Amazon — компания, которая очень дружелюбно относится к ИИ.

Она вложила 50 миллиардов долларов в OpenAI, а я — актёр с противоположной позицией.

Я отказался подписывать согласие на использование ИИ в «Пауке-Нуаре».

Вероятно, я больше не буду работать со студией, и это нормально.

Крупный апдейт выйдет уже 15 октября.

«Более человек, чем сам человек»: трейлер сериала «Бегущий по лезвию 2099»

У меня есть промокодГде искать?

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Соавтор оригинальной Silent Hill работает над своим следующим проектом, но это не сиквел SlitterheadИгра не оправдала ожиданий в продажах, но «творчески удалась».

В завершающих сериях Дэрил и Кэрол попытаются найти путь домой.

Тем временем стартовало бета-тестирование китайской локализации.

У меня есть промокодГде искать?

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«Имя мне — Легион»: первый трейлер хоррора «Изгоняющий дьявола: Мученики» со Скарлетт Йоханссон

Опция «Производительность» на Xbox Series S также обеспечит 60 fps.

А «Семь убежищ» продлили ещё на два сезона.

Геймдизайнер, однако, попытается «достичь цифр Palworld».

Быстрый, но не бездумный — враги тут координируют свои действия, а мы вольны использовать не только оружие, но и гравитационные силы.

Сражения эти похожи не на те, что показал нам Пол Верховен (Paul Verhoeven), а на пошаговые из Darkest Dungeon и отчасти Disciples II.

Теперь он против воли связан с загадочным разумным кристаллом и в компании новых друзей сражается с корпоратами по всему сектору Эпсилон.

В полной версии добавились ещё три фракции, включая Песчаников, которые боятся воды, добывают еду только в песке и в него же всё вокруг и превращают.

В специальном уютном режиме всё это не доставит особых хлопот, а в стандартном придётся также участвовать в непростых пошаговых сражениях.

Среди других улучшений — координация отрядов, управление техникой, отзывчивость контроллеров и система прогрессии.

Авторы также занимаются наградами за командную игру и логистику, производительностью, исправлением ошибок и стабильностью серверов.

Разработчики связывают это с заметностью формы, расположением точек возрождения и с негативным отношением геймеров к синей команде.

Все точки появления на карте Bakurani переместят, а форма Lonestar станет менее насыщенной и будет не так сильно выделяться на фоне экипировки других фракций.

На протяжении второго сезона Lonestar получит бонусы к деньгам и опыту за победы, а также дополнительные множители валюты и опыта.

Рост цен на устройства Xbox и PlayStation отпугивает покупателей, а нехватка памяти может усугубить ситуацию.

По данным Пискателлы , за период с начала 2026 года по август продажи консолей Xbox в США упали на 33 % по сравнению с аналогичным периодом прошлого года.

Для Xbox это худший результат за всю историю наблюдений, а для PlayStation — самый низкий показатель с 2013 года.

С начала 1980-х годов рынок игровых консолей в США не оказывался в настолько шатком положении.

Стоимость Xbox Series, PlayStation 5 и Nintendo Switch 2 уже повышали, причём некоторые модели дорожали несколько раз.

Игрокам придётся следить за предметами и позициями соперника, а также использовать новую механику под названием «Дуэльное ускорение».

Кроме того, персонажами, которых добавили после выхода игры 25 сентября 2025 года, теперь сможет управлять компьютер — как в сетевых, так и в одиночных заездах.

В набор войдут трасса Godzilla Escape, машины Godzilla Cruiser, King Ghidorah Coupe и Mothra Surf, а также дополнительная музыка и звуковые эффекты.

В набор войдут трасса Virtual Sanrio Puroland, а также гонщики Hello Kitty и Kuromi с собственными машинами.

Он включает набор с наклейками контроллеров и будущий набор машин, посвящённых консолям SEGA.

Трейлер с анонсом даты релиза Apple Crumble.

Студия Happy Broccoli Games, известная по серии Duck Detective, объявила дату выхода Apple Crumble — детективного триллера про день рождения бабули.

События Apple Crumble разворачиваются на праздновании 84-го дня рождения бабушки главной героини.

Apple Crumble будет весьма коротенькой — игра рассчитана на прохождение за 60-90 минут.

Давать бабуле шанс дожить до юбилея в Apple Crumble можно будет на ПК в Steam.

— многопользовательскую игру в прятки, где коты могут превращаться в любые объекты на карте.

Прятаться в Cat and Paste!

В Hide & Seek WARS команды котов и охотников соревнуются в режиме, похожем на заражение: пойманные коты переходят на сторону преследователей.

поддерживает голосовой чат и позволяет играть как с друзьями, так и с незнакомцами в открытых комнатах.

Смеяться над друзьями, которые в упор не замечают вашего гениально замаскированного кота в Cat and Paste!

Ролевое приключение Shadow of the Road не выйдет12 ноября — релиз перенесли на 10 марта 2027 года.

Команде важно, чтобы позиционирование, инициатива и умения играли заметную роль в каждой схватке и чтобы каждая битва поощряла вдумчивое планирование, а также побуждала принимать значимые решения.

Кроме того, авторы совершенствуют системы прогресса, чтобы дать игрокам больше причин экспериментировать с навыками.

Напомним, события Shadow of the Road развернутся в альтернативной Японии XIX века:1868 год.

Страна находится на перепутье между драгоценным историческим наследием и безжалостным маршем прогресса, и победитель в этой битве пока не ясен.

На Metacritic средний балл Crimson Desert составляет 77 единиц.

Не уверена, что во время работы над обзорами у критиков была возможность как следует всё это исследовать.

Либи ПакС момента выхода проекта в марте Pearl Abyss регулярно выпускает обновления для Crimson Desert.

В итоге Crimson Desert стала хитом: продажи достигли шести миллионов копий, причём половина из них пришлась на Xbox и PlayStation.

Либи ПакКомпания также работает над версией Crimson Desert для Nintendo Switch 2.

Трейлер с анонсом даты релиза The Road of Dust and Sorrow.

Издатель Silver Lining Interactive и студия Painted Black Games объявили, что пиксельный хоррор The Road of Dust and Sorrow выйдет на ПК и консолях 3 декабря.

The Road of Dust and Sorrow — сюжетный сурвайвал-хоррор, при создании которого авторы вдохновлялись классическими Resident Evil и Silent Hill.

Они путешествуют по руинам цивилизации в поисках безопасного места, но привлекают внимание некоего Проповедника и его загадочного культа.

Выбивать всю дурь из Пылевиков в The Road of Dust and Sorrow позволят на ПК (Steam), Xbox Series, PlayStation 5 и Nintendo Switch.

Так почему же в S-Game отказались от механики возрождения оппонентов?

На это есть две причины.

Во-первых, девелоперы хотят, чтобы в игре всё имело ценность.

«Не хочу, чтобы геймеры раз за разом сталкивались с одним и тем же контентом», — пояснил Лян .

А во-вторых, это желание команды сосредоточиться на продвижении сюжета и на самом мире.

Издатель Assemble Entertainment снимет с продажи две последние игры серии Leisure Suit Larry — Wet Dreams Don’t Dry и Wet Dreams Dry Twice.

Wet Dreams Don’t Dry вышла в 2018 году, а Wet Dreams Dry Twice — в 2020-м.

Сейчас в GOG на игры действует скидка 95 %, а вот в Steam за адвенчуры придётся отдать полную стоимость.

Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry и Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice будут доступны в Steam только до 23 октября.

Возможно, компания расторгла соглашение с Assemble Entertainment, из-за чего издателю приходится убирать игры из Steam.

Сегодня в Tanks Blitz стартовала коллаборация именно с этой необычной адвенчурой.

Динамичные танковые сражения соединились с мифологией и визуальным миром древнего Урала — разработчики бережно перенесли атмосферу «Человеколося», чтобы познакомить игроков с культурным наследием региона.

Главной звездой кроссовера стал танк «Человеколось» с двигателем «Жар тайги», орудием «Посох шамана» и анимированным камуфляжем с мистическими узорами.

В Tanks Blitz уже не в первый раз проводят подобного рода коллаборации.

Напомним, Tanks Blitz — это бесплатный многопользовательский PvP-шутер, в котором исторически достоверные танки соседствуют с фантастическими боевыми машинами.

Файтинг 2XKO с персонажами из League of Legends потихоньку приближается к своей финальной точке.

Активная поддержка игры завершится уже в декабре, поэтому разработчики спешат выложить оставшиеся наработки.

В последнем апдейте файтинг получит не одного, а сразу двух персонажей: уже объявленную Самиру и одного из боссов преступного мира Ионии — Сетта.

В итоге ростер 2XKO будет насчитывать 18 бойцов.

В декабре поддержку игры официально свернут, но серверы не отключат — играть по Сети можно будет на всех платформах.

В марте звезда сериала «Сорвиголова» Чарли Кокс (Charlie Cox) рассказал, что после Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 он получил роль в ещё одной игре.

Каких-либо подробностей о ней актёр не проронил, но уточнил, что на этот раз будет вовлечён в работу гораздо сильнее.

Кокс поболтал с IGN на New York Comic Con 2026, где сообщил, что принял участие в пока безымянном и неанонсированном проекте SEGA: «Это было весело, но и сложно.

Также он рассказал о небольшом казусе в студии.

«Мне пришлось зачитывать свои реплики 40 часов, да ещё и с акцентом, который я не готовил», — со смехом рассказал актёр.

One More Level опубликовала свежий трейлер Valor Mortis с расширенной демонстрацией геймплея экшена на базовой PlayStation 5 и Xbox Series X.Версия Valor Moris для PS5 Pro обещает еще более высокое разрешение и улучшенную графику, а на Xbox Series S будет доступен режим производительности с 60 FPS.

Разработчики отмечают, что само видео сначала экспортировали в 1080p (из-за ограничений оборудования), а потом загрузили в 4K, чтобы улучшить качество при сжатии на YouTube.

В супергеройском шутере Marvel Rivals проходит вторая половина 10-го сезона.

Свежее обновление уже доступно, а с ним — различные новинки по « Мстителям: Война бесконечности », включая:Коме того, уже 16 октября в Marvel Rivals добавят контент по Хэллоуину, а 22 октября — PvE-режим «Мстители: Финал», где 50 игроков будут сражаться с Таносом.

Undead Labs, получившая независимость после реорганизации XBOX, продолжает трудиться над State of Decay 3.

Уже 13 октября в зомби-экшене проведут закрытое бета-тестирование.

Круг участников в этот раз (по сравнению с альфа-тестом) расширяют, и все желающие могут зарегистрироваться заявку на сайте.

Что нужно знать:

Обложка: скриншот игры Beast of ReincarnationGame Freak объявила, что последний патч для Beast of Reincarnation в рамках «цикла крупных пострелизных обновлений» выйдет 19–20 октября.

После этого разработчики отойдут от прежнего графика, но всё равно планируют устранить оставшиеся серьёзные недочёты.

В будущем Beast of Reincarnation ещё может получить патчи, но уже не такие крупные.

Тем временем для игры как раз выпустили очередной апдейт.

Он принёс с собой различные доработки и улучшения — кинематографические и технические — и добавил новые функции (возможность пропустить часть контента в середине игры, опцию настройки FOV и не только).

Портал MP1st поделился первыми подробностями о следующем проекте Bokeh Game Studio.

Это, напомним, студия Кэйитиро Тоямы, создателя Silent Hill, Siren, Gravity Rush и Slitterhead.

В настоящее время Bokeh Game Studio ищет специалистов по захвату движений для пока ещё безымянной игры.

Ещё в них упоминаются некие существа (с трансформацией).

Ключевым персонажем может стать Ривер, белый мужчина в возрасте чуть больше двадцати лет; визуальные ориентиры для него — Ривер Феникс и Курт Кобейн.

Продюсер Silent Hill Мотои Окамото подтвердил , что Konami уже планирует «вторую и третью волны» новых игр серии.

«Успешный запуск этой „первой волны“ приносит огромное облегчение, но мы на этом не останавливаемся: нужно думать о второй и третьей волнах.

Silent Hill: Townfall, местом действия которой стала Шотландия, доступна на PC и PS5 с сентября.

Новинка собрала хорошие оценки критиков и средние оценки игроков, а её пиковый онлайн в Steam не достиг уровня предыдущих игр серии.

На днях в Townfall упростили самого неприятного и раздражающего монстра.

Первый сезон шутера WARDOGS подходит к концу, и разработчики делятся подробностями второго сезона в небольшом превью.

Он стартует 15 октября и откроет игрокам доступ к:WARDOGS пребывает в раннем доступе только на PC — не в российском Steam, но с текстовым переводом на русский язык (как запустить шутер в России).

Релиз на консолях PS5 и Xbox Series ожидается в 2028 году.

Продажи WARDOGS превысили 2 млн копий.

Обложка: скриншот игры Gears of War: E-DayПо данным Alinea Analytics, продажи Gears of War: E-Day составили всего 230 000 копий.

Steam — 168 000 копий; около 11 млн долларов выручки.

Xbox (консоли Xbox Seires и PC) — 62 000 копий; при этом на платформу приходится основная часть выручки, примерно 26 млн долларов.

Сообщается, что через подписку Game Pass доступ к Gears of War: E-Day получили 1,7 млн человек.

Источник: Alinea AnalyticsЧто до вовлечённости игроков Gears of War E-Day: 54% аудитории на Xbox провели в игре 5 часов или меньше (против 32% в Steam);19% аудитории на Xbox играли более 15 часов (против 33% в Steam);14% аудитории на Xbox играли более 20 часов (22% в Steam).

И, конечно же, Deadlock вновь обновила свой пиковый онлайн в Steam — до 262 145 игроков одновременно.

Это, кстати, больше, чем у Team Fortress 2 с её пиком в 253 997 игроков одновременно.

Создатели Star Wars Zero Company объявили, что продажи тактической игры во вселенной «Звёздный войн» превысили 1 миллион копий.

Об этом ещё в конце сентября сообщали аналитики, но, видимо, их данные были не до конца корректными.

Разработчики поблагодарили игроков и пообещали, что на следующей неделе Star Wars Zero Company получит обновление 1.2.

Что именно улучшит команда Bit Reactor, пока не сообщается, но наверняка игру избавят от багов и недоработок в геймплее, как это было с патчем 1.1.

Напомним, на днях стало известно, что в студию Bit Reactor начали возвращаться разработчики, которых ранее (из-за нехватки средств) отправили в неоплачиваемый отпуск.

