gamesrelease 3 sources Oct 3
The EDF spinoff is the second voxel entry in the series, and a source notes it was built to be approachable for players who dislike realistic giant insect imagery, which is a deliberate entry point for the franchise rather than a standard sequel.
Automaton, Game Spark, Inside
gamesevent 4 sources Oct 3
Morefun's narrative lead told the stage the game will not let spending decide battle outcomes, a monetization stance that separates Roco Kingdom from the gacha-driven monster-collectors it will sit beside on the same platforms.
Automaton, Inside, Game Spark
gamesbusiness 3 sources Oct 3
The name of a studio founded in 1997 in Malmo is now a multi-city label covering several teams, so a brand built by one studio becomes the banner for Ubisoft's whole action shooter output.
4Gamer.net, Game Spark, GameBusiness.jp
gamesrelease 3 sources Oct 3
The demo update turns a Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth find into a multilingual build, signaling a wider release push for the student-origin project that 4Gamer first played at the EdCorp booth on September 17, 2026.
4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark
gamesannouncement 2 sources Oct 3
Blink Hydrate is moving a two-day jam experiment about a soul contract into a commercial Steam release, which tests whether a short-form jam concept can carry a full visual novel.
Automaton, Game Spark
gamesrelease 2 sources Oct 3
The Piper at Dawn reached a peak concurrent player count of 5,043 and a Very Positive rating from 85 Steam user reviews, extending Bone Nail's Cthulhu management formula into a new title with a labor system that automates the loop.
Automaton, Game Spark
games 2 sources Oct 3
The permanence rule separates Mythic from Steam's Perfect Game, where added achievements strip the status, so Xbox is adopting the PlayStation Platinum Trophy model instead.
4Gamer.net, Game Spark
gamesannouncement 2 sources Oct 3
The app shuts down before its main story finishes, so SEEC is moving the unreleased main story, card stories, and new illustrations to note and pixivFANBOX to carry the narrative to its conclusion.
4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer
games 4 sources Oct 3
The public denial arrives as Xbox is absorbing roughly 3,200 layoffs this fiscal year and, per people familiar with the PHYSINT deal, has agreed to fund that title well below its normal major-game budget, so the sale question is being answered while the spending cuts are still in motion.
Automaton, Game Spark, GameBusiness.jp, and 1 more
gamesannouncement 4 sources Oct 3
DANGEN is building a shared Girls World continuity: Raven, created for LitGirls from Poe's poem, was added to Turret and Girls first, and the two games connect as parallel worlds.
4Gamer.net, GAME Watch (Impress), Denfaminicogamer, and 1 more
gamesrelease 2 sources Oct 3
SNK's free demo gives players a playable slice of an unreleased fighting game with no data carryover, so the offline modes and the Smart Style one-button scheme are the only things it can get into players' hands before the Switch 2 build arrives.
4Gamer.net, ASCII.jp
gamesrelease 2 sources Oct 3
Gateholt's demo carries two evil spirit types and two minion types, but DOMADOZ plans more than 10 of each for the full release, so the trial shows only a fraction of the randomization the finished game promises.
4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer
gamesrelease 2 sources Oct 3
Kurobane's transformation timer pauses when she is switched out, unlike Crimson's, which ends on switch, a mechanic that could change how players build teams around NTE's chaining system.
4Gamer.net, Automaton
gamesannouncement 2 sources Oct 3
Idea Factory already runs Otomate for otome games and Compile Heart for RPGs, so a third label with English and Chinese language support from the start reads as a push to sell adventure games abroad under a new name rather than under its existing imprints.
4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer
gamesrelease 2 sources Oct 3
The Switch 2 Edition supports GameShare, so co-op play works with a single copy of the game, a cheaper entry point than buying separate copies for each player.
4Gamer.net
gamesevent 2 sources Oct 3
Mouse Computer picked a low-spec-friendly party game and an entry-level NEXTGEAR brand for the stage slot at a booth otherwise built around high-end hardware reveals, including a desktop gaming PC with a mobile CPU announced at the show.
Inside, Game Spark
gamesrelease 2 sources Oct 3
A Mixed Steam rating sitting under a near-doubled concurrent player peak points to a launch where demand outran optimization, so the developer's promised fixes carry more weight than the review score for the game's near-term trajectory.
Automaton, Game Spark
games 3 sources Oct 3
Lim frames the whole design around a single constraint, the phone screen, and says formation outweighs in-battle play, so the closed beta is the first test of whether that seven-to-three balance holds up.
GAME Watch (Impress), Inside, Game Spark
gamesrelease 3 sources Oct 3
The Japanese localization exists because a Swedish translation and PR account showed the developer there was demand, a path that bypasses the usual publisher-driven route to a Steam release in Japan.
4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark
gamesrelease 3 sources Oct 3
The version 1.0 rework removes the early resource scramble that the developer had identified as a balance problem, a change aimed at shortening matches after early access sales failed to sustain the team.
4Gamer.net, Automaton, Denfaminicogamer
gamesrelease 3 sources Oct 3
The Switch version arrives alongside Steam on the same day after the game had been announced only for Steam, and Shochiku Games is pairing the date with a CAMPFIRE crowdfunding campaign that sells early Steam keys and end-credit name listings.
GAME Watch (Impress), Automaton, Denfaminicogamer
gamesbusiness 5 sources Oct 3
Grasshopper Manufacture is leaving NetEase with the studio's own message confirming continued mutual cooperation, so the split is not a public break between the two companies.
4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Automaton, and 2 more
games 2 sources Oct 3
Season 2 arrives as WARDOGS still carries complaints about progression-based equipment disparities, balance problems, and cheaters reported on Asian servers, so the update is the first test of whether BULKHEAD addresses those issues alongside new content.
Automaton, Game Spark
gamesrelease 2 sources Oct 3
Studio CEO Tomas Sakalauskas said VR is not as popular as it once was and that the team still made a VR-only game because it wanted to create interactions that are impossible on a flat screen.
4Gamer.net, Game Spark