Gaming News Digest — October 29, 2026

Panache Digital Games released The Road to Early Access, a 30-minute documentary on the game's making.

The Raiders of the North expansion launches October 29 at 20:00 Moscow time with Scots and Vikings.

Remedy marked three years since release with a compilation of funny bugs from development.

Creative Assembly detailed a rebuilt Xenomorph AI and areas almost 10 times larger than Sevastopol station.

Wardogs added GG Host and 1of1 Servers as hosting partners for player-run servers.

The Operation Torch story DLC arrives November 25, following the 1942 Allied landings in North Africa.

The Charting the Unknown DLC launches October 30 at 01:00 MSK, with PS5 preloading a day earlier.

The Lazarus DLC launches December 3 on PS5, Xbox Series and PC, with Switch 2 pushed to Q1 2027.

The Silk & Silver trade system adds 922 markets, 44 goods and 20 need categories.

CD Projekt RED is hiring a Lead Quest Programmer in Boston with a deep understanding of multiplayer architecture.

The sequel comes to iOS and Android in 2027, ported by Playdigious.

Patch 1.1.0 delivers hundreds of fixes with no major gameplay balance changes.

The Across the Pillars expansion and patch 1.4 Río Salado overhaul trade, Catholicism and dynasties.

Dataminers put the PS5 install at 210 GB, with preload opening November 12 ahead of the November 19 launch.

Astra Yao arrives as a limited Quantum character on the Path of Harmony in a Zenless Zone Zero collab.

ProjectMoon's game entered the Guinness Book of Records for the longest story campaign, averaging 113 hours as of June 2026.

Devs unveiled a dart concept for the Blackarrow archetype to keep archers effective at close range.

Witchbrook moved to January 28, 2027, City of None was revealed for 2027, and Tenjutsu got a 2027 window.

Pocketpair says it would like to discuss a Switch 2 port, but the Nintendo patent lawsuit remains in the way.

Grinding Gear Games is shifting some devs back to the original game, with update 3.30 launching November 13.

The game passed 850K preorders worth about $43M and topped Steam's global sales chart before its October 29 launch.

November's lineup runs November 3–30 and includes Dead Island 2, Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered and Monster Train 2.

UK staff vote November 12–26 on formally recognizing the IWGB union, around GTA 6's November 19 launch.

Preorders opened for STRANGER THAN HEAVEN, launching January 15, 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series and PC, day one on Game Pass.

EA removed a MAGA ad that a third-party vendor served in error, saying political ads are not allowed in its games.

Staff were ordered back to the office five days a week, with a voluntary exit package offered.

Preludes 17, titled Verse of the Veilands, adds mounts that turn your wolf pup into an Omen Wol.

A praise trailer marks 88 critic and 8.1 user scores on Metacritic and 87% on Steam three weeks after launch.

Update 0.9.0 reworks progression and balance, making the ship builder available from level one.

The first Tropical Terror dev diary shows a story campaign with new heroes, missions and units.

Capcom pulled the game from sale and shut down online features after critical PHP vulnerabilities were found.

Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment report the series has passed 50 million players across all releases.

The Iron Road DLC is out in early access with the first 30 km of track on Caldron Island.

At Steam Indie Connect, Valve said it won't ban AI games but is assigning staff to improve game visibility.

Update 26.11 brings the Spirit of Kronshlot and a black armada to Spade City.