28 critic scores put Jonathan Blow’s Order of the Sinking Star at NGC 83. Critics praise the puzzle design but split over its size, story and lack of hints, and five of eight Switch 2 reviews report slowdown. Platform tally, how far reviewers got, the review-build caveats and who should buy.
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor launched on PS5 at 2 a.m. PT for $12.99, with Switch and Switch 2 following on October 9; the PS Store’s Player’s Choice sale runs to October 21 with two standout deals already in PS Plus Extra; and Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days ends at 11:59 p.m. PT tonight.
We compared Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox parental controls setting by setting from each company’s own documentation, including Switch 2’s console-wide limits, GameChat’s phone-number step and PlayStation’s $0 spending default.
26 critic scores put Silver Pines at NGC 88. Critics love Wych Elm’s town, art and detective work, but split over its deliberately stiff combat, and coverage is thin on Switch 2 and Xbox and missing on the original Switch. Platform tally, Steam Deck settings, price and who should buy.
We lined up this season’s install sizes from the Microsoft and Nintendo stores against each console’s usable space. Nintendo’s fall slate plus Kingdom Hearts overflows a fresh Switch 2, and Series S is left with about 13GB.
Gears of War: E-Day launched worldwide at 8 a.m. PT for buyers, Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass with The Coalition’s October 5 fixes, Star Wars: Galactic Racer unlocked at 2 a.m. PT with a new recommended PC spec on Steam, and October’s PS Plus games are claimable through November 2.
25 critic scores put Kingdom Hearts Collection [I～III] at NGC 86. Newcomers get a bargain and Switch 2 finally gets native games, but Kingdom Hearts III and 0.2 run unevenly there while PS5 holds 60fps. Per-game platform notes, upgrade math and who should buy.
Nintendo and Sony both report on November 5, with Microsoft due in late October. We lined up each company’s own June-quarter figures and full-year targets to show what the holiday quarter has to deliver.
NBA 2K25 comes off sale October 30 and loses MyCAREER and MyTEAM when servers close December 31, Kingdom Hearts Collection needs 131GB on Switch 2 and carries three PS5 Platinums, and Gran Turismo 7’s Spec IV Part 1 lands at 11 p.m. PT on October 14.
Ubisoft Free Play Days close Sunday night with buy-to-keep prices still live, PlayStation Plus members have until Monday to claim September’s games before Mycopunk’s October 20 Extra date, and Pure Xbox locks three day-one Game Pass unlocks for October 6–8.
