Dune: Awakening arrived on PS5 and Xbox as part of a large update that added new story content, a full single-player mode, and the option to avoid PvP entirely. After over a dozen hours on PS5, the author says the game controls well on a gamepad, its harvesting and combat avoid tedium, and online sessions run with almost no lag. It previously launched on PC.
Capcom producer Genki Sunano told Kotaku that the Switch 2 version of Monster Hunter Wilds was not a simple scaled-down port but a rebuild aimed at delivering a natural Wilds experience on the console, targeting a stable 30 FPS in handheld mode even during four-player hunts. The team evaluated assets and underlying processing one by one, rebuilt certain assets and shaders, and kept new visual effects aligned with existing hitboxes and collision detection. Sunano said the process was painstaking and at times seemingly endless, and that the lessons will feed into performance improvements for existing platforms ahead of Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance. Monster Hunter Wilds comes to Nintendo Switch 2 on December 4.
Xbox announced that its disc to digital feature is now available to all Xbox console users, following a brief testing period for Xbox Insiders over the past few weeks. Xbox engineer Eden Marie said it should already be working, and Pure Xbox found it required a console restart; the feature appears to have shipped in the September 22nd update but stayed hidden. If it does not appear, users can go to Settings, General, Power Options and Restart Now, then claim the digital license when inserting an eligible disc or press the Menu button on a dashboard game tile. SEGA joined the Xbox Disc to Digital program earlier today, after Ubisoft joined a few weeks ago.
The Witcher 3 Remastered is out today, and some players find the new lighting too bright compared to the original. PC players can toggle bloom off in the settings menu to reduce the washed-out look, a fix that was widely praised on the Witcher subreddit. There is no way to toggle bloom on PS5 or other consoles, and CD Projekt Red says there are no updates yet on further tweaks.
Naughty Dog studio head Neil Druckmann said in a September 28 Outbreak Day blog post that the team will stay quiet about Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet for the rest of this year. In 2027, the studio will fully reveal the sci-fi action game and give a proper look at protagonist Jordan's adventure. Druckmann said the project is shaping up to be Naughty Dog's most ambitious yet and thanked fans for their patience.
Infinity Ward revealed the PC specs for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, split into Minimum, Recommended and Ray Tracing tiers, with a built-in Benchmark Tool and a 90FPS target at Recommended settings. The game supports NVIDIA DLSS 4.5, AMD FSR Redstone and Intel XeSS 3, with ray tracing in Campaign, Multiplayer and DMZ. The new Collateral mode has teams alternating between attacking and defending two bomb sites, starting with pistols and earning in-game cash to spend on upgrades between rounds, with respawns, killstreaks, automatic health regeneration and custom loadouts disabled. The game launches on Xbox and PC on October 23, 2026, and will not be on Xbox Game Pass at launch.
IO Interactive has teased a free DLC drop for 007 First Light, with more information coming this Thursday, 1st October 2026. A short video accompanying the social media post shows a car speeding past, suggesting James Bond may get a new Aston Martin to drive in the game. The DLC will be free, and the tease could be part of a wider update to the Tac Sim mode.
Rockstar has confirmed to Game Informer that GTA 6 will not include spoof versions of Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, SeaWorld, or Florida's "Space Coast" around Cape Canaveral. Jack McPherson said the team evaluates landscapes, towns, structures, and landmarks before distilling a list, but the game will still deliver the "full Florida experience" in other ways. GTA 6 is set in Vice City, a stand-in for Miami, roughly a 230-mile, four-hour drive from Orlando.
Activision confirmed that Shipment, one of the Call of Duty franchise's most notorious maps, is returning in this year's Modern Warfare 4, after fans spotted it in the newly released PC trailer. Shipment debuted in 2007's Modern Warfare 4 as a tiny map full of shipping containers where players can be wiped out at spawn. Activision did not say whether it will be among the 12 6v6 maps at launch or arrive later. Modern Warfare 4 launches on October 23 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, and PC.
World of Warcraft: Forever has been classified for consoles in Brazil via the Ministry of Justice. The console platforms were later removed from the listing, suggesting the classification may have been done in error. The game recently added full controller support.
Pure Xbox rounded up five notable details about GTA 6 from Game Informer's 14-page cover story. The map is Rockstar's biggest yet at twice the size of GTA 5, with six primary regions: Vice City, the Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga National Park. The weather system was re-engineered to be more localised and persistent, with an updated wind system, dynamic cloudscapes, tropical storms, hurricanes and rainbows, while the game features over 170 animal species and brings back six-star wanted levels alongside a new Heat system.
