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  1. Pure Xbox22

    Six Xbox Games Are Available Today, Including September's Final Game Pass Addition (September 29)

    Six games launch on Xbox today, September 29, led by The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered, which is a free update for existing owners and includes the Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine expansions. September's final Xbox Game Pass addition is Minecraft Dungeons 2, available on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC. Other releases today include Gothic 2 Complete Classic, NEIGHBORS: Suburban Warfare, Transport Fever 3 and Way of the Hunter 2.

  2. Pure Xbox48

    Gears of War: E-Day Download Sizes Revealed on Xbox & PC, Around 120GB

    Gears of War: E-Day is now available to pre-install on Xbox and PC, at roughly 120.5GB on Xbox Series X|S and around 120.04GB on the Xbox PC app. The game launches October 1 for early access players via the Premium Edition and October 6 for Standard Edition / Xbox Game Pass Ultimate players. An install manager lets players individually select Campaign, Horde Siege, and Versus, with opting out of modes shrinking the overall install size.

  3. Gematsu18

    Console Archives Chack'n Pop Launches October 1

    Hamster has announced that Console Archives Chack'n Pop will launch for PS5 and Switch 2 on October 1 for $7.99 / 800 yen. The game was originally released by TAITO in 1985 for an 8-bit home console, and this version uses the Japanese ROM with English in-game text.

  4. Push Square40

    Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Is the Highest Rated Trails Game Ever, Currently 2026's Third Highest Rated Title

    Falcom's Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter is now the highest rated Trails game ever, with its PS5 version holding a 91 on Metacritic across 19 critics. That score also makes it the third highest rated game of 2026 so far, behind The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered (94 on PC) and Sektori (94 on Switch 2), though those two have only 10 and 9 reviews respectively. Falcom is said to be weighing up options for even more remakes.

  5. Gematsu42

    Queen's Domain Launches October 30 for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC

    Publisher Future Friends Games and developer Freshly Baked Games announced that Queen's Domain will launch for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC via Steam on October 30. The console versions are newly announced. The King's Field-inspired retro-style first-person fantasy action RPG features over 50 melee weapons, over 20 types of throwing weapons, and over 100 enemies, mini bosses, and bosses.

  6. Push Square12

    Astro Bot's 276 Piece LEGO Set Will Be Available Standalone for $24.99

    The LEGO Astro Bot set will be sold standalone for $24.99/£17.99, currently listed as "Coming Soon" on PS Direct. The 276-piece set stands about 20cm tall with a poseable head and arms and interchangeable eyes, and was originally included with early purchases of the LEGO PS1. LEGO PS1 pre-orders open on 1st October for LEGO Insiders and 4th October for everyone else.

  7. Pure Xbox49

    Football Manager 27 Joins Xbox Game Pass as November's Third Title

    SEGA's Football Manager 27 launches November 10th on PC, with the Console version arriving the same day on Xbox, and both will be available via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass on day one. It is the third Game Pass title confirmed for November, alongside the 1-4 player co-op action builder Gravhounds and the minimalist strategy game Thronefall. Developer Sports Interactive is focusing on a cleaner interface, smoother flow and enhancements to the 3D match engine after criticism of Football Manager 26's UI.

  8. GamesIndustry.biz34

    Dune Awakening's Creative Director on Copying Hollywood, In-Game Advertising, and Why Style Beats Photorealism

    Funcom chief creative officer Joel Bylos said Dune Awakening's development required submitting content for approval to Legendary, which holds the adaptation rights, through Jira, and that director Denis Villeneuve once noted the game's title was a little too close to Star Wars. He also discussed the possibility of game companies adopting Hollywood's per-project financing model, noting that model works because of strong unions. Bylos is currently focused on the console launch of Dune Awakening alongside a major update that adds a single player mode and difficulty options.

  9. Rock Paper Shotgun12

    All the RPS Supporter rewards for September 2026: Model ships, maze cities, and the tyranny of content

    Rock Paper Shotgun has rounded up its September 2026 RPS Premium Supporter rewards, including demo impressions of ShipShaper: Falconeer Chronicles and a piece on the urban geography of sci-fi shooter Sprawl Zero. The month also featured an editor's letter on the pernicious influence of the word "content" following more Microsoft/Xbox layoffs, plus a call for pausable cutscenes. Feedback from the Supporters survey will help guide future rewards.

