Video Game News 10/7/2025

#Nintendo
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8BitDo's Sega-Inspired Wireless Controller Is 30% Off

Nintendo's New Animated Short Has Fans Baffled Whether It's a Super Mario Galaxy Movie Teaser — Or a Hint at Pikmin 5

Nintendo posts cute and mysterious animated short film, but is it teasing Pikmin?

Nintendo seeks $4.5m against reddit moderator accused of pirating Switch games, in latest crackdown against piracy

Nintendo Shared ‘Close to You’ Animated Short About a Baby

This Week in Switch 2 - GameStop Pokemon codes, Nintendo refutes AI rumors & Xbox going third party?

Nintendo explains why it made a Switch 2 Edition of Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Nintendo has just released a “Close to You” animated video

Xbox Game Pass is increasing in price by 50%

2025 is the year Digimon & Sonic can finally one-up Nintendo

Video: 11 Exciting New Games Coming To Switch 1 & 2 In October 2025

London's Nintendo Store Pop-Up Tickets Are Now Live

Nintendo's Out To Get $4,500,000 In Damages From Ongoing Switch Piracy Case

Nintendo Goes Full Pixar In Strange New Animated Short Film, 'Close To You'

LEGO team worked with one of Nintendo’s hardware designers to build Game Boy

Nintendo releases heartwarming animated short video

Mario Super Picross and Mario Party 3 Nintendo Switch Online icons available

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door added to Nintendo Music

Nintendo Releases Mysterious Animated Short ‘Close To You’

#PowerWashSimulator2
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PowerWash Simulator 2 launches later this month

PowerWash Simulator 2 Will Wash Away Your Worries Later This Month on PS5

PowerWash Simulator 2 Release Date Revealed

PowerWash Simulator 2 reveals Nintendo Switch 2 release date, new trailer

PowerWash Simulator 2 Release Date Revealed for Later This Month

PowerWash Simulator 2 release date confirmed for October

Get Ready to Power Up! PowerWash Simulator 2 Release Date Confirmed

PowerWash Simulator 2 Washes Up October 23 with Co-op, Cats, and Career Mode

Cleaning Day Is Coming As PowerWash Simulator 2 Gets A Release Date

FuturLab's PowerWash Simulator 2 Gets A Switch 2 Release Date

#Marathon
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Bungie's Ready To Invite Players To Try Another Slice of Sci-Fi Shooter Marathon Via a New Closed Technical Test

How to sign up for Marathon's closed technical test

Marathon gets another technical test, but you won't hear anything about it

Marathon still lives, as Bungie announces new closed technical test ahead of public update

Bungie's Maligned FPS Marathon Makes Its Return in Closed Technical Test This Month

Marathon closed technical test will return later this October

Bungie plans a closed technical test for Marathon at the end of October, tucked behind an NDA

Missing PS5 First-Party Shooter Reappears, Playable This Month

October 07, 2025: Bungie Opens Marathon Test, COD: Black Ops 7 Beta Extended

#Battlefield6
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EA promises largest ever post-launch content for Battlefield 6, teases naval combat, and maybe even the return of the Little Bird

Battlefield 6 PC Specs Revealed, Including Ultra++

Black Ops 6 Free Trial Starts Just Before Battlefield 6 Launch

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Beta Extended by 24 Hours, Ends Just a Day Before the Battlefield 6 Release Date

Battlefield 6 Leaks Seem Unstoppable as Players Report Receiving Copies Days Before Launch

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's beta chat turning Arc Raiders into *** ******* was a text filter goof, Activision say

Battlefield 6's hefty launch day patch will bring "over 200 changes", and EA know folks pine for the sea

Battlefield 6 physical copies are content complete and require no initial install, according to early copy holders

Guide: Battlefield 6 Release Times: When Can You Start Playing?

