PC Gamer reviewed Gears of War: E-Day, calling its third-person cover shooting the best the series has felt while finding the 20-plus-hour campaign one-note and overstretched. The prequel covers the day the Locust emerged, with Marcus and Dom written much as they were in the original. The multiplayer fares better, with the 4v4 modes and Horde Siege described as a worthwhile expansion of what Gears can be.
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Arc System Works will fully reveal Phoenix Cyclops, the first of four Year 1 Pass fighters for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, in a trailer on 7th October. The character is an alternate version of Scott Summers infused with the fire of Phoenix Force, first seen in the 2012 Avengers vs. X-Men comic event. The game sold well at launch on PS5 but its poor PC port hurt its reputation.
Marvel Rivals revealed a new mode, Path to Doomsday – Avengers: Endgame, arriving Oct. 22. It is a PvE experience in which 50 players team up to fight Thanos and his minions. The mode is part of a run of tie-in events ahead of Avengers: Doomsday.
Square Enix is lending three members of Nier: Automata's cast to asymmetric multiplayer survival horror game Dead by Daylight. The collaboration is available as of today, Oct. 6.
Game Informer's Brian Shea reviews Gears of War: E-Day, calling it The Coalition's finest work since taking over the franchise. The campaign spans three days of Kalona's fall, with Marcus and Dom joined by Mags and Lucas, city streets filled with collectibles, upgrades, and side missions, and mods that customize guns, armor, and tactical abilities. Multiplayer keeps team deathmatch, zone control, and the new Crucible mode, while Horde Siege borrows from extraction shooters; the reviewer says matchmaking often ignores player and class levels.
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort is set to launch on Switch 2 on 22nd October, and the final previews are now live with a broadly positive tone. Eurogamer praised the ruleset variety and open-world potential, Game Informer highlighted the single-player Island Crown mode, IGN was surprised by how much there is for hardcore players, and Polygon called it the most comprehensive entry in the series. Gamespot was more hesitant, questioning how much mileage the activities will have collectively.
Fuse Games is already addressing Star Wars: Galactic Racer's limited multiplayer, planning to raise the maximum party size from three to six players "within the first few weeks of launch." The game currently lacks private lobbies or custom games, and the studio said on Discord it is listening to how players want to play. The title launched to glowing reviews, but its online modes have drawn repeated player complaints.
Bandai Namco and Bandai Namco Studios released a three-minute gameplay walkthrough trailer for Gundam Rogue Orbit, showing high-speed combat on Mars for the first time. The high-mobility action game is due out for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam on March 5, 2027. Players take the cockpit of Gundam Helix alongside a rag-tag crew facing an unknown threat, with fast, hard-hitting melee combat at its core.
After more than an hour of hands-on play, IGN's Ryan McCaffrey says Nintendo Switch Sports Resort appears to solve many of Nintendo Switch Sports' shortcomings. Nintendo is bundling the game with the Switch 2 this holiday season. Wuhu Island supports competition, exploration, and leisure, with collectibles and achievements in sports like Power Cruising and a ladder of CPU opponents in Boxing. The author still questions the sports lineup, preferring Swordplay, Baseball, or Frisbee over Table Tennis and Volleyball.
Nintendo Life played Nintendo Switch Sports Resort at gamescom, trying prop plane, table tennis, archery, thumb wrestling, skateboarding, bowling, and boxing. The author found archery the best showcase of motion controls and enjoyed skateboarding's Joy-Con 2 mouse-style input, but felt boxing was not responsive enough and prop plane's controls were awkward. The game launches on 22nd October.
Deadlock's major City Never Sleeps update added six new heroes, starting with the Rat King, making the MOBA and third-person shooter feel like a horror game. The author, who mainly plays Rem, now gets hunted by the Rat King in the tunnels, where exits close during combat. Encounters with enemies like Abrams and Seven in the new Chinatown district add to the scares.
Game Informer's Brian Shea spent an hour with Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, returning to a renovated Wuhu Island that can be explored by Skateboard, Prop Plane, and Power Cruiser. Thumb Wrestling, Archery, Boxing, Table Tennis, and Bowling all use Joy-Con motion controls, and modes include hundred-pin Bowling and Island Crown, where players face 20 CPU characters across nine sports and take on each sport's Island Legend. The game arrives on Switch 2 on October 22.
