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  1. Polygon40

    Game of Thrones' Biggest Villain Is Even More Terrifying in an Upcoming Official Release

    PlaySide Studios' upcoming real-time strategy game Game of Thrones: War for Westeros is based on the HBO series and lets players field hero units using the likenesses of actors like Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kit Harington, and Emilia Clarke. While the first gameplay trailer highlights familiar faces fighting for the Iron Throne, it also hides a monster that was referenced in the series but never appeared on screen.

  2. Eurogamer58

    Gears of War: E-Day devs on their gore investment, saying fans were getting desensitised to the violence

    Eurogamer interviewed The Coalition art director Aryan Hanbeck, brand director Nicole Fawcett, and creative director Matt Searcy about Gears of War: E-Day's investment in gore. Hanbeck said the team felt fans were getting desensitised to the series' violence, so they aimed to make every kill feel more real, down to headshot audio, blood spray height, lingering mist, and body reactions. Searcy said gore was a huge investment and that each encounter was designed like a coiled spring. E-Day's first Season began with Early Access yesterday and runs eight weeks to 1st December, ranked PvP arrives 13th October, and general release is 6th October.

  3. 机核18

    The Best Fire Emblem and the Worst Wolverine & New A Plague Tale & War Dog【Game Diary】| Master of Distraction 227

    Episode 227 of Master of Distraction shares hands-on impressions of four recent games: A Plague Tale: Resonance, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, War Dog, and Marvel's Wolverine. The hosts say the lineup includes both the best in a series and the "worst" of a "series," with the episode recorded on the evening of October 1.

  4. IGN22

    Former NFL Coach Mike Tomlin Is a Hardcore Minecraft Player, Reveals City He Took 12 Years to Build

    Former NFL coach Mike Tomlin launched a YouTube channel this week and revealed he has spent 12 years building a city in Minecraft. He got into the game through his kids and builds in Creative Mode, including a hotel with fully fleshed-out interiors. Tomlin stepped down as the Steelers' coach in January 2026 and promised to show more of his city in future videos.

  5. Game Informer52

    End of Abyss Review: A Samus-Inspired Survival Horror Success

    End of Abyss is a twin-stick survival horror game that blends Metroid-style exploration with tense combat, casting players as a technician entering an abandoned facility with soldiers and their captain. The review praises its winding map, scanner, and large-scale level design, but notes that boss fights drain ammo and grenades quickly, forcing resource grinding. The author also hit bugs including getting stuck in walls, invisible walls, falling out of bounds, map markers showing wrong states, and doors that would not open until a reload, though frequent saves limited the lost progress and several patches have already addressed some issues.

  6. Kotaku62

    Final Fantasy Resonance's combat was an 'experiment' combining FF5's job system with FF6's unique characters

    Final Fantasy Resonance's producer told Kotaku the battle system began with the idea of combining Final Fantasy 5's job system with the unique traits of Final Fantasy 6's characters, and that the team reexamined the stagger system. The game adapts the mobile title Brave Exvius, is co-developed by Square Enix's Team Asano in the HD-2D style, and launches on October 22. The team at one point considered cutting the series characters before keeping them as the equippable Visions summon system, spanning characters from the first game through Final Fantasy XVI.

  7. Push Square24

    BrokenLore: MIKI-CHAN Turns an Anime AI Assistant Into Its Spookiest Antagonist Yet

    BrokenLore: MIKI-CHAN casts the anime AI assistant Miki-chan as its antagonist after she goes rogue. Set in a Japanese school, players face a virtual AI assistant who becomes increasingly jealous, possessive, and obsessive, explore a distorted school simulation, and use the Rewriter to alter reality. Miki-chan was previously introduced as part of the story in BrokenLore: DON'T LIE.

  8. IGN22

    Ex-Rockstar Boss Dan Houser Doesn't Play a Lot of Open-World Games – and Doesn't Plan to Play GTA 6

    Former Rockstar Games co-boss and GTA creative director Dan Houser says he doesn't play many open-world games and doesn't plan to play GTA 6, to avoid being influenced while working on his own projects. His new company Absurd Ventures is working on two games and has already released the graphic novel series American Caper, whose double-sized season-finale issue drops next month.

  9. PC Gamer22

    Former NFL head coach Mike Tomlin shows off his 12-year Minecraft city

    Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin unveiled a Minecraft metropolis he has been hand-building for 12 years in a YouTube video on Wednesday. He was introduced to the game by his children and took to creative mode, calling the building process therapeutic. The tour video was produced by his son Dino, with more episodes planned for Tomlin's YouTube channel.

  10. IGN38

    4 Things to Focus on Outside Combat in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave

    Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave puts heavy emphasis on out-of-combat activities, with shared meals at the inn raising support points for three characters at a time and weekly arena training that boosts weapon, magic, or movement proficiency. Renown is central to the game's loop and can be earned through subquests, paralogues, and temple visits, with paralogues rewarding 20,000 gold and unlocking recruits but having strict, unannounced deadlines. Each of the four protagonists also has a unique Renown source, such as Cai's kindness quests and Theodora's resource requests.

