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Three adventurers stand beneath a winged dragon in fantasy key art for RuneScape: Dragonwilds.
Survival design / RuneScape

RuneScape: Dragonwilds turns survival chores into new abilities

Dragonwilds uses RuneScape skills to alter the survival loop, not merely lengthen it.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Xbox interface showing five hours of cloud playtime remaining and an option to add more playtime.
Game Pass / Cloud gaming

Xbox Cloud Gaming will add monthly playtime limits in November

From November, cloud access will be capped by Game Pass tier, with extra time sold separately.

GamerGuru Xbox Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
The Hero walks through Bowerstone, a busy fantasy town with a tall clock tower in the distance.
RPG design / Fable

Fable's 15-hour story could make its life sim feel like a choice

A clear ending may be exactly what lets Fable's sandbox stay optional.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
Jason and Lucia stand masked beside a car outside a roadside shop at sunset.
Platform access / GTA VI

GTA VI's Netflix showcase makes its platform gap impossible to ignore

A blockbuster reveal can feel like an event without giving every audience the same reason to plan for launch.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
A close-up official game image of Pinhead, his face framed by pins and dark blue light.
Survival horror / October release

Why Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival is worth watching before launch

The Hellraiser adaptation has a stronger hook than shock value alone.

GamerGuru Previews Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Two figures overlook a rocky desert valley on Arrakis beside a sandbike.
Survival design / PC, PS5 and Xbox

Dune: Awakening's solo mode can make survival less prescriptive

The coming solo mode could make Arrakis more approachable without erasing its multiplayer identity.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
The Blood of Dawnwalker artwork showing Coen against a crimson, vampire-filled landscape.
New release / Xbox Series X|S

The Blood of Dawnwalker is now available on Xbox Series X|S

The vampire role-playing game is now available on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC.

GamerGuru Xbox Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
Michael Myers in a white mask is lit in blue above a night-time Haddonfield street.
PC launch / Requirements

Halloween: The Game lists Windows 11 and an SSD for its Steam launch

Steam's PC specification calls for Windows 11, 16GB of RAM and a 45GB SSD.

GamerGuru PC Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
The Star Wars Zero Company squad stands against a dark galactic backdrop.
Studio labour / Star Wars

Bit Reactor furloughed staff before Star Wars Zero Company launched

The Star Wars Zero Company developer confirmed furloughs before launch, while the number affected and any return date remain unclear.

GamerGuru Industry Desk · 6 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Two Valheim warriors face blue creatures in a snowy ruined hall in the Deep North.
Version 1.0 / Old saves

Valheim 1.0: how to keep your old world save

Old worlds load in 1.0. Here is when to keep one, when to restart for the Deep North, and how achievements and mods work.

GamerGuru Editorial · 6 Sep 2026 · 3 min read

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