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November 12, 2025

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Upcoming DLC Includes SpongeBob SquarePants, NiGHTS & Super Monkey Ball

SEGA has announced that Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is set to receive a bunch of crossover DLC in the next few months, starting out with the SpongeBob Squarepants Pack on November 19, 2025.

This includes SpongeBob SquarePants as a playable character alongside Patrick Star, the Patty Wagon vehicle, Bikini Bottom Themed Course, new music tracks inspired by SpongeBob SquarePants, and six different emotes per character. Beyond that, NiGHTS is set to join Sonic and pals in December 2025, followed by Super Monkey Ball in January 2026 and IDW Publishing’s Sonic the Hedgehog in February.

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds was released on September 25, 2025 for PS5, PS4, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One. You can read our full verdict here.

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds sees the Blue Blue and pals using Travel Rings to explore new dimensions while tearing up the track solo or as part of a team.

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November 11, 2025

The Evolution of Virtual Entertainment and What It Means for Players

Virtual entertainment has drastically changed over the past decade. What once was a niche novelty now affects how we socialise, compete, and spend leisure time. New platforms, immersive experiences, and shifting audience expectations are forcing creators and service providers to rethink what “entertainment” delivers. Players sit at the centre of that evolution, with fresh demands and opportunities emerging constantly.

From Passive Consumption to Active Participation

Traditional digital entertainment meant watching, listening or interacting via simple commands. Players had limited scope to influence outcomes beyond predefined options. Now the line between creator and audience is blurring. Users influence narratives, affect virtual economies, and help build the environments they inhabit.

Streaming platforms, social gaming hubs, and platforms allowing community contributions enable co-created experiences. That shift provides greater agency; players aren’t just observers; they contribute to evolving content, mods, user-generated levels, or narrative branches. That shift changes expectations: audiences now look for dynamic,

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November 10, 2025

Finding Balance in Modern Gaming Habits

Balancing passion and moderation has become a central challenge for those who play games regularly. As gaming continues to shift from casual hobby to lifestyle cornerstone, many players find themselves navigating the fine line between healthy enthusiasm and excessive screen time. Many gamers report spending several hours each week immersed in virtual worlds, with some dedicating even more time to their favorite games.

This growing time investment raises important questions about maintaining sustainable gaming routines. While games offer real advantages, they can also disrupt sleep patterns, physical activity, and real-world relationships. Games provide stress relief and social connection when played with boundaries. Reaching a personal sense of balance has become especially relevant as games incorporate increasingly sophisticated reward mechanisms designed to maximize engagement.

The conversation around balanced gaming isn’t about abandoning beloved pastimes, but rather about creating mindful approaches that support rather than diminish overall well-being.

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November 10, 2025

Square Enix Hit By Mass Layoffs As Publisher Reorganises Operations In North America & Europe

Square Enix has announced a major restructuring of its North American and European operations in an effort to ‘strengthen our development structure,’ resulting in mass layoffs the looks set to impact over 100 employees at the Final Fantasy publisher.

As reported by IGN, Square Enix employees based in the US and UK were notified of the layoffs yesterday, with an undisclosed number of staff in the US set to lose their jobs by the end of the week. It is believed that as much as 137 jobs in the UK are at risk as a result of the layoffs plans. However, this figure may end up being smaller as Square Enix must undergo redundancy consultation by UK law, which may save some of the jobs at risk.

A slide presentation that has since been made available for public consumption was shared with staff,

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November 9, 2025

Red Dead Redemption 2 Has Just Passed A Huge Sales Milestone

Take-Two has revealed during its latest financial report overnight that Red Dead Redemption 2 has sold 79 million units worldwide, a figure that has cemented the Wild West epic as the fourth best-selling video game of all time.

Red Dead Redemption 2 managed to sell two million copies during Take-Two’s most recent financial quarter, which is an impressive feat considering the game has been out since late 2018. Furthermore, the 79 million sales milestone means the game has now surpassed Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which is a huge performer for Nintendo.

Wii Sports ranks third in terms of the best-selling video games, which was released in 2006 as a pack-in game for the Nintendo Wii. The game has sold 82.9 million copies to date. Second place is unsurprisingly Grand Theft Auto V,

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November 8, 2025

Grand Theft Auto VI Publisher Take-Two Is ‘Highly Confident’ In The Game’s November 2026 Release Date

Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two, has revealed to IGN that he’s feeling “highly confident” in Grand Theft Auto VI‘s newly-announced release date of November 19. 2026. Rockstar Games announced overnight that the highly anticipated title had been pushed to late 2026 from its previous window of May 26, 2026.

When asked how confident he was in the new release date, the executive replied:

I’m highly confident. And at the same time, there have been limited circumstances where more time was required to polish a title and make sure that it was spectacular and that time has been well-spent, when our competitors go to market before something was ready, bad things happen. That said, that said, I’m highly confident on the new date.

Of course,

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November 7, 2025

Resident Evil Movie Reboot From Zach Cregger Filming In Prague, Looks To Give Raccoon City A Wintery Makeover

Zach Cregger has started filming his Resident Evil reboot in Prague, with set photos revealing a wintery setting for Raccoon City complete with city map and vehicle strewn about the deserted streets.

As reported by Resident of Evil on X, filming for the movie apparently includes major action sequences complete with ‘gunfire, explosions and stunt driving.’ The set photos also reveal a number of wrecked cars, a sherif’s vehicle, snow-covered streets, and a map of the town that looks to be significantly larger than the one depicted in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis and its remake.

Cregger has previously revealed that his big-screen reboot of Capcom’s survival horror series ‘lives more in the world of RE2 & 3,’ which ties in nicely with the filming location images being that they are in Raccoon City — the setting of both of the aforementioned games.

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November 6, 2025

Fallout New Vegas Dev Acknowledges Demand For Sequel, But Is Keen To Highlight ‘The Joy’ Of Working On Its Own IP Under Xbox

Obsidian Entertainment’s Marcus Morgan (Vice President of Operations) and Justin Britch (Vice President of Development) have acknowledged that fans are eager to see a sequel to Fallout: New Vegas, but have highlighted one of the most rewarding things working under the Microsoft banner is the ability to create IP.

Speaking with The Game Business, Morgan commented, “Everyone on the internet, on every game we announce, asks: When’s the next Fallout: New Vegas?,” with Britch observing “Xbox has been pretty supportive of the stuff we do.”

Morgan added that “this year, all three of the games are IP that we’ve created,” stating that before the studio was snapped up by the Xbox format holder, its history “surrounded working on others’ IP.” As such, these days “this is the joy that we get of…how do we build our own IP?” Having now spent years building their own IPs,

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November 5, 2025

PS Plus Essential November 2025 Free PS5, PS4 Games Now Available

PS Plus Essential November 2025 Free Games, PS Plus Essential PS5 PS4 Games, PS Plus Essential November 2025 PS4 PS5 Free Games. Sony Interactive Entertainment has pulled the covers off the full lineup of PS Plus Essential games for November 2025, and as previously reported, one of them is indeed Stray. All three games are now live to download for subscribers!

Stray (PS5, PS4)
EA Sports WRC 24 (PS5)
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (PS5, PS4)

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November 4, 2025

Saints Row Design Director Has Been Asked To Make A Pitch For A ‘Saints Row Reboot’ To Embracer Group

Chris Stockman, who served as design director on the original Saints Row, has given hope that the franchise may be resurrected at some point down the line, as he’s been asked to pitch a reboot to Embracer Group, the current owner of the IP.

While he didn’t go into much detail, he confirms that any new Saints Row game would not be a VR title.

Guys and Gals, I have hopeful news! I’ve been asked to create a pitch for a Saints Row reboot! I can’t say anything more than that but my dreams for this game just became a little more than just dreams! Update: it won’t be a VR game. I’m really going back to my roots!

Stockman was then contacted by PCGamesN where he revealed he wants the franchise to go back to its roots with a potential new entry.

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