Gaming News Digest — October 10, 2026

The final update lands October 27, adding Samira and Sett and bringing the roster to 18.

Sold over a million copies, the fastest-selling entry in series history.

Devs released a beginner guide covering raids and hideout management.

The Blood Pact event turns Kings Canyon into a battlefield of demons and werewolves.

The detective game launches December 3 on Steam, with a demo already available.

The Frozen Trail patch pulled over 131,000 concurrent players back.

The shooter launches November 2027 with solo and four-player co-op.

BeXide announced a 2-16 player hide-and-seek game where cats disguise as props.

Saber Interactive's horror FPS launched with 95% positive player reviews but a 69 critic score.

A massive 3.0 update lands November 5 for the series' 20th anniversary.

Pearl Abyss's Libby Park blamed mixed critic scores on rushed reviewers playing an early build.

The tactical military strategy game is getting a mobile port.

Former lead Mark Darra blamed the flop on inexperienced leadership and EA's yearly release demands.

Capcom's expansion is out now, sending the Arisen to snowy Norg.

Six new modifiers are coming, two exclusive to the Harrower class.

The Sparkworks logic system arrives with the 1.0 release in one week, enabling traps and secret passages.

The Combat Synergy event runs October 9-14 with Twitch Drops and veteran-guided raids.

Patch 1.62 brings new garage models to the base map and every DLC.

Reina from Tekken 8 joins as the final DLC fighter of season three in December.

The zombie horror demo is out, set on the infected ZiroTech station.

The anime adaptation moved from 2027 to 2028.

Strange Scaffold announced a tactical story game about cops and morality.

Rockstar added a music section to its site with six radio stations and podcasts.

Nintendo says a Switch 2 version isn't its call.

Devs detailed four development cycles and a parallel art track.

The Devil May Cry creator sparked backlash for saying women lack the "director temperament" in the Japanese games industry, with no walk-back.

The last two games will be pulled from Steam on October 23, currently 95% off.

Native PS5 and Xbox Series versions arrived for the 10th anniversary with a big update, free upgrades for last-gen owners.

35% of launch sales came from physical discs, according to Ampere Analysis.

Beethoven & Dinosaur's music adventure won Game of the Year, Best Visual Style and Best Sound Design at the Australian Game Developers' Awards.

Fans revived the game via an open-source emulator with new content.

Veewo Games' roguelike left early access with a 1.0 update adding boss Thea and four-player co-op.

Devs showed two new regions coming in version 1.0: Sylvan Hollow and Reliquary.

The RPG enters PC early access on February 8, 2027.

The survival game entered early access on PC via Steam, GOG and Epic Games Store.

S-Game says 95% of the story relies on universal emotions rather than Chinese cultural knowledge.

Studio head Qiwei Liang says defeated enemies won't respawn; the game launches October 29.

The sequel is playable right now.

Krafton is holding the first closed console playtest for North American players.

Charlie Cox revealed he recorded around 40 hours for an unannounced SEGA game.

Owlcat delayed the samurai CRPG to March 10, 2027.

Devs showed an extended trailer for the mobile version.

Wych Elm and Team17's survival horror launched on Steam to strong player reception.

Major Update #1 added 11 locked zones, wandering merchants and guaranteed blueprints.

Servers shut down October 9, 2026, after 14 years, with a Community Edition to follow.

The Willpower expansion joins season 10 alongside update 4.6 Corona Borealis.

Producer Shuhei Matsumoto said the franchise nearly died after Street Fighter V's rough 2016 launch.

A collaboration with Morteshka's Chelovekolos added themed tanks, camo and cosmetics.

The pixel survival horror launches December 3 on PC, Xbox Series, PS5 and Switch.

Croteam showed the first gameplay trailer for the trilogy-closing puzzler.

A remaster patch improved console performance, fixed bugs and added Ukrainian localization.

Update 9.0.3 reworked Nagash's campaign and applied balance fixes.

The fantasy PvPvE extraction shooter got a Steam demo with two characters and part of the first map.

Season 2 hits Steam on October 15 with new guns, vehicles and rain.

KING Art detailed the Blood Ravens and Dark Angels factions.

The Qingzhou coastal region arrives October 15 with new bosses.

Update 3.3 "Return to the Heavens" drops October 21, with a Honkai: Star Rail collab in 3.4.

Browse Dragon Ball figures on AliExpress.

This mod lets you skip the intro movie and the "Perfect Massage" cutscene in Orc Massage.

A geometric puzzle with four modes, each unlocked after completing the previous one.

A Christmas wish brings six Santa Clauses to your struggling toy store.

A casual tabletop wargame mixing chess with catapults, featuring army painting and ranked matchmaking.

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS has 335,294 players online, World of Warships climbed 60 spots this week, and AION 2 is the third top seller.