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Key stories so far
- Ocarina of Time Switch 2: 8 New Features and Pre-Load Open
- FBI is investigating a string of Pokémon card thefts at New Jersey hobby shops
- Best Idle Games 2026 for iPhone and Android: 12 Picks
- Shiny Greavard Pokémon GO: How to Get It, Houndstone Moveset
- Sims 4 Career Cheats: Promote Codes for All 33 Careers
- Volleyball Legends Codes (Update 94): 3 Working + Expiry
Live updates
Ocarina of Time Switch 2: 8 New Features and Pre-Load Open
Nintendo's video lists 8 new Ocarina of Time Switch 2 features, from gyro aiming to the Threads of Time. Pre-load is now open ahead of the Nov 5 launch.
FBI is investigating a string of Pokémon card thefts at New Jersey hobby shops
The FBI is investigating thefts at seven New Jersey shops that sell high-value Pokémon cards, carried out between September 2025 and March 2026, and is checking whether the cases are connected, News 12 New Jersey reports. Some were smash-and-grabs; in others, a customer's phone payment failed and staff were asked to key in a card number by hand that later proved to be stolen, which acting FBI Special Agent in Charge Kelly Blanchfield told the station shops may not discover for weeks. The FBI's advice to stores is to switch off manual card entry, ask for photo ID and keep valuable cards in locked cases.
Source: News 12 New Jersey
Best Idle Games 2026 for iPhone and Android: 12 Picks
12 idle RPGs, clickers and idle tycoons all updated in 2026 and checked live on both stores Oct 31, from AFK Journey and IdleOn to Cats & Soup and Eatventure.
Shiny Greavard Pokémon GO: How to Get It, Houndstone Moveset
Shiny Greavard debuts Nov 1-5 in the wild, GO Pass and Field Research. Evolving takes 50 Candy; Houndstone's best PvP and raid movesets with PvPoke data.
Sims 4 Career Cheats: Promote Codes for All 33 Careers
careers.promote codes for all 33 Sims 4 careers, Noble, Salaryperson and Civil Designer included, plus part-time, teen and school codes. Checked Oct 31, 2026.
Volleyball Legends Codes (Update 94): 3 Working + Expiry
UPDATE_94, TSO_RETURNS and VAMPIRES give 15 lucky spins (checked Oct 31, 21:19 UTC). How to redeem at level 15, 2x Luck odds and when the next codes drop.
Skyblivion team says a former volunteer is threatening to sue, asks fans for free legal help
In an October 30 video, Skyblivion project lead Rebelzize said a former volunteer who left the fan remake of Oblivion in Skyrim's engine later demanded their work be removed, and that the team has now taken it out entirely. According to the team, the unnamed former volunteer is threatening to sue for more than €30,000 in damages and has asked for team members' full names and addresses, which the team says it will not share; no court filing has been made public, and the former volunteer has not given their side publicly. The team is asking for pro bono legal help rather than donations, urged fans not to turn this into 'any kind of witch hunt', and says it will share more about its planned release soon, as reported by PC Gamer and Polygon.
Source: PC Gamer
Silver Palace Release Date: Dec 14 on PS5, PC and Mobile
Elementa dates Silver Palace's global launch for Dec 14 on PS5, PC and mobile. Pre-registration rewards, what each store shows now and what's still unknown.
Enshrouded Best Builds 2026: Mage, Ranger, Tank and Healer
Enshrouded best builds for 1.0: wand-and-staff Battlemage, Dexterity ranger, Crestflame tank and Water Aura healer, with skills, weapons and armor sets.
Yarn Loop Level 600, 786, 800, 990, 1100: Video Walkthroughs
Board notes and 3-4 matched YouTube walkthroughs for 9 Yarn Loop hard levels (30, 200, 300, 400, 600, 786, 800, 990, 1100), plus boosters and lives.
Theme Park Tycoon 2 Workshop: 31 Blueprint IDs + How to Load
31 Theme Park Tycoon 2 Workshop blueprint IDs: no-gamepass entrances, coasters, Kingda Ka and letter kits, plus how to load a design ID and fix load errors.
The $1,105 'Warcraft release' for 2027 is a Rexxar and Misha statue, limited to 300 pieces
The new Warcraft product announced for 2027 is a collector's statue, not a game. Bolt Production's 1:5 scale Rexxar and Misha statue stands 23 inches (58 cm) tall, is limited to 300 pieces with one per customer, and comes with an art print signed by Blizzard artist Samwise Didier. Sideshow lists it for pre-order at $1,105 with an estimated April to June 2027 ship window, noting that dates could slip as late as September and that the photos show a prototype.
