Ex-Capcom producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi's new game is splitting critics.
Stupid Never Dies, the pop-punk zombie roguelite from his new studio GPTRACK50, holds a 68 on Metacritic ahead of its Oct 21 launch on PS5 and PC. Critics love its style…
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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will let you pick Hard Mode from the very start.
In Remake and Rebirth, Hard Mode only unlocked after you beat the game. Naoki Hamaguchi told Hardcore Gamer it has been "reimagined" for Revelation, which also adds an…
Saros just got a free New Game+.
Housemarque's Zenith update is out now for every Saros owner on PS5. It adds Eclipse Layers, a tougher New Game+ mode, and Overlord Rush, a boss gauntlet against all…
Modern Warfare 4's campaign is winning over Steam.
Infinity Ward's final Modern Warfare chapter hit a Very Positive rating, 92% across more than 3,100 user reviews, after campaign early access opened Friday for digital…
Inscryption is finally coming to mobile.
Daniel Mullins Games revealed the port during a fifth-anniversary Twitch stream with creator Daniel Mullins. There's no release date yet, and the team says no new DLC is…
Faraway lands November 5.
Annapurna Interactive's minimalist arcade puzzler, where you play a shooting star drawing constellations to stay alive, launches on PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch…
THE FINALS' announcer is about to shout your username mid-match.
Embark's new Dynamic Commentary lets Scotty call out contestants by name after big plays like team wipes and revive streaks, mixing real-time lines with the existing…
Epic's CEO says don't give up on Fall Guys.
Replying to a fake post claiming Disney bought developer Mediatonic, Tim Sweeney wrote "Not so," then added: "There's a huge retooling underway that will make new things…
Wuhu Island is back, and this time you can skateboard on it.
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort brings 12 motion-control sports to Switch 2, including returning favorites like archery, bowling, prop plane and power cruising, plus new…
Konami's president doesn't think AI is going to change gaming that much.
In Konami's latest annual report, Konami Digital Entertainment president Hideki Hayakawa wrote that game engines and player-made content already made it easy to start…
Attack on Titan 3 lets you play the whole story, from the first expeditions all the way to the end.
Koei Tecmo's new trailer shows the Omega Force game covering Hajime Isayama's entire saga. You play as your own member of the Scout Regiment and fight alongside Eren…
Steam's week of free demos starts tomorrow.
Steam Next Fest runs October 19 to 26, kicking off at 1 PM ET (10 AM Pacific). Valve's celebration of upcoming games lets you try demos of unreleased titles for free…
Deadlock just broke its own Steam record again, and it's still invite-only.
Valve's hero shooter hit 303,347 concurrent players after its newest hero, Violet, who paints the battlefield with a magic brush, launched Friday. That beats the…
The Cyberpunk 2077 movie won't just retell the game.
CD Projekt Red co-CEO Michał Nowakowski told PAP Biznes the studio "definitely" doesn't want a straight film adaptation of the game. The live-action Paramount movie…
A new bill says if you buy a game, you should actually own it.
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) introduced the Power to the Players Act, which directs the FTC to make game purchases count as ownership, not a license, so games stay…
Stranger Things' Dacre Montgomery is the face of Until Dawn 2.
PlayStation's new character trailer introduces Owen, the perfectionist host of Dead True, a ghost-hunting crew whose investigation lands them on the abandoned Akishima…
Shrek 2 Remastered is real, and Xbox leaked it early.
A Microsoft Store listing for Aspyr's remaster of the 2004 game went live ahead of its expected ID@Xbox Showcase reveal on October 20, with a trailer that opens as a GTA…
The Like a Dragon studio's 50-year saga just got its first story trailer.
Stranger Than Heaven's Act 1: Kokura follows Makoto Daito as he sneaks aboard the merchant Orpheus' ship bound for Japan and lands in Kokura, Fukuoka. The game spans…
James Bond is heading to Switch 2.
IO Interactive's trailer confirms 007 First Light arrives on Nintendo Switch 2 on March 18, 2027, with the GoldenEye Suit as a pre-order bonus. The re-imagined origin…
Peak, the co-op climbing hit, is coming to consoles next week.
