1 October 2026
Platform & Hardware
- Sony announces QSSR AI upscaling tech for base PS5 in Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei 11
- The Best Steam Autumn Sale 2026 Deals 4
- LEGO PS1 Now Available to Buy from PS Direct, with Free Astro Bot Set 2
- 8BitDo launch a gorgeous Gears of War E-Day keyboard and mouse
- After a record-breaking September, 'it's safe to say Steam's yearly revenue will blow past $20B for the first time'
- Amazon Launches New Line of Kindles and Accessories Right Before Prime Big Deal Days
- AMD's new 'Gainsborough' APU rumoured to be the chip that powers the long-awaited Steam Deck 2
- AOC jumps on the 1,000 Hz IPS gaming monitor bandwagon but this time with 0.1 ms pixel response
- Ben Affleck Tries to Address Matt Damon's Comments About Making Netflix Action Movies, Admits Using AI for 'Lots of Things' in His New Film
- Can VR glasses save VR?
- Don't fear the BIOS update: Asus has just fixed a local access vulnerability affecting older Intel motherboards
- Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Officially Gets Its First Streaming Home
- Epic's New Free PC Games Are Now Live, and They Include an All-time Classic
- Former Sony Exec Shuhei Yoshida Thinks Nintendo Is "Going To Do Pretty Well" With Switch 2 "For Many Years To Come"
- Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (October 1-4)
- Google Japan's conveyor belt keyboard is a sad reminder of the sense of humour the whole company used to have long, long ago
- Here are our PS Plus monthly games for October 2026
- I spent far too long assigning gaming mouse values based on their price-to-weight ratio, and the runner-up is the rodent on my desk right now
- I'm not sure the "AI" in my chair's lumbar support actually counts as AI, but it has been smart enough to fix up my spine
- Micron CEO says it'll be tougher to get memory in the next couple of years than it is today, and keeps saying it over and over again
- More rumors of World of Warcraft: Forever coming to Xbox are spreading
- Nvidia says my RTX 4070 Super isn't capable of Multi Frame Gen, but I'm surprised by how smooth this unofficial unlock actually feels
- PSA: Please Allow My Very Expensive Steam Frame Mistake To Help You, Fellow Glasses Wearers
- Sega is teasing a new House of the Dead arcade game with VR headsets and an 85-inch screen for a ‘front door’
- Sound the 'This week's free Epic Games Store game is worth logging in for' alarm
- Steam Deck 2: Is AMD Gainsborough the chip Valve’s been waiting for?
- STUDY: Qualcomm’s 18‑core Snapdragon X2 outperforms Intel on CPU, AI, battery, and price
- Xbox Is Paying A Lot Less Than Normal For Kojima’s Physint, Possibly Under $200 Million – Report
- Xbox x IKEA furniture range goes live today
- Xbox's Jason Ronald Provides Cryptic Tease When Asked About The Return Of FPS Boost
Publishers, Studios & Industry
- Capcom Has An Intriguing Plan For When Its Resident Evil Remakes Catch Up With The New Games 4
- As Xbox swings the axe, Gears of War: E-Day developers fear they'll be laid off straight after launch - and right before they'd be due their bonuses 3
- 'Xbox is not for sale,' CEO Asha Sharma says 2
- Danny McBride's G.I. Joe Movie Casts Bradley Cooper as Duke 2
- Devolver-owned Reigns developer Nerial closes after 13 years 2
- Krafton pulls the plug on another PUBG game, Black Budget, less than a year after it was announced 2
- The Division studio Massive expands to take control of Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon, and a new IP, in Ubisoft's most recent reorganisation 2
- 'These Jobs Are Not Easy': Ex-Star Wars Boss Kathleen Kennedy Admits 'Relief' After Leaving Lucasfilm, Following Turbulent 14-Year Tenure
- Ace Combat 8 developer apologises for Belkan War pre-order backlash, explains why it happened and vows to explore possible solutions