Final Fantasy 14's crossover with Fall Guys is officially returning to Eorzea this week for a limited time. The Square Enix MMO, which has run for over a decade, has previously collaborated with other Final Fantasy titles, NieR: Automata, and Monster Hunter.
IGN published an exclusive interview with Dawn of War 4 creative director Jan Theysen about how the Space Marines faction plays. The Space Marines are the game's most elite faction, fielding few but expensive units that are strong early but cannot cover the whole map, and they can call in buildings from orbit and hold units in reserve for Drop Pod or Thunderhawk deployment. The game launches on PC on December 3, 2026.
Arc Raiders studio Embark is making the extraction shooter free to play for four days. The free period runs alongside the launch of the game's biggest update yet, Frozen Trail.
Infinity Ward detailed the DMZ extraction shooter mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 through a blog post and developer diary, and the mode arrives with the game on 23rd October for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Switch 2. DMZ has its own 70-level progression and a separate economy of cash and crafting materials that persist between rounds, while weapon progression is shared with multiplayer and Warzone. The Haijin map holds the largest population of enemy AI Infinity Ward says it has built, with enemies in four tiers of aggression and power, and the new deployment screen lets players pick mission types before a match.
Infinity Ward detailed the new DMZ mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, calling it the series' definitive extraction shooter experience. Eurogamer reported on the reveal with a link to its coverage.
Escape From Tarkov's 1.2.0.0 update is out, bringing a slew of improvements and additions to the PvE experience. The headline addition is EXFIL Brothers, a system that rewards veterans for teaming up with newcomers and showing them the ropes, with both sides earning rewards.
Shapefarm has rolled out a 1.0.5 update for Orbitals, its Switch 2 exclusive two-player co-op title. The patch fixes various collision, camera and localisation issues, and adjusts a puzzle at the start of Frozen Depths to be less confusing. It also addresses problems such as players being sent to the main menu instead of the credits after completing the game and extra-long load times in the Asteroid Core levels and Frozen Depths.
Infinity Ward gave a detailed look at DMZ, the extraction mode returning in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 after debuting in 2022's Modern Warfare II. The mode includes a 70-level progression system, a forward operating base for practicing and crafting between matches, and operators that cost resources to revive after death, with some loot permanently lost. Infinity Ward calls it an action extraction shooter with varying threat levels and promises post-launch support including map changes and seasonal dynamic weather. DMZ launches with Modern Warfare 4 on October 23 and will not be free-to-play, unlike the Modern Warfare II version.
AION 2 reached 397,905 concurrent players on Steam for the first time, with a 72.39% rating. SteamDB linked to the game's Steam charts page.
Overwatch Season 5 starts Tuesday, adding the new support hero Doctrine and a new Escort map, Grímsvötn. Blizzard is also rolling out hero reworks for Roadhog and Sombra that shake up the roster and meta.
Infinity Ward is bringing DMZ back in Modern Warfare 4, and an Activision blog details the changes to the extraction mode. Players drop into the new open-world Hajin map to loot, complete objectives, and fight NPCs and rival operators, keeping rewards on a successful extraction but losing gear and operators on death, with operators recoverable for a price. Every deployment feeds a DMZ player level from 1 to 70, and missions include story-based DMZ Orders, dynamic and side operations, and Lieutenant Hunts. Unlike Modern Warfare 2's free-to-play DMZ beta tied to Warzone, this mode ships with Modern Warfare 4 and is not free-to-play.
Infinity Ward is adding a new social hub called the FOB (Forward Operating Base) to Modern Warfare 4's DMZ extraction mode, letting players meet between matches on Hajin, build loadouts, test weapons, and store loot. The FOB levels up with DMZ progress and unlocks sections including a 3D Printer for crafting gear, a Gunsmith for buying attachments or building weapons with DMZ Cash, and a Vendor. The article notes the Modern Warfare 2 DMZ beta had very limited storage, and the FOB appears to offer more.
Illfonic announced that Halloween: The Game's first post-launch content arrives on October 27, including two $10 Michael Myers skins, one based on his Halloween 5 mask. The update also adds a free map inspired by the Halloween 5 farm, a $10 civilian pack with two new playable survivors, Michelle and Eugene, and a $10 Halloween costume pack with 14 outfits.