Source: Sideshow
Planet Zoo 2 Cheats: Is There a Money Cheat? Sandbox Settings
Planet Zoo 2 has no console or money cheat. Sandbox mode is the official route to unlimited cash: presets, every named setting, and what Franchise allows.
Cafeteria Nipponica Recipes: All 77 Combos and Best Dishes
Kaiseki Cuisine (Sashimi + Tasty Fish + Matsutake) sells for up to $160. All 77 Cafeteria Nipponica recipes in one table, with max prices and hunts.
1992 PC-98 zombie horror adventure Dead of the Brain hits Steam with its first official English release
FAKKU has re-released FairyTale's 1992 PC-98 horror adventure Dead of the Brain on Steam, listed for October 30, and it is the first official English version of the game. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, supports English, Japanese and Simplified Chinese, and costs $19.99, with a 34% launch discount to $13.19 until November 6. The store page describes a remastered point-and-click adventure with visual novel and quick-time-event survival sections, plus a mature content notice for violence and gore.
Source: Steam
FM27 Mobile Release Date: Nov 10 on Netflix, What We Know
Football Manager 27 Mobile arrives November 10, 2026 on iPhone and Android via Netflix only. Cost, saves, Touch vs Mobile and what SI has confirmed so far.
Yacht Club Games says Mina the Hollower has kept the Shovel Knight studio afloat, 'for now'
Yacht Club co-founder Sean Velasco said in a Reddit AMA that the studio will stay afloat "…for now" thanks to Mina the Hollower, PC Gamer reports (via Eurogamer). The gothic action game, which the studio had called make-or-break, launched on May 29 for PC, PS5, Xbox, Switch and Switch 2 and passed 500,000 copies sold within about two weeks. Other answers in the AMA said randomizer and speedrunning options are coming to Mina next, and that most of the team is now working on an unannounced 3D game.
Source: PC Gamer
Township: How to Increase Population Cap (Fastest Order)
Only community buildings raise the Township population cap, from +10 to +4,440 each. Cap-by-level table, the fastest build order and houses to fill it.
Planet Coaster 2 Tips and Tricks: Money, Park Rating, Staff
Fix your lowest Park Rating score first, keep Fear near 5 and give staff a break after 4 hours. Pricing, Priority Pass and maintenance tips up to Update 12.
Last Asylum: Plague Codes (November 2026): 5 Active Gift Codes
Last Asylum: Plague codes checked Oct 31, 2026, 17:45 UTC: LAGRAN26 is newest, plus 4 more with 2+ dated sources. Expired codes and iPhone redeem steps.
Third Star Wars Jedi game is reportedly 'far in development' at EA, per Bloomberg's Jason Schreier
Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier says Respawn's third Star Wars Jedi game is 'far in development', while EA's next Star Wars Battlefront 'hasn't even started yet'. He made the claim in an October 30 Bluesky reply following his report on why EA shut down BioWare. EA has not confirmed either detail.
Source: Jason Schreier (Bluesky)
Dune: Awakening's free Blood and Ice expansion opens a frozen new map on December 1
Funcom's Blood and Ice expansion launches free on December 1 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox, adding the Polar Sink, a new survival map split into tundra and ice cap biomes where players have to stay warm instead of beating the heat. Funcom says it brings around 35 hours of new progression plus new vehicle modules, augments and specialization traits. The studio also lists offline single-player for November 2026, character copying and full cross-play for January 2027, and a new optional cosmetics store.
Source: Funcom (Steam)
Dandy's World Codes (October 2026): 3 Working, 50 Free Ichor
3 Dandy's World codes work: ICHOR (50 Ichor), QoM and AD2026, checked Oct 31, 2026 UTC. No Pumpkins code this year; Halloween Toons leave Nov 6 at 20:00 UTC.
Daylight Saving Time Ends Nov 1: New Game Reset Times
From Nov 1 the Fortnite shop resets at 7 PM ET and Genshin at 4 AM ET, while Epic freebies stay 11 AM ET and Steam 10 AM PT. 10 games in UTC, ET, PT.
Tower Defense Simulator Codes 2026: 2 Working, Hollow Quest
Tower Defense Simulator has 2 working codes, 2MILLION and 1MILCOMMUNITY (checked Oct 31 UTC). Plus Solar Requiem Night IV dates and the TDS Hollow quest.
Anthropic Steers Claude Code Away From Cloning Existing Games
Anthropic added two sentences to Claude Code's Opus 5.5 prompt so it won't rebuild a specific existing game, after weeks of AI clone complaints on Steam.
