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  1. Japan News SEGA Confirms Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Arcade for Japanese Game Centers Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox

Yesterday

  1. Japan News Edia’s MintLip+ Brand Unveils PROJECT SIGN: Astraea, a Crime-Investigation Otome Game for Switch Nintendo Switch
  2. Industry Nintendo Has No Plans to Ditch Physical Games, Latin America VP Says Nintendo Switch
  3. Industry Nvidia Reportedly Ends GeForce RTX 5090 Graphics Card Production PC
  4. News Valor Mortis Reviews Are Mixed, With Critics Split on Its Soulslike Ideas PC PlayStation Xbox
  5. Japan News BUZZ or DIE, a Death-Row Death-Game Variety Show Adventure, Launches October 28 on Steam PC
  6. News RimWorld 1.7 Moves to Ludeon’s Waylith Engine, With 2-4x Faster Performance PC
  7. News Usual June Delayed to January 20, 2027 PC
  8. News Sony’s Japan-Only PS5 Digital Edition in Midnight Black Launches November 19 for ¥55,000
  9. News Valve Drops Steam Frame CAD Files for Free, Modders Already Building Custom Accessories
  10. News Street Fighter 6 Adds Arjun as New Year 4 Character Today, With C. Viper’s Outfit 4 PC PlayStation Xbox
  11. News Dave the Diver Adds a Subnautica 2 Crossover Content Pack in Early 2027 Nintendo Switch PC
  12. News Dragon Quest Creator Yuji Horii Releases a Game He Made With AI in 30 Minutes PC
  13. Industry Star Wars and Marvel Crossover Shooter Delayed After ‘AI-First’ Mandate
  14. Guides Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Editions Compared: Standard vs Midnight, and Which One to Buy Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  15. Indies Paper Perjury 2: Shadow of Justice Announced for 2028, Original Heads to Consoles in 2027 Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  16. News Metaphor: ReFantazio Prologue Demo Lands on Switch 2, Full Game Out November 12 Nintendo Switch
  17. News Heart of the Machine’s First DLC, Kinship, Is Out Now on PC for $14.99 PC
  18. Originals What’s Selling: EA Sports FC 27 Rules Europe, Ace Combat 8 Takes Japan, and Star Wars Galactic Racer Debuts at No. 2 Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  19. News He-Man: Dragon Pearl of Destruction Launches February 4, 2027 on Switch, PS5, and Xbox Nintendo Switch PlayStation Xbox
  20. Sports Games EA Sports FC 27 Adds Ted Lasso and AFC Richmond Women, the Lady Greyhounds’ Series Debut Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  21. Deals Deal Radar: Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced for $19.79, Sifu for $9.99, and More (Oct 12)
  22. News Alpha Nomos, a Rhythm-Action Roguelike, Launches on PS5 and Xbox Today PC PlayStation Xbox
  23. News Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Release Time: When It Unlocks in Your Time Zone Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  24. News Hytale’s First Major Content Drop Adds a Handcrafted Dungeon and Multi-Phase Boss Fight PC
  25. News Doom Composer Mick Gordon Says He’d Return to the Series ‘In a Heartbeat’ PC PlayStation Xbox
  26. Originals Release Radar: Castlevania Returns to 2D, Enshrouded Hits 1.0, and Every Big Game Out This Week (Oct 12–Oct 18) Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  27. Guides Planet Zoo 2 Beginner’s Guide: 10 Things to Know Before You Build PC PlayStation Xbox
  28. News No Man’s Sky Lands on iPhone and iPad October 28 Mobile
  29. Indies How to Fish Hits 10 Million Players in 2 Months, 7 Weeks After Selling 1 Million in 2 Days PC
  30. News Pokemon Go’s Halloween 2026 Part II Debuts Shiny Greavard and Pushes Mega Sableye to Super Max Mobile
  31. Originals Morning Save Point: Steam Tops 43 Million Concurrent Users, Arc Raiders Surges, and More Mobile Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation
  32. News Haunted Chocolatier Is ‘More of an Action RPG’ Than Stardew Valley, ConcernedApe Says Mobile Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation
  33. News Ravenswatch Adds Kintarō as a New Playable Hero in Today’s Update Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  34. Japan News SCREW IT Voice-Chat Betting Quiz Party Game Locks Q4 2026 Steam Release PC
  35. Guides Risk of Rain 2: How to Unlock the Acolyte in Hallowed Concepts Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox

Sunday, October 11

  1. News Gears of War: E-Day Players Hit by DDoS Attacks, Coalition Confirms PC Xbox
  2. News Project Zomboid Peaks at 81,544 Players This Week, 13 Years Into Early Access PC
  3. Guides Arc Raiders Beginner’s Guide: How the Extraction Loop Works, and What’s New in the Frozen Trail Update PC PlayStation Xbox
  4. News Final Fantasy 14’s 24-Hour Maintenance Cuts a Day Off the Regalia Mount Event Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  5. News Phantom Blade Zero Has More Than 50 Bosses, Each One Tied to a Weapon Unlock PC PlayStation
  6. Esports EVO France 2026 Finals: Dual Kevin Wins Street Fighter 6, JeonDDing Takes Tekken 8 Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  7. Industry EU Consumer Watchdogs Open Coordinated Action Against Activision, Riot, Ubisoft Over In-Game Currencies Mobile Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation
  8. News World of Warcraft: Forever’s Classes Won’t Be Modernized, But ‘Some Classic Era Classes Were Too Simple’ PC
  9. Guides Planet Zoo 2: PC Specs, Preload, and the Steam Deck Verdict PC
  10. Deals Deal Radar: TowerFall Ascension for $2.99, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light for $1.49, and More (Oct 11) PC
  11. News Planet Zoo 2 Release Time: When It Unlocks in Your Time Zone PC PlayStation Xbox
  12. News Tekken 8 Adds Roger Jr. on November 17 and Reveals Baki the Grappler’s Yujiro Hanma PC PlayStation Xbox
  13. News Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Year One DLC Brings Venom, Thor, Jubilee and Phoenix Cyclops PC PlayStation
  14. Originals Week in Review: Gears of War: E-Day Storms Steam, Squadron 42 Finally Lands, and Everything Else You Missed Mobile Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation
  15. Guides Gears of War: E-Day Crossplay: How Xbox, Xbox on PC, and Steam Connect (and What Saves Follow You) PC Xbox
  16. News Wing Commander 3 Is Getting a Remaster, Sourced From 600 Original FMV Tapes EA Found in Its Archives PC
  17. News Phasmophobia Crosses 30 Million Sales as Crimson Eye Halloween Event Returns PC PlayStation Xbox
  18. Originals Morning Save Point: E-Day Peaks at 31K, Squadron 42 Wishlists Open, and More PC PlayStation Xbox
  19. News Blumhouse and MatPat Are Adapting Amanda the Adventurer as a Movie, With More Indie Horror Adaptations Planned
  20. Japan News PUKEY GODDESS SHOT TRICK Locks In December 8 Release in Japan; English Steam Date Still TBA PC
  21. Japan News M2’s Senxin Aleste Heads to Switch and PS5 on March 18, 2027 With a New BLADE Mode Nintendo Switch PlayStation

Saturday, October 10

  1. News Crazy Taxi: World Tour Adds a Brazil Map in New ‘Welcome to Brazil’ Trailer Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  2. Japan News M2 Confirms Console Ports for Devil Blade Reboot and a Data East Collection at 10th Anniversary Event Nintendo Switch PC
  3. News Outward 2 Early Access Launches February 8, 2027 on PC PC
  4. News Sonic Pico Park Brings Co-Op to Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 on November 12 Nintendo Switch
  5. News Arc Raiders Player Count Hits 7-Month High After Frozen Trail Update and Free Weekend PC PlayStation Xbox
  6. Guides Modern Warfare 4 DMZ Beginner’s Guide: How Hajin, the FOB, and Extraction Work Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  7. Esports League of Legends Worlds 2026 Play-In Draw Sets Matchups, 5 Days Before LA Start PC
  8. News Black Myth: Zhong Kui Won’t Use AI, Citing Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey
  9. News Strange Scaffold Announces Gods With Badges, a 2027 Police Tactics Game With a Bodycam Toggle PC
  10. News Squadron 42 Playtest Impressions: Manchester Attendee Calls It Cinematic but on Rails PC
  11. News Gears of War: E-Day Peaks at 31,517 Players on Steam, Triple the Series’ Old Record PC Xbox
  12. Guides Modern Warfare 4 PC System Requirements and Steam Deck Performance PC
  13. News BlazBlue: Central Fiction Comes to PS5 With Rollback Netcode and PC Crossplay PC PlayStation
  14. News Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero’s Anniversary Roadmap Promises Multiple Paid DLC Fighters Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  15. Deals Deal Radar: Sifu for $9.99, Europa Universalis IV for $4.99, and More (Oct 10) PC
  16. News Dead by Daylight’s NieR: Automata Crossover Brings 2B, A2, and Emil Into The Fog Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  17. News Squadron 42 Finally Lands on Steam, 14 Years After It Was First Announced PC
  18. Features Gears of War: E-Day Just Proved the $70 Game Is Dead on Xbox Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  19. Guides Is Modern Warfare 4 Cross-Platform? Crossplay and Cross-Progression Explained Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  20. News Hytale’s Cursebreaker Edition Will Give Founders a Free Game Copy for Every Chapter Before 1.0 PC
  21. News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Drops to $40 and Reveals Final Fantasy 7, Persona, and Segaland Packs for Year 2 Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  22. Originals Morning Save Point: Gears of War: E-Day’s Soft Sales, MW4’s DMZ, and More PC PlayStation Xbox
  23. News Battlefield 6 Season 5 Heads to Vegas With a Dead Space Crossover and the Long-Awaited Server Browser PC PlayStation Xbox
  24. News Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Adds Tekken 8’s Reina as Its Final Season 3 DLC in December Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  25. Sports Games Mike Ditka Dies at 86: Remembering Da Coach and Mike Ditka Ultimate Football PC

