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Gears of War: E-Day and Xbox Team Up With Prince St. Pizza for "The Emergence Pie"

Xbox and Prince St. Pizza announced a collaboration for the launch of Gears of War: E-Day, with the limited-edition Emergence Pie available at Prince St. Pizza locations across the U.S. and Toronto, Canada through November 1. Each purchase of the pie or a slice comes with a code for an in-game pizza emblem, and a limited-edition pizza cutter modeled after the game's Prototype Lancer is on sale at shop.princestreetpizza.com. Gears of War: E-Day launches October 6, 2026 on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Steam.

Minecraft Dungeons II Launches September 29 With Jumping and the New Sift Dimension

Minecraft Dungeons II launches September 29 on Xbox Series X|S, PC, Cloud and other platforms. Mojang design director Laura De Llorens said on the Official XBOX Podcast that the sequel adds jumping, an interconnected world you can walk across, the new Sift dimension, armor split into four pieces, talismans and a reworked enchantment system. Multiplayer adapts when players join or leave and now mixes couch co-op with online play.

Minecraft Dungeons II Launches September 29, New Dimension The Sift Coming to Minecraft in 2027

Mojang Studios announced at Minecraft LIVE that Minecraft Dungeons II launches September 29 on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, Steam, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, and will be included with Game Pass. The game introduces The Sift, Minecraft's first new dimension in over 14 years, with new biomes including Meadows and Carapace plus new mobs and block rules. Mojang also confirmed The Sift will come to Minecraft in 2027.

Minecraft LIVE Fall 2026 Recap

The Minecraft LIVE Fall 2026 recap has been published on Xbox Wire. It covers the official Minecraft livestream event.

Five Ways to Build a Better Used-Car Business in Used Cars Simulator

Used Cars Simulator is out now on Xbox Series X|S for $19.99, currently $15.99. The game's five tips cover inspecting before repairing, keeping money moving, leaving the shed to explore, treating cars as physics toys, and deciding how much chaos your business can handle. Published by PlayWay S.A., it has players inspect, negotiate, repair, customize, and resell cars.

Official PlayStation Podcast Episode 548: September Selects

Official PlayStation Podcast Episode 548 recaps September's big releases and other recent titles the team is still playing, and highlights next week's lineup including Minecraft Dungeons II, Toem 2, Way of the Hunter 2, End of Abyss, Dynasty Warriors 3 Complete Edition Remastered, Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition, and Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve. The episode also covers a Silent Hill: Townfall hands-on and the Lisa Limited Edition DualSense, which opens for pre-order on October 2.

Share of the Week – Marvel's Wolverine

This week's PlayStation Blog Share of the Week highlights Marvel's Wolverine, featuring player-submitted ferocious moments shared with #PSshare #PSBlog, including Wolverine's claws illuminated in the shadows and Wolverine taking on Omega Red. Next week's theme is Logan, asking for heroic portraits of Logan in Marvel's Wolverine, with submissions due by 11:59 PM PT on September 30, 2026.

How Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve uses first-person to tell a more personal story

Developer Project Aces has changed its storytelling approach for Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, presenting most cutscenes in first person so players experience the war between the Federation of Central Usea and the invading Sotoans as a silent protagonist. Players inherit the call sign of ace pilot Jan "Rex" Cope and fight alongside Joker Flight, using the DualSense controller's D-Pad, right stick and buttons for small interactions and to issue squad orders. The game launches October 2 on PlayStation 5.

Luma Island is coming to PS5

Feel Free Games announced that Luma Island is coming to PS5, and it can be wishlisted on PlayStation Store starting today. The game launched on PC in November 2024 and has drawn more than 800,000 players, with online co-op for up to 4 players and cross-platform play across PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. It offers three difficulty modes — Cozy, Adventure and Hero — with no stamina bars or inventory limits.

The PC/Console market hit $30 billion last year across Playstation, Xbox, and Steam.

Emeteria's Fading Echo launches today on PlayStation 5

Emeteria, a New Tales studio, announced that its fast-paced elemental action-adventure RPG Fading Echo launches today on PlayStation 5, with a demo also available today. Players control One, a young Legend who manipulates the water-like element Æther, shifts between fractured realities and combines elemental reactions to fight, explore and solve puzzles in the world of Corel. The single-player adventure also follows One's search for her past alongside a small group of allies.

Lisa x PlayStation DualSense Wireless Controller Arrives This October: First Look

PlayStation is releasing a DualSense wireless controller – Lisa Limited Edition designed with Lisa, featuring her bangs and eyes on the touch pad plus her signature stars and "LL" lettering in a Chroma Pearl colorway. It will be available in highly limited quantities at participating retailers in Southeast Asia from October 30 at a recommended retail price of SGD 115 / MYR 419 / IDR 1,549,000 / THB 2,890 / PHP 5,411 / VND 2,399,000, with pre-orders starting October 2 while supplies last. Her new EP, Press Play, arrives October 23.

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