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Sony and MS are waiting until the last possible minute to reveal their free games for November, but STEAM’s got you covered with a Halloween Sale in the meantime! Also we’ve got new rumors about Nintendo’s next console, some notes about the new Xbox One controller, and we set Chris straight regarding the forthcoming Xbox ONE backward compatibility. Oh yeah, he totes EATS it.

Noteworthy Deals

XBL Games for Gold (November, 2015) RUMORS (link)
PSPlus Games for November Rumors
- Battlefield Hardline?
Humble Bundle (Link)
BundleStars (Link)
- Saints Row bundle
Steam Halloween Sales (link)
Brothers on IOS $4.99

The News Ticker

Nintendo’s next system reported to be both console AND handheld (link)
- Suggested to have “more than two devices”
- May be reaching out to developers yet this month
- Suggested names from the gang
How Microsoft built a better controller…again (link)
Backwards compatibility for Xbox ONE – Maybe not what Chris initially thought. (link)

The RUNDOWN

Harmonix caught posting five-star Rock Band 4 review on Amazon (link)
Activision hired a former ESPN CEO to head its new e-sports division (link)
Destiny appears on TV quiz show Jeopardy (link)
Mighty No.9 won’t be delayed again, might get a sequel (link)
Star Wars Battlefront beta, biggest beta in EA history (link)
Xbox live architect Eric Neustadter has left Microsoft (link)
Youtubers feel coerced into new Red subscription service (link)
Xbox live beta app now lets you find Xbox live friends from facebook (link)
Fallout 4 gets its own beer (link)
Microsoft hints that Halo 5 could launch on the PC (link)
Fallout Shelter gets Halloween (link)
Playstation store has a new wishlist feature (link)
Legendary Dota2 team Na’vi is calling it quits and clearing the roster. (link)
Want to Stream Dragon Quest Heroes on your PS4? Square Enix requires you to disable the music first. (link)
Destiny has introduced microtransactions – they say for aesthetics only, however buried in the database are buffs, boosters, and class unlocks (link)
Closed beta for Blizzard’s class shooter Overwatch starts on October 27^th, opt in on Battle.net
League of Legends developer Riot Games trying to figure out what makes people buttholes regarding offensive player names (link)