Gaming News Digest — October 11, 2026

Players think protagonist Rex is a total klutz on the ground due to first-person QTE scenes and input delay.

The free Manta update open beta is live on Steam with reworked naval battles, ship customization, and water outposts.

The extraction RPG and creature-collecting hybrid demo is out now on Steam.

A pure PvE mode limited test runs October 13-20, with the game possibly splitting into two versions.

The October 9 patch fixed Great Hall Ragnarok crashes and touched up breeding, villager behavior, and gamepad controls.

A server browser is promised for Season 5, but access opens only December 8 with the Frozen Aces phase.

The AI-generated fan multiplayer emulator The Hunter's Dream sparked a scandal, with the community calling it AI slop.

YouTube banned French creator xj0nathan and deleted his 190K-subscriber channel over a censored gameplay clip.

New gameplay shows Brazil beach and street races, with a 2027 release on PC and consoles.

The invite-only closed test hit a record 262,145 concurrent Steam players after the City Never Sleeps update.

Alinea analysts report roughly 230,000 first-week sales, with 1.7 million playing via Game Pass.

The Coalition released a praise trailer after the game hit 87 on Metacritic and 74% positive on Steam.

Writer Elizabeth Govey-Kern said an unnamed actress helped shape Lucia into a strong yet vulnerable heroine.

Narrative VP Rupert Humphreys said Jason's crimes stem from his finances and who he is, leaving the player to judge.

Rockstar has six weeks to stop the game's ending from leaking.

Devs shared an early sketch of new cover art, new environment screenshots, and ongoing mechanics and bug work.

Cursebreaker Edition owners get a free friend key with every new chapter up to 1.0, starting October 12.

NetEase is locking down Avengers: Doomsday spoilers through the Path to Doomsday cycle and a 50-player PvE.

The wuxia action game launches October 29 digitally only, with no disc version.

Build 42 pushed the game into Steam's top 10 sellers, with 305,000 copies sold in September.

Rockstar's Halloween event brings back Dead of Night, with a free Red Fernwater Coat for logging in.

The Blood Crystal Saga arrives in 2027 with elves, a dragon, and a new Hunter skill.

Fans are unhappy that a new update waters down the survival horror difficulty.

A second year of support starts November 3 with Godzilla, Evangelion, Hello Kitty, and Final Fantasy VII collaborations.

The game can finally be wishlisted on Steam after a development period dating back to 2014.

Cloud Imperium Games confirmed a Q2 2027 launch and opened the Steam page for the 2945-set story.

Fans felt the brutal difficulty: over 700 km/h, three lives per race, and one wall touch destroys your ride.

Sold over 1 million copies on PC and consoles, with patch 1.2 arriving next week.

The first patch date is revealed after furloughed developers were brought back to the studio.

A modder reworked core engine tech to remove one of the game's most criticized features.

Season SS14 Tartarus arrives October 15 with a prison mode and the new hero Youga.

The story length has been revealed.

Triple-i Initiative announced this isometric Cold War roguelike where you build the battlefield mid-run.

Season 2's six-week social experiment from October 15 pays the blue team bonus XP and currency.

Season 2 starts October 15 with four new guns, four vehicles, Molotovs, and rainy weather.

The Age: Link to Tau operation runs October 15 to November 17, with Tenno farming Lunar Flesh on Eris.

The sequel is built from scratch on Unreal Engine 5 with new netcode and 4-player co-op.

US Xbox sales fell 33% year-on-year from January to August 2026, the worst result ever recorded.

A battlecruiser builder with over 200 weapons and support systems and on-the-fly hull rearrangement.

A rare Fantastic Mr. Fox figure, number 1, is listed on eBay.

An escape room game about exploring a mysterious room, finding clues, and uncovering your identity.

A Hydra Labyrinth puzzle game with 100 normal levels, 100 hard levels, and 10 Christmas levels.

Deadlock has 101,636 online, Schedule I climbed 30 spots, and Planet Zoo 2 is the number 7 top seller.

A Die by the Blade mod that gives your enemies zero stamina.