#Single-player

Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition launches on PS5, voice actor Erika Ishii discusses new content

Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition is out now on PS5, bundling the story campaign, the Ghost of Yōtei Legends multiplayer mode, and two new additions: the roguelike mode Most Wanted and the narrative expansion Echoes of Sekigahara. Marking the Complete Edition's launch and the game's first anniversary, voice actor Erika Ishii spoke with PlayStation Blog about returning to record for the expansion and about Jin's return in Most Wanted with new lines recorded by Daisaku Tsuji.

Star Wars: Galactic Racer Draws High Review Scores Ahead of Launch

Star Wars: Galactic Racer arrives on Xbox on October 6th as the first title from UK studio Fuse Games, and it has drawn high scores ahead of launch. VGC gave it 5/5, Giant Bomb 10/10, Push Square and GameSpot 9/10, Game Informer 8.5/10, IGN 8/10 and GamesRadar 4/5. Its initial Metacritic average of 88 places it among the platform's top 25 games of 2026.

Star Wars Galactic Racer Review: A Silly Racing Roguelite That Became a Favorite

Star Wars Galactic Racer is a silly racing roguelite starring Shade, a former racer turned cargo pilot who returns to the sport for revenge against the arrogant champion Kestar Bool. Rather than moral drama, it leans into absurd, near-indestructible racing through lava, canyons, and acid valleys, which makes it feel true to Star Wars racing. It has become one of this year's favorite games.

Star Wars Galactic Racer Review: A Silly Star Wars Racing Roguelite Is One of My Favorite Games This Year

GameSpot's review says Star Wars Galactic Racer from Zero Company, which mixes roguelite elements into a racer, became one of the reviewer's favorite games this year. Unlike recent Star Wars games such as Survivor and Squadrons, it does not try to emulate the science-fantasy drama of the films.

Report claims Activision may build a Halo team and consider a full reboot

Sources speaking to Rebs Gaming say Halo now sits at Activision after recent Xbox changes, and that Activision has proposed a total reboot to move away from 25 years of convoluted lore. The sources say Sledgehammer Games built prototypes for a free-to-play multiplayer game and a story campaign in the Infinity Ward engine and may lead development, though nothing is concrete. Rebs Gaming adds that the earlier soft-reboot plan not following Halo Infinite's story appears to have been dropped, making a Halo Infinite sequel unlikely.

Star Wars: Galactic Racer Review Thread

Star Wars: Galactic Racer review: a roguelite racer with Burnout-style takedowns

PC Gamer reviews Star Wars: Galactic Racer, an arcade racer from Fuse Games, a studio founded by ex-Criterion developers, published by Secret Mode at $60/£50 with multiplayer support. Its roguelite tour links races chosen from a node map, with builds built around managing afterburner and ramjet heat plus status effects like Cooled and Burning. The review praises the sense of speed but notes unclear track signposting, an autopilot ability that can steer into walls, and a flat story payoff.

Star Wars: Galactic Racer: The Kotaku Review

Kotaku's review finds Star Wars: Galactic Racer expands the prequels' podracing into an arcade racer that runs smoothly at high speed, with distinct vehicle handling and a roguelike season campaign starring Shade against champion Kestar Bool. The reviewer spent 19 hours finishing the campaign, calling the on-foot segments lackluster and noting most podracing content sits in arcade events and multiplayer; the game launches October 6 on PS5 Pro, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse demo launches today, full release set for October 15

Konami released a demo for Castlevania: Belmont's Curse today on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, XBOX Series X|S, and Steam, letting players try early content before the October 15, 2026 launch and carry progress into the full game. The exploratory 2D action game is co-developed by Konami, Evil Empire, and Motion Twin and is set in Paris in 1499, starring Rose Belmont, daughter of Trevor Belmont. Physical and digital preorders are open, with Midnight Editions including alternate outfits, a Digital Sound & Art Gallery, and an in-game relic item, plus an Alucard-style outfit for early buyers.

Star Wars: Galactic Racer Review – Very Fast, Very Dangerous, And Very Good

Game Informer's review calls Star Wars: Galactic Racer, developed by Fuse Games, an excellent racing roguelite whose campaign follows a run to join the Galactic League and beat champion Kestar Bool across multiple planets, with too many losses dropping you from the tournament. It notes the lack of a minimap and a steep early learning curve, and says being forced to use podracers in certain campaign events, where a loss can end a run, stayed frustrating. After about 20 hours the author kept playing Arcade, Scenario, and multiplayer, which offers six-race tournaments, pre-race bets, XP leveling, and cosmetic unlocks.

