Family-friendly ghostly games on Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch
There's ghostly fun for everyone in these family-friendly games on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch!
There's ghostly fun for everyone in these family-friendly games on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch!
What's lurking just around the corner? Delve into a selection of horror games and murky mysteries on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch: https://ninten.do/6019aUnIb
Crop till you drop in these farming favorites!
Arc System Works will bring its 2015 fighter BlazBlue: Central Fiction natively to PS5, with no release date announced. The port adds rollback crossplay netcode with the PC release, four new text languages, and improved training modes. The studio also recently confirmed a new PS4 character, Trinity Glassfille, though no date has been given and the PS5 launch may not align with her addition.
Hardspace: Shipbreaker is $9.99 on Xbox https://buff.ly/dVbgDSO
PlayStation announced the October Monthly Games for PlayStation Plus. The lineup includes F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896 and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, and the games are available now.
GameCube games have been on Nintendo Switch Online's Expansion Pack for over a year, but the lineup remains slim: it launched with F-Zero GX, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, and Soulcalibur 2, and only eight more have been added since. The list of 10 essential GameCube games still missing includes Animal Crossing, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Metroid Prime, and Mario Kart: Double Dash.
GTA 6 leaker account Cyberleek said in an October 10 notice on its website that it will release the full game build, including the complete story mode played to the end, if its meme coin reaches a $30 million market cap. It also demanded that Rockstar put out a disc-based PS5 and Xbox Series X/S version and issue a public apology. The account had posted about 25 minutes of new gameplay footage earlier this week, after going quiet in late August when it appeared to withdraw $250,000 worth of its meme coin. Rockstar and parent company Take-Two subpoenaed Discord and Microsoft in August over the spread of the leaked videos, with no update since.
PlayStation announced that Ghost of Yōtei's Most Wanted Mode is available now on PS5 with Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition. The post links to instructions on how players can begin the hunt.
According to online reports, GTA 6 leaker Cyberleek warned on its website that if its memecoin reached a $30 million market cap, it would release a build of the game featuring the full story mode through the end credits. Cyberleek again framed the leaks as a protest against the lack of a physical disc version and called on Take-Two to release GTA 6 on-disc and apologize. At the time of publication the memecoin had a $3.8 million market cap, after spiking at $5.7 million earlier today, and Cyberleek also tied Lucia's clothing in future leaked gameplay to market cap goals such as $2 million and $4 million.
Final Fantasy Resonance feels so good to play because Square Enix 'experimented' with combining the best bits of FF5 and FF6. https://bit.ly/3VjMpZV
Nintendo is well over a year into the Switch 2 era, but the next Super Smash Bros. game has yet to be announced. This piece lists seven Switch 2 characters Nintendo should add to that game, citing titles like Donkey Kong Bananza, Pokémon Pokopia, Splatoon Raiders, and Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave.
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Arc Raiders is getting a free trial to celebrate its biggest update yet. https://bit.ly/4yylQ1N
ICYMI! Redeem your #MyNintendo Platinum Points to collect icons for residents with October birthdays from #AnimalCrossingNewHorizons, available until Nov 2 at 5pm PT. Unlock past rewards by playing the game! #NintendoSwitchOnline
Nintendo is releasing its Ocarina of Time remake in November, making it the only publisher bold enough to bring a major new release to retail in the same month as Grand Theft Auto 6. A Saturday Night Live sketch framed the two games as a gaming Barbenheimer, though their release dates are actually two weeks apart and the Ocarina remake is a dramatically smaller production. If the culture-clash event catches on, Ocarina of Time could ride GTA 6's slipstream to wider awareness.
Nintendo Switch 2 Console + Mario Kart World Bundle (Grade A Refurbished open box) is $406.43 on Woot https://buff.ly/OSWZHQY
M2 has announced Armed Police Batrider (202X), a tentatively titled re-release of the vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up. Platforms and a release date were not announced. The original was released as an arcade game in January 1998, developed by Raizing (now Eighting), and features a team-based system with 18 selectable aircraft.
Dynasty Warriors producer would rather make new games than more remasters. https://bit.ly/47yF5w2
The Lost Art Museum -Eirei Shūshūroku-, an adventure game published by Happynet, offered a prologue demo at TGS2026 in which players take the role of Vince, who wanders into a museum world and restores the lost memories of "Eirei" born from famous paintings. Producer and planning lead Honoka Ohara said the game's theme is passing down memory through paintings, aiming to bring more people closer to art rather than simply teaching art history. Each chapter focuses on one Eirei, while the reason they lost their memories and whether Vince can return to his own world form an overarching mystery.
Senxin Aleste coming to PS5, PS4, and Switch on March 18, 2027 in Japan
M2 announces Devil Blade Reboot Consumer Edition for consoles https://www.gematsu.com/2026/10/m2-announces-devil-blade-reboot-consumer-edition-for-consoles
M2 announces Armed Police Batrider re-release https://www.gematsu.com/2026/10/m2-announces-armed-police-batrider-re-release
Reina from Tekken 8 has been officially confirmed as the sixth Season 3 DLC character for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, with a short trailer and a December release. Before that, two Tokyo Revengers characters, Manjiro 'Mikey' Sano and Ken 'Draken' Ryuguji, arrive on 22nd October alongside game updates, each with arcade arcs and a shared Episodes of South Town campaign featuring Krauser and Rock.