Friday, October 9

  1. Features What Gears of War: E-Day’s Sales Numbers Really Say About Game Pass PC Xbox
  2. News Konami Already Planning ‘Second and Third Waves’ of New Silent Hill Games PC PlayStation Xbox
  3. Guides Gears of War: E-Day Beginner’s Guide: Tips, Modes, and What to Know Before You Play PC Xbox
  4. News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Year Two Adds Godzilla, Evangelion and Sanrio DLC Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  5. News Zenless Zone Zero 3.3 Adds Phoenix, Severian and Mech Combat on October 21 Mobile PC PlayStation Xbox
  6. Industry US Console Sales Hit New Lows as PS5 and Xbox Prices Reach Record Highs PlayStation Xbox
  7. News Nintendo of America President on GTA 6 for Switch 2: Ask Rockstar Nintendo Switch PlayStation Xbox
  8. News Modern Warfare 4’s DMZ Mode Joins Early Access on October 20 Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  9. Originals Morning Save Point: GTA 6’s First Radio Reveal, Forza’s 7-Eleven Pit Stop, and More Mobile Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation
  10. News Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry and Dry Twice Are Leaving Steam on October 23 Nintendo Switch PC
  11. Originals Play This Weekend: STAR WARS Galactic Racer, A Free MMORPG, and Big Walks With Friends Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  12. Esports G2 Esports Sweeps 100 Thieves 2-0 to Reach VALORANT Champions Shanghai Upper Semis PC
  13. Guides Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Pre-Order Guide: Every Edition, Bonus and Crossplay Detail Before Launch Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  14. Indies Risk of Rain 2: Hallowed Concepts DLC Adds Acolyte and Enforcer, Out Now on Consoles and PC Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  15. News Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Expansion Launches Today on PS5, Xbox, PC and Switch 2 Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  16. News Rainbow Six Mobile Is Shutting Down on January 15, 2027 Mobile
  17. News Tropico 7 Officially Confirmed for Switch 2, Launches January 28, 2027 Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  18. News Cat and Paste Open Playtest Runs October 16-19 on Steam PC
  19. Originals Morning Save Point: Cyberpunk Movie at Paramount, Forza Horizon 6 PS5 Date, and More Mobile Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation
  20. Deals Deal Radar: Red Dead Redemption 2 for $14.99, Two Free Epic Games and More (Oct. 9) PC
  21. News Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve Tops One Million Sales, the Fastest in Series History PC PlayStation Xbox

Thursday, October 8

  1. Guides GTA VI Launch Prep: Storage, Pre-Orders and Everything to Do Before November 19 PlayStation Xbox
  2. News Gears of War: E-Day Is Out, and It’s Staying Off PS5 PC Xbox
  3. Features Every Game Releasing in October 2026: The Complete List Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  4. News Monster Hunter Wilds Comes to Switch 2 on December 4 Nintendo Switch
  5. News Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World Launches December 3, Demo Out Now Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  6. News Grand Theft Auto VI: November 19 Release Date Still Holding PlayStation Xbox
  7. News The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Hits Switch 2 on November 5 Nintendo Switch
  8. News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Arrives October 23, Including on Switch 2 Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  9. Features Your Backlog Isn’t a To-Do List: How to Actually Enjoy the Games You Own Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox
  10. News Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Launches October 15 Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation Xbox

Wednesday, October 7

  1. Esports A Beginner’s Guide to Watching Esports PC

Tuesday, October 6

  1. Guides Setting Up Parental Controls on Every Major Console Mobile Nintendo Switch PlayStation Xbox

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