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A finished race bracket points toward an October My Nintendo reward card and a separate November qualifier leading to a December championship.

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Mario Kart World Open is over; October entrants can claim points around October 27

The October 17–18 event has closed. Participants can check My Nintendo for 50 Platinum Points around October 27, while players who missed the qualifier still have the November 21–22 Open before December’s Fall Cup.

Console games

A strategy-game map is split into three DLC waves, with four weapon silhouettes in the first panel and story, allies and class symbols in later panels.

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Fortune’s Weave Wave 1 is four weapons, not a new story chapter

Nintendo’s paid Expansion Pass starts with four prototype weapons modeled after Three Houses relics. The $34.99 US pass also covers two later waves, but it requires the full Switch 2 game and individual waves are not sold separately.

Console games

A flame altar separates a voxel-built home from a volcanic valley; an open skill tree floats above, and a glowing line connects a foreground pressure plate to the home’s door.

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Enshrouded 1.0 keeps old saves, but your skill tree resets

Keen Games says Early Access worlds remain usable after the October 15 launch, though a new world is encouraged because the opening region changed. The full release adds Cinder’s Cradle and closes the story, but also resets existing characters’ skill trees.

PC games

A desert settlement sits beneath a mountain ridge and oil derricks; two motorbikes, a radio, a waterskin and a reset-arrow sign fill the foreground under New map, fresh start.

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DayZ Badlands adds Nasdara, while Update 1.30 starts everyone fresh

The October 15 release pairs a paid desert map with a broader 1.30 update. Nasdara is the expansion’s centerpiece, but the launch also added general-game features and wiped progress on every platform.

PC games

A shared television shows five abstract party-game cards while friends use separate phones to join a room.

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Jackbox Party Pack 12: one host buys, everyone joins by phone

The October 15 pack offers five new games for groups of two to eight. Only the host needs to own it; other players join through a browser and room code, with a phone or another web-enabled device.

Console games

A split illustration contrasts pixel-style and remastered fantasy battles, with a map pin, a crossed-out encounter icon and a blue retry arrow.

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Tales of Eternia Remastered keeps its 2D battles and adds useful route and retry tools

The October 15–16 rollout brings the classic RPG to modern consoles and Steam. Its new route markers, adjustable encounters and v2.0.0 patch make the return easier to navigate, while the original real-time battle system remains intact.

Console games

Three labeled columns: seven generic Game Catalog cards, two Premium Classics cards and two Premium Trials cards.

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PS Plus October’s catalog adds seven games, with classics and trials reserved for Premium

Mafia: The Old Country, Horizon Forbidden West, and Mycopunk headline the Extra/Premium catalog. Two classics and two new trials sit in Premium, with several games arriving on different dates.

Gaming platforms

The headline RANKED GOES LIVE sits above a neon city and rank chevrons; a red event marker towers above a desert facility with an underground tunnel cutaway.

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Battlefield 6 Season 5 puts Ranked REDSEC beside a live Dead Space event

Season 5 launched on October 13 with two new settings, Rapid Royale, four weapons and the official start of Ranked Battle Royale. By October 23, the Dead Space event was live, while the server browser remained scheduled for December.

Console games

An illustrated island map shows a bright route and a storm-dark route, each marked 1 through 4, with a gift box and pass emblem at right.

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Fire Emblem Shadows adds Book IV’s first four chapters; Dietrich’s pass ends October 27

Nintendo added Chapters 1 and 2 on October 9, then Chapters 3 and 4 on October 14, for both light and shadow. Book switching requires Book I story rewards; the separate Dietrich Premium Pass window ends October 27 at 10:59 p.m. PT.

Mobile games

A parchment-style map shows a snowy northern region, a dotted route, dungeon markers and two generic content cards beside the headline.

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Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen: which bundle or expansion do you need?

The October 9 release adds a paid story expansion and brings the game to Switch 2. Existing PS5 and Xbox owners can buy an add-on; PS5 and Steam also have bundles containing the base game.

Console games

Older reward cards retain their item icons on a stack; a glowing point curves toward a separate blue pass card marked with 60 levels.

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ARC Raiders Frozen Trail moves old Raider Decks into a Legacy Pass

Update 2.0 preserves rewards already earned, but changes how progression works: Cred is gone, Reward Points feed only the pass you have selected, and just one pass can be active at a time.

PC games

A pixel-art-style descent toward the Theia boss, with four distinct agent silhouettes choosing between a branching dungeon route and a faster breach arena.

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Neon Abyss 2 leaves Early Access with a new Titan and Storm Breach

Version 1.0 adds Theia, a co-op mode released from beta, per-Agent records and several build changes. Veewo lists Steam, PS5, Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X|S for the full launch; its earlier purchase offer gave Early Access buyers Archenemy Returns at no charge.

PC games

The week, made clear.