Создатели Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 выпустили геймпленый трейлер экстракшен-режима DMZ.

В ролике показали, что ждёт игроков: сюжетные задания с возможностью командного прохождения, выполнения целей и награды, а также сражения с опасными противниками.

И, конечно же, система прогрессии, благодаря которой развиваются навыки оперативников, улучшается их оружие и экипировка, а также база.

При этом разработчики объявили, что ранний доступ к DMZ для предзаказавших игру в цифре стартует 20 октября — за 3 дня до релиза шутера.

Создатели Battlefield 6 выпустили геймплейный трейлер нового режима Battlefield REDSEC — он называется Rapid Royale.

Его можно будет оценить бесплатно с 13 октября, когда в основном шутере стартует пятый сезон.

Сезон привнесёт в Battlefield 6 три новые карты (две 13 октября и ещё одну 10 ноября), и именно здесь предстоит сражаться игрокам — в динамичных, но сокращённых во времени баталиях.

Обложка: Dragonʼs Dogma 2: Dark ArisenСегодня ночью ролевой экшен Dragon’s Dogma 2 получил расширение и новое издание Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen.

Игра вышла на Switch 2 и стала больше на PS5, Xbox Series и PC.

Игроки встретили новинку преимущественно положительными отзывами, хотя обзоры оригинальной Dragonʼs Dogma 2 в Steam за сегодня показывают: лишь двое из трёх довольны текущим состоянием игры.

Если вы все еще думаете, а вот СЕЙЧАС стоит ли уже врываться в Dragonʼs Dogma 2, после всех недавних патчей, то ответ ДА.

А ЧТО, ИГРА ВНЕЗАПНО ХОРОШАЯ СТАЛА, ДА?

Наполеоновский экшен Valor Mortis получил атмосферный релизный трейлер, фокус в котором сделан на харизматичных персонажах, врагах и боевой системе.

Главный герой, практически восставший из мёртвых солдат армии Наполеона, сталкивается с последствиями ужасающей болезни, поразившей армию Императора.

Выжившие превращаются монстров, которых предстоит побеждать с помощью холодного оружия, огнестрела и сверхъестественных сил — их тоже демонстрируют в видео.

А подробнее о геймплее и сюжете игры разработчики рассказывали ранее в большом 5-минутном ролике.

Создатели Tsarevna.

Age of Tales готовят новые демоверсии для посетителей Comic Con Игромир, который пройдёт 3–6 декабря.

Игроки смогут опробовать около 20 минут боевого геймплея с разными противниками.

Она будет доступна на всех телевизорах на стенде облачного гейминга Игромир.

Но готовится и часовой расширенный плейтест в сопровождении разработчиков, с которыми можно будет пообщаться — он пройдёт на отдельном экране.

Создатели «Доктора Стоуна» признались, что финал был «ложью» — аниме получит продолжениеПрощальное мероприятие в честь завершения сериала обернулось анонсом нового проекта.

Тайна покойной наложницы — показали новый трейлер полнометражного «Монолога фармацевта»Маомао и Жэньши предстоит выяснить, почему тело женщины не разложилось даже спустя пять лет после смерти.

Inside и Little Nightmares под водой — Escape: Immersion вышла на ПК и смартфонах с бесплатной пробной версиейИгрокам предстоит выбраться с разрушающейся военной базы, затерянной в глубинах океана.

Ради этого зарезали сериал от ветерана франшизы — Amazon готовит новые «Звёздные врата» с создательницей «ВандаВижн»Предыдущий сериал, который разрабатывал Мартин Джеро, закрыли из-за опасений, что он окажется слишком «нишевым».

Продолжение «слайд-шоу» выйдет в 2027 году — фанаты критикуют трейлер «Ванпанчмена» и просят закрыть анимеНекоторые зрители называют ролик «последним гвоздём в крышку гроба» и надеются на ремейк от другой студии.

Наруто исекайнулся — новое аниме оказалось совсем не тем, чего ждали фанатыДолгожданные юбилейные эпизоды оказались кроссовером с забытым аниме 90-х, о котором многие поклонники «Наруто» даже не слышали.

Люди проиграли репликантам — показали мощный трейлер «Бегущего по лезвию 2099»Продолжение «Бегущего по лезвию 2049» стартует 25 ноября на Prime Video.

Анонсировано продолжение «Наруто» — показали супертизер новой манги Масаси КисимотоПовзрослевших героев команды № 7 ждут новые испытания.

Сотрудник Microsoft годами блокировал аниме-игры на Xbox из-за личной неприязни – слухЖурналист Windows Central Джез Корден заявил, что сотрудник Microsoft годами блокировал выход аниме-игр на Xbox из-за личной неприязни к жанру, а после смены руководства ранее отклонённые проекты начали получать одобрение.

Остров жутких кукол и человеческих останков: анонсирован хоррор Where Dolls HangОстров, где на деревьях висят куклы, станет местом действия нового хоррора, который создаёт разработчик-одиночка.

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds объединит Bayonetta, Evangelion и Final Fantasy VII RemakeSega раскрыла планы на второй год поддержки Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds: в гонках появятся персонажи Bayonetta, Evangelion, Final Fantasy VII Remake и Persona, а также Годзилла и герои Sanrio.

Toho's latest Godzilla Minus Zero trailer is here and puts the spotlight on King Ghidorah's lightning-like gravity beams and Godzilla's iconic atomic breath.

Naruto is alive and well, as author Masashi Kishimoto has announced a new manga called Shadow Rising – and a new anime crossover series is on the way, too.

Prime Video has published a new Blade Runner 2099 trailer, revealing more about the mystery surrounding its missing Replicants, as well as the roles Hunter Schafer and Michelle Yeoh play in the story.

The new Arc Raiders 2.0 update has triggered a seven-month high for its concurrent player count on Steam as fans show up for its "Spider-Man" grappling hook, a new map, a free weekend, and more.

In one of the coolest announcements to come out of NYCC, IGN can exclusively reveal that Paper Girls creators Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang are reuniting for a new series called Roam.

We spoke to Crystal Lake showrunner Brad Caleb Kane, star Linda Cardellini, and other cast members about retelling the Friday the 13th story.

DC veteran Grant Morrison reviewed Lanterns, and they had more than a few criticisms of its "morally and legally incoherent" finale.

Nicolas Cage said he'll "probably not work with" Amazon again after declining to sign a waiver to use AI on Spider-Noir.

The GTA 6 leaker has reportedly threatened to release a build of the game with the full story mode played to the end, as part of their heavily criticized crypto scheme.

Friday night at New York Comic Con was all about Blumhouse, with a 90 minute "Blumfest" panel that was devoted to a ton of upcoming films from the combined forces of Jason Blum's Blumhouse and James Wan's Atomic Monster.

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games has pulled back the curtain on single-player spinoff Squadron 42 with a new cinematic trailer, the launch of Steam wishlists, and a full cast reveal.

Excitedly, I boot up the new demo for Militsioner, a game I've had a watchful eye on since its announcement.

Militsioner, for the uninitiated, is an immersive sim of massive proportions.

Well, you're not sure really, but the giant cop constantly looming over you certainly seems to think you should know.

It tickled me, nonetheless, as did the entire vibe of the game, given that it's also a mood-management sim; make the giant cop upset, and you can count the little freedom you have goodbye.

Or, you can just wait until sometime in 2027, the current release window for Militsioner.

I mean, everyone reading this who has a console, anyway, still no bloomin' sight of a PC release date.

Now, over on their website (I'm not linking you to it, obviously), they're threatening to release a playable build of the game.

"Cyberleek hits 30 million marketcap, the build goes out — full story mode, played to the end, credits and all.

Right now, it still isn't clear whether Cyberleek actually has a playable build or not.

And if they do have a playable build, if their true goal was to get physical discs printed and a "public apology," why bother trying to get money out of the general public?

I also just prefer a bit of friction in a game, something to put the edge on occasionally, even if there is cosiness to be found within it.

And according to the lead writer of Nivalis Nights, Thomas Welsh, you can find some of that cosiness, it just isn't a cosy game, and you have to put some work in to get it.

"The start of the game is intentionally overwhelming," Welsh tells PC Gamer in an interview.

"Nivalis doesn't have player death or shooting or boss fights, but that doesn't mean it's a cosy game.

Gosh, I should probably find time for this game that seems to have had a good bit of thought put into it, 'ey?

Speaking to The Game Business, Park explained, "I do believe both parties have fair points, especially critics.

Usually, the classical approach when they review the game is following the main quest line.

All those tiny details that are hidden… I don't think critics had a fair chance to explore those during the review period."

I just take my thinking cap off when I play them because they have qualities that appeal to me.

A critic isn't telling you you're wrong or a bad person when they negatively, or even averagely review a game you like, they're just doing their job.

And its crunchy look has some inspired origins: stock photos.

And as shared in a neat little dev vlog, these photos are all stock photos.

You can check the process out in the video above, covering the early stages of putting an asset together.

I'm here writing about Medium Rare because it caught my attention with a look you don't see very often.

Medium Rare has a demo you can check out on Steam, or you can just through it a wishlist ahead of its release in 2027.

EdwinThis weekend I'll be checking out the demo for Ablahshikar, a turn-based ship-salvaging game with ASCII art and some extremely extra writing.

OllieThis weekend I'll be away from my... well, not my PC, because that's still borked.

But this weekend I'm travelling, so I've packed up said laptop - and also brought along my Steam Deck, my Steam Frame, and my Steam Controller.

JeremyI'm playing an upcoming game that involves exploring a very large area, attacking things, and occasionally eating big pieces of chicken.

And you, reader dear, what are you playing this weekend…?

When Paradox announced their post-apocalyptic North American grand strategy game Afterworld, I made the obvious comparison to Fallout.

This includes what's left of present-day Canada, though Paradox say this area won't be a focus for the core game.

As for any Bethesda or Black Isle comparisons: "I've seen some people wondering if Afterworld is a Fallout GSG," Bean continued.

"Fallout is a cool game, but it's not in the top five reference points.

They leave very different scars on the world, and different regions can feel very different, game to game, depending on what has happened in the years leading up to game start."

Across six quests, a progression system sees you unlock new venues, attract bigger crowds, and earn better rewards.

Judging by the preview clip below, these look to lean on reused lines from the base game rather than an AI-generated chatter.

The on-stage lines look to be the same, based on V shouting the chorus to Samurai's A Like Supreme midway through the modder playing Metallica's Master of Puppets.

Once you've played your first gig at a venue, you can then come back and play there any time.

ArchiveXL, AudioXL, Codeware, RED4ext, Redscript, and TweakXL are all musts, with Playable Guitar Weapon - Play Your Songs an optional extra if you want to strut around with your guitar off-stage.

"The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong," wrote the late author Damon Runyon, "but that's the way to bet."

As someone neither swift nor strong, this does not bode well for my chances in Wardogs season 2, which sees the early access sandbox shooter adding – among many other things – a gambling system.

Though there is a handy-sounding 'Squad Intent' function in the update, whereby squad leaders can publicly set their squad as being dedicated to a particular role – building, FOB attacking etc.

When it comes to help, mind, nobody’s getting a bigger hand than the scorned outcasts of Wardogs: Lonestar, aka the blue team (derogatory).

That’s a pretty ambitious experiment …

This year's stream will see new announcements Arc Raiders's developer Embark Studios, Zero Parades: For Dead Spies' ZA/UM, and Elite Dangerous' Frontier Developments, along with a whole host of others.

The showcase itself is taking place on October 15th, and you can watch it on IGN's Youtube channel, over on Facebook, Twitch, and Musk's pits.

As I say, the showcase is taking place on October 15, 2026, at 12pm PT / 3pm ET / 8pm BST / 9pm CEST.

Dwarven Brothers, Embark, Entalto Publishing, Fictions, Focus Entertainment, Friday Sundae, Frontier Developments, Gambit Digital, Good Gate Media, Head Up Games, Heat Death Studio, Hollow Beak Games.

Let me… Super Rare Originals, Team17, Tiny Dragon G…

So here's me sternly ordering myself to finally play Machinarium while we wait for the follow-up, which doesn't have a release date yet.

There's still no text in Machinarium 2, with robots communicating through speech bubble icons, symbols and gestures.

"After escaping the city of Machinarium, Josef and Berta crash-land in the barrens," the devs explain.

“We're not getting any younger, and the world seems to be ending, so if we were ever going to make Machinarium 2, now is the right time," explains Amanita CEO and game designer Jakub Dvorský.

If you'd rather get your eyeballs into something fresher, Amanita's latest release is Phonopolis, a dystopian avant garde city game that borrows a bit…

It is for people who love drawing maps, and it is for people who love having their blood sucked by a non-Euclidean lighthouse.

"If you're patient enough, the truth will find its way into your eyes," the Steam page comments.

"You must also be careful with your steps, as each one will slowly drain your blood, until nothing remains," the Steam page warns.

It reminds me a bit of that one house game.

No, not Myhouse.wad - the one where you are the house and also, are in the house.

Horizon 6's first major DLC's likely to change that at least for a little while, and Playground Games have now revealed it'll be arriving in January.

Ever fans of catchy names, Playground are calling this opening Horizon 6 expansion "the first Premium Expansion for Forza Horizon 6" for now.

I'll be honest, I never got around to buying Forza Horizon 5's expansions.

It might largely have been more of what the base game did well, but I recall having a good time with Forza Horizon 4's Fortune Island expansion.

Regardless, better DLC than its predecessor will be needed if this latest entry's to remain worthy of the bestest best sticker I gave it as part of my Forza Horizon 6 review.

Developers Moonlight Kids stress that the only thing you really gain in the course of all this is knowledge.

In Echo Weaver, time is a flexible, edible resource.

In general, you do not need to worry hugely about finding crystals, as long as you follow the given platforming routes.

Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun / Akapura GamesSometimes the game limits the associated possibilities by building puzzle layouts around them.

Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun / Akapura GamesResist the urge to travel as the glaive flies, and you'll find Echo Weaver to be a sturdy, unremarkable platformer.

If H1Z1 built the foundation of the battle royale genre, PUBG certainly shaped it into the form that remains hugely successful today.

So when publisher Krafton announced a brand-new PUBG was in the works last month, it was an immediately exciting prospect for battle royale fans.

Image credit: PUBG Madison/Krafton"That's been the theory, that chasing your fantasy of fun takes the edge off losing," he continues.

And a lot of them are also surprisingly out-there for a battle royale with the PUBG name on it.

Image credit: PUBG Madison/KraftonLikewise, it's possible to hack certain objects in the game, causing all manner of mischief.

