Kotaku photographer Mineralblu captured 20 cosplay outfits from the Tokyo Game Show 2026 floor, many for games that have yet to launch. They include Princess Lumina from Blast Blade, a fighting game still without a release date, plus 2027's Mononoke No Kuni and Soulforged: Ashborn, two outfits from Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, and the first Palworld cosplay the writer has seen.
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Even more Pokemon Pokopia concept art appeared to offer a look at in-progress Mosslax. https://www.siliconera.com/pokemon-pokopia-concept-art-focuses-on-mosslax-expressions/
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, from Konami and Evil Empire, launches tomorrow and reviews from other outlets are already live. Nintendo Life says it still doesn't have a review code, so its review will arrive after the game's launch. Push Square called the PS5 version "a good Metroidvania and a valiant effort to resuscitate Castlevania."
Corey Quinn has compiled Doom for a 32-bit machine whose arithmetic and memory live in DNS, using a database of 6.4 million rows of truth tables. DNS pioneer Paul Vixie called it the best use of RFC 2136 DNS UPDATE he's ever seen. One update takes just over 54 seconds, so it's far from playable, and Quinn has published the code on GitHub.
Rockstar has promised its next game won't take another 8 years. More than 13 years have passed since Grand Theft Auto 5, and it's been eight years since Rockstar North released Red Dead Redemption 2. For context, the studio previously released Grand Theft Auto 3, Vice City, San Andreas, and Grand Theft Auto 4 over a span of seven years with a much smaller staff.
Hideo Kojima has posted his review of Alejandro Iñárritu's satirical black comedy Digger, starring Tom Cruise, calling it a film everyone living in today's world should see. The movie has drawn sharply divided reviews and has earned just $37 million globally so far, prompting Warner Bros. to change its marketing campaign. Kojima is also working on the Xbox games OD and Physint, with Physint set for film and TV adaptation and Death Stranding headed to the big screen.
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164 Big Events across CS:GO and CS2, and only one player who clutched 1v5 more than once 👑 @donk1337
Gundam Rogue Orbit Blowout Confirmed for Gundam's 40 Year Anniversary Broadcast This Month https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/10/gundam-rogue-orbit-blowout-confirmed-for-gundams-40-year-anniversary-broadcast-this-month
What is a Grand Slam? And what teams and players have managed to complete it? 🧐
GPASS's members-only show Recording Pen has released VOL.803, titled "Memories of an All-Nighter at Universal Studios (Not a Support Group)." The show features short recordings from the Gcores office's daily life and work, with each episode running about ten-plus minutes and no fixed participants or content.
Grounded 2 executive producer Marcus Edward Morgan and PR manager Shyla Lane Schofield recorded a video greeting Chinese players and will attend Beijing Fusion 2026 in person to meet fans at booth B07-2 in Hall 3. The event runs October 24-25, 2026 at Shougang International Convention Center in Beijing, with single-day tickets priced at 139 yuan full price and 129 yuan discounted via Bilibili Member Purchase.
With the October New Product Festival approaching, a large number of demos have already been released, and this fall's festival is expected to be highly competitive. New releases have been scarce lately, but Chui-ge's "沉星之序" alone offers enough content to last until next year, and several demos are worth trying before the festival begins.
Steam now has a bouncing logo screensaver, and I'm pretty sure it doesn't touch the corners https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/steam-now-has-a-maddening-bouncing-logo-screensaver-and-im-pretty-sure-it-doesnt-touch-the-corners/
MIT engineers have created a flexible sheet that, though currently a bulky prototype, could one day be worn like a second skin. It aims to more accurately track the transformation of a surface rather than the movement of fixed points on a traditional motion capture suit, potentially enabling whole-body tracking in VR.
The 2026 Beijing Nuclear Fusion game carnival will be held on October 24 and 25 at the Shougang International Convention and Exhibition Center, where the GCORES brand area will sell new merchandise including door hangers, beer mugs, folding chairs, coasters, and badges, alongside the board game "绝对不存在的游戏" and other previously sold items. GPASS members can show their membership page and GCORES ID on site to receive a free fourth-anniversary badge while supplies last. Single-day tickets cost 139 yuan at full price or 129 yuan at a discounted price, sold through Bilibili Member Purchase.
First 4 Figures has officially revealed a 12" painted PVC statue of Princess Zelda from Tears of the Kingdom, offering a brief sneak peek ahead of its "coming soon" release. Pre-orders open on 22nd October 2026, with $5.00 off for those who sign up to F4F. The statue joins the "exclusive edition" Link statue that went on sale earlier this year for $134 USD.
