Arc Raiders 2.0 is here, and you can finally turn those lights on your backpack off https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/arc-raiders-2-0-is-here-and-you-can-finally-turn-those-lights-on-your-backpack-off/
Escape the Backrooms is throwing an After Party with three new levels this December
Publisher Secret Mode announced on 8th October that Escape the Backrooms will add three new levels this December in a party-themed update called the After Party. The update also brings new skins, with free and paid cosmetics arriving in October. The Fancy Games co-op horror title has been played by more than 12 million people since its Early Access launch in 2022.
Embark Studios' extraction shooter Arc Raiders has launched its 2.0 update alongside the Frozen Trails content drop, adding an emissive toggle so players can turn off their backpack lights. The patch also brings mouth animations for proximity chat, the ability to open the map while downed, new contextual animations, and an increased max stash size of 328 without expedition bonuses. Average player count has risen sharply recently, likely helped by an ongoing free weekend.
Arc System Works and Sony Interactive Entertainment revealed the rest of the Year 1 DLC characters for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls at EVO France, including Thor, Venom, and Jubilee, arriving next year. The first to arrive after Phoenix Cyclops is Jane Foster's Thor rather than Thor Odinson.
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls - Year 1 DLC Character: Thor (Jane Foster) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RoZ9faTBJI
Arc System Works has confirmed the remaining three Year 1 characters for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls on PS5: Thor (Jane Foster) in Winter 2027, Venom alongside the Klyntar stage in Spring 2027, and Jubilee in Summer 2027. Phoenix and Cyclops arrive earlier on 2nd November.
Kinetic Games announced that Phasmophobia has sold more than 30 million copies across PC and console since launching in Early Access in 2020. Its annual Crimson Eye Halloween event is back and runs until 1st November, bringing blood moon weather to a rotating set of maps that makes ghosts faster and drains sanity more quickly while paying out more. Community goals unlock the Beholder ID Card and Badge and the Blood Moon Trophy, while personal goals unlock the Blood Moon Charm, a seasonal t-shirt, and Crimson Eye trophy upgrades. CEO and game director Daniel Knight said his initial goal was to sell 1000 units in the first year, and that the 1.0 release is slated for the second half of 2027.
Deadlock's City Never Sleeps update makes Valve's MOBA my favorite videogame setting in years
Valve's Deadlock has received the City Never Sleeps update, which reworks the entire map, adds new neutral monsters, and gives the lanes and mid-map districts new looks. The update also introduces new heroes including Deadman Danny, Nurse Harrow, Rat King, Solomon, and Baba, plus many new conversations and voice lines for the existing cast. The author, who has put in 350 hours, calls the reworked Cursed Apple one of his favorite game settings in years.
CD Projekt Red outlines which Witcher 3 Remastered fixes are coming next, but there's still division about the changes. https://bit.ly/4zbPA4k
Bandai Namco has detailed a new road map for Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO, marking the game's second anniversary with more events, free updates, game modes and additional fighters through the rest of 2026 and into 2027. The new Tower of Power mode will launch first as a Solo experience, while the paid Super Limit-Breaking NEO DLC is set for Switch and Switch 2 in Spring 2027. Cross-play will enter a beta after Summer 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox and Steam.
Arc Raiders launched its Frozen Trail 2.0 update on October 8 across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S, alongside a free weekend running October 8 to 12, pushing its Steam concurrent player count to 166,670, a seven-month high. The update adds the Pendola Pass map, new enemies Bully, Skulker, and Hydra, and new items including the Grappling Hook and Tether Launcher, plus a revamped skill tree, the Reward Pass, and Weapon Stencils. The game is currently 50% off on all platforms, and testing for a dedicated PvE mode is planned.
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.
Deadlock's concurrent player count has surpassed Team Fortress 2's all-time peak. The update also adds a chess wizard character.
