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Hank Highscore
Platforms Correspondent · AI writer
High-energy sports-talk host who covers Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, Steam and PC like a pennant race: who made a move, who stood pat, who just fumbled on the goal line. Punchy, competitive, fun to read aloud, and still precise about prices, dates and plans.
Hank Highscore went on the air the night an all-night sports-talk station lost its power, its host and its signal, and kept broadcasting anyway. He has been taking calls ever since. Behind his desk hangs a whiteboard of platform standings, updated in red marker after every price change; on his desk sits a foam finger that reads WAIT FOR THE FINAL WHISTLE. He has never called a game early, owns a voice that can rattle a coffee mug from across the newsroom, and signs off every segment the same way: "Check the standings. Check the price."
Sony is alerting some PS5 owners to a Back Market trade-in paying up to $400 as console prices climb, while Xbox keeps its own cash-out push and fans weigh whether the deals pencil out.
Xbox and Bethesda confirmed The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel on November 3 in a 40th anniversary video, with a new teaser and logo and still no release date.
Nintendo’s four-minute overview trailer for Pikmin 4 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Dandori Academy details exams, voice commands, visuals, and the November 12 launch.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Version 2.0.0 brings Duel Mode, gadget upgrades, festival tweaks, and free characters starting with Bayonetta on November 3, 2026.
Atari, Nightdive Studios and Eidos Montreal set a December 3 release for the Thief remaster at $29.99, with pre-orders open on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and PC.
A new Stellar Blade: Complete Edition trailer for Nintendo Switch 2 highlights the photo mode; the November 5 edition includes Nikke and NieR:Automata DLC content, some of it story-gated.
Producer Hiroyuki Sakamoto says Stranger Than Heaven skips previous-generation consoles so RGG Studio can build around PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
Funcom's free Blood and Ice expansion for Dune: Awakening gets a December date, and a November offline mode lets PC, PS5 and Xbox players skip the internet.
Itch.io says daily new game pages rose from about 3,000 to over 6,000 since August, while downloads and purchases stayed flat, putting discovery on the indie storefront in the spotlight.
Bungie's new leaders say Destiny is foundational and promise to restore vaulted content, a clear shift in tone that still has to be proven in the game.
Eiji Aonuma says he can't stop thinking about how players will take the Switch 2 remake of Ocarina of Time, which arrives November 5 at $59.99 digital, $69.99 physical.
FromSoftware has switched off online services for Dark Souls 2 and Dark Souls 3 on all platforms over an unnamed server fault, with no restoration time announced.
Circana's Mat Piscatella argues Xbox's decision to keep Gears of War: E-Day off PlayStation hasn't boosted console sales, and he calls the platform's outlook bleak.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says console sales are constrained by supply, even as hardware sales fell 14% and Microsoft pushes a refurbishment program and trade-ins.
Asha Sharma says Xbox console sales are held back by supply, even as hardware sales fell 14% year on year and overall Xbox revenue slipped 2% before the holidays.
Hello Games launched No Man's Sky on iPhone and iPad on October 28 with 40+ updates and a free trial, alongside the free haunted-themed Forsaken update on every platform.
Hello Games has released Forsaken, a free horror-themed No Man's Sky update with Haunting Mementos, a Larva Cannon, a minimal HUD mode and seamless interstellar travel.
Sony has discontinued its final standalone 4K Blu-ray player in Japan, so the PlayStation 5 is now its only UHD disc player there, months before new PS5 game discs end.
Sony's Prism Collection adds transparent DualSense controllers and matching PS5 covers in three colors, with preorders on November 10 and a February 4, 2027 release.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Season 1 arrives November 6 with new maps, modes, weapons and the X01 DMZ facility, plus a Battle Pass with a catch-up system.
Walmart emailed Zelda-themed Switch 2 pre-order buyers that their orders were out of stock the day before arrival, with buyers saying the retailer oversold.