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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake secured approximately 60,000 physical pre-orders on Amazon US in the past month, nearly six times the roughly 11,000 pre-orders for GTA 6 during the same period. The surge may have been driven by this week's concentrated release of gameplay previews.
The game decompilation community platform decomp.dev has announced its closure, linking the decision to the recent impact of AI models on decompilation work. The platform believes that while AI has improved work efficiency, it has also undermined the collaborative nature of the decompilation community.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III has received strong early reviews on Steam following its release. As of the time of writing, the game has garnered 2,655 user reviews with a 91% positive rating, earning an "Overwhelmingly Positive" overall status. According to the data cited, this marks the highest rating for the Call of Duty series on Steam in over ten years.
Recent reports suggest that the story of Jason and Lucia in GTA 6 features a tone and character depth more akin to Red Dead Redemption 2, rather than the highly exaggerated and satirical style of Grand Theft Auto V.
Alliance Arts has cancelled the public demo for "Drunken Goddess: Reflux," originally scheduled for release on Steam on October 19, replacing it with a closed online trial available only to a limited number of participants. The studio also apologized for this last-minute change.
Mod author Kim2091 has released the Fallout: New Vegas RTX mod on Nexus. The project uses a version of NVIDIA RTX Remix modified over several months to add path-traced lighting as well as new sky and weather systems to the game.
A Sony patent application for frame generation was published on October 15. The method attempts to predict subsequent frames based solely on a single recently rendered real frame, displaying the predicted results in advance while the next real frame is still being rendered.
NVIDIA Vice President Jeff Fisher confirmed that the GeForce RTX 5090 is still in production, and the company has not halted manufacturing or shipping of this graphics card. This clarification dispels recent rumors suggesting the RTX 5090 might be discontinued and that GB202 chips would be prioritized for the data center-focused RTX Pro lineup.
Final Fantasy: Echoes will launch on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch on October 22, 2026. The eShop page has revealed the prices, download sizes, and physical media formats for both versions: the Standard Edition is priced at €59.99, and the Digital Deluxe Edition at €69.99.
Data miner Doneda has showcased a large prototype area that was scrapped during the early development of Dark Souls II, and used Elden Ring: Nightreign to load and explore it. The remaining content includes parts such as a giant arena, mines, underground towers, and catacombs.
Philippe Morin, co-founder of Red Barrels, recalled that the intense horror content in the Outlast series once caused a tester to leave the studio in tears, never to return. Today, the team proactively discloses the creative boundaries and potential sensitive topics during job interviews.
Developer Charlie Chapman has showcased an open-world experiment on an Earth scale driven by real map data. The project can render the entire planet as a playable space, but it currently remains a personal technical sandbox rather than a complete game. There is no confirmed information yet on whether it will evolve into a full product for public release.
Recently, hardware leaker KeplerL2 posted on the NeoGAF forum that the combined cost of RAM and NAND flash components for the PS6 already exceeds $680 per unit.
"Fire Emblem Awakening" lowered the entry barrier through its Casual Mode and character relationship system, ultimately selling over 2 million copies and helping revive the tactical RPG series, which had once faced cancellation.
With over 280 Pals currently in Palworld, Pocketpair plans to continue expanding the roster through major updates. The team stated that new Pals will not be added just to increase numbers, nor will they set arbitrary quantity targets such as "must release 100 Pals in the next update."
"It Takes Two" has launched a free upgrade for Switch 2, but the current upgrade process is experiencing issues. Owners of the original Switch version are temporarily unable to complete the upgrade through the normal path, yet specific actions may trigger the claiming of the digital version. The developer is aware of the issue and is preparing a fix.
Developer danielblnc has released version 0.8.0 of the unofficial project DLSS-NR-on-AMD, adding modern DLSS capabilities to AMD Radeon graphics cards based on RDNA 3 and RDNA 4 architectures. These features include super resolution, ray reconstruction, frame generation, and up to 4x multi-frame generation. The project was initially used to run DLSS 5 neural rendering.
Industry insider Nash Weedle claims that Square Enix is developing a new game in the NieR series. However, the project has not been officially confirmed and should currently be regarded as an unverified rumor.
"Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves" is expected to release DLC featuring classic costumes for Terry Bogard and Mai Shiranui on October 22. The related outfits, previously offered as bonuses, will also become available on other platforms.
The newly released trailer for GTA 6 features the tactical response unit of the fictional law enforcement organization NOOSE, confirming that this SWAT force will return in the new title. However, the trailer does not yet reveal their deployment conditions, tactical behaviors, or narrative significance.