Capcom is releasing Street Fighter 6 costumes tied to the new Street Fighter movie, with IGN exclusively revealing looks for Dhalsim, E. Honda and Zangief. The Zangief costume code SF8T-QWM9-PTNT-VQN3 can be claimed across all platforms starting October 16, the same day the film opens only in theaters. Codes for the Dhalsim and E. Honda costumes will be revealed soon.
Capcom is bringing three modern Resident Evil remakes to Switch 2 on 16th October, and eShop listings show they take up 14.0GB, 12.9GB and 29.0GB respectively, for 55.9GB total. There's no word yet on any physical release, so day-one players will have to download them from the eShop.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse and RATATAN headline this week's Japanese game releases, with the former launching on PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC, and the latter on PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC. Also due out this week are Tales of Eternia Remastered, Enshrouded, and Valor Mortis.
Capcom is bringing Monster Hunter Rise to iOS and Android. For now the game is locked behind a Netflix subscription.
Seven new games arrive on Xbox on October 9, headlined by Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, the first major expansion to Capcom's 2024 RPG, on Series X|S and Cloud. Also out today is PAPERHEAD, a mix of fast-paced movement boomer shooter and adventure horror, on Series X|S, PC and Cloud, alongside Cozy Meowmory, HORSE CLUB Ride West, Sesame Street: Friends & Fun, Tiny Techie in Puzzle Land and Whisker Mess. No new titles were added to Xbox Game Pass today.
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.
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.
Capcom is bringing Monster Hunter Rise to iOS and Android, following 20 million sales of the game. For now the mobile version is locked behind a Netflix subscription.
Store listings show Monster Hunter Rise has arrived on iOS and Android, with a Netflix membership required to download and play, and the game runs natively on mobile devices. The mobile version turns Challenge and Event Quests previously offered as paid or temporary DLC into unlocks earned through progression, adds a Recovery Button that picks the most effective item automatically, and rebuilds touch controls for each weapon's scheme. Capcom said yesterday that the game has sold 20 million units worldwide, while Tencent's Monster Hunter Outlanders launches on mobile on 29th October.
A Dragon's Dogma 2 update adds features supporting the Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Expansion DLC and introduces a hard mode. It also adds a feature that lets players carry over their current saved data and start the game over from the beginning, along with other adjustments and bug fixes.
This week's PC releases cluster on Thursday and Friday, including Star Wars: Galactic Racer on 6th October, Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival on 8th October, and Car Park Capital on 9th October, a 90s-style early access tycoon sim about turning happy pedestrians into frustrated motorists. Also out is Veillombre, a side-scrolling multiplayer horror for up to 16 players on 5th October, alongside the expanded Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen.
Tencent's 3D fighting game The Hidden Ones, developed by MoreFun, is set to launch in December with a final test on November 4, and has over 30 million pre-registrations. TiMi's Monster Hunter Outlanders will launch its international version on mobile on October 29, while the China server is expected in 2027, with over 20 million global pre-registrations.
To mark Castlevania's 40th anniversary, Konami is giving away the original 1986 Castlevania for free on the App Store and Google Play until 24th October 2026. A series-wide sale is also running, with the Anniversary Collection at 80 percent off on the PlayStation Store until 7th October and on Steam from 24th September to 1st October. The new entry, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, is slated for 15th October on Nintendo Switch, PC via Steam, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, with a demo arriving 1st October whose progress carries over to the full release.
Meta announced the Meta VR Glasses, priced at $1,300 and weighing about 100 grams, set to go on sale in Spring 2027. The device has no strap and needs no controllers, relying on hand tracking and passthrough, with a puck connected by an optical tether handling compute, battery and storage. Games revealed alongside it include Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies VR, Tetris Effect: Mixed Realities and Beat Saber: Flux, all slated for 2027 and also coming to Quest rather than being exclusive to the glasses.