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Pokémon TCG's Delta Reign Preorder Chaos and a Valentine's Day Set Surprise

The Pokémon Trading Card Game is closing out 2026 with a bang, and it's already causing headaches for fans. The final set of the year, Mega Evolution: Delta Reign, is triggering another wave of preorder chaos, with Elite Trainer Boxes and Booster Displays selling out rapidly at MSRP across both the US and UK. Collectors and players are once again scrambling to find the product at a fair price before scalpers corner the market, a pattern that has become all too familiar for the TCG's most anticipated releases.

Oct 3, 2026

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Alan Wake 2 Director Has Been Quietly Co-Directing a Mystery Remedy Game

Kyle Rowley, the director behind the critically acclaimed Alan Wake 2, has reportedly been co-directing an unannounced Remedy Entertainment project for nearly two years. The news has sent fans into a frenzy of speculation, with many hoping the mystery title turns out to be Alan Wake 3. Rowley's involvement signals that the project is likely something substantial, given his track record helming one of Remedy's most ambitious and celebrated releases.

Oct 3, 2026

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Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Is the Longest Entry Yet, But Is That a Good Thing?

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave has been billed as the biggest and most epic entry in the long-running tactical RPG series, packed with more story, battles, and content than any previous installment. But as the game pushes the boundaries of scale, a natural question emerges: how long is too long? Siliconera dives into whether Fortune's Weave earns every hour it asks of players, or whether its ambition begins to tip into excess.

Oct 3, 2026

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Rust's Livestock Update Adds Cows, Sheep, Biofuel, and a Slower Road to Vehicles

Facepunch Studios has rolled out a major October 2026 update for Rust, and it fundamentally changes how players interact with the survival game's world. The headline additions are cows and sheep, which players can now farm, trade, and raise as part of a proper livestock system. From cows, survivors can collect raw milk and cream for new cooking recipes, while sheep presumably offer their own resources for industrious players. Smaller critters have also been added to the game, rounding out a much more lively and populated open world.

Oct 3, 2026

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Elder Scrolls Online Dives Into Naval Combat With High Seas of Tamriel Event

The Elder Scrolls Online is charting new waters, quite literally, with its High Seas of Tamriel event, which introduces both ship-to-ship combat and underwater combat to the long-running MMO. Zenimax Online Studios has taken the game in a bold new direction, expanding its combat systems well beyond the land-based encounters players have come to expect over the years. PCGamesN sat down with the developers to find out exactly why the studio decided to make the nautical leap and how the new mechanics actually work in practice.

Oct 3, 2026

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AI "Vibe-Coded" Mods Are Flooding the Internet, and Not Everyone Is Happy

A wave of AI-assisted, "vibe-coded" game mods and decompilations has taken over social media this week, with creators using large language models to rapidly remix and mashup classic titles in ways that would have taken dedicated teams months or years to produce. From wild crossover mods going viral on X to the original Xbox version of Halo becoming playable in a web browser complete with multiplayer support, the sheer volume and ambition of these projects has been staggering. IGN's coverage noted that modders are specifically targeting games that have already been decompiled, using those open codebases as a launchpad for AI-driven experimentation and genre-blending chaos.

Oct 3, 2026

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Dead by Daylight's Halloween Marathon Brings Diablo, Stranger Things & Art the Clown

Dead by Daylight is going all-out for Halloween 2026 with a six-week horror marathon packed with high-profile collaborations. The event brings together crossovers with Blizzard's Diablo franchise and Netflix's Stranger Things, alongside seasonal in-game events designed to keep players engaged throughout October and into November. It's a bold move by developer Behaviour Interactive to lean hard into the spooky season with content spanning multiple beloved horror and genre properties.

Oct 3, 2026

World of WarcraftBlizzardMMO

WoW Forever Beta Gets Level Cap Boost, New Dungeon, and Class Tuning

The World of Warcraft: Forever beta just received a significant patch that raises the level cap to 30, bringing a wave of class balance changes, new content, and a few surprises along the way. Blizzard's latest update delivers wins for some classes while delivering disappointing news for others, most notably Undead Paladins, who find themselves on the wrong end of the tuning pass. Warriors, on the other hand, come out of this patch looking considerably stronger.

Oct 3, 2026

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System Shock 2 Remaster Is Free on Epic Games Store This October

Nightdive Studios' acclaimed remaster of System Shock 2 is now free to keep on the Epic Games Store as part of the platform's October free games lineup. The 25th anniversary remaster, which has earned strong praise for its faithful yet modernized take on the 1999 sci-fi classic, is available at no cost alongside three other titles: Buried Stars, Out of Sight, and TerraScape.

Oct 3, 2026

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Star Wars: Galactic Racer Reviews Hail It as an All-Time Great Racing Game

Star Wars: Galactic Racer, the debut title from Fuse Games, has landed to extraordinary critical praise, with reviewers calling it one of the best racing games in years. Outlets across the board have heaped on the superlatives, with Polygon drawing comparisons to the beloved Burnout series, describing it as nothing short of "the second coming of Burnout." PCGamesN echoes the enthusiasm, noting that the game "brings high-octane, death-defying competition back to the galaxy" without ever letting up on the throttle. Even Destructoid, which admitted to going in skeptical, came away thoroughly impressed, dubbing it "Finger-breakin' good."

Oct 3, 2026

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Halo Reboot with Master Chief Origin Story? Activision Weighs Its Options

Activision may be planning a dramatic new direction for the Halo franchise, with reports suggesting one leading option is a full series reboot built around a Master Chief origin story. According to multiple outlets, Microsoft handed development of the next Halo title to Activision, where a newly assembled, purpose-built team, separate from existing Call of Duty developers, is exploring what comes next for the iconic sci-fi shooter series. While no final decision has been made, a hard reboot appears to be among the most seriously considered paths forward.

Oct 3, 2026

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GTA 6's $80 Price Tag Could Blaze a Trail for Pricier AAA Games

Rockstar Games set eyebrows raising across the industry when it priced Grand Theft Auto 6's standard edition at $80, and now other developers are openly hoping that price point sticks as the new normal for AAA titles. Martin Klima, co-founder and COO of Warhorse Studios, the team behind Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, has become one of the latest and most vocal industry voices to throw his support behind the increase. Klima described higher game prices as "long overdue and also necessary for this business to survive," expressing hope that GTA 6's market clout will give other studios the cover they need to follow suit.

Oct 3, 2026

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GTA 6 Marketing Blitz: Miami Heat Rebrand, New Screenshots, and More

With fewer than 50 days remaining until the release of Grand Theft Auto 6, Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive kicked their marketing machine into overdrive this week, unleashing a flurry of announcements that dominated gaming headlines. The biggest real-world crossover sees the NBA's Miami Heat temporarily rebranding as the "Vice City" team for a special ESPN-broadcast game ahead of GTA 6's November launch, complete with Vice City-themed merchandise available for fans. The stunt was notable enough to go viral on both sides of the Atlantic, though apparently for different reasons: PC Gamer's UK editorial team admitted they had no idea who the Miami Heat were, inadvertently highlighting just how broad Rockstar's promotional reach has become.

Oct 3, 2026