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The latest game announcements from the daily Gallery watch, grouped by genre. Each entry links to the interface screens it showed, when we cataloged them.
61 announcements from the last 30 days
The third Year 1 DLC launched Nov 5 with free Update 3.0 the same day, adding the Aegyptus province with Nile delta seasonal flooding, irrigation basins, mud bricks, 27 new goods, 30 research options, three new gods, a pyramid restoration project, new characters and a murder-mystery story, and camel-mounted troops; Update 3.0 adds Stamp Mode and expanded Statistics screens.
The first gameplay reveal aired Nov 4: 14 minutes of in-engine footage of a hardcore sci-fi tactical shooter from Escape from Tarkov director Nikita Buyanov, set across the Solar System in 2251 with squad ops up to four players, drones, vehicles, and remotely piloted clones; a Prime Batch paid closed-testing program opened alongside at $44.99 and $79.99, with no release date yet.
Launched globally Nov 4 at 3:00 p.m. PST; a new permanent WoW alongside Modern and Classic with a reimagined original Azeroth, a level 60 cap, 1,000+ new quests, new zones, the playable Skyborne race, Classic versus Enhanced Experience Presets, rulesets, a Camping system, Legacy System progression, nine new dungeons, and three raids on Dec 9, included with a WoW subscription.
The expansion release date of Dec 9, 2026 was announced Nov 4 for $19.99, adding a new Fardensa region, a two-act campaign, knighthood trials, lances, five legendary horses, a legendary companion character, and a regional boss and arena champion; a free major update the same day brings horses, mounted combat, and horse breeding to all players.
Launched Nov 4 on Steam for $14.99; a base-management tower-defense roguelite from the Despot's Game studio with Hull Construction ship building, crew as a resource, and FTL-like route plotting, whose Next Fest demo was 93% positive.
UI shown: Ship interior module grid, Trading Station, Shipyard hull blueprint, star-map route plotting, random event
Version 1.0 launched Nov 4 on Steam and PS5 for $19.99; a Pikmin-inspired cult roguelike where players command follower hordes in real time, draw blood-ritual symbols, and progress through Eldritch Prophecies with 90+ challenges, three new god aspects, and a third area.
UI shown: Pledge Your Faith god-aspect select, Eldritch Prophecies challenge list, dialogue banner, blood ritual scenes
The Year Two update 2.0.0 went live Nov 3 with the Godzilla DLC pack and free character Bayonetta, adding a 1v1 Duel Mode with a Duel Boost mechanic, 15 new gadgets, and the Super Slot for one-slot gadgets on the Grand Master Plate, plus a Sega Consoles Pack as the Season Pass Two bonus.
UI shown: Main menu Rival Duel, Duel HUD, Grand Master Plate gadgets
The first new DLC for the original Guild Wars in almost 20 years was announced Nov 3, launching Jan 13, 2027 for $29.99 with a $23.99 prepurchase; it adds the new land Xotecha in the Mists, the ever-changing dungeon the Unformed, skill-drafting combat, and run and permanent rewards.
UI shown: Profession-choice panel and classic skill-bar battle HUD
A western release in 2027 was announced Nov 3; the first mainline Neptunia game since Megadimension Neptunia VII (2015), it launched in Japan Aug 27, 2026 for PS5, PS4, Switch 2, Switch, and PC.
UI shown: Boss battle HUD, Cross Combination attack, field exploration, aerial city flight
A Dec 3, 2026 release date was announced Nov 2; the KEX Engine rebuild of the 1998 Looking Glass stealth classic includes Thief Gold content plus the all-new four-mission campaign The Tarnished Mirror, a weapon and item wheel, a mission selector, and mod support, at $29.99 or $34.99 Digital Deluxe.
The Coaches DLC release date of Nov 12, 2026 was announced Nov 1: scheduled passenger transport across Europe in three licensed coaches with chassis and interior customisation, Quick, Contract, and Tourist jobs, timetables with multiple stops, a G-force indicator, and passenger satisfaction to balance against punctuality.
UI shown: Passenger-satisfaction HUD widget, bus-stop satisfaction report panel, Stock Offers dealer, coach configurator
A surprise Pikmin Day Direct aired Oct 31: a free demo launches Nov 2 with the opening area and two Dandori Academy stages, with save data carrying over to the full game launching Nov 12 as a $9.99 Upgrade Pack; the new Dandori Academy mode has timed treasure-collection stages, medals, leaderboards, Switch 2 microphone voice commands for Oatchi, and GameShare Dandori Battles.
UI shown: Exam briefing, exam-start HUD, treasure banner, creature HUD, Pack menu
The release date was set Oct 30 at the Fan Festival 2026 Tokyo keynote: the expansion launches Feb 23, 2027, with early access Feb 19 for pre-orders; it reveals the second new job Zephyr alongside Bastion, a level cap rise from 100 to 110, and new systems including an Adventurer Activities interface, Gauntlet of Power, and the Fierce raid difficulty.
