PGL has disqualified acidhouze from the PGL Bucharest 2027 open qualifier due to competitive integrity concerns. Inner Circle Academy, who forfeited their match against acidhouze partway through, said on X they did so "so the cheaters couldn't profit from betting." Inner Circle Academy have been reinstated to the qualifier following acidhouze's disqualification.
Valor Mortis (PS5/XSX) preorder (out tomorrow, $39.99)
New signs of life have appeared for Haunted Chocolatier, the next game from Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone, also known as ConcernedApe. In an August blog post, he apologized for the length of development while saying he doesn't stress too much about how long it's taking, as he doesn't want to rush the process and hurt the game.
Bitmap Bureau's beat 'em up He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction will launch on Switch on 4th February 2027 after a lengthy delay. Pre-orders are now open at Clear River Games (£25) and Limited Run Games (£30), with a £100 collector's edition and a free 5.5-inch He-Man action figure for the first 2,250 collector's edition pre-orders. Limited Run pre-orders close on 22nd November at 11:59pm eastern time.
Publisher Clear River Games has announced that He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction will launch on PS5 and PS4 on 4th February, 2027. The side-scrolling brawler is in development at Bitmap Bureau and supports up to four-player co-op across a 13-stage campaign.
Kotaku reviewed Valor Mortis, a first-person Soulslike from developer One More Level, launching October 13 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. The review praises its unsettling atmosphere and creature designs but finds its combat, platforming, and other mechanics stretched thin. The author estimates 12 to 15 hours to reach the credits.
Retro-Style He-Man Beat-'Em-Up Finally Hits Up PS5 and PS4 in February https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/10/retro-style-he-man-beat-em-up-finally-hits-up-ps5-and-ps4-in-february
No Man's Sky will arrive on the App Store on October 28, the only one of seven titles in Apple's Indie Games Week not yet available. Hello Games' Sean Murray said the iOS port has been in development for years and was held up by the studio's ongoing free updates, which the team has now caught up with. Players can sync progress from other platforms to their App Store copy, and the game supports controllers, touch controls, or a mix of both on iPhones and iPads released as far back as 2019.
No Man's Sky is set to release on iOS on Oct 28.
No Man's Sky is coming to iOS on October 28. Gematsu reported the date and linked to its full story on the site.
Pearl Abyss goes easy on us critics for our Crimson Desert reviews https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/pearl-abyss-goes-easy-on-us-critics-for-our-crimson-desert-reviews-they-had-to-play-the-build-that-is-not-the-exact-same-version-of-the-launched-game/
Pearl Abyss has responded to criticism of Crimson Desert reviews by saying reviewers played a build that was not the exact same version as the launched game. The article notes the game has changed since review, adding 133 new trading posts, supply-and-demand economy overhauls, 20 new types of small animal, a shotgun, pinball, birdwatching, and a pond for keeping fish. These sit on top of existing camp management, minigames, pet loyalty and collection, transmog, market manipulation and banking, cooking, fishing, mount collecting, and bounties.
WW2 real-time strategy game Battleplan launches on Steam today, with orders issued by drawing on a large pseudo-paper map based on geographical survey data while thousands of troops, tanks, planes and artillery try to turn those doodles into conquered territory. Players don't control units directly, but can draw curved breakthroughs, planned withdrawals, preparatory bombing runs, reconnaissance and counterattacks, and organise divisions, corps and companies before redrawing frontlines. The launch version includes a single-player campaign of 11 historical missions from the D-Day landings to Operation Varsity on the Western Front, plus tutorial levels, and developer Foolish Mortals Games says it plans post-launch system updates, gameplay improvements and additional theatres of war.
Hello Games announced that No Man's Sky will arrive on iPhone and iPad in October, with preorders opening the same day. The port will include all updates released over the past decade and will run on devices as old as the iPhone 11. Hello Games said the port was possible in large part thanks to Light No Fire, its in-development follow-up to No Man's Sky.
Fourteen years after release, The House in Fata Morgana remains one of gaming's scariest ghost stories and is still worth playing. The article places it alongside classics by M.R. James and Shirley Jackson, ranking it among the top tier of ghost literature.
Amazon MGM and Square Enix's TV adaptation of the first Life Is Strange game has wrapped filming. The series was greenlit just over a year ago, with casting announcements since, but a release window remains elusive.
