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Tuesday, October 20, 2026.

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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA coming to Switch 2 on February 25, 2027

Publisher NIS America and developer Falcom will release a Switch 2 version of action RPG...

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JRPG Villion: Code Adds to the Insanity of PS5's January Release Schedule

Push Square published this story during the current collection window.

1 SourceUpdated 3h ago

First seen Oct 20, 2026, 1:07 PM CDT

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Xbox Series X|S Is Getting A Surprise Graphics Boost From AMD

GameSpot published this story during the current collection window.

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'Final Fantasy 7 Remake' Leads New Wave of Xbox Game Pass Additions

Polygon published this story during the current collection window.

1 SourceUpdated 4h ago

First seen Oct 20, 2026, 1:07 PM CDT

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Nintendo Switch Sports Resort Reviews Prove the Series Isn't Winning Any Awards

Nintendo Switch Sports Reviews are in, and they're remarkably consistent with Wii Sports Resort's reception in 2009.

3 SourcesUpdated 5h ago

First seen Oct 20, 2026, 8:27 AM CDT

Ex-Call of Duty designer "who survived the crunch" in order to launch Black Ops 1 & 2 calls out executives "raking it in" from sales of remasters

Eurogamer published this story during the current collection window.

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Cyberpunk 2077 version 2.5 update launches October 22

3 independently owned sources are covering this story in the current collection window.

3 SourcesUpdated 9h ago

First seen Oct 20, 2026, 2:42 AM CDT

PlayStation Boss: “Creativity Is For Humans, Not AI”

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10 Years After The Switch 1 Reveal, I Still Haven’t Played A Game At A Rooftop Party

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EVE Online: Fractured Skies expansion update announced for November 2026

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Destiny 2 promises to share its ‘very intentional process’ for content unvaulting by the end of October

Destiny 2 developer Bungie stunned pretty much everyone when it announced that it would unvault content from the shooter MMO and return more of its focus to the game after it put out a final content update last June. What hasn’t been made clear, however, is just what precisely is being brought back, how it’s [...]