PS5 pre-orders for God of War Laufey are now live, priced at $69.99 for the Standard Edition and $79.99 for the Digital Deluxe Edition, ahead of its 16th February 2027 release. Both editions share the same pre-order bonuses, including the Last Wish Armor Set, the Phranque Golden Leaves cosmetic and an in-game resource pack. Santa Monica Studio also detailed Faye's Serpent Bow controls and her customizable sword, bow and Catalysts.
Xbox has announced that "Mythic Achievements" are now available for Xbox Insiders, granted for completing all original achievements for a game. They do not add new challenges or Gamerscore, and have also been added to certain older games including Xbox 360 titles. A new Gaming tab on profiles and a progress bar in each game's achievement list show progress toward Mythic status.
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve launches on 2nd October, 2026, and pre-ordering it also grants a digital re-release of Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War. The bonus is limited to pre-orders, and only the first run of physical copies will include a redemption code. The article says the restriction is largely due to expired licences for the real-world fighter jets featured in Ace Combat Zero.
Coffee Stain Publishing and developer Coffee Stain North have announced Goat Simulator 3 DLC "Ticket to Dizzyworld," launching on November 19. The third major expansion is set in a new carnival sandbox with amusement rides, bumper cars, a first-goat perspective, and player-made rollercoasters, plus collectible Dizzy Tokens that can be traded for rewards. Goat Simulator 3 is available now on PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC, iOS, and Android.
Publisher Coffee Stain Publishing and developer FRAME BREAK announced that Lightyear Frontier will leave Early Access and launch for Xbox Series and PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store on November 4. The open-world mech farming adventure first entered Early Access on March 19, 2024, and supports up to three friends in co-op.
Developer Invisible Walls announced that NEIGHBORS: Suburban Warfare has left Early Access and is now available for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam. The free-to-play team-based PvP game first launched in Early Access for PC on April 17, 2025, priced at $9.99. It is a chaotic multiplayer party brawler where players use everyday items to destroy their neighbors' houses.
Ghost Ship Publishing and developer Funday Games announced that Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor will launch on PS5, Switch 2, and Switch on October 7. The game previously entered Early Access on PC on February 14, 2024, fully released on Xbox Series and PC on September 17, 2025, and came to iOS and Android on November 12, 2025. The companies also announced the Knockout Expansion, which adds the Brawler class, the Sandblasted Corridors biome, and a high-risk mission with new objectives and a boss, with no release date given.
The Precinct's "Armored Truck Update" is now available to download on PS5, adding new missions for guarding armored trucks, stopping ATM robberies, and kidnappings. Developer Fallen Tree Games also included additional document checks, gameplay changes, quality-of-life improvements, audio changes, and bug fixes.
To celebrate Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave's exclusive arrival on Switch 2, Nintendo is hosting a special event in Tetris 99. During the 57th Maximus Cup, running October 2-5, players who earn 100 points unlock a theme with art, music and Tetrimino designs inspired by the game. Participation requires a Nintendo Switch Online membership.
CD PROJEKT RED shared patch notes for The Witcher 3 Remastered covering only the most important changes, grouped into categories such as visuals and rendering, the skill system, movement and animations, UI, Photo Mode, accessibility, and cross-platform mod support. Skills are now organized into a skill tree with three ranks each and require prerequisite skills to unlock, which resets existing skill points. The PC version adds Path Tracing, DLSS 4.5, FSR 4 and XeSS 2.0 support, consoles add PS5 Pro and Xbox Play Anywhere support, and the Switch 2 version adds four playstyles, gyro aiming and touch screen input. The update launches Tuesday morning in many regions.
Rockstar Games shared more about GTA 6's Leonida open world through a new Game Informer issue, along with 13 new screenshots. The map is divided into six regions, Vice City, Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gelllhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga National Park, and contains 170 types of wildlife, including 60 bird species and 30 land mammals. The map is said to be twice the size of GTA 5 and much denser, with side activities such as air boating, base jumping, billiards, gyms, jet skiing, kayaking, mini golf, scuba diving, street and off-road racing, and zoo visits.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered is out now on Xbox and is a free update for existing owners. CD Projekt Red's Marcin Momot said the patch is around 45GB, and disc owners can insert the disc to have the game update automatically, though some users reported disc versions not updating properly until a console restart. The article also lists the steps to find and install the remastered version on Xbox.
Hamster Corporation announced that Arcade Archives Balloon Bomber will launch for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, PS4, and Switch on October 1. 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 Arcade Archives 2 version adds Time Attack Mode and supports VRR.
Pearl Abyss has delayed the Crimson Desert DLC "Charting the Unknown" by two weeks, moving it from October 15 to October 29. The studio said it needs additional development time to deliver a more polished and stable gameplay experience. Crimson Desert is available now on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.
