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Apple Arcade adds four games on November 5: NBA 2K27 Arcade Edition, now with all 15 WNBA teams, Hipster Whale's exclusive runner Crossy Road Rush, and the ad-free puzzlers KAMI 2+ and Food Stylist+.
Genshin Impact's Version 7.2 update, Hour of Ruin, launches November 4 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series and mobile. It opens an underground city in eastern Snezhnaya, unites all seven nations in a new Archon Quest, and adds the 5-star Electro catalyst Mitya and the 4-star Electro sword Valeriy.
Manjuu's creature-companion RPG Azur Promilia launches free on PC, iOS and Android in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and China on November 26. The English version is targeting an open beta in summer 2027.
AdHoc Studio marked Dispatch's first anniversary with five million players, free Commentary and Storyboard modes for Deluxe owners today, and an iOS and Android launch on December 9 with the first four episodes free.
ZeptoLab is taking Cut the Rope Remastered off Apple Arcade and releasing it as a standalone, ad-free premium game on iOS and Android. The App Store lists a December 3 launch, and Google Play pre-registration is open now.
Once Human's largest free expansion, Isles of Abyss, is live on every platform. It brings five ocean regions ruled by a living sea called the Sunken Lord, ships you build up from a raft into a Sea Fortress, and a 21-day PvE cycle.
Pokémon GO's European store listing now shows PEGI 16, as PEGI raises older digital-only games that sell paid random items from 3, 7 or 12 to 16. Nothing in the game changes, but parental-control filters may.
Pokémon TCG Pocket's Dual Fusion expansion goes live on October 28 at 6:00 p.m. PDT, adding the game's first dual-type cards, led by Mega Mewtwo X ex and Mega Greninja ex, along with six rental decks and a free Mega Rayquaza ex elite deck. A two-month second-anniversary event calendar starts the next day.
Jagex has cancelled RuneScape Reignited, the fresh-start mode with its own economy, after fan backlash. December 2 still brings the Adventure Guide, a Remastered Journey and a 10-day free members' trial for new and lapsed players.
Bandai Namco has announced Gundam Blitz Order, a free-to-play idle simulation game for iOS and Android. Applications for a 500-player network test in the US and England are open until October 26, and the test runs November 18 to 24.
AP Thomson's match-three tower-defense roguelike Titanium Court launches on iOS and Android on October 29, the same day as its PS5, Switch 2 and Switch versions. Mobile pricing has not been announced yet.
poncle's card-driven Vampire Survivors spin-off is out on iPhone, iPad and Android for $9.99 with no ads or in-app purchases, and its free Death Parade update is included from day one.
Hello Games is bringing the full No Man's Sky, COSMOS update included, to iPhone 11 and newer and iPad on October 28. Pre-orders are live now and the game is free to try, but multiplayer is missing at launch.
Double Dagger Studio's cat adventure hits iPhone, iPad and Android worldwide on October 12, free to start with a one-time unlock, no ads, and an AR photo mode you only get on mobile. Controllers and save transfers aren't supported at launch.
HoYoverse has dated Zenless Zone Zero Version 3.3, 'Journey to the Sky', for October 21 on iOS, Android, PC, PS5 and Xbox, adding S-Rank Agents Phoenix and Severian, a sky-island story chapter and mech combat that will continue in future versions.
Ubisoft is sunsetting Rainbow Six Mobile, which will stay online until January 15, 2027. One final season still arrives next week, and details on in-game purchases are promised in the coming weeks.
Call of Duty: Mobile's first community-voted season, Vampires vs Werewolves, launches October 14 with the Fang Wars faction event, a Leader's Kill Confirmed mode, the free Grav assault rifle and early season downloads.
Arknights: Endfield's Sanctuary of Ink update arrives October 15 with two new operators, a story set inside a painting and an inn-and-farm side mode. The same day, the game launches on Steam with cross-progression, so mobile players can carry their saves to PC.
Sloclap's kung fu brawler comes to phones on October 12 with the complete story campaign, a new touch layout, a reworked camera and full controller support. App Store pre-orders and Google Play pre-registration are open now.
Nerial, the Devolver-owned studio behind Reigns, Card Shark and The Crush House, has ended development after 13 years and 11 games. Its last release was Reigns: The Witcher in February.
Nintendo switched off Mario Kart Tour's servers at 11:00 p.m. PT on September 29, ending seven years on iOS and Android. Unlike Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, there is no offline version.
TiMi Studio Group's Capcom-licensed open-world Monster Hunter launches free-to-play on iOS and Android on October 29, 2026, with pre-registration open now and a mainland China release to follow in 2027.
Lilith Games has opened pre-registration for WonderPaws, a city life sim on Android, iOS and PC where you share a flat with animal roommates who have jobs of their own, and can drink a potion to become a friend's pampered pet.
