Mintrocket has announced that the final wave of DLC for Dave the Diver will launch in early 2027 as a free expansion crossing over with Subnautica 2. Dave and Bancho will step through a mysterious portal to explore the ocean moon Proteus and catch strange creatures and ingredients. Few other details about the DLC have been revealed.
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Razer's new Basilisk V4 Pro and V4 HyperSpeed gaming mice include a Perfect 180 feature that lets players bind a quick 180-degree turn to a mouse button, aimed at low-sensitivity competitive FPS players. The Synapse option can be configured per game and lets players spin in either direction with tweakable count settings. The author argues it isn't aim assist but still a movement-enhancing feature outside the game itself, echoing the earlier SOCD/Snap Tap controversy.
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Eurogamer published its review of EA Sports FC 27, describing smart iterations and steady developments as a decent forward step for EA's FC series. The review notes the usual cynicism surrounding the series.
French creator J0nathan said his channel was permanently deleted after he posted a Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival gameplay video in which he covered the opening nudity with black boxes, citing YouTube's sex and nudity policy. He told IGN his appeal was rejected within minutes and that uncensored footage of the same scene remains live on other channels. Saber Interactive had advised creators before launch to apply age restrictions and sexual theme labels, noting the game has no streamer mode.
Core Keeper is free to play on Steam until Monday. Players can explore, mine, fish, and battle in the game.
Eurogamer's review finds EA Sports FC 27 makes meaningful changes on the pitch, with slower, weightier matches, more manual defending, and AI teammates holding greater distance. The new Grounds is an online social hub with three open areas and Rush modes, which the review treats as a sideshow. Ultimate Team is largely unchanged apart from the Gallery and faster squad-building challenges, while Career mode adds Dynamic OVR and a reworked transfer negotiation menu with a tension meter.
Silent Hill: Townfall is now available on GOG at $49.99. The post includes a purchase link and is marked as an ad.
After being hooked by the Warhammer 40,000 short in Amazon's Secret Level and the Horus Heresy novels, the author picked up Owlcat Games' Rogue Trader and chose the Commissar class, which lets you shoot allies in the back to make them stronger. The top-down CRPG lets the author play as a "not quite a villain" in the grim dark future, with choices like believing in the Emperor's power echoing the source material.
Xbox is working on a brand-new Xbox PC app that should start rolling out before the end of 2026, and Windows Central has already tried an early version. The redesign is said to bring a big performance boost, faster navigation through a 1400+ game library, and a single shared interface for store and game listings. It hasn't been officially released yet, and Windows Central suggests it may become available for Xbox Insiders within the next few weeks.
Pearl Abyss European CEO Lybee Park said Crimson Desert's lower-than-expected review scores stem from critics playing a build that was not the exact launch version and having limited time to explore. She said reviewers typically follow the main quest line, so they did not get a fair chance to experience the game's hidden details. Pearl Abyss has been patching the game since its March release and is planning a Switch 2 version for the first half of next year.
The voice cast of Final Fantasy VII Revelation took part in their final recording sessions for the game, as shown in a video shared during a New York City Comic Con panel. Brianna White and Britt Baron, who play Aerith and Tifa, shed tears, while Travis Willingham, the new voice of Sephiroth, jokingly recited a line about Cool Ranch being the best Doritos flavour. The game launches on 8th April 2027, concluding Square Enix's remake project announced at E3 in 2015, aside from its DLC expansions.
Razer has announced the Basilisk V4 Pro and Basilisk V4 HyperSpeed gaming mice, priced at $170 and $110 respectively. Both feature four side buttons, one of which can be configured in Synapse to trigger a "Perfect 180" feature that snaps your aim around 180 degrees with a single click. The Pro uses a 50K optical sensor while the HyperSpeed uses a 33K unit, and both support 8K polling in wired and wireless modes.
At the Triple-i Showcase, Dave the Diver studio Mintrocket announced the game's final DLC, which brings the worlds of Subnautica 2 and Dave the Diver together. The DLC is set for release in early 2027.
Moonlight Kids' timeloop metroidvania Echo Weaver gives players almost everything needed to finish it from the very first moment, with knowledge as the only real gain. Its glaive can be thrown, recalled, and teleported to, letting players skip platforming and puzzles and even reach endgame areas early. After four hours, Rock Paper Shotgun calls it a vivid, freeform Metroidy puzzler with minimal combat and a few rough edges.
Playground Games has revealed that Forza Horizon 6's first major expansion will launch on January 21st, 2027. It will be granted automatically to players who bought the premium edition, premium upgrade or expansions bundle, while others must buy it separately. The studio has said only that more details will come closer to availability, and that a second expansion is also planned.
The LudoNarraCon Story-Rich Megabundle is available on Steam, featuring Until Then and 9 more adventure games for a total of 10 titles. The bundle focuses on narrative-driven games.
World of Warcraft: Forever's content scope grew during development, with associate production director Clay Stone saying the team's original internal pitch was four new dungeons before it became six and then nine. He said the response to Season of Discovery, shipped in November 2023, led to discussions about a non-season version, and that appetite within the team and Blizzard built the launch scope beyond what players expected.
