Gaming News Digest — October 16, 2026

The Switch 2 version arrives March 18, 2027, with pre-orders open and the GoldenEye suit included.

The multiplayer detective game about hunting Jack the Ripper in 1888 London launches October 27 for up to eight players.

Patch 0.4.0.192 reworks shooting, controls and monster lairs, and adds DualSense support with gyro and adaptive triggers.

The Indonesian revenge brawler hits PC on December 4, with consoles following in 2027.

Embark launched a limited-time test of a separate PvE mode aimed at casual players tired of extraction fights.

Players returned to the game after the Frozen Trail update and PvE test, with most polled backing a pure PvE toggle.

The Painted Asylum update adds 6★ operators Su and Minghu, four 6★ weapons and auto-farm, with 1,800 gacha currency compensation.

House House says the game skips Xbox because the studio backs the BDS boycott of Microsoft.

Activision confirmed a new sub-series from Sledgehammer Games set for 2027, with a modern-day setting and no jetpacks.

The first full series entry in over a decade is out, following Rose Belmont in a monster-infested Paris 23 years after the last game.

Critics scored it 86 on OpenCritic, but Steam reception sits at 62%.

The October 15 update tightens ranked matchmaking and adds military bundles available until October 29.

Remedy confirmed one million copies sold in three weeks, with 91% on Steam and over 40K peak concurrent players.

MAGES released the main theme Kodoku no Nirvana, sung by FRAM with lyrics by Asami Imai.

The leaker's crypto token crashed from $0.03 to $0.0015 and he fled, saying there will be no more GTA 6 leaks.

Paramount's film will be a standalone story, not a direct adaptation of Cyberpunk 2077's V and Johnny Silverhand.

The full trailer is out ahead of the October 20 Netflix premiere of a standalone 10-episode Night City story.

Dean Hall says the industry is rotting from within and open-sourced RocketWerkz's BRUTAL framework for free, even commercially.

Just2D announced the indie RPG sequel for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S with overhauled combat and a new region.

Nacon and Midgar Studio pushed the release to December 3, 2026, from November 5, citing a crowded schedule.

The first Steam playtest runs until 11:00 MSK on October 19, with applications approved within a day.

The pixel JRPG launches in March 2027 on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch, with a free Steam demo already available.

Epic teased a Linux version, made possible by Easy Anti-Cheat Linux v2 with a signed kernel and Secure Boot attestation.

Pre-orders passed 6 million copies and $600M, with 89% of buyers choosing the $100 Ultimate Edition.

Reviews will publish before the November 19 release, per Insider Gaming, though the embargo date is secret.

The release trailer was captured in-game on PlayStation 5, with consoles getting the game on November 19, 2026.

The roughly 90-second launch trailer dropped October 15, a month before release.

The Switch 2 version arrives October 22 at $29.99, rising to $39.99 after November 4.

Brocap Studio's dog-led adventure about protecting sheep from wolves launched on Steam after several years of development.

Playtest sign-ups are open on Steam, with the test starting October 26.

Nuwa arrived as the first dual-wielding pistol character, and legendary skins dropped to 990.

Deck13 announced an old-school turn-based RPG inspired by Ultima and early Baldur's Gate, with a fully custom party.

Riot is shutting the mode down in January 2027, six months after launch, with a possible return as limited-time events.

PEGI raised the rating to 16+, citing in-game purchases including random items.

Update v0.7.16 rebalances the game, makes Ironman stricter and adds Sprint plus new items and abilities.

A new patch stops elixir healing from being interrupted by no-recoil attacks and lets the sword-and-shield merc overspend energy on blocking.

Characters covered the Haruhi Suzumiya song God Knows, and the full track arrives in-game with update 1.4 on October 21.

The pixel PvE extraction shooter hit Steam Early Access with four-player co-op raids and three locations.

Pocketpair says it wants to make fun games rather than chase live-service profits, and its spin-offs won't replace the main title.

Solid Snake's Soliton Radar MK III dropped to three scans, while Nøkk's Horus Lance now deals 80 damage and equips in 0.4 seconds.

The four-player co-op survivors-like launched in Steam Early Access with two levels and six playable characters.

Summer Eternal, formed by Disco Elysium writer Argo Tuulik, announced a physics-based RPG for PC first.

The official Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator YouTube channel was taken down on October 15 after a hack.

Wales Interactive and Stormind Games announced a first-person horror set in 1924, due spring 2027 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series.

Patches v0.4.1 and v0.4.2 fixed tutorial bugs, expanded the research tree and added three difficulty levels.

Valve's best September releases split by revenue include The Blood of Dawnwalker, WARDOGS and Silent Hill: Townfall in Gold.

The Willpower expansion adds an ideology system that spreads beliefs to neighboring empires, with bonuses and uprising risks.

Double Fine's first game after leaving Xbox is out now on PC via Steam, GOG, EGS and Humble Store.

Servers went offline for the TUY8S3.2 patch, adding a Blood Moon over Washington, lunar cultists and three bosses.

The 1.4.5 patch notes wrongly described drop-rate bonuses and were corrected with details on the Rotational Boost system.

CD Projekt devs say they want to keep making physical releases, even if they are just boxes with codes.

Telltale's trailer shows rebuilt characters, a noir mode and restored deleted scenes.

SEGA is pulling the Complete Edition re-release after it hit 16% approval on Steam and restoring the original.

The remaster was pulled from sale after over three thousand Steam reviews landed at overwhelmingly negative.

The publisher is cutting up to 100 jobs across its German studios, with Düsseldorf losing more than 50 positions.

Bulkhead says custom loadouts are absent on purpose so players keep experimenting and balance data stays clean.

Season 2 launched October 15 with four weapons, four vehicles including the T-72B3 and Gepard, and three fortifications.

A new gameplay trailer showed The Spires, one of the key locations in Owlcat's CRPG now in closed beta.

Five arena champions were added and voice recording is being prepared, with release set for February 8, 2027.

A dark fantasy roguelite deckbuilder where you rebuild a 15-card deck between battles and cards evolve through phases.

A 2080 strategy game where a scientist codenamed Gaia unleashes a virus that only affects humans.

A posing showcase of the Marvel Legends Amazing Fantasy figure.

A free Thai translation mod covering the story, cutscenes, quests, locations, evolutions and skills, but not the Truth Quest DLC.

A puzzle game inspired by the story Fingers from Lilith's Cave, with no horror and character switching for clues.

WARDOGS has 154,682 players online, Enshrouded entered the top 100, DayZ leads top sellers and Risk of Rain 2 climbed 18 spots.