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Pre-ordering Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 grants players the Shattered Relay weapon blueprint in Call of Duty: Mobile. The offer was announced on Xbox Wire.
Restocks of the Pokémon TCG set Ascended Heroes are now constant, but fans need memberships and patience to take advantage of them. The set is an older one and has historically been harder to find than other sets, including the 30th anniversary collection. There have been two notable exceptions to recent distribution trends.
I don't know what Rick and Morty's about but I have turned GTA 5 into its perfect replica https://www.pcgamer.com/games/grand-theft-auto/i-dont-know-what-rick-and-mortys-about-but-i-have-turned-gta-5-into-its-perfect-replica/
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Asks for No Less Than 100% Completion for the Platinum Trophy https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/10/castlevania-belmonts-curse-asks-for-no-less-than-100percent-completion-for-the-platinum-trophy
Forge your path!
Engineers at MIT have developed a sheet full of optical fibres that can digitally reconstruct its own shape even as it is flexed and folded, and the team reckons it could be fashioned into a garment for accurately mirroring real-world movements in a game. The algorithm reconstructs the sheet's movement with a margin of error of less than 0.4 centimeters, compared with around 1 to 2 centimeters for existing rigid-sensor designs. The team plans to trim down the prototype, whose optical fibres currently measure 1 millimetre thick, and says the tech could also aid patients undergoing physical therapy.
New signs of life have appeared for Haunted Chocolatier, the next game from Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone, also known as ConcernedApe. In an August blog post, he apologized for the length of development while saying he doesn't stress too much about how long it's taking, as he doesn't want to rush the process and hurt the game.
Amazon MGM and Square Enix's TV adaptation of the first Life Is Strange game has wrapped filming. The series was greenlit just over a year ago, with casting announcements since, but a release window remains elusive.
Grand Theft Auto 6 marketing ramps up with murals, blimps, stadiums and more
Hunter's Moon voice cast announced https://www.gematsu.com/2026/10/hunters-moon-voice-cast-announced
To mark 10 years of Kojima Productions and 15 years of Casetify, the two companies have collaborated on a Death Stranding 2-themed product line, with sales starting on 15th October and priority access sign-up on Casetify's website. The flagship design is a craft aluminum case imagined by lead artist Yoji Shinkawa, alongside accessories like a Dollman plush keyring and a QPid wristlet inspired by Norman Reedus' necklace in the game. All purchases come with a limited edition trading card, and the aluminum case qualifies buyers for two exclusive designs; no pricing was announced in the press release.
The developer of KWIZUP has released an Android quiz game where players can battle real opponents 1v1. It offers 25+ categories including General Knowledge, Sports and Anime, plus solo play and image-based questions, and is available on Google Play.
These 30+ PS5 Games Are Coming Out This Week (12th-18th October) https://www.pushsquare.com/guides/these-30plus-ps5-games-are-coming-out-this-week-12th-18th-october
TOBIZ returns to MOUZ as head of talent development https://www.hltv.org/news/45704/tobiz-returns-to-mouz-as-head-of-talent-development
Huawei's Noah's Ark Lab and UCL and other teams introduced Memento 3, an AI agent system built on Claude Opus 5 that cleared all 25 games and 183 levels in the ARC-AGI-3 public set without updating model weights or fine-tuning, scoring a perfect 100 RHAE. It used 7518 actions versus 17135 for humans, about 56% fewer, and also fewer than baseline1's 8347. In Atari Pong, after learning a control strategy on its own, the system stopped calling the large model and won three straight games 21:0.
Shogun 2 deserved better
GPASS's members-only show Recording Pen has released VOL.801, titled "Who's Smoking in the Bathroom?" The show features short recordings from the Gamecores office, runs about ten-plus minutes per episode, and its participants and content vary.
The curious case of Wonder Boy in Monster Land's dubious PC debut https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/steam-week-in-review-the-curious-case-of-wonder-boy-in-monster-lands-dubious-pc-debut/
Some games get stuck in what the industry calls "development hell," and while titles like Duke Nukem Forever, Metroid Dread, and Skull & Bones eventually shipped, others were canceled when studio heads or publishers decided the investment was no longer worth it. Five games remain in development for more than 10 years without a release, though some are finally near the horizon.
Polygon rounds up eight games like Cyberpunk 2077 for players looking for alternatives. CD Projekt Red did not invent dystopian neon, and these titles either go full cyberpunk or share a similar feel, with some closer to Night City than others.