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Gameguru Mania News - Sep,25 2026 - all

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve '101 Overview' trailer - movie
(hx) 10:28 PM CEST - Sep,25 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
Publisher Bandai Namco and developer Bandai Namco Aces have released a five-minute overview trailer for flight action game Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve.

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve is due out for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam on October 2

Optional Windows 11 Update Linked to Battlefield 6 Crashes - briefly
(hx) 10:25 PM CEST - Sep,25 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
An optional Windows 11 preview update, KB5124010, is being blamed by PC players for crashing Battlefield 6 and some other online games. Microsoft released the non-security preview on 22 September 2026 for Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2, taking those builds to 26100.9550 and 26200.9550.

Players say Battlefield 6 often closes to the desktop 15 to 30 seconds after launch, with no error on screen. Similar reports hit Wardogs, where Team17 pointed to a WD-L020 error and said uninstalling the update is the current workaround.

An EA forum helper said the reports were passed to developers and suggested rolling back preview updates. Microsoft’s KB page does not list a game-crash known issue, and the patch is optional, so it will not install unless you choose it.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/servicing/os/windows-11/2026/09/kb5124010-windows-11-24h2-25h2-update
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2807960/discussions/0/564793766239597117/

Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 Black Screen Bug - tech
(hx) 08:03 PM CEST - Sep,25 2026 - Post a comment / read (2)
Microsoft has confirmed that recent Windows 11 updates can leave a black screen after sign-in instead of the desktop. The problem started with the August 27, 2026 preview updates - KB5120996 on version 26H1 and KB5120998 on 24H2 and 25H2 - and later cumulative updates can trigger it too.

Microsoft says the failure is seen mainly on Azure Virtual Desktop hosts that use FSLogix, especially with some existing user profiles. Affected users can sign in, but Explorer may crash and the desktop never loads on its own.

Until a permanent fix ships, open Task Manager with Ctrl+Shift+Esc, choose Run new task, type explorer.exe, and press OK. Microsoft lists the issue as mitigated, not fixed, and is offering a Known Issue Rollback for IT-managed PCs while it prepares a future Windows update.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/status-windows-11-26h1
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/status-windows-11-25h2
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/status-windows-11-24h2

STRANGER THAN HEAVEN - gameplay video - movie
(hx) 08:00 PM CEST - Sep,25 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
Publisher SEGA and developer RGG Studio have released a new gameplay video for 50-year action adventure saga STRANGER THAN HEAVEN introducing the game’s show business element.
Show Business is one of the major themes of STRANGER THAN HEAVEN. Protagonist Makoto Daito will find musical inspiration, create songs, promote shows, and more.

STRANGER THAN HEAVEN is due out for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store on January 15, 2027. It will also be available via Game Pass.

Warcraft 3 Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom Review - preview/review
(hx) 07:53 PM CEST - Sep,25 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
Warcraft 3 Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom reviewed by Len Hafer on PC.

Permafrost - Official Story Trailer - movie
(hx) 07:44 PM CEST - Sep,25 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
Get to know the story of Permafrost, the upcoming narrative-driven survival game set in a frozen-over apocalyptic world. You play a rookie engineer trying to survive with your canine companion. Wishlist it on Steam if you're interested

Halloween: The Game Review - preview/review
(hx) 01:18 AM CEST - Sep,25 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
Halloween: The Game reviewed by Vikki Blake on PlayStation 5, also available on PC and Xbox.

$400 GTA 6 Box Skips the Game! - briefly
(hx) 01:17 AM CEST - Sep,25 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
Rockstar Games has opened pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI: The Goodtime State – Vice City Collection, a $399.99 collector box.

The official store listing states that Grand Theft Auto VI is sold separately.

The set is themed around Macca the Gator, a TV show from the game’s state of Leonida, and includes 11 items such as Oakley Frogskins sunglasses, a New Era snapback, a Macca figure, a Leonida map poster, a crossbody bag, pins, and a shot glass.

The box is due on November 19, 2026, the same day GTA 6 launches on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Players who want the game still need the Standard or Ultimate edition on their own.

Pre-orders are live on the Rockstar Games Store while supplies last.

Garfield - Escape from Monday Review - preview/review
(hx) 01:10 AM CEST - Sep,25 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
Garfield - Escape from Monday reviewed by Sarah Thwaites on PC.