A global launch date of Dec 14, 2026 was announced Oct 30; the free-to-play open-world detective action RPG set in Victorian-style Silvernia comes to PS5, PC, iOS, and Android, with global pre-registration open and 15M+ pre-registrations reported.
UI shown: Investigation dossier with Werewolf Threat Level B, exploration HUD, werewolf boss combat HUD
Announced Oct 30 in Devstream 18: the invite-only alpha opens to all Windows PC players Nov 6 via the official site's launcher, with no key or Founder's Pack needed; rideable Omen Wolf mounts, a reworked world-progression system, and new Pacts arrive ahead of Preludes 17: Verse of the Veilands.
UI shown: Exploration HUD with compass strip, vitals dial, and ability orbs; combat HUD with nameplate and enemy badge
A major free update went live Oct 30 on PC, the largest update ever with about 20% more content: two new Old Gods, three new playable characters, a new Scenario Mode, and expanded Steam Workshop modding tools.
UI shown: Mamiya Mansion exploration, Kana investigation dialogue, combat tutorial, combat, event intro
Announced Oct 30 in the 4.7 Special Program, launching Nov 11: playable Aeon Aha, a new Affinitive Eidolon growth system, Currency Wars season 2, events The Fluffy Movie: Overheated and Interastral Peace Gala: Road to Fame, and a new Starfroster map.
A western release date of May 13, 2027 was announced Oct 29; the hand-drawn storybook adventure has Mono rescuing her sister from Paper Mortis in the Libratarium, commanding the monster Mar to fight and solve puzzles, after first launching in Japan Apr 30, 2026.
UI shown: Exploration HUD, Puzzle path HUD, Companion encounter HUD
The expansion launched Oct 29 for $19.99 with two new civilizations, Vikings and Scots, four new exclusive Crucible missions playable solo or in two-player co-op, a new progression system of Boons, Perks, Mutators, civilization-specific Talent Tracks, Boon Ascension, and 25 new weekly Conqueror mutators, plus two new biomes.
A Jan 28, 2027 release date was revealed at the Nintendo Indie World Showcase Oct 28 with a new gameplay trailer; a PS5 version was newly added, priced $24.99 with Game Pass day one. The magical life sim has College classes and exams, friendships and romance, cottage decoration, crops, and up to four-player online co-op.
UI shown: Telescope stargazing, Study Session sheet, Alchemy Books carousel, Inventory window, Tarot reading
Announced Oct 28 at the Gundam Games 40th Anniversary Livestream: a free-to-play team battle game for PS5 and PC with cross-play and no date yet, UC and SEED rosters at launch, SP Skills on every suit, a new UI and Battle Assist, and a Base Camp social hub.
The final DLC was announced Oct 28, launching Nov 10, 2026 for $7.99; a new clan led by Archus sacrifices cards to the Monolith to build Devotion, strengthening units through Zeal.
UI shown: Golden Touch inspect, Banished clan select, two-floor combat, Dimensional Portal challenge setup, Herzal's Hoard artifact draft
Full launch Oct 28 for $19.99; a cyberpunk shopkeeper sim with 500k+ wishlists, Next Fest's highest demo peak at about 40k concurrent players, and 660k demo players at 98% positive, with nine starting scenarios, four difficulties, and mod support.
Season 1 launches Nov 6, 2026, with new 6v6 maps Backstab, Canyon, and a reimagined Shoot House, modes Grind, Drop Zone, and Gauntlet 1v1, the DMZ X01 Black Site, two new Warzone maps, and a 100-tier Battle Pass.
A Gameplay Overview Trailer was released Oct 28 ahead of the Steam Early Access launch on Oct 29 for $24.99; the skyborne survival game has a customisable Cloud Cruiser mobile airbase, three Wasps, resource management, 2-4 player co-op, and two of three regions at Early Access launch, with 400,000 wishlists.
UI shown: Hydrogen Refinery interaction, Flight HUD, Cruiser systems cards, Building mode placement
Leaves Early Access Oct 28 with a simultaneous Steam, Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series launch; the roguelike FPS has 60+ firearms with attachments, 54 enchantments, cooking, a tight inventory, and gear loss on death, with 500,000+ copies sold in Early Access.
UI shown: Shop grid with Porridge tooltip, inventory and equipment, character, inventory and crafting, run-reward choice cards
Announced Oct 28, launching Nov 25, 2026 on PC; the first single-player mission content since launch has 15 historically inspired North Africa missions through three American soldiers' perspectives, with persistent army upgrades and customisation earned from missions and optional objectives.