Konami has released the NES original Castlevania on iOS and Android for free as part of the series' 40th anniversary. It can be claimed until October 24, and installed copies keep working after it is delisted.
BeXide's merge puzzler starring voxel versions of Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Xevious, Mappy and The Tower of Druaga is out on iOS today for $8.99, less than half its Steam price.
Nitro Games' mobile Boltgun launched September 23 on iOS and Android as a free download: the first three levels are free, and a one-time $9.99 purchase unlocks the full campaign.
Ironhide's sixth mainline tower defense game lands on iOS, Android and Steam on September 24, with 15 towers, 12 heroes you take two at a time, and a rebuilt upgrade system. A Steam demo is playable now.
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.
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.
Nexon has dated Mabinogi Mobile for Japan: October 7, 2026 on iOS, Android and PC, with cross-play between the mobile and Windows builds. Pre-registration has passed 200,000, and no other region has a date yet.
Coffee Stain has switched Songs of Conquest Mobile from a paid app to free-to-try - one campaign map and one conquest map for nothing - alongside its biggest mobile update yet and a base-game unlock that has dropped to $9.99.
Niantic has set October 10 for Zorua Community Day, with a three-hour spawn flood, boosted shiny odds, Special Background encounters and an exclusive Fast Attack Sucker Punch on Zoroark.
Netmarble's action RPG got a game overview trailer, a cinematic and a playable TGS build carrying 200-plus buffs and eight characters. Out on iOS, Android and PC in 2026, with pre-registration open in Korea and Japan.
For Whom the Verses Mourn lands on September 30 with Pukaland, the St. Arbor Location Anomaly, new characters Blackbird and Akane Rin, a second Porsche collaboration bringing the 911 Turbo (930) and Taycan Turbo GT, and multiplayer Volley Star.
Limitless has rebuilt its pixel-art action-platformer around a single connected world with dungeons, mounts and secrets, and dropped free-to-play entirely. Apple Knight 3 is out now on iOS and Android at $2.99 with no ads and no in-app purchases.
Com2uS Holdings launched ARES: The Iron Vanguard globally on September 15. Developed by Second Dive, the free-to-play action RPG lets you swap between two combat suits in real time across four classes, adds a hoverboard, a pilotable Goliath mech and the Valkyrie, and supports cross-play between iOS, Android and PC after an August soft launch in six countries.
Pepperbox Studios' Dice of Kalma has passed one million downloads across Steam, iOS and Android, about ten months after its November 2025 PC launch. The Finnish studio's underworld dice roguelike is a Balatro-like built from poker hands and 70-plus skulls, and its short, turn-based, one-handed runs are a near-perfect fit for phones. The recent Silent Skulls update added costumes, new skulls and harder challenges.
Three years after launch, Monster Hunter Now has taken an estimated $336.9 million on iOS and Android, with 60 percent of it earned in year one and $230.4 million of it coming from Japan alone. The anniversary update cuts spawn cooldowns and makes Elder Dragon hunts permanent, ahead of a Carnival event in Osaka in November.
Game Freak has revealed Ame no Chi Hare Onna, a free-to-play mobile game built around real-world weather data across Japan, with Pokemon series director Shigeru Ohmori as director and producer. It launches this winter on iOS and Android.
Hearthstone is getting its first new class since Demon Hunter in 2020: Monk, led by Chen Stormstout, arrives March 2027 alongside a core set refresh and rotation. Before that, the Reign of the Black Empire expansion lands 20 October with the Assemble keyword across roughly 250 cards, and Battlegrounds gets the Aberration minion type on 22 September.
Genshin Impact Version 7.1 'A Rekviem for the Underworld' launches 23 September with the Tsaritsa's Gnosis plan finally explained, Ronova added as a Weekly Boss, new 5-stars Vesna and Vodyanitsa, the Moonchase Festival's return to Liyue, and an anniversary payout of two free 5-star characters plus 1,600 Primogems.
Pawprint Studio's pre-launch dev letter confirms Aniimo has removed the Rune system entirely and replaced its random Legendary catch with a craftable, guaranteed one-time Irisalis encounter, alongside flat Prismana odds, Umbral Aniimo, an expanded Home and rebuilt mobile controls. Aniimo launches September 16 on PC, console and Xbox Cloud Gaming, with iOS and Android following September 23.
Playdigious, Dotemu, Guard Crush Games and Supamonks are bringing the roguelite beat 'em up Absolum to iOS and Android on November 5 with a redesigned mobile interface, full touch controls, controller support, and Android-to-PC cross-progression via Google Play Games.
Season 54's Royal Academy update replaces the Starr Road unlock path with a shooting-gallery minigame, adds Keys and a Vault for past-season skins, ships Cosmo now and Vince in October, and hands the game over to Duolingo's owl for a two-week boss fight.
