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Prince of Persia — an adventure that began on October 3, 1989.

On October 3, 1989, Prince of Persia was released on the Apple II — an action-platformer created by Jordan Mechner that would eventually evolve into one of the most iconic franchises in video game history. At launch, the project already had years of development behind it, featuring experiments with animation and countless attempts to strike […]

Games
Riot Games’ Live-Service Ambitions for 2XKO Hit Scale Issues: Active Development to End in December 2026

Riot Games co-founder Marc "Tryndamere" Merrill spoke on the Lemonade Stand podcast about the challenges...

Digest
ESL Pro League Season 24 Starts, Silent Hill Townfall: All Enemy Types and How to Defeat Them, FIFAe World Cup 2026 Finals in Jeopardy — News Digest for October 2

We have prepared a digest of the main news for October 2, 2026, for Players...

Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures: How the Legendary Archaeologist Conquered the World of 16-Bit Video Games
On October 11, 1994, Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures was released for the SNES in North......
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Battlefield 6 Reveals Season 5 Roadmap With New Maps, Weapons and the Return of Platoons
Battlefield 6 Season 5, titled Siege of Vegas, launches on October 13, 2026. The update......
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Hacker Cyberleek Threatens to Leak a Fully Playable Build of GTA VI
Cyberleek, a hacker or hacking group previously linked to controversial Grand Theft Auto VI leaks,......
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Ukrainian Resil Finishes 5th–6th at EVO France 2026, Secrets of the First GTA's Development, Microsoft Is Building a Completely Redesigned Xbox PC Launcher — News Digest for October 10
We have prepared a digest of the main news for October 10, 2026, for Players......
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Deadlock Sets a New Player Record, Surpassing Team Fortress 2
Deadlock has reached a new all-time peak of 262,145 concurrent players, surpassing Team Fortress 2’s......
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Microsoft Is Building a Completely Redesigned Xbox PC Launcher With Major Performance Improvements
Microsoft is testing a revamped version of its Xbox PC app, codenamed Garrison. The new......
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Secrets of the First GTA's Development: The Open World Appeared Due to a Reluctance to Create Menus
The original Grand Theft Auto became an open-world game primarily because the development team at......
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Ukrainian Resil Finishes 5th–6th at EVO France 2026 in Guilty Gear: Strive
Ukrainian fighting game player Pavlo “Resil” Mizetskyi finished 5th–6th at EVO France 2026 in Guilty......
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Team Fortress 2 — The Story of the Shooter That Became a Cult Classic Thanks to Humor and Hats
On October 10, 2007, Team Fortress 2, a team-based shooter developed by Valve, was officially......
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