Arc Raiders' PvE test is finally here
Arc Raiders' PvE test is finally here and it's the perfect reason to jump back in
Arc Raiders' PvE test is finally here and it's the perfect reason to jump back in
Arc Raiders' PvE test is now live, after Embark teased a temporary PvE toggle because a large part of its audience favoured a more passive approach. In the author's hands-on, Pendola Pass felt freer to explore and fight arcs without fearing other players, and nearby raiders helped when things went wrong. The author plans to play almost exclusively this mode while it lasts.
PlayStation has announced a limited-edition PS5 controller themed after Gran Turismo to mark the series' upcoming 30th anniversary, priced at £74.99 / $84.99 / €84.99 and releasing in limited quantities on 10th December 2026. Pre-orders open 22nd October 2026 at 10am local time, and the pad keeps the standard white shell while adding themed visuals, carbon fibre-look thumbstick surrounds, and racing stripes on the touchpad. Polyphony Digital CEO Kazunori Yamauchi commented on the PlayStation Blog, which also detailed the first part of the Spec IV update for Gran Turismo 7 out today.
Nintendo's new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake mostly shows prettier versions of the Nintendo 64 game's locales and boss fights, while revealing a new addition called the Hall of Fallen Foes. The museum-like space displays statues of defeated enemies with descriptions and locations, and lets players refight the game's bosses while tracking their best times. The remake launches on Switch 2 on November 5 as the series' 40th anniversary tentpole, with a live-action film starring Benjamin Evan Ainsworth and Bo Bragason due next year and no full trailer yet.
Developer Question announced that story-driven card battler The Killing Stone will leave Early Access and launch for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC on October 21 for $19.99, via Steam, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store. The game first launched in Early Access for PC on February 16, and version 1.0 adds the fourth and final chapter, The Reckoning. The full story is voiced by Emma Gregory and Liam O'Brien and can be played in authentic 17th-century English or a more contemporary style.
Half Human Games has announced Myths from the Maw, a dark cosmic fantasy strategy RPG coming to PC via Steam, with a Kickstarter campaign planned for 2027. Players lead mercenaries into the Maw, a colossal spacefallen fortress, where blood sacrifice, kills, and narrative choices accumulate corruption that manifests sinful traits affecting behavior in events, campfire actions, and battle. The game features turn-based tactical combat with permadeath, procedural dungeons, randomized loot, and builds drawn from 12 races and 20 classes.
Nintendo released a five-minute overview trailer for the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which launches for Switch 2 on November 5. The remake lets the Switch 2 microphone hear players hum or play a melody so Link's ocarina responds, and adds the Hall of Fallen Heroes, where statues of defeated monsters can be studied or fought again. It also features overhauled visuals, fully voiced cutscenes with expanded dialogue, full symphonic orchestral music, support for the ZELDA NOTES service in the Switch App, and two new amiibo figures in 2027 that unlock special in-game masks.
Why this: Nintendo's five-minute overview for the Ocarina of Time remake details microphone ocarina play, the Hall of Fallen Heroes, and a November 5 release date.
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the Gran Turismo Limited Edition DualSense controller for the series' 30th anniversary in 2027, launching December 10 for $84.99 / €84.99 / £74.99 / ¥12,480, with pre-orders opening October 22 via PlayStation Direct and participating retailers. Part 1 of the Gran Turismo 7 Spec IV update is out now, adding six cars, the SUGO International Racing Course, Brand Central features such as Vintage and Car Concierge, and raising the Collector Level cap from 70 to 90.
The developer of Metro 2039 has opened PS5 pre-orders for the game. It also confirmed that DLC is planned, according to a Push Square report.
Gran Turismo 7's Spec IV update Part 1 launched today for all players at no cost, adding six new cars, the Sportsland Sugo circuit, six new World Circuit events, Scapes locations, Car Viewer features, and Experience mode. The new cars include the Xiaomi Vision Gran Turismo, Ferrari F355 Berlinetta '94, Honda Civic Si Group A version '87, Mazda RX-Vision GT3 Evo '26, Honda Step WGN Spada Premium Line '23, and Citroën 2 CV 6 Charleston '86. Marking 30 years of Gran Turismo, Sony also showed the DualSense Wireless Controller Gran Turismo Limited Edition, priced at $84.99 USD / ¥12,480 (including tax) / €84.99 / £74.99, with pre-orders from October 22 and a global launch starting December 10.