Star Wars: Galactic Racer (PS5) Review: Vehicle Builds and a Roguelite Campaign Drive the Speed

Push Square's review calls Star Wars: Galactic Racer a blend of MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, WipEout HD, and Burnout 3: Takedown, and the debut title from UK studio Fuse Games, founded by Criterion veterans. It offers landspeeders, speeder bikes, and skim speeders with over 300 equippable parts, plus a roguelite campaign that upgrades base stats over time. Planets like Sentinel I and Jakku pose different challenges, while DualSense trigger resistance, a start-line minigame, and a Gears of War-style active reload shape the feel of each race.

Star Wars Galactic Racer review: Burnout-style arcade racing returns

VGC's review calls Star Wars: Galactic Racer one of the best arcade racers in years, set after the fall of the Empire and following a mysterious racer named Shade seeking revenge on racing star Kestar Boole. Its campaign is run-based, with each session granting a league entry token that is lost if the race objective is failed, forcing the whole series to restart, while rewards upgrade the ship. Takedowns and the classic Burnout camera show its lineage, and the three vehicle types plus harder pod racing round out the package.

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007 First Light free DLC Advanced Operations launches with New Game+, 00 difficulty, and photo mode

IO Interactive and Amazon MGM Studios announced that the free DLC Advanced Operations for 007 First Light is out now, adding New Game+, a new 00 difficulty mode, refined weapon-handling animations, a full photo mode, and tactical simulation content starring the Aston Martin Valhalla. New Game+ unlocks after finishing the campaign on any difficulty and keeps unlocked outfits and gear, while 00 difficulty makes enemies react faster to bodies and noise and lets two hits kill. The tactical simulation adds four Valhalla Protocol missions and a new mission returning to Vietnam's Pearl Hotel, and the game is available on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Amazon.com, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, with a Nintendo Switch 2 version due in March 2027.

Warhorse Studios at 15: Its Co-Founder Has Never Taken the Ordinary Path

Martin Klíma, co-founder of Czech studio Warhorse, marked the studio's 15th anniversary by recounting a career that began with secretly translating Dungeons & Dragons before he and Daniel Vávra founded Warhorse in July 2011. The first Kingdom Come: Deliverance drew over 35,000 backers on Kickstarter, and the success of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 led to Warhorse securing the rights to develop a Lord of the Rings game. The studio is also working on a new entry in the Kingdom Come series.

Justin Wong and IFC Yipes Literally Commentate Ryu's Match Against Blanka in the Street Fighter Movie

In the upcoming Street Fighter movie, Justin Wong and IFC Yipes don't just cameo — they literally commentate Ryu (Andrew Koji) versus Blanka (Jason Momoa), betting prison commissary rations like ramen noodles and toilet paper. Behind-the-scenes footage Wong shared shows his character also has a tattoo of the number 37, a nod to Moment 37. The film hits theaters on October 16, 2026.

RGG Studio on how Stranger Than Heaven portrays fifty years of one man's life

At Tokyo Game Show, Yystv interviewed RGG Studio's Masayoshi Yokoyama, director Mikinobu Abe, and art director Taishi Kanaya about how Stranger Than Heaven portrays protagonist Shin Oto's life across fifty years. Yokoyama said depicting those fifty years was harder than the founding of the Tojo Clan, since the story loses credibility without his earlier life. The game uses four buttons mapped to the protagonist's limbs and includes musical elements, though Yokoyama stressed it is not a music game or musical. It launches on January 15 next year.

Doom: The Dark Ages Revelations Gets Endless 'Slaughter Mode' in Free Update Next Month

id Software announced during its Slayers Club Live livestream that Doom: The Dark Ages' Revelations DLC will receive a free update next month adding an endless single-player Slaughter Mode. Game director Hugo Martin said players fight through escalating demon waves across multiple arenas, earning cosmetics and personal bests in rounds and score. id did not give a specific launch date for the update.

Gears Of War: E-Day's Campaign Is Buried In The Past – Review

The Coalition's Gears of War: E-Day is a prequel whose campaign is mostly more of the same, according to this review. The campaign is described as buried in the past.

Ghost of Yotei: Complete Edition Review: Atsu Shines in Story DLC, But Most Wanted Mode Steals the Show

Push Square reviewed Ghost of Yotei: Complete Edition, which offers an upgrade path for existing owners and adds the Echoes of Sekigahara story chapter plus the new Most Wanted mode. Echoes of Sekigahara follows Atsu hunting down Nagato the Handsome in the newly added Ashoro Foothills region, is set before the main game's ending, and takes roughly 8 to 10 hours to complete. Most Wanted is a single player roguelike mode with four playable characters, including Ghost of Tsushima's Jin Sakai.

