Gears of War: E-Day developer The Coalition said the game suffered a DDoS attack over the weekend that caused login and connection issues. Players reported trouble connecting to multiplayer matches on Sunday, as well as disconnects after getting into a game. The Coalition said its teams are continuing to monitor and mitigate the activity.
The Coalition has confirmed that DDoS attacks targeting Gears of War: E-Day's online services caused intermittent disconnects and login issues during the game's first weekend live. The studio said on October 12th that its teams are continuing to monitor and mitigate the activity. E-Day released on October 6th.
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Valor Mortis drew mixed reviews ahead of its day-one Xbox Game Pass launch on October 13, holding a Metacritic score of 77 overall, 77 on PC and 83 on PS5, with no Xbox Series reviews yet. Destructoid, TheGamer and Gamer Social Club gave it 9/10, Eurogamer and Push Square 8/10, IGN and Game Informer 7/10, and GameSpot and GamesRadar+ 6/10. The game is developed by Ghostrunner studio One More Level and is a first-person soulslike set in an alternate 19th century Napoleonic Europe.
Nintendo of Latin America VP and GM Bill van Zyll said in an interview with YouTube channel Coelho at Brazil Game Show that Switch 2 offers both digital and physical games and the company has no plans to abandon physical media. He said Nintendo has historically had no preference for a specific format and takes consumer preferences into account. For comparison, Sony's digital share of full game unit sales is 82 percent, while Nintendo's most recent financial report put its digital sales ratio at 61.5 percent.
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction is confirmed for February 4, 2027 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S, with digital and physical releases. Developed by Bitmap Bureau with Mattel and Clear River Games, it is a pixel-art brawler with He-Man, She-Ra, Man-At-Arms, and Teela as playable characters, solo and two-player local co-op, and 13 stages. Limited Run Games will offer two physical versions: a standard edition at $29.99 and a Collector's Edition at $99.99 that includes lunchbox-style packaging, pin badges, a Power Sword replica, and a 12-page mini comic by Dark Horse Comics.
Six games are coming to Xbox Game Pass from October 13 to 16, five of them day-one launches on Xbox or PC. Battlefield 6 headlines the lineup on October 13, alongside Deep Dish Dungeon and Valor Mortis, a first-person action soulslike from the creators of Ghostrunner. Bluey's Happy Snaps and the 1-4 player co-op gladiator roguelike Chained Beasts arrive on October 15, while Beyond These Stars comes on October 16 as a PC-only title, with the rest also available on Xbox consoles.
Eurogamer reports that PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles are more expensive than ever in most markets. It attributes this largely to AI data centres consuming memory components.
Developer The Coalition has confirmed that Gears of War: E-Day suffered a DDoS attack over the weekend, causing intermittent disconnects and login issues for players. The studio said its teams are continuing to monitor and mitigate the activity. The attack comes amid earlier reporting that the Microsoft title sold fewer than 250,000 copies in its first week, with 62,000 on Xbox, while an estimated 1.7 million played via Game Pass.
The Coalition has confirmed that recent server issues in Gears of War: E-Day were caused by a targeted DDoS attack on its online services, leading to connection drops and sign-in problems. The official Gears community account said the issues stemmed from distributed denial-of-service attacks, and the team is monitoring the situation to mitigate future activity while thanking the community for its patience. Players during the attack may have seen random disconnections, ping drops, and visual issues like rubber-banding and stuttering.
Gears of War: E-Day's servers suffered login issues and outages due to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting its online services, according to The Coalition. The official Xbox account said service has returned to normal. The login problems caused extended wait times and server outages that reportedly made the game unplayable even in campaign.
Two new games launch on Xbox today, October 12. Alpha Nomos is a rhythm-action adventure for Series X|S, PC, and Cloud in which players control Cello and time attacks to the beat, echoing Hi-Fi RUSH's combat. Colorbound is a cosy puzzle-platformer, also on Series X|S, PC, and Cloud, following Anku as he uses color to reunite his late grandfather's band.
Gears of War: E-Day suffered login issues and server crashes, which Eurogamer reports were caused by DDoS attacks. Xbox says service is back to normal.
The group behind the recent Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks, known as CyberLeek, has reportedly threatened to release an alleged full build of the game, including its full story mode and end credits, if its memecoin's market cap reaches $30 million. The group demanded physical disks and a public apology from Take-Two, and its memecoin market cap rose from $3.8 million to $5.7 million after the warning was reported. Take-Two has filed subpoenas against Microsoft, Discord, and X to identify alleged infringers, while Rockstar said it hopes players will wait until November 19 to experience the game themselves.
Why this: The follow-up to the GTA 6 leaks covers the group's threat and Take-Two's legal moves, showing how the standoff is developing.
Two new games launch on Xbox today, October 12. Alpha Nomos is a rhythm-action adventure with combat reminiscent of Hi-Fi RUSH, where players time attacks to the beat as Cello. Colorbound is a cozy puzzle-platformer in which players join Anku on a journey to reunite his late grandfather's band by using color to shape the world.
The Coalition has confirmed that Gears of War: E-Day suffered a DDoS attack over the weekend, causing intermittent disconnects and login issues for players on Xbox Series X and S and PC. The studio said its teams are continuing to monitor and mitigate the activity and will provide updates if there are significant changes.