- AppLovin sues Unity over alleged data collection through its Ad Quality SDK
- Fast & Furious TV Show Greenlit at Peacock, With Vin Diesel as Executive Producer
- Former Steelers Head Coach Reveals Minecraft City He’s Been Building For 12 Years
- ININ 'Relaunches' R-Type Dimensions 3 With A Free Digital Artbook
- James Gunn Officially Shuts Down a Major Man of Tomorrow Casting Rumor
- Jason Jones, Co-Creator of Halo and Destiny and Co-Founder of Bungie, Announces New Studio
- Jobs roundup: October | Code Wizards Group appoints Catherine Bygrave as head of commercial
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance studio co-founder hopes Grand Theft Auto 6 will 'blaze a trail' to higher game prices
- Lanterns Rakes In More Than 18 Million Views Per Episode Globally As Season Finale Approaches
- Miami Vice '85 Casts Walton Goggins in Villain Role
- Resident Evil Director’s Next Movie Is Called The Flood But It’s Not About Halo, Adds Jennifer Lawrence
- Riot Games Co-Founder Says 2XKO Needed ‘Hundreds of Thousands, if Not Millions’ of Monthly Active Players to Survive
- Take-Two Signs New Deal With Xbox, But There's Debate About How Important It Actually Is
- The Xbox Cloud Gaming Controller Is Dead, Apparently
- Ubisoft Workers of Montreal Union petition to "preserve hybrid work" secures over 300 signatures
- Video Games Europe hits back at EU watchdog targeting King, Supercell, Mojang and more over IAP practices
Game Coverage
- Gears of War E-Day campaign review - turns out you can teach old Cogs new tricks 9
- 007 First Light gets free new DLC today, adding New Game Plus and Photo modes, new TacSim missions and more 6
- Bird Time correct answers in Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave 5
- Witcher 3 Remastered patch addressing "various lighting adjustments" rolls out 5
- Free Metro Redux Update Coming for PS5, PS5 Pro, Xbox Series X/S and PC 4
- You Can’t Play Ghost of Yotei’s DLC Until You Beat These Missions 4
- Fortnitemares Trailer Reveals Surprise Fortnite Hollow Knight Collab 3
- GTA 6 Doesn’t Compromise Scale For Detail, Rockstar Says 3
- New Uncharted game reportedly in the works at Naughty Dog, and it's not a remake 3
- PS5’s Exciting New Zelda-Like Kena Game Just Got Delayed 3
- Talking Point: So, How Are You Liking The Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Demo? 3
- 'Croc 2' Is Getting The Remaster Treatment Later This Month 2
- Control Resonant PS5 Update 1.4 Live Now with Enhanced New Game+ 2
- Feature: Gears of War: E-Day's PC Version Promises New Tech, Huge Scalability and the End of Shader Compilation Stutter 2
- Feature: Inside Gears of War: E-Day: How The Coalition and Epic Pushed Console Visuals To New Heights 2
- GTA 6 Gets Official ESRB Rating and It's as Mature as You'd Expect 2
- How Long Is Gears of War: E-Day – Mission List And Hours Played 2
- New Ports For Metro 2033 Redux & Last Light Redux Have Been Rated For PS5 And Xbox Series S|X 2
- That's some fiiiiine lookin' milk, but Rust devs warn that 'cream is a more powerful consumable' 2
- The Boba Teashop Refill World Premiere Debuts at 28 Games Later Showcase 2
- You can now play Halo: Combat Evolved in a web browser, and it even has multiplayer 2
- Your Debt Is Paid Turns Your Worst Financial Nightmare Into A Roguelike 2
- 'Open world fatigue' is one reason indie RPG Entropy is borrowing from the classics: 'PS1, PS2, GameCube games really never outstayed their welcome'
- 'Pokémon' Will Surprise Fans With the TCG's First Valentine's Day Set
- 'We needed a potentially infinite resource of party members so that we could then kill them:' Entropy dev James Wragg explains how you fit permadeath in a party RPG
- "We want people to try and outsmart the game": No Law aims for Arkane-style reactivity within a dangerous walled city
