Games

games 1 sources · Oct 13

Defold Adds Official Xbox Support From Version 1.14.0

Defold now covers all three major home console platforms, which widens the deployment options available to the indie developers the engine has drawn on desktop, web, mobile and Nintendo Switch and PlayStation releases.

GameBusiness.jp
games 1 sources · Oct 13

Poly Fighter Brings Roguelike Move-Theft to Steam Early Access

A fighting game built around stealing moves and skipping online play points at a studio betting the genre's solo, low-pressure side is underserved, and the demo drew attention at Brasil Game Show 2026 before launch.

4Gamer.net
games 2 sources · Oct 13

Roblox Cuts Publishing Questionnaire To One Question

Roblox is lowering the paperwork barrier between a finished build and a live experience, which matters more to the platform's title pipeline than any single feature launch at RDC.

GameBusiness.jp
gamesbusiness 1 sources · Oct 13

Richard Garriott Moves To Reclaim Ultima Copyright From EA

Because Garriott's use of the statutory termination right puts a 1992 publishing acquisition on the clock, and EA's stated willingness to comply means one of the foundational RPG series could return to its author without a purchase.

GIGAZINE
gamesannouncement 2 sources · Oct 13

EA Announces Wing Commander III 30th Anniversary Edition

The remaster pulls Wing Commander's FMV-era footage directly from EA's own tape archive, and the Kilrathi Saga integration means the release reaches back past the 1994 game to the two earlier titles.

Game Spark
games 1 sources · Oct 13

Dfiance: Dominance Brings Lane-Based Card Play To PC

The scoring rule inverts the usual card-game math: because points lock in for every turn a card survives, the win condition rewards holding the lanes rather than clearing them, which is a different design bet from the destruction-first decks its lane format borrows from.

4Gamer.net
games 1 sources · Oct 13

Heathen Trailer Passes 1 Million Views In Four Days

A trailer that reached 1 million views in four days tells the developer that the first-person Diablo formula, a direction the genre rarely takes, has an audience before the game ships.

Game Spark
gamesrelease 3 sources · Oct 13

Neos Sets Switch 2 Versions of Ora Natsu and Sumi Shiro for March 4, 2027

The 2-in-1 pack puts both Crayon Shin-chan adventures on a single Switch 2 game card, a format that lets Neos sell the two titles as one purchase in Asia while Clear River Games handles a separate packaged release for North America and Europe.

4Gamer.net, Inside, Game Spark
gamesevent 1 sources · Oct 13

TOKYO Gaming-PC STREET 9 Draws a Full House in Akihabara

The event's own framing is the argument: expensive gaming peripherals are hard to judge without handling them, and a capacity crowd is the evidence ASCII is reading off its own turnout.

ASCII.jp
gamesrelease 2 sources · Oct 13

Hytale Launches Chapter I: Out of the Breach Update

The update is Hytale's first major content release since its early access started on January 14, shifting its reputation from a long-delayed title to one now shipping structured RPG content.

Denfaminicogamer, Automaton
gamesrelease 3 sources · Oct 13

Bless You Again Demo Hits Steam Ahead of Next Fest

The demo doubles as a Next Fest entry, and Gino already has a crowdfunding and wishlist audience to convert during the festival window that opens October 20.

4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark
games 1 sources · Oct 13

Ueda And Chahi Discuss A Words-Free Approach To Game Worlds At Tokyo Talk

The talk puts a direct line between Another World and ICO's design: Ueda says the holding-hands action came from pushing the protagonist-alien relationship in Another World to its logical conclusion, and that removing words would have been too frightening without it.

Denfaminicogamer
gamesrelease 3 sources · Oct 13

Gears Of War: E-Day Launches With 4Gamer Controller Giveaway

Microsoft and The Coalition confirmed via the official community X account that the October 11 to 12 network outage came from an external DDoS attack, so the launch week story is the rollout and the security response at the same time.

4Gamer.net, Game Spark, GameBusiness.jp
gamesannouncement 5 sources · Oct 13

Edia Opens Teaser Site for Otome Game PROJECT SIGN: Astraea

MintLip+ is opening its first title through a staged, alternate-reality-style rollout rather than a standard reveal, and the October 19 date is when the brand's actual game (character design, cast) has to arrive.

4Gamer.net, Automaton, Denfaminicogamer, and 2 more
gamesrelease 4 sources · Oct 13

Sony To Launch PlayStation 5 Digital Edition Midnight Black In Japan On November 19

The black variant keeps the same 55,000 yen price as the white Japan-only model, so Sony is selling the color change at parity rather than charging a premium for it, and the simultaneous 11,980 yen disc drive release gives disc-owning buyers a first-party path back.

GAME Watch (Impress), 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer