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IssueIssue #49 - 25 September 2026 Stories6 stories

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ARC Raiders Will Test a PvE-Only Toggle From October 13 to 20: If you bounced off ARC Raiders because human ambushes gutted your runs, this is the week to try it.
Bungie Admits Marathon Fell Short and Pledges to Rebuild Destiny 2: Marathon holdouts get a roadmap, but the game's identity is shifting under them.
Apex Legends Swaps to EA Javelin Anti-Cheat on September 29: Cheaters have made ranked Apex miserable, so a new anti-cheat is the fix players have begged for.
Control Resonant Launches to an 84 Metacritic and a Day-One Patch: If you loved Control's telekinetic combat, reviews say this is a worthy follow-up worth buying now.
Microsoft Cuts More Xbox Studio Jobs and Folds Its Publishing Arms Together: Cuts at Treyarch and Raven hit the teams behind Call of Duty, and The Coalition makes Gears of War, so update pace and quality on those games…
Xbox Free Play Days Opens The Division 2 and PGA Tour 2K25 Through September 27

Story 01 Extraction shooters ARC Raiders (official)

ARC Raiders Will Test a PvE-Only Toggle From October 13 to 20

Embark Studios confirmed on September 24 that ARC Raiders, its PvPvE extraction shooter, will run a limited PvE-only test from October 13 to 20. A new toggle lets you queue into co-op matches where Raiders cannot damage each other, though the robotic ARC enemies still can. Embark said player data pushed the call. Loot payouts drop slightly in PvE to offset the lower risk, and the toggle disappears when the test window ends.

Read full story Source: ARC Raiders (official) (arcraiders.com)

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Story 02 Extraction shooters Bungie.net

Bungie Admits Marathon Fell Short and Pledges to Rebuild Destiny 2

Bungie posted The Next Chapter for Bungie on September 23, admitting its extraction shooter Marathon reached far fewer players than hoped and needs to grow past a strict PvPvE loot loop. The studio wants to move it from a winner-take-all fight toward something more welcoming. It also promised to restore Destiny 2 campaigns, destinations, and raids it removed years ago. Marathon's Nightfall update lands in October, with the Symbiosis update following in December.

Read full story Source: Bungie.net (bungie.net)

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Story 03 FPS GameRiv

Apex Legends Swaps to EA Javelin Anti-Cheat on September 29

Respawn confirmed on September 24 that Apex Legends switches its PC anti-cheat to EA Javelin, EA's in-house system, on September 29. EA says Javelin gives its team faster visibility into emerging cheats and more flexibility to build detections as hacks change. Respawn also flagged continued work on console cheat detection, including server-side models that watch for controller-based aim tools. The change hits every PC player the moment they patch.

Read full story Source: GameRiv (gameriv.com)

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Story 04 Just released Metacritic

Control Resonant Launches to an 84 Metacritic and a Day-One Patch

Remedy's Control Resonant, the sequel to 2019's Control, launched September 24 on PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC. It sits at 84 on Metacritic for PS5 from more than 60 reviews, with 56 of 60 critics positive. This time you play Dylan, brother of original hero Jesse, and the reality-bending action moves out of one building into New York City with a heavier melee focus. A day-one patch shipped alongside launch.

Read full story Source: Metacritic (metacritic.com)

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Story 05 Other Pure Xbox

Microsoft Cuts More Xbox Studio Jobs and Folds Its Publishing Arms Together

Microsoft ran another round of Xbox layoffs the week of September 22, hitting developers at The Coalition, World's Edge, Treyarch, and Raven Software, per reports and staff posts. It also moved to consolidate its publishing arms, Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda, and Activision Blizzard, into a tighter structure. The tracker gaminglayoffs.com counted 10,863 games-industry job losses in 2026 so far, up 147 percent from the same point in 2025.

Read full story Source: Pure Xbox (purexbox.com)

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Story 06 Free to try Pure Xbox

Xbox Free Play Days Opens The Division 2 and PGA Tour 2K25 Through September 27

Xbox's weekly Free Play Days runs from September 24 to late on September 27. PGA Tour 2K25 and The Division 2, Ubisoft's online looter-shooter, are playable for all Xbox Live members with no subscription needed, while Young Suns and The Escapists 2 require Game Pass. Progress carries over if you buy the game later. Free Play Days is a timed trial, so nothing here is free to keep once the window closes.

Read full story Source: Pure Xbox (purexbox.com)

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