Battlefield 6’s free Season 1 roadmap revealed

Battlefield 6 shares post-launch plans as copies of the shooter randomly arrive to fans ahead of schedule

#VampireSurvivors
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Vampire Survivors Online Co-Op Confirmed, Will Probably Crash Your Game in Record Time

Devil Jam Puts a Heavy Metal Riff on Vampire Survivors for PS5

Vampire Survivors Online Co-op Multiplayer Is First of Four Reveals

Hunter x Hunter Nen x Survivor brings roguelite action to mobile based on the blockbuster series

Vampire Survivors 1.14 update announced, online co-op and more planned

Vampire Survivors throws down the Gauntlet with upcoming four-player mode

Vampire Survivors Update 1.14 Brings Online Co-op and More This Fall

Vampire Survivors online co-op due out before the end of the year and more announcements are coming

Vampire Survivors To Bring More Chaos With Online Co-Op

#Steam
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The original System Shock 2 is being removed from sale on Steam later this week

Steam is recovering from intermittent downtime on Tuesday

Don't Stop Girlypop puts the 'slay' in Doom Slayer with its first Steam demo

The best zombie games 2025

CloverPit hits the jackpot on Steam grabbing 500,000 sales

Tears of Metal is pretty much a co-op Scottish Dynasty Warriors with fun upgrades and a demo worth trying

Tactics Ogre Turns 30 And Gamers Are Celebrating With Reborn

Let It Die: Inferno Demo Hits Steam Next Fest October 13 Ahead of December Launch

Daimon Blades Launches in Steam Early Access with Brutal Co-op Melee Combat

Scripting in 4X games

#October
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PowerWash Simulator 2 will release October 23, and here's a trailer to mock you for enjoying cleaning games

Metaphor: ReFantazio One-Year Anniversary Event Announced, 'Special Message' Teased

Minecraft Builds a Road to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds on PS5, PS4 This Week

Zelda-Like Mina the Hollower Pushed Back for Last-Minute Improvements

First PS Plus Extra Game for October 2025 Leaked

Battlefield 6 PS5 Physical Copies Break Street Date, Full Game on Disc

Oblivion Remastered's Physical PS5 Release Will Include the 'Base Game on Disc'

Fallout 76 October Events Revealed

#AI
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Baldur’s Gate 3 Dev Calls Out Elon Musk’s AI Game Promise

Total War: Warhammer 3's developers are fighting to fix "a catastrophic failure in many of our AI systems"

Alien Isolation is way too long because its Xenomorph got way too smart: 'At the time it didn't seem that long'

Total War Warhammer 3 DLC to "take a back seat" due to game-breaking bug

Domi Online Appoints Harley Swann as CEO in Leadership Change

Unmarshal and FishWar Enhance Web3 Gaming with AI

#DLC
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Call Of Duty Season 6 Arrives To Black Ops 6 And Warzone With Chucky, A Chainsaw, And A Slasher Mode

Sony's Acquisition of Bungie Continues to Be Questioned as Destiny 2 Falls Off a Cliff

Rock Band 4 will be delisted this weekend, with its DLC to follow

Iconic PS3 Character Gets Cameo In Popular PS4, PS5 Open World Game

Silent Hill 2 Remake Xbox Port, PS5 Pro Upgrade to be Unveiled With Release of Upcoming Film – Rumour

Final Fantasy VII Remake Switch 2 Trailer Introduces Shinra, The Turks & Avalanche

Retro FPS 'Ion Fury' Is Finally Getting Its DLC Expansion On Switch This Month

#SilentHill2
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Silent Hill 2 Remake May Be Coming To PS Plus Extra In Time For Halloween

PlayStation Plus is reportedly adding a surprise 2024 remake this month

Silent Hill 2 remake reportedly coming to PS Plus later this month

PS Plus Extra, Premium Getting Hit 2024 PS5 Exclusive – Report

Silent Hill 2 Will Reportedly Be Added to PlayStation Plus Extra

#PS5
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'As Long as You're Having Fun, We Don't Care': Ghost of Yotei Dev Comments on Open World Freedom

Beloved PS1 Adventure Broken Sword 2 Is Getting the Reforged Treatment, Out Next Year on PS5

October 2025 PS Plus Essential Games Available to Download Now

'Really, Really Good': Ghost of Yotei Topples EA Sports FC 26, Super Mario Galaxy in UK Physical Sales

Remember the Indie Game Furi? Well, It's Getting a Live Action Series, and It Looks Bad