- 15+ Games Are Out Today On Xbox, Including Two Particularly Big Releases (October 1)
- A Fan-Favorite League of Legends Champion Is Finally Joining Riftbound
- Aion 2's imminent worldwide release could be huge as early access founders' packs outsell major games, and player numbers soar
- All active Aniimo codes list
- All audio log locations in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4
- All Battlefield Games, Ranked From Worst to Best
- All Call of Duty Games, Ranked From Worst to Best
- All Escape from Tarkov Codes—Active Reward Codes and Free Items
- All Far Cry Games, Ranked Worst to Best (Updated for 2026)
- All secret hideout locations and puzzle solutions in Control Resonant
- Arc Raiders' is taking no prisoners when it comes to cheaters with permanent bans becoming the new normal: 'No warnings. No second chances'
- At last: I can build a home out of raw Windows Vista-era nostalgia
- Blizzard Cracks Down on Gold Selling in World of Warcraft Forever — and Streamers Are in the Firing Line
- Blizzard Isn’t Fixing Diablo 4 Season 15’s Biggest Bug
- CD Projekt Red Says It's Working On Fixes For Witcher 3 Remastered
- Control Resonant Has Finally Gotten The One Thing It’s Missing (But Only On PC)
- Dark Pals: The 2nd Floor Revealed During Insider Gaming’s 28 Games Later Showcase
- Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations Getting New 'Slaughter Mode' as Free Update Next Month
- Feature: How Gears of War: E-Day Solves the Series S Memory Issue by Tapping the SSD
- Fortnite Adds Viral Sensation Jimothy The Raccoon As Free Sidekick
- Free Diamonds in Free Fire MAX—All Codes for October 2026
- Free Diamonds in Free Fire—All Free Fire Redeem Codes (October 2026)
- Gears of War: E-Day Is 100x More Fun Playing Co-op
- Gears of War: E-Day Missing Classic Features From Original Games
- Gears of War: E-Day multiplayer plans revealed as it launches in early access
- Gears of War: E-Day system requirements require ray tracing-capable graphics card to play, alongside 115 GB of free space on an SSD
- Grand Theft Auto 5 is a game about shapeshifting now. I don't make the rules
- Gray Zone Warfare is ‘30% Complete’ As Massive 0.5 Update Approaches
- Gray Zone Warfare’s 0.5 ‘Rogue Ops’ Update Can Turn You Into a Drug Baron
- Great news, cowards: The Witcher 3's most yellow-bellied mod works with the remaster
- GTA 6 Lights Up Miami's Kaseya Center
- Guide: Upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Games & Accessories For October & November 2026
- Have you heard of the critically acclaimed MMORPG… oh, Final Fantasy 11, that's new
- Here’s Your Chance To Get Monster Hunter Stories 3 And Two Other Steam Games For Just $5
- How GTA 6's Jason and Lucia Have Evolved Since 2023 in Pictures
- How Silent Hill: Townfall’s “Creepy Game Boy” Weaponizes Nostalgia For The Better
- How To Access March of Giants Playtest—Pioneer Test Schedule, Explained
- How to conquer Kuttenberg
- How to Damage Opponents With the Bonerattler SMG in Fortnite Quest
- How to get Jimothy for free in Fortnite
- I am here to save us all time by determining which of our most-played videogames would be more efficiently completed if you had a gun
- If Ace Combat's too pricey, this excellent indie alternative is on sale for just $12.50
- Japanese Charts: Fire Emblem Sales Plummet, But It's Still Enough To Stay On The Podium
- Looking to Play Pokémon Near You?
- Magic: The Gathering's Disastrous Zeta Set is Officially Coming Back
- Masters of Albion, Peter Molyneux's final game, just got a huge update and, [vigorous, lips-pursed nodding of approval], suddenly the old god game magic is back
- More than 450 Witcher 3 mods have already been updated to support the Remastered version
- Motion blur vs film grain - which is worse?
