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  1. Gematsu62

    Cities: Skylines Expanded Edition comes to Switch 2 on October 28 alongside new content

    Paradox Interactive and Tantalus Media announced Cities: Skylines Expanded Edition for Switch 2, launching October 28 for $49 / £41.49 / €49 with 25 buildable tiles, a map editor, keyboard and mouse support, and 10 DLC expansions and content packs included. Owners of the Switch version can get a 70 percent discount from October 28, 2026 to April 28, 2027. Two Content Creator Packs and a radio station also arrive the same day on PC, PS5, and Xbox, priced at $5.99 / £4.99 / €5.99 and $3.99 / £2.99 / €3.99, or in the $12.99 / £10.99 / €12.99 Estates & Escapes Bundle.

  2. Polygon62

    S-Game's action RPG Phantom Blade Zero launches October 29 on PS5, Epic, and Steam

    Beijing-based studio S-Game's action RPG Phantom Blade Zero will launch on PlayStation 5, Epic Games Store, and Steam on October 29. It is an entry in the Rainblood/Phantom Blade series and was announced at the August PlayStation State of Play. The studio describes it as inspired by a mix of wuxia, fantasy, and folk horror, and coined the term kungfupunk for it.

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  3. Xbox Wire22

    Xbox Indie Selects for October 2026: Mortal Shell II, Mewgenics and More

    The ID@Xbox team has revealed six games in its October 2026 Indie Selects lineup, including Mortal Shell II, Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game, Mewgenics and The Sinking City 2. Mortal Shell II removes the traditional stamina gauge for faster, more aggressive combat in a compact interconnected open world, while Mewgenics is a roguelike tactical turn-based RPG from Edmund McMillen with a generational breeding system. The curated collection is available in the Indie Select Hub on the Xbox Store and Xbox.com/IndieSelects, rotating weekly on Wednesdays.

  5. PC Gamer62

    Arc Raiders Frozen Trails hands-on: the grapple hook is the highlight, the skill tree rework is not yet transformative

    A PC Gamer writer spent 3 hours with the Arc Raiders Frozen Trails update and spent most of it using the new grapple hook. The green tier gadget can climb buildings, swing between rooftops, descend safely, stick to almost anything, and be redeployed midair with no cooldown or use limit, allowing chained swings. The update also adds a launcher that tethers two objects and a grenade that yanks Arc bots to the ground, which the writer did not test thoroughly. The reworked skill tree mixes old and new abilities with mutually exclusive branches, and the writer found most nodes to be incremental stat boosts that do not change play in the short term, while the new Pendola Pass map feels visually distinct for its snow but familiar in the areas they visit most.

  7. GameSpot69

    Arc Raiders' Frozen Trail preview: new frost map, skill tree overhaul, and battle pass

    Arc Raiders has released Frozen Trail, its first major update since the studio moved to a semi-annual cadence, and the author calls it a hefty, inventive makeover after a few hours of play. It adds a frost-themed map, a raid-style map event mixing puzzles and combat, new weapons and enemies, a skill tree overhaul, customization spaces called Outposts, a new gun-buffing system, weapon cosmetics, and a multi-tiered battle pass. Embark Studios announced in May that it was shifting to semi-annual major updates to give the team more time for meaningful content.

  8. GameSpot48

    Google Playground Wants Everyone To Make AI Games, And Maybe Everyone Shouldn't

    Google has rolled out Playground, a browser-based AI platform that lets users create, play, and share custom games, labeled as an experiment and supported by Unity Spark. Google says it lowers the barriers to creation with no coding experience required, but the initial rollout feels underwhelming, with cover art often misleading compared to actual gameplay. The option to make your own game for Playground is reportedly rolling out to people "soon."

  9. Rock Paper Shotgun34

    Lynchian noir mystery Silver Pines takes the best bits from horror, the middling bits from Metroidvanias, and the worst bits from adventure games

    Silver Pines is Wych Elm's debut, a Twin Peaks-inspired neo-noir detective mystery published by Team17 that blends survival horror, 2D Metroidvania exploration and point 'n' click puzzling. Its moody town and missing-musician story work well, but once the town opens up it becomes a backtrack-heavy maze of dead ends and item hunts. The author got stuck on a puzzle requiring a swim across a river and asked the developers for directions; Wych Elm said they were looking at reworking that scene.

  13. IGN22

    ‘Why Hasn’t Someone Thought About That Before?’ – How Star Wars: Galactic Racer Solves One of Driving Games’ Biggest Problems

    An IGN opinion piece argues Star Wars: Galactic Racer replaces the familiar championship checklist with a run-based career mode where too many losses eject you from the whole championship and send you back to the start. Fuse Games co-founder and CEO Matt Webster says gaming is risk-reward and the risk has to have a consequence, with the game borrowing randomized rewards and build choices from other genres. The piece contrasts this with the iRacing-style PvP focus and the failure-proof Forza Horizon model.

  15. IGN38

    Mafia 2 and Mafia 3 Could Be Set for PS5 and Xbox Series Upgrades After Definitive Editions Leak Online

    An ESRB rating suggests Mafia 2 and Mafia 3 could come to PS5 and Xbox Series consoles with upgraded graphics, both rated Mature 17+. Mafia: Definitive Edition previously released for modern consoles in September 2020 and later received a PS5 and Xbox Series update alongside Mafia: The Omertà Collection, so these listings likely point to current-gen upgrades rather than full remakes. Publisher 2K has not officially announced the ports.

