The ESRB has rated Mafia 2 Definitive Edition and Mafia 3 Definitive Edition for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Both titles are currently only playable via backwards compatibility, with no native support submitted.
Alleged in-development footage of the Perfect Dark reboot from The Initiative, cancelled by Microsoft as part of last July's mass layoffs, has surfaced via a VFX artist's portfolio. The roughly two-minute clip shows shooting and explosion mechanics tests, including fruit props, plus a foot chase through a collapsing facility tied to a mission called "Most Wanted." A Bloomberg report last year said a Take-Two deal to fund and publish a revived reboot fell through over long-term ownership terms.
Rainbow Six Tactics creative director Elie Benhamou says destruction was a key feature from the very beginning, letting players create physical gaps in walls to fire through and open new lines of sight. This changes the usual turn-based tactics solution of flanking enemies behind cover, and makes cover feel less safe for both sides. Every operator can destroy scenery, though Ash and Sledge can destroy almost everything while Nøkk must get close and spend ammo, and there is still no release date.
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GameSpot reviewed Order of the Sinking Star, the new puzzler from developer Thekla Interactive and director Jonathan Blow, praising its clever and numerous puzzles. The game claims over 1,000 puzzles spread across an open-world map modeled on 1987's The Legend of Zelda, all built around top-down grid-based block pushing. The review says that scale is both the best and worst part, sometimes making the game feel sprawling and unwieldy.
Order of the Sinking Star is a roughly 500-hour game that proves as complex and exhausting as its premise suggests. After more than 20 hours of on-and-off play, the author found an exceptionally complicated game that resists firm criticism. Whether it is a masterpiece or an exercise in exhaustion is a question whose answer may change from month to month.
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X user jaivin used AI to make a Minecraft clone called "Tweetcraft" playable inside X/Twitter posts, with anyone who opens a world's link joining the same real-time multiplayer session. Jaivin said Tweetcraft uses none of Minecraft's assets and is not associated with Mojang or Microsoft, and is selling in-game sponsorships with cryptocurrency; the launch post has 7.4 million views. October has already seen GTA 5 and the original Halo made playable in a browser, with the GTA 5 clone hit by a takedown.
IGN published its full interview with Rockstar North head of development Rob Nelson, based on a July visit where GTA 6 was played in front of press for the first time. Nelson described a criminal profile system separate from a relationship system, where Jason and Lucia's bond grows through shared activities such as robberies, pool, mini golf and kayaking, and can suffer if the player ignores their texts. Car theft now requires tools like a key cloner or slim-jim, a phone scanner shows locks, alarms, trackers and resale value, and the wanted system only triggers when a crime is witnessed or an alarm is raised. He also said safehouses are closer to Red Dead Redemption 2 camps in interactivity and that the team has doubled in size to support the world's density.
Steam Autumn Sale 2026 highlights 50 co-op games priced under $5. The picks are aimed at players who want to team up with friends without spending much.
GOG has launched 7 new sales featuring almost 4,000 deals. The new sales follow the end of a previous one.
Overwatch's Season 5 patch reworks Sombra from Damage into a Support hero, and after several matches the author calls it the most fun he has had with her in over a year. Her retained abilities cast faster, and her new primary heal Hotfix applies healing over time in a way similar to the old Hack, though her numbers trail dedicated healers like Lifeweaver. Cyberspace, which replaces Virus, is an area debuff that halves enemies' healing and damage output and can be escaped by leaving its field.
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Digital Foundry reports that Star Wars: Galactic Racer delivers "nigh-on flawless performance" across all consoles, including Xbox Series S. The Xbox Series X version runs at an exceptionally stable 60fps with ~1296p internal resolution, matching base PS5 performance, while Series S drops to ~864p and swaps ray-traced Lumen for baked lighting. The Fuse Games title is out now on Xbox Series X|S for £49.99 / $59.99.
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Mafia II: Definitive Edition & Mafia III: Definitive Edition are ESRB rated for PS5/Xbox Series
Jagex has pulled the trailer for its upcoming RuneScape quest Dragon Slayer 2 after players spotted what appeared to be AI-generated art, including a knight with six fingers and another seemingly wearing modern trainers. Marketing director Alec Sween said in a statement on the official RuneScape Reddit that the trailer was produced by a trusted external partner who had explicitly confirmed generative AI would not be used, and Jagex apologised while investigating. Sween said this was the second such incident with a trusted partner in quick succession, and that Jagex will overhaul its review processes immediately after RuneFest and work with community creators on Dragon Slayer II.
Patience is a Virtue is a "cozy-meets-creepy" conversation puzzle game from teaisfortoby! in which some interactions require players to answer using only the words spoken by the other party. Protagonist Louis is chronically ill and neurodivergent, and the constrained dialogue reflects his lack of privilege, including a distressing hospital check-up scene. The full game is built around a supernatural mystery involving a cassette tape, with no release date announced.
Aion 2 has arrived as a free-to-play MMO with meaty combat and challenging boss encounters. Its character creator offers countless adjustable settings, letting the author roll up a tiny red-eyed, green-haired oddball. He spent just over £20 on premium cosmetics for the character and found that smaller stature makes vaulting obstacles pleasingly nimble.
Kingdom Two Crowns is 90% off on Steam, but the deal won't last much longer. The article notes that this amounts to quite a lot of kingdom-building for the price of a coffee.
