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It still feels pretty hard to believe, but after well over a decade of waiting for it, Grand Theft Auto 6 is due out in just over seven months from now. It's still possible that the title could be delayed between now and then, which is enough to strike fear in the heart of any gamer, but the excruciating wait has players digging desperately for clues as to when the next time we will hear from Rockstar about it will be. Image via Rockstar Games This is far from the first theory about Rockstar planting hints about when GTA 6 will be heard from next, and they've all been just a little bit weird. But this latest one has a couple of bits of "evidence" backing it up, even though it's likely just nothing more than fan speculation that I find fun. The post about the theory appears to have originated on Twitter/X but has been recirculating on the GTA 6 Reddit this morning, showcasing that in one of GTA 6's trailers, Jason's watch shows the time as 11:08. Naturally, some are taking this to tease Nov. 8, which is in just a couple of weeks. The copium is strengthened by the fact that Rockstar Games posted on that same exact day back in 2023 that the first GTA 6 trailer would be released the following month. A few weeks later, the trailer leaked online in horrid quality and Rockstar posted the real thing the next morning, and we've all been impatiently waiting for the game ever since. Listen, I get it, this is all very exciting. GTA 6 is likely to be the biggest entertainment launch of all time across any medium, and the anticipation grows with each passing week. Players are getting desperate since we haven't heard anything about the title since its most recent trailer back in May. And trust me, I hope the theory is right and we get some news in early November...but, sadly, I think it's just a watch. Prove me wrong, Rockstar! At the same time, I think Rockstar releasing new footage on a random Friday on their own accord is actually more likely than the game showing up at The Game Awards in December or something. Either way, the studio will have to show some more of GTA 6 some time within the next few months if the game is to keep its scheduled release date of May 26, 2026. Which, for the sake of the industry, I hope it holds on to dearly. [Hidden Content] What say you, dear reader? Are you buying into the watch conspiracy, or is this just some more malarkey from people dissecting what little footage we have? Like our content? Set Destructoid as a Preferred Source on Google in just one step to ensure you see us more frequently in your Google searches! The post It’s been quiet on the GTA 6 front for a while, but a new fan theory suggests that may change very soon appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

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After over four years of fairly persistent rumors, it seems the alleged in-development Final Fantasy 9 remake may be "on ice," according to industry insider NateTheHate. After being asked in a post on X whether he had any news on the rumored remake, NateTheHate explained that the game was likely put on hold, and it is currently up in the air whether Square Enix will return to it. View the full article

It turns out that almost every other loose surface racing sim for two decades has been going easy on you. Dirt Rally 2, EA WRC and the Nacon games feel completely different to each other, but what they all have in common is a certain amount of good grace. They massage your inputs. They give you that extra hundredth of a second to catch the drift. You don't realise how important that leeway is, until you play a game that doesn't give it to you. Welcome to Assetto Corsa Rally... Read more.View the full article

If you quickly need to boost your storage capacity, then this Samsung external gaming SSD deal is a must see. The Samsung T9 Portable is on ***** right now, with the 1TB model down to just $109.99 right now, saving you $30 on its usual price. Samsung is a big brand in PC gaming storage, and we've featured a fair few of its products in our best gaming SSD guide over the years. As our Samsung T9 Portable SSD review explains, this is a drive that's perfect for quickly loading games and transferring files to and from your PC, laptop, or handheld without any trouble. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Best gaming light - ring, key, LED strip, and desk RGB lights for any game room Best microSD card for Steam Deck 2025 Best external SSD 2025: Top portable storage drives tested View the full article

EdenSpark seemed like a pretty exciting announcement for game developers and the open source community, until you read about the AI generation involved. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

While the reception for Pokémon Legends: Z-Ahas been relatively positive among critics since the game's release last week, player reviews have started to paint a very different picture. Fans appear to be divided about whether the game is incredible, absolutely awful, or if it's a little mid. View the full article

It doesn't look like much with some of the simplest pixel art around but Coal LLC is a like a ****** hole that freezes your life when you hit play. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

The third instalment of Frontier Developments' moreish dinosaur park sim, Jurassic World Evolution 3, is almost here. You'll get to manage your very own park full of dinosaurs in this much-anticipated park management simulator sequel that yes, really does feature the Megalodon this time. Gulp. Jurassic World Evolution 3 will be open its doors again for players on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X and S on October 21. As a global release, it'll unlock simultaneously for all players regardless of where they are in the world — here's when that will be in your timezone (and unfortunately, no, there's no way to unlock the game in early access ahead of its street date). "Just about everything I've seen so far of Jurassic World Evolution 3 has me excited to thrill my guests and make my lawyers nervous," we wrote in IGN's Jurassic World Evolution 3's final preview. "From dino breeding to dramatic and different new park locations to extremely robust customization tools, it feels like it truly deserves its spot at the table with Planet Zoo and Planet Coaster now, rather than relying on the, you know, freakin' dinosaurs to make up for some of what it was missing." Jurassic World Evolution 3 Launch TimesTuesday, October 21, 2025 PDT (San Francisco): 7am EDT (New York): 10am BST (London): 3pm CEST (Paris, Rome, Berlin): 4pm EEST (Turkey): 5pm HKT (Hong Kong): 8pm CST (Beijing): 8pm JST (Tokyo): 11pm Wednesday, October 22, 2025 AEST (Sydney): 12am midnight Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky. View the full article