UI shown: Main menu, battle HUD, Tactical Pause queue, Dynamic Campaign Map, company skill panel, Custom Mode lobby, pause menu
The first gameplay trailer was released Oct 28, with the game now targeting a 2027 release after a delay from 2026; the miniature survival sequel has perk trees earned by exploring, modular resource harvesting, material-driven crafting, climbing, swimming, creature taming, and 10-player co-op.
Early Access launched Oct 27: a city-building auto-battler in the Northgard world with round-by-round settlement expansion, building placement and adjacency bonuses, 50+ structures, 100+ Fate cards, Raven, Stag, and Wolf clans, divine blessings bought with Lore, and asynchronous PvP auto-battles with a ranked ladder.
UI shown: Stag Clan banner, Fate card draft, Mjolnir tower card, Round 10 auto-battle, Silver Victory leaderboard
Western launch Oct 27 on PS5, Switch, Switch 2, and PC for $49.99; a hand-painted farming sim from the Yomawari team with crops, livestock, homestead decoration, festivals, and villager bonds, plus a night-horror rules system and an optional peaceful mode.
UI shown: Farming HUD, Chicken card, Bulletin Board request forms, barn livestock, Decorating bedroom
The Early Access launch date of Nov 3, 2026 was revealed Oct 27, with pre-orders open at $29.99; the EA build has three regions, four classes and eight weapons, dungeons, raids, PvP, housing, crafting, trading, and company and guild activities.
The Early Access DLC launched Oct 27 for $24.99 with a 10% launch discount; the Survival Mode expansion opens the first part of Cauldron Island with a train to restore and keep running, running 18-24 months of Early Access.
The DLC's new run-based Castle Doom mode was detailed for the first time Oct 26: a Siege Gauge versus Reed's Stabilizer Gauge, themed door choices, a 12-perk system, an MVP stats showcase in multiplayer, and Reed's Lab permanent unlocks; the DLC launches Nov 10, 2026.
UI shown: Glyph door choice, castle fight with both gauges, run-end banner, Reed's Lab unlock vault, perk branch board
Version 1.0 launched Oct 26: the final chapter completes the story, alongside a big house-building update with drag-to-build and delete, a rotation indicator compass, smarter snapping, better roofing, new wood types and clay, and new items, plus 21 Steam achievements whose plaques decorate the cottage.
UI shown: Spirit dialogue choice, Spell Binding Table, decoration placement, Clay Wall build mode
A release date was set Oct 26: the expansion arrives Dec 2, 2026 with a free Companion Update Nov 26, adding player-owned outposts to acquire, expand, customize, and defend, Dweller management, workshops built via research trees, and the new technocratic Descendants faction.
UI shown: Research tree, Modules build, Device Catalog, outpost HUD
Revealed in the Oct 24 livestream, with the update live Oct 29: Marian: Queen and a free SSR Rapunzel: Sanctuary, Main Chapters 49-50 closing the Underground Ark arc, a fully voiced MARIA-n story event, the Fading Affection branching visual-novel minigame, new lobby decoration slots and dioramas, Synchro Boost, Pilgrim Selective Recruitment, a Stellar Blade soundtrack collab, and full Spanish text.
Full launch Oct 23, with multiplayer opening after the Oct 16 campaign and Oct 20 DMZ early access; the Maps & Modes post shows Tac-Map displays for all 12 core 6v6 and 3 Ground War maps.
UI shown: Tac-Map displays for all maps
Announced Oct 23 in the Version 7.2 Special Program, launching Nov 4: a new eastern Snezhnaya region, Archon Quests Chapter 7 Acts 5-6, new playable Mitya and Valeriy, and the headline event The Grand Defense.
UI shown: Regional-selection and party-selection screens in The Grand Defense event
Launched Oct 23; a pixel-art restaurant management sim aboard Baratie Number Two with cooking and set menus, 200+ furniture designs, and 400+ characters as customers.
UI shown: Restaurant management, cooking and set menus, furniture design screens
Launched Oct 23; a turn-based RPG and the first licensed Warriors game, with a deep cat creator, four clan campaigns, den customisation, and Defender boss-rush and Skirmish modes.
UI shown: Cat creator, den customisation screens
Version 1.0 launched Oct 23 on PC, PS5, Xbox, and Switch; a roguelite hockey game with a revamped campaign, 19 squads, hundreds of abilities and relics, Nightmare difficulty, and a complete UI/UX overhaul.
UI shown: Campaign, squad and ability management screens from the UI overhaul
A free update revealed during the Fallout Day 2026 celebrations, launching Dec 1: C.A.M.P. pets leave camp and travel with you, with name and appearance customisation, attack, defend, and follow commands, pet levelling and perk unlocks, plus a refreshed Skyline Valley with Bounty Hunting.
