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Oct 2Fri
  1. Polygon56

    Report: New Uncharted Game in the Works at Naughty Dog

    According to a report from MP1st corroborated by VGC, Naughty Dog plans to return to the Uncharted series after finishing Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. The new game is said to feature Nathan Drake in some form, though it is unclear whether he is the main character or a cameo, and it is reportedly not a remake. Shaun Escayg, who directed Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, will direct, and The Last of Us Part III is said to be Naughty Dog's project after that.

  2. IGN42

    Mega Man: Dual Override Developers Dish on Designing for New and Old Players Alike

    In an interview with IGN, the Mega Man: Dual Override design team said the game is being made to celebrate the series' upcoming 40th anniversary. To welcome newcomers, it adds a custom chip system with over 50 chips and splits each stage into three areas that grow harder over time. Players pick either Mega Man or Proto Man and stay with that character through the whole playthrough, with the same overarching story but different lines and personality moments.

  3. IGN48

    GTA 6 Gets Official ESRB Rating and It's as Mature as You'd Expect

    Rockstar has added GTA 6's official ratings to the game's store pages, with the ESRB rating it M for Mature and PEGI giving it PEGI 18. The rating cites blood and gore, intense violence, mature humor, nudity, strong language, strong sexual content, and use of drugs and alcohol, and also mentions "in-game purchases." The ESRB's more detailed breakdown has yet to be posted, while the online mode is rumored to debut in 2027.

  4. Polygon30

    Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria location in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4

    Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria from Five Nights at Freddy's has been added to Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 as part of Fortnitemares. It sits southeast of Pac-Man Island, between Nightmare Neighborhood and Freaky Fields, on what used to be a construction site. Inside are animatronics like Freddy Fazbear and Foxy the Pirate Fox, plus plushies and balloons of Bonnie the Bunny and Chica the Chicken, the series' office, and a bunch of chests.

  5. IGN60

    007 First Light's First DLC Out Now, Adds New Game Plus

    IO Interactive released the first content DLC for 007 First Light, Extended Operations, for free today, adding five missions to the TacSim mode, four of them built around the Valhalla supercar from the campaign. The update also adds New Game Plus, new outfits and a photo mode, with the new 00 difficulty featuring faster-reacting enemies, tougher NPC variants, two-hit kills and a tighter parry window. Weapon animations were improved and enemies can now throw players off cliffs as well. IGN's review of the game scored it 9/10.

  6. Kotaku60

    Sony brings QSSR AI upscaling to base PS5, starting with Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei

    Sony announced it is bringing AI upscaling to base PS5 under the name Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR), a counterpart to the PSSR tech that debuted on PS5 Pro and a product of its Project Amethyst collaboration with AMD. Sony says QSSR uses a streamlined neural network architecture and a hand-tuned implementation to improve image detail and stability. It arrives on PS5 today with Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei, and is being offered to all developers on the platform.

  7. GameSpot62

    Ghost of Yotei's DLC Requires Completing These Four Missions First

    Ghost of Yotei's paid Echoes of Sekigahara DLC is out now on PS5, but players must first complete four missions to access it. Those missions are The Old Inn, The Way of Dual Katana, The Tale of the Oni, and The Kitsune's Fate, after which players must speak with bounty broker Kojiro and take the Nagato the Handsome bounty from a bounty board. The DLC and the new roguelite mode Most Wanted are included in the $70 Complete Edition, or cost $15 for existing owners.

  8. Kotaku43

    24-Year-Old Final Fantasy XI Finally Gets a More Generous Free Trial

    Final Fantasy XI's free trial has dropped its 14-day time limit and raised the level cap from 50 to 75. Free players are still restricted to base game content, a 100,000 gil cap, no trading or auction house use, and cannot create parties. The 2002 PS2-era MMORPG had long been mocked for a trial far stingier than Final Fantasy XIV's.

  9. GameSpot32

    Xbox Cloud Gaming Controller Is Not Dead, Apparently

    A Microsoft spokesperson denied that a new Xbox controller "devoted to cloud gaming" was abandoned because of the regulatory process, after The New York Times reported the plans were canceled. Sources also told Windows Central that rumors of Microsoft canceling upcoming Xbox Cloud Gaming controllers are false. Microsoft never formally announced such a controller, though an image of it leaked this year.

