Gaming News Digest — September 29, 2026

Blue Dot Games halted Steam sales of its tactical shooter after concurrent players fell too low to keep investors on board.

The Russian historical RTS gets a Steam demo on September 29, with instant switching between RTS and third-person views.

The scandalous survival horror returned to the PS Store with a 2027 release window and three listed versions.

The game hit number one on Steam's US Top Sellers chart before launch, jumping 55 positions on pre-order and early access revenue.

The release trailer is out ahead of the October 2 launch, which includes a solo campaign and multiplayer.

Pawprint Studio's creature-catching action-RPG launched globally in mid-September across PC, PS5, Xbox Series, Android, and iOS.

After losing most of its playerbase post-launch, the game will test a full PvP shutdown in October as Embark pivots toward PvE.

The developers detailed the Berserker class, tied to Shyagon, the god of abundance and founder of Gona.

The monthly Face, Off dev-vs-creator show begins today, September 28, at 18:00 MSK on Slitherine's Twitch channel.

Layoffs hit the studio after Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 landed at a "mixed" 61% on Steam, though support continues.

The MDRevoice team released a full AI Russian voice-over for Remedy's action game, on top of official Russian subtitles.

Digital Foundry recommends turning ray tracing off for mid-range 8 GB VRAM builds, citing dips below 60 fps on a Ryzen 5 5600.

CD Projekt Red says the Chimera boss fight took two years to polish, per the AnsweRED podcast.

Unicorn Overlord creator Takafumi Noma announced the action-RPG from his new studio IGNISPHERE, launching 2028 on PS5, Switch 2, and PC.

The second-anniversary patch adds the competitive Detonation mode in beta and 3,900 tickets, with 1,000 guaranteed for a September 26 login and match.

Game director Brent Gibson confirmed seasons will continue after Diablo 5, with the Amazon class arriving next year and Lord of Hatred as the final story expansion.

Scotland's Cat Bowie, 78, was named the oldest female Fortnite streamer by Guinness World Records.

HoYoverse released new anniversary music videos, including one performed by Tartaglia's voice actor Griffin Burns.

The game gets an unconventional crossover with The Last of Us in an upcoming update.

Pre-orders open tomorrow at 10:00 local time, with a PlayStation blog post detailing combat and editions for heroine Faye.

Despite community doubts, sales numbers suggest Arc System Works' tag fighter was not a flop.

Patch 1.001.006 lets players partially disable sensory hints like scent trails and resource pings, and fixes crashes and photo mode issues.

Minecraft gets its first new dimension in over 14 years, Sift, launching next year in Java and Bedrock, plus an ice caves update in December 2026.

The autumn update makes appearance changes and hair dyeing free and adds animal breeding, photo hunting, and the Golden Autumn Harvest event through October 14.

At BlizzCon 2026, game director Aaron Keller described balancing over 50 heroes as endless and explained the "skill curve reset" concept.

ALTER-BOY's horror shooter will launch exclusively on Steam at a price proportional to its completion time.

The 1.0 patch made it the highest-rated new Steam release of 2026, topping Steam250's yearly ranking.

Creator Chris Wilson criticized Blizzard for axing Diablo 4 expansions in favor of Diablo 5 and called the Season of Hell's Legacy event illogical.

SpaceRocket Games released a story trailer for the survival game set on a frozen Earth, playable solo or in four-player co-op.

SEGA revealed per-entry sales splits for the first time in an investor report marking the series' 30th anniversary.

The first Russian VALORANT Open Cup offers a 500,000-ruble prize pool, with qualifiers on October 25 and 31.

A screenshot of Ubisoft's cancelled co-op PvE game leaked online after roughly seven years in development.

The horror visual novel launches September 30 on Steam for $3.99 with no Russian language support.

Frosty Pop and Strange Scaffold announced a paranormal library sim about sorting books in a haunted library.

The ex-ZA/UM studio will reveal its debut RPG Red Rooster on October 14, with Disco Elysium writer Argo Tuulik on board.

The Indian action-platformer launches October 30 on PC and PS5, with a demo already available.

Final system requirements list a GTX 1660 and 12 GB RAM for 1080p/30 fps low, and an RTX 3070 Ti for 1440p ultra.

The remaster's changelog includes HD Reworked textures, DirectX 12, path tracing, DLSS 4.5, and PS5 Pro support.

The remaster launches tomorrow, September 29, free for owners of the original with both expansions included.

The tactical FPS passed 3 million copies sold, with Season 2 starting October 15 and console versions planned for 2028.

Team Ninja's Tokyo Game Show 2026 trailer shows boss Zuochi and Insight skills that let you counter right after a standard parry.

A new trailer introduces Hsin, a five-star Electro Resonator and the game's first playable Sentinel, ahead of version 3.7.