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Fear the Spotlight is now available on the Epic Games Store for free as its latest weekly giveaway. Snag it by next Thursday and it's yours to keep. After that the new freebies will be Bendy and the Ink Machine and Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit.

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Dispatch has debuted on PC and PS5, kicking off an episodic superhero workplace comedy from the Telltale alums at AdHoc Studios. The first two episodes are live and the remaining six will follow on a weekly basis.

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is now available for PC and consoles, offering a vampire-infested action/RPG sequel from Paradox Interactive and The Chinese Room based on the White Wolf tabletop game.

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The UK Parliament announces a debate on November 3rd at 11:30 am EST, prompted by the results of a petition to "prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold." The debate will be streamed on the Parliament YouTube Channel.

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Devolver Digital announces BALL x PIT is still on a roll. The latest is the ball-fusing roguelite has now sold 300K copies in just the first five days since launch.

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Devolver Digital announces BALL x PIT sold over 100,000 copies in 24 hours following Wednesday's release of this "brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite." SteamDB reports peaks of over 30K concurrent players and 35K Twitch viewers.

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A free weekend is underway for MORDHAU is underway with a sample of this multiplayer melee combat game from Triternion. If you enjoy going medieval on everyone it's currently on sale for 85% off.

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The promised "Server Slam" weekend playtest is underway on PC and consoles for ARC Raiders, stress testing the extraction shooter ahead of its planned launch on October 30th. Windows gamers can participate through the Epic Games Store or Steam.

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A free weekend is underway on PC and consoles for EA SPORTS F1 25, the official game of the FIA Formula One World Championship. All players will collect double XP for the weekend, and the game is currently on sale for 30% off.

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The review embargo is up for the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X, and we have a roundup of evaluations sorting through whether this is a PC or an Xbox, and whether it's worth the price.

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A "server slam" playtest for ARC Raiders will run from October 17-19 to vet the third-person extraction shooter for its launch on October 30th. This will run on PC and consoles and is open to all.

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A new version 581.57 WHQL Windows driver is now available for GeForce graphic cards. NVIDIA explains this adds support for ARC Raiders, Pax Dei, The Outer Worlds 2, and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2.

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The Steam Next Fest October 2025 Edition is now underway. This week-long event involves loads of demos to sample. Many are time-limited to the Fest, so budget your time accordingly.

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Battlefield 6 is now available for PC and consoles, giving rise to the latest installment in the long-running military shooter series. This is available as a Standard Edition as well as a Phantom Edition with cosmetics and an XP boost.

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With Battlefield 6 launching tomorrow, the review embargo is now up. So we have a roundup of evaluations of the latest installment in the long-running military shooter series.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has surpassed five million sales since the RPG launched in April for PC and consoles. To celebrate, Sandfall Interactive and Kepler Interactive promise a free update is coming to the game with new content and features.

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EA now offers final PC system specifications for Battlefield 6 ahead of its global launch this Friday. The latest requirements include a set for an ULTRA++ level.

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The ongoing open beta for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is being extended. Testing was scheduled to run into tomorrow, but to give players a little more time in the military shooter sequel, it will now conclude on Thursday at noon Eastern Time.

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Bungie announces a technical test for Marathon will get underway in about two weeks as work continues on the extraction shooter. Signups are underway now for the test, which will require the acceptance of an NDA.

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The Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta is now open to all on PC and consoles, giving free access to the upcoming military shooter sequel. The test will continue until midday Wednesday.

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Zomborg is free on Steam, offering the chance to experience the joys of a zombie outbreak in this 2017 top-down shooter from GameDevLab and GrabTheGames. It's yours to keep as long as you snag a copy by midday Monday.

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Nightingale and a Firestone Bundle are now available for free on the Epic Games Store as its latest weekly giveaways. These are yours to keep as long as you snag them before next Thursday's freebies arrive, which will be Gravity Circuit and Rogue Journeyman Bundle.

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Starbreeze announces it is discontinuing Project Baxter, the D&D RPG it announced in 2023. Some of its developers will be reassigned to the struggling PAYDAY franchise, and 44 others are losing their jobs.

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Microsoft announces changes to its Xbox Game Pass lineup. These include more games and features, but also come with price hikes. The Ultimate Tier is increasing by 50% to $29.99/month and the PC-only Pass is rising by 38% to $16.49/month.

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