Games Like Pokémon GO: Pikmin Bloom, Ingress and 10 More
Pikmin Bloom, Monster Hunter Now, Ingress, Jurassic World Alive and 8 more location-based games like Pokémon GO, all live on both stores on Oct 31.
Pikmin Day Direct: Free Pikmin 4 Switch 2 Demo Arrives Nov 2
Nintendo's Pikmin Day Direct dates a free Pikmin 4 Switch 2 Edition demo for Nov 2, makes Nov 1 Pikmin Day, adds Pikmin Bloom caves and Hello! Pikmin shorts.
Warframe: Tau arrives in December and takes players beyond the Origin System for the first time
Digital Extremes says Warframe: Tau, which it calls the game's most expansive update ever, launches in December (no exact day yet), opening the new Tau System with its own star chart, starting with the mob-run ring city of Fornax and the desert badlands of Perita. It also brings a new story chapter and the 67th Warframe, Brysko, a noir-style detective whose inner monologue is voiced by Matt Mercer. The window was confirmed during Devstream 198 on October 30, and Polygon reports Tau will be a free update on every platform Warframe is on.
Source: Warframe (Steam announcement)
Walmart offers 48-hour reservations and $519 gift cards after cancelling Zelda Switch 2 pre-orders
Walmart is trying to make amends with US buyers whose Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 pre-orders it cancelled just before the console's October 29 launch. In emails shared by affected customers and reported by Kotaku and Notebookcheck, Walmart says the cancellations were made in error and that an 'Exclusive Reservation' item is waiting in their cart, which must be checked out within 48 hours (one console per customer); other buyers report an email promising a $519 Walmart eGift card instead, and a few say they got both. Walmart has not commented publicly, and it is not clear how many customers qualify.
Source: Kotaku
Practical Basketball Controls and Best Builds by Position
Practical Basketball PC controls: hold E to shoot, Space to dunk, 1-4 to pass. Plus the best PG, SG, SF, PF and center builds, and whose picks they are.
Phantom Blade Zero Best Weapons and What to Upgrade First
Jagged Steel and the Outlaw Warblade top four launch-week guides. Six best weapons, upgrade costs and why to level two weapon classes first.
id Software's Marty Stratton says the Doom studio is 'doing great' after losing about half its staff
id Software co-director Marty Stratton told reporters at a press event this week that the Doom studio is "doing great", even though, in his words, "about half of our studio" left in this year's Xbox layoffs, IGN reported (via Kotaku). Stratton said there was a "very deliberate effort" to keep id viable across both game development and its technology department. He also said id is working more closely than ever with Wolfenstein studio MachineGames, which builds its games on a separate fork of the id Tech engine.
Source: Kotaku (citing IGN)
AION 2 Sorcerer Build: PvE, PvP, Stigmas, Macro and Skills
Element Enhancement, Delayed Explosion, Fire Wall and Cold Storm, a held-key Hellfire macro and two PvP Stigma sets for the AION 2 Sorcerer, compared.
Anno 117 Production Chains: Ratios and Best City Layouts
Perfect ratios for 37 Anno 117 goods in Latium and Albion with each building's cycle time, plus Ubisoft's layout rules for housing, buffs and marshland.
Wuthering Waves Codes: 1 Working, 3.8 Codes on Nov 6
WUTHERINGGIFT is the only working Wuthering Waves game code on Oct 31, 2026. The 3.8 livestream codes arrive Nov 6 at 11:00 UTC. Redeem steps and expired list.
Jurassic World Evolution 3 Tips and Tricks: Money, Breeding
Fossil sale prices from $40,000, the four Park Rating metrics, what dinosaur comfort and breeding depend on, and the scientist traits worth hiring in JWE3.
Best Minecraft Mods for 26.3: 20 Picks and How to Install
20 Minecraft mods with 26.3 builds checked Oct 31, 2026: Sodium, Xaero's maps, JEI and more, with loaders, Modrinth downloads and Fabric/NeoForge installs.
NIKKE Tier List 2026: Story, Bossing, PvP + Marian: Queen
Crown, Anis: Star, Rapi: Red Hood and Snow White: Heavy Arms lead NIKKE story and bosses on two October lists. Plus PvP picks and the new anniversary units.
Disney Dreamlight Valley Codes: 17 Active + Keepsake Sea Date
Every DDV code listed active on Oct 31 with redeem steps, the possible Moonstone code, and The Keepsake Sea's Nov 18 launch time, editions and price status.