A GTA 6 leaker has reportedly threatened to put out a complete, playable build of the game, start to finish.

The threat was posted on CyberLeek's website after the leaker shared 25 minutes of footage from the game earlier this week.

Take-Two, Rockstar's parent company, has been hunting for the person behind the leaks, and has tried to subpoena Discord for information pertaining to the leaker's identity.

CyberLeek now reportedly says the build will go out if their cryptocurrency coin reaches a market cap of $30 million, and claims it can be played through to the end credits.

"CyberLeek hits 30 million marketcap, the build goes out — full story mode, played to the end, credits and all.

Strange Scaffold, the studio behind I Am Your Beast and El Paso, Elsewhere, has announced Gods With Badges, a narrative tactics game about the power police hold over life and death.

Gods With Badges began life as Hard Justice, an unrealised project from strategy studio Artificer.

Strange Scaffold has built on its foundations and development materials, reinterpreting them in its own style.

It's also the latest entry in Project Share, an initiative Strange Scaffold pioneered last year that encourages developers to exchange technology and explore more sustainable ways to make games.

I was deeply impressed by I Am Your Beast, a prior Strange Scaffold offering.

It looks like Bokeh Game Studio, founded by Keiichiro Toyama, who directed the original Silent Hill and created Siren and Gravity Rush, is working on another horror game.

According to MP1st, Bokeh is hiring motion capture performers for its next project, which is seemingly still untitled.

The casting sheet lists characters including River, Dean, Lyra, Hazel, Becca, Dena, and Emma, plus an eight-year-old girl.

River's entry cites River Phoenix and Kurt Cobain as visual references, while Lyra's points to Mia Goth as a tonal reference.

I bucked the trend with my four out of five star verdict in Eurogamer's Slitterhead review, writing: "Slitterhead is stylish and thrilling and unusual (and real…

Arc Raiders could eventually be split into PvE and PvP modes.

Talking to GamesRadar+ ahead of Embark's limited PvE test next week, executive producer Aleksander Grøndal said the idea of a more peaceful Arc Raiders is "possible".

Manage cookie settings Arc Raiders - Official Camera Gadget Announce Trailer.Watch on YouTube"I mean, the community is already split along those lines," he said.

"If the game eventually will represent that?

Earlier this week, we learned film and TV show adaptations of Arc Raiders and The Finals are in the works.

Silent Hill producer Motoi Okamoto says Konami is looking at "a number of projects" after the first wave of new Silent Hill games.

We awarded it four out of five stars in Eurogamer's Silent Hill: Townfall review, writing: "Silent Hill: Townfall is, though, an often phenomenal ride; reverent to its roots, rich with ideas, and yes, properly unnerving too.

Silent Hill was resuscitated with a bang in 2022 when Konami announced Silent Hill 2 Remake, Silent Hill f, Silent Hill: Townfall, Silent Hill Ascension, and movie Return to Silent Hill all at once, with Silent Hill: The Short Message shadowdropped thereafter, too.

"So I think that's very evident in how Silent Hill 2, last year's Silent Hill…

10th OctoberHello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing.

Manage cookie settings Gears of War: Legs Day, amirite?Watch on YouTubeGod, Horde Siege is good.

It's pure video game popcorn movie stuff.

But the version I was playing today was recompiled by AI - I was testing it for a news story.

But it was a reminder - AI aside - of how enticing this game is, especially when there are a lot of people playing it.

EA and Full Circle - the developer behind the new early access Skate game (skate.)

- don't have a problem with modders and "creativity from players," but they're drawing the line with mods that aim to unlock paid microtransactions and unreleased content.

ReSkate essentially lets players experience the skating sim revival completely offline, unlike the online-only base game, with custom maps and cosmetics and servers.

Where we have to draw the line is when mods or other tools bypass our systems to unlock paid cosmetics, release gated/unreleased content, or profit from these unauthorized assets.

ReSkate's official channels also don't allow mods that freely give access to premium cosmetics fro…

PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles are more expensive than ever in most markets, thanks largely to memory components being gobbled up by AI data centres.

Circana's Piscatella recently jumped online to reveal that Xbox and PS5 price hikes caused a big blow to sales, somewhat unsurprisingly.

Xbox hardware sales are reportedly down 33% "versus a year ago in the US, while PlayStation hardware units are 25% lower."

"The US hardware market has not been in a more precarious position since the early 80s," Piscatella added.

The PS5, Switch 2 and Xbox Series X/S price tags have all been bumped up, sometimes multiple times, as well.

A sizable chunk of revenue actually came from Game Pass subscribers paying for the game's Premium Edition upgrade.

When you include pure sales, microtransactions and those Premium Edition upgrades, Gears of War: E-Day has seemingly made above $37m (about £28).

"In a world without day-one Game Pass, many of these folks would have bought E-Day at $70," the analyst speculated.

On Xbox, more than 80% of E-Day players previously tried another Gears game, Call of Duty, Fortnite, GTA 5 and Halo Infinite.

"Gears of War: E-Day is a game of contrasts: conservative by its very nature, but with enough technical proficiency and iterative thinking to make its old-fashioned ideas feel competent and engagi…

Charlie Kinloch, HR manager and co-studio operations director at Rockstar Lincoln, was scrutinised by a cross examiner representing several laid off Rockstar developers today.

Kinloch, initially, claimed he didn't know employees were members of the IWGB union.

The claimants allege that AB was sending information he believed would interest Kinloch, including Discord discussions on union organising, distributing leaflets, and complaints about the workplace.

Two other topics discussed by Discord members were major red flags to Kinloch.

The first was a proposed launch of a Rockstar Games union Twitter account, which the HR manager considered a security risk.

The reports were correct: Forza Horizon 6 has been delayed to 2027 on PS5.

The PS5 version of Forza Horizon 6 is said to manage 30FPS at 4K in the game's Quality mode - visible in a pre-order trailer, apparently - and 60FPS in the game's Performance mode.

We awarded Forza Horizon 6 - an open-world arcade racer set in Japan - a glittering five stars in our review.

"I think Horizon 6 is the highlight in a pantheon of already great racing experiences," Dom wrote in their review, "and shows Playground Games as a developer at its peak ... .

It's taken 14 years to get here, but I think Forza Horizon 6 finally delivers on the promises the original game made, way back in October 2012."

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Однако сегодня, возможно, важнее становится то, на что они способны в будущем.

Релиз Gears of War: E-Day как раз отличный повод порассуждать о том, как отдельные студии превращаются в самостоятельные и куда более ценные IP.

Люди массово идут на «Одиссею» не из-за звездного каста или потому, что это экранизация античной поэмы, а из-за имени Кристофера Нолана (Christopher Nolan).

Студии не верили в «Варвара» и считали его структуру и сюжет слишком рискованными, но после кассового успеха за сценарий «Орудий» уже развернулась настоящая война.

Однако в масштабе всей индустрии заметен интересный сдвиг, когда наличие именитой IP уже давно не решает бизнес-проблем и не увеличивает шансы на возврат …

Фото: Кристиан Петерсен (Christian Petersen)По словам Таро, он полностью реализовался еще в 2003 году, когда вышла первая часть Drakengard.

Это была его дебютная игра как режиссера, и в ней он воплотил почти все задуманное.

Сейчас 56-летний Таро считает, что накопил достаточно денег и в теории мог бы позволить себе уйти на пенсию, если не бы боязнь развития деменции.

Поэтому, как добавил Таро, в сложные моменты на работе он говорит себе, что в конечном счете все это полезно для профилактики деменции.

А поскольку я уже отношусь к старшему поколению, мне остается лишь со страхом и тревогой надеяться, что это пламя не доберется до меня, пока я жив», — заявил Таро.

Недавно в Steam появился личный календарь с рекомендуемыми грядущими и недавно вышедшими играми, который формируется на основе предпочтений самих геймеров.

В ходе беседы он заявил, что одним из факторов, повышающих вероятность появления игры в календаре у большого числа геймеров, может быть размер свежего плейтайма.

Повлияло именно это на что-то или нет — неясно, но игра оказалась в календаре у достаточно обширной аудитории.

По мнению Чумакова, в случае игр, которые выходят в релиз сразу без раннего доступа, алгоритм Steam может учитывать плейтайм демоверсий или плейтестов, но это тоже лишь гипотеза.

Тем не менее не исключено, но что она работает.

Британский издатель Fireshine Games, выпустивший Core Keeper, Far Far West и множество других игр, стал немного больше.

Компания объявила , что в ее состав вошла инди-студия Fair Games.

Как надеется Сковгард, благодаря поддержке Fireshine Games его команде станет легче развивать Necesse — пиксельную песочницу с мультиплеером, в которой пользователи исследуют процедурно генерируемый мир с подземельями.

Necesse — пока единственная игра Fair Games.

Сама Fireshine Games является дочерней компанией холдинга Enad Global 7.

Согласно данным Ведомства по патентам и товарным знакам США, за последние несколько месяцев Sony лишилась 43 патентов, относящихся к VR-технологиям.

По его условиям, Sony должна передать Meta* в общей сложности 419 патентов по всему миру, включая 180 американских.

Напомним, компания выпустила ее в феврале 2023-го.

В 2024 году появились слухи, что Sony даже на время остановила производство PlayStation VR2 до тех пор, пока не распродаст накопившиеся на складах запасы гарнитуры.

Sony и Meta* публично не комментировали продажу патентов.

Регулятор азартных игр Франции ANJ объявил о расширении сотрудничества с ведомством, которое занимается надзором рекламы в стране.

В рамках обновленного сотрудничества организации намерены усилить обмен информацией о проводимых во Франции рекламных кампаниях и продолжить развивать требования к ответственному маркетингу азартных игр.

При этом действующие в стране ограничения сохранятся.

Также им нельзя преуменьшать риски азартных игр и использовать в рекламе образы, привлекательные для несовершеннолетних.

Напомним, во время этих проверок регулятор оценивает содержание рекламы, объем расходов на продвижение, специфику кампаний в социальных сетях, спонсорство и многое другое.

С небольшой задержкой аналитик Circana Мэт Пискателла (Mat Piscatella) опубликовал статистику по игровому рынку США за август 2026-го.

Судя по данным, американцы хорошо покупают новинки, но это не мешает общей сумме их расходов продолжать снижаться.

Bandai Namco объявила , что Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve уже продалась тиражом в 1 млн копий по всему миру.

Ace Combat 8: Wings of TheveРазбивкой продаж по платформам компания не поделилась.

Остальные копии Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve реализовала на консолях.

Полноценный релиз Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve состоялся 2 октября на ПК, PlayStation 5 и Xbox Series.

Ранее на фоне дебюта Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve у нас вышел специальный премиум-материал с разбором состояния рынка авиаигр.

Microsoft объявила об открытии еще одного подразделения внутри XBOX.

Как рассказала корпорация, оно будет развивать франшизы XBOX за пределами видеоигр.

Ранее эти задачи уже выполняли разные команды, но теперь их объединили под одним руководством.

Работа XP сфокусируется на четырех направлениях:XBOX PICTURES займется экранизациями видеоигр;XBOX PRODUCTS станет отвечать за мерчандайзинг;XBOX PARTNERSHIPS возьмется за заключение партнерств с создателями контента, брендами и сообществами;XBOX PLACES будет следить за организацией мероприятий, а также за работой аттракционов и прочих тематических площадок.

В прошлом Microsoft уже пыталась развивать подобное подразделение: в 2012 году корпорация …

Команда ищет 40 тысяч долларов на завершение демонстрационной версии и подготовку проекта к переговорам с издателями и инвесторами.

Основатель проекта совмещает роли CEO и Creative Director и отвечает за концепцию, продуктовую стратегию, игровое видение, производство и коммуникацию с партнерами.

В 2026 году структура была пересобрана: сейчас основной фокус — компактное ядро проекта и привлечение внешних специалистов под конкретные задачи вертикального среза.

Следующая задача — привлечь посевное финансирование для завершения демонстрационной версии и подготовки проекта к следующему раунду переговоров с издателями и инвесторами.

Ближайшие ориентиры:Ready or Not — в плане темпа, работы с помещ…

Electronic Arts (EA) столкнулась с проблемами после продажи компании консорциуму инвесторов.

Как пишет The Wall Street Journal, к ней предъявили претензии держатели облигаций — они просят вернуть им больше денег, чем предусмотрено номинальной стоимостью ценных бумаг.

EA Sports FC 27Сообщается, что свои претензии держатели облигаций обосновали долгом новых владельцев EA.

Как опасаются держатели облигаций, принятие настолько большого долга может ослабить кредитный профиль EA и привести к снижению ее инвестиционного рейтинга.

При таком сценарии держатели облигаций вправе потребовать у EA не стандартное погашение принадлежащих их бумаг, а выкуп по цене в 101% от номинала.

Гейм-дизайнер Ричард Гэрриот (Richard Garriott) объявил , что в 2027 году он снова получит контроль над франшизой Ultima.

Для этого ему не придется ничего платить — Electronic Arts (EA) отдаст права полностью бесплатно.

Ultima 9: AscensionНапомним, Гэрриот продал EA права на Ultima вместе со студией Origin Systems далеком в 1992 году.

Гэрриот уже обратился к EA, и компания подтвердила, что будет действовать в соответствии с законодательством.

Сейчас гейм-дизайнер обсуждает с EA возможность совместной работы над проектами во вселенной Ultima.

Он дает доступ только к докладам 16 октября — второго дня WN Yerevan’26 .

В программе — лекции о создании игр по франшизам «Властелин колец» и Warhammer 40,000.

Лекции пройдут в пятницу с 12:00 до 16:30 по местному времени в ереванском отеле The Alexander.

Также в программе — выступления специалистов таких компаний, как Sperasoft, Nekki, Perelesoq, Sakura Games и Unigine.

Билет доступен исключительно специалистам, работающим над играми, и недоступен сервисным компаниям и для задач развития бизнеса.

В северной столице России начал функционировать музей, посвященный истории видеоигр.

Он охватывает множество знаковых для игровой индустрии эпох: от первых аркадных игр до современных проектов для VR- и AR-гарнитур.

Причем он показывает, как менялись не только игры и техника, но и сама среда, в которой с ними взаимодействовали геймеры.

Музей видеоигр создали при участии команды Музея советских игровых автоматов, основателей кинофестиваля «Генезис» и других специалистов.

Сейчас в ней около 250-270 проектов, а к концу года их число планируют увеличить примерно до тысячи.

