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For some of you, that means another 100 hours of Gwent.

The free upgrade for all The Witcher 3 owners is now available. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered claims to bring "many modernizations and improvements to the legendary RPG."

The improvements and changes affect nearly every aspect of the game. CD Projekt RED brought upgraded visuals and performance, gameplay adjustments, changes to character progression, and more.

This upgrade is free...

Big release week.

Only the biggest releases happened this week, carried by none other than that fat orange cat that hates Monday, Garfield.

In all seriousness, this was a pretty banger week for new game releases. Control Resonant and Silent Hill: Townfall were both released this week. Both are absolute bangers in their respective genres. Graveyard Keeper 2, EA Sports FC 27, SiN Reloaded, and Garfield - Escape from Monday also dropped this week.

I've been...

Though there are some obvious server issues.

NC America launched Aion 2 into Early Access today through both Steam and its own Purple platform. Those who purchased any of the Founder's Packs are granted five days of early access to this new MMORPG. Otherwise, Aion 2 will release as a free-to-play title on October 5, 2026.

This early access release grants players access to the entirety of Aion 2. There are no limitations on the content that can be accessed. The Founder's...

There's a big countdown and everything.

IO Interactive has a countdown active for some free downloadable content coming on October 1 for 007 First Light. The 007 First Light website just fills the page with the countdown on initial load, suggesting that whatever is coming might be quite substantial.

The actual content that will be released is currently unknown. It appears as though IO Interactive is keeping that a closely guarded secret.

This won't be the...

Will still be listed as "early access."

The physics-based driving sim, BeamNG.drive, will soon be released on PlayStation 5 as an Early Access release. Developer BeamNG reports that the PlayStation 5 Early Access version will have feature parity with the PC Early Access version.

BeamNG puts a big focus on soft-body physics and a simulation of "every component of a vehicle in real time." The game features big open-world sandbox-style environments,...

Solve a crime or don't.

Nivalis Nights is now available. This "cyberpunk slice-of-life sim" lets you grow your business, chat with locals, chill in the neon-soaked city streets, fish, find love, and solve the mystery of a serial killer who is on the loose. That last one is completely optional. Technically, it's all optional. However, if you want to just play this as a slice-of-life sim, you can do just that.

Players will begin by running a simple noodle stall....

You have two days to save up.

Valve passed along word that the annual Steam Autumn Sale begins on Thursday, October 1. This big seasonal sale runs from the 1st through October 8.

Unlike their regular Steam Fest sales, the Steam Autumn Sale will not be limited to a specific theme or genre. It will be a sale on tons of Steam games across all genres.

Valve shared a trailer that will "give you a pumpkin spiced latte-type taste" of what to expect in...

Big changes are in store.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered releases on September 29. When it releases on Steam, GOG, Epic, Battle.net, PlayStation 5, XBOX Series X|S, and Switch 2, it will bring with it a massive list of changes and improvements.

Developer CD Projekt RED released a changelog for the REmastered upgrade, which will be a free upgrade for all owners of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Alongside this extensive list of changes, CD Projekt RED also shared some platform-specific...

Create and stream for charity.

If you're a creator. or streamer. or influencer, or whatever you care to call yourself, then you can now register for Jingle Jam 2026. The annual charity event has officially opened fundraiser registrations through Tiltify for this year's event. Creators are invited to register through the platform and get their fundraising pages set up ahead of the upcoming two-week-long event.

Every year, members of The Yogscast organize the annual Jingle...

Surely the adults will let the kids have them.

According to PokeBeach, the Pokémon Happy Meals will soon return to a McDonald's near you. According to their report, the Pokémon Happy Meals return to locations throughout the United States starting on November 5. These Happy Meals will be available until December 9.

These Pokémon themed Happy Meals will include a single four-card booster pack. Each pack is said to include one holographic card and three non-holo cards....

This is the team behind Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 was released a little over a month ago now and already the developers at Cold Iron Studios were hit by layoffs. An announcement was made late last week by Cold Iron Studios' parent company Enad Global 7.

Prior to last week, Cold Iron Studios employed roughly 60 employees. Roughly a third, or 19 employees, have now been laid off from the studio. Enad Global 7 called the layoffs a "staff reduction"...

They are becoming exceedingly efficient at reboots.

It is rumored that Halo will be rebooted as a franchise after Activision was given control following the latest "reset" of all things XBOX at Microsoft. This claim comes from TechnicalHalo on Twitter, who says, "lore is not going to be continued."

This rumor follows the news from yesterday that XBOX laid off an additional 268 employees, many of whom came from Halo Studios. As part of the ongoing...

Friendship ended with PlayStation, now XBOX is new best friend?

In January 2024, Hideo Kojima's Kojima Productions and PlayStation's Hermen Hulst announced that they were partnering on a new action-espionage title called Physint. This deal would see PlayStation publishing the Kojima-developed title, making it a PlayStation 5 exclusive release.

Outside of a brief update in August 2025 where Kojima shared some of the stars that will appear in the game and a poster, not...

Cuts across Halo Studios and other first-party studios.

XBOX continues its reign of terror today as it announces another 268 layoffs across first-party XBOX studios, as well as the "XGS management and central functions layer." Ninja Theory will be shuttered. Several other studios are being shuffled around. As for Arkane, "consultation(...) remains underway."

The unfortunate news was shared with the public earlier today by XBOX executive vice president...

This includes unvaulting major content.

Destiny 2 died months ago. The game's developer, Bungie, suffered mass layoffs shortly after. Despite all of this, Bungie announced today that they are going back to Destiny.

A new studio update from studio head Poria Torkan and head of product Josh Deane says that Bungie is aiming to "return Destiny to its original promise." The studio also plans to make some major changes to the game. First and foremost, this includes...