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In today's Daily Fix:Sony has revealed a new image from the upcoming God of War Laufey, featuring Kratos. While Kratos appeared briefly in the game's extended gameplay trailer, this screenshot places Kratos and Laufey in what appears to be ancient Greece, from a time before they even met. Not much is known about the game's story and setting, aside from Laufey waking up in the Everywhen after being cremated by Kratos in the 2018 game. In entertainment news, Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts has been tapped by Disney to helm the first in a new Star Wars trilogy from writer Simon Kinberg. Watts already has experience with Star Wars, co-creating the Goonies-esque Disney+ series, Skeleton Crew. And finally, Avengers: Endgame Encore assembled an impressive $86 million global box office haul in its first re-release. That's on top of the already massive $2.88 billion the movie has already made since its first debut in 2019.

In today's Daily Fix:Bungie thinks they may have figured out what went wrong with Marathon, and it just might be too damn hard. Marathon's senior design lead, Kevin Yanes, admits that the "constant loop failure" didn't resonate with players in the way Bungie had hoped. Marathon has been hemorraging players since its debut earlier in the year, which may have lead Bungie to revive Destiny 2 content. In other news, The Verge has revealed the next Halo Studios-made Halo game was still years away, forcing Microsoft to pull the project and hand the IP over to Activision. It's been five years since Halo Infinite, which itself was five years after Halo 5. And finally, Insider Gaming reports that Ubisoft pitched a Zelda game to Nintendo...with Gannondorf as the protagonist. Nintendo decided not to pursue the project after seeing a prototype in 2023.

In today's Daily Fix:Rockstar has revealed a pricey $400 collector's edition for Grand Theft Auto 6—and it doesn't even include the game. The set does include collectibles such as a pair of Oakley sunglasses, a fanny pack, hat, stickers, a keychain, shot glass, and more. But, for $400 you'd think they toss in a code for GTA 6. In other news, Beyond Good & Evil 2 is still in development at Ubisoft, and has even added a writer from Assassin's Creed Shadows to its team. The game was first announced 18 (!) years ago, and Ubisoft has been drip-feeding updates every few years, with no release date in sight. And finally, Bethesda's Starfield may not be getting a sequel that diehard fans were hoping for, as a former developer admits the game was just not succesful enough.

In today's Daily Fix:The dust has barely settled after yesterday's seismic news of another major shake-up at Xbox. Leadership positions at Halo Studios and Gears of War developer The Coalition have taken a hit. Juan Vaca, story director for Gears of War: E-Day has been let go, just under a week before the game was set to launch on early access. And Josh Daniels, Cinematic Director for Halo, was promoted and then laid off in the same week. Layoffs at Halo Studios are not too surprising as Xbox is giving Activision the keys to Halo, but job losses at The Coalition are concerning considering Microsoft has not made any announcements about that studio. And in related news, Xbox is set to debut a new achievement: the mythic achievement, which will be their equivalent to a PlayStation platinum trophy. The sound of the new achievement has already been discovered.

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Microsoft is continuing its great reset of its Xbox division with another massive shake-up. Halo will now be given to Activision, who will develop the next mainline game. Unfortunately that means layoffs for Halo Studios, along with a very likely studio closure for Ninja Theory. The Hellblade developer was set to be sold off, but those deals apparently had fallen through. And The Blood of Dawnwalker is geting a major update next month, and it might remove most—if not all—of the combat.

In today's Daily Fix:Bungie dropped a surprise video expressing their thanks to fans for being honest about the future of Destiny. Earlier this year, Bungie made the decision to stop content development for Destiny 2, effectively ending new updates the game after nearly 10 years. But according to Bungie, they're not done yet, and promise they have more stories to tell in that universe. Bungie is also teasing the return of old content removed from Destiny 2. In other news, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation can be a very long game—about 100 hours—if you try and do everything. And finally, Zach Creggers adaptation of Resident Evil had a scary good debut weekend.

In today's Daily Fix:Twitch CEO Dan Clancy thinkgs GTA 6's grip on gaming culture won't let up even into next year, when he says GTA 6 2 will launch. Via Bloomberg, Clancy said we'll see a "big bump with GTA 6," but also another huge one when multiplayer drops next year. Rockstar has not formally announced their GTA Online plans post-GTA 6, but it's all but inevitable GTA Online continues with GTA 6 as the framework, much like how GTA 5 was the foundation for GTA Online. Parent company Take-Two, for its part, is ready to support the current iteration of GTA Online as long as gamers want to keep playing it. In other news, The Blood of Dawnwalker will get a New Game+ mode eventually, according to the game's director. And Gen-Xers and Millenials rejoice! Toys 'R' Us is making a big retail push this holiday season, opening 120 new standalone stores that will cater to nostalgic adults and today's content creators.

In today's Daily Fix:Rockstar Games has announced a physical release for the Grand Theft Auto 6 soundtrack. While probably not the physical disc announcement fans were hoping for, there is enough here for the die-hard collector. The GTA 6 album will be released in a double-CD set for $20, a double-vinyl set for $50, and a limited edition double-vinyl set for $125. A few of the tracks are already up on Spotify. In other news, Hideo Kojima has announced major casting news for Physint: Bill Skarsgård will play the as-yet unnamed lead role. The game was recently saved from cancellation by Xbox, who picked up publishing rights from Sony. And finally, Lollipop Chainsaw 2: Back2Back has been announced.

In today's Daily Fix:A rumored leak of new changes coming to Xbox Game Pass has the internet speculating on the future of the service. The biggest change reportedly coming is the loss of Day One games on the service, across all tiers. There will also be the introduction of a cheaper ad-supported tier, but online play, cloud streaming, and family accounts will all be extra add-ons. In other news, the CEO of Bulkhead, the developers of Wardogs, has defended development crunch by saying it's more of a 'balancing act,' by giving developers room to step back when things get too intense. The issue of crunch has plagued game development for decades as games, especially multi-million-dollar AAA games fall behind in development. And finally, Resident Evil direct Zach Cregger has just the actress in mind if he ever needs to cast for RE Village's Lady Dimitrescu.

In today's Daily Fix:The GTA 6 marketing blitz is well underway, starting with that extended look from two weeks ago, and now a tease of the game's soundtrack. Popular artists such as Future, Travis Scott, Morgan Wallen, Raul Alejandro, and more have posted images to their social accounts featuring what appears to be art from Grand Theft Auto 6. The GTA series is known for having expansive soundtracks featuring popular artists, as well as casting those artists in voice roles in the games themselves. In other news, 007: First Light on Switch 2 has been delayed yet again, this time all the way to March 2027. The PC, PS5, and Xbox versions debuted back in May of this year. And finally, the art director for Apex Legends explains how this new Street Fighter collab gave the existing characters 'thick thighs.'