SEGA has announced a Season 2 for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds featuring Final Fantasy 7, Evangelion, and Godzilla content, but existing owners must buy a new Season Pass priced at $29.99/£24.99. Fans discovered an old X post from 8th June, 2025 stating "all future paid DLC" would be included with the Digital Deluxe Edition, and have since branded the publisher "stupid liars."
A new HypeTrain Publisher Sale is live on Steam, with games starting at just $1.99. Voidtrain, Breathedge 2, Quasimorph, and more are included at bargain prices.
On October 10, Cloud Imperium Games released a new trailer for Squadron 42, the single-player portion of Star Citizen, and opened its Steam store page with wishlisting for the first time. The trailer shows the Vanduul alien invasion, the player joining Squadron 42 as a UEE Navy recruit, and first-person platforming, puzzles, and ship customization. The game began as part of Star Citizen's 2012 crowdfunding goals, has slipped repeatedly, and in August its release window was pushed to the second quarter of 2027 to avoid GTA6.
Severed is $3.74 on US eShop https://buff.ly/PMJ1ltj
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark (Steam) w/ 8 more games is $20 on Humble Twisted Trilogies and Terrors Dark Visual Novels Bundle https://buff.ly/VZn9Tfd #ad
Humble has released the Cozy After Dark Showcase Bundle, offering five titles for $8 or the full 10-game lineup for $12.
Mafia: The Old Country (Steam) is $25.99 on Fanatical https://buff.ly/bPFSN0S #ad
Four Xbox games are currently set to be delisted in October 2026. Fortnite Rocket Racing was already delisted on October 1st, while NBA 2K25 will be delisted on October 30th before its servers go offline at the end of December. Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Don't Dry and Wet Dreams Dry Twice are announced for delisting on October 23rd, but that announcement was made on Steam and only referenced Steam, so their Xbox fate is unclear.
Hello Games announced that No Man's Sky will arrive on iOS on 28 October with all of its previous updates included, supporting devices as old as the iPhone 11, with pre-orders opening the same day. Studio co-founder Sean Murray said the mobile project has been in the works for nearly three years and supports touch, controllers, and mouse and keyboard. He said some of the performance and memory work behind the port came from Light No Fire, which shares the same engine, and that these changes should also benefit players on PC, PlayStation, Switch, and Xbox.
Valor Mortis' Steam page now lists far lower minimum specs, dropping the CPU requirement from a Ryzen 7 3700X or Core i7-11700 to a Ryzen 5 3600 or Core i5-10600K, and the GPU from an RX 6700 or RTX 2070 Super to an RX 5600 XT or GTX 1660 Ti. The SSD requirement rose slightly from 50GB to 60GB, and developer One More Level has not formally announced the change or responded to a request for confirmation. The game launches on October 13th.
Finnish Games Week 2026 is officially live on Steam. Finnish-made games are discounted by up to 91%.
Roboquest is $14.99 on GOG https://buff.ly/8k2dG1i #ad
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams is $4.99 on US PSN https://buff.ly/LLEnc3h
The Plucky Squire is $9.89 on GOG https://buff.ly/FzTSxB2 #ad
Dino Crisis 2 (Steam) w/ 5 more games is $20 on Humble Capcom Classics Bundle https://buff.ly/HImAiHG
Voidtrain - Big Catch DLC is free to own on Steam (offer ends Oct 19th) https://buff.ly/gXtSt9a
SteelSeries has released the Aeon Pro wireless gaming controller for PC and Xbox, available at the SteelSeries store for $259.99. It uses a hot-swappable dual-battery system with a charging dock for infinite battery life, plus a QuickSwitch system for instant switching between Xbox, PC, and mobile. The controller features Hall Effect joysticks, mechanical switches, adjustable trigger travel, and four styles of modular thumbsticks.
Amazon has cut $13 off the Pikachu and Poké Ball LEGO set (#72152), dropping it from its $199.99 MSRP to $186.99, the lowest price seen at the retailer so far. The 2,050-piece set, aimed at builders aged 18 and up, released in February and lets you build Pikachu leaping from an opened Poké Ball or resting by a closed one.
