FOX on Games

From festive mobile dress-ups to profound, emotional storytelling around grief and karma, developers across the industry are elevating Halloween beyond simple jump scares. Host Eammonn Dignam breaks down the spooky season lineup:

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Host Eammonn Dignam concludes our three-part special series Beyond the Controller: The World Warriors by exploring the broader roster of Capcom's Street Fighter universe. We break down arcade icons Zangief and E. Honda, revealing the wrestling roots and button-mashing mechanics that defined 1990s competitive gaming. Then, we uncover the tragic backstory behind Dhalsim's skull necklace, Vega's sadistic obsession with beauty and blood in Shadaloo, and how parody character Dan Hibiki was connected directly to Gouken's dojo and Sagat's missing eye.

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EA sends shockwaves across the gaming landscape with the devastating closure of BioWare, shuttering the famed 30-year-old studio, laying off around 400 employees, canceling the next Mass Effect, and putting a pause on The Sims franchise. Industry peers like Control developer Remedy express gratitude for BioWare's legacy while debate flares across social media. Meanwhile, Hollywood's upcoming live-action Street Fighter movie takes over morning television as stars 50 Cent (Balrog) and Andrew Schulz (Dan Hibiki) drop by Fox & Friends, prompting a look back at our three-part Beyond the Controller: The World Warriors narrative series ahead of Saturday's finale. Plus, Evil Empire and Konami release 2D action-adventure Castlevania: Belmont's Curse featuring the Netflix animated cast. Finally, the developers at Streetlamp Games join the show to discuss their Ghost-led puzzler Ghosts of Bombarika, exploring Hindu spiritual traditions, environmental possession mechanics, and saving humanity from evil spirits.

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Halloween multiplayer events reach a fever pitch across the industry. Apex Legends takes players back to a nighttime, fog-covered Haunted Kings Canyon in the "Blood Pact" event, featuring a Beasts vs. Demons wildcard faction system, enemy-seeking Rev Shell grenades, and jump-scare loot bins. Over in Rust, the annual Halloween update returns with trick-or-treat candy runs and a mad-scientist Frankenstein monster-building mechanic. Meanwhile, Dead by Daylight bids farewell to Michael Myers as the Halloween DLC departs the store to make way for IllFonic's standalone game, countered by new Void realm updates and Ghost Face cosmetics. Finally, Activision unleashes "The Haunting" across Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone, transforming Resurgence into Haunted Hollow with an intense 64-player "Giant Infected" zombie survival mode.

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In part two of our three-part narrative special Beyond the Controller: The World Warriors, host Eammonn Dignam uncovers the darker, stranger chapters of Capcom's Street Fighter universe. We examine the victims of M. Bison's Psycho Power, detailing how Shadaloo's brainwashed Doll project created Cammy White (Killer Bee) before her escape to MI6's Delta Red. Then, we dive into the wild arcade lore behind Jimmy—better known as Blanka—from surviving an Amazon plane crash to his heartwarming family reunion. Finally, we explore the Ansatsuken dojo split between Gouken and his brother Akuma, uncovering how the Satsui no Hado forged fighting games' most feared martial artist and set up an eternal struggle for Ryu's soul.

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Host Eammonn Dignam delivers hands-on impressions of Nintendo's upcoming ground-up remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, testing out modern controller overhauls, manual jumping, swimming mechanics, and Kokiri Forest progression ahead of its showdown with Grand Theft Auto VI. Speaking of Vice City, Rockstar drops the official GTA 6 launch trailer alongside Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, featuring original score work by French electronic duo Justice and standout collaborations with Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. We also break down major IGN Fan Fest Fall Edition reveals, including Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2, Anno 117: Pax Romana, and the announcement of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2. Then, FOX News Audio national correspondent Tonya J. Powers joins from the Javits Center to break down New York Comic-Con 2026—from a near-record Guinness World Record Spider-Man cosplay attempt to Marvel's Avengers: Doomsday floor presence, Artist Alley highlights, and family fandom.

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Halloween events take over competitive multiplayer and open-world sandboxes. Marvel Rivals rolls out Halloween skins and an 18v18 Annihilation battleground at Alchemax Headquarters, while Blizzard's Overwatch debuts its vampiric Support hero Doctrine, escort map Watchpoint: Grímsvötn, a Solo Leveling anime crossover, and role reworks for Sombra and Roadhog. Plus, Rockstar Games kicks off spooky festivities across Red Dead Online with 4x rewards on "Strange Tales of the West" telegram missions, alongside the likely final Los Santos Halloween showcase in GTA Online featuring shotgun-wielding Slashers and the return of the Ghosts Exposed paranormal hunt.

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In part one of the three-part special series Beyond the Controller: The World Warriors, host Eammonn Dignam explores the narrative lore behind Capcom's legendary fighting game franchise, Street Fighter. We trace the origins from the 1987 arcade original—featuring Ryu, Ken, Master Gouken, and the brutal pneumatic-button arcade cabinet—to Ryu's climactic battle in Thailand, where succumbing to the dark Satsui no Hado left Sagat with his iconic chest scar. Then, we dive into Street Fighter II, uncovering M. Bison's criminal syndicate Shadaloo, his volatile Psycho Power, and the intersecting vengeance quests of Chun-Li and Guile as they converge on the Second World Warrior Tournament ahead of Hollywood's upcoming live-action cinematic reboot.

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Rockstar Games and the Miami Heat make it official, teaming up for "A Night in Vice City" at the Kaseya Center on November 18 with custom uniforms and court designs ahead of Grand Theft Auto VI's launch. Meanwhile, Rockstar drops major audio details for Leonida, revealing six radio stations hosted by Bad Bunny, Morgan Wallen, Slayer, Robyn, and Trick Daddy—plus on-demand podcasts playable in vehicles or on foot. In survival horror, Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival launches across modern platforms, kicking off a stacked spooky season. Then, we revisit an exclusive conversation with developer IllFonic on adapting John Carpenter's 1978 horror masterpiece into Halloween: The Game, unpacking its post-launch reception and the controversial Dr. Loomis minigame hotfix.

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Halloween celebrations continue expanding across the gaming world with fresh October updates. In Pokémon Pokopia, players get their first seasonal event featuring new pocket monsters to reintroduce to Ditto’s rebuilding island alongside an all-new candy currency. Meanwhile, Bethesda kicks off its annual Halloween festivities in Fallout 76, sending costumed Spooky Scorched ghouls across post-nuclear Appalachia, delivering stat-boosting mystery candy treat bags, and letting wasteland dwellers set up trick-or-treating stations outside their C.A.M.P. builds.

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