Devil May Cry 5 Composer Returns for Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC, Makes a Banging Metal Track https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/10/devil-may-cry-5-composer-returns-for-dragons-dogma-2-dlc-makes-a-banging-metal-track
The Crazy Wait for Dragon Quest 12 Made Worse by Creator's 'Astonishing' Praise for AI https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/10/the-crazy-wait-for-dragon-quest-12-made-worse-by-creators-astonishing-praise-for-ai
Finnish Games Week 2026 is officially live on Steam. Finnish-made games are discounted by up to 91%.
Steam's new Weeklong Sale is live and runs until October 19, discounting Halo: The Master Chief Collection and thousands of other PC games. The promotion also includes Ale & Tale Tavern, They Are Billions, and Hatred.
Devil May Cry 5 composer Casey Edwards has returned to Capcom to create a special track for Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen titled "Burn the Sky." The track reportedly does not appear anywhere in the Dark Arisen expansion, not even in the credits. B'z's "Into Free -Dangan-," the original Dragon's Dogma theme, remains a fan favourite and was removed for the Dark Arisen re-release.
Roboquest is $14.99 on GOG https://buff.ly/8k2dG1i #ad
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams is $4.99 on US PSN https://buff.ly/LLEnc3h
Restocks of the Pokémon TCG set Ascended Heroes are now constant, but fans need memberships and patience to take advantage of them. The set is an older one and has historically been harder to find than other sets, including the 30th anniversary collection. There have been two notable exceptions to recent distribution trends.
Nintendo's Latin America VP says there are no plans to ditch physical games
Nintendo Latin America VP Bill van Zyll said the company has no plans to ditch physical games, stressing that its approach to physical and digital releases is guided by consumer preference. He noted the Switch 2, which launched in June 2025, supports both digital and physical formats. The comments follow Sony's announcement that it will end production of physical discs for all new PlayStation games from January 2028.
Coder Swordpdf has unveiled RPS5S3, an emulator that lets jailbroken PS5s run PS3 games from physical discs, demonstrated with Gran Turismo 5. It is not yet available on GitHub, and the latest version on the PS5SX2 Discord is titled "RPS5S3 Test Build 3." A Discord post lists Grand Theft Auto IV, God of War: Ascension, LittleBigPlanet, inFamous, and MotorStorm: Pacific Rift as its "most played games."
The Plucky Squire is $9.89 on GOG https://buff.ly/FzTSxB2 #ad
Dino Crisis 2 (Steam) w/ 5 more games is $20 on Humble Capcom Classics Bundle https://buff.ly/HImAiHG
Voidtrain - Big Catch DLC is free to own on Steam (offer ends Oct 19th) https://buff.ly/gXtSt9a
Humble Games Bundle: The Cozy After Dark Showcase ($12 for all) https://buff.ly/M0vAXz7 #ad
The "Wires Crossed" quest in Arc Raiders requires players to obtain three specific Arc parts and then attach them to antennas across three different maps. The game tells you which parts you need and where to go, but the parts are hard to find and the interaction prompts at each location are somewhat hidden, making the quest tricky to complete.
RimWorld announced the Waylith Engine and Update 1.7.
According to GameFile's Stephen Totilo, Xbox is testing a new Streak system that tracks how often players play on their consoles, and he saw the feature firsthand. The Streak appears next to the player's Gamerscore as a number with a flame icon, and reportedly requires playing on Xbox three days per week to maintain it. Further details remain unknown, and Microsoft has yet to officially announce it.
Colorbound, a puzzle-platformer from Panpipe Studio, is out now on Xbox Series X|S for $14.99. Players control Anku, a boy in the mountains of Chile who uses color to reunite his late grandfather's scattered band. The game draws on Aymara culture of the Andes, blending pastel watercolor visuals and panpipe music into a story of love, loss, and family.
SteelSeries has released the Aeon Pro wireless gaming controller for PC and Xbox, available at the SteelSeries store for $259.99. It uses a hot-swappable dual-battery system with a charging dock for infinite battery life, plus a QuickSwitch system for instant switching between Xbox, PC, and mobile. The controller features Hall Effect joysticks, mechanical switches, adjustable trigger travel, and four styles of modular thumbsticks.
Amazon has cut $13 off the Pikachu and Poké Ball LEGO set (#72152), dropping it from its $199.99 MSRP to $186.99, the lowest price seen at the retailer so far. The 2,050-piece set, aimed at builders aged 18 and up, released in February and lets you build Pikachu leaping from an opened Poké Ball or resting by a closed one.