Silent Hill Townfall studio Screen Burn said it has released a PC patch (Steam + Epic, v1.3.1) that significantly improves stuttering caused by PSO Compilation issues, with more improvements coming soon. It also said it has heard players' complaints about the stealth sections featuring The Weight and that gameplay balancing for them is on the way ASAP. The Weight is a large enemy that appears in two major sections of the game, near the middle and near the end, usually cannot be killed, and kills the player instantly if it catches them.
Playsport released the first gameplay footage of Motorsport Manager 2 for PC and announced the game will come to Steam in 2027 with Simplified Chinese support. Its core is the new Reactive Racing system, in which rival teams adjust strategies in real time, alongside a weather simulation that moves across the track so different sections can have different conditions. Motorcycle racing joins the series for the first time, and full mod support is planned from launch.
Pokémon Pokopia is holding a limited-time Halloween in-game event from 17th October at 5am until 1st November at 4:59am local time. Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist join the game alongside Halloween-themed items and decorations, and players can trick other Pokémon by stealthily turning into items to earn Pumpkin Candy. You'll need at least one Pokémon Center built to start the event, then talk to the Pumpkaboo outside it.
The Witcher 3 Remastered launches on September 29, and CD Projekt has listed the changes it considers most important. Skills are now organized into a skill tree with three ranks each, unlocking new skills requires prerequisite skills, and skill points have been reset. The update also polishes non-boss monster combat behavior, movement and climbing animations, adds new exploration and combat cameras, and introduces accessibility options including the Bard's Ballad preset; existing owners get all of it for free.
Double Fine announced that Thank You Bus Driver, its first game since being dropped by Xbox, will launch on October 14 for Steam, GOG, and Itch.io, and is now available to wishlist. The driving sim is described by the studio as Crazy Taxi meets Papers, Please, and is published under Double Fine Action Labs, a label for experimental games. CEO Tim Schafer said such titles are complete but rough, scrappy, and small, meant to be cheap and played in shorter sessions, and not something like Psychonauts 3.
CD Projekt Red shared the system requirements for The Witcher 3 Remastered, with Low at 1080p 30 fps needing only a GTX 1660, RX 550 XT 8 GB or Arc A580 alongside an i5 8400 or Ryzen 5 2600. Path tracing at 4K 60 fps requires an i9 13900K or Ryzen 7 9800X3D with an RTX 5080, plus DLSS and frame generation, 16 GB of VRAM and 24 GB of RAM. Owners of the original game get the remaster for free, and the Complete Edition is half off.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 will bring a long-requested feature to Warzone later this year, letting players turn off character skins from other Call of Duty games when the game's first season launches. The filter only affects the player who enables it, showing just Modern Warfare 4 skins in lobbies and matches, and it is exclusive to Warzone. Modern Warfare 4 arrives 23rd October on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Switch 2.
12 new gameplay screenshots have been revealed for Grand Theft Auto 6.
An official launch trailer for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered has been released. The source material provides only the title, with no platform or release date details.
Mod creator Yui has released an alpha version of a seamless co-op mod for Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin, the only game in the trilogy that had gone years without one. The mod lets up to six players play from start to finish in a single session, removing progression blockers and keeping sessions in sync, and can be downloaded from NexusMods or GitHub. The alpha still has known issues such as enemy de-sync when a player dies, including against bosses like Velstadt and Sinh, and interactions such as doors and item pickups may not always sync.
Double Fine announced that its new game Thank You Bus Driver will launch on PC storefronts including Steam, GOG and Itch.io on 14 October. It is the studio's first release since splitting from Xbox this summer and the debut title of its new Double Fine Action Labs label for weird, little games. The black-and-white bus driving sim has players ferry passengers within a time limit and slap them to enforce rules. Xbox's restructuring has spun off five first-party studios and plans to lay off around 3,200 staff by next summer, with Double Fine cutting a quarter of its own workforce.
CD Projekt has released the full PC system requirements for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered, a free upgrade for the base game, covering minimum, recommended, ultra, ray-tracing minimum, ray-tracing recommended and path tracing configurations. The Remastered edition launches on Tuesday 29th September. CD Projekt's blog post says the expected FPS targets come from QA tests and may fluctuate, notes a new SSD requirement and the end of Windows 10 support, and states players can revert to version 1.32 (Classic) or 4.04.
Activision announced that double XP tokens in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 will only count down while players are in a match, not in real time, and that existing tokens earned in previous Call of Duty titles or Warzone will also work in the game. Previously, activating a token started the countdown immediately, so time spent building a loadout or waiting for friends was consumed. Modern Warfare 4 launches 23rd October on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Switch 2.
Naughty Dog studio head Neil Druckmann confirmed in a The Last of Us Day 2026 letter that two new projects set in The Last of Us universe are in very early development and will expand the canon beyond The Last of Us Part 1 and Part 2, though he did not say whether they are games or other media. Druckmann also said the studio will stay quiet for the rest of this year and will fully reveal Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet in 2027.