В этом убедился CTO сервиса Balancy Андрей Апанасик, недавно анонсировавший собственную игру под названием Pocket Cat Desktop .

Pocket Cat Desktop — это idle-игра про кошку, которая бродит прямо по рабочему столу пользователя, реагирует на действия и ведет заметки.

Также Апанасик написал о Pocket Cat Desktop на Reddit, DTF, «Пикабу» и в X.За первую неделю игру добавили в списки желаемого 777 раз.

Игры» и «Техночат»), редакция которых сама заметила Pocket Cat Desktop и решила бесплатно рассказать о ней своей аудитории.

Дата релиза Pocket Cat Desktop пока неизвестна, но ожидается, что в течение 2027-го у игры появится демоверсия.

In truth, the enthusiasm for game streaming was one-way for a very long time.

The need to drum up data centre business by promoting game streaming services has dissipated.

It’s ironic, perhaps, that the perfect moment in which game streaming could actually have made an impact is arriving at a time when nobody in the industry is especially keen to take advantage of that moment.

It will, at least, be worth remembering this in years to come, when the arguments claiming that game streaming is the industry’s inevitable future come circling around again.

GTA6 is launching into a market where console hardware is overpriced and facing sporadic scarcity, while game streaming technology is mature and…

Undead Labs studio boss Philip Holt is "reluctant to share" how many employees the developer lost when it became independent of Xbox.

Holt acknowledged he was "irresponsibly transparent" with staff during Undead Labs' transition to an "employee-owned studio."

The value that's present has been created by the team that's here, and the team that just left.

Holt said that Undead Labs had "a lot of interest" before becoming independent, and that he pursued a management buyout similar to other studios.

Undead Labs was among five studios divested during the initial round of Xbox layoffs, which impacted 3,200 employees as part of a broader restructuring.

Paramount Pictures is adapting a live-action film set in the Cyberpunk 2077 universe.

According to Deadline, CD Projekt Red will co-produce the film with Transformers producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura.

"We're excited about Paramount as a future partner who shares our creative ambitions for the Cyberpunk franchise," said CDPR co-CEO Michał Nowakowski.

Since 2022, CDPR has produced the Netflix anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners with animation studio Trigger.

As part of the deal, Paramount Games Studio and WB Games merged under Skydance.

Video games have become an easy target in conversations about young people's mental health, often without much understanding of the positive role they can play.

Some games and online spaces do genuinely contribute to isolation, anxiety or unhealthy habits, especially when kids play without guidance or without anyone paying attention to how they're doing.

You can assess the games they're playing and use this opportunity to build a stronger, meaningful bondA better approach starts with curiosity.

As their guardian, you can assess the games they're playing and use this opportunity to build a stronger, meaningful bond.

Games aren't inherently the threat to kids' mental health that they're often…

Sony has agreed to transfer 419 global VR patents to Meta, with 180 patents filed in the US under an agreement signed in December 2025.

Between June and September this year, Sony moved more than 40 of these patents to Meta, which covered virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and head-mounted display systems.

Sony launched its latest VR headset, the PSVR 2, in February 2023 at a RRP of $549.99.

Despite investing in new VR technology, Meta's VR/AR Reality Labs division has faced major losses over the past three years, losing $19.2 billion in FY25.

Earlier this year, it reduced the division by 10% and closed three VR studios, including Twisted Pixel Games, Sanzaru Games, and Armat…

Nordisk Games has announced a publishing agreement between its subsidiaries Avalanche Studios Group and Supermassive Games.

Avalanche will globally publish, market, and distribute Supermassive titles, beginning with Directive 8020, which launched earlier this year.

In a shifting industry, our priority is giving teams the focus they need to do what they do best," said Nordisk Film & Nordisk Games CEO Allan Mathson Hansen.

Nordisk Games acquired a 30% stake in Supermassive Games in 2021.

Both Supermassive Games and Avalanche Studios have been hit with layoffs in recent years.

Rainbow Six Mobile is shutting down less than a year after its global launch.

Ubisoft announced Rainbow Six Mobile in 2022, and it had been in development for six and a half years.

It also includes "new original IP including March of the Giants," which Ubisoft acquired from Amazon Game Studios.

Massive Entertainment is led by former Amazon Game Studios head Christoph Hartmann, who joined Ubisoft as general manager in June.

Rainbow Six operates under Vantage Studios, a joint venture with Tencent (which has a 25% stake), alongside Assassin's Creed and Far Cry.

The winners of this year's Australian Game Developer Awards have been revealed, with Beethoven & Dinosaur's Mixtape receiving three awards, including Game of the Year alongside Excellence in Art and Sound Design.

Synty Studios games marketing expert Amy Potter-Jarman and Gameloft associate lead cinematic and lighting artist Tyson Butler-Boschma were awarded the 2026 Rising Star Award.

"The breadth and diversity of submissions across all our categories from across the country represents the remarkable talent we have here and the maturity of the Australian video game industry.

Curry continued: "Behind every great Australian game and individual is a robust ecosystem that allows them to flouris…

Glen Schofield was executive producer on Dead Space | Image credit: EASchofield's last hurrah in gaming was The Callisto Protocol in 2022.

The team was about six months into The Callisto Protocol when COVID hit.

Work on The Callisto Protocol continued through the COVID pandemic | Image credit: Striking Distance StudiosThe shift to remote working was also something that Schofield struggled with.

"They thought Callisto was a complete failure"The Callisto Protocol launched to mixed reviews and fell short of Krafton's expectations.

There was a pitch for a second Callisto Protocol game, though Krafton was not interested after the performance of the original.

Mental health charity Safe In Our World has launched Four Billion Players, a campaign to raise awareness of mental health support for gamers.

With the global player base projected to exceed four billion by 2029, Safe In Our World is asking developers, publishers, and platforms to make mental health support more accessible and to "develop practical ways to put support in front of players."

Safe In Our World founder and chairperson Leo Zullo added: "Supporting the people who make games remains central to our work.

Founded in 2019, Safe In Our World has raised over $450,000 for mental health training.

The organisation has trained more than 400 industry professionals in mental health awareness …

NBA 2K27 topped the US charts in August, becoming the third-best-selling game of the year according to Circana data.

Hardware unit sales fell 15% year-on-year to 559,000, the lowest August total since 2013, when it was 423,000 units.

Xbox hardware unit sales declined 31% to the lowest August total since 2020, while PlayStation fell 11% to its lowest August total since 2013.

Nintendo hardware sales decreased 15% compared to August 2025.

However, PlayStation 5 hardware sales grew 17% year-over-year.

Xbox has announced a new XP business unit, dedicated to transmedia brand extensions, including the Fallout TV series and the Minecraft World theme park.

Walters will be replaced as president of Mojang by Maria Angelidou-Smith, who joins the Xbox division from Reddit, where she was chief product officer.

At the recent Minecraft Live event in September, it was announced that the Minecraft World destination will open at UK theme park Chessington World of Adventures in 2027.

Mojang and Microsoft are experts on Minecraft and the brand, Merlin are the experts on location-based experiences; it's a shared vision."

The announcement of the new XP division is the latest in a long list of changes in Mi…

"A physical space was always part of our long-term growth plans," Ismail tells GamesIndustry.biz, although not at the expense of denying remote work.

"The decision to be fully remote predated Expression, it was when I was the studio director of Fabrik.

"Our people need more connections, they want more connections, and we need to facilitate that"The party spirit of Manchester was also a factor .

His intention is that the office will enable the studio to support talent development in partnership with local universities.

"We have education relationships with Manchester Metropolitan University, we've had a long-term relationship with Bolton in the past, and we're building more.

Gardens Interactive has raised over $35 million in a Series B funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to more than $70 million.

Moritz Baier-Lentz, head of gaming and interactive media at Lightspeed Venture Partners, has joined Gardens Interactive as an independent advisor.

Gardens Interactive was co-founded by industry veterans responsible for titles including Journey, What Remains of Edith Finch, and Sky: Children of the Light.

Project Gardens is a multiplayer game described as a "shared fantasy adventure" with "social roleplay elements."

We're proud to also unite this incredible group of investors," said Gardens Interactive CEO Stephen Bell.

Fireshine Games has acquired Danish indie studio Fair Games and its open world sandbox title Necesse.

Fair Games founder and CEO Mads Skovgaard will remain managing director of the studio, and it will continue with its current development team.

In an announcement post on Steam, Fair Games said Fireshine "will be helping out with a lot of the larger time-consuming tasks such as publishing and porting."

"This is a defining moment for Fair Games.

Fireshine chief portfolio officer Jasper Tanner-Barnes previously told GamesIndustry.biz that "there's no silver bullet for recognising a hit" following the success of Evil Raptor's Far Far West.

The Music+Sound Awards have announced the finalists for 2026, globally celebrating the composers, sound designers and wider creative talent whose work is shaping music and sound in gaming.

Gaming is becoming increasingly digital. But that doesn’t mean consumer choice is disappearing with the disc. If anything, as digital becomes the default, players are becoming more demanding about how, where and on what terms they buy.

Fireshine Games announced today it has added Danish indie studio Fair Games and its survival-crafting title Necesse to its growing portfolio. With plans to add key long-tail support to the PC title and its millions of players, the label also confirms plans to develop Necesse for additional platforms. Necesse, originally launched in December 2019, has amassed approximately 2.5 million players and a Very Positive user rating of 93% on Steam

What does AI mean for games discoverability? Do creator marketing strategies still work? How can developers turn crowdfunding backers into long-term advocates? And what really happens when a game becomes an overnight success? These are just some of the questions being tackled at VIVA! Games Marketing #4, taking place on Wednesday 18 November 2026. Bringing together leading …

by Lokesh Jaral A moving image can communicate a game’s atmosphere long before a playable build exists. That makes it useful for discussing art direction, planning a trailer or explaining a proposed scene. It also creates a responsibility: an audience should be able to tell whether the image shows a game running, an authored visual …

A free two-week Game Testing Bootcamp in Liverpool is the first step of the new programme, giving ten local aspiring testers hands-on industry training.

This is a press release posted alongside our usual editorial content. TIGA, the trade association representing the UK’s video games industry, has revealed the winners of the TIGA UK Games Education Awards 2026. These awards recognise outstanding students, exemplary lecturers, excellent education providers and best practice. Dr Richard Wilson OBE, TIGA CEO, said: “It is …

Cormac Moylan, CMO at Loaded, argues that GTA VI could become the release that finally makes gaming’s shift away from physical discs impossible to ignore.

Latin America is one of the fastest-growing video game markets in the world, yet millions of its players have long faced barriers to purchasing content because of how they pay. EBANX, a global technology company specialising in cross-border payments for emerging markets, and NetEase Games Club, the official top-up destination for NetEase Games titles, today announced a partnership to expand payment access for players across the region.

Steel City Interactive, developer of the critically and commercially successful Undisputed video game franchise, today announces that industry leader Murray Pannell has joined the company as Head of Publishing. The newly created position, which will report directly to VP of Studio Tim Coupe, will see Pannell lead publishing for Steel City Interactive as it plans for the launch of Undisputed 2.

RuneFest, the world's biggest celebration of the RuneScape franchise returned to Birmingham this weekend with a schedule packed full of exciting announcements and premiere reveals of brand-new content coming to RuneScape, Old School RuneScape and RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2026 MCV/DEVELOP “30 Under 30”, which will be given the spotlight as part of MCV/DEVELOP #1012, appearing Jan 2027. Nominations are open to anyone involved in the UK video games industry who will remain under the age of 30 as of December 31, 2026. That’s developers, publishers, platform …

This is a press release posted alongside our usual editorial content. KONAMI has announced a multi-year partnership extension with the French Football Federation (FFF). Continuing this successful partnership since 2022, various commercial, imagery and activation rights remain, as KONAMI maintains its affiliation as the ‘Official Football Video Game Partner of the French National Team’. In addition …

The Danish publicly traded computer game company Trophy Games is acquiring the French

game developer Playrion from Paradox Interactive. This is the largest acquisition in Trophy

Games' history and will form the foundation for a new series of simulation games. At the same

time, the company is raising its revenue expectations for the year to €22.8-€24.1 million .

With the acquisition of French Playrion, Trophy Games gains 30 new employees and a new

foundation for future growth.

The 44th Golden Joystick Awards have revealed the nominees for this year’s awards. The public vote is live on goldenjoysticks.com and will remain open until 4pm PT / 7pm ET / midnight BST on Friday, October 23, 2026.

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Despite the long time since release, Remedy hasn't abandoned its game, and a new PC update introduces some welcome new features and improvements, including official AMD FSR 4 support on PC.

Patch 1.2.10 Improves Alan Wake 2 Across Multiple GPUsThe new patch for one of the best games ever made by the Finnish developer introduces PC support for AMD FSR 4, which is automatically enabled on supported GPUs when FSR Super Resolution is selected.

In addition, AMD FSR Frame Generation support was also added for smoother gameplay on supported GPUs.

"Get ready to unleash Dylan Faden's paranatural abilities in warped Manhattan on September 24," Remedy wrote in its statement.

"We need just a little mor…

This move comes just a month after TSMC stated that it will raise wafer prices by up to 10 percent in 2027.

According to Reuters, Chinese customers will face Samsung’s steepest price hikes, with prices rising between 10 and 15 percent.

Also, to maintain its position at the top of the food chain, U.S. customers will be served first, but they will still be subjected to the increased chip prices.

Where TSMC previously gobbled up waves of customers, Samsung is finally starting to witness some action.

His expertise lies in the intricate hardware supply chain, covering developments in semiconductor manufacturing, chip lithography, and camera sensor technology.

Intel Core Ultra 9 4950K CPU has allegedly leaked, and we have our first "alleged" performance figures for the Nova Lake-S Desktop SKU.

In his latest post, the source has revealed what seems to be an upcoming Intel Nova Lake-S CPU with the "Core Ultra 9 4950K" part name.

Intel CORE ULTRA 9 4950K.

Similarly, the Intel Core Ultra 9 4950K starts with the family designation, which is "Core Ultra Series 4", while the 950K represents the segment and performance tier.

AMD Olympic Ridge vs Intel Nova Lake-S:CPUs Intel Core Ultra 400 AMD Ryzen 10000?

An ultra-premium GPU like the ASUS Astral RTX 5080 isn’t a purchase for the faint of heart because, at $1994.45 on online retailers like Amazon, the graphics card crosses the price of high-end gaming laptops.

However, one customer shows proof that he purchased the same card for less than $700, but the transaction was made on AliExpress.

If you thought he acquired the deal of a lifetime, you’re about to read about some glaring red flags.

