Epic Games is promoting AI-coded launcher upgrades, claiming its new launcher is faster than Steam. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/epic-games-b… #EpicGames

Ex-Gears producer Laura Fryer says E-Day sidelines Marcus and Dom in favor of Mags Carter. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/former-produ… #GearsOfWar

An Xbox strategist claims two or three people could make an AAA-level game in a year using AI. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/3-people-can… #Xbox

Rep. Ritchie Torres announced the Power To The Players Act, requiring offline modes before online games shut down. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/us-politicia… #StopKillingGames

Metro 2039 physical copies need an online unlock and extra download since it doesn't fit on one disc. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/metro-2039-p… #Metro2039

Xbox is emailing inactive Series owners, suggesting they trade consoles in at retailers for up to $375. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/xbox-messagi… #Xbox

Nvidia has reportedly stopped taking RTX 5090 orders from board partners despite denying the GPU is being discontinued. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/nvidia-not-a… #RTX5090

A new report says the Silent Hill 1 Remake, codenamed Project Noise, is targeting a 2027 release. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/silent-hill-… #SilentHill

Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to up to 60,000 employees, including Xbox staff, as more layoffs loom. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/xbox-program… #Xbox

Microsoft has extended Arkane Lyon's deadline to find a buyer by one month, to December 13. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/xbox-arkane-… #MarvelsBlade #Xbox

Sony paid a PS5 modder $50,000 for reporting an AI-found exploit that could have enabled Linux. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/ps5-modder-w… #PS5

Sucker Punch reportedly laid off 26 employees despite Ghost of Yotei being PlayStation's best-selling 2026 game. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/ghost-of-yot… #GhostOfYotei #PlayStation

Larian publishing director Michael Douse called Modern Warfare 4's campaign insanely impressive narratively, cinematically and graphically. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/baldurs-gate… #ModernWarfare4

Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden says developers can't profit from subscription services like Game Pass. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/studios-mone… #GamePass #Xbox

Former Naughty Dog VFX artist Matt Radford told Kiwi Talkz the studio exists to sell Sony hardware. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/naughty-dog-… #NaughtyDog #PlayStation

Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto praised Campaign Evolved's visuals and movement but called its hints too heavy-handed. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/halo-creator… #Halo

Modern Warfare 4 holds an 86 on Metacritic, Call of Duty's best score since 2011's MW3. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/modern-warfa… #ModernWarfare4

Digital Foundry's Richard Leadbetter says Sony reportedly has a custom RDNA5 chip exclusive for its PS6 handheld. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/sony-rdna5-p… #PS6

Circana's Mat Piscatella says GTA 6 hasn't lifted Xbox, which had its lowest September ever. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/gta-6-no-imp… #GTA6 #Xbox

Phantom Blade Zero opened with an 88 on Metacritic, and PCGamesN gave it a perfect 10/10. 🔗 tech4gamers.com/phantom-blad… #PhantomBladeZero