CD Projekt Red told Eurogamer that as of today all versions of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, including Complete, Game of the Year and the base game, become the new standard Remastered version with Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine included, free on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, rolling out from 11am BST. Patch notes show the skill system reworked into a skill tree with three ranks per skill and reset skill points, tweaked non-boss monster behaviour, an expanded Photo Mode with placeable props and a first-person camera, and PC support for Path Tracing, DLSS 4.5, FSR 4 and XeSS 2.0. Switch 2 gains four playstyles and Joy-Con 2 HD Rumble.
Valve announced that Steam's Discounts and Events page will use dynamic and personalized recommendations, giving more discounted games and sale events a chance to appear on the homepage and elsewhere instead of being limited to a small, fixed number of slots. Valve said a manually managed calendar no longer fits diverse player tastes, and while no hard rollout date is set, it expects to begin the process in early 2027. The change affects what players see rather than what they pay, and the author notes it could give indie developers more visibility.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered launched today, pushing the 11-year-old open-world RPG past 120,000 concurrent players on Steam, a new record above its original launch peak of under 100,000. The free upgrade for existing owners includes visual improvements, gameplay tweaks, overhauled UI systems and a photo mode, with over 70 changes listed in the patch notes plus platform-specific updates for PS5 and Switch. Running the game at ultra settings on PC now requires a GeForce RTX 5080 and 24GB of RAM, and some AMD graphics card owners have reported issues due to missing driver support.
Mythic Achievements are officially rolling out to Xbox Insiders starting today, earned by unlocking all original achievements in a game, with DLC or update achievements not required. The system applies retroactively and adds a progress bar atop each game's achievement list showing how close players are to Mythic status. There's no date yet for when Mythic Achievements will leave the Xbox Insiders program for the rest of the Xbox userbase.
Microsoft's disc-to-digital feature has officially launched for all Xbox console owners after about a month of testing, letting users turn Xbox One and Xbox Series X discs into digital copies. It works with most physical games across the two generations, though not all are eligible and the criteria may change. The digital license moves with the disc, so the original owner can sell or give it away and the new owner can claim their own copy, revoking the previous license.
Microsoft has officially announced Xbox Mythic Achievements, the equivalent of PlayStation's Platinum Trophies, and they are rolling out to Xbox Insiders now. Mythics are earned by unlocking all other Achievements in a game, are unaffected by add-on Achievements added after release, and are awarded retroactively as far back as Xbox 360 games. They arrive alongside an Achievement tidy-up that adds a Gaming tab to profiles; no date has been given for a full rollout, and players can join the Xbox Insider Program via the Xbox Insider Hub.
Xbox released a system update in the early hours of Sept. 30 that brings the disc-to-digital feature to all Xbox Series X and Xbox One owners. Over the past month, Xbox gathered feedback from Insiders who had early access to the program and used it to improve the feature before its public release.
Pearl Abyss has delayed Charting the Unknown, Crimson Desert's first post-launch DLC, from 15th October to 29th October, a two-week delay, saying it needs more development time for a more polished and stable gameplay experience. The DLC is priced £19.99 / $24.99 and is available for all versions of the game except the Mac App Store version.
Pearl Abyss has delayed Crimson Desert's expansion 'Charting the Unknown' from 15th October to 29th October GMT/PT. The studio said it needs additional development time to deliver a more polished and stable gameplay experience, and apologized for the delay. The DLC adds castle building and decorating, sea travel and naval battles, underwater exploration, and a new setting and story.
Tickets for the European leg of the Zelda 40th Anniversary concert are now on sale, with North American sales starting at 12pm local time. Chicago, Los Angeles and New York go on general sale, while Dallas, Houston and Seattle enter pre-sale, and Boston, San Francisco, Toronto and Vienna are still listed as "details to come." European dates include London on 3rd & 4th April 2027, Stockholm on 18th & 19th June 2027, Edinburgh on 17th September 2027 and Glasgow on 18th September 2027.
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor launches on Switch on 9th October 2026. Developed by Funday Games, it entered early access on 14th February 2024 and got its full release on Windows and Xbox Series X|S on 17th September 2025, earning 8/10 from IGN and 90% from PC Gamer. A spin-off of the 4-player co-op shooter Deep Rock Galactic, it uses auto-shooting mechanics to fend off enemy hordes, uncover loot in the mines and upgrade characters with new abilities.
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor launches on PS5 on 7th October 2026, just over a year after its 1.0 release on PC following Early Access. On Steam it has over 24,000 user reviews marked Very Positive and an 86 Metascore. The game keeps auto-attacking and monster hordes while adding mining, classes, and area objectives drawn from Deep Rock Galactic.