GTA 6 leans PS5, Nintendo kills Ganondorf spin-off, Halo faces reboot rumors

Pre-orders for GTA 6 are reportedly skewed heavily toward PS5, enough that an Xbox executive felt compelled to respond publicly. A Grand Theft Auto 6 Vice City Collector's Edition has also been revealed, keeping the hype machine running ahead of the title's release. The pre-order numbers will sting more for Xbox given the broader platform conversation already stirred by PlayStation's decision to kill physical discs — a move that has apparently drawn enough developer backlash that Sony is now polling studios about it.

Nintendo reportedly turned down a Ubisoft pitch for a Zelda spin-off centered on Ganondorf, a decision that will fuel plenty of speculation about how tightly the company guards the franchise. Separately, a leaker is claiming Halo is headed for a complete reboot, with existing lore set to be abandoned entirely — a significant claim about one of gaming's longest-running sci-fi series. On the legal side, the moderator of a Switch piracy subreddit has been ordered to pay Nintendo $4.5 million in a piracy lawsuit, and Epic is facing a €100 million lawsuit alleging the company pressured minors into spending real money in Fortnite.

A Bethesda veteran has said Starfield was not successful enough to warrant a sequel, a notably blunt assessment of the 2023 RPG's commercial standing. Arc Raiders is testing a PvE mode soon, broadening what has been positioned as a primarily PvPE experience. Stellar Blade is adding a frame generation toggle on Nintendo Switch 2 after players flagged visual quality concerns, and Call of Duty is introducing a cosmetic toggle that will let Warzone players strip out the more outlandish visual clutter from their matches.