AnyPS5 Tries Native PS5 Games on PC - briefly
(hx) 01:06 AM CEST - Sep,25 2026 - Post a comment / read (2)

A public GitHub project called AnyPS5 is trying to turn PlayStation 5 game files into native Windows and Linux programs instead of emulating the console. Developer boykopovar describes a relinker, stand-in system libraries, and a shader path that emits Vulkan-ready SPIR-V, with no separate emulator process.

The repo’s status note says a real title now reaches the logo, main menu, and some gameplay with audio. Official builds will wait until at least one game launches all the way through, and no public release is posted yet.

RedGamingTech compared the idea to Proton. That is an analogy only: the work is still early, and Sony has not commented.

Gameguru Mania News - Sep,24 2026 - all

Steam Refunds 35 euro Buy After Same-Day Sale - briefly
(hx) 12:57 PM CEST - Sep,24 2026 - Post a comment / read (4)
A player shared a Steam Support ticket showing they bought a game for €35, then saw it drop 75% to €8 the same day. They already had about five hours of playtime, past Steam’s usual two-hour automatic refund limit.

They asked a human agent to review the case instead of the automated system. On 21 September, agent Vinny wrote that the purchase was removed as a customer-service gesture and the €35 was added as Steam Wallet credit so the game could be bought again at the sale price.

Valve’s published policy still uses 14 days and under two hours for automatic refunds, but it also says requests outside those rules will be looked at. Steam does not refund only the price difference; the documented path is a full refund, then a repurchase at the current sale price.

Steam Customer Support Is Actually GOATED.

A player bought a game for €35. The same day, it dropped 75% to just €8.

He already had 5 hours played, well past the usual 2-hour refund window, and he knew it.

Still, he politely explained the situation to Steam Support and asked… pic.twitter.com/ZfiRRiVGLv
— GameVerse (@TheGameVerse) September 23, 2026

GPU-Z 2.71 Adds RTX 50 Hotspot Temps - tech
(hx) 12:54 PM CEST - Sep,24 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
TechPowerUp released GPU-Z 2.71.0 on 22 September 2026 with hotspot temperature support for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50-series cards. The Sensors tab can now show the hottest point on the GPU instead of hiding the field or printing an invalid 255°C value.

That 255°C figure was a dummy reading after NVIDIA stopped exposing the hotspot through its public monitoring interface at Blackwell launch. The sensor itself was still on the chip, and tools such as HWMonitor and HWiNFO had already found a way to read it earlier this year.

Version 2.71.0 also reports the hottest memory chip on RTX 50 cards, with a tooltip for every VRAM temperature. RTX 50 owners who want the new readings should update GPU-Z from TechPowerUp’s official download page.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 - Official 2v2 Team Skirmish Maelstrom Gameplay Overview - movie
(hx) 11:56 AM CEST - Sep,24 2026 - Post a comment / read (2)
Don't miss the 2v2 Team Skirmish Maelstrom Gameplay Overview for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4, a war strategy action game developed by KING Art. Players can witness Creative Director Jan Theysen and Senior Game Designer Elliott Verbiest take up arms against enemy AI in an action-packed battle. Secure and destroy objectives in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4, launching on November 30 for PC (Steam).

AMD GPUs Crash in WoW Forever Beta - briefly
(hx) 10:53 AM CEST - Sep,24 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)

Players on AMD Radeon RX 7000 and RX 9000 cards are reporting black screens, driver resets, and hard crashes in the *World of Warcraft: Forever* beta. The failures often hit after character select, when a loading screen ends and the world appears.

Forum testers on cards such as the RX 9070 XT, RX 9060 XT, RX 7900 XTX, and RX 7800 XT keep pointing to the new Secondary Lighting option. Setting it to Fair before entering the world is the most common workaround; switching from DirectX 12 to DirectX 11 has also stopped some crashes.

The beta opened September 17 and runs through October 21 ahead of the November 4 launch. Blizzard and AMD have not posted an official fix, and similar freezes have been reported on Macs using the same lighting setting.

Meta Unveils 100g VR Glasses for $1,299 - briefly
(hx) 09:49 AM CEST - Sep,24 2026 - Post a comment / read (2)
Meta announced Meta VR Glasses at Connect on September 23, 2026. The glasses weigh about 100 grams and move compute, battery, and storage into a pocket puck on an optical tether.