Sanrio Analog Thumb Grip Covers Work on Switch 2, PS5, PS4 Controllers

Review: Battle Suit Aces Has Gundam Vibes

New PS5 Controller Releasing October 30

Frostpunk 2 (PS5) Review: Survival Game Gets Excellent Console Port

Battlefield 6 Trailer Hypes Launch With Extensive Destruction

PowerWash Simulator 2 Launches on October 23rd

Insomniac’s Wolverine PS5 Game Snags Golden Joystick Nomination Amid Fan Hype

Ghost of Yōtei’s Lethal Mode Is Absolutely Brutal And Gamers Are Divided

#Amazon
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Sony WH-CH520 Headphones Already Had Value, Prime Day Makes Them Almost 15× Cheaper Than AirPods Max

LEGO Marvel Avengers Age of Ultron Set Drops Below Black Friday, Feels Like a Freebie With 6 Minifigures

Whether Samsung Likes It or Not, Amazon Just Slashed the 49″ Odyssey OLED Gaming Monitor by Almost 50% for Prime Day

Official Skyrim And Fallout Building Sets Drop To Lowest Prices Yet

Get 6 Lego Star Wars BrickHeadz Figures For $38 At Amazon, Including Jar Jar

Sony 4K Blu-Ray Player Drops To $218 With Limited-Time Amazon Deal

Grab The Lord Of The Rings 4K Trilogy For $50 And The Hobbit For $34

Disney Dreamlight Valley: Cozy Edition Is Packed With Goodies And Just $25 Right Now

Hocus Pocus Lego Set Is Retiring - Save Nearly $60 While You Can

Score the Delightful Split Fiction at a Discount During Prime Big Deal Days

If you can’t wait for the RTX 50 Supers, Amazon US have $50 off the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB right now

Let the dirt-cheapness of Logitech’s G305 Lightspeed mouse dull the pain of yet another Amazon Prime sale

Grab this fast Samsung gaming SSD for just $59.99 on Prime Day, if you're quick

Kingdom Heart Keyblade Replica Can Turn You Into Sora

Throne and Liberty looks back on the game’s launch one year ago

#PrimeDay
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This Nvidia GeForce RTX gaming laptop from Asus now costs just $749 on Prime Day

QCY MeloBuds N70 True Wireless Earbuds Review

#PlayStation
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First look at the DualSense wireless controller – Icon Blue Special Edition, launching this October

Peter Molyneux Very Nearly Became a First-Party PlayStation Dev

The best-selling PlayStation games of September 2025 prove that sports and sequels are here to stay

PlayStation Store Update Worldwide October 7, 2025

Should You Keep Game Pass Ultimate Despite a 50% Price Hike?

Don’t Blink – CAPTURED Finally Creeps onto Xbox

Hack, Slash, or Slip By Like a Ghost in Blood of Mehran

#Don
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Dummy Defense Codes (October 2025)

40 Sports Games in 1 (Switch, PS5)

#Switch
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New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Is Just $40 For Prime Big Deal Days

Nintendo is seeking $4.5 million in damages from a Reddit moderator it says widely pirated Switch games

Best controller games for PC you should play right now

First Switch Otome Game of 2026 May be Temirana

Mario's Super Picross Has Got Some Rather Lovely NSO Icons

Retro Zelda-Inspired Adventure 'Mina The Hollower' Has Been Delayed For Switch 2 And Switch

#GamePass
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Game Pass users in some regions will avoid 50% price hike – as long as they stay subbed

Mainframe Releases More Pax Dei Launch Info, Including Unlock Times, Plus a Big Building Change

#NintendoSwitch
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First-person psychological horror game Tenebrea announced for Nintendo Switch

R-Type: Delta HD Boosted reveals Nintendo Switch physical release for the west

Unfair Rampage: Knightfall reveals Nintendo Switch release date, new trailer

Action adventure game Twins of the Sun out on Nintendo Switch this week

Review: Splatterbot (Nintendo Switch)

#Everything
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Everything We Know About Resident Evil: Requiem

All 2XKO characters and movesets

ANANTA release: Everything we know about the open-world anime adventure

#Halloween
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Shovel Knight Creator's New IP Delayed From Halloween Release Date

Amazon Prime Gaming’s 14 ‘free’ games for October include Fallout: NV

Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King has returned for Halloween 2025

Palia’s Spiritfest Spectacle has arrived with the adorable Goobi slime and multiplayer ranching

Pokémon Go Is Celebrating Halloween with a Haunted Tea Party This Month