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Sony has revealed the DualSense wireless controller – Lisa Limited Edition, with the pop star's bangs and eyes printed onto the touch pad in a Chroma Pearl finish. It launches globally on October 30 at $84.99, with limited pre-orders opening October 2.
Bloober Team's gameplay showcase for the Cronos: The New Dawn story DLC details three of the Pathfinder's new tools: instant teleportation, a ghostly decoy that turns him invisible, and a piercing rifle called the Gladius.
HoYoverse dated Version 4.6 "Dance With the Beast Before Moonrise" for September 28, led by new five-star Ice character Pearl. A Zenless Zone Zero crossover follows in Version 4.8.
The Game Bakers has dated On the Trail: Deep Water, the first of Cairn's free DLC drops, for October 29. It adds three climbing spots, water soloing, a playable Marco and an energy meter, with a Free Roam update alongside.
Total Mayhem Games has dated We Were Here Tomorrow for October 20 at $19.99, with a 10 percent launch discount and a Fan Edition that bundles the soundtrack. At roughly fifteen hours, the studio calls it the biggest entry in the co-op puzzle series so far.
Veewo Games has set October 8 for Neon Abyss 2's 1.0 launch, bringing the four-player co-op roguelike out of Early Access on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch simultaneously. Buying before then still gets you the Archenemy Returns DLC free.
Devolver Digital and Kenny Sun and Friends have announced Risen Ballbylon, a BALL x PIT expansion that sends the lift up into a floating city instead of down into the pit. It arrives November 12 on every platform the base game runs on, but only unlocks after you have finished the game.
Devolver Digital's cel-shaded co-op looter shooter leaves Early Access on October 20, arriving on PS5 the same day and landing in the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog on day one.
TAITO and Clear River Games are bundling Lufia & the Fortress of Doom and Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals into one collection for PS5, Switch 2, Switch and PC in 2027. The Steam page is live, and its screenshots show a reworked battle interface over untouched 16-bit sprites.
Konami is putting the opening chapter of Castlevania: Belmont's Curse out as a free demo on October 1, two weeks before launch, and progress made in it transfers to the full game.
Kuro Games has dated Wuthering Waves' 3.7 update, Prism's Illusion, Heart's Illumination, for September 30. It brings Resonators Hsin and Suoming, the Simulacrum Nexus of Mengzhou, five new Echoes, and the game's first main quest replay feature.
Koei Tecmo will release a Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered demo on September 24, a week before the game's October 1 launch. A free update adding online two-player play, which the remaster ships without, is scheduled for release by January 2027.