Tekken 8's Reina Officially Announced as Fatal Fury PS5's Next Challenger
M2 has announced Devil Blade Reboot Consumer Edition, a tentatively titled console version of the shoot 'em up Devil Blade Reboot, with platforms and a release date not announced. Devil Blade Reboot first launched for PC via Steam on May 23, 2024. The original Devil Blade was created by Shigatake Games in 1996 using the shoot 'em up creation tool Dezaemon Plus for the original PlayStation.
M2 announced that vertical-scroll shoot 'em up Senxin Aleste will launch for PS5, PS4, and Switch in Japan on March 18, 2027, with the PS4 version digital-only. The physical standard edition costs 7,480 yen, the digital standard edition 4,950 yen, and the physical limited edition 11,880 yen. The console version includes a port of the arcade release titled Senxin Aleste ORIGIN and the new Senxin Aleste BLADE, which adds the Blade Missile weapon and free character switching.
Japanese player BTEST4HE has discovered eight hidden cheat codes in F-Zero GX that unlock specific parts purchasable in the in-game shop, including the long-sought "Gold Parts." The codes work on the GameCube, Wii, and Nintendo Classics versions on Switch 2, but five of them require inputting commands with four controllers simultaneously.
BlazBlue: Central Fiction coming to PS5 https://www.gematsu.com/2026/10/blazblue-central-fiction-coming-to-ps5
Arc System Works announced a PS5 version of BlazBlue: Central Fiction, the 2015 fighting game. The PS5 release adds rollback netcode, cross-play with the PC version, four new text languages, and new Training Mode features. The game has previously been released on PS4, PS3, Switch, PC via Steam, and arcades, and a new DLC character Trinity Glassfille was also announced for the PS4 and PC versions with a separate release timing.
Five games are confirmed for the Xbox Game Pass November 2026 lineup so far. Gravhounds arrives on November 2, VOID/BREAKER leaves Early Access with its 1.0 build on November 4, Football Manager 27 and Warhammer Survivors both land on November 10, and Thronefall follows on November 11, all on Series X|S, PC and Cloud.
This weekend brings a new batch of free games across PC and console. The roundup covers titles that are free to keep, free to try, and "free" with a subscription.
Market research firm Circana says the US console hardware market is in its most precarious position "since the early 80s." Year-to-date figures through August show Xbox hardware unit sales down 33% year on year and PlayStation down 25%, an all-time low for Xbox and PlayStation's lowest since 2013. Circana attributes the US price increases mainly to component shortages caused by AI data centers, with the average Xbox console selling for $529 in 2026 through August, 26% higher than a year ago, and PlayStation at $597, 20% higher.
Silent Hill producer Motoi Okamoto said in a Famitsu interview that the three recently released games—Silent Hill 2 Remake, Silent Hill f, and Silent Hill: Townfall—represent only the "first wave" of Konami's revival plan, with "second and third waves" now being considered. He said all three titles launched successfully and drew high praise, and that Konami is currently looking at a number of projects. Bloober Team, after remaking Silent Hill 2, is now turning to the 1999 original.
Expect plenty more Silent Hill from Konami, as it plans for 'second and third waves' of new games
More than 30 games arrive on Xbox from October 12-16, including Planet Zoo 2, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse and Toy Story: Retro Roundup!. Xbox Game Pass adds six new titles, led by Battlefield 6 and the new action-RPG Valor Mortis.
Nintendo of America president Devon Pritchard said she has "nothing to announce" when asked about GTA 6 coming to Switch 2, adding that it would be a conversation for Take-Two and Rockstar. Former Rockstar open-world designer Jérémy Hartvick questioned whether a port makes sense, saying he isn't sure the audience for GTA 6 is the audience for Nintendo Switch. Neither Nintendo nor Rockstar has suggested a port is being considered, though some insiders claim exploratory conversations have taken place.
Aspyr has brought Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition to Switch 2, sold separately or bundled with its sequel as the Middle-earth: Shadow Bundle. The Game of the Year version includes all previously available DLC, including the Bright Lord campaign, but the game remains locked to 30fps and a max resolution of 1080p in both handheld and docked modes. The Nemesis system still stands out, giving procedurally generated Orc and Uruk-hai Captains unique names, appearances and rivalries that make each playthrough feel different.
Silent Hill, Gravity Rush director's Bokeh Game Studio is reportedly casting for a new horror game
Arc Raiders executive producer Aleksander Grøndal said splitting the game into PvE and PvP modes is "possible", since the community is already divided along those lines. Embark will run a limited PvE test from 13th to 20th October that toggles opt-in PvE matchmaking where players cannot damage each other, with solos, duos and trios matched into the same sessions and Night Raids and the upcoming Frigate excluded. An Embark blog post said the game was originally conceived seven years ago as a raid-based PvE co-op game with looting, and player data shows 37 percent friendly co-op players, 34 percent pure PvP players and 27 percent who move between both, while 51 percent of surveyed players expressed interest in a dedicated PvE option.