Judging from the statement the Redditor has made, he was already aware that this RTX 5080 purchase was just bait, but he decided to bite the bullet and see for himself.

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Clear River Games, a video game publisher focused on classic retro game revivals, posted a teaser for the Pixel Arcadia showcase happening on August 24 teasing the return of the final game developed by Quintet for the SNES following Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia.

It's time to wake up.Watch Pixel Arcadia on August 24th!

About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack.

When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.

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On July 15, hundreds of developers marched simultaneously at six Xbox-owned studio locations across four cities after an earlier round of cuts eliminated 440 union-represented positions across Bethesda Game Studios, ZeniMax Online Studios, id Software, ZeniMax Workers United QA, and ZeniMax corporate teams.

Nathan Hahn, a technical producer with four years at Bethesda Game Studios, emphasized the direct link between the cuts and game quality:Every coworker contributes to the success of our company.

Without us, Bethesda games aren't Bethesda games.

Union recognition across Microsoft's gaming studios has expanded rapidly since Microsoft and CWA reached a labor neutrality agreement back in Jun…

The ongoing AI boom and its impact on global chip manufacturing have created an opportunity for Chinese chip manufacturing equipment providers to cater to growing domestic demand, says a report from local media.

Machine translated table compiled by JW Insights showing revenues of domestic Chinese chip equipment manufactures.

Image: JW InsightsAs a result, the domestic Chinese chip manufacturers have started to force the introduction of domestic equipment in their production lines.

Data compiled by the publication shows that most major Chinese domestic equipment providers reported double-digit revenue growth in the first half of 2026.

With a background in finance and supply chain management …

Upon closer inspection, it was found that a microSD card had been hot-glued to the PCB.

Shopping from a sketchy website will always result in subpar experiencesThe website’s name was omitted by Redditor “FishBrain208,” who says his co-worker purchased three 32TB hard drives from an online store.

The price of each drive wasn’t mentioned either, but considering the customer purchased three of them, they wouldn’t have been too expensive.

Upon plugging each of the 32TB hard drives in, the co-worker said that none of them worked, so when prying open the enclosures, it was found that a microSD card was glued to a PCB.

Unsurprisingly, other Redditors aren’t displaying a shred of sympathy because e…

That early momentum didn't translate into a smooth reception, however, as the game's Steam user reviews dropped to a Mixed rating almost immediately.

Steam Deck and Linux users have fared even worse, finding themselves completely unable to launch the game due to its anti-cheat implementation.

What followed added fuel to an already contentious launch: players trying the cracked version began reporting dramatically better performance than the official Steam release.

Other players offered similarly striking comparisons:A certain unofficial version is actually running flawless 60fps on my rig.

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In what is a seminal step for China's fast-evolving space industry, LandSpace has just managed to successfully recover the booster of its Zhuque-3 (ZQ-3) rocket, becoming a viable counterpart to the state-backed CALT and its CZ-10B rocket.

LandSpace's ZQ-3 rocket just became a viable counterpart to the state-backed CALT and its CZ-10B rocketChina's space-related ambitions are growing by leaps and bounds.

China has landed its second ever orbital class rocket on Zhuque-3's second flight.

Truly remarkable pic.twitter.com/uCXgvNHJYD — Truthful🛰️ (@Truthful_ast) August 18, 2026Well, now China is apparently becoming serious about filling its largely vacant orbital slots.

A comparison between ZQ-3…

Product Info GMKtec EVO X1 PRO (HX 470) July, 2026 Type Mini PC Price $1599.99 USGMKtec has been making Mini PCs for years now.

While the EVO X2 features the Ryzen AI MAX SKUs, the EVO X1 series goes with the mainstream Ryzen AI offerings, packing a combination of powerful CPU, GPU, and NPU architectures.

GMKtec NucBox EVO X1 PRO Mini PC - Specifications At A GlanceIn terms of specifications, the GMKtec EVO X1 PRO Mini PC is equipped with the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 CPU.

2 of 9GMKtec NucBox EVO X1 Pro Mini PC - Unboxing & A Closer LookThe GMKtec EVO X1 PRO Mini PC comes in a silver colored cardboard package, which has a simplistic look with a "GMKtec" logo on the front.

GMKtec NucBox EVO X1 P…

There’s no shortage of pre-built gaming PC deals on Amazon, but to get one at $300 off is definitely a rarity.

Fortunately, the ASUS ROG G700 is certainly a powerhouse that will sate the requirements of gamers and creative professionals.

In addition to sporting NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5070, the desktop also ships with double the standard RAM count, all at $1,999.99.

Complementing the beefy graphics card is Intel’s Core Ultra 7 265F processor.

Get the ASUS ROG G700 gaming PC with an RTX 5070 from Amazon - $1,999.99 (13 percent off, get two games for free with a qualified Intel purchase)If you buy something from a Amazon affiliate link, Wccftech may earn a commission.

Getting your hands on a high-capacity and speedy 4TB SSD in 2026 for under $200 is a distant dream, as even 2TB drives are often priced at $300.

Fortunately, it is not like the $1,000 figure has branched out to all SATA III SSDs, because you can still find decent value on Amazon if you search hard enough.

Before the AI boomFor instance, TeamGroup’s T-FORCE VULCAN Z SATA III SSD in the 4TB capacity can be yours for $329.99 on Amazon after a 12 percent discount.

However, if your requirements are purely performance-driven, you are far better off investing in a PCIe NVMe Gen 4 solid-state drive.

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During the trial, players get access to six modes across four maps, including Tsuru Reef, the returning Wake Island, Cairo Bazaar, and Hagental Base.

These aircraft take center stage in Top Gun: Carrier Strike, a reimagined version of the classic Carrier Assault mode.

Wake Island Returns and Tsuru Reef ExpandsWake Island, one of the franchise's most iconic maps, makes its comeback, bringing all-out combined-arms warfare to its distinctive Pacific island terrain.

Players can expect coastal defense battles, C-4 demolitions against reinforced positions, and combat built around the map's offshore aircraft carrier.

These vessels appear as part of the environment in Conquest and Escalation, while…

The ongoing supply squeeze in mature DRAM and NAND chips is about to get a lot worse, as per the latest projections from Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley says the oncoming supply squeeze in DDR4 and SLC NAND is mostly supply-driven, as memory makers continue to shift capacity toward HBM, DDR5 and higher-layer NANDICYMI: MORGAN STANLEY SAYS MATURE MEMORY IS THE NEXT SQUEEZE — DDR4 +50% IN Q3, SLC NAND +50%+ IN BOTH Q3 AND Q4TIL: Morgan Stanley expects DDR4 prices to jump 50% in Q3 2026 and another 10%+ in Q4.

Interestingly, the projected increase in SLC NAND prices is much more aggressive, with Morgan Stanley penciling in an increase of 50 percent in each of the remaining two quarters of the o…

Specifications and Features of the ASRock X870E Challenger WiFi WhiteThe Challenger Series motherboard represents fearless play, bold breakthroughs, and relentless evolution, delivering robust specs with Wi-Fi 7 and gamer-centric specs.

Software and UEFI Software– ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning)– ASRock Polychrome SYNC*UEFI– ASRock EZ Mode– ASRock Full HD UEFI– ASRock Auto Driver Installer– ASRock Instant Flash *These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.

A Closer Look at the ASRock X870E Challenger WiFi WhiteThe Challenger has a sleek design, mainly covered by heatsinks.

Overclocking with the ASRock X870E Challenger WiFi WhiteLike all modern ASRock motherboa…

Specifications and Features of the ASUS TUF GAMING B850I WIFI NEOASUS TUF GAMING B850I WIFI NEO brings TUF GAMING performance to the Mini-ITX form factor for the first time.

A Closer Look at the ASUS TUF GAMING B850I WIFI NEOThe TUF B850I has a typical ITX motherboard layout.

Overclocking with the ASUS TUF GAMING B850I WIFI NEOThe TUF B850I isn’t much different from other popular ASUS motherboards when it comes to overclocking.

ASUS TUF GAMING B850I WIFI NEO – Test Rig ASUS TUF GAMING B850I WIFI NEO – Test Rig ASUS TUF GAMING B850I WIFI NEO – Test RigConclusionThe TUF B850I is a well-designed motherboard with a balanced price-to-performance ratio.

The ASUS TUF B850I WIFI NEO is a well-balan…

Specifications and Features of the ASUS ROG STRIX X870E-E GAMING WIFI7 NEOThe ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming WiFi7 Neo is designed to unleash the power of AMD Ryzen™ 9000 Series processors.

USB Rear USB (Total 13 ports)2 x USB4® (40Gbps) ports(2 x USB Type-C®)1 x USB 10Gbps port (1 x USB Type-C® with up to 30W PD/PPS Fast-charge)**10 x USB 10Gbps ports (9 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)Front USB (Total 12 ports)2 x USB 20Gbps connector (supports USB Type-C®)2 x USB 5Gbps headers support additional 4 USB 5Gbps ports3 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 6 USB 2.0 ports* USB Type-C® power delivery output: 5V/3A** USB Type-C® power delivery output: 5V/9V max.

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Specifications and Features of the ASUS ROG STRIX X870E-A GAMING WIFI7 NEOElevate your build with the ROG Strix X870E-A Gaming WiFi7 Neo, featuring a sleek white aesthetic and a design that maximizes the performance of AMD Ryzen™ 9000 Series processors.

USB Rear USB (Total 12 ports)2 x USB4® (40Gbps) ports (2 x USB Type-C®with DP Alt mode)6 x USB 10Gbps ports (5 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®with up to 30W PD**)4 x USB 5Gbps ports (4 x Type-A)Front USB (Total 12 ports)1 x USB 20Gbps connector (1 x USB Type-C®)1 x USB 5Gbps connector (1 x USB Type-C®)2 x USB 5Gbps headers support 4 additional USB 5Gbps ports3 x USB 2.0 headers support 6 additional USB 2.0 ports* USB Type-C® output (USB Type-C Cu…

Gigabyte X870 AORUS INFINITY FeaturesX3D Turbo Mode 2.0 Incredible X3D performance unleashed by AI.

Gigabyte X870 AORUS INFINITY – Package Gigabyte X870 AORUS INFINITY – Package Gigabyte X870 AORUS INFINITY – Package Gigabyte X870 AORUS INFINITY – Package Gigabyte X870 AORUS INFINITY – Package Gigabyte X870 AORUS INFINITY – Package Gigabyte X870 AORUS INFINITY – PackageThe OC Backplate and Thermal Matrix look great, so it’s a shame we couldn’t use them with our coolers.

A Closer Look at the Gigabyte X870 AORUS INFINITYThe X870 INFINITY has a non-standard layout.

Gigabyte X870 AORUS INFINITY – Test Rig Gigabyte X870 AORUS INFINITY – Test Rig Gigabyte X870 AORUS INFINITY – Test Rig Gigabyte X…

It is a free x64 Windows benchmark that measures graphics, processor, storage, and memory performance, creating a detailed report on the local PC, and can optionally add the result to an online comparison database.

My work revolves around Windows software, AI and compute infrastructure, servers, networking, hardware evaluation, and performance optimization.

The program runs a fixed sequence of tests and records 44 outputs across graphics, processor, storage, and memory.

My own testing has included a high-end RTX 5090 workstation, three gaming desktops, a mainstream Dell laptop with integrated graphics, Windows servers, and cloud or virtual systems.

A benchmark result is performance evidence…

Specifications and Features of the ASUS ROG STRIX X870-I GAMING WIFIThe ROG Strix X870-I Gaming WiFi integrates cutting-edge technology into a sleek mini-ITX form factor, enhanced by the ROG Strix Hive II for streamlined control.

USB Rear USB (Total 10 ports)2 x USB4® (40Gbps) port(s)(2 x USB Type-C®)5 x USB 10Gbps port(s) (4 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)3 x USB 2.0 port(s) (3 x Type-A)Front USB (Total 3 ports)1 x USB 10Gbps connector (supports USB Type-C®)1 x USB 5Gbps header supports 2 additional USB 5Gbps ports* USB Type-C® power delivery output: max.

A Closer Look at the ASUS ROG STRIX X870-I GAMING WIFIThe Strix X870-I has a typical ITX motherboard layout, except for the FPS card, which …

Due to the memory crisis, RAM reviews are quite rare. However, we received the latest XPG NOVAKEY RGB memory kit from ADATA. The new memory kit is rated at 6000 MT/s and tight timings, which is perfect for AMD gaming computers. The tested memory kit has 32GB of capacity, which doesn't seem like much nowadays, but it's perfect for gaming and is the most budget-friendly option that delivers high performance to those who need it most.

Besides performance, ADATA focuses on aesthetics in the XPG NOVAKEY RAM series. The new and unique design should find its fans among gamers and modders, as it's far from the competitive solutions.

Today we present another ITX motherboard for AMD AM5 processors, and I can already share that there will be more in this tiny form factor in the coming months. The MSI MPG X870I EDGE TI EVO, on which we focus right now, isn't the latest model, but it's still the best MSI ITX motherboard for AMD processors, and since its release, it has seen multiple BIOS improvements. Since we didn't have a chance to review this motherboard earlier and it's definitely worth it, we will correct it today. ITX motherboards are mostly designed for gamers and enthusiasts, and this one is no different. The MPG X870I EDGE TI EVO is equipped with the latest controllers and designed for overclocking. I will tell you…

Since all memory products are expensive, more users are seeking a balanced solution that delivers high performance while remaining wallet-friendly. ADATA released the MARS 970 PLUS M.2 SSDs a while ago, which promise to be optimal for gamers and fit the budget.

There are only a few AM5 motherboards worth mentioning in the mini-ITX form factor. Since it's not often we see one on Overclockers, today we present the Gigabyte X870I AORUS PRO ICE. It's not the latest, but it's still quite a new model and definitely worth highlighting. The tested version is 1.1, so a few things have already been improved, including support for higher RAM frequencies. All those details count a lot for overclockers and enthusiasts. Especially those who love the ITX-size motherboards should find something interesting in our article.

The X870I AORUS PRO ICE supports the latest components, such as high-speed DDR5 memory, PCIe 5.0, USB4, high-end audio and WiFi 7. The list of …

Gigabyte is the first motherboard brand to introduce a fresh, eye-catching design featuring wood-like elements. The tested AERO X3D WOOD motherboard includes not only the new design, but also multiple features available in all the latest motherboard series marked as X3D. It means we can expect great hardware compatibility and performance improvements for the latest processors, including some help from AI.