After several weeks testing 30 PC controllers, the Flydigi Vader 5 Pro stands out for its clicky mechanical buttons, long battery life, and Hall Effect thumbsticks with adjustable tension. Testing covered games including Grand Theft Auto 5, EA FC 26, Marathon, Celeste, and Forza Horizon 5, with picks also split into budget, budget wireless, high-end, symmetrical-stick, and large-hand categories.
IGN rounds up the top deals for October 12, including the Rhythm Blue DualSense controller from the PlayStation Hyperpop collection at $14 off, down to $69.99, and the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Gaming Headset (Gen 1) for $80 at Woot. Amazon and Target are also running a 3-for-2 board game sale, and Amazon has dropped The Lord of the Rings Deluxe Illustrated Box Set to its lowest price.
Dragon Quest co-creator Yuji Horii has released a new text-based interrogation game that he says was made with generative AI in about 30 minutes. In a post on X, he recalled creating The Portopia Serial Murder Case alone, and said that with AI he can now make a decent game just by giving instructions. He also warned players not to press the boost button.
Falcons can count on more plays like this until 2030 🦅 @FLCm0NESY @StakeEsports
Circana analyst Mat Piscatella said Xbox hardware unit sales fell 33% year over year through August 2026, while PlayStation sales dropped 25%, putting Xbox at an all-time US year-to-date low and PlayStation at its lowest since 2013. The average price paid for an Xbox console in 2026 is 26% higher than in 2025 and PlayStation 20% higher, both all-time highs that he attributes mainly to a component crisis. Piscatella said the US hardware market has not been in a more precarious position since the early 80s, and the piece notes the 1983 market crash and the later recovery led by the NES.
Clear River Games announced that He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction will launch on Feb. 4, 2027. The retro-style beat 'em up is developed by Bitmap Bureau and will get a physical release on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X, plus digital versions on those platforms, PS4, Windows PC, and Xbox One. It features four playable characters — He-Man, Teela, Man-at-Arms, and She-Ra — and the Steam page lists 13 levels.
Voidtrain's Big Catch DLC is free to claim and keep on Steam and consoles for a limited time, though the base game is required. Keys for the base game are currently up to 95% off.
In Arc Raiders, crafting the Level 4 Gunsmith bench needed for "Amplified" weapons requires an Emperor Modulator. You must first craft a key to The Emperor dungeon on Pendola Pass by collecting three Arc Coupler materials and an Emperor Gateway Conduit blueprint during the Redirection event. The modulator is found in the final loot room of the dungeon, so bring a Snap Hook, an Anvil or Renegade, and a Hullcracker.
📈 #2 @TeamVitalityCS reduce the gap between them and #1 @Team__Spirit to 78 points after two consecutive titles, while Aurora climb three spots to #6 on the latest HLTV rankings
Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch is $10.99 on Steam https://buff.ly/LaQ6lD4
Foundation is $20.99 on Steam https://buff.ly/bRTSrkO
The Cozy After Dark Showcase sale on Steam https://buff.ly/WCLRHPp
Steam weeklong deals https://buff.ly/WSLc61p
A demo for Metaphor: ReFantazio has begun appearing on some regional Switch 2 eShops. The full game from Atlus is set to launch on Switch 2 on Nov. 12, just over two years after its debut on other major platforms.
The "Someone Else's Shoes" quest in Arc Raiders sends players across Stella Montis to find androids on Celeste's behalf while investigating something called Project Pathos. Stella Montis is one of the most difficult maps in Arc Raiders, so the quest can be a severe pain without knowing exactly where to go.
A Reddit user claims footage has surfaced of GTA 6 running at native 4K, citing sources such as Digital Foundry that earlier footage was 1440p upscaled to 4K via TAA. The post also claims the leak confirms a PC build and a file size of over 200GB, though none of this has been verified.
Nothing is stronger than the connection between a person and their childhood comfort game
Do you smell that? That's the smell of Steam Cooking Fest, arriving at a virtual kitchen near you! Try out a bunch of methods of cooking - saute, fry, and of course Steam - in restaurants, pubs, food trucks, and... space stations? Live now through Oct 19.
Nintendo of America announced that Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 will come to Nintendo Switch 2 on Oct 23. The post was shared by the official Nintendo of America account with a link.