Gaming News · Issue #84 · 30 October 2026

TL;DR

• Escape from Tarkov's Halloween patch 1.3.0.0 speeds up Seasonal skill leveling and drops tougher PMC bots into PvE, while Unity 6 slips to mid-November.
• Gray Zone Warfare now warns RX 9000 owners off AMD's newest driver after GPU crashes.
• Apex Legends: Cipher lands November 3 with Akimbo Wingmans and Legend bans in Diamond ranked.
• Bungie says Destiny 2's vaulted campaigns and raids won't fully return until early 2028.
• FromSoftware pushed The Duskbloods to 2027, and The Elder Scrolls 6 is reportedly called Sentinel.

🎯 Extraction shooters

Tarkov's Halloween Patch Speeds Up Seasonal Skill Leveling, and Unity 6 Slips to Mid-November

Battlestate Games shipped Escape from Tarkov patch 1.3.0.0 on October 29 with a Halloween event and fall weather. It adds high-difficulty PMC bots to the PvE Zone on high-level maps, significantly speeds up skill leveling in Seasonal mode, ties Metabolism progress to energy and hydration restored, and makes valuables easier to grab. The Unity 6 engine switch, planned for October, moves to mid-November in update 1.3.5.0.

Player impact: Seasonal grinders get stats faster, PvE players finally face bots that fight back, and anyone waiting on Unity 6 performance gains has a few more weeks of the old engine.

Sources: Escape from Tarkov on Steam: Patch 1.3.0.0

Gray Zone Warfare Now Tells RX 9000 Owners to Roll Back AMD's Newest Driver

MADFINGER Games released Gray Zone Warfare hotfix 0.5.0.2 on October 29, a week into the Rogue Ops season. Players on AMD Radeon RX 9000 cards with driver 26.10.1 or newer now get an in-game warning recommending driver 26.8.1, because the newer drivers can crash the GPU. The hotfix also closes a faction sign-up bonus that could be claimed multiple times and fixes a 'No valid operator' error blocking some last-season characters.

Player impact: If your RX 9000 keeps crashing mid-raid, the fix is a driver rollback, and anyone who farmed the sign-up bonus twice just lost that loophole.

Sources: Gray Zone Warfare on Steam: Hotfix 0.5.0.2

Road to Vostok Lets You Trade With Nomads Inside Your Shelter in Its Last Build 2 Patch

Solo developer Antti released Road to Vostok patch 0.2.3.0 on October 29, the final content patch for Build 2. Nomads with good reputation can now move into shelters through a new Nomad Spot recipe, and players can trade with them during non-combat moments and Gathering events. Each shelter spawns zero to three Nomads, AI can still open fire mid-conversation, and existing saves carry over. Work now shifts to Build 3's quest and progression content.

Player impact: The hardcore survival extraction game gets a reason to keep Nomads alive instead of looting them, though mods with AI or trading features may break until they update.

Sources: Road to Vostok on Steam: Patch 0.2.3.0

🔫 FPS

Apex Legends: Cipher Adds Akimbo Wingmans and Lets Diamond Ranked Ban Legends on November 3

EA and Respawn announced Apex Legends: Cipher on October 29 for a November 3 launch on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch 2. Crypto's drone moves to a battery with a new Sentry Mode, and the Akimbo Wingman puts a revolver in each hand for double damage. Strongholds replace Care Packages with alarmed high-tier loot, and Diamond-and-above ranked lobbies vote on one Legend to ban each match.

Player impact: Ranked players at Diamond and up need a backup main before November 3, and dual Wingmans could rewrite close-range fights overnight.

Sources: Games Press (EA)

Destiny 2's Vaulted Campaigns and Raids Won't Fully Return Until Early 2028

Bungie's latest community update says bringing back vaulted Destiny 2 content will take until the first months of 2028. The team stays in pre-production until January or February 2027, then needs about 12 months of full production. The list covers the Red War, Curse of Osiris, Warmind, and Forsaken campaigns plus their strikes, raids, and the Menagerie. Patrol zones and PvP maps are only stretch goals.

Player impact: Lapsed Guardians waiting for Forsaken to return are looking at roughly 15 months, so nobody should reinstall for it this year.

Sources: Bungie community update · Push Square

Modern Warfare 4's Intro Uses Real Footage From Seoul's Itaewon Crush, and Victims' Families Want It Gone

Modern Warfare 4's opening montage of news reports includes a clip of a paramedic doing CPR that South Korean players traced to coverage of the 2022 Itaewon Halloween crowd crush, which killed 159 people. The Itaewon Disaster Bereaved Families Association and the Korea Game Users Association asked Activision to remove it, VGC reported on October 28. Activision told SBS the footage was meant to convey the fictional story.

Player impact: A patch that cuts the clip is the obvious ask, and the story will follow Call of Duty in Korea until Activision makes it or explains why not.

