CELESTAY, a single-player relaxing life game from BUBBLE GUM LLC, launches this Friday. Players fish to collect materials and build a floating sea hut upward into the sky, trading caught fish for wood, iron and other materials to add floors. Alongside the automatic "Leisurely Fishing," the game adds "Skill Fishing," where players stop the float at the right moment and spend one fish to begin.
Arena Breakout Season 19, live since September 2, has added Hardcore Mode 2.0, Commander mode and a card-based mode called Dark Zone: Blockade Line. A crossover with Girls' Frontline 2 launched on September 30, letting OTs-14 and Klukai join squads as commanders. The card mode is a turn-based deck builder with commander, soldier, weapon and order cards, three lanes and five preset starter decks.
Laica announced for PC - survival horror game about quiet life with a girl in space https://www.gematsu.com/2026/10/laica-announced-for-pc-survival-horror-game-about-quiet-life-with-a-girl-in-space
Pixel Cells-developed, polden-published ant colony automation strategy game Ant Nest: Wild Empire has launched a new PC demo on Steam, featuring reworked controls, an optimized interface, and a rebalanced campaign with 6 missions. Players control an entire ant colony, digging tunnels, building chambers, and setting priorities so worker, scout, and soldier ants act autonomously against spiders, scorpions, and wasps. The full release is planned for Q4 this year.
Santa Sunrise's Santa Studio has opened the Steam store page and released the first trailer for Laica, a first-person 3D survival horror game planned for 2027 with Japanese voice acting and Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese subtitles and interface. Players live alongside the mysterious girl Laica on a space station and travel between daily life and a dark world roamed by alien monsters. It is published by ambr, marking the company's first title as a publisher.
Developer Fuse Games has responded to fan feedback and is working on an update to Star Wars: Galactic Racer that will increase the multiplayer party size from three to six players. The studio aims to release it within the first few weeks of launch, with more details to come soon. IGN's review called the game a fabulous looking and frantically fast anti-grav racer.
Frontier Works' FWGames announced that the idol x city-building sim Idol Legend! Shine Again launched digitally on Nintendo Switch today, October 8, 2026. The Steam version is also marking its first anniversary with a 40% off discount, and an opening animation featuring the theme song "Follow the Glow" has been released.
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection will launch on Xbox on PC on November 18, with Xbox Play Anywhere support letting players continue across Xbox Series X|S, Windows 11 PCs, and compatible handhelds. The game is currently available on Xbox Series X|S, and the series marks its 10th anniversary on October 8. Monster Hunter Stories and Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin will be featured in Free Play Days from October 22 through October 25.
Muramasa: The Demon Blade is returning in 2027 as a remake titled Muramasa: Revenant Blades. The writer played it for an hour at a Tokyo Game Show event last month and came away impressed by its fast-paced action, deep fighting styles, and artwork.
GameLook counts 15 new games expected to launch in October, led by Xishanju's "JX World 4: Infinite," the finale of the JX World series, which hits October 15 with over 9 million pre-registrations. On October 23, Lingxi Interactive's "Basketball Girl: Leap to the Top" and Guyoo Games' NBA-licensed "NBA Miracle Dream Team" launch the same day. Steam-acclaimed titles including "Neon Abyss 2," "Lost Castle 2" and "Trash Sailors" also arrive on mobile this month.
The Immortal Legacy team released a new gameplay overview trailer, narrated by James Alexander, the voice of protagonist William Dorset, showing first-person soulslike combat, weapon differences, firearms and supernatural abilities, plus the upgrade and equipment systems. The full voice cast was also revealed, with Vincent Cassel as Napoleon and Jennifer English as Shrike. The game launches on October 13, 2026 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, priced at 168 RMB for the standard edition and 248 RMB for the deluxe edition on Steam in mainland China, with pre-orders not yet open.
Developer Death Kumiai announced that the story-driven dungeon roguelike RPG 'The Hero Party Is Wiped Out.' will launch on November 10, 2026, after an earlier delay for polish. Its Steam wishlist count has passed 150,000, and a new trailer shows in-game illustrations and dungeon scenes. A demo is due soon, letting players reach the first boss, 'The Exile,' and try all four partners available in the full game.