They use dual micro-OLED displays that Meta calls a 5K Infinite Display, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Reality Elite chip, and eye plus hand tracking, so controllers are not required in the box. The US price is $1,299.99, and Meta says they go on sale in spring 2027.

The puck holds 12 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage, lasts up to three hours of high-resolution media playback, and can show a USB-C DisplayPort source as a big virtual screen. Quest apps and games carry over on the same OS, while specialist coverage puts the field of view at about 70 degrees horizontal, narrower than Quest 3.

This is exactly what I’ve been waiting for ?

Meta just announced its new VR Glasses. Basically an Apple Vision Pro-like experience, but MUCH smaller and lighter.

• Only 100g
• Micro-OLED displays
• Snapdragon Reality Elite
• Eye + hand tracking
• External compute/battery… pic.twitter.com/Qs8zXDJXHn
— Ben Geskin (@BenGeskin) September 23, 2026

Silent Hill: Townfall - 8 Things To Know Before Playing - briefly
(hx) 09:01 AM CEST - Sep,24 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
At first glance, Silent Hill Townfall may look like your average Silent Hill game, just with a FPS makeover. Upon experiencing the island of St. Amelia for yourself however, you’ll find that Townfall has a lot of unique elements that sets it apart from the previous entries, including the CRTV and first-person puzzles. Having said that, there are some elements to the game that would have been helpful to know going in, so here are 8 things we wish we knew before playing.

Gameguru Mania News - Sep,23 2026 - all

Opus 5.5 Builds a Multiplayer Lawn Sim - briefly
(hx) 10:38 PM CEST - Sep,23 2026 - Post a comment / read (2)
Developer Max Blade used Anthropic’s newly released Claude Opus 5.5 to vibe-code a browser multiplayer game called The Duke’s Lawn, then hosted it so his livestream chat could jump in. The clip shows players on vintage mowers cutting a country estate while holding beers and cigars, with a live “Great Lawn restored” meter and name tags over other riders.

He built the session inside CNVS, his macOS app for running coding agents on one canvas, and posted a desktop-only play link at cnvs.dev/opusmo. Anthropic launched Opus 5.5 on September 22 and markets it as a cheaper coding model in the new Claude 5.5 family.

A YouTube recap says the lawn sim was one of several same-day prompts, including a Walmart sim and a dog trainer, after a seven-hour stream. The playable page is a real hosted demo, not a concept reel, though it is a one-off vibe-coded prototype rather than a shipped commercial title.

Steam Beta Adds 500 Mbit Pyrowave Streaming - tech
(hx) 07:35 PM CEST - Sep,23 2026 - Post a comment / read (2)
Valve has added an experimental Pyrowave codec to the Steam Client Beta for Remote Play, aiming for lower latency by using much more bandwidth.

The codec, created by Hans-Kristian Arntzen, encodes and decodes on the GPU and can run at a manual bitrate of 100 to 500 Mbit/s.

Valve says it uses five to ten times the bandwidth of other streaming codecs, so both PCs should sit on at least Gigabit Ethernet.

HDR turns on automatically when host and client support it, and optional YUV 4:4:4 can sharpen desktop text on 4K screens.

Pyrowave is off by default in advanced Remote Play settings on Windows and macOS, with Linux needing the experimental SteamRT3 client.

Steam Link on phones is coming later, and Valve notes the new codec will not cut lag on every network.

Stellar Blade: Return to Earth Stage @ TGS 2026 - movie
(hx) 04:01 PM CEST - Sep,23 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
Kim Hyung-tae and members of the Shift Up team discuss the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 version of Stellar Blade. This complete edition includes all previous updates and a new Bayonetta collaboration. A live demo showcases gameplay mechanics, and details are shared regarding the special physical edition package and the immediate availability of a free trial.

Stellar Blade is available now for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, and will launch for Switch 2 on November 6.

Rayman Legends Retold trailer - movie
(hx) 09:33 AM CEST - Sep,23 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
Publisher Ubisoft and developers Ubisoft Montpellier and Ubisoft Milan have released a six-minute game overview trailer for Rayman Legends Retold.