Infinity Ward announced that DMZ, the extraction shooter mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, will open before the game's official launch, with digital pre-order players able to play from 20th October. The game now has three dates: the campaign unlocks 16th October, DMZ on the 20th, and the full launch with multiplayer on 23rd October. In a Reddit Q&A, Infinity Ward said the Single Squad Mission option seen in earlier footage is a developer-only playlist, and that in the shipping game players can go solo by turning off squad fill, though lobbies are not guaranteed to be solo-only.
Microsoft announced that Forza Horizon 6's first major expansion will launch on January 21, 2027. It is included in the Premium Edition, the Premium Upgrade Bundle, and the Expansion Bundle at no extra cost, and can also be bought separately. Upgrading to the Premium Edition via the Premium Upgrade Bundle immediately unlocks the Car Pass, the Time Attack Car Pack and Italian Passion Car Pack, VIP membership, and the Starter Pack, along with access to the first and a second major expansion.
Mick Gordon, who composed the soundtracks for 2016's Doom and 2020's Doom Eternal, told IGN at PAX Australia that he would return to id Software's Doom series "in a heartbeat" if the right conditions fell into place. He said he still has a whole list of ideas he'd love to explore for Doom one day. Gordon previously accused id Software in a 2022 Medium post of failing to pay him for half his work on the Doom Eternal soundtrack and singled out executive producer Marty Stratton.
Over 80 games are discounted by 90% or 95% in the Xbox Seasonal Savings Sale 2026 on the Xbox Store, including Metro Saga Bundle and Need for Speed Heat at 95% off, plus Gotham Knights, Injustice 2 and Mortal Kombat 11 at 90% off. More than 1000 games are on sale in total, with additional 85% discounts such as Hogwarts Legacy and 80% discounts such as Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
Xbox announced last month that development of the next Halo game would be handed to Activision, and a leak from Rebs Gaming this week indicated Activision is considering a hard reboot that would serve as Master Chief's origin story. But Combat Evolved dropped players directly into an already ongoing war between humanity and The Covenant, and a reboot threatens to overwrite that sci-fi story.
A Pure Xbox editor reflects on a year of daily use with the ROG Xbox Ally X, saying the hardware still feels great with no obvious wear on buttons, sticks or triggers, aside from a d-pad issue that resolved itself. He now uses it mostly in docked mode as a Windows PC, prefers Xbox Series X for AAA titles and the handheld for AA and indie games. Software has improved over the past year, but he says it still requires some tinkering like any Windows PC.
Gameplay footage from cancelled Xbox Perfect Dark game leaks online, and it looks pretty good. https://bit.ly/4rVOJlY
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Gears of War boss says the next game won't take seven years to make as he dances around the question of layoffs. https://bit.ly/4hKunr8
GTA 6 leaker CyberLeek posted a second roughly five-minute video on ResetEra showing Lucia parachuting off a rooftop, a day after threatening to release a full playable build. The clip shows Lucia using an ATM in Vice City with a $15,000 limit and a Buckme logo, and a dev menu is visible, so the naked Lucia may be a debug feature rather than open-world gameplay. CyberLeek says the full build will be released if their cryptocurrency coin reaches a $30 million market cap, while Rockstar has called the leaks heartbreaking and parent company Take-Two is seeking the leaker's identity. GTA 6 is due out on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 19th November.
Forza Horizon 6's PS5 port launches on 26th January and developer Playground has confirmed a boxed physical release. Like most Microsoft games, however, a download will still be required, and the disc will likely be little more than a launcher. The game takes up almost 150GB on Xbox Series X|S, and the PS5 version will likely occupy a similar amount of space.
The Xbox Game Pass Perks program is adding more freebies for members throughout October 2026, covering titles such as Call of Duty: Warzone and Albion Online, with the Warzone Game Pass Pack 8 the highlight so far. Most Perks are now available to Essential, Premium and Ultimate members, though Fortnite Crew and the Rocket League Rocket Pass remain Ultimate-only.
A group calling itself Cyberleek has threatened to leak a working build of GTA 6, including the full story mode played to the end and credits, if its cryptocurrency reaches a 30 million market cap. The group has posted unauthorized GTA 6 gameplay clips for nearly two months, including 25 minutes of new footage this week, and says its leaks protest Rockstar's decision to sell digital pre-orders without a physical version. Take-Two has filed multiple subpoenas to Discord seeking information on specific servers and users, and withdrew a subpoena request to YouTube.
Undead Labs has spoken about its split from Xbox. The studio said it has to make some changes to State of Decay 3 following layoffs.
Xbox Elite Series 3 controller leaks and appears to offer better analogue sticks, advanced haptics, d-pad choices and more. https://bit.ly/4hLqH8s
Gears of War: E-Day studio finds a way to get more performance from Xbox Series S - one that other Xbox games could probably use. https://bit.ly/4yEEtBg
Halo Studios says "it is absolutely our intent" to release new Halo book, despite layoffs and a rumored lore reboot from Activision. https://bit.ly/4hJL3PG
Circana's August US games industry report shows PlayStation hardware sales at their lowest point since 2013, with Sony console sales down 25% year-over-year for 2026. Analyst Mat Piscatella says the average US PS5 selling price this year is $597, up 20% year-over-year, while Xbox Series X|S average pricing rose 26% amid the brand's worst US hardware sales ever. Piscatella says the US hardware market has not been in a more precarious position since the early 80s, and the author argues Sony needs ways to monetise players beyond hardware.
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