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  2. 机核12

    GCORES Brand Area Merchandise Revealed for 2026 Beijing Nuclear Fusion

    The 2026 Beijing Nuclear Fusion game carnival will be held on October 24 and 25 at the Shougang International Convention and Exhibition Center, where the GCORES brand area will sell new merchandise including door hangers, beer mugs, folding chairs, coasters, and badges, alongside the board game "绝对不存在的游戏" and other previously sold items. GPASS members can show their membership page and GCORES ID on site to receive a free fourth-anniversary badge while supplies last. Single-day tickets cost 139 yuan at full price or 129 yuan at a discounted price, sold through Bilibili Member Purchase.

  3. Gematsu62

    FreeStyle Football 2 launches December 3 for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC

    Publisher JOYCITY and developer WOORE announced that FreeStyle Football 2 will launch on December 3 for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store. Pre-orders are open in Standard, Deluxe, and Ultimate editions priced at $29.99, $39.99, and $69.99, with different outfit, item, and currency bonuses; the Deluxe and Ultimate editions also include early access. The game is a five-versus-five online team sports title in which each player controls one character in real time, and it includes a 10 to 20 hour chapter-based Story Mode, Competitive Leagues, and Club Tournaments.

  5. Nintendo Life12

    Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Updated to Version 4.0.1, Full Patch Notes Revealed

    Nintendo has released version 4.0.1 for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Switch, a smaller update focused on multiple fixes. It addresses issues including an increased number of obstacles or Item Boxes during Online Play and Wireless Play on Nintendo Switch 2, the inability to select a registered user in two-player Online and Wireless Play, some Star Bits not displaying on Wii Rainbow Road on Nintendo Switch 2, and the game closing unexpectedly under certain conditions. The previous September update added Switch 2 display support and 5-8 player support.

  7. Xbox Wire62

    Valor Mortis Launches Today on Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass, Devs Share Combat Tips

    Valor Mortis is available today on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, and Game Pass, with Xbox Play Anywhere support. Players control William, an Englishman who joins Napoleon's cause, in a plague-ravaged Europe. Developer One More Level shared combat tips: break enemy posture for heavy attacks or finishers, counter after blocking to restore lost health, aim at glowing weak points since ammo is scarce, and use Fire Transmutation to set enemies alight for finishers. Ambers change builds, such as Marksman's Bane parrying bullets for pistol rounds and Butcher's Carnage restoring health through melee at the cost of Ferrofluid Flask healing.

    Why this: The development team breaks down Valor Mortis's parry, weak-point, and Amber build systems, useful before starting the game.

Oct 13Tue
  2. Game Informer62

    Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Review - Worthy Of The Whip

    Game Informer's review says Castlevania: Belmont's Curse revives the long-dormant series, with Evil Empire, known for Dead Cells, developing and Rose Belmont as the new protagonist. The review highlights the tarot card mechanic, where players gather clues to hunt targets, absorb their souls into cards, unlock spells, and upgrade them through Works of Mercy achievements. The author finished at 92 percent completion in 16 hours, praising the nimble combat and inventive boss fights, and plans to return for 100 percent.

  5. 游戏LOOK22

    September Global Mobile Game Revenue and Downloads Top 10: ROBLOX Ranks in Global Revenue Top 5

    Sensor Tower data shows Honor of Kings remained the top-grossing mobile game worldwide in September 2026, while ROBLOX entered the global revenue top five and also topped both the revenue growth and download charts. Global mobile game spending reached $6.13 billion in September, down 7% month-over-month, with the US leading at 28.7% of revenue, while downloads totaled 3.56 billion, down 5.2%, led by India at 576 million. Tencent's Honor of Kings Chess ranked 7th on the revenue growth chart and 2nd on the download growth chart.