Aggro Crab and Landfall's mountain scramble lands on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2 on October 22 with full cross-play, so you can climb with friends on any platform.…
Gravity Circuit 2 is bringing a second hero to the fight.
The new trailer puts Kai's close-range punches and grapples next to Cable, a new ranged fighter who turns beaten enemies into scrap ammo. Both share the same campaign…
Control Resonant just became Remedy's fastest-selling game ever.
The studio says it has passed one million copies sold worldwide, about three weeks after it launched on September 24. Alan Wake 2 took roughly two months to hit the same…
Analogue is bringing back its Super Nintendo and Genesis consoles, now with wireless controllers.
The new Super Nt+ and Mega Sg+ play original SNES and Genesis cartridges in 1080p on FPGA chips, not emulation. Both add Bluetooth and 2.4GHz controller support, USB-C…
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee is back — and you can play the remaster right now.
Pipeworks marked the GameCube classic's 24th anniversary with a free Steam demo of the remaster, which adds online multiplayer to the kaiju brawler. The full game hits…
Gran Turismo's 30th-anniversary DualSense just got a trailer — and Spec IV Part 1 is already live.
PlayStation's clip shows the carbon-style Limited Edition pad landing December 10, with pre-orders October 22.
Garry's Mod creator says its spiritual sequel s&box "hasn't been going well" — and it's going free-to-play.
Garry Newman wrote that he's "embarrassed" by the game's roughly 47% positive Steam reviews. Facepunch is refocusing on the core sandbox with more NPCs and vehicles…
Rayman Legends is getting a Switch 2 glow-up.
Nintendo's trailer teases pure platforming joy when Rayman Legends Retold arrives December 3.
Activision confirms a brand-new Call of Duty subfranchise is in the works.
CMO Tyler Bahl told The Game Business that one of its studios is building it, as Modern Warfare 4 wraps the story Infinity Ward has told since 2019. No studio or date…
Gran Turismo 7 Spec IV Part 1 is live — Sportsland Sugo and six new cars.
The free update also adds Experience mode, Car Viewer upgrades, and new World Circuit events. PlayStation also revealed a Gran Turismo Limited Edition DualSense for…
GTA VI's launch trailer is here — 35 days out.
Rockstar's new look at Leonida debuts "Flower in a Hurricane," a new track from score composers Justice with Tame Impala, SZA and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Grand…
Sker: The Bleeding Veil, a Welsh folklore horror sequel, lands spring 2027.
Wales Interactive and Stormind Games' stealth-focused follow-up has you evade blind stalkers that hunt by sound, solve harmonic puzzles, and survive without combat on…
Ace Combat Zero is finally escaping Ace Combat 8's 136GB install on Steam.
Bandai Namco will split the pre-order bonus into its own standalone app with Steam Cloud saves after fans roasted launching the 3.2GB PS2 classic through Wings of Theve.…
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave just got a $34.99 Expansion Pass — and wave 1 is out now.
Nintendo's trailer teases new stories and gods you can recruit to your side. Wave 2 lands this holiday, with wave 3 coming in 2027.
Xbox just announced the Nano Controller — all 18 inputs for $49.99.
The pocket-sized pad is a little over five inches long and 3.5 ounces, works with Xbox, PC, iOS, Android and select smart TVs, and launches November 4. Pre-orders are…
Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen just landed on Switch 2.
Nintendo's trailer invites you to start your unwritten epic in Capcom's action RPG, now playable on the go.
Tales of Eternia is coming back remastered — and it's almost here.
Bandai Namco's trailer shows updated visuals and dynamic battles for the classic journey to save two intertwined worlds. It lands on PS5 October 16.
Zero Escape creator Kotaro Uchikoshi just launched a new studio after his game was canceled.
CRASH KEYS, set up in March 2025, is seeking investors after Uchikoshi said a project the team spent about a year and a half on was suddenly canceled. Founding members…
Ocarina of Time returns — remade for Switch 2 on November 5.
Nintendo's overview trailer shows the new Hall of Fallen Foes, where you can rematch bosses you've beaten. Jump, sprint and traditional camera controls are in, and…
Former Disco Elysium developers just announced Red Rooster, a physics-driven RPG about arson.
