Game news
Epic delays Marvel-Star Wars shooter for an AI-first rebuild
Bloomberg reports Epic's Disney crossover shooter has lost its March 2027 target as staff shift to AI-generated code and art, a pivot Tim Sweeney publicly backed on Monday.
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PlayStation
PS Plus Extra swaps Mycopunk in as Silent Hill 2 leaves
On Oct 20, Extra and Premium add day-one Mycopunk while Silent Hill 2 and seven other catalog games drop — and unlike Essential monthlies, you do not keep them.
Game news
Review Roundup: Valor Mortis hits NGC 78 with no Xbox scores
Nines and sixes land in the same window: strong first-person combat praise, bug and variety complaints, and a blank Xbox Metascore before Game Pass day one.
Xbox
Gears of War: E-Day is back online after a weekend DDoS attack
The Coalition blamed Sunday's login failures and disconnects in Gears of War: E-Day on a DDoS attack, and Xbox says service was back to normal a few hours later.
Nintendo
Modern Warfare 4 on Switch 2 starts Friday for digital buyers
Switch 2 owners who pre-order Modern Warfare 4 on the eShop can start the campaign on Oct 16 and DMZ on Oct 20, but they'll need about 85GB free, and the boxed copy is only a download code.
Game news
Daily Console Drop: Battlefield 6 joins Game Pass tomorrow
Battlefield 6 and Valor Mortis hit Game Pass on Tuesday, PS5 and Steam get a free Battlefield trial later in the week, and three Resident Evil remakes land on Switch 2 Friday.
Nintendo
Who actually gets It Takes Two free on Switch 2
Switch owners in most regions can claim a free Switch 2 upgrade on Oct 15 — Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan are out of the free offer.
Nintendo
Nintendo says it won't ditch physical Switch 2 games
Latin America VP Bill van Zyll tells Coelho Nintendo has no plans to abandon physical releases, while PlayStation ends new discs in January 2028.
Game news
Review Roundup: Hellraiser Revival splits hard at NGC 76
Saber’s $39.99 Cenobite game lands in the mid-70s: fans cheer the Labyrinth, while bugs, bosses, and resources pull scores as low as 45.
Nintendo
Ocarina of Time already leads Amazon's Switch 2 chart
Amazon's US listing shows a 100K+ bought badge and the #1 Switch 2 Games spot weeks before the Nov 5 remake — and the Zelda console ships without the game.