Pocket City 2 Best Layout: 4×4 Blocks, Zoning and Upgrades
Pocket City 2's best layout uses 4-tile-deep blocks, so every tile stays within the 2-tile road reach. Zoning, service ranges and upgrade research in tables.
Halloween: The Game Tips: Civilians, Michael and 2x XP Event
Double XP and Perk Points run to Nov 3, 10 AM PT. Civilian and Michael Myers tips updated for the Tower Farm map, the new Residents rules and perk nerfs.
MM2 Codes 2026: None Working + Free Halloween Rewards
Murder Mystery 2 has no working codes (checked Oct 31, 2026, 10:30 UTC). Every expired code, how to redeem, and the free Halloween items that run to Nov 16.
Pokémon GO Super Max Mega Level: Mega Sableye Energy Cost
Mega Sableye can reach Super Max from Nov 1: get it to Max, then spend Sableye Mega Energy (5,000 per the wiki, 20-34 raids). Night Shade+ power by level.
GTA 6 Wanted System Explained: 6 Stars, Heat and K9 Units
GTA 6 has a six-star wanted level, and police need a witness or an alarm. Heat tracks your clothes, car and partner. Every confirmed detail, with its source.
Hytale Updates List: Chapter 1 and Update 8 Pre-Release
Hytale Chapter 1 (Update 7) launched Oct 12, 2026 and Update 8 is in pre-release with no date yet. Dated table of every update, hotfixes and how to join.
Age of Origins Codes (October 2026): 1 Working Gift Code
Age of Origins codes checked Oct 31, 2026 at 08:40 UTC: km2rwe still works. VIP666, Hellhades, zb888 and 20+ other listed codes have expired. Redeem steps.
Township Building Materials: How to Get Them + Full List
Trains are the main source of glass, bricks and slabs in Township. Here are the other legit sources, plus what all 96 community buildings need.
PS5 Black Friday 2026: No Deals Yet, Current Prices, Date
Sony has no PS5 Black Friday 2026 deals yet. PS Direct lists PS5 at $649, Digital $599 and Pro $899 (Oct 31). Black Friday is Nov 27; see 2025's offers.
Two Point Hospital Tips and Tricks: Money, Room Sizes, Cures
Room sizes and build prices for 23 rooms, loan rates, diagnosis fees, the reputation cost of every bad outcome and which staff traits to hire, all sourced.
Oblivion Remastered Console Commands: Gold, Carry Weight
Press ~ on PC, then player.additem F 1000 for gold. Oblivion Remastered cheats for carry weight, god mode and levels, item IDs and the achievements catch.
Forza Horizon 6 Festival Playlist This Week (Oct 29-Nov 5)
This week's FH6 Festival Playlist: Horizon Meets Spring to Nov 5, the Holden Monaro at 20 points, all 13 events with points, and where the chest is.
Free Games November 2026: Epic, PS Plus, Steam and GOG
Confirmed so far: Flotsam free on Epic Nov 5-12, Dead Island 2 and two more on PS Plus from Nov 3, Asleep: Act 1 on Steam to Nov 2. UTC times, checked Oct 31.
Detective RPG Silver Palace gets a December 14 global launch date
Elementa's free-to-play open-world detective RPG Silver Palace launches worldwide on December 14, according to a new release-date trailer on the game's official channel. It is coming to PS5, PC (its own launcher and the Epic Games Store), iOS and Android, with global pre-registration still open; the App Store lists it as free with in-app purchases.
Source: Silver Palace (official YouTube)
Fortnite Reload Map Rotation and Loot Pool (October 2026)
Reload rotates Nitemare Island, Squid Grounds and Stranger Things in Ranked and Unranked. Every loot change from Epic's Oct 8 and Oct 15 notes, in tables.
MONOPOLY GO Events Today: Oct 31 Tournament and End Times
MONOPOLY GO tournament today is Tycoon Class (ends 16:59 UTC, next run to Nov 1), with Ecto Escape and Ghostbusters Racers. All end times in UTC and ET.
FFXIV Evercold Release Date: Feb 23, Early Access Feb 19
FFXIV Evercold now launches February 23, 2027 after a short delay, with early access from Feb 19 for pre-orders opening Nov 4. Dates table and keynote news.
Marvel Rivals Night of Illusions Answers for All 5 Rooms
All five Night of Illusions rooms solved: the Blue Candy, the 1982 door code, the Room 4 ritual clock and Room 5 rifle parts, plus every reward by room.
