Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve peaked at 52,694 concurrent Steam players, nearly four times Ace Combat 7’s all-time Steam record.
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Behaviour Interactive is hiring for an unannounced AAA sci-fi FPS in Unreal Engine with a “high realism bar” and realistic character animation.
Ubisoft’s Motherbrain generative-AI initiative reportedly now operates as a global entity supporting teams across the company.
Dead by Daylight’s NieR:Automata Collection launches October 6, bringing Square Enix’s action RPG into Behaviour Interactive’s horror game.
Intel’s Nova Lake-HX laptop CPUs will reportedly use four-digit Core Ultra 4000 names, while mainstream mobile chips retain three-digit numbering.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered has reached 137,724 concurrent Steam players, setting another new peak days after its September 29 launch.
Casting calls reportedly reveal Assassin’s Creed Hexe characters, family relationships and story details, including its apparent protagonist Petra.
A new Modern Warfare 4 DMZ World Builder trailer has surfaced as Infinity Ward begins a five-day reveal cycle focused on Hajin.
Forceware 382.69 adds unofficial Windows XP 32-bit support for Nvidia Pascal GPUs, including GTX 1060 through GTX 1080 Ti and Titan cards.
Spotify placeholders reportedly linked Cardi B and Fuerza Regida to two unrevealed tracks on GTA VI’s upcoming 34-song album.
SQLDoom ports Doom’s game logic and renderer to SQL, using about 5,900 lines for gameplay and a 1,300-line database-powered renderer.
Roarty Digital has confirmed it contributed to Valve’s Deadlock and its major City Never Sleeps update alongside the game’s internal team.
Sony is reportedly accepting external pitches for dormant PlayStation franchises including Sly Cooper, Ape Escape and Killzone.
Taipei GTA reportedly reached 1.2 million concurrent players after its launch, with its developer saying AI token costs exceeded $10,000.
PlatinumGames president Atsushi Inaba says he wants to expand Bayonetta as a character and broaden her world, but won’t confirm the next game.
XPSemu Alpha 1 brings native original Xbox emulation to jailbroken PS5 consoles, with early support for games including Halo 2 and Forza Motorsport.
Naoki Hamaguchi says he pushed for Final Fantasy VII Revelation to receive a physical edition despite growing pressure toward digital releases.
An RTX 5090 owner added two PCIe 8-pin inputs alongside the 16-pin connector and reports sub-40°C wire temperatures during a 550W test.
A Fortnite leak points to a Street Fighter movie crossover arriving October 10 with new character skins and themed cosmetics.
Jagex has revealed a fourth RuneScape MMO, currently known as RS4, built in Unreal Engine by a separate team and still early in development.
Banjo: Recompiled developers have criticized an AI-assisted Banjo-Tooie PC port, citing code quality and concerns over reused community tooling.
RuneScape Reignited launches December 2 with a fresh economy, new hiscores, no paid progression and 10 days of free members access.
Fortnite’s Black Clover crossover reveals Asta, Noelle and Yuno cosmetics, including Back Blings, Pickaxes, an emote and a wrap.
Fortnite’s October 3 Power Hours boosts Bounty Hunter Sprites, gives everyone Dual Fiend Hunters and adds extra chest rewards for two limited sessions.
Marvel’s Wolverine has reached peaks of around 20 FPS on KyTyPS5, though most gameplay still runs closer to 6-9 FPS on high-end PC hardware.
Modern Warfare 4’s DMZ rollout begins October 4 with a new trailer as Infinity Ward starts a week of reveals focused on Hajin and extraction gameplay.
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse is reportedly 7.136 GB on PS5, with preload set for October 13 ahead of its October 15 launch.
LOVE Magazine has revealed four new GTA VI screenshots and fresh Rockstar commentary on Jason, Lucia, realism and Leonida.
The Miami Heat will become “Vice City” for a special November 18 game night tied to GTA VI, with a custom court, new uniform and arena activations.
A new Fortnite leak details Hollow Knight’s Knight Sidekick, Shade style, bench emote, Nail pickaxe and reactive Grub back bling.
GPT-6 Astra completed World of Warcraft’s Orc starting zone in 40 minutes using agent-wow, raw server packets and AzerothCore game data.
NVIDIA has raised the Shield TV Pro to $299 and stopped producing the standard Shield TV, citing higher component and memory costs.
Nacon’s Revolution 5 Unlimited adds TMR sticks, a built-in display, asymmetric layout and 1000Hz PC polling for $199.90.
NVIDIA has issued driver 582.78 for older GeForce GPUs, while Sapphire released firmware updates for affected Radeon RX 7000 cards.
A Micro Center customer says an RTX 5090 PC purchase required photo ID and a no-export declaration, though the policy has not been confirmed chainwide.
Steam generated an estimated $1.7 billion in September 2026 as annual revenue reached $16.5 billion and releases approached a new record.
An unreleased Ryzen 9 5900X3D engineering sample has surfaced with 12 cores and 128MB of L3 cache using 3D V-Cache on one CCD.
A teardown of a Wolverine PS5 Slim reveals an EDM-051 motherboard, revised liquid-metal cooling and easier CMOS battery replacement.
A used Ryzen 7 5800X3D buyer says Valorant blocked the PC over a prior Vanguard hardware ban, while Riot clarified how its HWID bans work.
Metro 2033 Redux and Last Light Redux are getting free next-gen updates with 4K textures, DLSS and 120 FPS support as Metro hits 50 million sales.
Microsoft is expanding Advanced Shader Delivery to Nvidia RTX and Intel hardware after cutting Gears: E-Day shader compilation by about 95%.
Fortnite’s Black Clover files have been decrypted, revealing Asta, Noelle and Yuno cosmetics ahead of the October 3 Item Shop release.
Windows Terminal 1.25.2733.0 is now stable with settings search, Kitty keyboard support and fixes for Xbox controller crashes and input bugs.
System76’s COSMIC desktop project now bans LLM-generated code, comments and descriptions from pull requests to reduce maintainer review workload.
Micron expects memory supply to remain constrained through 2028 as AI and server demand absorb DRAM and HBM production capacity.
Capcom’s REX project will gradually upgrade RE Engine with AI-ready systems aimed at programming, automated testing and faster game development.
Microsoft confirms KB5124010 can crash Windows 11 apps that rely on built-in AC-3 audio decoding, with no fix available yet.
A removed PEGI listing for GTA 6 reportedly detailed cocaine use, sex scenes, dismemberment and other mature content ahead of launch.
Alinea Analytics estimates Steam generated $1.7 billion in September, its best September on record, putting 2026 revenue at $16.5 billion.
Fortnite Reload 42.30 brings back Steady Storm this weekend and confirms Nitemare Island: Kado’s Curse for October 8.