Rayman Legends Retold is due out for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and Ubisoft Store on December 3.

Xbox Cuts 268 Jobs, Hands Halo to Activision - console
(hx) 09:27 AM CEST - Sep,23 2026 - Post a comment / read (3)

Xbox is cutting 268 jobs and moving several of its biggest studios under new bosses.

Chief content officer Matt Booty said the cuts hit Halo Studios, other first-party teams, and Xbox Game Studios management, and that the July reset is now about three-quarters done.

Activision will take Rare and World’s Edge, and a new Activision team kept apart from Call of Duty will make the next Halo game.

A small group at Halo Studios will keep supporting the community and games already on sale.

Bethesda will absorb Obsidian, which keeps working on Grounded and a new Fallout project with Bethesda Game Studios.

King will take Microsoft Casual Games, and Playground Games will merge with Turn 10 into one studio for Forza and Fable.

Two deals to sell Ninja Theory fell through, so Xbox is starting talks on a possible closure while it looks for another path.

Talks about Arkane’s future run through the end of 2026.

Undead Labs is already independent and still plans to ship State of Decay 3 on Game Pass day one.

DualSense Wireless Controller - LISA Limited Edition announced - console
(hx) 09:23 AM CEST - Sep,23 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced a DualSense Wireless Controller – LISA Limited Edition, as well as a new merchandise collection designed with LISA. The DualSense Wireless Controller – LISA Limited Edition will launch on October 30 for $84.99 / €84.99 / £74.99 / ¥12,480, with pre-orders opening on October 2 at 10:00 a.m. local time.

Microsoft Patents Ads After Boss Fights - briefly
(hx) 08:27 AM CEST - Sep,23 2026 - Post a comment / read (6)
Microsoft has published a U.S. patent application that describes pausing games to show ads after natural breaks such as boss fights, cutscenes, quests, and multiplayer rounds.

The filing, US 2026/0260258 A1 and titled Contextually Aware Management of Interactive Software Application Access, was filed on April 23, 2026 and published on September 3.

Players would start with a credit of playtime or progress, and watching a video or static ad would grant another credit so they can keep going.

Example credits in the document include 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or an hour, or milestones such as finishing a level, three multiplayer matches, or beating a specific NPC.

The system is written to work on locally installed and streamed games across PCs, consoles, phones, TVs, and headsets.

A patent application is not a product launch, and Microsoft has not named any Xbox game or Game Pass plan that would use it.

Marked for Mayhem announced - briefly
(hx) 12:09 AM CEST - Sep,23 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
Bladework Games has announced multiplayer action dungeon runner Marked for Mayhem for PC (Steam, Epic Games Store). A release date was not announced. Sign-ups for a limited beta test are now available.

Gameguru Mania News - Sep,22 2026 - all

NVIDIA Releases GeForce 617.14 WHQL Game Ready Drivers - tech
(hx) 10:44 PM CEST - Sep,22 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
NVIDIA today released the latest version of its GeForce Game Ready drivers. Version 617.14 WHQL comes with optimization for "CONTROL: Resonant," "Gears of War: E-Day," "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered," and "AION 2." Among the gaming bugs fixed with this release are a bug that causes Judgement, Lost Judgement, and Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O to fail to launch after updating drivers to version 616.56 drivers. Among the general bugs fixed with this release are a bug that causes no display on Samsung Odyssey G95NC monitor when connected via HDMI after updating to R615 series drivers, and a but that causes certain monitors to fail to wake from sleep when connected via DisplayPort, after updating to R615 series monitors.

TASK#STOMP Backdoor Steals Docs and Wi-Fi Keys - tech
(hx) 10:25 PM CEST - Sep,22 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
Securonix researchers disclosed TASK#STOMP on September 21, 2026, a Windows PowerShell backdoor built for long-term theft, not smash-and-grab damage. It hunts Word, PDF, PowerPoint, Excel, and archive files, then also grabs saved Wi-Fi passwords, clipboard text, and screenshots. The malware plants five persistence hooks—four scheduled tasks plus a Startup-folder copy - so deleting one copy may not clear the infection.

Securonix decoded two failover command servers and confirmed remote command execution, but it analyzed a single machine and did not name a threat group. How the first script lands on a desktop is still unconfirmed. There is no patch: this is abuse of built-in Windows tools, so defenders need to hunt the persistence and block the published C2 domains.