  6. Gematsu36

    Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation – The Endless Seven-Day Journey and Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town Coming to Switch 2 on March 4, 2027

    Neos announced that Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation – The Endless Seven-Day Journey and Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town will come to Switch 2 worldwide on March 4, 2027. The Switch 2 versions add mouse controller support, 60 frames per second, higher resolution, selectable text and audio languages, and the ability to save anywhere. A physical "Double Pack" with both games on one game card will also be released worldwide, distributed by Clear River Games in the Americas and Europe with pre-orders opening on October 13.

  7. Gematsu48

    BUZZ or DIE Launches October 28

    BUZZ or DIE, a point-and-click game published by Kodansha and developed by Bon, will launch on PC via Steam on October 28 with English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese support, and a demo is available now. Players join a man named Sagishima in a death-match game show for death row inmates, diving into opponents' mindscapes to turn secrets into short videos and win the most Likes.

  8. Nintendo Life62

    Report: Epic adopts AI-first production model on new Disney shooter

    Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier reports that Epic Games told developers on a delayed Disney shooter to adopt an AI-first production model using tools such as Anthropic's Claude, with humans managing and guiding the work. An internal message reportedly said there would be no more hand-written code and that art would be generated with AI workflows, which reportedly left some Epic developers stunned. The game, described as a shooter featuring Marvel and Star Wars characters, was originally targeting a March release with no new date communicated; Disney invested $1.5 billion for an equity stake in Epic Games in 2024.

  9. 机核44

    Directive 8020 Multiplayer Mode Launches October 19

    Supermassive Games has announced that the multiplayer mode for Directive 8020 will launch on October 19. The cinematic sci-fi horror adventure game is made by the team behind Until Dawn and The Quarry, and follows the colony ship Cassiopeia after it crash-lands on Tau Ceti f, where an alien organism that mimics its victims has infiltrated the crew.

  10. 机核60

    New Warhammer Blood Bowl game enters playtesting

    The new Warhammer Blood Bowl game has entered playtesting after Slitherine took over the series' publishing rights from NACON. Owners of Blood Bowl 3 get it free and keep their existing teams and cosmetic items. The game is built on its predecessor's foundation with the latest official tabletop rules, launches with 14 playable teams, and adds a 7-on-7 mode alongside the traditional 11-on-11.

  11. 机核28

    Yiguan Yan Studio's Intuition-Based Rhythm Game Animal City Cafe Launches on Steam

    Animal City Cafe, an intuition-based rhythm game from Chinese indie team Yiguan Yan Studio, launched on Steam on October 13 at 48 yuan, with a 10% first-week discount bringing it to 43.2 yuan. The game features 35 original tracks spanning Jazz, Pop and House, with players taking the role of a cafe owner. The studio also plans to add a level editor about a month after launch, letting players create charts, animations, music, sound effects and narrative content and share them via Steam Workshop.

  12. 触乐10

    Touch Music Weird Talk: How Should You Visit an Expo?

    The author attended RedLand, hosted by Xiaohongshu, during the National Day holiday and reflected on how they visit ACG expos. They prefer picking up a stamp-collection guide like BW's check-in booklet or CP's stamp postcards, which gives a sense of progressing through a main quest. At Shanghai OCO 3.0, the official stamp notebook led them to visit nearly every booth, staying from opening to closing.

  13. 触乐24

    The Witcher Series Devs Talk The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Songs of the Past with a Chinese Narrative Designer

    At the 2026 Redland event on Xiaohongshu, CD PROJEKT RED senior level designer and The Witcher 4 level design lead Miles Tost and Fool's Theory CEO Jakub Rokosz spoke with a Chinese narrative designer for an interview. They discussed making a new expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Songs of the Past, building its new region Letten on Polish countryside traditions, and designing difficult choices that push players to question their own judgment.

