Clash of Clans’ final Town Hall 18 Challenge ends November 15 as Supercell readies Town Hall 19
Clash of Clans runs its last Town Hall 18 Challenge until November 15, alongside Hammer Jam's 50% upgrade discount, before Town Hall 19.
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Aion 2 patch notes add the one-hour Ludra raid, equal-stat PvP and guaranteed crafting before new maintenance
Aion 2's latest patch notes add the Ludra raid at item level 2,800, an equal-stat PvP zone and 100% success crafting recipes.
Warhammer Survivors launches on Steam at $7.99 with over 40 heroes and a pot of Nuln Oil as a weapon
Warhammer Survivors from Auroch Digital launched on Steam on November 10 at $7.99, with 40-plus heroes and 75-plus weapons.
Aerosmith earned more from 2008’s Guitar Hero: Aerosmith than from any album, Activision’s CEO said
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith made the band more money than any of its albums, Activision's Bobby Kotick said, after selling over 3.6 million copies.
Big Walk from Untitled Goose Game studio House House passes 2 million sales with 12-player co-op hikes
Big Walk, the co-op walking game from Untitled Goose Game studio House House, sold 2 million copies by September 25 after its August 4 launch.
Xbox Cloud Gaming now lets phones act as controllers on Smart TVs; Nano Controller tests direct Wi-Fi in US
Both previews began rolling out November 4. Phone controls open in a browser after a QR scan, while cloud connect skips Bluetooth so the controller talks straight to the game server.
Blizzard says World of Warcraft: Forever drew the most returning players in the game’s 22-year history
Blizzard also claims the biggest launch by peak concurrent players, three days after the November 4 release, but it has published no player totals or a definition of a returning player.
PlayStation will shut down Destruction AllStars servers on Nov. 25, six months after delisting the PS5 game
Sony pulled the 2021 car-combat exclusive from the PlayStation Store in May. Single-player modes and leftover Destruction Points last until 15:00 UTC on November 25, and only Arcade Mode survives.
Mass Effect fans sent a billboard truck around EA’s Redwood City headquarters for four hours
The November 6 protest followed BioWare's October 21 closure, as a Canadian parliamentary e-petition to fund the studio's independence passed 6,000 validated signatures in five days.
Gears of War turns 20: The Coalition gives E-Day players General Raam free and dates Season 2 for December 1
A two-week anniversary event in Gears of War: E-Day on Xbox Series X/S and PC adds Guardian and a harder Horde Siege mode. Season 2, titled Legacy, follows 56 days after the game's October 6 launch.
Australian consumer group Choice hands Sony a Shonky award over PlayStation games buyers don’t own
Choice's 21st Shonky Awards cite Sony's license terms and its plan to make all new PlayStation games digital-only from January 2028.
Ocarina of Time on Switch 2 hides 100 Gold Skulltulas, and the final prize is 200 Rupees
Nintendo's remake keeps the 1998 total of 100 tokens but swaps the 20-token Stone of Agony for an Echo Gem that chimes and glows when a Gold Skulltula is near.
Hogwarts Legacy adds Nvidia AI neural rendering on PC today, but only for RTX 50 Series owners
Avalanche Software tuned the Neural Rendering switch to boost scenery while protecting faces, and Nvidia's 300 fps RTX 5090 figure leans on 6X frame generation.
Tony Hawk shooed out of LA’s Pershing Square while recreating Pro Skater 3 for its 25th anniversary
The skater posted that security 'just shoo'd us away' as he filmed at the downtown Los Angeles park behind the 2001 game's LA level; the original THPS3 released October 30, 2001.
Soulframe opens its pre-alpha to all PC players on November 6 as Digital Extremes’ teaser passes 155,000 views
The Warframe studio's fantasy spin-off has been invite-only since December 2023; a 58-second teaser on the official Soulframe channel confirms the date and a Steam release is pencilled for 2027.
Was Dragon Age: The Veilguard to blame for EA closing Canada’s BioWare? What EA’s filings show
EA said in January 2025 that Veilguard engaged about 1.5 million players, nearly half below forecast, but its October 2026 closure memo cites other reasons.
EA closes BioWare in Edmonton after 31 years and cancels the next Mass Effect game
A memo from EA's studio and operations chiefs says the Edmonton office will close too; reports put EA-wide job cuts at about 400, roughly 50 of them at BioWare.