RTX Spark laptops are now up for pre-order, priced from $2,600 to $7,000, with a release date of October 16, 2026. The entry-level Microsoft Surface Ultra config pairs an 18-core N1X chip with 24 GB of unified memory and a 512 GB SSD for about $2,600, while a fully loaded Asus ProArt P16 with 128 GB of unified memory and a 2 TB SSD costs $7,000. These Arm-based machines target local AI workloads and have soldered, non-upgradeable memory.
ANOMALITH demo now available https://www.gematsu.com/2026/10/anomalith-demo-now-available
Haotang Technology will bring its narrative first-person shooter Resistance to Fusion 2026 Beijing on October 24-25, at booth A10 in the Shougang International Convention and Exhibition Center. The booth offers an approximately 15-minute playable level with keyboard and gamepad support, and players who finish the demo can enter a prize draw for themed bags, postcard sets, blind-box fridge magnets, velcro patches and other gifts. Set on China's World War II battlefields, the game tells the story of resistance fighters from different backgrounds.
Luka's Games' idle fishing adventure game "Wangyang Dadiao" launches this Friday. Players play as a dog named Luca, unlocking over 550 skills on a fish-shaped skill map and exploring 6 biomes, each with 6 exclusive fish and one resource to collect and sell. Back on land, players sell catches at the fish shop and buy improved boats at the boat dealership.
Rockstar has revealed details for GTA Online's "Halloween Horror" event, running for a full month with supernatural phenomena and undead in Los Santos. Players can take part in Ghost Exposure, the Halloween Featured Series, Slasher, and the San Andreas Super Series. October weekly challenges offer a 2 million GTA$ bonus, while Halloween Survival modes grant triple GTA$ and RP.
Riot Games announced that 2XKO, its free-to-play tag fighting game based on League of Legends, will add Samira and Sett as playable characters on October 27. Samira was previously announced, while Sett is newly revealed. The game is available now on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC.
FuRyu and Winning Entertainment Group announced that a demo for the survival third-person shooter ANOMALITH is now available on PS5, Switch 2, and PC via Steam. The demo covers the game's opening section, and its save data cannot be carried over to the full version. Set in Japan with liminal-space and Showa-era retro aesthetics, the game follows a girl searching for her missing friend and launches October 29 on PS5, Switch 2, and PC via Steam.
Gundam Rogue Orbit Drops Its Enthusiastically Narrated PS5 Gameplay Trailer https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/10/gundam-rogue-orbit-drops-its-enthusiastically-narrated-ps5-gameplay-trailer
Minecraft on Switch 2 launches on 27th October 2026, and Mojang has opened pre-orders for that version. Owners of the Switch digital edition can pre-order the Switch 2 digital Standard Edition for free until the end of January 2027, excluding Japan and Taiwan, or pay a discounted fee to upgrade to the Deluxe or Ultimate Collection through the Nintendo eShop. Those not eligible pay $29.99 USD, and the physical release is a Game-Key Card.
2XKO will add Samira and Sett on October 27. The news comes via a Gematsu report.
At its first live event in two years, Microsoft announced the new Surface Laptop Ultra, its first device to use the Nvidia RTX Spark SoC, starting at $2,599 and shipping October 16 with preorders open now. The laptop offers either a 5120-core or 6144-core Blackwell GPU and up to 128GB of LPDDR5x unified memory, with Gears of War: E-Day shown running on it. Microsoft also outlined a host of changes coming to Windows 11 and shared a vision of how local-AI and agentic workflows could reshape personal computing.
The Dark Arisen expansion for Dragon's Dogma 2 launches on October 8 in the US and October 9 in the UK, Europe, and the rest of the world. On PC it unlocks at 5 pm PDT on October 8 on the US West Coast and 8 pm EDT on the East Coast, with UK, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand times falling on October 9. The DLC is about 25GB, has no preload, and its requirements are listed on Steam.
Sony Interactive Entertainment and Crunchyroll will release a dedicated anime hub for the PS5 home screen in spring 2027. The hub will bring together anime, anime-inspired games, and easy access to the full Crunchyroll app. Crunchyroll president Rahul Purini said the hub takes the companies' partnership one step further.
IGN Fan Fest 2026: Fall Edition streams on October 14 at 10am PT, with additional announcements and game reveals rolling out on IGN.com starting October 12. The event features over 90 exclusive reveals across games, movies, TV, comics, and collectibles, including more than 10 brand-new games and new looks at Whalefall, VisionQuest, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, Rainbow Six Siege, Where Winds Meet, Warhammer 40,000, and more.
Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy launches later this month, featuring legendary Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka and Red Nun voiced by Resident Evil alumna Maggie Robertson. Its latest trailer premiered during the Horror Game Awards showcase, showing the weathered stone buildings and marble fountain angels of the game's Sicilian setting. Developer Stormind Games, based in Sicily itself, says the trailer is a visual journey through the real places, textures, colors, and cultural details that shaped the game's world.
BrokenLore: ASCEND launches January 7, 2027 https://www.gematsu.com/2026/10/brokenlore-ascend-launches-january-7-2027
The Hambagu Shop launches January 11, 2027
Dead of Darkness 2 announced for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC
BECROWNED adds PS5, Xbox Series, and Switch 2 versions, delayed to Q1 2027 https://www.gematsu.com/2026/10/becrowned-adds-ps5-xbox-series-and-switch-2-versions-delayed-to-q1-2027
Retrofiction Games has announced Dead of Darkness 2, an isometric 2D survival horror sequel coming to PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC, with console versions published by eastasiasoft. The game follows Jun Takehara as she searches for help in the sinister town of Goldren Creek, and features a cast of 28 characters plus character switching between up to three characters.
FairyTale, a prolific PC-98 studio from the '90s, has struck a deal with Fakku to bring Dead of the Brain to Steam just in time for Halloween, with additions like autosaves and optional quality-of-life improvements. The game previously only had a fan translation by the group WINE, making this an official release of a fan-translated PC-98 title. Fakku seemingly bought the publishing rights to FairyTale's entire catalog, potentially meaning dozens of PC-98 games could come to Steam in the future.
Publisher Top Hat Studios and developer 13th Street Games announced that BECROWNED will launch for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC via Steam in Q1 2027, a delay from its previously planned fall 2026 window, with the console versions newly announced. A new trailer shows the psychological survival horror game's darker direction, drawing on 1970s and 1980s grindhouse cinema, 70s French horror's surrealist dark satire, and Russian cultural and literary references. Players take on the role of Richard Torrance, navigating his relationships inside and outside a strange dimension to determine his ultimate fate.
Dead of Darkness 2, in development for PS5 and PS4 by Retrofiction Games, debuted its first trailer during the Horror Game Awards Halloween Showcase. The game uses SNES-style pixel visuals with 90s-inspired anime cutscenes, and features character switching for puzzles, item boxes for sharing resources, scarce ammo, and secret documents. No release date has been announced, and the original Dead of Darkness is currently on sale on the PS Store for $9.59/£6.49.
What if Resident Evil Had Debuted on SNES? Dead of Darkness 2 Has the Answer on PS5 https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/10/what-if-resident-evil-had-debuted-on-snes-dead-of-darkness-2-has-the-answer-on-ps5
Blizzard outlined PvP changes for World of Warcraft: Forever in a blog post, removing the weekly leaderboard race in favor of an Honor currency and point-based progression. Players earn Honor from killing enemy players, completing battlegrounds, and finishing PvP quests, with Honor gains normalized across battlegrounds, and Rank points unlock 14 tiers of rewards including PvP gear and titles like High Warlord and Grand Marshal. Rank points have a weekly cap, and the system runs in PvP seasons that reset, with weekly tasks granting bonus Honor, Rank points, and a Legacy Point.
Developer Serafini Productions announced that BrokenLore: ASCEND will launch for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam on January 7, 2027. The first-person psychological horror game follows two renowned rooftop climbers, Ren and Yui, attempting a forbidden nighttime ascent of Japan's tallest building, Elysium Tower, where a supernatural entity called the Rokurokubi haunts them.
Publisher Serafini Productions and developer Mike Ten announced that The Hambagu Shop will launch for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC via Steam on January 11, 2027. The cozy horror simulation game casts players as Mari, who inherits her late grandfather's Japanese hamburg shop and must grill patties, serve customers, and upgrade the business while haunting visions suggest the shop is haunted.
SEGA announced that the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds downloadable content "Avatar Legends Pack" will launch on October 14, and it is also available as part of the $29.99 Season Pass. The pack includes Aang and Katara as playable characters, a Gliding Air vehicle, and the Lion Turtle Island course. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is available now for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.