Like the recently reviewed X3D ELITE motherboard, the X3D WOOD supports the latest components, including high-speed DDR5 memory, PCIe 5.0, USB 4, and Wi-Fi 7. The AERO X3D WOOD offers something above that, but you have to read our review to find out what I'm talking about.

We rarely get to review Colorful's products, but they're always unique and interesting. This time, we received the latest overclocking-series motherboard for AMD Ryzen processors: the iGame X870E VULCAN OC V14. The motherboard is optimized for the latest AMD Ryzen 9000 processors from the X3D series and high-frequency DDR5 memory. It's also packed with gaming and overclocking features, which we cover in our review.

Gigabyte keeps refreshing its AM5 motherboards with X3D models optimized for the latest Ryzen processors. One of the new models is the X870E AORUS ELITE X3D ICE, which will be tested today. Since it's the ICE version, the motherboard is entirely white, making it a perfect fit for bright-themed computers. Besides its aesthetics, it offers all the high-end gaming and overclocking features, improved by AI, so it should satisfy a wide range of users.

The X870E AORUS ELITE X3D ICE supports the latest components, such as high-speed DDR5 memory, PCIe 5.0, USB4, and WiFi 7. The list of exciting features is longer, but we won't tell you everything in the introduction.

Recently, we could see the MAG X870E GAMING PLUS MAX WIFI, while today, a higher model from the refreshed MAX series - MPG X870E CARBON MAX WIFI. The new CARBON motherboard is designed for demanding users and promises to be the best option for gamers, delivering multiple unique features, premium components, and original aesthetics.

The new MAX motherboards bring an improved experience to the already successful AM5 motherboard series. In our review, we check what we can expect of the MPG X870E CARBON MAX WIFI and share our experience based on multiple tests and games.

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Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4 – Vault Edition Activision Publishing Inc. ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $99.99 Pre-order Pre-order loyalty discount for previous Call of Duty® owners: 10% off Modern Warfare® 4 Vault Edition for eligible players*.

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In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to XBOX Series X|S, XBOX One, XBOX on PC, and Game Pass!

Valor Mortis Lyrical Games ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Get it nowValor Mortis – October 13Game Pass / XBOX Play AnywhereYou served Napoleon.

Chained Beasts Featherweight Games ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Get it nowChained Beasts – October 15Game Pass / XBOX Play AnywhereStep into the Colosseum chained to your friends.

Creepy Tale: Snow Child Sometimes You ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $14.99 $11.99 Pre-order Free TrialCreepy Tale: Snow Child – October 14Smart Delivery / XBOX Play AnywhereAn explosive mix of action and mystery, seasoned with black humor and a sinister atmosphere.

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To put it in the clearest possible terms, Echo Weaver is the best demo I’ve ever played in my career in indies.

Created by Moonlight Kids, Echo Weaver is something of a cross between Outer Wilds, Edge of Tomorrow, and Celeste, and we’ve been using a very fancy new term to describe its genre.

If a Metroidvania is a game where acquiring gear and upgrades lets you progress in new ways, Echo Weaver is a Metroidbrainia, where the only thing you ever need to acquire is knowledge.

Echo Weaver actually started out much darker: a mature-rated game with brutal finishers, a totally different tone.

Echo Weaver lands today on XBOX with Game Pass.

Free Play Days (Game Pass Membership Required)ScreamerHigh-octane action and anime aesthetics collide in this arcade racing game, featuring fighting mechanics and a storyline that hits hard.

High On Life 2 Squanch Games, Inc. ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 2090 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $39.99 $31.99 Get it now PC Game Pass Xbox Game Pass Free TrialS.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Free to play for 2 hours in a timed trial during Xbox’s Free Play Days and 75% OFF to buy!

Don’t miss out on these exciting Free Play Days for XBOX Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and Essential members!

Learn more about Free Play Days here and stay tuned to XBOX Wire to find out about future Free Play Days and all the latest XBOX gaming news.

Starting today, that stop becomes possible for a limited time inside Forza Horizon 6.

Here’s what’s coming:There’s a 7-Eleven in Horizon’s Japan NowIf you’re new to the Evolving World, it’s how Forza Horizon 6 keeps changing under your tires.

For the Horizon Meets update, Playground Games is dropping a storefront inspired by 7-Eleven into the world, featuring a themed Car Meet.

There’s far more coming in the Horizon Meets update – check out Forza.net for all the details.

The 7-Eleven x Forza Horizon 6 Merch DropThe real-life7-Eleven x Forza Horizon 6 merch drop arrives October 8, exclusively on 7Collection.com with hoodies, shirts, hats, and accessories featuring Toyota cars from the game i…

That opportunity is why we’re creating XP.

As Asha shared in her email this morning, XP is a new XBOX division, led by newly appointed President, Kayleen Walters, spanning film and television, consumer products, strategic partnerships, and live experiences.

The formation of the XP division formalizes four investment areas:XBOX PICTURES : Bringing our worlds and characters to new audiences through film, television, and other forms of linear storytelling.

XBOX PRODUCTS : Creating products that are authentic to the fandom that allow fans to celebrate and express the franchises they love.

: Creating products that are authentic to the fandom that allow fans to celebrate and express the franchise…

Today I want to share two leadership appointments supporting Creator and Connection.

Kayleen Walters will transition from her role at Mojang to President of XP, a new XBOX division focused on how people experience our franchises beyond the games themselves, and Maria Angelidou-Smith will join XBOX as CEO of Mojang and Minecraft.

Before XBOX, she spent 13 years at Lucasfilm helping guide Star Wars across films, products, and partnerships.

She later led product and technology at Personio and served as Chief Product Officer at Reddit, another of the world’s largest community platforms.

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Summary Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection will be available on November 18, 2026 for XBOX on PC, with XBOX Play Anywhere support.

Monster Hunter Stories and Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, both available now, will be featured in Free Play Days from October 22 through October 25, 2026.

The hit RPG Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, currently available on XBOX Series X|S, will launch on XBOX on PC on November 18, 2026, with Xbox Play Anywhere support.

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection is a turn-based RPG set in the world of Monster Hunter, allowing players to enjoy an adventure on a larger scale than ever before.

10 Years of Monster Hunter StoriesThan…

Coming SoonEcho Weaver (Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, and PC) – October 8Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game PassAvailable on day one with XBOX Game Pass!

Forever Ago (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 8Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game PassAvailable on day one with XBOX Game Pass!

Valor Mortis (Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – October 13Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game PassAvailable on day one with XBOX Game Pass!

Chained Beasts (Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, and PC) – October 15Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game PassAvailable on day one with XBOX Game Pass!

A Plague Tale: Requiem (Cloud, Console, and PC)Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Cloud, Console, and PC)Crime Scene Cleaner (Cloud, Console, and PC)Donut County (Clo…

Every Wednesday, dive into the Indie Select Hub — your gateway to a fresh, curated indie collection plus four themed spotlights that rotate weekly!

Sure, there’s plenty of room for heart-pounding frights, but it’s also a season that celebrates imagination, creativity, and stepping into worlds beyond the ordinary.

This month, indie developers embraced that spirit in unforgettable ways.

For October, the ID@XBOX team has curated six standout Indie Selects that invite you to discover mysterious realms, conquer new challenges, and uncover stories waiting to be told.

Mortal Shell II certainly isn’t interested in making life easy for you, but there’s something satisfying about gradually turning th…

These are the moments that are instrumental in your journey to become Champion of the Galactic League, and the moments that the team built around STAR WARS: Galactic Racer — available today for XBOX Series X|S.

In STAR WARS: Galactic Racer, player persistence is the key to success.

STAR WARS: Galactic Racer is available now for XBOX Series X|S and is available for purchase on the XBOX Store.

​​​The STAR WARS: Galactic Racer™ Deluxe Edition contains three exclusive vehicles, a unique Livery, three Arcade Events, a deluxe Player Banner, and a Digital Art Book.

The STAR WARS: Galactic Racer™ Deluxe Upgrade add-on must be installed to access the Digital Art Book redemption code.

The post Watch the Gears of War: E-Day Official Launch Trailer appeared first on XBOX Wire.

Today marks the worldwide launch of Gears of War: E-Day, now available on XBOX Series X|S, XBOX on PC, Game Pass and Steam.

Emergence Day is a defining moment for the Gears of War universe – the catastrophic event changed the world of Sera forever, but the story of that fateful night has never been fully told, until now.

Gears of War: E-Day transports us back to the opening hours of the Locust invasion, where an unsuspecting world is ruthlessly plunged into chaos as monsters erupt from underground.

From the moment the prologue opens, Gears of War: E-Day showcases a masterclass in action-horror.

Gears of War: E-Day is available today on XBOX Series X|S, XBOX on PC, Game Pass and Steam.

The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival is available now on Xbox Series X|S and PC, and rather than walk you through a feature list, I wanted to talk about the decisions that went into creating it.

Two Genres, One ApocalypseAMC’s “The Walking Dead” is a world defined by scarcity, tension, and the consequences of every decision.

Streets of Survival brings those qualities together through a blend of exploration, resource management, and arcade-inspired brawler combat.

Each playable character’s skill tree branches, so a second run with the same survivor is a different build, and playing the same level with a different survivor creates a totally different game.

The Walking Dead: Streets of Surviv…

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Like thisThis week the podcast crew discusses pod racing, vampires old and new, and more.

Learn the tactics you need for a successful run and how to use your Forward Operating Base and other tools.

The CastView and download image Download the image close Close O’Dell Harmon Jr. – Content Communications Specialist, SIE View and download image Download the image close Close Kristen Zitani – Content Communications Manager, SIEThanks to Dormilón for our rad theme song and show music.

[Editor’s note: PSN game release dates are subject to change without notice.

Game details are gathered from press releases from their individual publishers and/or ESRB rating descriptions.]

Like thisLast week, we asked you to share moments with allies and villains across Marvel’s Wolverine using #PSshare #PSBlog for a chance to be featured.

Here are this week’s highlights:call_me_xavii shares Wolverine facing off against Omega RedNemesisNatVP shares a warm portrait of Jeancalisarah1998 shares Sabretooth and Wolverine ready to attackscionjay96 shares a portrait of MystiqueJohn_Varela_R shares a showdown between Deathstrike and Jeanspideroftsushima shares a shadowy portrait of Nathaniel EssexSearch #PSshare #PSBlog on Twitter or Instagram to see more entries to this week’s theme, or be inspired by other great games featuring Photo Mode.

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Like thisSince the very beginning, we knew Rockbeasts was something special.

They’re harder to pitch, harder to categorize, harder to put in front of the people who’d actually love them.

We’re beyond proud to share that Lichthund is partnering with Critical Role, both creatively and on the publishing side.

And there’s still a lot we need to handle as we want to make Rockbeasts the best version of itself.

You can wishlist Rockbeasts now in preparation for launch in January 2027.

Today, we’re excited to reveal the gameplay trailer for Phoenix Cyclops, the first DLC character included in the Year 1 Pass for MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls.

PlayStation Plus subscribers will also be able to try MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls with a 3-hour Game Trial starting today.

With Phoenix Cyclops’ transformed state, we wanted to illustrate his shift from idealistic leader to fiery corruption.

Play Phoenix Cyclops first at EVO FranceIt’s hard to believe that nearly two months have passed since launch.

Players attending EVO France from October 9-11 will also have the opportunity to be among the first in the world to try Phoenix Cyclops.

Like thisToday, we’re excited to announce that Warhammer Survivors launches on PS5 November 10.

Warhammer Survivors allows you to play in both the Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar universe, so her counterpart (as part of today’s reveal) is Lyssa Revenya, a skilled thief and tomb-robber.

As one of our larger Warhammer Survivors characters, Vahl strides across the battlefield in her ornate Paragon Warsuit.

Lyssa’s unique toolset for breaking and entering – and slaying hordes of SkavenIn Warhammer Survivors, Lyssa turns her signature tools for breaking and entering into weapons.

Warhammer Survivors launches on November 10; Morvenn Vahl and Lyssa Revenya are just two of over 40 play…

Like thisGet a look into Modern Warfare 4’s extraction mode, including tips and info on DMZ progression.

DMZ is Call of Duty’s definitive extraction shooter experience, launching alongside Campaign and Multiplayer when Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 releases on October 23.

DMZ Orders: Where you review your current set of Missions downloaded to your Orders Tablet.

Dynamic Operations: Deploy directly into a Dynamic Op to earn DMZ Cash and XP.

Deploy directly into a Dynamic Op to earn DMZ Cash and XP.

Like thisLast month was filled with an extensive release of games ranging from story-driven spectacles to mini-adventures!

Some big new releases included Marvel’s Wolverine, Control Resonant, Dune: Awakening, and NBA 2K27.

At the end of every month, PlayStation Blog will open a poll where you can vote for the best new game released that month.

If you were only able to recommend one new release to a friend that month, which would it be?

The PlayStation Blog editorial team will gather a list of that month’s most noteworthy releases and use it to seed the poll.

Like thisThis week the team celebrates the one year anniversary of Ghost of Yōtei, featuring an interview with Atsu actor Erika Ishii.

Tim and Kristen are back this week to chat through news from the week and games we can’t stop playing.

Plus, Gillen stops in to interview Ghost of Yōtei actor Erika Ishii to celebrate the release of the game’s Complete Edition and its one year anniversary.

Stuff We Talked AboutThe CastView and download image Download the image close Close Tim Turi – Content Communications Manager, SIE View and download image Download the image close Close Kristen Zitani – Content Communications Manager, SIEThanks to Dormilón for our rad theme song and show music.

Game detail…

Like thisLast week, we asked you to share portraits of Logan from Marvel’s Wolverine using #PSshare #PSBlog for a chance to be featured.

Here are this week’s highlights:calisarah1998 shares Logan growling in front of some wreckageGib84G shares Logan surrounded by money from the casinoPurplePampano shares Logan with his hat tippedlets_gaming.vp shares a black and white portrait of Logan peering through his clawsPatmanGames shares Logan with a shredded shirtabd23.gameframes shares Logan leaping into the nightSearch #PSshare #PSBlog on Twitter or Instagram to see more entries to this week’s theme, or be inspired by other great games featuring Photo Mode.

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A year after the original game launched, PS5 players can dive into the Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition.

To mark the Complete Edition’s launch, and celebrate the game’s first anniversary, we welcome back the voice of Atsu, Erika Ishii, to talk about the game.

Erika Ishii: I still can’t get over it, you know, because again, this was my dream.

And… yeah, being on my PlayStation home screen, playing the game, getting to travel to Tokyo Game Show, which was another dream of mine.