  11. Kotaku22

    Control Resonant Made the Right Choice Leaving the Oldest House Behind

    Control Resonant takes its story outside the Oldest House of Control (2019), a choice that fits Dylan Faden, who was imprisoned and experimented on inside the building for 17 years. After waking in 2026, Dylan leaves the Oldest House for the first time in 24 years. The piece also notes that tapes in Resonant show Dr. Darling abusing Dylan, contrasting with the likable scientist Jesse encounters in the first game.

  12. Push Square22

    Toy Story 3 Complete Edition's PS5 Trophy List Echoes the Original with a Few New Additions

    Digital Eclipse's Toy Story 3 Complete Edition launches on 15th October, and its PS5 Trophy list has surfaced online ahead of release. The list is identical to the PS3 original but adds three new Trophies, two of which relate to Zurg, who is playable on all platforms in Complete Edition. The third new Trophy involves getting all the customisation packs from the Toy Store.

  13. PC Gamer12

    I added October-appropriate zombies to Grand Theft Auto 5

    A ZombieInfection mod has been installed in Grand Theft Auto 5, turning some Los Santos pedestrians into zombies that instantly convert anyone they touch, letting two or three of them escalate into a city-threatening horde. The zombies are slow and often killed by ambient threats like tornadoes, cars, and fire, but even the normally invincible Franklin dies if a zombie touches him long enough.

  14. PlayStation Blog8

    Share of the Week: Marvel's Wolverine – Logan

    This week's PlayStation Blog Share of the Week highlights six player-submitted portraits of Logan from Marvel's Wolverine, shared with #PSshare #PSBlog. Next week's theme is Marvel's Wolverine – Allies & Villains, with submissions due by 11:59 PM PT on October 7, 2026, featuring moments with Team X, Jean Grey, or various villains.

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  1. Kotaku62

    8 Things Final Fantasy VII Revelation Is Changing From The Original On PS1

    Kotaku rounds up eight changes Final Fantasy VII Revelation makes from the 1997 PS1 original. The game will offer a true open world, though weather events and closed airspaces gate some areas, and Vincent and Yuffie's stories are folded into the main narrative with Vincent's Galian Beast transformation becoming part of his regular combat kit. Director Naoki Hamaguchi said Master materia will not appear because it would break the game, while Knights of the Round may become the game's superboss with its own storyline similar to the Gilgamesh questline in Rebirth.

  2. VGC22

    Podcast: Why we're ready for a new Uncharted game

    On the latest VGC: The Video Game Podcast, Jordan Middler, Chris Scullion and Andy Robinson discuss the week's biggest news, including the reported return of the Uncharted series. The crew also share their thoughts on Star Wars: Galactic Racer and Gears of War: E-Day. New episodes are available weekly on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music and more.

  3. Kotaku42

    My Patience With Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Is Wearing Dangerously Thin

    After two weeks and thirty hours with Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, the story and characters are the only things keeping me playing. Character progression and EXP grinding in part one feel tedious, while map exploration costs time segments and training is limited to once a week in the main city. Renown gates block map areas, and gathering supplies is the best way to earn renown in part one.

  4. Eurogamer66

    Star Wars: Galactic Racer review: Burnout handling meets a roguelite campaign

    Eurogamer's review calls Star Wars: Galactic Racer both a surprisingly fun roguelite campaign and a racing treat for Criterion fans. Developed by Fuse Games, it uses two boosts, Afterburner and the faster Ramjet, which can redline and explode if held too long. The campaign runs across acts and planets on an FTL-style branching map, where winnings upgrade your craft but a lost final race costs those upgrades. Planets change Ramjet behaviour, such as icy worlds making it last longer. A review copy was provided by Secret Mode.

  5. Eurogamer53

    Report claims Activision is considering rebooting Halo, with a Sledgehammer Games team leading

    Halo and Xbox insider Rebs Gaming claims Activision is considering rebooting the Halo series after taking over the next game, possibly exploring Master Chief's origins. The report says Activision first proposed a free-to-play multiplayer game and a campaign-only game, with the campaign prototype described as a soft reboot that ignores Halo Infinite's story without retconning established canon, before leaning toward one combined package. Rebs also says Sledgehammer Games teams have conceptualised and prototyped basic gameplay mechanics for both projects in the Infinity Ward Engine, while Activision has only confirmed it will develop the next Halo title.

  6. IGN62

    Star Wars: Galactic Racer Review

    IGN reviews Star Wars: Galactic Racer, Fuse Games' racing game that it calls the first of its kind in over two decades, built around a roguelite campaign with no mid-race restarts. Vehicles span landspeeders, speeder bikes, and a new skim speeder class, and each speeder is scrapped between tours so upgrades must be re-earned. The review praises the detailed planets and Burnout-style takedowns but says the small number of planets makes repeated runs feel tedious.