Driver, in roughly two weeks time.

Eurogamer / Kaan Serin
Thank You Bus Driver
The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past EP Drops, Giving First Taste of New Music from the Expansion

The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past EP Drops, Giving First Taste of New Music from the Expansion

Milan Records has released a five-track EP of new original music from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's upcoming Songs of the Past expansion. Titled The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Songs of the Past (Original Soundtrack Gamescom 2026 EP), the first taste of the DLC's soundtrack includes compositions from Magda Urbanska, Marcin Pryzbylowicz, and Daniel Elms.

IGN / Ryan McCaffrey
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New Secret Lair Commander Deck: Odds and Ends Opens with Guaranteed Orders in First 24 Hours.

New Secret Lair Commander Deck: Odds and Ends Opens with Guaranteed Orders in First 24 Hours.

Wizards of the Coast has announced its new Secret Lair Commander Deck: Odds and Ends. Better still, if you order within 24 hours, you are guaranteed an order.

TechRaptor / Tyler Chancey
These Are The 70+ Most Important New Features In The Witcher 3 Remastered

These Are The 70+ Most Important New Features In The Witcher 3 Remastered

Full patch notes revealed. We've talked quite a lot about The Witcher 3 Remastered today, highlighting the raw Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S footage along with the initial reviews of this week's big free update, but we also wanted to bring you the list of patch notes that CD Projekt Red has shared ahead of the release on Tuesday. What's interesting about these patch notes is that they're only focused on the "most important changes" in The Witcher 3 Remastered, which basically means there's far

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The Last of Us Day Marked with PS5 Avatars, Ghost of Yotei DLC, Figures

The Last of Us Day Marked with PS5 Avatars, Ghost of Yotei DLC, Figures

Get your redemption code here. Naughty Dog is celebrating The Last of Us Day today with a livestream that collaborates with AbleGamers, where hosts will be playing the No Return mode from The Last of Us 2 Remastered. That's later today, but the developer has shared what you can claim now and what's to come to celebrate The Last of Us series for 2026. First and foremost, there's a new set of PSN Avatars to kit your PS5, PS4 Profile out with. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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National Videogame Museum launches UK-wide survey on game preservation

National Videogame Museum launches UK-wide survey on game preservation

The National Videogame Museum has launched a UK-wide survey aimed at mapping the state of video game preservation across the country.

GamesIndustry.biz / Vikki Blake
"It's a nice story to tell": How DICE bounced back from Battlefield 2042's disastrous launch to release the blockbuster Battlefield 6

"It's a nice story to tell": How DICE bounced back from Battlefield 2042's disastrous launch to release the blockbuster Battlefield 6

Rebecka Coutaz joined DICE at a very difficult point in the storied Swedish developer's history.

GamesIndustry.biz / Alex Forbes-Calvin
The Last of Us Day Reveals Ghost of Yotei Collab Content and Ambience Video as Fans Beg Naughty Dog for TLOU 3

The Last of Us Day Reveals Ghost of Yotei Collab Content and Ambience Video as Fans Beg Naughty Dog for TLOU 3

Naughty Dog has revealed it's celebrating The Last of Us Day 2026 with Ghost of Yotei content, player avatars on PlayStation and Steam, and an hour-long ambience video as fans continue begging for any updates on The Last of Us Part 3.

IGN / Michael Cripe
Ghost of Yotei
"What if London existed in the Grand Theft Auto universe?" One fan has answered with a GTA-style map of the city

"What if London existed in the Grand Theft Auto universe?" One fan has answered with a GTA-style map of the city

"What if London existed in the Grand Theft Auto universe? What if Rockstar created a GTA game set in London?" Anyone sitting in the venn diagram centre of GTA fan and cartography sicko might be happy to learn that YouTuber CityEd has answered both of those questions with a GTA-style map.

Eurogamer / Kaan Serin
Why Is Everyone Talking About LA Noire 2 All of a Sudden?

Why Is Everyone Talking About LA Noire 2 All of a Sudden?

Rumors of an LA Noire 2 have been floating around, but is there actually any truth to them?

IGN / Cade Onder
LA Noire 2
The Witcher 3 Gets 30 FPS on an RTX 5080 With Frame Gen Disabled

The Witcher 3 Gets 30 FPS on an RTX 5080 With Frame Gen Disabled

The Witcher 3 Remastered comes out tomorrow with a whole host of improvements that yet again bring it into the current generation. But it seems like if you want to max the game out with path tracing, you're going to need an absolute beast of a gaming PC.

IGN / Jacqueline Thomas
The Witcher 3 Remastered
Counter-Strike Modder Brings Procedurally Generated Aim Training Map to CS2

Counter-Strike Modder Brings Procedurally Generated Aim Training Map to CS2

A vital proof-of-concept for full roguelite mods? Ever since I watched a 3kliksphillip video breaking down a procedurally generated Counter-Strike: Global Offensive map that could be different every time you play it - down to the inclusion of roguelite elements and a new HUD - I've been excitedly awaiting the same tech to arrive in Counter-Strike 2. Today, the original author of this map released their first CS2 project, which evolves the tech to produce a unique training map for sharpening your

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Feature: Xbox Pulled Out All The Stops To Deliver A Really Memorable FanFest London Event

Feature: Xbox Pulled Out All The Stops To Deliver A Really Memorable FanFest London Event

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the brand. This year, Xbox has been hosting special FanFest events for sweepstakes winners in various locations around the world (with more to come), and this past weekend saw around 500 people descending on London for the Xbox FanFest event in England. We at Pure Xbox were fortunate enough to be invited along to the occasion as well. We didn't really know what to expect from this event, and it ended up being much more grandiose than anticipated. In addition t

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