  14. 游戏LOOK36

    Diandian Network Controller Couple Divorce: Hu Jianping's Ex-Wife Chen Fang Becomes Company Legal Representative and General Manager

    Diandian Network's actual controller Hu Jianping and Chen Fang have divorced and split their shares, with Hu transferring 7.2829 million shares (3% of total) to Chen, while the two signed a 36-month concerted action agreement and still jointly control 16.56% of the company, leaving actual control unchanged. On October 9, the company's extraordinary shareholders' meeting approved changing the legal representative from chairman Hu Jianping to general manager Chen Fang, after Hu resigned as general manager in April. The company reported 2025 revenue of 385 million yuan, down 30.08% year-on-year, with a net loss of 214 million yuan, and first-half 2026 revenue of 183 million yuan with losses widening to 58.7737 million yuan.

  15. 游戏LOOK71

    ARC Raiders hits 185,000 concurrents on Steam after 2.0 update as Embark moves to twice-yearly updates

    ARC Raiders' 2.0 update, Frost Trail, launched on October 8 alongside a free-to-play period, and Steam concurrent players rose from about 10,000 in September to 185,000. The update adds the Pendora Pass map, the Outpost home system, tier-5 weapon upgrade paths and a reworked skill tree, while Embark drops monthly updates for twice-yearly deep updates. The article notes the free period as one driver and points to the October 13-20 PvE test, with Tencent's China server still in testing.

  16. 游戏LOOK40

    Zilong's JackWalker Studio Reveals Realistic Fishing Game "Extreme Angler"

    Zilong Games has released the first PV and gameplay demo for "Extreme Angler," a multiplayer realistic fishing game developed by JackWalker Studio, a sub-studio under Blackjack Studio. The game uses a high-precision physics simulation system that turns underwater lure and fish behavior into a real-time waveform display, with controller vibration feedback on PC. The debut version includes three fishing methods, with initial fishing spots drawn from the Qiantang River system and 47 fish species across three rarity tiers.

  17. 游戏LOOK58

    Naruto mobile game announces international server as MoreFun pushes three titles this year

    The Naruto mobile game, licensed by Bandai and developed by MoreFun, announced an international server after ten years of operation in China, alongside a three-year Naruto IP global plan called PROJECT: RASENGAN revealed at a New York Naruto event. No test or launch date has been given, and the first PV ends with both Bandai and MoreFun studio logos, with the Japanese server likely published by Bandai. The article also notes MoreFun's other two titles this year: Rock Kingdom: World announced its overseas release at Gamescom in late August with its first overseas PV passing 4 million YouTube views, and The Outcast is set for December with 34 million pre-registrations.

  18. 游戏LOOK36

    Apple Releases China App Store Ecosystem Report, Citing miHoYo and NetEase as Web Payment Cases

    Apple published a China-only report on October 8 titled "China App Store Ecosystem — 2025 Developer and User Value Study," authored by antitrust experts Ju Heng and Markus von Wartburg. The report says the China App Store ecosystem generates about 4 trillion yuan annually with over 95% exempt from commission, and names miHoYo and NetEase as examples of developers using web stores and DTC channels to bypass Apple Pay. It also states Chinese apps accounted for 98% of domestic App Store revenue in 2025, with 52% of Chinese developers' App Store revenue coming from overseas.

  19. 游戏LOOK62

    After Hololive Dreams settles above $100M monthly, COVER announces a mahjong game

    GameLook argues that Hololive Dreams, launched on July 23, has reached Japan's top mobile revenue tier, with about $23 million in mobile revenue in August, prompting parent company COVER to raise its half-year operating profit forecast from 1.93 billion yen to 3.5 billion yen. The piece says the game mixes rhythm play, character growth, park building and multiplayer minigames, letting in-game events and streamer content feed each other. COVER and Aiming announced Hololive Mahjong -Holojan- on October 9 with 37 members, mobile and PC support and a release planned within the year, while ANYCOLOR announced a physical card game for December 26.

