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  3. IGN65

    Battlefield 6 Reveals Dead Space Crossover Event and Season 5 Content

    EA and Dice announced a Dead Space crossover event for Battlefield 6 set in Area 51, where players can unlock unique cosmetics from October 20 to November 7. Season 5 starts October 13 with new Las Vegas-themed maps, followed by European Casino on November 10 and another map on December 8. REDSEC adds Rapid Royale, a faster battle royale with fewer players where kills generate money for respawning.

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    Wardogs Season 2 Adds a Gambling Mechanic That Lets You Bet on Yourself

    Wardogs Season 2 launches on October 15 and adds a gambling system that lets players bet on their own performance. The mechanic, called the Wager Vendor, lets players set conditions such as kill counts, with harder conditions raising the odds and paying out more or costing cash on failure. Developer Bulkhead's co-founder Howard Philpott said the feature will not be available immediately at launch, as players must build up cash to unlock it.

  5. IGN62

    Wardogs Season 2 adds a rain system that will noticeably change gameplay

    Wardogs developer Bulkhead detailed how rain will change gameplay in Season 2, which launches on October 15. Rain is not dynamic weather, so matches with rain have rainfall from start to finish, and senior producer Kane Allard told IGN it "completely changes the game," which some players may not like. Rain darkens the map and worsens visibility, thunder can mask gunfire and other loud noises, raindrops sound different on surfaces such as rooftops and helmets, windows fog up, and players inside are exposed to rain if a roof is destroyed. Bulkhead is not ruling out other weather effects but has to weigh how something like snow would affect gameplay and performance.

  6. IGN22

    Wardogs Dev Says PS6 and Xbox Project Helix Ports Should Be Relatively Straightforward

    Bulkhead co-founder Howard Philpott said bringing Wardogs to PS6 and Xbox Project Helix would be "a straight port," with senior producer Kane Allard adding the studio is already in talks with the platform holders. Wardogs is currently slated for a 2028 console release, while the PC version is in early access and Season 2 launches next week with features such as rain.

  7. IGN42

    Wardogs Dev Holding Back Certain Features Because of Xbox Series S, but Working to 'Very Low-End Hardware' Has Its Benefits

    Bulkhead, developer of Wardogs, has admitted that the Xbox Series S's limitations have kept certain features out of the game, with CEO Joe Brammer citing it as one reason the game lacks dynamic weather. The rain feature coming this month will persist throughout a match rather than rolling in and clearing mid-game. Co-founder Howard Philpott said Series S also gives the team a baseline that helps optimize performance for lower-spec PCs, and Wardogs Season 2 launches October 15.

  8. IGN58

    Wardogs Dev Explains Blue Team's Lower Win Rate, Details Season 2 Balance Changes

    Wardogs developer Bulkhead confirmed that the blue team, Lonestar, wins less often than the other teams and is addressing it in Season 2, launching next week. Co-founder Howard Philpott said Lonestar's win rate was about 10% in alpha and has risen to nearly 20% recently, but players still favor the red and green teams because of blue's poor reputation. Season 2 moves all three teams' spawns and rebuilds bases on the Bakurani map, adjusts Lonestar uniform saturation, adds cash and XP bonuses for playing and winning as Lonestar, and places recruitment posters in other teams' spawns. Wardogs Season 2 launches on October 15.

  9. IGN42

    Dungeons & Dragons Goes to Outer Space With Star Wars: Tyro Squadron, First Look at Official Art

    Wizards of the Coast announced at NYCC 2026 that Dungeons & Dragons' next Universes Beyond release is a Star Wars crossover, including the adventure Star Wars: Tyro Squadron and a new Core Rules expansion. Tyro Squadron is set during the Original Trilogy and casts players as part of a secret Rebel crew fighting the Empire. More details on the expansion will be shared at Star Wars Celebration in April 2027.

  11. IGN58

    Humble Choice October lineup includes Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii and 7 more PC games for $14.99

    Humble Choice announced its October 2026 lineup of eight PC games for $14.99 a month, playable in a Steam library. The headliner is Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, joined by Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Psychonauts 2, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, Cataclismo, Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers, Asgard's Fall — Viking Survivors and Toy Shire. The subscription also includes one month of IGN Plus, up to 20% off in the Humble store, and a 5% charity donation, going to HFC this month.

  12. Kotaku66

    Analyst Estimates Gears of War: E-Day Sold 230,000 Copies as Game Pass Players Reach 1.7 Million

    Data firm Alinea Analytics estimates Gears of War: E-Day has sold about 230,000 copies, with 168,000 on Steam and 62,000 across Xbox console and PC, while 1.7 million players accessed it through Game Pass. Alinea's Rhys Elliott argues Game Pass is cannibalizing premium revenue, noting 722,000 players paid $30 for the Premium Edition upgrade to play five days early and estimating roughly $37 million in revenue, $26 million of it from Xbox. The estimates have not been corroborated by Microsoft, and Elliott concludes Microsoft may have to pull day-one first-party releases from the service, as it announced for Call of Duty earlier this year.

