Pokémon Pokopia's Halloween event is live: befriend Pumpkaboo, sneak up on Pokémon in disguise to collect pumpkin candy, then trade it for decorations that lure in Gourgeist. Runs through November 1, and any Pokémon you befriend stick around after. operogames.com/story/872290/…

Blackdogs in Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen hit hard and heal fast, so the trick is focusing damage and breaking their guard before they can shake it off. With the Switch 2 version still getting bug fixes, knowing their patterns matters even more right now. operogames.com/story/867417/…

New Castlevania: Belmont's Curse brings whip-cracking, monster-hunting action back to Switch. Word from players digging into it: it's good, classic vampire-killing fun, though it sounds like Steam Deck owners may hit a few rough patches at launch. operogames.com/story/856078/…

Sega and RGG Studio dropped the first act trailer for Stranger Than Heaven, setting up Kokura. It follows protagonist Makoto Daito as he sneaks aboard the trading ship Orpheus, kicking off his journey. Love a good setup for a long voyage story. youtube.com/watch?v=-RtKGcSn…

The Blood of Dawnwalker's big 1.1 update lands next week, and it's packed: a long-awaited respec option, an easier difficulty mode, and over 1,100 fixes. Oh, and directional animal petting, using the same combat system you fight with. Vale Sangora's about to feel a lot smoother. operogames.com/story/866798/…

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 leans hard on consequences. Captain Price's revenge arc against Makarov turns genuinely dark, while a South Korean squad caught in North Korea's invasion carries the other half of the campaign. Out October 23, 2026. operogames.com/story/867422/…

Footage from a cancelled Assassin's Creed game called Destiny has leaked. Set in 206 BCE during the Qin dynasty, it followed a female assassin fighting into a sacred palace under siege by warlord Xiang Yu, chasing a mysterious artifact. #AssassinsCreed operogames.com/story/865180/…

Control Resonant just hit 1 million copies sold in three weeks, making it Remedy's fastest-selling game ever, beating out Alan Wake 2's two-month pace. Great to see a studio this creative finally get the commercial love to match the critical praise. operogames.com/story/861246/…

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 campaign is now in Early Access, and Switch 2 owners get to jump in too. Captain Price is back on the front lines before the full game drops, so it's a nice head start if you've been waiting on the story. #CallOfDuty operogames.com/story/864349/…

New trailers for the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake just gave us our first real look at Dark Link, Link's shadowy doppelganger from the Water Temple fight. We also catch Ganondorf at the organ. It lands on Switch 2 November 5.

Peak is climbing onto PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch 2 on October 22, with full cross-play back to the Steam original. A PS5 physical edition follows December 9, including a Buddy Code so you can gift the game to a friend. Co-op chaos, now easier to share. operogames.com/story/860780/…

Gravity Circuit 2 is set for Spring 2027 on Switch and Switch 2. This time Kai teams up with Cable, the Power Circuit, letting you swap between close-combat grapples and long-range scrap ammo across a shared campaign with 8 Hunter Circuit bosses. operogames.com/story/861778/…

A Bird Story just launched on PS5, Xbox Series, and Switch. It's a wordless, hour-long tale from the To the Moon creator about a lonely boy who finds an injured bird, told entirely through pixel art blurring reality and imagination. operogames.com/story/860998/…

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World is adding cross-platform online play, letting wranglers team up for Joint Battles against massive monsters or climb ranks in Ranked Matches. There's also a new roguelike mode called Wrangler's Gauntlet. #DragonQuest operogames.com/story/862556/…

Nintendo's raising repair prices in Japan for both Switch and Switch 2 starting November 16, 2026, citing rising parts costs. CPU board repairs see the biggest jump: Switch 2 goes from 27,500 to 37,400 yen. Joy-Con and dock repairs stay the same price. operogames.com/story/863160/…

Arc System Works just opened a new Tokyo studio called "Takumi" (Japanese for skill or cleverness), built around their new original fighting game IP. It's meant to lean into uniquely Japanese expression and push past typical genre conventions. Worth keeping an eye on. operogames.com/story/858521/…

Star Wars Zero Company just got a free update adding Campaign Modifiers, letting you customize any difficulty with things like injury limits and escalating permanent death risk. Weapons, crew, and facility upgrades also got balance tweaks. operogames.com/story/861068/…

Bad Cheese is free on Epic Games Store from October 15 to October 22. You're a young mouse stuck home with Dad for the weekend, doing chores to keep him happy, all wrapped in cheerful 1920s rubber-hose animation that gets more unsettling the longer you look. store.epicgames.com/p/bad-ch…

A demo for El Paso, Elsewhere 2 is now live on PC. James Savage returns with 15 weapons, vampire-style healing off enemy blood, and new mid-air wall leaps for even more chaotic bullet-time gunfights. Max Payne vibes with a blood-soaked twist. operogames.com/story/858881/…