Gaming News Digest — October 23, 2026

The Machinarium studio publicly called out an AI project using its assets, which was then deleted.

NCsoft reports 93% of surveyed closed beta players plan to play after release following the October 2-6 test.

Per Origami, the game is still in pre-production with at least 250 people at Ubisoft Montpellier.

Veteran Tony de Waal says the cancelled Mass Effect 5 drew inspiration from Larian and CD Projekt RED.

Unfold Games pushed the vampire hotel sim to 2027, skipping early access for a polished 1.0 launch.

A data leak hit 11,774,247 Capcom ID accounts, exposing emails, login dates and IPs.

Smilegate's RPG marks its first anniversary with Season 5, A Promise Upon the Snow, adding Rossweisse.

Twitch Drops run October 29 to November 12 alongside the Charting the Unknown DLC, with gear and a pet.

The enish-developed game is announced for PC, Android and iOS in 2027 with an original story by Omori Fujino.

The author spent five years on the cancelled Mass Effect 5 and promises to share details now that the NDA lifted.

Rob2628 showed a workaround for farming Splinters of Evil on Torment 10 by keeping the session alive on an alt.

The game turns one with 5+ million players, new Deluxe modes and a mobile version due December 9.

The publisher is laying off 400 people and shutting down BioWare entirely, cancelling unannounced projects.

Kotaku reports a $500M development budget before marketing, against roughly 230K copies sold in week one.

Update 7.2.0 swapped GameGuard for Easy Anti-Cheat, breaking mods and dropping the Steam rating to Mixed.

Askiisoft confirmed the expansion is still in production and has grown to sequel size with over 30 tracks.

An unverified trailer reportedly titled Mass Effect: Universe surfaced after BioWare's shutdown.

IGN sources say the Amazon show remains in production with Doug Jung as showrunner despite BioWare's closure.

Next-gen PC updates add DLSS/FSR, 4K textures and uncapped framerate, with console patches next week.

The 0.9 Beta update for Steam Next Fest adds a ticket system, Game Masters and an item editor with six effects.

The Wicked Inside showcase drew 1.2 million views in three days, and the new class system hits open beta in December.

Over 60 new merch items head to ExileCon 2026, with card-only payments on site.

Launches October 29 on PC and PS5 with Russian text, while physical editions arrive only in 2027.

Fans found TTB filings for three GTA 6 beer labels from Tripping Animals Brewing, though Rockstar hasn't confirmed the collab.

Sony's September charts put Marvel's Wolverine and EA Sports FC 27 atop PS5 downloads.

LINE Games released a free co-op horror demo on Steam and Epic Games Store with one regular and one arcade stage.

Devolver and Croteam announced a direct sequel to The Second Encounter, now early in development for PC.

EA cut the Full Circle team again, with seasonal creative director John Epler among those leaving.

Digital Extremes is scrapping invites with Open Preludes, letting anyone on PC sign up and download the launcher.

The expansion and 4.6 Corona Borealis update launch November 23 with Galactic Halls megastructures.

GPTRACK50's action-RPG about the weakest zombie, Davey, is out now.

The platformer is 92% off on Steam until November 3.

Update 1.1 adds skill respec via the Draught of Mind Rebirth, petting animals and subtitle options.

Laced Records opened preorders for a 20-track vinyl OST shipping around March 2027.

Visionaire Studio's point-and-click adventure got a free demo for Steam Next Fest.

The Arcane Ruin event adds the Hunted condition and the Daemonhost Gormaggot with a community reward bar.

The shooter reached 15 million players, adding 3 million in the past six months.

Cloud gaming without a subscription is in testing, with packs from 10 hours for $3.99 ahead of a November launch.

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A co-op restaurant management game where you earn stars, unlock skills and customize your restaurant between days.

A mod that lets you tweak some of the game's settings.

A kawaii collectible line of cute action anime figures and dolls.

A casual maze game where you rotate the level with A and D across 10 big and 49 small stages.

A gentle 2D platformer for ages 6-10 with no combat, following a boy named Ivo and a fairy.

WARDOGS holds 108,832 players online, Once Human climbed 31 spots this week and Phantom Blade Zero sits at #4 among top sellers.