Gaming News Digest — October 17, 2026

The Entropic Break expansion slipped to Q1 2027, while Community Update #5 with mod support arrives earlier.

3DClouds announced a winter survival adventure for 2027 on PC with Russian text.

Footage leaked from the cancelled TiMi Studio Group project, set in Qin dynasty China in 206 BC.

All maps and modes are free to play from October 15 to 19, with up to 60% off the standard edition until October 20.

Game Freak's October 19 update will be the last major patch, with only critical hotfixes after.

The Park Adventures expansion launches in Q4 2026 with leisure zones, zoos and amusement parks.

The Hellraiser creator praised Hellraiser: Revival, while critics sit at 69 on Metacritic.

Patch 1.1 fixes falling through floors, softlocks and stuck ledges a week after launch.

Director Gabe Amatangelo says the sequel's concept outgrew his own ideas and became a team vision.

The Badlands DLC adds the 267 km² Nasdara desert map, the biggest territory in the game.

Blizzard began producing live-action cinematics, with release tentatively set for 2029.

The devs showed new Harrower skills, from bleed effects to summoned creatures.

The Law & Discorder update arrives in December, making crimes count only when NPC witnesses see them.

The soulslike survival hybrid enters early access on Steam and Epic on January 8, 2027.

Keen Games' co-op survival game left early access on October 15, 2026 with version 1.0.

The first Iceland DLC gameplay video shows a route from Seyðisfjörður to Goðafoss waterfall.

The Beans & Alpacas expansion launches October 27, 2026 with a South American-inspired region.

A custom DeBerti Ford Mustang GT costs 20 festival playlist points until October 22.

Snapshot Games' tactical RPG left early access with a full campaign, 17 heroes and a new intro cinematic.

The shepherd sim sets you in the 1930s Tatras to graze sheep, make cheese and build a herd.

The November 19 launch falls inside the TGA 2026 eligibility window, which closes November 20.

Eschatology Entertainment's Western soulslike shooter launches December 8 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

CDPR's Michal Nowakowski says the setting is finished and prototypes are underway, but pre-production is still far off.

Ubisoft opened applications for a closed test of the 4K remake.

Amplitude brought in over 30 historians and reworked the culture system for the sequel.

The PlayStation father calls Sony's move away from discs economically justified and current hardware prices unhealthy.

A fan recreated the 2012 multiplayer in a NexusMods mod, admitting he ported scripts using Claude AI.

Render Cube's survival game reached 3.5 million players.

Sim Update 7 adds National Championship Air Races and crash fixes.

Moon Studios' 1.0 update removes the stat system and adds 24 classes and 362 traits.

The PvE Isles of Abyss scenario launches October 22, 2026.

The co-op climbing game launches October 22 on PS5, Xbox Series and Switch 2 with crossplay.

The steampunk city-builder hits early access on Steam and Epic in Q2 2027.

The free Miami Zero expansion returns players to the start of the zombie outbreak.

Update 1.0.1 brought server crashes, save errors and UI freezes.

Wych Elm's horror metroidvania sold over 100,000 copies in its first week.

Nekki showed four heroine outfits, from a demonic mask to a parrot suit.

The tactical shooter comes to PS5 and Xbox Series in 2027, with a Sony alpha test running until October 25.

GSC Game World and UNITED24 raised over $100,000 to demine the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.

Valve began beta testing achievement sets, which group achievements into collections with their own progress bars.

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's story trailer follows Makoto Daito in the Japanese city of Kokura.

The Early Access 2.0 update adds a new region the devs call the scariest in the series' history.

Bandai Namco released a remaster nearly 26 years after the original, out now on PC, PS4 and PS5.

Update 1.1 lands next week with over 1,100 improvements and fixes.

The Tartarus season has hunters running a prison for 20 in-game days.

Patch 9.0.4 focuses on Nagash's campaign fixes.

Modder SuperMedo released a fan-made PC port with 120+ fps, DLSS and FSR support.

A rumor of a remake surfaced after a band said so at a Brooklyn concert.

The one-time Epoch Operation: Taubound event runs until November 17 and temporarily opens Eris to everyone.

The sequel is out on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series, adding battle sister Nira Vehrat as a playable character.

The Martha Is Dead creators' horror game heads to PC, PS5 and Xbox Series, set in 1990s Italy.

The Ashlands update makes figureheads, hull decorations, stern and wheel separate customization slots.

A new trailer spotlights Phoenix Refaela, a limited S-rank Fire Anomaly Agent.

The Director's Cut hits Switch 2 on November 3 alongside PS5, adding about 40,000 words of new content.