  17. GameSpot48

    GTA 6 Won't Make You "All-Powerful" Like GTA 5 Did

    Rockstar's Rob Nelson said GTA 6 won't make players "all-powerful" like GTA 5 and earlier games did, with NPCs having impulses of their own and possibly coming after you. He said the world "will act upon you as well as you acting upon the world," and that you are no longer the only one with weapons or capable of violence. Nelson added that GTA 6's story follows the criminal lovers Jason and Lucia as "criminals on the run."

  19. 机核40

    Customization Makes Gameplay More Varied: Notes From the Gundam Intergalactic Journey Media Roundtable

    At a TGS2026 pre-show media trial, Gundam Intergalactic Journey showed its mech customization system, where players combine individual parts, weapons carry two skill slots, AT elements work as cooldown-based special gear tied to ultimate moves, and thruster types change air and ground movement. Producers Yuya Toyama and Kazuyuki Serizawa said the MOD SKIN transmog only changes appearance while actions and performance stay the same, with no presets or player sharing, and that development materials come from missions and map pickups with fixed, non-random stats. Three-player co-op is positioned as post-story endgame content, and the game depicts mechs fighting alien lifeforms called "Revelations" in a fully original world.

  20. @pcgamer8

    Razer mouse 21% off for Prime Day

    This Razer mouse saved me from a guild kick, and it's 21% off for Prime Day https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-mice/this-razer-mouse-is-the-sole-reason-i-havent-been-kicked-out-of-my-wow-guild-and-its-21-off-during-prime-day/

  21. Gematsu23

    Annihilated Launches November 10 on PC

    Developer Desu Kumiai announced that Annihilated will launch for PC via Steam on November 10. The story-driven roguelite RPG lets players rescue one of four broken hero party members and escape a four-layer labyrinth through timing-based card battles. It features a 150,000-word scenario, hand-drawn illustrations, and original music by NINOMIYA Yuji.

  24. Eurogamer38

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's Latest DMZ Trailers Leave Players Confused About a PvE-Only Mode

    The latest Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 DMZ trailers have left players confused about whether a PvE-only mode exists. Episode seven of From the Ward showed a "Single Squad Mission" option with no on-screen description, but the DMZ Dynamic Ops trailer released a day later omitted it. DMZ launches with Modern Warfare 4 on 23rd October for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Switch 2.

  25. Eurogamer62

    Undead Labs on splitting from Xbox: State of Decay 3 needs changes after layoffs

    Undead Labs has spoken out after rebuying its independence and leaving Xbox last month, with studio boss Phillip Holt saying State of Decay 3 needs some changes because of the layoffs, though he does not expect a dramatic scope change. The game is in alpha with a closed group of testers, has a vague 2027 release window, and will still launch on Game Pass day one. Holt also explained the 2020 reveal was meant to keep the studio from being swallowed up or divested, and said the series has reached 25 million players.

  31. Kotaku56

    Leak claims Forza Horizon 6 hits PS5 on January 26, 2027

    Dealabs leaker billbil-kun claims Forza Horizon 6 will not arrive on PS5 in 2026 but on January 26, 2027. The Verge's Tom Warren said on August 27 he did not expect a 2026 PS5 release, while Playground Games insisted in a September 7 official update that the PS5 version was still coming that year. Dealabs also says the game will get a physical release and, in Europe at least, cost the same as the Xbox version.

  33. Eurogamer58

    Report claims Forza Horizon 6 has been delayed on PS5 to 26th January 2027

    Leaker billbil-kun claims the PS5 version of Forza Horizon 6 has been delayed to 26th January 2027, with an official announcement and pre-orders possibly opening this week. The claim puts the game at £59.99 in the UK and €69.99 in the rest of Europe, with a physical disc version at retail, though billbil-kun could not verify a PS5 Premium Edition. The Verge's Tom Warren and IGN reported a delay in late August, which Playground Games denied days later, and the studio apologised yesterday for a lack of communication.

  34. Gematsu44

    ATMOSFAR launches in Early Access on October 29

    Publisher Shueisha Games and developer Apog Labs announced that ATMOSFAR will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on October 29. The aerial cooperative survival game supports solo play or up to four players, who scavenge scrap and build and upgrade flying vessels and a mobile airbase among the floating islands of Tycos.

  35. VGC42

    Forza Horizon 6 PS5 port reportedly won't arrive this year

    A new report claims the PS5 port of Forza Horizon 6 won't arrive until January 26, 2027, disputing earlier statements that it would come this year. Playground Games said last month the PS5 version was still due this year but never set a firm date. The report also claims a physical version will be released, though it's unknown if the Premium Edition will come to PlayStation.

  36. Kotaku62

    Ten hours with Jonathan Blow's Order of the Sinking Star: strong sokoban puzzles, shaky narrative

    A Kotaku writer spent ten hours with Order of the Sinking Star, the Thekla puzzle game from Jonathan Blow that rebuilds four existing sokoban titles, and found the puzzles excellent but the story, characters, and visual readability weak. The review build used AI voices for roughly half the cast, which Thekla says will not be in the October 8 launch version. The four original games are free in browsers, while this one is on Switch 2 and PC.

  37. PC Gamer22

    Lenovo's Legion Go S drops 14% for Prime Day, undercutting the Steam Deck on price and performance

    Lenovo's Legion Go S is down to $730.75 from $849.99 for Prime Day, undercutting the cheapest Steam Deck at $789. It packs an AMD Ryzen Z2 Go chip, an 8-inch 120Hz 1080p IPS screen, 512GB SSD and 16GB RAM, and runs Windows though SteamOS can be swapped in for a performance bump. The 1TB SSD, 32GB RAM Ryzen Z1 Extreme model with SteamOS is available for $1,000 at Best Buy.