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Red Barrels' Cold War co-op horror game The Outlast Trials launched on the Nintendo Switch 2 eShop on October 27 for $39.99, playable docked or handheld, solo or with up to four players online.
Capcom has pulled Street Fighter V from sale on PlayStation Store and Steam and switched off its online features during emergency maintenance tied to PHP security. Offline modes still work, and there is no return date yet.
XLGAMES' action MMORPG ArcheAge Chronicles launches in Steam Early Access on November 3 at 3:00 PM PST for $29.99, with three regions and four classes, and pre-orders are open now.
Funcom is bringing Astrolabe's sky-island survival sandbox Aloft and the overhauled Conan Exiles Enhanced to PS5 in early 2027. Existing Conan Exiles owners on PlayStation get the Enhanced upgrade free.
Minecraft for Nintendo Switch 2 launched today with Vibrant Visuals and an updated Super Mario Mash-Up Pack. Digital owners of the Switch version can upgrade free in most regions until January 31, 2027, with their worlds carried over.
Where Winds Meet's first anniversary update arrives on November 13 with Hutuo, a war-torn new region built around the fall of Zhongdu Bridge. It also brings PS5 Pro enhancements, two new board-game modes and, later in November, a Yuen Woo-ping-choreographed Dual Spears martial art.
Bandai Namco's free-to-play BLEACH Mirrors High goes live worldwide on iOS and Android on October 28 (UTC), with pre-downloads open now. It tells an original story set after the Thousand-Year Blood War, with new characters designed by Tite Kubo.
Stormind Games' survival-horror trilogy closer Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy is out today on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2 and PC, sending Susan Harper into a Sicilian villa with hypnosis powers and an Akira Yamaoka score.
The Pokémon Company and TiMi Studio Group will shut down Pokémon UNITE on Switch and mobile on March 23, 2027. Aeos gem sales and new UNITE Club memberships ended today, and a farewell event with a downloadable library feature arrives November 12.
Title Update 1.0.8 lands October 27 at 14:00 UTC with up to five New Game+ cycles, a punishing Nightmare difficulty and restored takedowns. Ubisoft says it is the remake's last major content update.
Tribute Games has detailed The Siege of Castle Doom, a November 10 DLC for MARVEL Cosmic Invasion that adds Doctor Doom and the Invisible Woman plus a replayable castle mode with branching doors, perks and a race against Doom's Cosmic Inductor.
Rike Games is bringing Bills Must Be Paid, the incremental game that sold 100,000 copies on Steam in under three days, to iPhone, iPad and Android on November 1 as a one-time $5.99 purchase, with App Store pre-orders open now.