Gears of War: E-Day Review Roundup: Metacritic Score Sits at 88

Pure Xbox rounded up critic reviews for Gears of War: E-Day, which currently holds an 88 score on Metacritic. Pure Xbox, Day One and The Outhaven gave it 10/10, IGN and Daily Star gave 9/10, VGC and GAMINGbible gave 8/10, and The Guardian gave 6/10. The reviews covered only the campaign, as Versus and Horde Siege modes were locked during the review period, and the game arrives for Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers on October 6th.

Ghost of Yotei Complete Edition review: an expansion worth returning for

VGC's review says Ghost of Yotei Complete Edition consists of Most Wanted, a roguelike mode where players face waves of enemies before a member of the Yotei Six, and Echoes of Sekigahara, a story expansion. Echoes of Sekigahara's main campaign runs about 5 hours and adds massive weapons plus an ability that fires three auto-targeting arrows at once, while Most Wanted brings Ghost of Tsushima protagonist Jin Sakai back as a playable character. The reviewer calls Echoes of Sekigahara's story one of the richest in the franchise and says the base game's main story feels weaker without it.

How to unlock Jin Sakai in Ghost of Yotei Most Wanted

Ghost of Yotei Most Wanted is a new roguelike mode added with Ghost of Yotei: Complete Edition, where players start as Atsu and can unlock four playable hunters, including Jin Sakai from Ghost of Tsushima. Unlocking Jin requires spending 30,000 currency on techniques, weapons or shop items, earned by completing runs and opening chests between rounds. Once unlocked, he keeps all four stances from Ghost of Tsushima, uses the Dance of Wrath as his ultimate, and carries a Sticky Bomb and the Hankyu.

How Silent Hill: Townfall's "Creepy Game Boy" Weaponizes Nostalgia For The Better

Screen Burn co-founder and Silent Hill: Townfall writer Jon McKellan said the studio deliberately weaponizes a particular type of nostalgia through the game's handheld CRTV device. He said recognizable, tangible objects help ground players in a horror world, and that analogue video aesthetics have long been a big part of his own art style.

'We needed a potentially infinite resource of party members so that we could then kill them:' Entropy dev James Wragg explains how you fit permadeath in a party RPG

Entropy lead developer James Wragg explained that fitting permadeath into a party RPG requires a potentially infinite source of party members so they can be killed off. The turn-based RPG is available now in early access on Steam for $12, with a free demo, drawing on inspirations like Final Fantasy 10, Lost Odyssey, Fallout 1, and Mordheim. Wragg said skilled play can carry players through with zero casualties, though the possibility of permadeath remains.

How to conquer Kuttenberg in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

Using Steam user Triget's "Companion Squad" mod, a PC Gamer writer raised a 43-strong army in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and stormed Kuttenberg. Because the army was set to "Bandit mode," the coup turned into a massacre that cleared the city's guards in under 20 minutes, at the cost of seven soldiers, Hans and Zizka, and a badly broken save.

How Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Connects to Three Houses

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave works as a standalone game, but it is packed with details and connections that tie it closely to Three Houses, including revelations that expand on the latter's vague worldbuilding. Nintendo has done little to highlight these connections, leaving many unsure whether Fortune's Weave is a prequel or sequel.

Our QSSR video, focusing primarily on Marvel's Wolverine, is now live: https://youtu.be/FQW6K7TLvQA

The Witcher 3 Beats Most Fantasy Adaptations in Nearly Every Way

The Witcher 3 remains a joy to play in 2026, and its adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's fantasy world beats most fantasy adaptations in nearly every way. Developer CD Projekt Red's take is respectful and faithful to the source material, even if not entirely accurate.

Metro 2033 Redux and Metro Last Light Redux get free next-gen update on October 22 for PC, October 29 on consoles

Deep Silver confirmed that Metro 2033 Redux and Metro Last Light Redux will receive a free next-gen update, launching October 22, 2026 on PC and October 29, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. The update is not a full remaster or remake and preserves the original Redux experience while adding 4K textures, higher frame rates, improved animation and audio, community-led bug fixes, plus PSSR on PS5 Pro, TSR on Xbox Series X and spatial audio on Xbox platforms. The publisher also announced the Metro franchise has sold 50 million copies and teased Metro 2039 for February 4th.

