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Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

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Nintendo Switch Online Additions Include Perfectly Timed GBA Classics

Nintendo released three classic games for Switch Online's Expansion Pack October update, right before highly anticipated releases.

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GTA 6 Tech Will Help Create the Next Rockstar Game, Won't Be Another 8-Year Wait

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Ubisoft poised to close Helsinki studio RedLynx, with 52 jobs at risk

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First seen Oct 14, 2026, 5:47 AM CDT

Take-Two CEO’s Response To Second GTA 6 Delay: “Please Tell Me You’re Kidding”

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First seen Oct 14, 2026, 7:52 AM CDT

Rockstar Pushes Back on Rumor GTA 6 Cost More Than $1.5 Billion to Make, but It's Still Probably the Most Expensive Video Game of All Time

Rockstar has insisted GTA 6 did not cost more than $1.5 billion to make, countering an online rumor, but it’s still probably the most expensive video game of all time.

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Gundam Games 40th Anniversary Live Stream set for October 28

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Horror Adventure ‘1999TOKOYO Building’ Launches November 10 on Steam, Free Demo Available Now

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First seen Oct 14, 2026, 7:47 AM CDT

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The Drug Store is this week’s Console Archives game

The Drug Store is joining the Console Archives lineup. The title will be made available tomorrow, October 15, 2026. The Drug Store originally released in 1998 on the PlayStation, and is essentially a drugstore management simulation game. Keep in mind that this release is only in Japanese. Here’s some more information on the game: Let’s create the drug store…

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This Week's Arcade Archives Release Swaps Greens & Fairways For Military Action & Motorbikes

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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 4.0.1 update out now, patch notes

As a heads up for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe players, a new version 4.0.1 update just released. A number of different bugs have been addressed with this patch. Sometimes, Nintendo is quiet about the details of its bug fixes. However, this time around, the company has provided actual information. One of the issues addressed here is the amount of obstacles...

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Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser blames himself for Max Payne 3 - "a large amount of that failure was on me"

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GTA 6’s Nightclubs Have An Absurd Amount Of Detail, Right Down To The Lighting

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Hytale introduces its first dungeon, a multi-phase boss, and minigames in its Out of the Breach update

Hytale hasn’t gotten too many big updates over the course of its early access launch, but that has most certainly changed this week, as the voxel-y multiplayer survival RPG released its Out of the Breach update, which adds several new items, new abilities, and its very first hand-crafted dungeon, complete with a multi-phase boss fight. The [...]