Video Game News 10/31/2025

#ArcRaiders
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Here Are 3 Great New Games You Need To Try This Weekend

Arc Raiders beats its own Steam player record just a few hours after launch to become one of the most popular extraction shooters

Arc Raiders 12 Tips We Wish We Knew Before playing

Arc Raiders Roadmap Reveals New Map In November, Quests, And More In The Months Ahead

Arc Raiders Is Already One of the Biggest Extraction Shooters Ever on Steam

Where to find Fireballs in Arc Raiders

The hardest part of making Arc Raiders was creating a "meaningful" item meta so that your loot doesn't just feel like "cash"

Here's everything you can get in Arc Raiders from Twitch Drops and Discord Quests

Arc Raiders lemon and apricot locations

Arc Raiders map - all locations

Arc Raiders isn't free or on Game Pass, but here's how to get it for cheap

Does Arc Raiders have crossplay?

Arc Raiders system requirements

Arc Raiders passes 250,000 concurrent players on Steam alone, breaking records for the extraction shooter genre

Is Arc Raiders one of the most pleasant multiplayer shooter experiences on the market? Early adopters seem to think so

#Halloween
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Mouthwashing Bundle Features 13 Great Horror Games For Just $13

It’s Halloween Again, Let’s Rank The Best Ghost-Type Pokémon

The Shining's New Limited Collector's Edition Is In Stock At Amazon

Get 13 PC Games For $13 With the Indie Fears Humble Bundle

Paradox apologise for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2's new Halloween gear initially only being a treat for fresh saves

Condemned: Criminal Origins, the best game about beating people to death with a lead pipe I've ever played, has been delisted from Steam and Xbox, and fans are hoping that means a remaster is on the way

Bendy and the Ink Machine is free for mobile on the Epic Games Store

Arknights: Endfield opens sign-ups for second closed beta test

Once Human brings Palworld's adorable creatures to players in new collaboration

The King of Fighters AFK welcomes Kula Diamond as a new Legendary fighter along with limited-time events

Uncharted Waters Origin releases its Halloween update with two new mates

Weekend Console Download Deals for Oct. 31: Happy Halloween!

Shack Chat: What game are you playing for Halloween 2025?

Best horror games to play this Halloween season

Dune Awakening is planning character transfers and server merges in the near future

Engines of Fury: Halloween Event Highlights

Ready for the Spooky Horror Puzzles of Dreamscapes – The Sandman?

Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders Just Dropped a Stunning New Mountain to Conquer

Guide: 68 Switch 1 & 2 Games You Should Check Out In The 'Screaming Deals' eShop Sale (North America)

Little Nightmares III October Update Now Available For Switch And Switch 2

Guilty Gear -STRIVE- TRICK OR CHAOS Album Now Available

MMO Friday Fight Round 47: Halloween Event Battle Royal

#PS5
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20 Games Like The Last Of Us That Will Invade Your Mind In 2025

The Best Games Of 2025 (So Far)

Video Game Release Dates: The Biggest Games of November 2025 and Beyond

An Xbox Series X/S version of the Silent Hill 2 remake has been rated by the ESRB

Review: ARC Raiders (PS5) - A Triumph in Multiplayer Immersion

Silent Hill 2 Dev to Publish PS5 Indie Horror Game in January 2026

Dino Hunting Classic Turok 2 Gets an Upgraded PS5 Version

Rumour: Halo 2, Halo 3 Remakes Also Purportedly Planned for PS5

What If Kiki's Delivery Service Was a Cosy Parisian PS5 Baking Game?

As Sony's PS Plus Premium Expands Slowly, Another Dev Announces PS1 Emulation Plans

Silent Hill 2 May Be Coming To Xbox Soon

Monster Hunter Stories 3 Pre-order Bonus Is a Layered Armor Cosmetic

Xbox Series X Silent Hill 2 Remake ESRB Rating Appears

Final Fantasy XIV Patch 7.4 Dated and Detailed

PS5 Gets Another New System Update for October 2025

Free PS5 Upgrade Out Now for 2021 PS4 Shooter

2014 PS3, PS4 Dark Fantasy Game Gets Surprise New PS5 Entry

Enlist. Resist. ARC Raiders Deploys on Xbox, PS5 & PC

#Nintendo
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Nintendo Wins Lawsuit Against Pirate Who Boasted 'You Might Run a Corporation, But I Run The Streets'

Nintendo wins lawsuit against streamer of unreleased games

Nintendo wins lawsuit against EveryGameGuru, who streamed pirated Switch games and taunted the company

Video: European eShop highlights – October 2025

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo Switch 2 Edition File Size Confirmed

Nintendo Wins Lawsuit Against 'Pirate' Streamer Who Taunted Company Online

Guide: 48 Switch 1 & 2 Games You Should Check Out In The eShop 'Halloween Sale' (Europe)

PSA: Don't Expect Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition To Include The DLC

Poll: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is Getting A Huge Update In Early 2026, What Are You Most Excited For?

