Sony launched Live TV on PS5, offering over 100 free ad-supported channels and movies to all console owners. Sony Pictures TV head Keith Le Goy said the 40–50 million gamer audience is attractive to advertisers and combines gaming and TV businesses.
Marathon creative director Julia Nardin called a leak about Bungie's plans to merge Destiny and Marathon into one franchise a fake. She denied only the merger, not commenting on other leak claims: possible Marathon free-to-play shift, new PvE mode and Destiny cosmetics.
GTA 6 is set to launch in about two months, but the multiplayer mode GTA 6 Online will not start alongside the game. According to Forbes, the expected release year for the online mode is now known.
Square Enix's Dragon Quest role-playing game series has reached 100 million copies sold worldwide. The milestone coincides with the franchise's 40th anniversary.
Gamescom showed a preview of Silent Hill: Townfall from Screen Burn and Konami. It is set in a Scottish coastal town in 1996 and played in first person; developers scanned real locations and Argos catalogs for authenticity.
Creative director Dave Curd said Dednet spreads the "gospel of PUBG" through roguelike mechanics: each run strengthens the character, and balance is intentionally skewed toward experienced players. The game is set in a 90s-style Cascadia region.
Denuvo filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California against anonymous hacker voices38, accusing them of DMCA circumvention in 26 games, including Black Myth: Wukong, Resident Evil Requiem, and Doom: The Dark Ages. The company seeks damages and an injunction against removing anti-cheat protection from any games, but does not know the defendant's identity.
First reviews are out for Control Resonant, Remedy Entertainment's sequel to 2019's Control. Metacritic averages 85 for PS5, 84 for PC and 82 for Xbox Series X; release is September 24 with preorders from $59.99.
IGN's review notes excellent optimization of Control Resonant: on an RTX 4070 Ti Super at 1440p with medium settings and ray tracing, the game averages 111 fps, and on ultra with path tracing — 70 fps. On Xbox Ally X at 1080p with FSR Quality, it holds 40–45 fps, while Steam Deck struggles to exceed 25 fps.
Control Resonant is an action-RPG from Remedy starring Dylan Faden escaping the Federal Bureau of Control into a distorted Manhattan. The game is split into five large zones, with a reworked combat system and the city as the main character.
Diablo 4 game director Brent Gibson said at BlizzCon that players shouldn't worry about the game's future after the Diablo 5 announcement. According to him, Blizzard will continue releasing content 'for a long time', including the Amazon class in 2027 and Season 15, which launched on September 15.
Xbox players report being unable to reach 100% completion: a bug shows progress below 100% even with all achievements at 1000 Gamerscore. The cause is hidden 0G achievements from old Xbox One time-limited challenges. Xbox confirmed it is investigating.
Rockstar told previewers that GTA 6 runs at 30 FPS on consoles. No 60 FPS performance mode is expected on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S; 60 FPS support will likely only come on PS6 and Xbox Project Helix.
A campaign trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 debuted at the Xbox presentation during Tokyo Game Show. The trailer's ending confirmed Mads Mikkelsen voices and plays an antagonist who faces Captain Price.
Valheim has left early access with its 1.0 release and arrived on Switch 2. The review notes eight biomes, PC crossplay and three performance modes, but cites regular frame drops and frequent multiplayer disconnects.
Nintendo of America COO Devon Pritchard said Switch 2 is at the beginning of its lifecycle, citing record console sales in the US and the announcement of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake. She also noted the partnership with Sony Pictures for The Legend of Zelda film, scheduled for late April.
Wube Software released a native ARM64 version of Factorio for Linux — 11 years after player requests. The port is available in the Experimental Beta branch on Steam and as a separate download from the website, and the game is marked as Steam Frame Verified.
Blizzard confirmed that Diablo 4 will no longer receive expansions. Game director Brent Gibson called it 'liberating': the story will continue through seasons, starting with the 15th — Season of Hell's Legacy. Diablo 5 announced for 2029.
CCP Games' extraction shooter EVE Vanguard launches a paid alpha on November 10 via the EVE Launcher, with Steam Early Access planned for Q3 2027. The game already supports Easy Anti-Cheat on Linux, but a native SteamOS client is not planned.
Microsoft's program to convert physical Xbox discs into digital copies covers over 80% of games for Xbox One and Series. Ubisoft has joined the initiative.
The beta for World of Warcraft: Forever has native Xbox controller support, and the game runs excellently on the ROG Xbox Ally X even in low power mode. Full release is set for November 4, with guaranteed beta access starting at $59.99.
Director Naoki Hamaguchi said the two DLCs for Revelation—Sephiroth and Vincent & the Turks—will deepen the characters similar to Intermission. He declined to reveal the timeframe of the stories; the DLCs are scheduled for winter 2027 to spring 2028.
The Coalition released final system requirements for Gears of War: E-Day, launching October 6 on PC and Xbox Series X|S. For 4K at 60 FPS with upscaling, an RTX 5070 Ti or RX 7900 XT and a Ryzen 7 7800X3D-class CPU suffice, while 1440p/60 FPS requires an RTX 3060 Ti.
Take-Two president Strauss Zelnick said well-known franchises like GTA 6 still need marketing: 'you always have to go out and create enthusiasm.' He compared the campaign to promoting the Barbie movie and noted the 27-minute GTA 6 preview on Netflix drew 31.1 million views in four days.
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ArenaNet studio head Colin Johanson said at Gamescom that Guild Wars 3 will have 'significantly less UI' to support a console version and more readable combat. Effects like chill will be shown through character animations rather than icons. Beta is planned for fall 2027.
Rockstar confirmed that the GTA VI: The Album soundtrack will include 34 original tracks — twice as many as in GTA V. The album will release on November 19, the same day as the game; six tracks are already available, and physical versions are open for pre-order.
Funcom released update 1.5 for Dune: Awakening: the previously MMO game now has a full single-player mode with Landsraad guild simulation and a completed first part of the story. It adds settings for sandstorms, PvP/PvE zones, XP and loot multipliers, and lets a PC host a server for up to 40 players.
Studio S-GAME announced that action game Phantom Blade Zero has surpassed 3 million wishlists across all platforms. The game is scheduled for release on October 29, 2026; the studio previously said preorders exceeded expectations.
As part of Steam Free Weekend, Diablo 4, Sea of Thieves, Last Flag, and Jump Space are free until September 21. After the event, games can be bought at discounts up to 75%: Diablo 4 dropped from $49.99 to $12.49, Sea of Thieves from $39.99 to $13.99.
About 200 GB of GTA 5 source code from the 2023 Rockstar hack has been published, revealing an expanded layout for a cancelled Liberty City DLC. Modders suggest Rockstar may have carried the work over to GTA 6.
