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Reported gaming news: releases, studios, platforms and the business of games.
The Phantom Blade Zero release date is October 29 on PS5 and PC, a 50-day slip from the original September 9, and Steam already lists the price and system requirements.
The Castlevania: Belmont's Curse release date is October 15 at $29.99, and a free demo has been live since October 1, so you can test the whip before you pre-order.
Deep Rock Galactic Survivor arrives on PS5 on 7 October 2026 and on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 on 9 October, but the PS5 price and any console performance data are still unconfirmed.
Sony's QSSR for the standard PS5 arrived on 1 October 2026 in two patches, and the numbers behind it show a real gain in Marvel's Wolverine and a much smaller one in Ghost of Yotei.
The PS Plus October 2026 games are F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896 and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, claimable from 6 October to 2 November, and only one of them is still near full price on PC.
The AION 2 global launch goes live on 5 October 2026 as a free-to-play PC MMORPG, with the real spending question sitting in a $15 monthly Membership rather than the box price.
Planet Zoo 2 launches on 13 October 2026 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S at $49.99, with a $64.99 Deluxe Edition that adds six exclusive species.
IKEA's Xbox YXSTABY range has nine pieces from a $17.99 D-pad cushion to a $179.99 side table, in stores from 1 October with online sales listed for later.
Angstrom Levy, the portal-and-orb zoner, becomes Invincible VS's 21st playable character on 13 October 2026, while the base game costs $49.99 or $29.99 on Steam right now.
Xbox Game Pass October 2026 starts with Gears of War: E-Day on 6 October, but Xbox Wire lists only two Game Pass games among 22 releases for 5 to 9 October.
The Valor Mortis price is $39.99 for a 20-hour soulslike launching 13 October 2026 on Game Pass, and the studio says a packed autumn is the reason.
The Resident Evil Switch 2 release date is 16 October 2026, with RE2, RE3 and RE4 arriving as native ports, but performance and the physical format are still unconfirmed.
The Star Wars: Galactic Racer price starts at $59.99 for the Standard Edition, and the Deluxe and Collector's editions add vehicles, arcade events and physical extras before the 6 October 2026 launch.