  13. PC Gamer20

    I Might Finally Have Gone Too Far With a GTA 5 Mod That Imports Most of Doom 2

    A mod called Doom 2 in GTA 5 Hell On Earth (D2IGTA5HOE) imports Doom 2 into GTA 5, switching the game from third-person open world to first-person shooter when you hit F9, with players supplying their own .wad file. Pressing F10 triggers Hell On Earth mode, spawning authentic Doom 2 enemies in the streets of Los Santos, where you can fight with a super shotgun and plasma cannon.

  18. Polygon30

    Xbox Makes 7 Games Free to Play This Weekend

    Xbox is offering seven games free to play this weekend, including a major new update for one of this year's biggest multiplayer releases and trials for several other notable titles. Players can try extraction shooters, sci-fi adventures, and radioactive wasteland settings before the weekend ends.

  24. GameSpot67

    Battlefield 6 Season 5 adds a full server browser

    EA and Battlefield Studios detailed Battlefield 6's Season 5, which adds the full server browser fans have wanted since launch in the December update, letting players create their own servers and set rules like map rotation. Season 5 rolls out in phases, starting with Siege of Las Vegas on October 13, which adds the Vegas Strip and Area 51 maps and Rapid Royale for the RedSec battle royale mode. A Halloween event runs October 20 through November 7 with a non-canon limited-time scenario based on the 2023 Dead Space remake, followed by Casino Heist on November 10 and Frozen Aces on December 8.

  33. Eurogamer62

    Rockstar HR manager says he had little interest in staff union membership at layoff tribunal

    At the Rockstar Games vs Garland & Others tribunal at Glasgow Tribunals Centre, Rockstar Lincoln HR manager and co-studio operations director Charlie Kinloch was cross-examined and said he had little interest in union organising conversations among employees, focusing instead on disparagement and misinformation about Rockstar. Thirty-one former employees, represented by the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain, claim they were targeted and unlawfully dismissed for union activity, while Rockstar says they were fired for gross misconduct and leaking confidential information. Kinloch denied deliberately misleading the court over a January interim relief hearing statement, and said disparaging comments could cause financial harm in the run-up to GTA 6.

  34. Pure Xbox22

    Talking Point: The Xbox Console Experience Has Had A Phenomenal Year So Far

    The Xbox console experience has received a wave of updates in 2026, including Disc to Digital, which lets physical-disc owners claim digital licenses and access games on console and the Xbox PC app via Xbox Play Anywhere. Mythic Achievements, still in testing with Insiders, track progress toward 100% completion, alongside additions like a play history log, Quick Resume toggles and custom startup animations. The author calls Xbox Play Anywhere the standout feature, with over 1000 new supported titles added this year.

  36. Rock Paper Shotgun58

    Wardogs season 2 adds a gambling system that lets players bet on their own performance

    Wardogs season 2 launches after a game-wide progress wipe on October 15th and adds a gambling system where players can bet on their own performance through a new Wager Vendor, choosing extra restrictions to raise the payout. The season also brings new weapons and vehicles including a high-capacity SMG, molotov cocktails and a tracked AA gun, plus buildable machine gun nests and shelters, and a thundery rainfall weather preset that lowers visibility and masks footsteps. Developer Bulkhead says a friends queue option is not part of this update, while the blue team Lonestar gets moved faction HQs, desaturated outfit colours and cash and XP bonuses throughout the season.

  37. Rock Paper Shotgun20

    New Cyberpunk 2077 Quest Mod Lets You Tour Night City as a Jobbing Musician, Wrong Chords and All

    A new Cyberpunk 2077 quest mod, Guitar Gigs Across Night City, lets players tour venues across Night City with Johnny Silverhand across six quests featuring a progression system for unlocking venues, bigger crowds, and better rewards. Players can add their own MP3 files to the setlist, though the performance animations won't match the chosen songs. The mod requires ArchiveXL, AudioXL, Codeware, RED4ext, Redscript, and TweakXL, with Playable Guitar Weapon - Play Your Songs as an optional extra.

  39. Game Developer62

    Report: Double Fine's union petition withdrawn amid miscommunication and culture clash

    A Kotaku report says the union petition filed by Double Fine Productions employees in May 2026 was ultimately withdrawn, after the studio's loose organizational culture clashed with US federal union eligibility rules. Some employees reportedly cut off communication with coworkers, and tensions grew between union supporters and those who felt the studio did not need a union. Studio founder and CEO Tim Schafer told Kotaku he chose not to intervene in the discussions because of his role as CEO, and denied any link between the failed union drive and the 23 employees laid off in July 2026, eight of whom were union organizers.

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    Crimson Desert Exec Explains the Gulf Between Mid Review Scores and 6 Million Sales

    Pearl Abyss Europe CEO Lybee Park said critics reviewed a build that was not the exact same version as the launch game and had limited time to explore Crimson Desert's world. A day-one patch and a major first-week update overhauled systems including inventory limitations, so by the end of the first month the game differed greatly from the reviewed version. Crimson Desert holds a 77 on Metacritic and reached 7 million sales, with its "Charting the Unknown" DLC arriving on October 29.