Video Game News 10/1/2026

#GearsOfWarEday
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One of Gears of War E-Day’s collectibles is a letter from The Coalition thanking ‘those that are no longer with us’

Gears of War: E-Day Review

Emergence Day Begins – Gears Of War: E-Day Arrives On Xbox And PC

Gears of War: E-Day campaign review - A spectacular first act

Gears of War E-Day campaign review - turns out you can teach old Cogs new tricks

Gears Of War: E-Day Has A Clever Solution To One Of PC Gaming’s Biggest Annoyances

How long is the campaign in Gears of War E-Day?

Gears of War: E-Day review in progress — Good shooting, but the campaign's a slog

Gears of War: E-Day Review

The Gears Of War: E-Day Campaign Is Full Of Highs And Lows

#Post007FirstLights
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007 First Light gets free Extended Operations DLC today adding New Game+ and other features

007 First Light’s Extended Operations Trailer Previews James Bond’s New Adventure

007 First Light Gets Free Extended Operations DLC

007 First Light Announces Free Extended Operations DLC and Its Available Now – Adds New Game+, 00 difficulty mode, Photo Mode, and More

007 First Light’s Free Update Gives Bond New Ways To Play

007 First Light Gets New Game+, Photo Mode, New Missions, More in Huge Free DLC

007 First Light Extended Operations free DLC brings new missions, weapons, NG+ & more

007 First Light gets free new DLC today, adding New Game Plus and Photo modes, new TacSim missions and more

007 First Light's First DLC Out Now, Adds New Game Plus

#XboxOne
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Kena: Scars of Kosmora has been delayed until next year, Ember Lab announces

Kena: Scars of Kosmora launches 2027, Ember Lab shares story overview

Kena: Scars of Kosmora Delayed to 2027

PS5's Kena: Scars of Kosmora Officially Delayed into 2027, New Details Revealed

PS5’s Exciting New Zelda-Like Kena Game Just Got Delayed

Kena: Scars of Kosmora Has Been Delayed, With Story Details as Compensation

#WolverineAndGhostOfYōteiB
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AI upscaling is coming to PS5

QSSR AI upscaling coming to PS5

Base PS5 Is Getting AI Upscaling, Starting With Marvel’s Wolverine And Ghost Of Yōtei

Sony's Ai-Upscaling Tech Is No Longer Ps5 Pro Exclusive

Sony Finally Brings AI Upscaling to Base PS5

Base PS5 Is Getting AI Upscaling Starting With Wolverine And Ghost Of Yotei To Make The Smallest Details Look Even Crisper

#YouCanStartPlayingCastlev
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Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Gets Free Demo To Let You Prove You’re Worthy to Hunt The Night

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Demo Debuts

You Can Start Playing Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Early with Free Demo, Out Now on PS5

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse gets free demo ahead of October launch

Talking Point: So, How Are You Liking The Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Demo?

PSA: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Free Demo Is Now Live, With A Frame Rate Boost On Switch 2

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse demo available and runs at 60fps on Switch 2

#AResidentEvilCode
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Capcom aren't just running out of Resident Evil games to remake - they're banking on it, with a mysterious "crossover" planned when the timelines collide

Resident Evil’s Fan-Requested Crossover Will Happen Soon, Reveals Producer

Capcom Has a Plan for When There's No Old Resident Evils Left to Remake

Capcom Has An Intriguing Plan For When Its Resident Evil Remakes Catch Up With The New Games

Resident Evil's executive producer explains the deeper meaning behind Requiem, and I just can't get on board

#AdventCalendar
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Control Resonant's New Game++ update also squashes some of my least favourite bugs, including the one where magic doors change my trousers

CONTROL Resonant Update 1.4.0 Adds New Game++ and Major Quality-of-Life Fixes

Control Resonant Update 1.40 Adds New Game++ and Remedy’s Longest Patch Notes

Control Resonant PS5 Update 1.4 Live Now with Enhanced New Game+

#WorldWarFantasyMobaMarchO
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The Division developers Massive are now "the global brand" in charge of Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon, alongside a new Ubisoft dieselpunk MOBA

Ubisoft shuffle people around bringing The Division, Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell together

The Division studio Massive expands to take control of Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon, and a new IP, in Ubisoft's most recent reorganisation

Ubisoft Unites Developers Of Splinter Cell, The Division, Ghost Recon And More Under Star Wars Outlaws Studio Massive Entertainment

#NaughtyDog
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Sources: Naughty Dog is working on Uncharted 5

A Report Suggests Naughty Dog Has More Uncharted On The Way

Rumour: New Uncharted Game in the Works at Naughty Dog, Nathan Drake Not the Lead Character