Deadline reported that a live-action Cyberpunk 2077 film is in development at Paramount Pictures, with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura said to be attached and CD Projekt Red collaborating. CDPR co-CEO Michał Nowakowski said on X that the studio is excited about Paramount as a future partner and looks forward to sharing more details at the appropriate time. CDPR told Eurogamer it has nothing to share beyond Nowakowski's comments.
Seven new games arrive on Xbox on October 9, headlined by Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, the first major expansion to Capcom's 2024 RPG, on Series X|S and Cloud. Also out today is PAPERHEAD, a mix of fast-paced movement boomer shooter and adventure horror, on Series X|S, PC and Cloud, alongside Cozy Meowmory, HORSE CLUB Ride West, Sesame Street: Friends & Fun, Tiny Techie in Puzzle Land and Whisker Mess. No new titles were added to Xbox Game Pass today.
Live-action Cyberpunk 2077 film reportedly in development, with CD Projekt Red collaborating with Paramount to make it https://www.eurogamer.net/cyberpunk-2077-live-action-film-paramount-cd-projekt-red
WoW: Forever's list of changes snowballed as its devs got more excited https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/wow-forevers-list-of-changes-snowballed-as-blizzard-got-more-excited-says-dev-our-original-pitch-internally-was-well-do-4-new-dungeons/
The Steam LudoNarraCon Sale 2026 is now live, featuring story rich games at up to 95% off. Players looking for a good story can take advantage of the discounts.
Bandai Namco announced that Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve has sold more than one million copies worldwide, making it the fastest-selling game in the series. The game has been on sale for a little over a week and currently holds an 87 on Metacritic, the series' second-best reviewed entry behind Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies. It is available now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
The author looks back at the many Early Access games in their Steam library, noting that Tale of Immortal: Tianmu Weixin took 8 years to reach 1.0 while Project Zomboid remains in Early Access after 12 years. The piece argues that Early Access turns player communities into near co-creators, and that buying games during Early Access is a way of supporting the industry's future.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered's Patch 5.01, released Oct. 9, fixed several visual issues including graphics problems on PC and consoles and poor optimization on PlayStation 5. The remaster has been out for less than two weeks and has already received multiple hotfixes and patches.
Peter Molyneux revealed in an interview that Black & White's iconic giant animal creatures were originally designed as monsters, not cute creatures. His final god game, Masters of Albion, just received a major update that added mysterious colossal structures, though the game currently lacks Black & White-style titanic creatures.
Publisher Assemble Entertainment has announced that Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry and Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice will be delisted from Steam on October 23, following the removal of the previous seven games last year. Both titles are currently discounted by 95% on Steam, GOG, and Nintendo Switch, priced at $1.99 / £0.89 each. It is not yet clear whether the Xbox and PlayStation stores will also receive the discount or whether the games will be removed from other storefronts.
CD Projekt Red has rolled out a substantial patch for the new Witcher 3 Remastered edition of the game, notably adding more lighting-related options to the console versions of the game, such as Bloom, enabling you to turn them off, should you wish. https://bit.ly/477fp9W
Bandai Namco announced on official social media that Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve surpassed one million copies sold within its first week on sale, the fastest in the series to reach that mark. The publisher said it will keep releasing updates and added a commemorative wallpaper to the Ace Combat website. For comparison, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown has sold 7.5 million units since its 2019 launch and remains the series' best-selling entry.
The week of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 DMZ reveals continues, and the latest highlighted a questionable addition that seems to offer an unfair advantage in an extraction shooter. https://bit.ly/4AVtUey
Two more Leisure Suit Larry games are getting delisted from Steam in October. Larry Laffer's latest adventures are about to disappear from the platform.
The Silent Hill producer says a second and third wave of games are already being considered. This confirms what Dusk Golem said around 4 years ago.
After about five hours with Silver Pines, IGN's Tristan Ogilvie says Wych Elm Games has folded Silent Hill and Resident Evil style survival horror into a 2.5D metroidvania. Tools such as a box cutter, sledgehammer, sewer key, and pistol open new routes as players solve puzzles, fight enemies, and search for missing singer Eddie Velvet. The author notes it is the debut release from a core team of five and is out now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2.
"Meow! Let's Slack Off Together~" will officially launch on Steam on November 5. It is a relaxing desktop idle fishing game where fish hook themselves, and players can fish, collect drift items that hatch cats, and dress up. At launch it will offer over 100 outfits and scene decorations, plus multiplayer rooms or friend invites for fishing together.
Producer Masachika Kawata confirmed in an interview that director Koshi Nakanishi initially developed Resident Evil Requiem as an online game. Unfavorable research results partway through development led the team to prioritize the horror concept again and abandon the online direction. This confirms an earlier rumor from Dusk Golem.
JIAOHUN, a cinematic first-person psychological horror game, was unveiled globally on October 8 at the 3i plan showcase and is expected to launch in 2027 on PC via Steam and PlayStation 5. Developed by Shanghai studio 12AM BLACKOUT using Unreal Engine 5, it is set in the Chinese town of Xiannü in Baishui County on the eve of the millennium and blends puzzle solving with walking simulation, switching between 4:3 and 2.39:1 aspect ratios. The game will be playable at the Beijing stop of the HJJ event on October 24 and 25, 2026, at booth B07-1.