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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

A matchmaking queue branches between a cross-play symbol and a Wildcard card, with a small settings toggle beside the console path.

Apex is running two matchmaking tests, with cross-play limited to US-West

A default cross-play test affects US-West, while a separate Plat+ search test runs across regions. EA expanded the first to Wildcard; console players can opt out, but disabling cross-play may mean longer queues.

The headline Haunted playlists sits above four conceptual Halloween activity zones: haunted streets, a purple monster arena, coastal ruins and a compact illuminated arena, seen by an anonymous adventurer. No closing date is shown.

Fortnitemares 2026: haunted playlists and the 26-quest Jack-A-Nape reward

Epic’s Halloween event is running across Battle Royale, Horde Rush, Reload and Blitz Royale until November 1. Freddy’s Nightmare is an in-match weapon reward, while a separate free Nitemare quest track offers Jack-A-Nape after 26 quests.

A portal from the Overworld opens into the colorful Sift dimension, with one path marked for Dungeons II and a separate unopened path toward Minecraft in 2027.

Minecraft Dungeons II has The Sift now; the main game is slated for 2027

The sequel launched September 29 across Switch, Switch 2, Xbox Series, PS5 and PC, with up to four-player online or couch co-op. The Sift is playable in Dungeons II today; Mojang says it will reach Java and Bedrock Minecraft in 2027.

A drawn generic screen has four spacecraft quadrants connected to four controller symbols, three abstract arena cards and a distant globe beneath Four players, one screen; no character pilots appear.

Star Fox update 1.2.0 adds four-player Battle Mode on one Switch 2

The free September 29 update adds Katina, Sector X and Venom, plus split-screen for up to four Battle Mode players on one console. The same local group can join online battles as a team; online play still needs the update, internet and Nintendo Switch Online.

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