Bill van Zyll, Nintendo's VP and general manager for Latin America, confirmed in an interview with YouTuber Coelho no Japão that the company will continue supporting physical media for the foreseeable future. The statement suggests Nintendo won't replicate Sony's controversial pivot to an all-digital future anytime soon.
Developer Gino Inc. announced that a demo for the anime-style 3D roguelite action game Bless You Again is now available on Steam as part of Steam Next Fest: October 2026 Edition. The demo includes the prologue and the first dungeon, the Corridor of Guidance, where players fight as protagonist Lily alongside the spirit Yoru. The full game is due out for PC via Steam in 2026.
Gamesplanet's latest weekly sale offers over 100 discounted games, including The Alters and INDIKA. The deals span adventures, strategy games, and multiplayer titles.
IGN reviews Valor Mortis, the first-person soulslike from developer One More Level, calling its mix of swordplay, spells, and firearms in an alternate Napoleonic era a genuinely original idea. You play as William, an undead soldier with three melee weapons, three guns, and three hand powers, each with its own upgrade tree, plus a skill tree and Amber mods that change how the character works. The review notes few and underwhelming boss fights, unpolished platforming, and technical problems including hard crashes and missing environment pieces, though the 20-hour campaign still offers plenty worth playing.
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.
The Thunderpick World Championship 2026 has revealed its eight-team field, headlined by Falcons, FURIA, Legacy and Aurora, with Ninjas in Pyjamas replacing Virtus.pro after visa and health issues. All eight teams open play on October 14, with 9z vs Aurora, Falcons vs Ninjas in Pyjamas, Legacy vs PARIVISION and FURIA vs BETBOOM. The winner takes $250,000, and the HLTV Fantasy game is open with skin prizes for the top ten finishers.
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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.
The "Empathetic Prototypes" quest in Arc Raiders, added with the "Frozen Trail" update, has proven very difficult for players. It tasks you with finding android friends for Lance and must be completed in a single round on Spaceport, requiring either a rare key or serious acrobatic skills.
EA Sports FC 27 held the top spot on the UK physical charts for a third week in a row, followed by new entries Star Wars: Galactic Racer, Gears of War: E-Day and Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival. Kingdom Hearts Collection [I~III] landed in fifth, with 58% of its sales on Switch 2 and 42% on PS5. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond slipped from last week's top 10 to 13th.
Grand Theft Auto 6 marketing ramps up with murals, blimps, stadiums and more
Hunter's Moon voice cast announced https://www.gematsu.com/2026/10/hunters-moon-voice-cast-announced
Bless You Again demo now available https://www.gematsu.com/2026/10/bless-you-again-demo-now-available
Thunderpick World Championship teams, format, schedule, prizes, talent, fantasy https://www.hltv.org/news/45706/thunderpick-world-championship-teams-format-schedule-prizes-talent-fantasy
Zavvi "has ceased trading with immediate effect"
Bandai Namco released a new Tekken 8 trailer that briefly teases Baki character Yujiro Hanma and lists him for the winter season. The trailer says he will get his own Tekken 8 trailer at the Tekken World Tour Finals on January 17, but no release date for the character has been announced.
Limited Run Games and developer Bitmap Bureau announced that the side-scrolling beat 'em up He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction will launch on February 4, 2027 for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam at $29.99 / €29.99. Physical edition pre-orders are open now through Limited Run Games. Players can choose among He-Man, Teela, Man-at-Arms, and She-Ra across 13 stages to fight Skeletor and Evil-Lyn.
Twin Swans has announced the voice cast for Hunter's Moon, a first-person historical narrative folk-horror game featuring 48 actors across more than 100 roles. The fully voiced story follows Lilith Thorne, an accused "witch" pursued by the Witchfinder General over the night of the Hunter's Moon. The game is due out for PS5 on October 26.
Eurogamer has published its review of Valor Mortis, the new game from Ghostrunner studio One More Level. The review describes it as a Napoleonic alternate-history Soulslike that fuses fluid sword- and gunplay with parkour, and calls it a delight.
More crass nude footage of Lucia in GTA 6 leaks https://www.eurogamer.net/gta-6-leaker-cyberleek-naked-lucia-parachute-video
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.
Steam hit an all-time concurrent user record of 43,505,724, the third time this year the figure has been broken and the first time it passed 43 million in the service's 23 years. Of those, 14.5 million were actually in-game, also a record. Valve is likely to make $20,000,000,000 this year.
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