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Walmart is currently selling The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for Nintendo Switch at $38.97 after a 30% discount and coupon code SAVE3X. This marks the lowest price seen for IGN's 2023 Game of the Year, approaching Black Friday pricing levels.
Squanch Games' comedic first-person shooter High on Life launched on Meta Quest headsets this month, bringing its talking guns and satirical sci-fi adventure to standalone VR. The release demonstrates that Quest 2 and Quest Pro can support substantial, content-rich experiences rather than just tech demos or shortened ports.
IGN's hands-on preview of Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance at Tokyo Game Show 2026 reveals an expansion that could finally deliver the challenging endgame the base game lacked. New Boost Drivers, Master Rank hunts, and brutal monsters like Alpha Arakata and Teostra suggest Capcom is targeting the Iceborne-level difficulty veterans have been waiting for.
Leaked footage from Avengers: Endgame Encore has revealed four new scenes that directly connect the 2019 film to the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, releasing December 18. The scenes introduce unannounced cast members including Loki, Doctor Doom voiced by Robert Downey Jr., and the full TVA team, while setting up a multiverse collapse through incursions.
Houston Rockets center Steven Adams predicts a league-wide performance drop across the NBA and NFL when Grand Theft Auto 6 launches in November 2026. Meanwhile, Rockstar has installed a $975,000 "Welcome to Vice City" sign on the Miami Heat arena, signaling the marketing push is already in full swing.
Amazon has slashed the price of Kirby Air Riders on Nintendo Switch 2 to $50.99, marking a 26% discount and the lowest price for a physical copy since June's Prime Day event. The battle-oriented kart racer features 18 tracks, a 16-player City Trial mode, and a new single-player campaign called Road Trip. The deal arrives as Switch 2 owners also face new storage requirements with MicroSD Express cards.
Microsoft laid off 268 Xbox staff members this week, including Gears of War: E-Day story director Juan Vaca just days after the game went gold. The cuts also hit Halo Studios cinematic director Josh Daniels one day after his promotion, as Activision takes over future Halo development.
IGN reports that Wardogs Season 2 has a confirmed release date and will introduce dynamic weather systems including rain to the PC tactical shooter. The update aims to shake up match flow with environmental conditions that affect visibility and audio cues during firefights.
Microsoft has confirmed Activision will develop the next mainline Halo game as part of a sweeping Xbox Studios restructure that includes 268 layoffs. The move effectively guts Halo Studios, formerly 343 Industries, while folding Rare and World's Edge under the Call of Duty publisher's umbrella.
Funcom's open-world survival game Dune: Awakening arrives on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, and Xbox Game Pass on September 17 with a massive update that adds a full single-player mode, concludes the Book One storyline, and overhauls combat, progression, and endgame systems. The launch also brings a new Film Archive DLC and a free Polar Cap expansion arriving later this year.