Nintendo Music Updated To Version 1.4.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Nintendo celebrates one year anniversary of Nintendo Music

Defiant streamer has to pay out $17,500 in damages to Nintendo

#Steam
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Indie Game Gets 'The Best Accidental Marketing' in Japan After Title Mistranslated to 'Sh***y Dungeon'

Grab a free Steam key for Brotato and the beloved roguelike's must-play DLC

The Dragon Quest 1 and 2 Remake transforms two genre-defining JRPGs into stunning, modernized classics

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection Releases New Trailer and Opens Pre-Orders

Hades II Post-Launch Patch 1 Is Now Live On Switch 2, Includes Ending Adjustments

Eldritch Horror: Digital Edition hits PC in early 2026

#Battlefield6
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Battlefield 6 Hidden Room Discovery has Players Developing Theories and Searching for Easter Eggs

Battlefield 6's Redsec battle royale makes me miss peak PUBG

Rumours and theories swirl as Battlefield 6 players break into a secret room

Battlefield 6 will soon let players earn XP faster

Battlefield 6’s Wicked Grin Skin Has Been Quietly Removed From the Game

How to Rank Up Fast in Battlefield 6

Mastering Battlefield 6: Game-Changing Tips

October 31, 2025: Battlefield 6 Secret Room Theories & PS5 Controller Hits Low Price

#AI
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Korea Joins AI Industrial Revolution: NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Unveils Historic Partnership at APEC Summit

Arc Raiders' use of AI highlights the tension and confusion over where machine learning ends and generative AI begins

ARC Raiders’ AI Usage on The Same Level as THE FINALS, Says Embark

Mythical Games Launches Mythos Chain, a Layer 3 Gaming Platform

EU5 between game and simulation

#Fortnite
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Everything New In Fortnite's The Simpsons Season

Fortnite Sidekicks Are Here, Epic Confirms You Can Customize the Appearance of Your Pet Just Once and It's Permanent

Fortnite's adding pets, and changing your invincible banana dog's colour will require buying another invincible banana dog

Best Fortnite settings for optimized PC performance

Fortnite system requirements

Fortnite is getting pets at last, including a banana puppy you can dance with

PUBG Mobile brings more metal to the battleground with new Porsche collab

Fortnite’s Simpsons Couch Is The Best Thing Ever

#RPG
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The Outer Worlds 2's faction writing falls short of Fallout: New Vegas, and how it handles the powerful is key

Final Fantasy 7, Expedition 33 Prove There's Only Love Between RPG Rivals

Kaku Ancient Seal

Seven Knights Re:Birth helps you shrug off pesky debuffs with new Legendary Magic Hero

Limit Zero Breaks shines at Paris Game Week with a new boss raid demo and hands-on gameplay

Xbox Game Pass Losing One of Its Highest-Rated Games on October 31st

Indie Monthly: October 2025

Arknights: Endfield Sets Next Beta Test in November, With New Region, Characters & More

#Xbox
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Deals for Today: MTG Avatar Back In Stock And The Best (Annoying) Xbox Controller and GPU Sale

Talking Point: If Xbox Drops the Cost, Would You Be Happy Still Paying for PS6 Multiplayer?

Official Xbox Console Emulation for Windows Might Be in the Works

It looks like Xbox players may finally get the Silent Hill 2 remake

Fight, Die, and Rise Again with 7th Domain: Tree of Chaos

Water Delivery is a Psychological Xbox NIGHTMARE

Straight Outta the 90s – DUSK is on Xbox

Bullet-Hell Pinball Returns – XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION is Out Now

#DLC
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Monster Hunter Stories 3 getting Rudy side-story DLC, new trailer

Monster Hunter Stories 3 Is Getting Bonus 'Side Story' DLC Next Year

Ichiban joins Sonic Racing CrossWorlds on 6th November

Frostpunk 2's First DLC, Fractured Utopias, Will Deepen the Builder System & the Ideological and Political Depth

#NintendoSwitch2
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Star Wars Outlaws, one of the best Nintendo Switch 2 ports, gets first eShop sale

Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake review for Nintendo Switch 2

Review: Pokémon Legends: Z-A (Nintendo Switch 2)

#Amazon
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Anker’s 60k mAh Power Bank Returns to Its All-Time Low Price, Charges Your iPhone 10 Times

LG UltraGear 27″ Gaming Monitor 40% Off, Now Selling for the Price of a Basic No-Name Monitor

New Licca-chan Doll Is Dressed Like Frieren

Call of Duty Zombies' Artwork Book Announcement May Be Something Big

Amazon Web Services Return After Downtime

Vague Patch Notes: Why Amazon killed New World when it didn’t have to

New World’s first maintenance mode patch literally fixes the ‘flip table’ emote surely for unrelated reasons

Hotel Barcelona Collector’s Edition Opens for Pre-Orders, Launches Spring 2026

#Don
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Amazon Is Offloading Samsung’s SSDs Before Black Friday, 990 EVO Plus Now Going for Peanuts

Grow a Garden Codes (October 2025)

Steal an Anime Codes (October 2025)

Dummy Defense Codes (October 2025)

Don't Nod H1 revenues rise to €7m, announces partnership with Netflix

#NintendoSwitch
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Asterix & Obelix: Mission Babylon launch trailer – new Nintendo Switch adventure platformer

I Hate This Place secures release date, new trailer [update: delay]

Dokapon 3-2-1 Super Collection announced for Nintendo Switch

Who Says Parrots Can’t Be Real Pirates? Beaked Buccaneer is OUT NOW!

The Witch’s Bakery Brings Its Magical Parisian Adventure to PS5 and Xbox in 2026

#November
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PUBG creator Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene is about to release his next game, and it's not what you're expecting at all

Cambria Raises $2M from Bitkraft and Sky Mavis

World of Warcraft Announces Midnight Beta Start Date

World of Warcraft's November Trading Post Offers a Feast of Themed Options

#Microsoft
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What will Microsoft do about the Trump administration's provocative use of the Halo IP? "What I wouldn't do is anything public," says former Microsoft attorney

Halo 2 and 3 Also Getting Full Remakes With Sprint and No Multiplayer – Rumor

#IIHD-2DRemake
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Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake

DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake out now and Steam Deck Playable

Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake Launches With New Features, Settings, and Even New Zone & Playable Character