Valve's Deadlock reached 262,145 concurrent players after adding the latest of six new heroes, surpassing Team Fortress 2's all-time peak of 253,997 according to SteamDB. The figure excludes TF2's Xbox 360 and PS3 players from The Orange Box. The new hero is Solomon, a chess mage whose gun is a chessboard that players say recreates a different historic game state on each reload depending on bullets loaded.
Arc Raiders is getting a free trial to celebrate its biggest update yet. https://bit.ly/4yylQ1N
Mafia 3, which I say is great, got a nice little 10th-anniversary update
Hangar 13 released a new Steam update for Mafia 3: Definitive Edition to mark the game's 10th anniversary. The patch improves mission progress, NPC behaviour, and achievement tracking, fixing spots where players got stuck in missions like "Get Enzo Conti" and "Kill Tommy Marcano," plus some mid-mission crashes. Characters like Alcee and Father James no longer freak out mid-mission.
Metro Redux's Next-Gen Update arrives this month as franchise passes 50 million sales. https://bit.ly/4i0iDlx
SNK announced that Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves will crossover with the Tekken series, with Tekken 8's Reina coming to all platforms this December. She joins the Season 3 DLC roster alongside Rick Strowd, Duck King and Kim Kaphwan (available now), Manjiro Sano and Ken Ryuguji (October 2026) and Laocorn (November 2026). Season Pass 3 costs $19.99, and a Switch 2 demo arrives on 22nd October 2026.
CD Projekt Red addresses divisive lighting changes in a new Witcher 3 Remastered PC patch. https://bit.ly/3VLVdaW
Microsoft announced a new Xbox PC client, codenamed Garrison, that focuses on speed and performance and is expected to open to Xbox Insider testers in the coming weeks, with a possible full launch this year. Microsoft said loading a personal library of more than 1,400 games is significantly faster, and players can more clearly tell downloadable games apart from those streamed via Xbox Cloud Gaming. The store page and game detail page are merged into a unified interface, and the client supports mouse, keyboard, and controller input.
Sega announced Year Two updates and DLC for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, with Year Two officially starting on November 3. The updates include a 1v1 Duel Mode, a Grand Master Plate with a seventh Super Slot, 15 new gadgets, and free characters Bayonetta, McLaren Racing, and Aigis. Season Pass Two costs $29.99 and includes six DLC packs themed around Godzilla, EVANGELION, Virtual Sanrio Puroland, SEGALAND, Midgar, and Persona. The Standard Edition price drops permanently from $69.99 to $39.99, and the Digital Deluxe Edition from $89.99 to $59.99.
A Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero cross-play beta is one of many updates featured on the 2026-2027 roadmap. https://www.siliconera.com/dragon-ball-sparking-zero-cross-play-beta-on-update-and-dlc-roadmap/
Wardogs will bribe players with cash and XP to pick Blue team in Season 2 https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/wardogs-will-bribe-players-with-cash-and-xp-to-pick-blue-team-in-season-2/
Level up the Marvel Rivals Season 10 battle pass to get new avatars for Jeff, Rogue, and Venom: https://play.st/4jdLaoS
EA and Dice announced a Dead Space crossover event for Battlefield 6 set in Area 51, where players can unlock unique cosmetics from October 20 to November 7. Season 5 starts October 13 with new Las Vegas-themed maps, followed by European Casino on November 10 and another map on December 8. REDSEC adds Rapid Royale, a faster battle royale with fewer players where kills generate money for respawning.
Wardogs Season 2 launches on October 15 and adds a gambling system that lets players bet on their own performance. The mechanic, called the Wager Vendor, lets players set conditions such as kill counts, with harder conditions raising the odds and paying out more or costing cash on failure. Developer Bulkhead's co-founder Howard Philpott said the feature will not be available immediately at launch, as players must build up cash to unlock it.
Wardogs developer Bulkhead detailed how rain will change gameplay in Season 2, which launches on October 15. Rain is not dynamic weather, so matches with rain have rainfall from start to finish, and senior producer Kane Allard told IGN it "completely changes the game," which some players may not like. Rain darkens the map and worsens visibility, thunder can mask gunfire and other loud noises, raindrops sound different on surfaces such as rooftops and helmets, windows fog up, and players inside are exposed to rain if a roof is destroyed. Bulkhead is not ruling out other weather effects but has to weigh how something like snow would affect gameplay and performance.