Sources: Video Games Chronicle

🔜 Coming soon

FromSoftware Delays Switch 2 Exclusive The Duskbloods to 2027 for Rules and Balance Changes

FromSoftware announced on October 29 that The Duskbloods, its multiplayer action game exclusive to Switch 2, moves from 2026 to 2027. The studio said the game is nearly finished, but feedback from August's network test pushed it to make final adjustments to game rules and balancing. No specific date was given.

Player impact: Switch 2 owners lose their big FromSoftware game this year, and the network test feedback means the competitive rules could look different at launch.

Sources: Video Games Chronicle

The Elder Scrolls 6 Is Reportedly Called Sentinel, With a Name Reveal as Soon as November

The Verge reported on October 29 that The Elder Scrolls 6 will be titled The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel, and VGC picked it up the same day. Sources place the game in Hammerfell around the Iliac Bay, and the name could be confirmed next month, possibly around Skyrim's 15th anniversary on November 11. Bethesda has not commented, and no release window was reported.

Player impact: This is a report, so treat the name as unconfirmed, and keep your Skyrim anniversary expectations to a title card rather than a release date.

Sources: Video Games Chronicle · MP1st

🆕 Just released

Japanese Survival Shooter ANOMALITH Launches at $44.99 After 130,000 Wishlists

FURYU released ANOMALITH on Steam on October 28 (October 29 in Japan), a single-player survival third-person shooter set in liminal Showa-era shopping streets and apartment blocks. Producer Gai Kidokoro said the game passed 130,000 wishlists before launch and that the demo covered only about 10% of the full game. It costs $44.99, with 10% off until November 11.

Player impact: If the demo's anomaly zones hooked you, the launch discount saves about $4.50, and solo players get a shooter with no squad required.

Sources: ANOMALITH on Steam: Launch and Producer's Letter

🆓 Free to try

Dead by Daylight Is Free on Xbox Until November 2, and Wuchang Joins Halloween Free Play Days

Xbox Free Play Days running October 29 to November 1 make Dead by Daylight free for every Xbox player until November 2, no Game Pass needed. Game Pass members can also try Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Everspace 2, Darkwood, and Spirittea until late November 1. On PC, Sorry We're Closed stays free to keep on the Epic Games Store until November 5 at 11am ET.

Player impact: Dead by Daylight is the one anyone on Xbox can play this weekend, and Wuchang is the pick for Game Pass members who want to test a soulslike before buying.

Sources: Pure Xbox

🕹️ Console specifics

Metro 2033 and Last Light Redux Get Free PS5 and Xbox Series Upgrades With a 120fps Mode

Deep Silver and 4A Games released free next-gen versions of Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux on October 29. PS5 and Xbox Series X owners can pick native 4K at 60fps or upscaled 4K at 120fps, with better textures, lighting, and shadows. PS5 Pro gets PSSR upscaling and DualSense triggers, Xbox gets Play Anywhere support, and disc owners on Xbox can claim it through Disc to Digital.

Player impact: If you own either game on PS4 or Xbox One, this is a free reinstall at 120fps, though Xbox saves don't carry over, so plan on starting fresh.

Sources: PlayStation LifeStyle · Pure Xbox

🖥️ Hardware

Nvidia's RTX 60 Cards Could Slip to 2028 as AI Eats Memory Supply, Reports Say

TrendForce reported on October 29, citing a TechNews column and recent rumors, that Nvidia's RTX 60 series could be delayed to 2028, with the RTX 50 Super refresh reportedly on hold over GDDR7 memory costs. AMD's next RDNA 5 cards face similar delay talk. Data center sales made up about 92.5% of Nvidia's last quarterly revenue. None of this is confirmed by Nvidia or AMD.

Player impact: If you are holding out for next-gen GPUs, plan around current cards for another year or more, and expect prices to stay high while memory goes to AI.

Sources: TrendForce

📦 Other

Xbox Hardware Revenue Fell 14% Last Quarter, and Microsoft Expects It to Drop Again

Microsoft's results for the quarter ending September 30, released October 28, show Xbox hardware revenue down 14% year over year and content and services down 2%, an improvement on the previous quarter's 10% drop. Third-party sales and Game Pass fell, first-party sales grew. CFO Amy Hood expects content and services to grow 5-10% next quarter and hardware to decline again. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said console demand currently exceeds supply.

Player impact: Another hardware decline keeps pressure on Game Pass prices and Xbox's multiplatform push, so watch for more Xbox games landing on PS5.

Sources: Pure Xbox

Celeste and TowerFall Ascension Leave the Xbox Store as Their Developer Backs the BDS Boycott

Celeste co-creator Maddy Thorson pulled the Xbox One versions of Celeste and TowerFall Ascension from the Xbox Store on October 29, saying on Bluesky the move supports the BDS boycott, which lists Microsoft as a target. Both games stay on sale on PlayStation, Nintendo, and PC. Existing Xbox owners should keep the games in their libraries.

Player impact: Already own them on Xbox? They should stay in your library, but new buyers have to go to another platform.

Sources: Pure Xbox

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