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Feel Free Games is bringing its co-op farming adventure Luma Island, which has passed 800,000 players on PC, to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in 2026, with cross-platform play across all three platforms.
BeamNG.drive launches on PS5 in Early Access on October 19, 2026, with 12 maps, Career Mode and split-screen, but no mods or VR at launch.
Meta's 100-gram VR Glasses arrive in spring 2027 for $1,299.99 with eye and hand controls instead of controllers, alongside a hand-tracked Beat Saber overhaul, Tetris Effect: Mixed Realities and an Ace Attorney VR game.
DreadXP and Vincent Adinolfi's 90s-style survival horror game Heartworm launches on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PS4, Xbox One and Switch on October 1, having been on PC since July 2025.
Grimlore Games and THQ Nordic have dated Titan Quest II's 1.0 release for January 19, 2027, launching the mythological action RPG on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S alongside its full PC release.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered turns the Xbox release into a Play Anywhere title on September 29, handing Microsoft Store owners a save-synced Windows copy at no extra cost. Steam, GOG and Epic owners still get the free upgrade, just not the second copy.
Aspyr is bringing Shadow of Mordor's Game of the Year Edition and Shadow of War's Definitive Edition to Switch 2 on September 30 as Middle-earth: Shadow Bundle, with pre-orders open at $34.99. It is the first time either game has appeared on a Nintendo platform.
Ubisoft's six-minute overview trailer lays out the Snowdrop rebuild of Rayman Legends, from a new sixth realm and dragon rides to Kung Foot's return. A separate breakdown details an accessibility suite that reaches into difficulty itself.
Microsoft is eliminating 268 roles across Xbox Game Studios and reorganising its studios: Activision takes Halo, Rare and World's Edge, Obsidian moves under Bethesda, and Playground and Turn 10 merge. Ninja Theory faces a proposed closure after two sale agreements collapsed.
Funcom's Dune survival MMO is out now on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Cloud Gaming, arriving with a full single-player mode, the conclusion of Book One, and a rebuilt Landsraad endgame.
Arrowhead's Helldivers 2 update 7.1.0, Devoid of Liberty, rebuilds enemy spawning around per-player pressure and sharply raises the intensity of Evacuate High-Value Assets missions.
PLAION is releasing physical editions of Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered on November 13 for PS5, Xbox and Switch, with a $49.99 Deluxe Edition that packs a SteelBook, soundtrack CD, 80-page art book and a demo of the cancelled sixth game.