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Read here: [Hidden Content] For the last few months, the PC Gamer team has been busy whittling down the hundreds of thousands of games available on PC; campaigning, voting and arguing until we arrived at the 100 games you'll find in the link above. . View the full article

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A new rumor based on multiple sources claims that the remake of Resident Evil 0 will be released in 2028. Capcom has been putting out quite a few remakes of classic Resident Evil games, and it’s looking increasingly probable that Resident Evil 0 is among the next ones. View the full article

Welcome to the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best games you can play right now. For the last few months, the PC Gamer team has been busy whittling down the hundreds of thousands of games available on PC; campaigning, voting and arguing until we arrived at the 100 games you'll find below... Read more.View the full article

Gear in Fellowship plays a vital role, irrespective of which character you pick, and you'll have to get better equipment to complete the mid and endgame content. Sadly, the game doesn't do a good job at explaining how gear works and how to improve yours. This guide will list all the steps to help you get improved gear and establish your builds. How to start getting gear in Fellowship The first step is to clear the tutorial, which will introduce you to your Stronghold. This is where you can start a new game. You can either opt for Quickplay or the Ranked (Challenge) mode. Whether you're playing in Quickplay or Challenge, you can get new gear after a successful run. When you're just starting, most of your gear will be at Level 1, and many slots will be empty. After finishing a run in Quickplay, you'll get Marks of Fellowship and Supplies. You can use your Supplies to buy Level 15 gear.In Challenge, you'll want to start Contender 1, 2, and 3 dungeons as early as possible. The harder the difficulty, the better it is. Do note that Contender 3 should be your desired entry point, but it's harder than Quickplay. Completing a Contender 3 dungeon will get you a Level 30 gear piece and some Gold.All Dungeon item loot levels in Fellowship The harder your dungeon, the better its rewards. The base level of gear received from completing a dungeon will go up with its difficulty. The table has all the relevant information regarding every Ranked division and what base level of gear you'll obtain. DifficultyItem LevelContender 115Contender 230Contender 330Contender 445Contender 545Contender 660Contender 775Adept 175Adept 290Adept 390Adept 4105Adept 5105Adept 6120Adept 7135Champion 1135/300 (Legendary)Champion 2150/300 (Legendary)Champion 3150/300 (Legendary)Champion 4165/300 (Legendary)Champion 5165/300 (Legendary)Champion 6180/300 (Legendary)Champion 7195/300 (Legendary) Paragon 1 195/300 (Legendary)Paragon 2210/300 (Legendary)Paragon 3210/300 (Legendary)Paragon 4225/300 (Legendary)Paragon 5225/300 (Legendary)Paragon 6240/300 (Legendary)Paragon 7255/300 (Legendary)Eternal270 (Eternal) /300 (Legendary) Some weapon pieces will be locked to specific characters, while Legendaries are far more restrictive. However, they have unique effects that fit well with those characters. Hence, you should always try to get Legendaries as much as possible. Best tips for getting better gear in Fellowship There are some tricks you can follow to start obtaining better gear quickly. Playing at higher difficulty settings is better. While the risk of failure is high, you can only get the best rewards by challenging yourself against tougher enemies.Getting gear is massively luck-based, so don't be disappointed if you're unable to get a particular gear that you've been looking for a long time.Use the Scrapper and Blacksmith to fill in spots that are vacant for a particular character.Try to take all your gear pieces to Level 60, which is good enough for clearing the endgame content. That's pretty much all you can do to find good gear in Fellowship that will help you to improve your builds. Like our content? Set Destructoid as a Preferred Source on Google in just one step to ensure you see us more frequently in your Google searches! The post How to get better gear in Fellowship appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

