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  1. IGN45

    Gravhounds – The First Hands-On Preview of an Intriguing Deep Rock Galactic-Like Extraction Shooter

    Octopus Panic's PvE extraction shooter Gravhounds held an open playtest over the weekend ahead of its planned early access release later this fall. Up to four players take on human/canine hybrid roles, gathering resources on alien planets while fighting escalating enemy waves, with a pipeline network that automates resource delivery and can be grinded for fast traversal. The playtest offered four characters — Zane, Finn, Selene and Dozer — and shooting lacked punch, with tougher enemies feeling like damage sponges.

  2. IGN48

    End of Abyss Review

    Section 9 Interactive's debut End of Abyss applies metroidvania structure to a twin-stick horror adventure, casting players as combat technician Cel in a gargantuan labyrinthian facility. Its atmosphere is the most captivating part, but exploration and combat slowly descend into a slog, and the roughly 10-hour campaign's plot only gains momentum in its back third. Boss fights feel rote compared to the moment-to-moment combat.

  3. GameSpot33

    11 New Horror Games Releasing In October

    GameSpot rounds up 11 new horror games launching in October, alongside a look back at horror games from earlier this year. Those earlier highlights include Capcom's Resident Evil Requiem, Reanimal from the team behind the first two Little Nightmares games, the Fatal Frame 2 remake, John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, and No More Room In Hell 2.

  4. Gematsu42

    ASYLUM for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, and Switch launches October 30

    Publisher SOEDESCO and developer Senscape announced that the supernatural horror adventure game ASYLUM will launch for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, and Switch on October 30. The game first launched for PC via Steam and GOG on March 13, 2025. Players take on the role of an ex-patient suffering bizarre visions in the Hanwell Mental Institute.

  5. Rock Paper Shotgun60

    Eastshade studio's magic school RPG Songs of Glimmerwick launches today

    Songs of Glimmerwick, a magic school RPG from Eastshade Studios, launches today, and the author has played its demo. Magic in the game is music, cast through an Ocarina of Time-style keyboard minigame with flute songs that run gardening tools, make fish leap into nets and clear undergrowth to reveal paths, and it is not a combat game. It also includes potion-brewing that involves gathering stems and shells across the island.

  6. GamesIndustry.biz22

    How to run an indie game studio: Part 1, What is a studio?

    Business coach Martijn van Zwieten begins a five-part series on successfully managing an indie studio. He introduces a management framework called FIRM, standing for Future, Issues, Rocks, and Meetings, the four pillars that drive focus, alignment, and accountability. This first part asks what a studio is, describing it as made up of a team, games or IP, and distribution and marketing.

  7. Reddit · r/Games44

    End of Abyss Review Thread

    End of Abyss has an OpenCritic average of 73 with 50% recommended across 8 reviews. The sci-fi survival horror metroidvania on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox drew praise for its atmosphere and exploration but criticism for technical glitches and map issues.

  8. Kotaku22

    Songs of Glimmerwick Is a Musical Witch School Farm Sim From the Eastshade Developer

    Songs of Glimmerwick, from the developer of Eastshade, is a farm sim set in a musical magic school where spells are learned by playing rhythm charts, and fishing and potion-making also use rhythm mechanics. The game has a relaxed pace, freezes the clock so you never miss class, and avoids quest markers, leaving players free to farm, socialize, and explore. The writer says they are slowly becoming enchanted with it, though most main characters feel a bit bland.

  9. Polygon22

    End of Abyss: Resident Evil Meets Little Nightmares in Terrifying New Horror Game

    End of Abyss blends the eerie atmosphere of Little Nightmares with the thrills of a '90s sci-fi horror flick, delivering an unnerving descent into a blue-toned hell. Your tiny bobble-headed hero navigates steel corridors that seem to stretch on forever, evoking the feeling of being lost in an empty mall at night as a child. Despite messy execution, the parasite-infested game occasionally sticks in your gut as a nerve-racking tone piece.

  10. GameSpot42

    End Of Abyss Commits A Metroidvania Cardinal Sin

    GameSpot's review says End of Abyss is a third-person metroidvania in which you play Cel, a voiceless technician investigating a facility that has gone dark, across a 12- to 15-hour sci-fi horror story. It draws on Little Nightmares' texture, soulslike bosses, and Resident Evil-style fixed camera angles, and its exploration and backtracking are the reviewer's favorite part. However, several flaws and poor blending of those influences leave it an inconsistent patchwork.

  11. Push Square60

    End of Abyss (PS5) Review: A Delectably Dark Metroidvania That Forces You to Look Closer

    Push Square reviewed End of Abyss, a sci-fi horror metroidvania from Section 9 Interactive, with the author reaching the credits in roughly 13 hours. The review praises its large, layered map and tense twin-stick combat while noting minimal guidance and a map-marking quirk, and reports audio issues, invisible barriers and getting stuck in the environment during play. It ran at 60 frames per second on both PS5 and PS5 Pro with no performance options, and the author hopes the bugs are fixed in a day-one patch.