Imagineer has opened global pre-registration for the 3v3 part-targeting Robattle RPG on Google Play and the App Store, with the App Store listing pointing at January 21, 2027 and six years of Japanese content behind it.
Season 8 lands September 9 with Herrscher Operators, a Quantum Platform POI on Isolated, a three-player roguelike top-down shooter, and the game's first Mythic Weapons Series Armory holding three Mythics at once.
DevilishGames released Cloudgazer: A Game About Watching Clouds today on the App Store, Google Play and Steam for $2.99 - a paid, timer-free sky simulator whose only mechanic is pareidolia. Dynamic clouds, a full day-night cycle and hundreds of hidden shapes, with no energy meters and nothing that expires while you are away.
From the Twilight Trails season on September 8, Mega-Evolved Pokemon can enter GO Battle League with a temporary in-battle CP reduction. Separately, any Pokemon that can reach Super Max Level gains an extra Charged Attack while Mega Evolved, with Mega Mewtwo X and Y picking up Adventure Effects.
Capcom's Tokyo Game Show 2026 partner exhibitions include the first public play of a new Monster Hunter Outlanders field, Kuchihate no Fuchi, traversed with gliders and ziplines and stocked with a Radiant Radobaan and an Azure Rathalos. It follows the gamescom reveal of original Elder Dragon Ruger Aidal and the opening of pre-registration.
Supercell's September 2026 Clash of Clans season is WWE: Search for Cena, a second WWE crossover fronted by John Cena himself. The Gold Pass reward is a Jey Uso Minion Prince skin with a microphone-headed wand, and a Clash-styled Money in the Bank briefcase anchors the season's reward track.
Four new Pokemon were revealed at the 2026 World Championships: Morpeko on 4 September as a Speedster with Full Belly and Hangry modes, Toxtricity on 24 September as a status-focused Attacker, then Jolteon and Flareon in October to complete every Eeveelution. It lands the same weekend UNITE was dropped from Worlds 2027.
Version 3.2 Their Secret Histories adds the Armorer Specialty with brand-new Maim and multi-CRIT mechanics, S-Rank Agents Claret and Roxy, a story push into Vyrium, free Angels of Delusion outfits, and the FLINTWORKS redemption code.
The mobile card game's 21st expansion, B4a, launched August 26 with 110 cards, 38 of them secret rares. Team Rocket's Articuno ex, Zapdos ex and Moltres ex headline, backed by six new Trainer cards and a month of events including the Great Puzzle Challenge running to September 30.
Four weeks after global launch, Devsisters' idle RPG has 2.5 million players and 20 billion won in revenue - and it just got the co-op raid mode it was missing. Guild Crumb Clash lets every member fight the same boss on their own schedule while five guilds race each other across servers, with exclusive Cookies and Pets behind a Guild Medal store. Brightseeker Cookie arrives at TSSR, Pinot Noir and Tea Knight fill out SSR, and bulk quest clearing finally cuts the daily menu tax.
Bandai Namco's new Bleach mobile RPG is set after Thousand-Year Blood War and casts you as your own rank-and-file Soul Reaper. Combat runs on three-person teams and attack cards that chain into team-wide Link Attacks, and customisation extends all the way down to the blade, guard and sheath of your Zanpakuto. Launching on iOS and Android in 2026.
Netmarble has opened global pre-registration for VAMPIR, the cross-platform vampire MMORPG that topped both Korean app store grossing charts and made 40 million dollars in its first month after launching there exactly a year ago. It runs on iOS, Android and PC with shared progression, is rated Mature 17+, and ships a class roster led by the gunslinging Carnage and the hit-and-run Grim Reaper. No global launch date yet.
Pawprint Studio confirmed at Gamescom 2026 that free-to-play open-world creature collector Aniimo launches September 16, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, with iOS and Android following on September 23. Its Twining mechanic hands you direct control of your creature for combat, traversal and puzzles. Cross-platform progression is shared, so mobile players join a world that has been live for a week.
Morefun and Tencent announced a global version of open-world creature collector Roco Kingdom at Gamescom Opening Night Live. The Quack Quack Test closed beta starts October 27 on PC and phones, with 400-plus unique Jinies, a Magic Academy structure, co-riding and level-equalised turn-based PvP. There is no global release date yet.
Ultrapool, a roguelike about playing pool with wacky trick balls, launched August 24 on iOS, Android and Steam simultaneously. Developer Icedrop Games describes it as a pool version of Balatro crossed with Super Auto Pets, built around ten escalating rounds and a bar that blends any two balls into something new.
Torchlight: Infinite's new hardcore server auto-fires your main skill while you move and lifts the cap on Destiny Installs entirely - but one death ends the run. Here's what Move to Cast, Unshackled Destiny and the five free Compasses actually change.