After several weeks testing 30 PC controllers, the Flydigi Vader 5 Pro stands out for its clicky mechanical buttons, long battery life, and Hall Effect thumbsticks with adjustable tension. Testing covered games including Grand Theft Auto 5, EA FC 26, Marathon, Celeste, and Forza Horizon 5, with picks also split into budget, budget wireless, high-end, symmetrical-stick, and large-hand categories.
IGN rounds up the top deals for October 12, including the Rhythm Blue DualSense controller from the PlayStation Hyperpop collection at $14 off, down to $69.99, and the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Gaming Headset (Gen 1) for $80 at Woot. Amazon and Target are also running a 3-for-2 board game sale, and Amazon has dropped The Lord of the Rings Deluxe Illustrated Box Set to its lowest price.
Clear River Games announced that He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction will launch on Feb. 4, 2027. The retro-style beat 'em up is developed by Bitmap Bureau and will get a physical release on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X, plus digital versions on those platforms, PS4, Windows PC, and Xbox One. It features four playable characters — He-Man, Teela, Man-at-Arms, and She-Ra — and the Steam page lists 13 levels.
Voidtrain's Big Catch DLC is free to claim and keep on Steam and consoles for a limited time, though the base game is required. Keys for the base game are currently up to 95% off.
Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch is $10.99 on Steam https://buff.ly/LaQ6lD4
Foundation is $20.99 on Steam https://buff.ly/bRTSrkO
Difficult Games Bash sale on Steam https://buff.ly/gvDOpnM
Halo: The Master Chief Collection is $9.99 on Steam https://buff.ly/yaqBHoO Xbox https://buff.ly/oaZb92v
Games from Marvelous and Bloober Team are discounted by up to 85% in the latest eShop sale in Europe. The sale spans titles from cozy fields to fractured minds.
Miami-Dade Commissioner Rene Garcia said Rockstar is spending "at least a minimum of $150 million" on marketing for GTA 6. That figure is for the entire game, while the article mentions much lower numbers for Miami ads.
Mondo has revealed a new Street Fighter 2 poster designed by artist Gian Galang, depicting the Shoryuken between Ryu and Sagat as a nine-color screenprint on House White paper. It goes on sale October 16 at 9 AM PT for $90.
McFarlane Toys- Spawn Warlock (Diablo Immortal) 7in Deluxe Action Figure McFarlane Elite Edition up for preorder on Amazon ($49.99) https://amzn.to/3TXnaMy
Warehouse Clean Out sale on Woot (includes some video games) https://buff.ly/L94yVgI #ad
Silent Hill 2 (Steam) is $21.34 on Fanatical https://buff.ly/GgUlOkQ
STAR WARS: Galactic Racer (Steam) is $47.95 on Gamebillet https://buff.ly/h4dKZ4j
The ARC Raiders free trial and Frozen Trail update have sent the player count climbing again. Keys for the game are currently up to 58% off.
GOG has launched four simultaneous sales this week, offering over 3,000 DRM-free games. The deals span everything from indie gems to sci-fi adventures.
He-Man & The Masters Of The Universe: Dragon Pearl Of Destruction (PS5/XSX/Switch) up for preorder at VGP ($31.55 US Dollars) https://buff.ly/4HbnZyD
Riftbound's new Radiance set features rare cards dominated by Riot Games Music crossovers, including Oversized Heartsteel cards, SP K/DA cards, and an Oversized Ekko, Revolutionary using Ekko's original True Damage skin. The set's only Ultimate Rare is Battlefield: Packed Amphitheater, appearing in about 0.025% of booster packs, or roughly 1 in 4,000 packs. Radiance Pre-Rifts start at local game stores on Oct. 16, with booster boxes, packs, and vaults available on Oct. 23.
Valor Mortis (PS5/XSX) preorder (out tomorrow, $39.99)
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.
Gamesplanet's latest weekly sale offers over 100 discounted games, including The Alters and INDIKA. The deals span adventures, strategy games, and multiplayer titles.