New Uncharted game reportedly in the works at Naughty Dog, and it's not a remake

#LastLight
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Metro Redux Next-Gen Update Brings 4K Textures, Native PS5 and Xbox Series X/S Support in October

Free PS5 Upgrades for Metro 2033 and Last Light, Out This Month

Metro 2033 And Metro Last Light Are Getting Current-Gen Native Ports With 4K 60FPS Support

Ahead of Metro 2039, Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light Are Getting Next-Gen Updates

#March
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March of Giants Preview – A MOBA That Actually Feels Different

Preview: March of Giants Is The Perfect MOBA For Players Who Don't Like MOBAs

March of Giants goes back to MOBA's roots, and its giant-filled, alt-WW1 world doesn't feel out of time

March of Giants Might Actually Get You to Play a MOBA Besides Dota 2 and League | IGN Preview

#WorldOfWarcraftForever
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World of Warcraft Forever is highlighting its classes… including classes that don’t currently exist

World of Warcraft Forever Shares New Class Overviews, With Changes Coming to Priest and Warrior

World of Warcraft: Forever survey pitches new classes to players, including Bard, Witch, and more

Blizzard Cracks Down on Gold Selling in World of Warcraft Forever — and Streamers Are in the Firing Line

#Gobbos
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Jackbox Party Pack 12 offers you a new sneak peek in latest gameplay trailer

The Jackbox Party Pack 12 gets Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch release date, new trailer [update: gameplay trailer]

Croc 2 Kingdom of the Gobbos unveils Nintendo Switch release date, new trailer

Fallen City Brawl finally sets release date on Nintendo Switch, new trailer

Gaelco Sports Collection receives Nintendo Switch release date, new trailer

Croc 2 Kingdom of the Gobbos Launches In October

Yazoo! Croc 2 Remaster Release Date Confirmed for Late October on PS5, PS4

Croc 2 Remaster Launches October 29 on Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC

#Reigns
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Reigns and Card Shark developers Nerial are closing down, laying staff off while the founders go "back to our roots"

Card Shark & Reigns developer Nerial is 'going on hibernation'

Reigns, Card Shark Dev Is Closing Down As Leads Go Independent Again: ‘I Still Have Things That I Can Say’

#FortunesWeave
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EDGE #429 review scores – Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave and more

More Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Goods Merchandise Appears

How Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Connects to Three Houses

#MinecraftDungeons
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Nintendo Download – October 1, 2026 (North America) – Middle-earth games, Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 for Switch 2, more

Nintendo Download: 1st October (North America) - Plus 3 Discounted eShop Games Worth A Look

US: Nintendo Download for 1st October, 2026

#RockstarGames
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GTA 6 is coming in November, but Rockstar isn't leaving the current GTA Online behind

GTA 6 Online release date estimate

Halloween Thrills Coming to GTA Online This October

#GhostOfYotei
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Review: Ghost of Yotei: Complete Edition (PS5) - Atsu Shines in Story DLC, But Most Wanted Mode Steals the Show

You Can’t Play Ghost of Yotei’s DLC Until You Beat These Missions

Ghost of Yotei DLC Review – Echoes of Sekigahara and Most Wanted

#FinalFantasy
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Final Fantasy XI raises its free trial to level 75 and unlocks the time limits

Final Fantasy XI Lifts Time Limit on Its Free Trial and Raises Level Cap, Offering Much More Free Content

24-Year-Old Final Fantasy MMORPG Finally Gets A Generous Free Trial

#MonopolyGo
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Daily free Monopoly Go dice links (October 2026)

Monopoly Go free dice links (October 2026)

#Xbox
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"Xbox is not for sale" despite all of the layoffs and neat repackaging of studios within Microsoft's corporate structure, CEO Asha Sharma says

'Xbox is not for sale,' CEO Asha Sharma says

#TheWitcher
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The Witcher 3 Remastered gets a new patch fixing DLSS and lighting issues

The Witcher 3 Remastered's First PS5 Patch Fixes Lighting Issues, But No Word on Performance Yet

#AstroBot
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Sony is selling the Lego Astro Bot separately, with no need to also buy the Lego PlayStation

LEGO PS1 Now Available to Buy from PS Direct, with Free Astro Bot Set

#SteamFrame
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SUPERHOT VR expands Steam Frame support with eye-tracked foveated rendering

I ordered prescription inserts for the Steam Frame

#BlackBudgetCancelled
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PUBG: Black Budget Cancelled, Krafton Pulls The Plug Over Engagement Concerns

Krafton pulls the plug on another PUBG game, Black Budget, less than a year after it was announced