Player rights: Street Fighter 6
Xboxdynasty: Street Fighter 6 data removed from fan database
Ultimate Frame Data's Street Fighter 6 section is offline; Steam's store page shows the game's online and cross-platform play.
Free games
Pure Xbox: Xbox Shocktober sale lists 40+ games at 90% off
Pure Xbox lists deep discounts across Tomb Raider and other games, but no official store prices were supplied.
Releases: Minecraft
Nintenderos: Minecraft for Switch 2 arrives Oct. 27 with a free upgrade
Nintenderos says digital Switch owners can upgrade until Jan. 31; the release also supports saved-world transfers.
Latest
Releases: Windblown
LEVEL UP: Windblown gets its last big pre-1.0 update and 30% off
Steam lists the sale at $17.49, £15.39 and €17.49, and confirms the game supports solo play and online co-op.
Weird
Multiplayer.it: Freedoom's nine levels run on a $30 multimeter
A drone controller handles the action, while the official DOOM store page helps clarify which game this is.
Releases: Paralives
Rock Paper Shotgun: Paralives' first major update moves from 2026 to 2027
The life sim's first big update needs more time. Steam lists its release date and names its developer.
Player rights: Zenith: Nexus
Zenith: Nexus servers to close Dec. 18, according to PC Games
PC Games reports a Nov. 18 download deadline, one month before the VR MMO closes. Steam lists online co-op and free-to-play access.
Releases
PC Games Hardware: Anno 117 Egypt DLC cuts floodplain productivity 75% on Nov. 5
Nile floods change production planning; the base game's Steam page also confirms solo and online co-op play.
Releases
PC Games Hardware: GeForce 621.01 driver causes black screens and video freezes
Nvidia is investigating reports from RTX 5080 and RTX 4090 users, but has not announced a fix date.
Weird: No Man's Sky
VidaExtra: No Man's Sky player builds Anor Londo without the archers
Steam's store card adds a 2016 release date and online co-op to the story of this player-made Dark Souls landmark.
Free games
Xboxdynasty: Crimson Desert Twitch Drops start Oct. 29
The event has two weeks of rewards, but using week-two items requires a DLC listed at €24.99 in Germany.
Free games: Home
Pocket Gamer: Home is free on Epic's mobile store until Oct. 29
The 14th Anniversary update adds changing developer commentary, better controller support and 60 FPS.
Player rights
Vandal: US digital game ownership bill targets server shutdowns
The proposal seeks to protect digital purchases and offline play after servers close, but it is not law.
Releases: Kiwi Boing
ActuGaming: Kiwi Boing brings a kiwi collectathon to PC in late 2027
The new game from former Empire of the Ants developers is a solo adventure, according to its Steam page.
Releases
Wo Long 2: Team Ninja plans combat and PC fixes
Steam lists four regional prices as Team Ninja plans changes to parries, co-op progress and PC stability.
Releases: Dispatch
Pocket Gamer: Dispatch comes to iOS and Android on Dec. 9
The superhero office story is headed to phones; its Steam card gives PC release and pricing details for comparison.
Rumors
Rock Paper Shotgun: Arkane Lyon's Nov. 13 deadline is for talks
A union representative says the consultation ends Nov. 13, while Microsoft continues to seek a partner.
Prices
Nintendo Switch Online adds 3 Game Boy games on Oct. 27
The standard subscription is enough for a ghost adventure, mole puzzles and pinball. The update brings the library to 49 games.
Rumors: Half-Life 3
Unverified: Valve designer mentions HLX, renewing Half-Life 3 speculation
A Valve designer said HLX in public. Earlier code references support the link, while a past release prediction missed.
Rumors: Mass Effect
IGN: BioWare’s canceled Mass Effect trailer is genuine
IGN and Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier verified the internal video; a separate account names a writer who spent five years on the canceled game.
Coming up
The Day in Games
- According to Gamekult, Sensor Tower estimates 33 indie games passed 500,000 first-month sales in its latest yearly sample, up from 13; new-series launches rose from 21 to 40. Gamekult
- Eurogamer.de marks Pikmin's 25th anniversary by recalling how Shigeru Miyamoto's garden ants inspired a game where players guide Captain Olimar to recover 30 ship parts in 30 days. Eurogamer.de
- Xboxdynasty says Bungie plans to explain a first step toward restoring removed Destiny 2 content by late October, but players have no return date or confirmed content list yet. Xboxdynasty
- Active Matter has sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide, according to Xboxdynasty; a planned update will add maps, weapons, monsters and bosses, but has no release date. Xboxdynasty
- Arkane Lyon's buyer talks have been extended by one month, putting the expected deadline at Dec. 13, according to Game*Spark; the studio's future remains undecided. Game*Spark
- Grand Theft Auto VI ads appeared beside the field during the Barcelona–Real Madrid match on Oct. 25, according to Vandal, and displayed the Nov. 19 release date. Vandal
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