Undead Labs discusses split from Xbox, says it must make changes to State of Decay 3 after layoffs
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.
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.
Three-time ESL Pro League champions, Vitality and MOUZ seek their fourth title tonight in Spodek 🏆
Familiar faces, different Fantasy challenge 👀
Crown and Coup is a solo-developed roguelike that swaps Balatro's deck for a monarch and a chess army, scoring through captures at might x mult with 117 joker-style stratagems plus omens, grimoires, runestones and proclamations. Boards start at 3x3 and scale to 12x12 against a reacting bot, and a free demo is live on Steam ahead of Steam Next Fest from Oct 19-26. Version 1.0 is planned for November at $11.99.
Krafton's Wisconsin studio PUBG Madison is developing PUBG Ded.Net, a third-person battle royale shooter in which players are contestants in an ultra-violent gameshow. Its twist is a pick-three-style roguelite system that carries across consecutive matches, where upgrades and injuries from one game affect the next. Creative director Dave Curd says chasing that power-up fantasy is meant to take the edge off losing.
The weekly /r/Games discussion thread asks players to share what they have been playing lately and their thoughts, covering any platform from Atari to Xbox and both AAA and indie games. Commenters are asked to bold game titles, elaborate on their thoughts, and use spoiler tags for plot details, with comments sorted by new by default.
This week's Box Art Brawl pits the two covers of Wii Sports Resort against each other. The North American cover splits the box into quarters for Swordplay, Wakeboarding, Archery and Basketball, while the Europe/Japan design uses full-box art highlighting new water sports and beach activities. The 2009 sequel offered 12 sports on Wuhu Island, and last week's Zone Of The Enders: The Fist Of Mars vote was won by the Japanese cover with 54%.
Capcom is bringing Monster Hunter Rise to iOS and Android. For now the game is locked behind a Netflix subscription.
Team Vitality announced on October 9 that it is closing Vitality.Bee and pausing its LFL activities, calling the move a pause rather than a permanent departure. The decision followed Ici Japon Corp Esport's October 7 plan to cease operations at the end of 2026, while Joblife ended its League of Legends division in September. The LFL's 2027 operator, format and team count remain unknown, with Webedia reported to be leaving the league's organisation from 2027.
Sheraf Games has shown off FEED ME MORE BRAINS, a first-person incremental game where you manually feed brains to an eldritch god and then gradually automate the process with cultists, tentacles, giant eyes and other weird stuff. A demo is available on Steam, and the game releases on November 5th.
MOUZ beat Spirit 13-11 on the Nuke decider at Spodek to reach the final. Coach sycrone told HLTV that xertioN kept his composure and kept calling instantly when rounds got close, while Spinx played brave and PR had a masterclass. MOUZ will face Vitality, their nemesis from 2025, in the final.
Solo developer tomhs183 launched Links Manager last week, a golf management sim where you run the academy rather than the backswing. Players sign junior golfers, train them from juniors to majors, handle injuries, keep the board happy, and land sponsors across five tiers. A free browser demo covers one full 26-week season, and the full game costs $5.
Corby Games Studio's Give Him a Break! has you play the laser pointer rather than the cat, which chases the dot through the house and puts everything it breaks on the owner's receipt, with cards granting powers that make it worse. The demo got an update this week based on watching people stream it, and it's free on Steam now for Windows, with the full game's date not yet announced.
"Game streaming services tended to make profit projections that conveniently ignored long-term costs," says Rob Fahey. "Now that the huge vaults of growth capital have dried up, it's hard to ignore that streaming's numbers don't add up" https://bit.ly/4icDulO
sycrone: "Sometimes tactically you can get somewhere with a good look and a round doesn't convert, but xertioN always kept composure" https://www.hltv.org/news/45694/sycrone-sometimes-tactically-you-can-get-somewhere-with-a-good-look-and-a-round-doesnt-convert-but-xertion-always-kept-composure
Weira Games' turn-based roguelike deckbuilder Overwrite Conflict now has a free demo on Steam for Windows. Players rotate and place cards called protocols to claim territory, box in opponents, and convert their tactical score into damage against enemy mechs. The demo includes a five-battle prologue, the full Chapter 1 adventure with a chapter boss, and three playable mechs, with no release date yet for the full game.