  12. Gematsu62

    Grave Seasons launches March 9, 2027

    Publisher Blumhouse Games and developer Perfect Garbage announced that Grave Seasons, a narrative-focused farming simulation horror game, will launch on March 9, 2027 for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC via Steam, and will also be available via Game Pass. The game currently has over 750,000 wishlists on Steam. Players farm in the town of Ashenridge while investigating a series of murders, gathering clues, crafting protective items, and identifying the next victim, with relationships and choices affecting how the story unfolds.

  13. Gematsu40

    ANTONBLAST for PS5, PS4 Launches October 1

    Publisher Joystick Ventures and developer Summitsphere announced that side-scrolling action platformer ANTONBLAST will launch for PS5 and PS4 on October 1, and it is available now in regions where it is already October 1. The game first launched for PC via Steam on December 3, 2024, followed by Switch on December 13, 2024.

  14. PC Gamer38

    No Law Might Be the Open-World Deus Ex That Cyberpunk 2077 Wasn't

    Neon Giant's No Law is being framed as the open-world Deus Ex that Cyberpunk 2077 never became. The first-person open-world shooter RPG casts you as veteran Grey Harker in the city of Port Desire, with missions solvable through stealth, hacking or open combat. Neon Giant says every apartment is handcrafted rather than procedurally generated, and the game includes an "Immersive" mode that disables UI navigation hints in favour of in-world signage.

  15. Gematsu37

    Goat Simulator 3 DLC 'Ticket to Dizzyworld' Announced

    Coffee Stain Publishing and developer Coffee Stain North have announced Goat Simulator 3 DLC "Ticket to Dizzyworld," launching on November 19. The third major expansion is set in a new carnival sandbox with amusement rides, bumper cars, a first-goat perspective, and player-made rollercoasters, plus collectible Dizzy Tokens that can be traded for rewards. Goat Simulator 3 is available now on PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC, iOS, and Android.

  16. Gematsu60

    Lightyear Frontier leaves Early Access on November 4

    Publisher Coffee Stain Publishing and developer FRAME BREAK announced that Lightyear Frontier will leave Early Access and launch for Xbox Series and PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store on November 4. The open-world mech farming adventure first entered Early Access on March 19, 2024, and supports up to three friends in co-op.

  17. Push Square31

    The Precinct Gets Huge 'Armored Truck Update' on PS5

    The Precinct's "Armored Truck Update" is now available to download on PS5, adding new missions for guarding armored trucks, stopping ATM robberies, and kidnappings. Developer Fallen Tree Games also included additional document checks, gameplay changes, quality-of-life improvements, audio changes, and bug fixes.

  18. Gematsu23

    Roguelike RPG Auto Battler ACORN: Seed of Resistance Announced for PC

    Ghost Ship Publishing and developer Guidelight Games have announced ACORN: Seed of Resistance, a roguelike RPG auto battler coming to PC via Steam in 2027. Players rebuild a fallen order by recruiting refugees, mercenaries and sympathizers, exploring procedurally generated lands and fighting fast-paced auto battles. Each roguelike adventure lasts roughly 15 minutes, set in a dark fantasy world of animal characters.

  19. Nintendo Life23

    TMNT: Splintered Fate Passes 1.5 Million Sales, Dev Reveals Most-Played Characters

    Super Evil Megacorp has announced that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate has surpassed 1.5 million base game sales across all platforms, with total copies reaching over 2.6 million when DLC sales are included. In the two years since launch, Leonardo has been the most-played Turtle and Casey Jones the most-played DLC character, while Flame was the most-used power-up and the Manhole Cover Artefact the most-used artefact. The developer also shared the second part of its behind-the-scenes look at the King's Gambit DLC and teased more news to come.

  20. 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.

  21. 机核15

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back: A Holiday Recommendation

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is an indie game of about one hour, following a rocket launch mission in which the player and a commander wait for the ignition signal from ground control. It has no save feature, so it is best played in one sitting, and its localization was recently updated alongside other languages. The author said the multilingual update was completed by volunteers from various countries by hand, without relying on AI.

  22. 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.

  23. GameSpot26

    Call of Duty Modders Add Skateboarding and Minecraft to Modern Warfare 2

    Modders have added skateboarding and Minecraft-themed mods to 2009's Modern Warfare 2, with videos of both going viral. The skateboarding mod brings Skate 2 mechanics to maps like Rust, Terminal, and Karachi, while the Minecraft mod drops players into a sandbox world for Free-for-All matches. Both mods are currently available on GitHub, though it's uncertain whether Activision will take them down.

  24. 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.