Escape from Duckov is an unlikely hit on Steam after half a million sales and big concurrents over the weekend. The parody of extraction shooter Escape from Tarkov is riding high with 173,394 peak concurrent players on Valve’s platform. That’s enough to make it the sixth most-played game on Steam right now. Only Delta force, Battlefield 6, PUBG, Dota 2, and Counter-Strike 2 are more popular right now. Escape from Duckov is a PVE top-down looter-shooter game in which you scavenge for resources, build your hideout, and upgrade your gear. “Start from nothing and rise to the top,” reads the official blurb. “Outwit hostile ducks, survive, or make it out alive.” Following its launch on October 16, Team Soda’s game sold an additional 500,000 copies over the weekend. Its Steam user review rating is sitting pretty at 'Overwhelmingly Positive.' “At this moment, the entire dev team is quacking with joy and flapping our wings in excitement!” reads a statement. Escape from Tarkov, meanwhile, hits Steam on November 15. It will be interesting to see if it beats Escape from Duckov’s concurrent player peak on the platform. A console version is in the works. Extraction shooters might be having a moment, particularly on PC. Arc Raiders, for example, recently enjoyed big Steam concurrents during its 'Server Slam' playtest, which bodes well for its late October release date. Then we'll have Escape from Tarkov join the fun half a month later. Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article

Despite the blockbuster reception to Sandfall's RPG, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 co-director Naoki Hamaguchi says that decisions about Part 3's gameplay will be "based on the director's decision himself," and it had not been "pre-determined yet." Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which boasts traditional JRPG-inspired turn-based combat, recently confirmed sales of 5 million copies in five months, making it one of the biggest hits of the year. But Hamaguchi isn't letting his head be turned by current trends, it seems, and is focused instead on "what game experience fans will enjoy." "Essentially for the Final Fantasy numbered series, the game design is based on the director's decision himself," Hamaguchi told TheGamer. "For the new title, whether it's action or turn-based, that's not pre-determined yet. "If you would ask me, 'Is [my next game] going to be an RPG?', yes, there is definitely a possibility. But is it going to be a turn-based RPG? We're taking this aside from the fact that Expedition 33 was received well, we received a lot of 'JRPGs are back' comments. For me, I'm thinking about what game experience fans will enjoy. That's the most important point." In July, Naoki Yoshida, the director/producer of Final Fantasy 14 and producer of Final Fantasy 16, was asked in an interview with AnimeNewsNetwork whether mainline Final Fantasy games could go back to being turn-based, in the wake of Clair Obscur's success. "With this question of turn-based versus action, it tends to isolate the gameplay to just the battle system," said Yoshida. "That doesn't take into account what kind of game the creators want to deliver to players. For example, based on a certain graphical quality we want to present to our players, or the narrative we want to deliver to our players, it relates to how we set up the game's systems around it. This includes the battle system, game design, and gameplay feel. It's not a clear-cut answer, whether it will become all turn-based, or if it's going to become more action-based. "[I'm] not necessarily going to be on Final Fantasy 17, so we also don't want to obstruct or limit our future director or whomever will be producing the games like 17 or even 18," Yoshida continued. "We don't want to put them on a rail." It later emerged that several members of the Clair Obscur team recently visited Square Enix's offices and met with some of the development leads there, including Hamaguchi and Visions of Mana director Ryosuke Yoshida. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 game director Guillaume Broche, producer Francois Meurisse, and technical director Tom Guillermin, as well as publisher Kepler Interactive's CEO Alexis Garavaryan, took the trip out to visit the Final Fantasy publisher's offices. In a social post, Hamaguchi described it as a "creatively rich exchange of visions and ideas." Hamaguchi, meanwhile, has also assured fans that the team working on the highly anticipated final instalment is "striking a balance" between keeping the story moving and tightening the pacing. Though he disagreed that some sections of FF7 Rebirth were "longer than necessary," he said: "As we work on the conclusion to the trilogy, we are striking a balance on how story arcs are told and spread out so as to ensure that the game feels a bit more concise." We know development of Part 3 started as early as June 2022, with Square Enix saying last year that its goal was to see it launch by 2027, but RPG fans have been on the hunt for news about the next entry in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy since its last installment, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, launched in early 2024. Excitement for the third and final chapter in the trilogy grew even more when the team revealed that it had completed its story earlier this year. Hamaguchi also recently assured fans that despite Square Enix admitting last year that Rebirth "did not meet expectations," the second part of the Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy has been "doing very well" on both PC and PS5, and the team has been able to channel that success into a "high-quality third instalment." While we wait, you can read up why the Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 team “will not cheat” when it comes to Final Fantasy 7’s iconic airship. Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky. View the full article

Board game publishing giant CMON has sold yet another of its most successful IPs to counteract millions in losses. Cthulhu: Death May Die has officially been acquired by Asmodee, according to an update posted on October 20. This announcement was made on the Gamefound page for Forbidden Reaches, a Cthulhu: Death May Die expansion that crowdfunded almost $4 million in late 2024. "This exciting change will help ensure the best possible support and continued development for the 'Forbidden Reaches' project", CMON says. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Grab this god bothering, mythological board game at a solid 50% discount Run it solo in this cyberpunk TTRPG against SPACE capitalism Adorable new detective board game casts Winnie the Pooh as a gritty gumshoe navigating "moral dilemmas". View the full article

