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83 storiesRockstar releases GTA VI launch trailer, confirming 19 November release date
Rockstar Games released a launch trailer of about a minute and a half for Grand Theft Auto VI on 15 October. Igromania said it confirms a 19 November release on PS5 and Xbox Series. Digital Foundry then analysed the trailer, and Russian tec…
Wemade share sale delayed two months, with 828 billion won balance due December 30
Wemade moved the scheduled payment of an 828 billion won balance and its largest-shareholder change from October 30 to December 30. The company said closing conditions had been delayed but did not disclose which conditions remained unmet.
South Korea to issue Faker commemorative stamps on October 23
Korea Post will issue 140,000 sheets of commemorative stamps featuring League of Legends player Faker on October 23. A dedicated exhibition opened on October 10 at the stamp museum in Seoul Central Post Office.
NC's Aion 2 tops 400,000 concurrent players on global launch day
NC began global service for its MMORPG Aion 2 on 5 October through Steam and its own Purple platform, and the company said peak concurrent players passed 400,000 on the first day. Early access had run from 30 September for five days for buy…
Xbox launches XP division for film and TV adaptations, consumer products and partnerships
Xbox has announced the launch of a new division called XP, which will handle film and television adaptations, consumer products and partnerships. Habr News reported that the division also covers events and that work already done by various …
Capcom releases Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen on October 9, with 2,990-yen expansion DLC
Capcom released Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen on October 9, 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam), priced at 5,990 yen. Owners of Dragon's Dogma 2 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC can buy the new content as…
D3 Publisher announces Girls und Panzer tank action game for Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027
D3 Publisher on October 9 announced "Girls und Panzer All-Star Tank Carnival" (ガールズ＆パンツァー オールスター・タンク・カーニバル), a tank action game based on the anime "Girls und Panzer", for release on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027. It is developed by the staff be…
Kakao Games launches Supercat-developed MMORPG Dokkaebiui Segye
Kakao Games officially launched Dokkaebiui Segye (도깨비의세계), a 2.5D MMORPG developed by Supercat (슈퍼캣), on October 8. The game is based on the Naver web novel and webtoon Myeolgwi Sudojeon (멸귀수도전) and combines 2D pixel-art characters with 3D …
Riot sets 2026 LoL World Championship from Oct. 16; LCK chases fifth straight title
Riot Games announced on Oct. 6 that the 2026 League of Legends World Championship will open on Oct. 16 in Los Angeles and end with the final on Nov. 15 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Nineteen teams from six regions compete ac…
Kakao Games opens pre-download for MMORPG “Dokkaebi’s World,” launch set for Oct 8
Kakao Games began pre-downloads for the 2.5D MMORPG “Dokkaebi’s World” at 11:00 local time on Oct 6 and opened an official website, with full service scheduled for 11:00 on Oct 8 on PC and mobile. The game is developed by Supercat and based…
Xbox launches XP division for films, TV and more, led by Kayleen Walters
Xbox has announced XP, a new division for experiences beyond video games, including film and TV adaptations, consumer products, live events and partnerships. It will be led by Kayleen Walters, who moves from leading Minecraft maker Mojang, …
Alliance Arts sets Dec. 8 PC release for PUKEY GODDESS SHOT TRICK, demo due Oct. 19
Alliance Arts (アライアンス・アーツ) announced on October 9 that PUKEY GODDESS SHOT TRICK, a Russian roulette drinking survival game, will be released for PC on Steam on December 8, 2026, priced at 666 yen. A demo offering about 20 minutes of play is…
Google and Unity to launch AI game platform Unity Spark later this year
Google and Unity announced a strategic partnership to launch an AI game platform for next-generation interactive entertainment. Google's experimental Playground is already live, letting users create playable games from natural-language prom…
Nexon taps Chernin Entertainment to adapt Arc Raiders, The Finals for film, TV
Nexon said on Oct. 6 that it signed a partnership with Chernin Entertainment, the film and TV drama production label of North Road Company, to develop film and TV content based on Arc Raiders and The Finals. Chernin Entertainment will overs…
Cover and Aiming open pre-registration for hololive mahjong game with 37 talents
Cover and Aiming announced "Hololive Mahjong -Holojan-" (ホロライブ麻雀 -ホロじゃん-), a mahjong game featuring 37 talents from the VTuber group hololive, and opened pre-registration on October 9. The game is due for release in 2026 for smartphones and…
Neptune opens global pre-registration for dot RPG “Traces of the Wind”
Neptune began global pre-registration on Oct. 6 for its dot-graphics adventure RPG “Traces of the Wind”, accepting sign-ups on Google Play, the Apple App Store and an official pre-registration page. The game is to be released globally on bo…
Krafton’s Neon Giant opens Switch 2 pre-orders for The Ascent Ultimate Edition
Neon Giant, a creative studio under Krafton, has opened pre-orders for The Ascent Ultimate Edition on Nintendo Switch 2, with a digital-only release set for December 3. The edition bundles the base game with major DLC and is priced at 31,00…
Goyang city plans five-year strategy to foster esports and game industry
Goyang Special City said it will draw up a five-year basic plan to foster esports and the game industry, funded by an 80 million won research service. The study starts in the second half of this year and runs about eight months, with the pl…
Xbox says GTA 6 will not stream exclusively or to PC, after report of streaming deal
Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball said Grand Theft Auto VI will not be streaming exclusively on Xbox, nor to PC, pushing back on an earlier report that Xbox had secured exclusive cloud streaming rights to the game. The Verge had repo…
Code Geass: Lost Stories game to end service on December 7
DMM GAMES and f4samurai announced that the mobile and PC game “Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Lost Stories” will end service on December 7 at 15:00. Sales of in-game items stopped on October 7, and refunds for paid currency will begin…