Xbox Elite Series 3 controller leaks and appears to offer better analogue sticks, advanced haptics, d-pad choices and more. https://bit.ly/4hLqH8s
Yume Unlimited, a two-person team, is making Burger Factory Simulator for PC on Steam, where players run a burger shop solo or with friends and start by manually cooking, serving, checking out customers, and washing dishes. As they progress, they unlock conveyor belts, automatic stoves, item grabbers, and dishwashers, with a blueprint view and co-op that auto-balances based on player count. The game is aiming for an early 2027 release.
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
The Pokémon Company has announced that the Pokémon Red & Pokémon Blue Game Boy Jukebox is back in stock on the Pokémon Center website, priced at $69.99 / £59.99 with availability depending on location. The jukebox, released earlier this year as part of Pokémon's 30th anniversary celebrations, comes loaded with 45 physical cartridges containing songs and sounds from the games.
Zaka Creative has released Medieval Wars: Hundred Years, a single-player Android game about defending your castle and attacking enemy castles. The current Google Play version adds a campaign map and a saved five-unit squad, with the Longbowman unlocked by winning battle 10. It can be played offline, is free to install, and contains ads.
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Pragmata lead producer Masachika Kawata said Capcom at one point considered making the new sci-fi game "a little bit more horror focused." The idea was dropped because Pragmata is a new IP and horror would overlap too much with Resident Evil, though horror elements such as human-looking robots remain in the game.
CD Projekt Red outlines which Witcher 3 Remastered fixes are coming next, but there's still division about the changes. https://bit.ly/4zbPA4k
In episode 289 of the podcast Old Dad Chat, Doudou talks with his son about the kid's recent experience playing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The episode is framed as a personal life record, with the child's remarks noted as unfiltered kid talk.
Reddit r/Games is running its Indie Sunday event on October 11, lasting 24 hours, with submissions open only to developers of unreleased or finished games who include in-game video footage in their posts. The same game or developer cannot be shared more than once every 60 days, and Rule 8 is not enforced during the event. This week's spotlight includes titles such as FMV, Pathwright Defense, Rune Runners and Crown and Coup.
Supermassive Games has suffered layoffs, with more than 70 developers said to have left the company this week. Eurogamer links to its full report.
The Pokémon Company has announced that the Pokémon Red & Pokémon Blue Game Music Collection: Game Boy Jukebox is back in stock on the Pokémon Center. It is priced at $69.99 / £59.99, with availability depending on your location, and comes loaded with 45 physical cartridges containing songs and sounds from the games.
Infinity Ward detailed the new DMZ mode in Modern Warfare 4, calling it Call of Duty's definitive extraction shooter experience. Eurogamer relayed the news with a link to its report.
GTA 6 devs tried "not to jump on the bandwagon" of passing trends and instead created their "own slanted, overblown versions". https://bit.ly/4zklaNy
Be careful when playing Hellraiser: Revival... you might get hooked
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.
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
Sashi have removed Michael "chelleos" Hawkins from their roster just two days after he joined the Danish organization. The 26-year-old said he did not sign a contract with Sashi, who have been practicing with the benched Frederik "acoR" Gyldstrand.
Cyberleek, who has been uploading Grand Theft Auto 6 footage since August, says a build with the full story mode played to the end will be released if their memecoin gains about $26 million more to reach a $30 million market cap. Cyberleek also says publisher Take-Two could stop it by releasing GTA 6 physically and apologizing. The piece notes GTA 6's November 19 console release date and says earlier leaks indicated Cyberleek has access to a playable build.
Arc Raiders and The Finals are getting film and TV adaptations in collaboration with the Backrooms production company. https://bit.ly/4yn1F69
A GTA 6 leaker has threatened to upload a build of the game that includes a full story mode. PC Gamer reported the claim, which has not been verified.
Sashi drop chelleos after two days https://www.hltv.org/news/45695/sashi-drop-chelleos-after-two-days
PlayStation Hardware Sales Hit Lowest Point Since 2013 in US, and PS5's Price Is the Problem https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/10/playstation-hardware-sales-hit-lowest-point-since-2013-in-us-and-ps5s-price-is-the-problem
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.