Here are the five biggest gaming stories of Saturday, October 31, 2026 — two big delays, a new anime, a cozy launch date and a record-breaking debut.

S-Game’s Phantom Blade Zero is off to a flying start — and it arrived with a surprise nobody saw coming. The wuxia action game launched October 29 on PlayStation 5 and PC, and within hours it had passed 730,000 concurrent…

HoYoverse, the studio behind Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, is about to enter the cozy game space — and its first slow-life game finally has a date. Petit Planet launches December 4, 2026, free to play on PC and…

Kojima Productions is taking Death Stranding somewhere nobody expected: Disney+. The studio has unveiled the first teaser trailer for Death Stranding Isolations, a hand-drawn 2D anime series that will stream exclusively on Disney+ and other Disney services in 2027. Death…

FromSoftware has pushed The Duskbloods out of 2026. The studio announced on October 29 that its Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive multiplayer game will now launch sometime in 2027, with no specific date yet. It is the latest delay in a…

Final Fantasy XIV players will have to wait a little longer for the next chapter of their adventure. Square Enix has delayed Evercold, the MMORPG’s sixth expansion, from its planned January 2027 window to February 23, 2027, with early access…

Today’s five biggest gaming stories, all in one place — from a possible Elder Scrolls VI title reveal to the GTA VI score, November’s PS Plus games, Sony’s transparent Prism hardware, and a free Halloween weekend on Game Pass. 1.…

Six Hit Games, Zero Dollars, One Halloween Weekend Six hit games, zero dollars, one spooky Halloween weekend — if you have got Game Pass. Xbox Game Pass Free Play Days run this weekend through Sunday, November 1, 2026. Six games…

See-Through Tech Is Back on PS5 Remember the see-through tech from the ’90s? Sony does — and it is bringing it back to PS5. Sony unveiled the Prism Collection on the PlayStation Blog on October 28, 2026: transparent DualSense wireless…