Why this: The official post lists Spec IV Part 1's new cars, circuit, and events, plus the limited edition controller's price and pre-order timing.
The Gran Turismo Limited Edition DualSense wireless controller launches December 10
Nintendo announced that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time will come exclusively to Nintendo Switch 2 on Nov 5. Pre-orders are open now.
Why this: Nintendo has given a date and pre-order link for The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time on Switch 2, so readers can plan a purchase.
miHoYo officially revealed Nodusfall, a dark fantasy co-op action game, at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026. Players pick a character, fine-tune their loadout, and fight tough bosses with allies, with the option to switch roles and loadouts at will. No release date, platforms, or beta dates have been announced yet.
The Killing Stone will launch on October 21 for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC.
Dark cosmic fantasy strategy RPG Myths from the Maw announced for PC
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake received an Overview trailer. Gematsu shared a link to the trailer.
Gran Turismo Limited Edition DualSense Controller announced https://www.gematsu.com/2026/10/gran-turismo-limited-edition-dualsense-controller-announced
Kitaria Fables 2 Demo available on Steam https://buff.ly/gF4T8JE
An overview trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Nintendo Switch 2 has been released on YouTube and is also available on Nintendo Today. Amazon lists the preorder at $59.88, $10 off MSRP, with Walmart also offering a preorder.
DualSense Wireless Controller – Gran Turismo Limited Edition announced - $84.99 releasing Dec 10th. Preorders begin Oct 22, 7 AM PT on PS Direct (also at participating retailers) https://blog.playstation.com/2026/10/14/gran-turismo-7s-spec-iv-part-1-launches-today-and-a-first-look-at-dualsense-wireless-controller-gran-turismo-limited-edition/
4A Games has opened PS5 pre-orders for Metro 2039 on the PS Store, with the base version priced at £59.99 / $69.99 and a Deluxe Edition costing £25 / $30 more. The Deluxe Edition includes a digital art book, soundtrack, a Specialist Pack with early item unlocks, and a post-launch story expansion, though the store listing gives no further details on that DLC. The game launches on 4th February 2027.
An overview trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Nintendo Switch 2.
Summer Eternal, a studio formed by former ZA/UM staff, announced Red Rooster, in which players take the role of arson investigator Redrick Roost working with an opiate-dependent mathematician on a string of fires tied to his brother, the city's fire chief. The studio describes it as a physics-driven RPG built in Unreal Engine, set in the tri-partie city of Arta-Tantor, and says it is nearing the end of pre-production with an internal playable tech demo. The game was announced through a 500-page physical book, the Summer Eternal Anthology, priced at €69 for the Standard edition and €99 for the Deluxe Firestarter bundle, with buyers eligible for membership in a non-profit that owns five percent of the studio.
Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack subscribers now have three new Game Boy Advance games to play: Monster Rancher Advance, Metal Slug Advance, and Kururin Paradise. All three were added to the GBA Online app on Oct. 14, with Kururin Paradise making its first appearance in the United States.
Publisher Crunchy Leaf Games and developer Twigames announced that the narrative survival RPG Hollow Home will launch on January 27, 2027 for Xbox Series, Xbox One, and PC via Steam. Players take the role of Maksym, a 14-year-old boy alone in a besieged city, in a game with no weapons, battles, or combat, built around dialogue, branching quests, and moral choices and inspired by Disco Elysium and This War of Mine. Twigames founder Valerii Minenko said work began in spring 2022, and the game was funded on Kickstarter in August 2026, where 558 backers took the campaign to 140 percent of its goal.