HUNGER, a gritty survival-horror extraction shooter set in medieval Europe and centered on the "bacterium," will hold a free closed beta this month. Players can request access today, and the game is due to launch later this year.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 launches on October 23, with the DMZ extraction mode arriving alongside Campaign and Multiplayer. The official rundown covers Forward Operating Base stations such as Operators, Orders, Stash and Firing Range, plus unlockable facilities like the 3D Printer, Gunsmith, Vendor and Bounty Leaderboard. Players can deploy via Story Missions, Dynamic Operations or Free Roam, and earn DMZ XP through objectives, boss hunts, looting and a higher After Action Report rating.
Why this: The official breakdown covers the FOB, deployment options, and XP routes in DMZ, helping readers judge whether the extraction mode suits them.
ARC Raiders has launched the biggest update in the game's history and is free to play for four days. The source does not detail the update's contents or the exact end of the free period.
PlayStation shared new details on Modern Warfare 4's DMZ mode, including the Forward Operating Base, progression, and bosses. The mode launches on October 23.
Gears of War: E-Day entered Premium Advanced Access last week, giving the author hands-on time with the final builds of Versus and Horde Siege. Versus launches with four modes, including Conquest, where teams claim zones to reach four points, and Demolition, built around planting and defusing a bomb. The 12-player Horde Siege adds a mod system for weapon-altering attachments, and the author says playing as Marksman with the Longshot has fully converted them to the mode.
Embark has reworked Celeste in Arc Raiders' Frozen Trail update, using full motion capture for the first time and making voice actor Diana Gardner the character's face when the update releases on October 6. Chief creative officer Stefan Strandberg said future updates plan to bring more characters in line with their real-world actors and find more ways to integrate real human performances into every interaction.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has shown a worldbuilder cinematic trailer for its DMZ mode. Players can explore the world, follow clues, and uncover more about what happened there and what is still waiting to be discovered in DMZ.
Push Square reviewed Dune: Awakening on PS5, with the author having previously played the PC version at launch. The review highlights the progression systems, base building, and skill trees, while calling some Fremen trials linear and tedious. The console version's biggest addition is a dedicated single-player mode, though characters cannot be carried over from multiplayer, and the author reports fairly stable frame rates on PS5 and PS5 Pro with some DualSense haptic support.
Neon Giant's 24-person team is building the open-world immersive sim No Law, and creative director Tor Frick says they opted out of some features early on, such as letting players drive the cars parked on the streets. Port Desire is much smaller than Cyberpunk 2077's Night City, but its tall towers and steep hills create a sense of vertical scale, with no loading screens and interiors that match their exteriors.
Embark announced that Arc Raiders will be free to download and play on Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox from 8 to 12 October, alongside the launch of its biggest update yet, Frozen Trail. The expansion-size update adds a large new map, several new Arc enemies, new weapons and gadgets, and a first major metagame overhaul covering ammo, crafting, and a more standard battle pass. A PvE test that disables player-on-player damage runs 13 to 20 October.
Two Shrimps Studio, a two-person dev team, has revealed BOBABOMB, a party game where players blow boba tea bubbles at each other in 16-player multiplayer lobbies. The game is fully physics-based, with the more boba you consume making you heavier and slower, and its first trailer and mechanic trailer are out ahead of a demo release on October 7, 2026. It will be available on Windows, Linux and Mac.
Tetris 99 is hosting its 57th MAXIMUS CUP event from October 2 to 5, where players who earn 100 event points unlock a theme inspired by Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. The theme features special art, music and Tetrimino designs, and participants must be Nintendo Switch Online members playing the online mode during the event.
Melioarc has revealed Crown Control, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder playable solo or in online co-op with up to 4 players. It is planned for release in Q4 2026 on Steam, with controller support and Steam Deck / ROG Ally compatibility, and no console or mobile release planned for now. In turn-based isometric battles, players level up their class and play cards to attack, defend, heal, summon allies, place traps, and alter the terrain to overthrow a tyrant king.
1win's BELCHONOKK top-fragged against G2 at Pro League with a 2.09 rating on Mirage and 52 frags in the series, saying he feels much more comfortable now than he did in PARIVISION, where expectations were high after the BLAST Bounty win. He said groove and nafany have more comfortable personalities, but believes the new lineup needs at least a year to fully merge the players' different views of the game.