I told him how much his work meant to me and how I’m grateful to be accepting the Ghost torch.

Since the launch of PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) on PS5 Pro, players and developers have asked whether similar image-quality improvements could be brought to the PS5 console.

PSSR analyzes game images pixel by pixel and uses AI to upscale them with more detail and stability than conventional approaches; until now, its computational demands made bringing that experience to PS5 impossible.

Today, we’re excited to announce Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR): a new performance tier of AI upscaling.

While PSSR remains the gold standard on PS5 Pro, QSSR provides some notable improvements to both image detail and image stability on PS5.

It’s a perfect companion to the launch of…

That is the recipe for Elta: Defy All Gods, our upcoming game here at Afterburner Studios, launching February 2nd, 2027.

Elta: Defy All Gods provides just that: impactful melee action, mixing martial arts and magic, broken up by flowing aerial platforming and discovery across three winding sci-fi worlds.

We like to call Elta: Defy All Gods a “brawlervania”.

Platforming players, on the other hand, will get a growing set of movement abilities with classic moves, such as the double jump, dash, wall run, and grapple.

And you don’t need to wait to try it out for yourself: our free demo is available today on PS5, allowing you to experience the very beginning of Elta: Defy All Gods.

Like thisTelltale’s The Wolf Among Us Remastered launches October 29.

Telltale added Noir Mode to The Wolf Among Us Remastered.

The remastered characters have amazing detail but when you look at Bigby, he looks like Bigby.

All the textures and models are new and multiple times more detailed than the original game.

The Wolf Among Us Remastered launches October 29 and is available to wishlist now.

Like thisSince our announcement trailer in February, we’ve been heads down bringing Kena: Scars of Kosmora to the finish line.

Like our first game, Kena: Scars of Kosmora is a character-focused linear adventure but with a broader and deeper scope than Bridge of Spirits.

Scars – Shadows of the pastBefore the events that unfold in Kena: Scars of Kosmora, Kena long studied as a Spirit Guide – equal parts warrior and spiritual healer.

Together, our Spirit Guide and her new ally set out to heal Kena’s scars, as well as the scars that cut right to the root of Kosmora.

Kena: Scars of Kosmora releases in 2027 on PS5 (physical & digital) and PC (digital).

Together, these three games form the PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for October.

All be available to PlayStation Plus members* from Tuesday October 6 until Monday November 2.

View and download imageDownload the image close CloseHunt: Showdown 1896 | PS5Hunt: Showdown 1896 is a new era of the addictively unforgiving extraction shooter.

View and download imageDownload the image close CloseEarth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 | PS5, PS4The square Earth is under attack by giant enemies.

PlayStation Plus members can claim avatars in-app at no extra cost.

I don't really play adventure games now, but I did then."

(Image credit: Mintrocket)On PC, I'm not playing anything currently.

With PC games, I feel like I need to prepare myself.

Like some of my most played games, you'll see why I 100%-ed them is because it's that kind of game.

I don't really like multiplayer games, but Nerts Online is the one exception because I'm a big board game guy … I much prefer single-player games.

"The number of demo players has grown more than twentyfold," Easy Fox explained in a Steam post, adding.

Easy Fox claims that figure "isn't because each player is particularly expensive to support", but rather that "so many people are playing."

- YouTube Watch OnAs a result of this, Easy Fox has "taken out a bank loan to help keep the demo running".

But it also says that players "will not be charged separately for their individual AI token usage after purchasing the game".

Easy Fox plans to release the full game in January next year, so we'll find out exactly how the finances stack up then.

And boy howdy, have I not regretted a single one of my 350 hours over the past couple years "testing" this game.

I've plenty of glowing words for Deadlock, but its latest update, City Never Sleeps, is like seeing one of the last few hammer-blows of a masterpiece.

But it's not just the lanes that've been overhauled—the midway points, "districts", have been reinvented with their own flavours, too.

This rehash of the Cursed Apple really properly establishes just how supernaturally doused Valve's idea of a 1950s occult New York is.

Deadlock's character designs are all delightful—but the new roster of heroes is legitimately some of Valve's best work yet.

Less than 24 hours after Cloud Imperium Games surprise-released a glossy trailer for Star Citizen's single-player spinoff Squadron 42, it now appears that Roberts' 1994 classic Wing Commander 3 is getting a remaster courtesy of EA.

The project is headed up by EA producer Jim Vessella, who revealed the remaster during a presentation at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo.

The remaster will include cutscenes based on Wing Commander 3's original FMV recordings, after Vessella discovered 600 source tapes while digitising EA's video archive.

The remaster is called Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger—30th anniversary edition.

A slightly unfortunate name, given Wing Commander 3's was released 32 years…

Cyberleek has been uploading footage of Grand Theft Auto 6 since August, most recently a 25-minute video featuring co-protagonist Jason totally nude.

Given that GTA 6's November 19 release is just over a month away, on console at least, it seems natural that interest in these kinds of leaks would wane.

Cyberleek has found a new way of generating hype: promising to leak a build of the game if their memecoin's marketcap goes up another $26 million or so.

CYBERLEEK hits 30 million marketcap, the build goes out – full story mode, played to the end, credits and all.

The other half of the deal suggests that publisher Take-Two Interactive could prevent this by releasing GTA 6 physically and apolog…

In August, game director Chris Roberts said that Star Citizen's singleplayer component, Squadron 42, was being delayed out of 2026 to avoid clashing with Grand Theft Auto 6.

These games have had so many release dates the changes have their own wiki page.

There's something concrete about having Squadron 42 getting a Steam page though, with system requirements and everything.

Squadron 42 | Official Wishlist Trailer | The Oath - YouTube Watch OnThere's also a new trailer, which leans heavily on the oorah stuff that's always a bit of a turn-off in military science-fiction.

Privateer was my favorite Wing Commander game because it left out all the Top Gun nonsense, but of course it's front-and-ce…

Valve's latest MOBA might still technically be conducting an invite-only test, but it's nevertheless one of the most popular games of its ilk.

Yesterday, right as the game added the latest in its current batch of six new democratically released heroes, its concurrent player-count hit a new screaming high: 262,145 simultaneous players, according to SteamDB.

While that's pretty impressive on its face, it'll be especially noteworthy to long-time fans of Valve's games that this surge of activity brought Deadlock past Team Fortress 2's all-time concurrent player count peak of 253,997.

As for how TF2's history of botting issues and idle servers might have affected that number, I can't say.

Regard…

Just as Star Wars Zero Company was set to launch earlier this year, developer Bit Reactor furloughed over 80% of its staff over sales uncertainty.

In other words, much of its staff were receiving no pay, despite technically being employees, right when players were getting their hands on the game.

Earlier this week on Bluesky, the studio announced it had begun undoing this "difficult decision" (via gamesindustry.biz).

Bit Reactor CEO Greg Foertsch said in the statement that the decision was made in response to "unexpected business developments outside of our control," but that it was "necessary to help us eventually bring as many people back as possible."

When this first happened, Game File …

Because WoW: Forever's actually super casual friendly.

And if you played it with the right attitude, honestly, Classic was pretty casual friendly, too.

It might be easy to be fooled into thinking that, because you might die if you pull more than one monster in WoW: Forever, that it is somehow a more difficult game.

Which means that, yes—WoW: Forever is casual friendly.

Very casual friendly, in fact, in the same way that something like Webfishing or Animal Crossing is casual friendly.

Instead, I'm simply going to point you to Triple-A Minesweeper, a delightful spoof game created by developer Mike Lacher, which expertly skewers some of blockbuster gaming's most egregious habits.

Now, before I describe the experience of playing Triple-A Minesweeper, I strongly suggest that you go and play it.

What I enjoyed most about Triple-A Minesweeper, though, is what happens if you attempt to go off-piste.

Even if you do nothing, Triple-A Minesweeper doesn't care.

I actually had Triple-A Minesweeper open in another window while writing this, but I had to close it because the constant chatter became so annoying—a testament to its satire.

Reviewed by:As I pointed out right away in my Nivalis Nights review, the "every app sending you an urgent notification" comes through really clearly in the first several hours.

Being relaxed is a privilege, which Nivalis Nights makes pretty damn clear when you start to open up access to districts where the folks with money hang out.

Nivalis Nights has decorating and management, which are popular cozy game features.

All those things usually fall pretty well within the interests of cozy game enjoyers.

In other words, Nivalis Nights is probably going to stay one of those games whose "cozy" status is extremely subjective, based entirely on your own tolerance level for to-do list horror.

These level packs were sold on shelves as boxed products just like their video game counterparts.

Others, however, were marketed as "Official Mission Packs," like Quake's additional episodes Scourge of Armagon and Dissolution of Eternity.

On top of these were unofficial mission packs, like those published by Wizardworks for Duke Nukem 3D.

Specialists in Duke Nukem 3D level packs, Sunstorm were responsible for Duke Caribbean: Life's A Beach, Duke It Out in DC and Duke Xtreme—three of the most well-regarded level packs for 3D Realms' 1996 FPS.

Duke Nukem 3D's publisher FormGen counter-sued, claiming that the maps found in Nuke It constituted derivative works of Duke Nukem 3D.

Which is the Wuhu winner?Hey everyone! Welcome to this week's edition of Box Art Brawl!Last time, we matched up a trio of covers for the GBA's Zone Of The Enders: The Fist Of Mars, though it wasn't a particularly close-fought contest. The Japanese variant walked away with 54% of the vote and the win, leaving the European and North American designs with 29% and 17% respectively.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

What a relief.Hugh and Diana's new sci-fi game Pragmata could have been "a little bit more" horror-focused, according to the game's lead producer Masachika Kawata.During an interview last month, he mentioned how early in Pragmata's development, Capcom was still very much experimenting with "what type of game" it could be, and "at one point", there was the idea to go down a more terrifying pathway, which is often a great fit with the sci-fi genre.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Take an audio tour through Kanto.Earlier this year, as part of Pokémon's 30th anniversary celebrations, The Pokémon Company released a Game Boy Jukebox that took trainers on an audio tour through Pokémon Red & Pokémon Blue.If you haven't already got it, or weren't able to secure it on release, TPC has now announced the jukebox is back in stock on the Pokémon Center. It's priced at $69.99 / £59.99, and availability will depend on your location.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

The crew grows with Silver and Blaze.Back in June, SEGA announced TECOPARK's 2D co-op action-puzzle series Pico Park would be getting a Sonic-themed entry.Sonic Pico Park will be released on 12th November 2026 for Switch and Switch 2. Ahead of the game's arrival next month, Sega has shared a new trailer for the title during its Sonic 35th anniversary celebrations at Club Chaos this week.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Here's what's next.Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO is now two years old, and to celebrate the second anniversary this week, Bandai Namco has detailed what's next.The battle is "far from over", with more events, free updates, game modes and additional fighters planned for the remainder of 2026 and throughout 2027.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

We loves it, precious!Few games have had as lasting an impact on the overarching gaming space through one mechanic alone as the Nemesis system presented in Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor and its sequel, Shadow of War.First released in 2014, it's hard to believe such innovation has been stuck locked away for over a decade since Monolith Productions, its original developers, closed their doors, leaving the Nemesis system locked behind them thanks to Warner Bros.' patent, but Aspyr, following their recent port for Lord of the Rings: War in the North, have brought back arguably one of the most celebrated Tolkien-esque games to Switch 2, either sold separately, or together with its sequel as par…

Gawrsh!Another week is over - thank goodness.It's been a bit of a quiet one again, despite the beginning of what will no doubt be one of the busiest release months in Nintendo's history. Rumours picked up once again about Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire coming to the Switch, Nintendo announced a new Switch 2 hardware bundle for Japan, and Hello, Luigi! and Hello, Peach! apps also launched for Switch and mobile devices.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Is that...?Epic's free-to-play battle royale Fortnite appears to be expanding on its in-game collab with the Sonic the Hedgehog series. As part of the blue blur's ongoing 35th anniversary celebrations, Sega shared a new teaser trailer for Fortnite x Sonic during its Club Chaos livestream.In it, you can see what looks to be...spoiler alert...Metal Sonic, and the trailer ends with "to be continued". The red eyes briefly appear around the 11-second mark in the video above (via Sonic Stadium). No other details have been shared just yet, so when we hear more, we'll provide an update.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Reina gets ready for the next battle.SNK has already expanded the roster in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves with characters like Ken and Chun-Li from Street Fighter, and next up is a challenger from the Tekken series.It's Reina, who made her debut in the latest entry Tekken 8, and she's arriving on all platforms this December. CotW producer Shinya Tamaki also shared a brief message about this collab:Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Including a look at frame gen toggle.Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen arrived on the Switch 2 this week, and if you're curious to see how it compares to its PS5 counterpart, YouTube channel ElAnalistaDeBits has now released a side-by-side graphics comparison.Firstly, players can apparently expect an upscaled resolution of 1080p in handheld and 1440p in docked mode. As for the game's performance, it hovers around 40fps, and if you toggle "on" frame generation, you'll experience the equivalent of 60fps.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Return to the track this November.Sega has officially revealed "Year Two" of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds will get underway on 3rd November 2026.As part of this, players can expect "major day one updates", more free characters and Season Pass Two. Here's the rundown of what's on the way, and you can see the full showcase in the video above.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Forested Development.I left last week's Ocarina of Time feature feeling like I might have been a little too negative about the whole thing. Three weeks into my playthrough, and I had just poo-pooed back-to-back puzzle boxes. Well, fear not, because I'm swinging in the complete opposite direction this time.This is part four of my Dungeon Crawl series, where I revisit one OoT dungeon each week in the run-up to the Switch 2 remake. Just as with the previous three editions, I'm going into dungeon specifics here, so if you've never played OoT before and you are saving yourself for the remake, just know that there are spoilers ahead!Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Don't get your hopes up... yet.November is going to be one of the most significant periods in gaming history with the launch of Grand Theft Auto VI. It's projected to be one of, if not the biggest entertainment launches of all time, beating out every game, book, or movie that's ever been released. Wowie-zowie.So naturally, many folks continue to question whether Rockstar's latest title will be coming to the Switch 2. After all, Nintendo's new console has proven itself more than capable of handling some of the most graphically-intensive games out there, so the possibility of a port in the future isn't entirely out of the question.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Cross-platform counselling.After being rumoured earlier this year, Hazelight has announced that its award-winning co-op adventure, It Takes Two, will be getting a full Switch 2 upgrade next week.The new version launches on 15th October, as a free upgrade to anyone who owns the Switch 1 version. Naturally, the Friend's Pass will be sticking around too, so you'll be able to play with a pal even if only one of you owns it.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Claim Fusion Energy, Timed research, Poke Balls and various other extraordinary gifts by redeeming active codes for Pokemon Go, so you can "catch them all".