Two more games have been confirmed for November's Xbox Game Pass lineup. VOID/BREAKER Version 1.0 arrives November 4 on Series X|S, PC, and Cloud, after previously being available in Early Access on Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Warhammer Survivors launches November 10 on the same platforms, developed by the team behind Warhammer 40,000 Boltgun and featuring over 40 playable champions.
My favourite thing about Aion 2? The freedom to make a freaky lil' guy in a world of beautiful people
Denuvo has asked the US District Court for the Northern District of California for permission to subpoena Discord, Valve and Reddit to determine the real identity of the cracker it is suing, voices38. The complaint lists 26 games, saying voices38 bypassed Denuvo Anti-Tamper, including Resident Evil Requiem, Stellar Blade, Black Myth Wukong, Pragmata and Hogwarts Legacy. Denuvo says Discord did not reply to its earlier request, while Valve and Reddit said their privacy policies prevented them from sharing the information without legal backing. Separately, Tom's Hardware reports that a group called DenuvOwO, which released cracks for dozens of Denuvo-affected games, has disbanded, reportedly citing the court case.
Resident Evil Requiem writer Haris Orkin teased that the game's new story DLC will shed even more light on Oswell E. Spencer, though Capcom has not revealed when it will be out or what it's about. Orkin said Requiem already gives Spencer an arc, and the DLC will let players understand it further. In Requiem, Spencer is portrayed more sympathetically, having adopted a baby girl named Grace in 2001 and developed the antiviral Elpis.
Netflix is releasing The Conjuring: Unspoken, an interactive game set in the universe of the horror film series. It is developed by Supermassive Games and becomes available on Oct. 13.
Microsoft chief strategy officer Matthew Ball denied a report that Xbox had secured an exclusive cloud streaming deal for GTA 6 at launch, calling it misreporting. He said Xbox looks forward to launching GTA 6 on November 19, but the game will not be streaming exclusively or to PC. The Verge had cited sources saying Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's tease about doing something no other platform holder is doing referred to that deal, which could have offered a way to play on PC before a native port. Rockstar has still not confirmed if or when a PC port will arrive.
Resident Evil Requiem writer Haris Orkin revealed at Meadowlark Comic Con that the game's upcoming story expansion will further explore series villain Oswell E. Spencer. Capcom confirmed earlier this year that it is working on a major story expansion for the game, with director Koshi Nakanishi saying it will dive deeper into the world of Requiem. Leaker Dusk Golem had previously claimed Capcom planned to include the Spencer Mansion from the original Resident Evil in Requiem and speculated it could return as DLC.
Three games launch on Xbox today, October 7, including Titanic Escape Simulator, in which players are a private investigator aboard the ocean liner solving a suspicious death before disaster strikes. Also out are a game about finding 500+ hidden dogs across 15 hand-drawn English countryside levels, and Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire, an action-farming-roguelite set in Transylvania. All three support Series X|S, PC, and Cloud.
Developer King Art Games says Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 ships with four full single-player campaigns, one each for Space Marines, Orks, Necrons, and Adeptus Mechanicus, totaling over 70 campaign missions at launch. Creative director Jan Theysen told IGN each campaign is bigger than the entire Dawn of War 1 campaign in both mission count and playtime, and said the game may have more single-player content at launch than any other RTS. Branching storylines mean a single playthrough skips missions, such as the roughly 18-mission Ork campaign where a run covers about 14 to 15. After the December release, Crusade Mode, map packs, a mission editor, a Blood Ravens story prologue, and the Aftermath campaign expansion with a new faction are planned.
Sony announced Fnatic-inspired finishes for two INZONE gaming-audio products on October 6, 2026: an orange H9 II headset and a Glass Purple E9 variant. The designs are a visual update only, with the H9 II keeping its existing internals and noise cancellation and no team-specific acoustic changes. The report did not confirm special-edition pricing, a release schedule or future products.
Grand Theft Auto 6 is officially set to launch on November 19, 2026, for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with no PC version announced. Based on Rockstar's history of delayed PC releases, GameSpot estimates the PC version could arrive in Q1 2028, roughly 15-18 months after consoles. Twitch CEO Dan Clancy previously suggested GTA 6 Online could launch in 2027, though Rockstar currently lists only console platforms as official.
Playground Games has released a statement acknowledging it hasn't communicated with the Forza Horizon 6 community as much as it could have, saying it hears feedback on post-launch updates and is looking into future changes to in-game content and communication. The game launched on Xbox Series X|S and PC in May with a Metacritic score of 90, and its PS5 version is still planned for 2026 but has no release date yet.
Xbox Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball debunked recent reports that Xbox would receive streaming rights to Grand Theft Auto 6. He confirmed the game will not be an Xbox streaming exclusive or available to stream on PC.
After blazing through the first half of Halo: Campaign Evolved, the author found it still largely feels like the same game as 2001's Halo: Combat Evolved. Despite modest gameplay upgrades and a complete visual overhaul, the iconic sci-fi shooter's opening missions remain propulsive and its horror atmosphere still stands out.
New footage of Xbox's canceled Perfect Dark reboot has surfaced online via a report from MP1st, seemingly taken from a VFX developer's portfolio. It shows destructible environments, sci-fi weapons, parkour traversal, and fruit destruction testing. Developer The Initiative shut down last year, and according to Bloomberg, a Take-Two deal to revive the project nearly materialized but fell through.