FFXIV Data Center Travel and Cross-Region Play, Explained
FFXIV has three ways to cross regions: free World Visit, paid Data Center Travel, and the new same-region matching rolled out to Japan on October 13, 2026.
FFXIV has three ways to cross regions: free World Visit, paid Data Center Travel, and the new same-region matching rolled out to Japan on October 13, 2026.
Furyu’s anomaly-exploration shooter hits 100K Steam wishlists and its free Next Fest demo runs through October 26 ahead of the October 28 worldwide release.
Ocarina of Time launches on Switch 2 November 5, 2026 as a digital-only release, 27 GB, 16 languages, and Switch Online for the Zelda Notes app.
Most players should buy the $69.99 Standard Edition. King of Kings ($99.99) adds early access; Attitude Era and Monday Night War add more legends.
All FFXIV Worlds go into maintenance from Oct 19, 9 PM PT to Oct 20, 3 AM PT for Patch 7.57 hotfixes, per the Lodestone. Each window runs roughly 4-24 hours.
Q-Games' first playable build of the 20th-anniversary sequel is on Steam Next Fest from October 20, with English confirmed. Release date TBA.
Phantom Blade Zero launched on PS5 and Steam at 02:00 UTC on October 29, 2026: 7 PM Pacific (Oct 28), 10 PM Eastern, 2 AM UK, 11 AM JST.
ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet is out now. Steam unlocked worldwide at 22:00 UTC on October 22, 2026; Switch and mobile followed regionally.
Star Trek: Outposts Unknown is out now on Steam. It unlocked worldwide at 16:00 UTC (9 AM PT / 12 PM ET) on October 20, 2026.
Gears of War: E-Day requires an RTX 2060 (or AMD RX 6600) at 1080p, with hardware ray tracing forced on. Full game needs 115 GB. ProtonDB players rate it Gold.