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Grand Theft Auto VI is scheduled to launch on November 19, 2026. Six weeks before that date, the anonymous group calling itself CyberLeek has resurfaced with its largest release of unauthorized game footage to date — and a new threat tied to a cryptocurrency.
Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis ended service on October 6, 2026, at 11:00 PM PDT — just over three years after its September 2023 launch on mobile (a Steam release followed that December). Square Enix announced the shutdown back in July.
Microsoft's October Game Pass wave giveth — Battlefield 6, Valor Mortis, and seven day-one releases — and taketh away. Nine games leave the library on October 15:
New coat of neon, same late-night energy. Here's what the relaunch is and how to follow along.
Fourteen years before the first game, Emergence Day begins. Out now on Xbox and PC, day one on Game Pass.
Frontier's zoo sim sequel goes day one on PC, Xbox, and PS5 with aviaries, aquariums, and a whole new conservation game.
Infinity Ward closes out the reboot saga on October 23 — across PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and Switch 2. Here's the full briefing.
Three heavy hitters, eighteen days. Your October release calendar, all in one place.
So Epic delayed its Marvel/Star Wars crossover shooter — a game that was supposed to land in March 2027 — to rebuild it "AI-first." That's according to Bloomberg, who reported on October 12 that an internal directive says "no more hand-written code," with art coming through full AI workflows, and Tim Sweeney confirming a company-wide AI pivot.
The back half of October is one of those stretches where the calendar stops asking what you're in the mood for and starts telling you. It starts today, October 15, with Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, a 2D action-exploration game starring Rose Belmont in 1499 Paris, from Konami and Evil Empire. Same day: Enshrouded leaves Early Access with its 1.0 launch on PC and PS5, Ratatan — the rhythm roguelike from the Patapon lineage — arrives on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, and PC, and Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teredea opens its farm gates.
Valor Mortis launched October 13 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, and it's on Xbox Game Pass from day one. It's a first-person Soulslike from One More Level, the studio behind Ghostrunner, published by Lyrical Games, and it's the studio's first wholly owned IP.
Deck13 Spotlight announced two retro-inspired RPGs this week, Drova II: Torn Lands and Forge of the Fae, and both are headed to PC and consoles in 2027.