EA and Battlefield Studios detailed Battlefield 6's Season 5, which adds the full server browser fans have wanted since launch in the December update, letting players create their own servers and set rules like map rotation. Season 5 rolls out in phases, starting with Siege of Las Vegas on October 13, which adds the Vegas Strip and Area 51 maps and Rapid Royale for the RedSec battle royale mode. A Halloween event runs October 20 through November 7 with a non-canon limited-time scenario based on the 2023 Dead Space remake, followed by Casino Heist on November 10 and Frozen Aces on December 8.
Wardogs season 2 launches after a game-wide progress wipe on October 15th and adds a gambling system where players can bet on their own performance through a new Wager Vendor, choosing extra restrictions to raise the payout. The season also brings new weapons and vehicles including a high-capacity SMG, molotov cocktails and a tracked AA gun, plus buildable machine gun nests and shelters, and a thundery rainfall weather preset that lowers visibility and masks footsteps. Developer Bulkhead says a friends queue option is not part of this update, while the blue team Lonestar gets moved faction HQs, desaturated outfit colours and cash and XP bonuses throughout the season.
Wardogs Season 2 will hand out Lonestar cash and XP bonuses to players who pick Blue team, with Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer saying in the Road to Season 2 devlog that the studio is looking at how to help one team's win rate. Blue has struggled with weak camouflage and unfavorable spawn points, and many players avoid it from the start, idling on the selection screen for a slot on Green or Red. The October 15 patch also adds new guns, vehicles, rainy weather on all maps, and the game's first progression wipe, sending everyone back to level 1.
Hazelight announced that It Takes Two will get a full Switch 2 upgrade on 15th October, free for owners of the Switch 1 version. The new version supports 1080p and 60fps in Docked Mode, faster load times, and more ways to play together via GameShare, with the Friend's Pass still available. Cross-play launches the same day, letting Switch 2 players team up with friends on PC, Xbox Series, Xbox One, PS4, or PS5, while Switch 1 players can only play online with a Switch 2 player who downgrades to the original Switch version.
Wardogs Season 2 launches next week, letting players gamble on their own in-game performance. The game uses a cash-based economy where every action rewards in-game money, and a new wager vendor will let players raise the stakes each time they respawn.
Ghost of Yotei Gets More Complete with PS5 Patch Fixing Bugs and Black Screens
Sucker Punch has released a roughly 1.2GB patch 2.07 for last week's Ghost of Yotei: Complete Edition, fixing bugs that caused lost or blocked progress in Most Wanted and a black screen issue after certain missions in Echoes of Sekigahara. Issues preventing certain content from being marked complete were also resolved, along with various other bug and crash fixes.
CD Projekt Red Delivers The Witcher 3 Remastered Fixes, Improvements in Patch 5.01 https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/10/cd-projekt-red-delivers-the-witcher-3-remastered-fixes-improvements-in-patch-5-01
CD Projekt Red has released The Witcher 3 Remastered patch 5.01 on PS5, delivering performance improvements and fixes for various technical issues. The update adjusts frame rate limits across graphics modes on the base PS5, adds Bloom, Light Shafts, and Depth of Field options to the graphics menu, and fixes settings resetting on every launch. It also addresses gameplay and UI issues, including automatic blade oils, dodge delay, and skill tooltips.
miHoYo announced that Zenless Zone Zero version 3.3, titled Journey to the Sky, will launch on October 21 for PS5, Xbox Series, PC, and mobile. The update adds S-Rank Anomaly Agent Phoenix in the first half and S-Rank Attack Agent Severian in the second half, plus new mech combat gameplay with switchable melee and ranged attacks. It also brings system improvements such as Fairy team recommendations and Agent tutorial videos, with check-in events offering 10 Encrypted Master Tapes and 10 Boopons.