UI shown: Pet Commands radial wheel, Pip-Boy PETS roster, CAMP PETS CLOTHING crafting, Pet Progression board
A Nov 26, 2026 launch date for PC, iOS, and Android in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China was announced Oct 23, with a new release-date trailer and a Characters Gameplay Preview; the creature-companion RPG has 180+ Kibo to capture, real-time three-character combat, and a homestead with Kibo dispatched to logging, quarries, fisheries, and fields, with 25M+ pre-registrations.
Version 1.0 released Oct 23, finishing the story with Chapters 10-12, blizzard conditions, a revamped Fame system, 90 adventurer events and 16 Master Adventurers, and a Challenge Mode; the turn-based inn management game routes two rival guilds through one inn without letting them meet.
UI shown: Manage Inn planning, inn cross-section, guild clash Chance of Victory, Day-3 checkout, Monthly Settlements
Launched Oct 22; the first HD-2D Final Fantasy, a Brave Exvius rebuild with the gacha removed.
UI shown: Battle HUD in player-turn and enemy-turn states
The official launch trailer was released Oct 22 ahead of the digital launch on Oct 29.
UI shown: Boss-fight HUD with named two-tier boss plates, flask medallion, and weapon loadout diamonds
Launched Oct 22; the Disgaea creator's stat-raising SRPG.
UI shown: Battle overview, movement range, combat face-off stat cards, Misdeeds menu
Version 1.0 launched Oct 22 with a launch trailer.
UI shown: First-person reflex mode, Craft Items, Codex weapon catalogue, Skills, tactics overview
The Anniversary Update arrived Oct 22, free for Deluxe Edition owners, adding Commentary Mode with 16+ hours of Cast and Crew tracks and a Storyboard Mode presenting the whole game as original animatics; a mobile version launches Dec 9 with touch and a vertical layout.
A six-minute Features Overview trailer covers the DLC: the Great Ocean of Pywel region, shipbuilding and vessel customization, underwater traversal, romance and marriage, housing design and castle claiming, business management, and a Boss Gauntlet; the DLC launches Oct 29 for $24.99.
UI shown: Shipbuilding and vessel customization, housing design, business management screens
A gameplay trailer and worldwide release date of Mar 18, 2027 were announced Oct 21; the game has investigation and deduction phases, medicine crafting, playable Jinshi and Maomao sections, and Completion Stamps.
UI shown: Investigation and deduction phases, medicine crafting
A nine-minute Game Overview trailer and Dec 3, 2026 launch date were announced Oct 21.
UI shown: Campaign planet screen, battle HUD, Last Stand loadout, multiplayer Lobby Settings, Basic Painter
A major expansion was announced Oct 21, launching Nov 23, 2026 for $24.99 alongside the free 4.6 Corona Borealis update.
The free Update 2.5 launches Oct 22 with cyberware customization and a new dual-wielding playstyle, tied to Edgerunners 2; the announcement post carries key art only, with the new screens landing in the REDstreams reveal Oct 21.
The first Star Trek outpost builder launches Oct 20 on Steam, with research-facility construction, tech and building trees, crew task assignment, and officer development.
UI shown: Tech and building trees, crew task assignment screens
The Steam version launches Oct 28 for $44.99 with three new battle maps and explicit UI revisions, including Map Mode character visibility, card selection on info screens, route-junction direction display, and Card Library read-aloud; an updated Steam Next Fest demo runs Oct 19-26.
UI shown: Map Mode character visibility, card selection on info screens, Card Library
The Director's Cut was announced for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC, launching Nov 3 with about 40,000 words of new story, Backstage Mode, and full English voiceover; the Steam page adds a reworked inventory, ultrawide support, and Photosensitivity Mode.
UI shown: Reworked inventory
A new story trailer aired in the ID@Xbox showcase, giving a first look at Bigby's redesigned werewolf form; the definitive edition adds Noir Mode, playable deleted scenes, and bonus content, launching Oct 29 on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.
Paradox announced the Silk & Silver Chapter V DLC, launching Nov 17, 2026 for $29.99.
The free v2.0 Zenith update is out Oct 19, adding Eclipse Layers NG+, the Overlord Rush boss gauntlet with leaderboards, 20 new Carcosan Modifiers, Slow Game Speed, and Auto-fire.
UI shown: Overlord Rush boss gauntlet leaderboards
The official 'Ready for Launch' blogs detail the new Career menu, Prestige system, Calling Card menu, Gunsmith and Weapon Prestige screens, and DMZ's separate 70-level track with FOB stations; DMZ Early Access opens Oct 20 and the full game launches Oct 23.
UI shown: Career menu, Prestige and Calling Card menus, Gunsmith and Weapon Prestige screens