Hamster Corporation announced that Arcade Archives Thundercade will launch for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, PS4, and Switch on October 15. The Arcade Archives 2 version costs $9.99 / 1,100 yen, while the Arcade Archives version costs $7.99 / 838 yen, with an upgrade available for $2.99 / 330 yen. The original Thundercade is a shooting game released by SETA in 1987.
Hamster has announced that Console Archives The Drug Store will launch for PS5 and Switch 2 on October 15 for $11.99 / 1,200 yen. The game is a simulation title originally released by HUMAN in 1998 for a 32-bit home console, in which players manage a drug store. The release includes only the Japanese version, with all in-game text in Japanese.
Bandai Namco has confirmed its Gundam 40th anniversary broadcast will stream on 28th October at 8pm JST, with an English language feed available. The show will feature Gundam Rogue Orbit ahead of its March release, plus news on the future of Gundam: Battle Operation after a Steam network test listing leaked Gundam: Battle Operation 3. Mobile titles will also get time in the broadcast.
Hollow Home launches January 27, 2027 https://www.gematsu.com/2026/10/hollow-home-launches-january-27-2027
Arcade Archives Thundercade launches October 15
Console Archives The Drug Store launches October 15 https://www.gematsu.com/2026/10/console-archives-the-drug-store-launches-october-15
CD Projekt Red has released a PS5 and PS5 Pro-exclusive hotfix for The Witcher 3 Remastered, a 500MB download aimed at improving overall stability. Community lead Marcin Momot later confirmed it addresses crashes during the Reinald / Red Miasmal fight in "In the Eternal Fire's Shadow" and a Keira Metz quest, plus more general crashes. The earlier update 5.01 improved performance but made no mention of crash fixes.
The Witcher 3 Remastered Patch Specifically Targets PS5, PS5 Pro Crashing Problems https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/10/the-witcher-3-remastered-patch-specifically-targets-ps5-ps5-pro-crashing-problems
Activision confirmed the preload and global release times for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, with the full game including multiplayer launching October 23 across all platforms. Digital preorders of the Standard or Vault Edition get campaign early access on October 16, DMZ early access starts October 20, and preload begins October 14 at 9pm PT. The PC version requires 115GB of SSD space, and the Digital Standard Edition costs $69.99 while the Vault Edition is $99.99.
Why this: Activision confirmed unlock times, preload, and campaign early access for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, so readers can plan when to download and play.
Sony has revealed the God of War Laufey Collector Box, priced at $149.99 / €149.99 / £129.99, which includes a statue, a 51-card Oracle Deck and a mini artbook but not a copy of the game. It launches on February 16 alongside the game and is available for pre-order now on the PlayStation Direct store. The game itself is sold separately as a Standard Edition and a Digital Deluxe Edition.
Facepunch founder Garry Newman announced that S&box will go free to play towards the end of the year, with paying players receiving Steam inventory items and those who paid $20 getting more than those who paid $10. He said the platform's reviews and retention have been poor, and that the studio will shift focus from the engine and development experience to what players experience, adding NPCs, vehicles, multiplayer support and mod support to the Sandbox mode and replacing its cartoonish citizen character models.
Ten new games launch on Xbox today, October 14, including Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2, a retro-style FPS sequel with a branching single-player campaign on Series X|S, PC and Cloud. Also out are The Witch's Bakery, a cosy narrative RPG set in modern Paris, and Ratatan, a rhythm roguelike action game with online co-op for up to 4 players on Series X|S. Other releases include Cleaning Simulator, My Recycling Center 2 and YAR: Forgotten Throne.
Sega announced that the racing simulation game Project Motor Racing will release its new DLC "World Endurance Pack" on November 10. The game is available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The DLC adds 4 new classes, 11 cars, and 6 track layouts for Fuji Speedway, including its modern form and 1966 original layout.
CD Projekt Red has confirmed that The Witcher 3 Remastered's Switch 2 patch is officially "on the way." After the remastered version launched on Sept. 29, all platforms except the Nintendo Switch 2 received fixes, leaving Switch 2 users waiting.
Escape Academy 2 launches on November 5. It supports split-screen co-op and Game Pass, and offers an optional no-timer mode.