  10. Xbox Wire25

    IKEA and Xbox Team Up on YXSTABY, a New Collection Made for Gaming at Home

    IKEA and Xbox have launched YXSTABY, a nine-piece collection designed for gaming at home, co-developed by designers from both teams. The collection draws on the Xbox controller for inspiration, including a thumbstick stool built from the Xbox Wireless Controller's original 3D design files. It launches in IKEA stores today and online later this year, with availability varying by market.

  11. PlayStation Blog62

    Sony brings AI upscaling QSSR to PS5, with Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei patched today

    Sony announced Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR), a new performance tier of AI upscaling for PS5 built from its Project Amethyst AI graphics collaboration with AMD, using a streamlined neural network architecture and a hand-tuned PS5 implementation. The first titles to use it are Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei, both patched today to offer QSSR as an additional graphics option on PS5. QSSR will be offered broadly to all PlayStation developers.

  12. Xbox Wire15

    IKEA and Xbox YXSTABY Collection: How the Collaboration Came Together | Official Xbox Podcast

    The Official Xbox Podcast sits down with teams from IKEA and Xbox to explain how their YXSTABY collaboration came together. The episode shows collection pieces including chairs, stools, controller display solutions and a D-PAD cushion, plus a TV stand with cable management. IKEA says it reached out to Xbox because gaming is a big part of life at home, and the two sides found their design approaches a natural fit.

  13. IGN58

    Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Puts Coveted Shield Behind a $6 Twitch Sub Paywall, and Fans Are Upset

    Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2's 15.0 update launched with a new set of Twitch drops, but claiming the Victrix Guard Shield requires buying one $6 recurring or gift subscription. Players have asked developer Saber to add the shield since the game launched two years ago, and it previously appeared only briefly in the campaign. Representatives confirmed the shield will come to the Accolades shop in a future update but gave no date, and complaints have filled the game's Discord and subreddit.

  14. Polygon22

    All audio log locations in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4

    Audio logs in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 are scattered across the map, and some show their exact location as a pin while others do not. The guide covers four sets released on Aug. 20, Sept. 3, Sept. 17, and Oct. 1, the last three added in v42.30 in the southeast portion of the map. Each entry lists the landmark and route for finding the log.

  15. GameSpot68

    Rockstar Says GTA 6 Doesn't Compromise Scale for Detail

    Rockstar boss Aaron Garbut said in an interview that developers often trade scale for detail or detail for interaction, but not with GTA 6, where detail, scope, breadth, scale, interaction, and density are all dialed up. He said Rockstar has never created anything close to this before and that the team dealt with the pressure by trying to overdeliver. GTA 6 launches on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, is set in the Florida stand-in Leonida, and does not feature Walt Disney World.

Oct 1Thu
  1. Game Informer62

    Dune: Awakening Review - Only The Strong Survive

    Game Informer reviews Dune: Awakening, saying the game succeeds in making Arrakis feel hostile at every turn. The review notes the game is set in its own timeline where House Atreides never falls, a War of Assassins begins between Harkonnen and Atreides, and the Fremen are all but dead. The author describes combat freedom through classes like Mentat and Trooper, says solo play never hit a wall, and points to the weekly-resetting Deep Desert endgame area playable in PvE or PvP.

  2. Xbox Wire37

    Free Play Days – FARCRY 6, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Skull and Bones, The Crew Motorfest

    Ubisoft's Free Play Days lineup brings FARCRY 6, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Skull and Bones, and The Crew Motorfest free for all Xbox members from Thursday, October 1 until Sunday, October 4, with no Game Pass Ultimate, Premium or Essential membership required. Players can purchase the games at a limited-time discount and keep their Gamerscore and achievements earned during the event, though discounts, percentages, and title availability may vary by title and region.

  3. Polygon62

    007 First Light Reveals Everything in Its Free DLC Expansion

    IO Interactive released the free Extended Operations DLC for 007 First Light, adding the Valhalla Protocol time trial and the Jungle Heist level, plus the Squire Marksman Rifle and Storm 12-Gauge Shotgun and three new outfits. The update also brings New Game Plus and a 00 difficulty mode, along with new Photo Mode filters and poses. The game launched on May 27 with a 90% positive rating on Steam and had sold 4 million copies as of August.