  10. Kotaku22

    The Best New Games Of 2026 (So Far)

    Kotaku rounds up the best new games released in the first five months of 2026, including Big Walk, Deltarune Chapter 5, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, Denshattack!, Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, Star Wars Zero Company, and Fields of Mistria. Big Walk supports one to 11 players, Deltarune's fifth chapter is one of roughly seven, and Black Flag Resynced is Ubisoft's remake of the original. The list will be updated periodically through December.

  11. GameSpot26

    The Biggest New Game Releases Of October 2026

    October 2026 is packed with new releases spanning original games, sequels, and hot indies, with many titles avoiding the November launch of Grand Theft Auto 6. Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered arrives October 1 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch 2 with Unreal Engine 5 graphics and gameplay tweaks. Ghost of Yotei: Complete Edition also launches October 1 on PS5 for $70, bundling the Echoes of Sekigahara narrative expansion, a new combat-survival mode, Ghost of Yotei Legends co-op, and all Digital Deluxe content.

  12. 游戏LOOK38

    How Many Kinds of "Fun" Can One Delta Force Hold?

    Delta Force held its second anniversary celebration in Chongqing on September 25, where TES won the summer split finals of the Firestorm Pro League to complete a spring-summer title sweep and White took finals FMVP again. At the September 26 annual showcase, the game announced that Firestorm's "Siege" is planned for Spring Festival 2027, that All-Out Warfare will get a UE5 upgrade next season with the new map "Skyline" arriving in November, and that the Black Tide Blast beta season opened on September 27. The studio also teased new Firestorm experiments for 2027 and asked players to submit ideas.

  13. 游戏LOOK44

    miHoYo AI Lead Reveals Talking NPCs and Game-Making Agents, Honkai Takes the Lead?

    At the 2026 Yunqi Conference's Alibaba Cloud AI Gaming Forum, Zheng Yinhe, head of miHoYo's Honkai series AI NPC & Gameplay tech team, shared the company's AI practices in gameplay, development, and AI research. The "AI Pom-Pom" launched in Honkai: Star Rail version 4.2 supported story Q&A, guide queries, long-term memory, and emotional feedback, and kept up with the game's 42-day major version updates, though it is now offline. miHoYo also built its own Agent platform EchoX and teased a new tabletop gameplay where AI characters compete autonomously.

  14. 游戏LOOK49

    miHoYo's Li Yanran: How Do Star Valley's AI NPCs Win Players Over With a "Human Feel"?

    miHoYo's Li Yanran, AI lead for Star Valley, spoke at the 2026 Yunqi Conference's Alibaba Cloud AI gaming forum about the game's AI NPCs. All AI NPCs share one brain-inspired Agent architecture and a "super-intelligence memory system" that lets characters share memories and retain them across platforms, while a "multi-teacher online distillation" technique puts different personas into a single model. Li also said miHoYo is trying to enable self-evolving Agents in the game so players and NPCs can grow together.

  15. 触乐30

    In Its Tenth Year, Why Can Zenless Onmyoji Still Pack Guangzhou Tower With Players?

    Onmyoji's tenth anniversary celebration ran for 3 days at Guangzhou Tower Plaza, with the ground floor recreating the classic "Maple Autumn Courtyard" and the second floor hosting a birthday cake inflatable and interactive booths, plus a themed stage show at 8:30 pm nightly. On September 9, the day the tenth anniversary version launched, the game hit Top 3 on the iOS game revenue chart, its best anniversary performance in recent years. Players exchanged fan-made goods, joined the "Hundred Shikigami Parade," and rallied around the new "Battle for Shikigami" season that opened on September 25.

  16. Push Square32

    Silent Hill: Townfall's Worst Enemy to Be Addressed in Future PS5 Patch

    Screen Burn has heard complaints about The Weight in Silent Hill: Townfall and says gameplay balancing for the enemy is on the way as soon as possible. The slow, top-heavy monster patrols tight areas, chases players on sight, and instantly kills them if it catches them, even after an IV Bag revive. The studio shared the news in a social media post about a PC update, with PS5 patch details to follow once live.

