Gaming News Digest — November 2, 2026
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- ARC Raiders
The game marks its first anniversary with stats and an in-game gift.
- Ark: Survival Ascended
The Giganotosaurus TLC update lands November 5 with a new look, taming and attacks.
- Bend Studio
Reportedly reveals and releases its next third-person co-op game, not a live-service title, in 2027.
- BODYCAM
Update 0.9 adds zombies on November 13, plus the TEC-9 SMG and a standard crossbow.
- Borderlands
The series has sold over 100 million copies, and Gearbox plans more Borderlands 4 content next year.
- Bulkhead
The studio delayed Wardogs Season 3 to lock in a precise roadmap.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Switch 2 input latency reaches 80.7 ms docked and up to 100 ms handheld, versus 49.1 ms on PS5.
- Cities: Skylines II
A free update adds arid, tropical, alpine and Mediterranean biomes.
- Deadlock
A Halloween update redesigns the Midboss arena, splits the Rejuvenator into three fragments and adds six heroes to ranked.
- Delta Force
The Season Aurora update arrives November 10 with a Phantom Blade Zero crossover and a two-handed legendary melee weapon.
- Dylan Rourke
The alleged GTA 6 Jason actor deleted an Instagram repost after accusations of sexism.
- Escape from Tarkov
Halloween events add zombie modes in Tarkov and a melee-only CheckPoint: Bloodlust mode in Arena.
- Euro Truck Simulator 2
The Iceland expansion arrives November 10 with ferry routes to the island.
- Fatekeeper
Update 0.1.4 adds Russian and four other languages, gamepad support, gore and rebalancing.
- Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold
The expansion moved to February 23, 2027, with preorders opening November 4 and early access February 19.
- Genshin Impact
The team works on 12-13 versions at once, and one version takes 17-20 months to produce.
- Genshin Impact codes
Working November codes include GENSHINGIFT and EPIC2026 for Primogems and Mora.
- Graveyard Keeper 2
Patch 1.011 adds movable objects, zombie autocraft and built-in BepInEx mod support.
- GTA 6
Launches November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series, with ArcheAge Chronicles and other titles arriving earlier in November.
- Honkai: Star Rail
New November promo codes grant Stellar Jade, credits and other rewards.
- King's Bounty 2
The base price drops permanently to $29.99, and the series is 86% off until November 8.
- Lords of the Fallen 2
CI Games took a €28.6M loan to finish the game and fund marketing ahead of its Q1 2027 release.
- Manor Lords
Update 0.8.117 adds fertilizer, manure storage and winter and spring crops.
- Mortal Shell 2
The first hotfix for Rotten Autumn fixes exploits, crashes and balance, and buffs the Waning Stone.
- Nagoshi Studio
The Yakuza creator's studio has closed, and Gang of Dragon is cancelled.
- Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Hacker voices38 cracked Denuvo almost two months after the September 4 PC launch.
- Overwatch
Director Aaron Keller says PvE missions are unlikely to return because players drop off fast.
- Persona remake
A two-minute gameplay video of a possible remake of the first Persona leaked, but fans suspect it is fake.
- Phantom Blade Zero
The wuxia action RPG sold over four million copies in 72 hours.
- Queen's Domain
The retro-fantasy action-RPG is out on PC, with console versions undated.
- Skyblivion
A former volunteer demands over €30,000 and the team's home addresses, so the team rewrote his code.
- Tempest Rising
A patch rebalances all three factions, lets engineers repair air units and trims the 1v1 map pool.
- The Wolf Among Us Remastered
Out now with cut scenes, Noir Mode and a gallery, discounted up to 50% until November 12.
- Wielders of the Essence
The action roguelike launches November 5 at $5.99 with over 50,000 Steam wishlists.
- Witchfire
The game got a Halloween short story, The Ruin of Velmorne, written by lead writer Nick Adderley.
- Zenless Zone Zero
Fresh November codes grant Polychrome and Dennies.
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- DunHero
This action roguelike supports up to four-player co-op.
- Expedition: Into Darkness
This medieval PvE co-op extraction looter releases in Q4 2026, and its demo is available now.
- Hypotheses on the Symmetry between Vision and Hands
You control two characters at once, one with each hand, in coordination puzzles.
- Knight Action Figures Paladin
This figure has 13 articulated joints and a shapeshift mode.
- Max Payne 3 shlomo Mod
This mod slows the drain of slow-mo and speeds up its recovery, and requires OpenIV.
- Payday 2 figure
A Payday 2 figure is listed on AliExpress.
- RANDOM GAME, Survive and Change
You play a cellular creature that evolves by dominating other organisms in a watery biome.
- Veibyn's GunGame
Every kill in this arena shooter offers a choice of three random upgrades.
- What to play today
Deadlock has 210,216 players online, 7 Days to Die climbed 9 spots and Modern Warfare 4 is the top seller.