Team Liquid and G2 knocked out of LoL Worlds 2026 in the Swiss Stage
Both Western sides lost their elimination matches in the Swiss Stage's Round 4 at Allen, Texas, on October 30. Team Liquid fell 2-1 to Brazil's LOS, and G2 Esports were swept 2-0 by the LCK's Hanwha Life Esports. Three quarterfinal spots are still open on the final Swiss day, October 31 (US Central time): Karmine Corp vs Movistar KOI at 12:00, LOS vs LYON at 15:00 and Hanwha Life vs Bilibili Gaming at 18:00. That works out to 17:00, 20:00 and 23:00 UTC. The KC-KOI winner guarantees the LEC a team in the knockouts.
Source: Insider Gaming
Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold slips from January to February 23, 2027
Square Enix announced at the Fan Festival 2026 keynote in Tokyo that Evercold, the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion, now launches on Tuesday, February 23, 2027. It had been slated for January 2027. Pre-orders open Wednesday, November 4, 2026, and pre-ordering unlocks early access from Friday, February 19. MMORPG.com reports that producer-director Naoki Yoshida said the team needed about three more weeks to reach the quality it wants, and that he made the call himself. The keynote also revealed Zephyr, the expansion's second new job: a ranged DPS that fights with a crossbow and a bird familiar.
GTA 6 Criminal Profile Explained: Honor System and Levels
GTA 6's honor system is the Criminal Profile, a Professional-to-Irredeemable scale. Every level, the shattered state and what counts, sourced to each preview.
Fortnite Quests This Week: Weekly List, XP and Nov 1 Deadline
Fortnite quests end when matchmaking stops at 04:30 UTC Nov 1 before the v43.00 downtime. Weekly quest list, 5 free Sprite quests and a fast XP route.
Kirby Air Riders Halloween Event Cancelled, Rerun Planned
Nintendo pulled Kirby Air Riders' Trick or Treat! event on Oct 30 over a screen-freeze bug and plans to rerun it with the Ghost headwear. No new date yet.
My Singing Monsters Spooktacle 2026: End Date and Costumes
Spooktacle 2026 ends November 2 in My Singing Monsters. All 44 costumes with Diamond prices, Punkleton combos and the costume contest deadline by time zone.
Criminality Codes (October 2026): HALLOWS26 and End Dates
HALLOWS26 (Double XP) is the one working Criminality code, checked Oct 31 UTC. Plus expired codes, the 400k-likes code and Hallows 2026 Part 1/2 end times.
Sony job listing puts PS5 'Intelligent Pricing' and targeted offers back in focus
A new Sony Interactive Entertainment listing for a Senior Director, Digital Games Monetization on the PlayStation Store team in San Mateo says a key part of the job is "driving the adoption and evolution of Intelligent Pricing" and "expanding the impact of the Targeted Offers program". Push Square reports the listing has revived player worries about dynamic pricing on PS5, after Sony was found earlier this year giving some users deeper targeted discounts than others. The listing does not explain how either tool works, so any wider rollout of personalised prices is speculation for now.
Chronicles: Medieval studio Raw Power Games says it may close after losing its funding
Raw Power Games, the team behind the open-world medieval RPG Chronicles: Medieval, said on October 30 that, due to circumstances outside its control, the funding behind the studio is no longer in place and it is now at real risk of closing. In a statement on Steam and X, the developer said Early Access had been within reach, that it is talking to anyone who might help, and asked players to keep the game on their wishlists. The funder was not named; the PC game's Steam page still lists a 2027 release.
Source: Raw Power Games on Steam
Blox Fruits Codes October 2026: 23 Working, No Halloween Code
23 Blox Fruits codes still work, checked Oct 31 UTC: 2x EXP, 3 stat resets and a title. EASTEREXP is the newest; no Halloween code has been announced yet.
Star Fox-style shooter Wild Blue Skies lands on Switch for $14.99
Chuhai Labs and publisher Balor Games released Wild Blue Skies, an on-rails arcade flight shooter openly inspired by Star Fox 64, on the Nintendo Switch eShop on October 28 for $14.99, according to Nintendo's store listing. The single-player game, which features branching mission paths and a high-score system, first launched on PC, PS5 and Xbox in August. Nintendo lists the 2.1 GB download as playable on Switch 2, where it behaves the same as on the original Switch.
Source: Nintendo eShop
Roblox Events Today: Halloween Oct 31-Nov 1 Start Times
Roblox Halloween weekend times: Blox Fruits 14:00 UTC, the Steal an Egg concert 15:00, PS99 Update 100 16:00 and The Hollow finale 17:15, in UTC, ET and PT.