  17. Nintendo Life42

    Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Is Getting a Switch 2 Demo in October

    SNK has announced that a demo for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves will be available on Switch 2 in late October, though no firm date has been confirmed. The demo is available today on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S and features six playable characters including Rock Howard, Terry Bogard, Hotaru Futaba, Preecha, Vox Reaper, and Mai Shiranui. The full game launches on 22nd October 2026.

  18. PC Gamer8

    October Prime Day gaming keyboard deals

    Amazon's October Prime Day, also known as Big Deal Days, runs from October 6 through October 7, with other retailers rolling out competing promotions ahead of it. The roundup lists gaming keyboard discounts including the NaughShark NS68 at $39.09, the Huntsman Mini at $69, and the ROG Azoth Extreme at $399.99.

  19. PC Gamer41

    Strange Scaffold Announces Something is Wrong with the Library, a Haunted Library Tidying Game

    Strange Scaffold, the developer of I Am Your Beast and Clickolding, has announced Something is Wrong with the Library, a tidying game set in "a library haunted by blood and meat." Players reshelve scattered books using a real Dewey Decimal System implementation while facing cursed energies from corpses entombed in the walls, with a "Modular Chaos System" varying each playthrough's books. It is set to launch before the end of 2026.

  20. PC Gamer24

    A 'fundamental' update for this 34-year-old survival game is coming in October

    UnReal World, the survival game that launched in 1992, is getting a "fundamental" update in October called "The Survivor's New Clothes" that adds new clothcrafting features. Developer Sami Maaranen says the most complex garments take days and days to craft, and he has no plans to stop updating the game. It is considered the first open world survival game and even holds a Guinness World Record for it.

  21. PC Gamer38

    World of Warcraft: Forever players find black market NPC selling a 15-day movement speed buff and other rare items nobody can afford yet

    World of Warcraft: Forever players have found a black market goblin merchant named Mister Graphed in the new Riverglades zone, selling expensive crafting items for 20+ gold. He also sells the Gift of Galloping, a 150-gold item that grants a 10% mounted movement speed boost for 15 days, plus new crafting materials Fel Crystal and Stranglevine. Players suspect the NPC exists to keep auction house prices from skyrocketing, as the game's level cap will permanently stay at 60 when it launches in November.

  22. PC Gamer36

    World of Warcraft: Forever dev teases new 'mega dungeon' to get lost in for hours like the good ol' days

    World of Warcraft: Forever senior game designer Josh Greenfield teased "a good BRD-like mega dungeon" on X. Blackrock Depths, the old WoW dungeon the community calls a mega dungeon, packs something like 20 boss encounters and requires five players. Greenfield also posted an image of what looks like a dungeon entrance tied to the Timbermaw, after Blizzard teased Blackmaw Hold for level 55+ players at BlizzCon.

  23. PC Gamer22

    Former Elder Scrolls writer Kurt Kuhlmann is '100% convinced' a load-bearing bit of series lore was inspired by a typo

    Former Bethesda writer and designer Kurt Kuhlmann said on the FRVR Podcast that he is "100% convinced" a load-bearing piece of Elder Scrolls lore was inspired by a typo. He noted he tried to bring more grounded, historiographic ambiguity to the Dragon Break concept in his Morrowind-era book, and Dragon Break Re-Examined deliberately references events in Morrowind's future as the past.

  24. PC Gamer22

    Valheim mod Seasons adds seasonal changes to the game's biomes

    The Seasons mod by Shudnal adds spring, summer, fall, and winter changes to Valheim's biomes, with customizable season length and weather types. It also includes biome events balanced around each season's weather, seasonal lighting changes, traders whose wares change over time, and seasonal player stat effects such as extra fire resistance in winter and more stamina in summer.

  25. Eurogamer41

    Blizzard gifts Diablo 4 players a Resplendent Spark to apologise for Season 15 issues

    Blizzard has apologised to Diablo 4 players for Season 15 launch issues by gifting them a Resplendent Spark, one of the game's rarest crafting materials, via the in-game Horadric Post mailing system. The season was initially delayed by several hours due to log-in errors and server issues, and gameplay mechanics such as The Tree of Whispers also failed to display rewards. All outstanding problems have since been addressed in patches and hotfixes.

