Spawn at Dawn
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Edition no. 1 ·

Night City heads to the movies and GTA 6 turns up the volume

Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a film, Rockstar shows off GTA 6's radio, Forza Horizon 6 dates its PS5 debut and Xbox spins up a division to take its franchises to the screen. The day's essentials, summarised and sourced.

Today's stories

In brief

  1. The Witcher 3 Remastered gets a patch that lets console players turn off bloom; Switch 2 will get a separate one to sharpen the image.

    Eurogamer
  2. Former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick joins the board of Skydance, the company formed from the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger.

    Eurogamer
  3. PS5 will build anime into its main menu with a dedicated Crunchyroll hub from spring 2027.

    Push Square
  4. Riot bids farewell to 2XKO with one last major update this month, adding Samira and a surprise fighter, Sett.

    Eurogamer
  5. Gravity Well, a studio founded by Respawn veterans, lays off more than 40 people after losing its funding.

    GamesIndustry.biz
  6. A breach at Double Counter, a Discord security bot, exposes around one million email addresses.

    GamesIndustry.biz
  7. Rumour: Sony reportedly wants to revive PlayStation classics with outside studios, starting with a new Ape Escape from the Sonic Mania developers.

    Eurogamer
  8. Minecraft for Switch 2 launches on October 27; the free digital upgrade can be claimed until the end of January 2027.

    Nintendo Life
  9. AMD confirms FSR 4 is coming to handheld PCs this year; Steam Deck support could take longer.

    Rock Paper Shotgun
  10. Google (Playground) and Unity (Spark) unveil platforms for making games from text prompts with generative AI.

    Eurogamer
  11. Arc Raiders climbs back up the Steam charts on the strength of its big update.

    GameSpot
  12. Mafia III: Definitive Edition gets a free native 60fps upgrade on PS5 and Xbox Series.

    Push Square
  13. Monster Hunter Rise is getting iOS and Android versions.

    Eurogamer.es
  14. Microsoft denies it has secured cloud streaming exclusivity for GTA 6.

    Eurogamer.es

Out now and coming up

Trending on social

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's DMZ mode is angering the community: its pricey spawn options give a big edge over players starting on foot, and many are calling it unfair.

    Eurogamer
  • Fortnite's Hollow Knight bundle costs €22.99 without V-Bucks — more than both Team Cherry games combined — and social media has noticed.

    Vandal
  • On r/xbox, Gears of War: E-Day is taking the day's praise, with several of the top-voted threads hailing it as a big return to form.

    r/xbox
  • Battlefield 6 turns one and its anniversary rewards aren't landing: part of the community compares them unfavourably to free-to-play games.

    3DJuegos

Steam top sellers

  1. Risk of Rain 2: Hallowed Concepts
  2. Order of the Sinking Star
  3. EA SPORTS FC 27
  4. ARC Raiders – Frozen Trail Collector Set
  5. Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival
  6. Dressmaker
  7. Gears of War: E-Day
  8. Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen