Gaming News News 27 September 2025

Retailers Quit Selling Xbox?! Target & Walmart Rumored to Ditch Xbox Stock

Microsoft Teases Shockingly Expensive Next Xbox – Will Premium Console Boost Tech Stocks?

Premium Next-Gen Xbox: What We Know In a recent Mashable interview, Xbox boss Sarah Bond stunned gamers by saying the upcoming Xbox will “be a very premium, very high-end curated experience.” tomshardware.com.

23 October 2025

Retailers Quit Selling Xbox?! Target & Walmart Rumored to Ditch Xbox Stock

Reports from Store Employees In mid-October 2025 multiple anonymous posts on Reddit claimed that Target and Walmart are quietly pulling Xbox products from their stores. One alleged Target employee wrote: “The Target

13 October 2025

Business Rumors · Consumer Electronics · Gaming News · NASDAQ:COST · NASDAQ:GME · NASDAQ:MSFT · NYSE:TGT · NYSE:WMT · Retail Industry · Xbox Updates

Xbox Game Pass Just Changed Everything: 50% Price Hike, New Plans, and 75+ Day-One Games

30‑Dollar Shockwave: Every Xbox & Game Pass Twist You Need To Know (October 2025)

The Great Xbox Pivot: Pricing, Value and Player Outrage A radical overhaul and a 50 % price surge On 1 October 2025, Microsoft reset the rules for its signature subscription. In an Xbox Wire post

5 October 2025

Deals · Game Pass · Gaming News · NASDAQ:MSFT · Upcoming Releases · Xbox

Marvel’s Wolverine PS5 Trailer Unleashes Brutal Action, Fall 2026 Release Revealed

Battlefield 6 Is Nearly Here! Global Launch Date, Times, New Maps & Expert Forecasts Revealed

Launch Day Details and Platforms EA and developer Battlefield Studios have confirmed Oct 10, 2025 as the global launch date, with the game unlocking at specific times around the world hindustantimes.com windowscentral.com. In North

4 October 2025

Battlefield Series · Game Releases · Gaming News · Multiplayer Maps · NASDAQ:EA · Video Games

Amazon’s All‑New Luna: How Snoop Dogg, Social Games and 50+ Free Titles Redefine Prime Gaming

Rethinking Cloud Gaming – Why Amazon Is Relaunching Luna Amazon launched Luna in 2022 as a competitor to Xbox Cloud Gaming and Nvidia GeForce Now. Three years later, executives admit that the service hasn’t

2 October 2025

Amazon Luna · Cloud Gaming · Gaming News · NASDAQ:AMZN · Prime Membership · Social Gaming

Fortnite Servers Go Dark for v37.31 Update: New Daft Punk Experience, Modes and Fixes — What Went Down on Oct 2 2025

Epic Games’ Downtime Announcement Epic Games scheduled maintenance for the v37.31 update on Oct 2 2025. According to the company’s public‑status page, the maintenance was set for 08:00–09:30 UTC (04:00–05:30 ET), and matchmaking was disabled 30 minutes

2 October 2025

Event Highlights · Fortnite Updates · Game Modes · Gaming News · Patch Notes

Xbox Game Pass Just Changed Everything: 50% Price Hike, New Plans, and 75+ Day-One Games

Overhauled Tiers and Pricing On Oct. 1, 2025, Microsoft announced a major overhaul of Xbox Game Pass news.xbox.com. The old Core plan is now Game Pass Essential ($9.99/mo) and Standard becomes Game

1 October 2025

Game Pass · Gaming News · Industry Updates · NASDAQ:MSFT · New Releases · Xbox

Ghost of Yōtei Review Bombshell: Is PlayStation’s New Samurai Epic a Masterpiece—or Just More of the Same?

Ghost of Yōtei Release Date CONFIRMED – Atsu’s Revenge Lands in October 2025

Release Date & Global Launch Times Sony and developer Sucker Punch officially announced in April 2025 that Ghost of Yōtei hits PS5 on October 2, 2025 blog.playstation.com. As GamesHub notes, that means

1 October 2025

Action Adventure · Game Releases · Gaming News · Industry Updates · NYSE:SNE · Upcoming Games

Finally, Minecraft’s Copper Age Update Arrives – Golems, New Gear & More

The Copper Age Update On September 30, 2025, Mojang officially “entered The Copper Age”, rolling out Game Drop 3 of 2025. Minecraft’s blog excitedly proclaims that players can now “express yourself in

1 October 2025

Copper Age · Game Features · Gaming News · Minecraft Updates · NASDAQ:MSFT · New Items

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) – $50 Billion Buyout Buzz Sends Stock Soaring (Sept 2025)

Gamers Stunned: Saudi-Backed Consortium Snaps Up EA in Record $55B Deal

Key Facts: A consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), with private equity firm Silver Lake and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners, will take Electronic Arts (EA) private in an all-cash

29 September 2025

Business · Esports · Gaming News · Industry Analysis · Mergers & Acquisitions · NASDAQ:EA · Stock Market

Fortnite Pulls ‘Peacemaker’ Dance Emote Over Nazi Symbol Concerns – Fans Outraged

Background: Fortnite’s Peacemaker Crossover Fortnite frequently adds pop‑culture crossovers in its Item Shop. In mid-September 2025 it launched a DC Comics collaboration featuring Peacemaker (the James Gunn TV series starring John Cena).

28 September 2025

Controversies · Fortnite · Gaming News · NASDAQ:WBD · NYSE:RBLX · Online Communities · Pop Culture

Minecraft LIVE 2025 Unveils “Mounts of Mayhem” – Spear, Nautilus and Zombie Horses Revealed

Mounts of Mayhem – New Combat and Exploration At Minecraft LIVE, Mojang’s developers introduced Mounts of Mayhem – a game drop themed around new rideable creatures and combat gear. The centerpiece is

27 September 2025

Game Updates · Gaming News · Minecraft · Minecraft LIVE · New Features

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