  26. IGN22

    Halo's Former Franchise Creative Director Sees 3 Possible Paths for Activision's Halo

    Frank O'Connor, Halo's Franchise Creative Director for nearly 20 years at 343 Industries/Halo Studios, has outlined three possible paths for Halo under Activision. They include a classic Halo movement, sandbox and shooter experience for the core audience, a modern reinvention of the game and universe, or translating the Halo IP and sandbox into Activision's proven player, progression and business models. He also advised against tying the series to hardware or services launch cycles and suggested hiring talent from Bungie, Halo Studios and other laid-off developers.

  27. Rock Paper Shotgun30

    Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival Devs Say BDSM Isn't Why Characters Die: "We Didn't Want To Demonise Fetish Or BDSM"

    In horror game Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival, protagonist Aidan and his partner Sunny unlock a puzzle box that summons Cenobites, who tear Sunny apart and send her to hell. Game director Emil Esov and narrative director Antony de Fault say her death is not a punishment for her BDSM interests, and that the game depicts unhealthy ways of engaging with BDSM rather than demonising fetish or BDSM itself.

  28. IGN8

    The Pokémon Deluxe Character Guide Book Drops to a New Low Price on Amazon

    Amazon has dropped the price of the Pokémon Deluxe Character Guide to $39.84, a 34% discount and the lowest price yet for the book, which released only a month ago. The deal arrives a week before Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days sale and does not appear to require a Prime subscription. The book, released on August 25, gives every Pokémon an entry with stats and Pokédex-style details, plus more history for popular ones across games, the TCG, and the anime.

  29. Rock Paper Shotgun31

    The Witcher 3 Remastered Breaks WAR Project Plague Quest Mod, Update Promised With "Something Extra"

    The Witcher 3 Remastered's extensive changes have left the WAR Project mod, which restores an abandoned plague-themed questline, unable to run out of the box. The modders, who have been in contact with CD Projekt Red and Yigsoft to test the remaster, aim to release a phase 1 update within a week of launch with English voice acting, followed roughly two months later by phase 2 featuring four new quests, two remade quests, and two mini quests. The mod will only support the Remastered version going forward, with a full release targeted for sometime in 2027.

  30. Rock Paper Shotgun34

    "A quite beautiful compromise": The LEGO Skylines devs did consider brick by brick building, but decided it was too much fuss for players

    Iceflake Studios, the Cities: Skylines 2 and Surviving the Aftermath developer behind Paradox Interactive's LEGO Skylines, considered brick-by-brick building early in development but decided it was too much work for players. Producer Joanna Ronkanen called the game's template-based customisation "a quite beautiful compromise," while game director Lasse Liljedahl said more brick-related features will be shown later.

  31. GameSpot12

    The Last of Us Duology on PC Is at Its Lowest Price Yet

    The Last of Us Part 1 and Part 2 remasters are at their lowest price yet on PC. Both on-sale versions are the remastered takes, with Part 1 featuring improved visuals and enhanced combat. The piece recounts Joel escorting Ellie in the first game and Ellie's pursuit of vengeance four years later in Part 2.

  32. Rock Paper Shotgun22

    The Tower of Zeldaga is a free retro mash-up of Zelda and Druaga in which you rescue Ganondorf from an evil blonde queen

    The Tower of Zeldaga is a free browser-based retro mash-up from Osmose that blends NES-era Zelda with Namco's 60-floor maze RPG The Tower of Druaga. In it, Prince Ganondorf has been abducted by the evil queen Zeldaga, and each room hides a secret, with some pitch black. The developer says the hardest puzzle may require datamining to solve.

  33. GameSpot38

    Marvel Tokon Devs Reflect On Its Troubles And Hope Players Give It Another Shot

    Nearly two months after Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls launched on PS5 and PC, Arc System Works producer Takeshi Yamanaka apologized for the PC version's many launch issues, saying they stemmed from multiple hardware environments rather than a single cause. Multiple patches and updates have since rolled out on both platforms, and the first DLC character, Phoenix Cyclops, is slated for Fall 2026.