Summer Eternal's debut drops you into a heatwave-ravaged city as an inmate-turned-arson investigator, with a world you can literally burn. It launches first on PC, with…
RimWorld just ditched Unity for its own engine, and it's up to 4× faster.
Ludeon's update 1.7 moves the colony sim to Waylith, with saves and most mods still working both ways. A 1,500-mod pack that took 14 minutes to load now takes about 6…
Escape Academy is going back to school on PS5.
Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School opens a puzzling open-world campus with local and online co-op. It launches November 5.
Ubisoft is closing RedLynx, the studio behind Trials.
Ubisoft told staff it proposes shutting the Helsinki studio, subject to Finland's change negotiations, affecting up to 52 jobs, and cut 70 roles at Ubisoft Singapore…
Three Game Boy Advance classics just joined Nintendo Switch Online.
Monster Rancher Advance, Metal Slug Advance and Kururin Paradise are now in the Game Boy Advance – Nintendo Classics app for Switch Online + Expansion Pack members.…
Xbox just launched Xbox Labs, a new team built around the wave of AI-powered game ports and remixes.
CEO Asha Sharma told staff the group, led by CTO Scott Van Vliet, will turn fan experiments like PC games running on Apple Silicon or Halo in a browser into things…
Azur Promilia, the next big game from the Azur Lane studio, is finally coming to English players.
Manjuu says an English open beta will run in summer 2027 on a dedicated US server, after the creature-companion fantasy RPG passed 20 million pre-registrations…
He-Man's Dragon Pearl of Destruction locks February 4, 2027 — with a physical edition.
Clear River Games dropped the release-date trailer for Bitmap Bureau's retro beat-'em-up on Switch, PS5 and Xbox. Physical and collector pre-orders are live now.
Valor Mortis launches today on PS5, Xbox, PC and day-one Game Pass.
One More Level's first-person Soulslike (the Ghostrunner studio) hits around 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT, with reviews clustering in the mid-70s to low-80s. Critics mostly praise…
Street Fighter 6's Arjun update is live, and justice is in session.
The new fighter brings Combo Trials, a Character Guide, Arcade Mode story, Avatar Arcade Battle Tour content, and C. Viper's Outfit 4. Grab him with Fighter Coins or the…
Two Crayon Shin-chan adventure games are coming to Switch 2 on March 4, 2027.
Neos is bringing Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation and Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town to Switch 2 worldwide, with 60fps, higher resolution, mouse…
Metaphor: ReFantazio's Prologue Demo just landed on Switch 2.
It's live now on the Japanese and Australian eShops, with other regions expected shortly. The demo covers the opening of Atlus's acclaimed RPG and ends at a set story…
Xbox's CEO told staff the brand "will not survive" on its old hits alone.
In leaked town hall remarks reported by Windows Central, Asha Sharma said Xbox will keep backing giants like Call of Duty, Fallout and World of Warcraft, but also needs…
Invisible Woman is getting a witchy new look in Marvel Rivals.
The "Unseen Weaver" costume casts Sue Storm as one of the Fate Witches, who "tend the threads of destiny from the shadows." It lands October 15 at 7 PM PT (10 PM ET) as…
Epic delayed its Disney Marvel and Star Wars shooter and told the team: no more hand-written code.
Bloomberg reports the unannounced extraction shooter, once aimed at March 2027, now has no new date after slow progress. An internal message ordered an "AI-first"…
No Man's Sky is coming to iPhone and iPad on October 28, and it's the full game, not a lite version.
Hello Games says the iOS release includes every update since launch, including the Voyagers expansion, in a 5GB download for iPhone 11 or newer. Only multiplayer and…
Wuthering Waves just dropped a full five-minute story cinematic.
"What the Heart Speaks, the Heart Brings Forth" comes straight from Kuro Games' official account. Version 3.7 is live now, and Phase II adds new Resonator Suoming on…
Mick Gordon says he'd come back to Doom "within a heartbeat."
The composer behind Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal told IGN at PAX Australia that "a lot of dominoes" would have to fall first, after his public 2022 dispute with id…
Zenless Zone Zero is adding pilotable combat mechs in version 3.3, out October 21.
