Gaming news: launches, patches, release dates, shutdowns and studio moves, with a focus on mobile, gacha and live-service games.
NewsThe Coalition's prequel launched October 6 on Xbox Series X|S and PC to strong reviews (86 on OpenCritic, 91% recommend). Critics love the combat, split on the campaign, and launch week brought shader, server and Steam review-bomb headaches.
NewsThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered hit 120,975 concurrent Steam players on launch day, then 137,724 on October 5, smashing a record that had stood since the Netflix series in January 2020.
NewsJagex closed out RuneScape's 25th anniversary at RuneFest 2026 with its biggest reveal in years: a fourth, Unreal Engine-built MMO set in Gielinor's Sixth Age, alongside RuneScape Reignited, an animated series and new Old School and Dragonwilds content.
NewsCapcom and Tencent's TiMi Studio Group confirm October 29, 2026 as the worldwide launch date for Monster Hunter Outlanders, the free-to-play mobile spin-off sending four-player hunting parties onto the island of Isolesia.
NewsNC and developer Dynamis One ran Astrae Oratio's first worldwide closed beta from October 2 to 6 on iOS and Android, in four languages, with raid content shown for the first time, ahead of a 2027 launch.
NewsBandai Namco's arcade flight combat series returned on October 2 after seven years away, with an 87 on OpenCritic and 99% of critics recommending it. Editions, prices and what critics praised and criticized.
NewsSuda51's studio cut ties with NetEase Games on October 1, 2026, five years after the Chinese publisher bought it and less than eight months after shipping the only game it made under that ownership.
NewsTencent's Lightspeed Studios shut down Final Fantasy XIV Mobile's China servers on September 30, 2026, about 15 months after launch, and the planned worldwide release is cancelled.
NewsSquare Enix ended its episodic FF7 gacha on October 6, 2026, at 11 p.m. PDT, three years after launch. Steam downloads and Red Crystal sales stopped in July, and refunds for unused paid currency were limited to Taiwan.
NewsThailand won its first-ever PUBG Mobile gold at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, and Myanmar swept Indonesia to win Mobile Legends: Bang Bang's first Asian Games medal event.
NewsVersion 3.7, 'Prism's Illusion, Heart's Illumination,' launched September 30, closing the Xuanfang storyline in Mengzhou and adding two Electro Resonators, Hsin and Suoming, plus Story Replay and stackable Echoes.
NewsMojang Studios and Double Eleven released Minecraft Dungeons II on September 29 on every major platform, with a connected open world, 12 gear slots and four-player crossplay. Critics call it better than the original, but not by a mile.