Gaming News Digest — October 25, 2026

Streamer aimkey received a permanent HWID ban for an aimbot after Embark Studios flagged a pattern anomaly; he denies everything.

Alinea Analytics reports 23.2 million copies sold and $1.2 billion earned, with about 80.6% of sales via Steam.

EA quietly removed all N7 Day Mass Effect cosmetics from the game files amid BioWare's closure and 400 layoffs.

The free graphical overhaul is out now with reworked lighting, terrain, water and vegetation, plus DLSS 4.5 and FSR 3.1 support.

Patch 1.2.0, one of the project's biggest, fixes deleted saves, broken achievements and freezes, with support moved to ConsoleWay.

An enthusiast built a WebGPU version that runs fully locally in a browser, pulling a ~700 MB base build on first launch.

Patch 3.3.0 reworks the Druid and War Plans, adds Wisdom Sigils as a currency, and hits public test in October.

An enthusiast got classic DOOM running on a Chinese digital multimeter via Type-C and promised to release the source code.

Alinea Analytics estimates 36.4 million copies sold and over $2 billion in revenue, with a movie adaptation slated for 2028.

Valve confirmed Steam Deck Verified status for version 1.0, while concurrent players sit around 92,000.

Patch 1.0.11 rebalanced enemies and nerfed fencers while the demo holds around 200 concurrent players.

Patch 2.1 is the game's last major content update, adding mixed rocket cargo and elevated walkways; only bug fixes follow.

The game hit Very Positive on Steam with 97% of 1,200+ reviews positive and over 31,000 concurrent players on October 24.

The October 29 anniversary update brings up to 230 pulls, story chapters 49-50 and Rapunzel: Sanctuary with up to 4 copies.

A joke post about a bald man watching kids at a playground drew pedophilia accusations and was deleted ahead of the December Celebrity DLC.

Jennifer Hale and Mark Meer backed a fan petition to save the series that reached 130,000 signatures in three days.

Insiders say the cancelled Michael Gamble project was a Bond-style spy action game set over 600 years after the Reaper war.

Capcom says it is happy with the difficulty balance a month after launch and originally aimed for 20 hours of gameplay.

Fans are asking the studio to buy the Mass Effect rights, but John Buckley says such a purchase from EA would be extremely complex and costly.

The studio teased an Overwatch x Stellar Blade collab with a social media image, but shared no details or dates.

Receiving Japan's Order of Culture, he argued that the more tasks AI takes on, the more an author's individual vision matters.

Update 3.1.0 adds a custom input system with HOTAS, joystick, pedal and gamepad support for up to eight devices at once.

The game leaves early access on January 19, 2027, with a final chapter on Mount Taygetus and a Chaos-curse endgame.

Fourteen years after release, the game got official gamepad support in a beta alongside faster map loading and bug fixes.

The Haunted Nights Castle Pack with 15 Halloween decor items is free from October 26, 20:00 MSK through November 2.

The global release is November 4, name reservations open October 27, and the first raids arrive December 9.

Sunbringer trio gameplay shows Cavern Hunter parrying by switching to Dratsena while Lindverna and Eldred stay on the field.

The Honkai: Star Rail collab adds Kafka as an S-rank Electric Anomaly agent and Firefly as an S-rank Ether Defense agent.

A 24 cm (9.4 in) Bardock figure is listed on AliExpress.

A BepInEx plugin for Bio Goddess: Doomsday Begins that keeps your flashlight charge at 100% forever.

As the Cartographer, you sort through evidence and pinpoint locations on alien maps to find a missing archaeologist.

A narrative deck builder about key moments with your family across your life, where saying goodbye takes forever.

Deadlock holds 170,223 online, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is the top seller, and Rust sits at 118,139 players.