- Nintendo Download: 1st October (North America) - Plus 3 Discounted eShop Games Worth A Look
- NYT Connections Hints Today (#1209)—Answers for Friday, October 2
- NYT Strands #942 Hints and Answers for October 1
- One of Gears of War E-Day’s collectibles is a letter from The Coalition thanking ‘those that are no longer with us’
- One story about my first 30 minutes in this post-apocalyptic robot game led multiple people to buy it
- PC and console revenue charts led by new releases in August | Newzoo charts
- RetroSpace offers a huge sci-fi playground for inquisitive space janitors, but I'm not that System Shocked by the tools at your disposal
- Silent Hill-Like Uses Phones To Parry, Because Even Anime Girls Know Tech Is A Weapon
- Sony Purportedly Plotting New Ape Escape, as Redemption Arc Starts
- The greatest RTS units of all time, determined by democracy
- The Subminer Plunges Deep Into a New Trailer at the 28 Games Later Showcase
- The Witcher 3 Beats Most Fantasy Adaptations in Nearly Every Way
- The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past's setting "felt like a really natural way to go", CD Projekt Red story director says, while parrying my attempts to breach the DLC's guard
- There are so many games coming out in October you guys
- There's No Doubt About It, Anime RPG LitGirls Was Made for Me
- There's something even scarier than Huggy Wuggy in the Playtime toy factory this weekend
- Transit Looks to ‘Train’ You in New 28 Games Later Trailer
- Video: Octopath Traveler I & II Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch 1 & 2)
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV showcases the Space Marines
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Locks Coveted Shield Behind $6 Twitch Sub Paywall and Fans Are Up in Arms
- Where to find the Nangan region Treasure Hunt in Forza Horizon 6
- Witcher 3 Remastered PC Performance Impacted by NVIDIA Hairworks
- Wordle Archive: Every Wordle Answer
- Wordle Hints and Answer for October 2, 2026: Game #1931
Other
- How to Watch Insider Gaming’s 28 Games Later: A Horror Showcase—Date & Times 3
- 'In No Way Do I Agree': Vincent D'Onofrio Defends God of War Laufey Star from Online Hate
- 'Verity' Ending Explained: How That Bonkers Final Twist Reshapes the Entire Movie
- 35 years later, humanity is finally melting robots the way 'Terminator 2' taught us
- 5 Classic 'Unfilmable' Books That Should Never Get Adapted Into Movies
- After a series of catastrophes where no-one could seem to roll well, I truly have no idea who's going to make it out of Critical Role's next episode
- Avatar: Seven Havens Episode Titles Revealed (Exclusive)
- Dexter: Resurrection Season 2's First Trailer Shows Off New Foes, Old Friends, and Dex's Midlife Crisis
- Esports Awards 2026—Nominations, Predictions, and How To Vote
- Every New LEGO Set Releasing in October
- Galaxies Game Showcase Returns Later This Month, Over 40 Companies Taking Part
- Honor of Kings KPL Grand Finals 2026—Schedule, How to Watch, and Predictions
- I want to punt Meta's Muse AI mascot back into the cursed void from whence it came
- IGN Fan Fest Is Back for Fall 2026 With 90 Exclusive Reveals
- New Pokémon x ESA Collection Includes the Astronaut Pikachu Plush That Went to Space
- Reacher Spinoff Neagley Officially Returning for Season 2
- Roll up roll up, can you spot which of these images are using DLSS 5?
- RuneFest 2026 Schedule and Streams—How to Watch, Explained
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 4 Finale Was Almost the Show’s Last Episode
- This arse cushion is the biggest upgrade I've made to my gaming setup in 2026, which says a lot about where we're at right now
- TYLOO Becomes the First Team Eliminated at Valorant Champions Shanghai
- Viral Short Horror Film Portrait of God Gets Feature Length Movie Starring Chase Infiniti