  20. 机核55

    Raw Fury brings Deep Dish Dungeon, Kingdom III and Cassette Beasts 2002 to Beijing Gcores Fusion 2026

    Indie publisher Raw Fury will show three new titles at Beijing Gcores Fusion 2026, with Deep Dish Dungeon launching October 13 on Xbox Game Pass, Xbox PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox cloud gaming and Steam, plus Xbox handheld certification and Xbox Play Anywhere support. The other two are Kingdom III and Cassette Beasts 2002, the latter letting players import characters from the first Cassette Beasts and supporting online multiplayer. The show runs October 24 and 25, 2026 at the Shougang International Convention Center halls 1 and 3 in Beijing, with single-day tickets at 139 yuan full price and 129 yuan discounted on Bilibili Member Buy.

  22. IGN23

    Mick Gordon Plans to Take His Doom Concert Performance on the Road

    Mick Gordon said at PAX Australia that his headline show at the UK's RADAR festival on August 1, 2027, is not meant to be a one-off, and he and his agency are discussing taking the Doom and Doom Eternal live show worldwide over the next two years. A few days after RADAR he will play the Brutal Assault Festival in the Czech Republic, a roughly 25,000-person metal festival held in a medieval castle. His soundtrack for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 arrives October 14 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, with a Nintendo Switch 2 version coming later.

  24. Gematsu62

    Sony launches PS5 Digital Edition Midnight Black in Japan on November 19, standalone disc drive same day

    Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia announced that the PS5 Digital Edition Midnight Black (console language: Japanese only) will launch in Japan on November 19 for 55,000 yen including tax, with pre-orders opening October 20 at PlayStation retailers and online stores. The system language is locked to Japanese and the console can only be used with PlayStation Network accounts registered in Japan. A Midnight Black standalone disc drive will release the same day for 11,980 yen including tax, and Sony reiterated that physical game disc production will end in January 2028, with games released from then on sold only as digital versions.

  26. 机核58

    Rhythm action roguelite Blade of Rhythm launches on Steam and consoles

    RibCage Games has released its rhythm action roguelite Blade of Rhythm on Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, priced at 55 RMB / 17.99 USD with a 10% first-week discount on Steam. The game uses no input quantization, so every attack fires the moment a key is pressed and only on-beat hits become more lethal. Its weapons are based on real instruments recorded in a studio, and reverb, flanger, and delay effects reshape both combat and the mix of each run.

  27. 机核62

    The Immortal Legacy review roundup: Metacritic average sits at 77

    The Immortal Legacy, a first-person soulslike from the creators of Ghostrunner, launches on October 13 and holds a Metacritic average of 77. IGN and Game Informer gave it 7, GameSpot and GamesRadar+ gave 6, Gamekult gave the lowest score at 5, and Destructoid gave the highest at 9, while Eurogamer did not score it. Several outlets cited limited enemy variety, few bosses, reused late-game levels and assets, and crashes during review, with the developers reportedly addressing many of these in a day-one patch.

  29. Nintendo Life8

    Tears of the Kingdom Zelda Statue Officially Revealed, Here's a Sneak Peek

    First 4 Figures has officially revealed a 12" painted PVC statue of Princess Zelda from Tears of the Kingdom, offering a brief sneak peek ahead of its "coming soon" release. Pre-orders open on 22nd October 2026, with $5.00 off for those who sign up to F4F. The statue joins the "exclusive edition" Link statue that went on sale earlier this year for $134 USD.

  30. 游戏LOOK24

    Analysis: The Secret to Match-3 Success Is "Not Innovating" — Innovative Levels Drive Players Away?

    Naavik analysis argues that forcing "innovative match-3 levels" into the core level funnel creates cognitive friction and filters out mass-market casual players. Attempts like Dream Games' Royal Kingdom, Good Job Games' Match Villains and Queen Digital Entertainment's Pet Panic failed to scale, with Pet Panic shutting down 21 months after soft launch. Royal Match instead dominates the top-grossing puzzle charts by simplifying goals and lowering cognitive effort.