We Were Here Tomorrow launches October 20 - briefly
(hx) 09:39 PM CEST - Sep,22 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
We Were Here Tomorrow, the next entry in Total Mayhem Games‘s cooperative puzzle game series We Were Here, will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam on October 20, the developer announced.

Industrial noir occult turn-based RPG WANE announced - briefly
(hx) 09:37 PM CEST - Sep,22 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
Publisher Shoreline Games and developer Metis Creative have announced WANE, an industrial noir occult turn-based RPG. It will be available for PC via Steam. A release date was not announced.

Junji Ito-inspired cozy paranormal cleaning game Dust till Dawn announced - movie
(hx) 09:30 PM CEST - Sep,22 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
Mac n Cheese Games has announced Dust till Dawn, a cozy paranormal cleaning game set in a rural Japanese village. It will be available for PC via Steam. A release date was not announced.

Gungrave G.O.R.E: Blood Heat 'Action' trailer - movie
(hx) 09:24 PM CEST - Sep,22 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
Studio IGGYMOB has released a new trailer for Gungrave G.O.R.E: Blood Heat, the fully rebuilt version of Gungrave G.O.R.E, showcasing the game’s over-the-top combat, including the new parry and parry counter mechanics, gunplay, and Grave’s new close-range attacks.

Gungrave G.O.R.E: Blood Heat is due out for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store in 2026.

Ved: Recure launches today! - briefly
(hx) 09:21 PM CEST - Sep,22 2026 - Post a comment / read (1)
Fast-paced roguelite action game Ved: Recure will launch for PC via Steam on September 22, developer SummerClip announced.

Activision: Cheat Market Hits $8.5 Billion a Year - briefly
(hx) 02:45 PM CEST - Sep,22 2026 - Post a comment / read (4)
Activision cited research that estimates the global video game cheat economy at about $8.5 billion a year. The figure comes from threat intelligence firm Intorqa, which put cheat subscriptions across 15 games at roughly $3.5 billion and a wider market of account sales, boosting, and spoofing tools at about $8.5 billion.

In a September 18 Call of Duty blog, Team RICOCHET said some players spend hundreds of dollars — and in some cases more than $1,000 a year — on cheats, evasion tools, and replacement accounts. Activision says it has disrupted more than 375 reseller operations, issued more than 80 cease-and-desist demands, and helped shut down 31 primary cheat vendors.

The publisher said RICOCHET anti-cheat is making cheating harder, riskier, and more expensive to sustain. Team RICOCHET called cheating “a losing investment,” arguing the money vanishes the moment an account is banned.

Apple M5 Ultra vs The Fastest PC - tech
(hx) 11:33 AM CEST - Sep,22 2026 - Post a comment / read (4)
Hardware Canucks explores whether the new M5 Ultra Mac Studio offers a viable alternative to a high-end desktop PC equipped with an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D and an RTX 5090.

Bungie to restore vaulted Destiny 2 content, evolve Marathon - interview
(hx) 10:11 AM CEST - Sep,22 2026 - Post a comment / read (2)
Bungie is beginning work to bring vaulted Destiny 2 campaigns, destinations, and raids back into the game for all players. Studio head Poria Torkan said the company chased new visions without focusing enough on what players loved, and that trust must be earned. Head of product Josh Deane said those campaigns, destinations, and raids never should have been ripped away.

The studio warned this is not a simple file restore. Destiny 2 has changed since Beyond Light, so lighting, encounters, combatants, and other systems must be updated first. More details on the unvaulting plan will come in the months ahead. Bungie also said Destiny is foundational to its future and that it is not done with the series.

Marathon did not reach as many players as hoped and will evolve beyond its original genre into a deeper survival experience with co-op PvE, competitive PvP, and PvPvE, while the October Nightfall Refresh and December Symbiosis update stay on the calendar.

Gameguru Mania News - Sep,21 2026 - all

Owner Rips Wi-Fi and Mics From New LG TV - tech
(hx) 10:43 PM CEST - Sep,21 2026 - Post a comment / read (3)
A UK owner opened a new LG G6 OLED and physically pulled its Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and built-in microphones after watching a Gamers Nexus privacy investigation.

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