Grand Theft Auto 5 Is a Game About Shapeshifting Now. I Don't Make the Rules

Installing the Shapeshifter V mod in Grand Theft Auto 5 lets players instantly become any pedestrian they stealth attack, though it serves no discernible purpose. The author says the transformation doesn't change your voice, so Shawn Fonteno's screams still come out of the pedestrians. The mod is described as another patch in the author's ongoing GTA 5 modding project.

Ghost of Yotei DLC Review: Echoes of Sekigahara and Most Wanted

Sucker Punch's Ghost of Yotei DLC is bundled in the Complete Edition, with a $15 upgrade on the PlayStation store for base game owners. Echoes of Sekigahara requires roughly 10 hours of story progress and a bounty called Nagato, the Handsome to start, adding about seven to eight hours in the new Ashoro Foothills region, while Most Wanted is a run-based bounty mode playable from the main menu with Atsu, Oyuki, Nagato, or Ghost of Tsushima's Jin Sakai. The review says both additions refine what the game already does well, though Most Wanted's denser fights expose occasional targeting issues.

007 First Light's First DLC Out Now, Adds New Game Plus

IO Interactive released the first content DLC for 007 First Light, Extended Operations, for free today, adding five missions to the TacSim mode, four of them built around the Valhalla supercar from the campaign. The update also adds New Game Plus, new outfits and a photo mode, with the new 00 difficulty featuring faster-reacting enemies, tougher NPC variants, two-hit kills and a tighter parry window. Weapon animations were improved and enemies can now throw players off cliffs as well. IGN's review of the game scored it 9/10.

Ghost of Yotei's DLC Requires Completing These Four Missions First

Ghost of Yotei's paid Echoes of Sekigahara DLC is out now on PS5, but players must first complete four missions to access it. Those missions are The Old Inn, The Way of Dual Katana, The Tale of the Oni, and The Kitsune's Fate, after which players must speak with bounty broker Kojiro and take the Nagato the Handsome bounty from a bounty board. The DLC and the new roguelite mode Most Wanted are included in the $70 Complete Edition, or cost $15 for existing owners.

RetroSpace offers a huge sci-fi playground for inquisitive space janitors, but its tools left me less than System Shocked

The Wild Gentlemen's sci-fi immersive sim RetroSpace is out now, casting you as a janitor aboard the time-unstable space station Aurora 5. The station's secret-filled level design and real-time monorail are highlights, but the author finds the pistols, shotguns, hacking gizmos and Mutamods too familiar from System Shock, Bioshock and Arkane's Prey.

Great news, cowards: The Witcher 3's most yellow-bellied mod works with the remaster

The Witcher 3's Griffin armour set, notorious for giving Geralt a "dadbod," remains in the recent remaster. A mod that fixes this silhouette is already remaster-compatible, though users will be judged for it.

Ghost of Yōtei's New DLC Should Have Been in the Game from the Very Start

Ghost of Yōtei's new expansion, Echoes of Sekigahara, focuses on the consequences of revenge and adds new layers of depth to Atsu. The article argues this character work is so substantial that it should have been part of the game at launch rather than an optional add-on 12 months later.

Dune: Awakening Review - Only The Strong Survive

Game Informer reviews Dune: Awakening, saying the game succeeds in making Arrakis feel hostile at every turn. The review notes the game is set in its own timeline where House Atreides never falls, a War of Assassins begins between Harkonnen and Atreides, and the Fremen are all but dead. The author describes combat freedom through classes like Mentat and Trooper, says solo play never hit a wall, and points to the weekly-resetting Deep Desert endgame area playable in PvE or PvP.

Gears of War: E-Day Enters Early Access Today, Full Launch on October 6

Gears of War: E-Day begins Early Access on October 1 at 8:00 a.m. PT for Premium Edition players and Game Pass subscribers with the Premium Upgrade, with the full launch set for October 6 at 8:00 a.m. PT. The game is available on Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, and Steam, with cloud gaming through Game Pass Ultimate and GeForce NOW. Built by The Coalition in Unreal Engine 5, it includes an origin-story campaign, the 4-player Horde Siege PvE mode, and 4v4 Versus PvP, with two-player split-screen on console only.

Afterburner Studios announces Elta: Defy All Gods, free PS5 demo out today

Afterburner Studios announced its action-platformer Elta: Defy All Gods, launching February 2, 2027, with a free PS5 demo available today. The demo covers the game's opening, letting players retrieve the dragon-god they worship, fight corrupted enemies in melee, and explore the glacial world of Lerna. The studio describes the game as blending brawler combat, search-action exploration and dragon companion abilities, inspired by Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, God of War and Hong Kong martial arts films, and made with Focus Entertainment.