However, some of them may have expired, and they are listed below:How to redeem Pokémon Go codes?

You cannot actually redeem these promo codes through the app itself on iOS devices.

If it’s something you can use in-game, there can be promo codes given away for it.

Redeeming them on AndroidThe above way also works for Android devices; however, Android players can actually enter the Pokémon Go promo codes on their phone if they’d like.

There is a redeem code option in Dicero, and if you're in need of more resources to upgrade your character, you're in the right place.

ALL ACTIVE DICERO REDEEM CODESDICE666 – Gold x666, Stamina x66DICE888 – Gold x888, Sojourn Key x10TOP2026 – Random Gear Scroll x30, Talent Crystal x5TOPDICE666 – Gems x100, Gold x500EXPIRED CODESmidautumn26 - Gems x200, Royal Glory Key x1, Sojourn Key x1, Pet Ball x1, Lightwish Vial x1, Starwish Vial x1, Gold x925 (expires September 30th)How to redeem Dicero codes?

Step 4: Go to the official websiteStep 5: Paste your User ID and your redeem codeStep 6: Enter the 4-digit verification code and redeem.

To redeem codes in Dicero, you need to use a dedicated webs…

Did you know there are valid Rise of Kittens codes?

Regardless, today, we are going to take a look at the complete list of active codes for Rise of Kittens because they will give you lots of Summon Tickets and Gold!

If you're a fan of something a bit different but newer, use these codes for King Arthur Legends Rise.

How to get more codes for Rise of Kittens?

And if you'd love to know which kittens are the best (never thought I'd write something like this), take a look at our Rise of Kittens tier list

Every essential resource in the game including diamonds, boosts, food and water can be obtained through most of the Mecha Domination codes.

You can find a list of active Mecha Domination codes below.

New Mecha Domination codes are released periodically, typically during special events and anniversaries.

Then you may want to go through our list of codes, which includes Top Troops codes, LDoE bunker alpha codes and many others.

About Mecha DominationAvailable for download via the App Store and Google Play, Mecha Domination: Rampage is a single-player casual mobile strategy game in which mechanised beasts have decimated the earth, displacing human civilisations.

- In-Game Gift Codes deactivated with latest update, archiving articleFishing is a relaxing pastime, and in Fishing Master, you get to do just that.

With Fishing Master codes, you will get some freebies and hopefully, that will be enough to grab the biggest bass.

Subscribe to Pocket Gamer onFrom some of these Fishing Master codes, you can get premium tackles, but also lots and lots of energy to keep that fishing going for hours.

At least once a month, the developers provide new Fishing Master gift codes, and we copy them here.

The codes are published on the Fishing Master Facebook page, but you can just follow this guide instead, as we'll add all the new codes here.

You can use Stickman GO codes to nab free resources like gold and diamonds - just because it's idle doesn't mean extra goodies won't come in handy.

Luckily, you can use Stickman GO codes to nab free resources like gold and diamonds, helping you level up even faster.

Active Stickman Go codes:week1010 - rewards (expires October 16th) (new!)

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And if you enjoyed our list of Stickman GO codes, you may want to take a look at our list of Dragon Traveler codes and Eternal Sword Pact codes, too!

If you're eager to check the latest Cookie Run: OvenSmash codes, you're in the right place.

As someone who's played all the games in the Cookie Run franchise, I know firsthand how generous Devsisters can be when it comes to codes.

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There is an entire story behind Nikki and Momo's adventures, and if you're someone who loves the game as much as I do, you'll want to make use of Love Nikki codes.

Although these gift codes are only valid for a short period of time, they can give you Princess Reset Cards, Gold, and Fantasy Tickets, which you can use to progress further.

To redeem the codes, just follow the steps below:How to get more Love Nikki codes?

To get more Love Nikki codes, you just have to keep an eye on this page.

We have the latest Infinity Nikki codes too, and also Shining Nikki codes, if you're interested in those!

To help make things more fun, we've shared all the latest Blade & Soul Heroes codes for your freebie-claiming pleasure.

With engaging battles and plenty of heroes to take out into the battlefield, Blade & Soul Heroes brings something a little different from the other entries in the franchise.

The key is to deploy heroes that have good synergy, which is why we've crafted the ultimate Blade & Soul Heroes tier list as well.

You can get free Hero Recruit Plaques from the codes, which are used for recruiting new heroes.

New Blade & Soul Heroes codes are released on the official social media accounts of BNSH, or on their Discord server.

A good futuristic RPG sprinkled with real-time and turn-based battles and (fairly) realistic characters is more or less what describes LYSSA: Goddess of Rage.

Regardless, you're here because you're probably looking for the latest Lyssa Goddess of Rage codes (or Goddess of Love codes, depending on how you look at it), and we are here to deliver.

Lyssa Goddess of Rage codes - workingEFSUYZAYFHNLREALSWFXLyssa Goddess of Rage codes - expiredHere we'll move any code that is no longer valid.

How to redeem codes in Lyssa Goddess of Rage?

We update our list of Lyssa Goddess of Rage codes regularly, so whenever a new code pops up, we'll put it on the list right away.

Reconnecting cities across the globe isn't easy, so grab these Resonance Solstice codes to make your journey a little easier.

Set in an alternate universe, Resonance Solstice is an RPG about... trains.

These codes will grant you a variety of useful goodies, such as Coins and Chaos Stones.

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And to make things even more enjoyable, I bring you the ultimate list of all the codes!

You can get free rewards like cannonballs regularly by redeeming Ludus promo codes, so you'd better do it fast!

Below, you can find all the active promo codes you can redeem right now in Ludus:Active Ludus promo codesBLOODMAGIC - rewards (Expires October 15th) (new!)

You can get more codes for Ludus by checking out the official X page or joining their Discord Server.

However, we add exclusive codes as soon as they drop, so you can also save this page and check it regularly.

Sure, gritty and realistic is great, but a change in diet is never a bad thing, and that's exactly what Seven Knights Re: Birth offers.

Using Seven Knights Re:Birth codes, you can grab yourself some Rare Hero Selector alongside other useful goodies.

You expect new codes to be released on Seven Knights Re:Birth's social media profiles (such as Facebook ) or on their Discord server .

About Seven Knights Re:BirthWith a cheery vibe and colourful 3D visuals, 7kRebirth brings the adventure and heroes we all know and love onto a new epic journey.

Read our hands-on preview and our Seven Knights Re:BIRTH tier list!

Updated on October 11th, 2026 - checked for codesWe have collected all the latest working Solo Leveling Arise codes here, listed the rewards you can obtain, and explained how you can redeem them.

I played it before the official release, and even wrote a Solo Leveling: Arise review, so if you're interested, go ahead and give it a read!

Redeeming SLA codes on iOS phoneStep 1 : Head over to the official Solo Leveling: Arise redemption page.

: Head over to the official Solo Leveling: Arise redemption page.

Also, if you want more, I've got a Solo Leveling: Arise tier list and a bunch more guides to help you get started!

Redeem these Starseed Asnia Trigger codes to get Proxyan EXP, Recruit Tickets, and other valuables for free.

You can either grind hard for all these items or redeem these Starseed Asnia Trigger codes for some freebies.

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Terry's Terraforming, a VR narrative adventure game where you fix up planets across the galaxy, is coming to Quest 3 on October 22, with a Steam release coming later.

Terry's Terraforming was originally announced back in May under a different name, Janet's Planets.

The game has been renamed and now has a release date, October 22, and price, $14.99 with a limited-time pre-order discount to $9.99.

Terry's Terraforming is a new VR terraforming space adventure about saving worlds.

Terry's Terraforming is coming to Meta Quest 3 on October 22, and Steam at a later date.

Halloween lurks just 'round the corner, and there's no shortage of great VR horror games to make you shiver and scream in your headset.

Here are five of my favorite frightening VR games.

This unique mechanic will have you questioning your sanity, something horror games have always attempted, but few can accomplish.

0:00 / 1:27 1×Edge of NowhereBefore they were busy making nine-figure-budgeted Marvel games for PlayStation, Insomniac Games used to develop VR games for Meta's abandoned Oculus Rift store, including the Lovecraft-inspired Edge of Nowhere.

And those are just ten of our favorite spooky VR games.

I’m pleased to announced that longtime Editor Scott Hayden is stepping up to become Road to VR’s new Executive Editor. After starting with Road to VR as a freelancer in 2014, becoming a contributor in 2016, and then Editor in 2019, Scott Hayden is now the publication’s new Executive Editor. As such, Scott is responsible […]

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Meta is partnering with ESPN to offer select live, 180-degree immersive college football games all season long via Quest’s TV app. When Meta VR Glasses release next spring, Meta says there are also 100+ live sporting events on the horizon. The News The first game kicks off October 10th with the Texas Longhorns taking on […]

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The all-encompassing, void-like environments and clever design make for one of the most engrossing, addictive VR games I have played all year.

: A psychological horror game with puzzle elements.

Platforms:Release Date: October 8, 2026Developer: OSM GamesPrice: $14.99 : A psychological horror game with puzzle elements.

Shil - Final VerdictShil is a testament to the power of great game design, more concerned with tasking your mind and nerves than simply overloading it with disturbing visuals and in-your-face audio.

It is akin to a more horror-leaning version of Superhot VR, another game that plays more complex than its simple aesthetics would have you believe.

Resolution Games has announced that its Rocket League-like arena sports title Ultimechs will be delisted from all VR platforms on October 20.

Multiplayer services will also be shut down, though the game will still work for single-player.

You’ll still be able to jump into the arena and enjoy Ultimechs in single-player mode after multiplayer services end on October 20, 2026.

On that date, the game will also be delisted from the Steam Store alongside the Ultimechs Spectator, which will no longer be able to spectate any matches.

Ultimechs first launched free-to-play in September 2022, with a free and paid battle pass progression system to unlock new cosmetics.

A new update for Real VR Fishing arrives next week, bringing spooky maps, haunted fish, mixed reality features, hand tracking, and more.

Last year's Halloween fish and all 12 fish from the game's sixth-anniversary event will also return.

The update also introduces early versions of Ice Fishing and mixed reality fishing modes.

Hand-tracking mode has also been implemented to allow Real VR Fishing to be played without controllers.

Real VR Fishing's Halloween update launches October 13 on Meta Quest and SteamVR.

Kluge Interactive has added hand tracking support to Synth Riders for Quest 3 in anticipation of the Meta VR Glasses launch in spring 2027.

This is not the first hand tracking implementation for the popular rhythm game.

The entire catalog of over two hundred songs (including paid DLC tracks) is playable with hand tracking.

Kluge noted that as far as the Quest family of headsets goes, this update is specific to Quest 3 and 3S, leaving Quest 2 and Quest Pro as controller-only.

With hand tracking, Synth Riders is positioned to support Meta's recently announced VR Glasses from day one, a trend we expect to see other developers experiment with to keep in line with support on the latest XR hardwa…

Mighty Coconut takes an interstellar journey with its new paid add-on course, Escape From Planet Xylodon in a new update that also brings mulligans and experimental hand tracking to Walkabout Mini Golf.

Escape From Planet Xylodon is the forty-second course for Walkabout Mini Golf and the fifth of a planned six new courses for 2026.

Images provided by Mighty CoconutExperimental Hand TrackingQuest players can help test a new hand tracking feature while golfing.

Bear in mind that the feature is still being tested and you need to have hand tracking enabled for the device to use it.

The Escape from Planet Xylodon DLC is available now for $4.99.

VR fitness app FunFitLand has added knee strikes to its CombatFit workout series.

FunFitLand founder Meng Zhang says they have no plans to add knee strikes to their modes, SwingFit and FlowFit, at this time.

He said they work well in CombatFit because of the "percussive" nature of the hits, and knee strikes would be disruptive to the more flowing nature of those other sessions.

Video: FunFitLandSpace Comes To Apple Vision ProFunFitLand also recently made their meditative Space sessions available on Apple Vision Pro.

FunFitLand Space, now available on Apple Vision ProFunFitLand is available for download on Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro.

Meta says VR Glasses are a different product for a different market. Quest isn’t dead, but it has been relegated, as the company has pulled back from games, shut down a number of studios, and is ostensibly building on its next chapter around something else. VR Glasses Meta VR Glasses are a compute-puck-tethered mixed reality […]

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Giants 360 brings 2D 360° video to the team's mobile app and YouTube channel, allowing fans access to views they wouldn't normally get to experience.

I viewed the 2D 360 video content in VR using the YouTube VR app on my Meta Quest headset.

I asked Dominik about future plans for 3D stereoscopic 360 content for Giants 360.

After watching the first four Giants 360 clips in VR, I'm excited to see what the Giants do next.

The Giants 360 videos can be experienced in VR on the Giants YouTube channel.

Omega Pilot Evolution offers thrills, but falls short in two key areas.

The controls take a bit of getting used to, but make sense in the context of a futuristic racing game.

As a pure racing game, and enjoyed for its time attack and skill ceiling, there’s a decent bit of fun to be had here.

Comfort Omega Pilot Evolution can be played fully stationary.

Omega Pilot Evolution Review - Final VerdictOmega Pilot Evolution is a genuinely compelling racing game, and it looks pretty decent too.

Coltrane is a new five-episode VR series produced by New Canvas, Jacaranda Productions, and Pico, continuing the detective noir story begun with 2016's VR Noir.

The creatives behind 2016's VR experience VR Noir: A Day Before the Night have announced a continuation of that detective noir story is coming later this year.

New Canvas co-founder Nathan Anderson, who was involved with the original VR Noir, returns as Coltrane's showrunner.

Anderson says the new series represents an opportunity to take the ideas explored in VR Noir considerably further.

"When we released VR Noir in 2016," he says, "I described my career quest as finding the convergence of storytelling, game design, and interactivi…

Datamining and findings across Horizon OS 2.9 PTC (Public Test Channel) suggest that Meta is working on a virtual cinema environment for Quest headsets and the upcoming VR Glasses.

Strings and assets found in Horizon OS 2.9 PTC reference a "Cinema" environment for viewing media content.

The current build is tagged as v210, which suggests it could ship sometime after Horizon OS 2.9 moves to stable.

It also remains to be seen whether content in the cinema environment will be social or shareable.

to market the device, and this virtual cinema environment appears to be part of the ongoing software efforts to better align with that product positioning.