Delta Force 2nd Anniversary | Gaming News #50
Delta Force's 2nd anniversary is handing out 3,900 free tickets and a Legendary AUG, with events live from today.
Gaming News · Issue #50 · 26 September 2026
TL;DR
- Delta Force's 2nd anniversary is handing out 3,900 free tickets and a Legendary AUG, with events live from today.
- Marvel Rivals just opened God Quarry, a new Domination map, mid-way through Season 10.
- Warframe is giving away the Banshee warframe free until October 7, reworked kit included.
- SteamOS 3.8.28 boosts ray tracing and squashes black-screen bugs across Steam Deck and rival handhelds.
🎯 Extraction shooters
Delta Force's 2nd Anniversary Hands Out 3,900 Free Tickets and a Legendary AUG
Garena's free-to-play tactical shooter Delta Force kicked off its second-anniversary celebration on September 26, with the Season Reorientation update now live on PC, mobile, and Xbox Series X|S. Login tasks and match missions across the Operations extraction mode and Warfare hand out up to 3,900 Limited-Time Delta Tickets between September 26 and October 25. The event also adds Golden State, a Legendary skin for the AUG rifle, plus a new charm, badge, and the Eclosion narrative event running through November 9.
Player impact: If you drifted off after Season Reorientation, the ticket giveaway is a low-effort reason to grind login rewards before October 25. Operations extraction runs feed the most anniversary missions, so squads should prioritise those over Warfare farming.
Sources: IDC Games · Xbox Wire
🔫 FPS
Marvel Rivals Opens the God Quarry, a New Domination Map Built on Gorr's Dead Gods
NetEase added the God Quarry, a new Domination map, to hero shooter Marvel Rivals on September 24 in patch 1.74, mid-way through Season 10: Butcher's Blasphemy. The map is a cosmic graveyard tied to the season's Gorr storyline, with sites like the Halls of All-Knowing and the House of Ideas. A limited-time Quick Match playlist for the map runs from September 24 to September 29, alongside the Galacta's Gift Vol.3 rewards and a new Daredevil skin bundle.
Player impact: A new map means a fresh Domination rotation to learn before it settles into ranked, and the Quick Match window is your only low-stakes practice before September 29. Grab the free Galacta's Gift rewards before they rotate out.
🆕 Just released
EA Sports FC 27 Launches Worldwide With a New Open-World Street Mode
EA Sports FC 27, the annual football sim, launched worldwide on September 25 after a week of paid early access, with Kylian Mbappe (91 rating) on the cover. The headline addition is The Grounds, an open-world hub for Clubs and street football split across three districts, though it is limited to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Switch 2. Manager Career also folds in Transfer Room's real scouting-value data.
Player impact: If you skipped FC 26, The Grounds is the first real structural change in years, but only current-gen owners get it. Last-gen and original Switch players are paying full price for the smaller version.
Sources: EA Sports · Wikipedia
🆓 Free to try
Warframe Is Giving Away the Banshee Warframe Free Until October 7
Digital Extremes is handing every Warframe player a free Banshee, the sound-based stealth warframe, just for logging in between September 23 and October 7. Banshee also gets an ability rework as part of the giveaway. Warframe is a free-to-play co-op looter shooter, so new players can claim her without spending anything, and returning players who missed her get a second shot.
Player impact: Banshee's Sonar ability tags enemy weak points and spikes squad damage, so this is a free pickup that earns its slot in endgame runs. Log in once before October 7 to lock her in, reworked kit included.
Sources: Massively Overpowered · Warframe
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Is a Free Switch Online Trial Through September 30
Nintendo Switch Online members can play the full Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown at no extra cost from September 24 at 10am PT to September 30 at 11:59pm PT, in North America and Europe. It is the complete action platformer, with save data that carries over if you decide to buy. The game is 70% off through October 8, and taking part earns 100 Platinum Points.
Player impact: You get the whole game, not a timed demo, so you can clear a large chunk in a week. If it clicks, the 70% discount plus saved progress make buying an easy call before October 8.
🖥️ Hardware
SteamOS 3.8.28 Adds Ray-Tracing Gains and Fixes Black-Screen Bugs on Handhelds
Valve released SteamOS 3.8.28 as a stable update on September 25, bringing a major Mesa graphics driver upgrade with ray-tracing performance improvements and better VRAM management on memory-limited handhelds. It fixes black screens in launchers like Zenless Zone Zero, HDMI hotplug lockups, Wi-Fi drops, and AMD discrete-GPU suspend issues. Hardware support expands to the MSI Claw, OneXPlayer, AYANEO Pocket S2, and Lenovo Legion Go, plus Steam Machine firmware 108.
Player impact: Steam Deck and third-party handheld owners should update now: the VRAM and ray-tracing changes lift frame rates on tight-memory devices, and the launcher black-screen fixes unblock games that were previously unplayable.
Sources: GamingOnLinux · Steam Deck HQ
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