Pre-orders for God of War Laufey are now open, and the game launches February 16, 2027 on PlayStation 5. The trailer says that for Laufey (Faye), warrior and wife to Kratos, death was supposed to be the end, but a new adventure is just beginning.
Activision confirmed in a new Modern Warfare 4 blog that the game will include a brand-new multiplayer mode called Collateral, similar to Counter-Strike and Valorant. The round-based mode has teams alternate attacking and defending two bomb sites, with players starting on a pistol and earning cash for kills and objectives to buy armor, equipment, pistols, and higher-tier weapons between rounds. Dying loses the current loadout but keeps earned cash, and respawns, killstreaks, automatic health regeneration, and custom loadouts are disabled; the game will also include the cash-based Inflation mode seen in last month's beta.
Coffee Stain Publishing and developer Coffee Stain Studios announced the Satisfactory expansion Core Values, with no release date given. The expansion will add a new narrative, new factory buildings, new creatures, new biomes and a friendly-looking feline, taking players underground for a new expedition. Satisfactory is available now on PS5, Xbox Series and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store and Humble Store.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has shown off a clip of unlocking the Mythic in Gears of War: E-Day, which requires completing all 55 achievements. The Mythic appears like a normal Xbox achievement at the bottom of the screen but comes with its own logo and sound clip. The feature is currently limited to Insiders and will be applied retroactively to Xbox 360, Xbox One and Xbox Series games.
NBA The Run has launched Wave One – 2000s Legends, its first and biggest seasonal update since launching in June, free on Xbox Series X|S. It adds five historic NBA legends — Allen Iverson, Kevin Garnett, Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady and Dirk Nowitzki — unlockable individually for 5,000 Cred or together as DLC for $9.99 in the Microsoft Store. The update also brings Drive Cam and Drive Flip Cam, 11 licensed Run Anthems tracks, Championship Belts, Practice Mode and Custom Matches, plus new courts, dunks and taunts.
NateTheHate said that the project Shaun Escayg is working on at Naughty Dog is not related to The Last of Us. He added that he has only minor details and is not prepared to share them at present. The claim came from a discussion on Reddit's gaming leaks and rumours board.
Game Informer's exclusive cover story reveals that Grand Theft Auto VI's Leonida will feature over 170 animal species across land, air, and sea, several of which have never appeared in a Rockstar game. Native Florida animals like flamingos, manatees, pelicans, and alligators will coexist with invasive creatures including green iguanas, cane toads, feral cats, and rhesus macaque monkeys. Rockstar is building on its Red Dead Redemption work with iridescence, bioluminescence, translucency, and feather types, plus new hair and fur systems, and certain animals can be tracked as Rare, Discoverable, or Legendary.
Rockstar Games has confirmed in an exclusive cover story that Grand Theft Auto VI's Leonida setting will feature dynamic weather systems simulating Florida's tropical climate, including dynamic cloudscapes, localized storms, persistent puddles, and rainbows. The game will also include tropical storms and seasonal hurricanes, though Rockstar has not revealed how often these larger storms occur or how they affect gameplay and storytelling.
A new Game Informer preview says GTA 6's map is twice the size of GTA 5's and features dynamic weather including tropical storms and hurricanes. Rockstar's Owen Shepherd said the weather system was re-engineered to be more localized and persistent, so different parts of Leonida can see very different conditions at once. Leonida is split into six main regions, and the game will include over 170 animal species plus activities such as base jumping, billiards, gyms, kayaking, mini golf, scuba diving, street and off-road racing, zoos, air boating and jet skiing.
Mobapad's C2 Lite is a $26.99 budget controller for the Switch 2 that the reviewer calls one of the best affordable pads on the market. It uses Hall Effect versions of the smooth-gliding sticks from the Chitu2 HD, offers three rumble levels, 6-axis motion, wake-up and a capture button, and is rated for 18-20 hours of battery life. It lacks amiibo NFC support and ships without a charging cable.
Xbox has officially confirmed Mythic Achievements and detailed how they work, with Xbox Insiders getting an early look starting today. Players earn one by completing all original achievements in a game, DLC or update achievements are not required, and Mythic status is kept permanently, including for eligible Xbox 360 titles completed in the past. A new Gaming tab and a progress bar at the top of each achievement list track progress, with later achievements tagged as add-on, though the rollout is currently limited to the Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead rings.
A Reddit user said all screenshots from Game Informer's GTA VI story were datamined before the article was published, covering in-game wildlife, weather systems and NPC detail. The post claims GTA VI features over 170 animal species including more than 60 bird types and 30-plus land mammals, with Rockstar's Michael Kane confirming manatees, flamingos, pelicans and alligators, plus distinct shark, whale, ray, turtle and jellyfish behaviors. It also describes a re-engineered localized weather system with tropical storms and hurricanes in Leonida, more varied NPC bodies and skin detail, and newly confirmed activities such as billiards, mini-golf, zoos and air boating; the poster later noted the article was officially live.
Following the release of The Witcher 3's Remastered edition, the game reached nearly 120,000 concurrent players on Steam, making it the ninth most-played game on the platform and its highest concurrent count ever. SteamDB data shows this surpasses the 92K peak at its 2015 launch, the 103K peak in January 2020, and the 89K peak during the December 2022 next-gen update. The Remastered edition is free for owners of any version of The Witcher 3 and includes the Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine expansions, arriving ahead of the new expansion Songs of the Past next year.
Starting today, Xbox Insiders can get an early look at Mythic Achievements, earned by completing all original achievements for a game, with later DLC or update achievements not required. Mythic status has already been applied retroactively to eligible games players completed in the past, including Xbox 360 titles, and a new Gaming tab on profiles shows achievements and progress toward Mythic.
Game Informer announced that the digital version of its November 2026 issue, featuring Grand Theft Auto VI on the cover, is now live. The 14-page cover story includes new developer interviews with Rockstar Games and 12 exclusive new screenshots focused on Leonida and how Rockstar recreated the state of Florida ecologically and culturally. The issue also features a 10-page preview of Tides of Annihilation, an interview with Invoke Studios about Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons, and previews and reviews of other upcoming games.
Remedy Entertainment's Control Resonant director Mikael Kasurinen explained on the Dropped Frames podcast why the team deliberately avoided "yellow paint" visual signposting. Players navigate an open-world Manhattan by running, flying, and changing gravity, and Kasurinen said the choice was conscious even though it risked making the game feel "impenetrable," so players feel they found their own path.
Supergiant's Hades orchestral concert Ballads of the Underworld is now available to watch in full online for free, performed by the London Mozart Players and conducted by Hades co-composer Austin Wintory. Documentary maker Noclip has also released the first episode of a new series about the development of Hades 2, while Supergiant says nothing has been announced yet about what comes next after Hades 2.
The Blood of Dawnwalker game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz confirmed that struggling in human form is intentional, saying vampires should always be stronger. In human form, claw damage scales with level and healing in combat requires crafted potions, while vampires can heal by biting enemies and drinking blood vials. The game released at the beginning of September, sold 1m copies in three days, and its first major patch is planned for early October.
Naughty Dog co-creator Neil Druckmann revealed in an Outbreak Day blog post that the studio is working on two new projects in very early stages that will expand The Last of Us canon beyond Part I and Part II. Druckmann wrote "projects" rather than "games," leaving open the possibility of TV, movies, comics, books, or something else. With Naughty Dog yet to release Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, it will likely be a while before these projects surface.
Early access to Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve is available for Deluxe Edition owners, but the pre-order bonus Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War is now a DLC requiring the base game on Steam, while it remains a standalone app on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. The Steam description was changed to state the base game must be installed, forcing players to download roughly 135GB to run a port under 4GB, and preventing standalone play on Steam Deck. Ace Combat 8 currently has a Mixed rating on Steam from over 1,350 reviews ahead of its October 2 release, and Eurogamer has contacted Bandai Namco for comment.
Control Resonant launched last week on PlayStation 5, and Remedy's lead level designer, art director, and lead gameplay designer discussed the art direction and design behind its characters and environments. The game keeps dynamic destruction and reactive environments while presenting a movie-like retro "Strange York" version of New York. Boss fights are intended as skill checks, and areas like The Gap and the Sinkhole reflect Dylan's psyche and gravity-warped spaces.
The Coalition creative director Matt Searcy says Hardcore is the intended difficulty for Gears of War: E-Day, which launches on Xbox and PC on 1st October. The campaign has four difficulty modes — Casual, Normal, Hardcore and Insane — and defaults to Normal, with split difficulty supported in co-op.
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