  25. 游戏LOOK22

    Job-seeking game dev asks: "Is a no-salary, revenue-share job a scam?" — peers weigh in

    A job seeker posting as forgetthestars asked an overseas community whether a RevShare concept art position — no salary, only a share of future game revenue — is normal or a red flag. Most responding developers said such projects usually never ship, with one calling it a "red alert," while a few said RevShare only works among trusted, proven core teams.

  26. 游戏LOOK60

    ByteDance's AI Cultivation Game Buwen Fanchen Hits Steam Early Access: Why Praise Doesn't Equal Sales

    Buwen Fanchen, an AI cultivation game developed by ByteDance's Jiangnan Studio and published by Nuverse, launched in Steam Early Access at a discounted China price of 19.89 yuan. As of September 28 it peaked at 7,206 concurrent players with an 88% positive rating but only around 700 reviews, a gap the article attributes to thin content, inconsistent NPC relationship states and limited AI dialogue quotas.

  27. 触乐33

    Chuapp Talk: The Tailor Knows Too Much

    Chuapp Talk discusses Dressmaker, a recently popular indie game in which the player runs a clothing shop as a tailor newly moved to a small town, making dresses to customer orders through measuring, designing, choosing fabric, cutting, sewing and decorating. The game recreates real details such as fabric grain direction and sewing machine handling, and the official description lists 150 clothing parts, over 450 fabrics and over 350 accessories. Its shortcomings include only dresses being available, unclear tutorials, and finished clothes never being worn by customers.

  28. 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.

  29. 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.

  30. PC Gamer62

    Double Fine's first game since being dropped by Xbox, Thank You Bus Driver, launches October 14

    Double Fine announced that Thank You Bus Driver, its first game since being dropped by Xbox, will launch on October 14 for Steam, GOG, and Itch.io, and is now available to wishlist. The driving sim is described by the studio as Crazy Taxi meets Papers, Please, and is published under Double Fine Action Labs, a label for experimental games. CEO Tim Schafer said such titles are complete but rough, scrappy, and small, meant to be cheap and played in shorter sessions, and not something like Psychonauts 3.

  31. PC Gamer22

    Original Messy FF7 Localization vs. Vastly Improved Fan Translation: A Line-by-Line Comparison

    A spreadsheet compares every line of dialogue in Final Fantasy 7's official PC release, the Japanese original, and fan translator TurquoiseHammer's new text. That retranslation is part of the Shinra Archaeology Cut mod, released two years ago and available through the fan launcher 7th Heaven, with an optional "Cultural Heritage Mode" that restores odd lines and infamous typos from the original English script. Square Enix's 2013 update to modern platforms fixed some grammatical mistakes but left the rest of the script largely untouched.

  32. 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.

  33. Rock Paper Shotgun24

    Fright Train is the best Call of Duty Zombies alternative I've played in ages, despite starring a dog

    Fright Train is a singleplayer B-movie survival shooter starring a dog soldier named Doug Barker, and it's the best Call of Duty Zombies alternative the author has played in ages. Players scavenge vidyacoins, manage 15 tactical pockets and manually load bullets while fighting zombies, lockdowns and a pursuing giant iceworm aboard a train hurtling through the Antarctic. It's available on Steam, and the author's praise is based on two hours of play on normal difficulty covering the first two acts.

  34. Eurogamer62

    Double Fine announces Thank You Bus Driver, coming to PC on 14 October

    Double Fine announced that its new game Thank You Bus Driver will launch on PC storefronts including Steam, GOG and Itch.io on 14 October. It is the studio's first release since splitting from Xbox this summer and the debut title of its new Double Fine Action Labs label for weird, little games. The black-and-white bus driving sim has players ferry passengers within a time limit and slap them to enforce rules. Xbox's restructuring has spun off five first-party studios and plans to lay off around 3,200 staff by next summer, with Double Fine cutting a quarter of its own workforce.

  35. PC Gamer37

    Toem 2 review: A sweet sequel that's a tad too easy to be memorable

    Toem 2 launched on September 29, 2026 for $17 / £13.59, developed by Something We Made and published by popagenda, with Steam Deck Verified status on Steam. Players use a multi-attachment camera to complete photo quests and collect stamps across four towns, but each area's clear pairing of a camera attachment with a local in need makes the puzzles too obvious. It's a quick and sweet sequel, yet the easy objectives make it feel less inventive than the original.

  36. 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.

  37. PC Gamer22

    Why So Many Steam Games Have Weirdly Similar (and Forgettable) Names

    Failbetter communications director and games marketing consultant Hannah Flynn says too many developers copy other games' naming styles, producing interchangeable titles on a crowded Steam. She flags filler words like "fall of" (11,527 Steam results), "echoes of" (2,750) and "shadow of" (8,243), arguing a good name should reflect the game itself. GameDiscoverCo founder Simon Carless counters that names mainly need to be short, clear and not easily confused with another game, since most people buy based on footage or recommendations.