The "Journey to the Sky" update brings new S-Rank Agents Phoenix, who can revive herself mid-fight, and Severian, plus a Halloween "Night of Supernatural Tricks" event.…
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse leads a stacked week of new game launches.
Konami's new 2D action-exploration game, set 23 years after Dracula's Curse and starring Rose Belmont, arrives October 15 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch and PC. Also…
Nintendo says physical Switch 2 games aren't going anywhere.
"There's no plans to ditch physical," Nintendo's Latin America VP Bill van Zyll said in an interview with Brazilian YouTuber Coelho no Japão, adding that Nintendo goes…
Arknights: Endfield is finally coming to Steam this Wednesday, October 15.
The free-to-play 3D RPG from Hypergryph launches on Steam alongside its big "Sanctuary of Ink" update, which sends players inside Si's Painting with two new playable…
Sonic and Shadow go head to head in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds' new 1v1 Duel Mode.
The free mode arrives November 3 with Year Two, adding a Duel Boost gauge and letting you see your rival's items and position. Bayonetta joins the same day as an…
Steam just set a new all-time record: more than 43.5 million people online at the same time.
Valve's own stats page shows a peak of 43,501,449 concurrent users on Sunday, Oct 11, topping last year's October high of about 41.6 million. Counter-Strike 2 alone…
Invincible VS just revealed its fourth DLC fighter: Agent Spider.
The show's "vaguely familiar" web-slinger swings into Season 3 of Quarter Up and Skybound's tag fighter this winter. He completes the first DLC character pass, with…
Phasmophobia just passed 30 million copies sold, and its Halloween blood moon event is live right now.
Daniel Knight started making it alone at his parents' house, hoping to sell 1,000 copies in year one. The Crimson Eye event runs through Nov 1 with faster ghosts and…
Battlefield 6 is taking the war to the Las Vegas Strip.
Season 5, "Siege of Las Vegas," launches October 13 with two new maps at launch, Vegas Strip and Area 51. A Dead Space crossover event follows on October 20.
Baki's Yujiro Hanma just showed up in Tekken 8 for the first time, and he looks every bit "The Strongest Being On Earth."
Bandai Namco closed its Roger Jr. trailer at Evo France with the first in-game look at Yujiro, the final Season 3 fighter, planned for this winter. His full trailer…
Jane Foster is bringing Mjolnir to MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls.
Arc System Works revealed the rest of the Year One pass at Evo France: Thor (Jane Foster) in Winter 2027, Venom with a Klyntar stage in Spring, and Jubilee in Summer.…
Wing Commander 3 is getting a remaster, rebuilt from 600 original FMV tapes EA just found in its archives.
EA producer Jim Vessella revealed Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger 30th Anniversary Edition at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo after digging up the source tapes while…
Will GTA 6 ever come to Switch 2? Nintendo's US boss isn't saying.
Asked by Variety, Nintendo of America president Devon Pritchard said it's "going to be a conversation for Take Two and Rockstar, but nothing to announce on my end at…
A free browser game set in Lagos just hit 7 million players in only 10 days.
Lagos Life, the Sims-style Nigerian game where you rent a flat, find a job and ride danfo buses in a shared virtual city, launched October 1. Creator Shalom Rayhamen…
Xbox console sales in the US just hit an all-time low, and PlayStation is at its lowest since 2013.
Circana says US Xbox hardware sales are down 33% year to date through August, with PlayStation down 25%, as AI data centers drive component shortages and push prices up.…
Squadron 42 is finally back, with a new trailer, Steam wishlists and a stacked Hollywood cast.
Cloud Imperium's single-player Star Citizen spinoff stars Mark Hamill, Gary Oldman, Gillian Anderson, Ben Mendelsohn and Henry Cavill, with full performance capture…
Valve's Deadlock just beat Team Fortress 2's all-time Steam player record, and it isn't even out yet.
The invite-only hero shooter hit 262,145 concurrent players after new chess-master hero Solomon launched Friday, passing TF2's 2023 peak of 253,997. That made it the…
Sonic vs. Metal Sonic, one last look before the big 35th anniversary short.
SEGA dropped the final sneak peek for Sonic the Hedgehog: Memories and Beyond, a 3D animated short where Eggman tries to upgrade Metal Sonic with Sonic's life-data and…
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