The Magic: The Gathering card Reaper King has spiked in price. This classic artifact creature from Shadowmoor cost $12.70 on the secondary market one week ago, but now the card is sitting at a much heftier $28. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Reality Fracture won't merge MTG with other IPs, or feature triple-sided cards, but it will do something unknown and new MTG Edge of Eternities card price spikes 474% thanks to plague slinging Legacy deck Wizards swears it "won't punish" MTG creators for hating Spiderman View the full article

Genshin Impact has revealed the entire lineup of 5-Star and 4-Star characters coming to the Event Banners in Version 6.1. With Version 6.1 coming out on October 22, 2025, Genshin Impact has done a deep dive for most of its content, from the Archon Quest, to Nefer, and especially the Miliastra Wonderland. While most players will no doubt be excited about trying the new Dendro hypercarry, the introduction of an ambitious sandbox mode with Miliastra Wonderland will likely define Version 6.1 in the long term. View the full article

I'm never quite sure what to make of parody games. They're sort of like fanfiction, in a way. There are rare occasions when fanfiction can take off and hit the mainstream, though, matching (or, in especially uncommon occurrences, surpassing) their inspirators. By all accounts, Escape From Duckov is a great game in its own right. The gameplay is a world away from Tarkov, which clearly inspired its name, but players are still flocking to get a piece of its duck-on-duck action. Is it because of the name? Because it's genuinely a fun game? Or do we have a 50 Shades of Mallard on our hands? Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Tarkov-like by name but not by nature, Escape From Duckov is already flying on Steam View the full article

A major Amazon Web Services outage has caused chaos across the internet over the last few hours, and that means dozens of notable games like Fortnite and Palworld are struggling to get players onto their servers. The entire Epic Games Store has been experiencing issues too. While things still appear a bit patchy at the time of writing (3am PT / 6am ET / 11am BST on Monday October 20) AWS has just announced that it's seeing "significant signs of recovery." Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Fortnite server status right now and extended downtime Current Fortnite map - New Fortnitemares POIs All 23 Fortnite NPC locations this week - hireable Fortnitemares characters View the full article

One Battlefield 6 player recreates the fan-favorite Noshahr Canals map from BF3 using the game's powerful Portal toolset. Since it launched, Battlefield 6 has proven to be immensely popular, hosting massive concurrent player numbers and posting huge sales figures for EA less than a week after it released. View the full article

One of the best aspects of Battlefield 6is easily the wide variety of weapons available in the game, offering plenty of potential for tailoring its gunplay to your personal preferences. While almost every weapon in Battlefield 6 is viable with the right loadout, some still shine above the rest for general use. View the full article

The first draft of the script for the movie adaptation of Sleeping Dogs is "done." That's according to Marvel star Simu Liu, who revealed over the weekend that the script for the film was complete, albeit carefully redacting some details from the screenshot. He marked the news by sharing a photo of his own sleeping dog. in honour of our sleeping dogs script draft being done, here’s my sleepy dog [Hidden Content] — Simu Liu (@SimuLiu) October 18, 2025 When a commenter responded to the good news and asked if the actor and producer had "worked things out" with the game's publisher and IP-holder Square Enix, Liu said: "They’re absolutely great, it’s the studios that don’t seem to understand how important this IP is BUT we will get them there." If you were hoping for more, I'm afraid Liu shared little else, but it should be good news nonetheless given the adaptation has been languishing in development hell for at least eight years. As IGN has reported, Story Kitchen is leading the Sleeping Dogs live action feature film project, with Simu Liu, who plays Shang-Chi in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, producing and set to play the lead role of Wei Shen. Story Kitchen has form when it comes to video game adaptations, having worked on everything from the Sonic the Hedgehog films to Netflix’s animated Tomb Raider series. The original adaptation was announced in 2017 with Donnie Yen set to star, but the film disappeared a year later and, earlier this year, Yen himself confirmed it had been scrapped, saying: "I spent a lot of time and did a lot of work with these producers, and I even invested some of my own money into obtaining the drafts and some of the rights." Just a few weeks later, however, Liu tweeted to say he was working with the rights holders to bring the much-loved video game to the big screen. Sleeping Dogs was first released in 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC and tells the story of detective Wei Shen as he infiltrates one of Hong Kong's notorious Triad crime syndicates. While it failed to meet publisher Square Enix's lofty sales expectations, it is much-loved by fans and sequel hopes have followed it ever since. We thought Sleeping Dogs was great, writing in IGN's Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition review: "Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition doesn't mess much with what made the original game so great. And that's a good thing." It returned an 8.5. A sequel was canceled in late 2013 just before it entered production, and its original developer, United Front Games, shut down three years later. Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky. View the full article