Gaming News Digest — October 21, 2026

The «ГТАкция» runs October 20 to November 30, 2026, entering buyers of ready meals into draws for consoles and smartphones.

Embark pulled the PvE matchmaking toggle after over 30 million matches in the test, with a player survey and a November verdict to come.

The Xbox chief told Fortune that curiosity matters more than confidence for leaders.

The studio disqualified the top winners of a Chinese Overwatch skin contest over AI art and plagiarism, revising the prize places.

Update 1.2.1 moves the game to Unity 6, adds DLSS 4.5 and FSR 3.0 support and rebalances units.

Infinity Ward's shooter topped Steam's paid chart, with Planet Zoo 2 and Castlevania: Belmont's Curse entering the top 10.

The co-op horror cleaning sim launches January 28, 2027 on Steam and Epic Games Store, with a demo available now.

The expansion launches November 17 with merchant and republic governments, 40 goods, trade leagues and two new bookmarks.

The free 2.5 Edgerunners update arrives October 22 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series, with a REDstreams broadcast on October 21 at 18:00 MSK.

Bungie will detail its cut-content restoration next week via a progress bar instead of a standard roadmap.

The Hallows Wake event runs October 21 to November 11, with quests earning holy stones for legendary chests and cosmetics.

Update 1.7 adds the Flamewrought form for Rhythm and permanently unlocks the Icelake story.

The co-op raccoon sandbox launches December 3 on PC and Game Pass with Russian text and a Steam demo.

The Castlevania: Belmont's Curse studio is already working on another third-party franchise partnership, less than a week after release.

Nikita Buyanov says the sci-fi shooter is «almost there» after a planned September deep dive slipped.

Jason Schreier reported production began in 2015 as Project Americas with Miami research trips, later scaled to the state of Leonida.

A YouGov poll found 6% of respondents consider virtual romances cheating, while 19% would object to their partners using such mechanics.

Patch 7.2 swapped GameGuard for Easy Anti-Cheat and rebalanced weapons, adding the Sightliner warbond.

Shrek 2 Remastered with a photo mode lands November 10 on PC, Xbox Series, PS5 and Switch with Russian text.

A Neowiz job listing points to a Wizard of Oz-themed sequel on Unreal Engine 5 for PC and consoles, with no generative AI in concept art.

Christofer Sundberg confirmed the studio is shutting down after failing to find a buyer following its debut game's flop.

The actor took the villain role in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 for his son and promised to become a gamer.

The «Avengers: Endgame» PvE mode with 50 heroes against Thanos arrives October 23.

The free Rotten Autumn update adds a photo mode, 15 dungeons, 10 Tarstones and a Rotting Christ soundtrack.

The psychological horror hits PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S and Switch on October 29, plus Game Pass.

Nintendo recreated its 1998 «Art thou ready?» ad for the Switch 2 remake, which launches November 5, 2026.

The ocean-themed Isles of Abyss scenario launches October 21 on separate servers, with four for North America and Europe.

Pre-registration hasn't hit the numbers needed for all rewards ahead of the December 11 free-to-play launch.

The co-op VR heist shooter launches November 5 on SteamVR and Quest, with a demo already available.

Sony's updated November list now has 12 games leaving, including Red Dead Redemption II and GTA V, until November 17.

The devs opened a fix_crash test branch on Steam to gather debug data on unexplained GPU crashes.

A praise trailer landed a month after release, though Steam sits at 69% mixed and Metacritic players scored it 7.1.

The game gets cheaper on the Brazilian PS Store on October 23, with existing buyers refunded automatically in wallet credit.

Ubisoft removed ammo entirely, auto-deleting blueprints and compensating players in silver and Pieces of Eight.

Update 44.0 and season 19 add a Swiss Alps region with three maps plus the Wortek 250T and DERRY «SAVIOR» trucks.

The Hostile Encounters update adds combat NPCs to the series for the first time, plus 19 building blocks and reworked ores.

The power hammer's charge time drops to 1.25 seconds, with Charged Impact 15% stronger and Underhand Swing up 30%.

Playstack and Magic Fuel Games released the story-driven outpost-building sim.

Lucasfilm Games is shopping for a developer, with DICE and Bungie named; Joe Brammer heard DICE and Respawn are on it.

The survival horror prequel leaves early access on October 26 for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series with Russian text.

Gust detailed ingredient gathering, medicine brewing and clue-based investigations across 5 palace mysteries and 5 city curses.

Season 12 adds Dynamic Commentary, letting announcer Scotty call players by nickname mid-match, with an anonymous mode for privacy.

A memory leak causes abnormally high RAM usage; the devs suggest clearing the NVIDIA DXCache as a temporary fix.

Update 6.0 adds the snowy North Bastion region, where cold slows the Caretaker and deals damage without heaters.

Owners of the original get up to 50% off the remaster on PC and Xbox, with 30% on PS5 without PS Plus.

Battle Pass season 25 «Стальная ярость» starts October 21 with the S-706 boat and Jagdpanther G2, running until January 20, 2027.

The heavy metal track Devourer, sung in the language of the Void, is out on major streaming platforms.

Hotfix 1.13.3 fixes crashes and makes bots revive fallen allies first during the Prophet of Decay fight.

The base edition drops to $10 across platforms, with the PS5 price arriving October 28.

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted leave October 29, while The Séance of Blake Manor arrives October 27.

The next console is reportedly set for the 2028 holidays with an internal price of $1,200 to $1,800.

ChiliChill's track 1% Battery Girl got a music video for Phoenix Refaela, a limited S-rank Fire Anomaly agent.