  4. PC Gamer20

    Where to find the Nangan region Treasure Hunt in Forza Horizon 6

    In Forza Horizon 6's spring season this week, the Nangan region Treasure Hunt chest is located at the Irokawa Space Center in the far south of Nangan, in the north corner just left of the big rocket and fuel tanks on the upper level. Smashing it grants 100,000 credits, 5,000 XP, and three Season Progress points toward the Lotus Esprit V8 and Lotus Emira season reward cars. Completing the Ruriko-Ji Temple photo challenge also earns more progress.

  5. Polygon31

    All sprites in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4

    Sprites return in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 with a pixel gamer look tied to the "Override" season. As in the previous season, they can be found around the map and equipped for bonus effects to help earn a Victory Royale. Sprites can be found through cheat codes, which are arrow key codes scattered across the map.

  6. Kotaku62

    Arc Raiders tightens anti-cheat with instant permabans ahead of October 8 Frozen Trail update

    Arc Raiders developer Embark announced that any account caught using cheats will now be permanently banned with no warnings and no second chances, extending to hardware bans. The studio said it recently lowered the threshold for hardware bans and has begun separating known queue-teaming groups, reporting 85 percent fewer players engaging in that behavior and spoiled raids dropping from about 1 in 50 to 1 in 300 with no meaningful impact on queue times. The October 8 update, Frozen Trail, adds the Pendola Pass map, the Frigate ship, new enemies Bully, Skulker and Hydra, plus new weapons and a grappling hook.

  7. IGN8

    Every New LEGO Set Releasing in October 2026: PlayStation, Pokémon, Star Wars, and More

    LEGO's October 2026 lineup includes a near 1:1 scale recreation of the original PlayStation, two new Pokémon sets (a giant Poké Ball and an Up-Scaled Red Minifigure), the 6,130-piece Star Wars Executor Super Star Destroyer, Downton Abbey, Wallace & Gromit, a Bookstore Book Nook, and six Christmas sets. Spending $150 or more at the LEGO Store by October 7 gets you a free 276-piece LEGO Astro Bot (valued at $24.99), while buying the Executor Super Star Destroyer by October 10 includes a free LEGO Darth Vader's Lightsaber (valued at $29.99).

  8. Eurogamer62

    007 First Light gets free Extended Operations DLC today with New Game Plus, Photo Mode and new TacSim missions

    IO Interactive's 007 First Light received a free Extended Operations DLC today, adding New Game Plus, a new 00 difficulty, a photo mode and more TacSim mission challenges. New Game Plus unlocks after beating the campaign on any difficulty and also unlocks the considerably harder 00 difficulty. The update also improves weapon handling and lets enemies throw Bond off ledges.

  9. GamesIndustry.biz74

    EU CPC Network launches coordinated actions against nine companies over in-game currency

    On 30 September 2026, the EU's Consumer Protection Cooperation Network launched coordinated actions against nine games companies to enforce the EU's Key Principles on in-game virtual currencies, covering titles such as Hunt: Showdown 1896, Candy Crush Saga, Minecraft, Valorant, Clash of Clans and For Honor, alongside a parallel action with Activision Blizzard UK over Diablo Immortal and Call of Duty Mobile. The CPC Network argues that purchases made with in-game currency should also show real-world prices, while the author notes that bundle pricing and earnable currency make real value hard to assign and could create duplicate notices and a double right of withdrawal. The author also points to inconsistency with the EU Commission's EU KIDS Act draft and a Digital Fairness Act draft expected in November.

  10. GameSpot40

    Report: Xbox Is Paying Far Less Than Normal for Kojima's Physint, Possibly Under $200 Million

    Xbox's deal with Hideo Kojima for Physint is "substantially below what Xbox would typically spend to develop a premium game," according to The New York Times. Windows Central's Jez Corden said first-hand sources put the real figure far lower than the rumored $400 million Sony budget, and Chris Dring, who originated that rumor, said Xbox may be paying under $200 million. The deal also covers film and TV adaptations, with Bill Skarsgard starring, and the game has no release date or footage yet.