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News Tue, Oct 27, 2026

The King of Fighters: Fist Face reveals gameplay footage and classic roster

The King of Fighters: Fist Face (格鬥天王：拳面出擊) has released a game PV and first in-game footage showing 3D recreations of signature moves from the series, including 百式：鬼燒, 八稚女 and 忍蜂. The footage frames the game as a 3D action card RPG where players act as a “manager” who recruits, trains, and breaks through their favorite fighters while studying matchup relationships to build an optimal team. Playable character introductions in the first trailer highlight five established fighters: 草薙京 (Kyo Kusanagi), 不知火舞 (Mai Shiranui), 八神庵 (Iori Yagami), 雅典娜 (Athena), and 大蛇 (Orochi). Each entry lists faction and role: Kyo (Cloth, melee DPS) with skills 大蛇薙／無式 and Max variants; Mai (Cloth, ranged DPS) with 鼴鼠之舞／超必殺忍蜂 and Max variants; Iori (Stone, melee DPS) with 琴月陰／八稚女／焰甌 and Max 八稚女; Athena (Cloth, ranged support) with 鳳凰箭／閃光水晶波 and their Max forms; Orochi (Stone, long-range DPS) with 大神／混 and Max variants. The bios reproduce each character’s canonical traits—Kyo’s red flames, Iori’s purple blaze, Athena’s psychic stage-presence, and Orochi’s world-ending presence—while the footage pairs those signatures with classic BGM. Gameplay details emphasize a card-based, 3D-modeled action system that removes complex combo input in favor of strategic decisions. The combat layer uses a rock-paper-scissors style counter logic tied to fighters’ factions and traits; correct reads against an opponent’s lineup and sending a countering fighter to the field determine match outcomes. The developer says the system and simplified progression let newcomers start with minimal mechanical overhead—some materials claim a “3-second” entry point—while long-time fans can still chase exact move recreations and classic boss encounters. The title includes story and roster material spanning series arcs: the Orochi chapter, the 音巢 (presumably “Music Nest”) chapter, and the Ash chapter are all represented, and franchise bosses such as 大蛇, 盧卡爾, 克隆零, and 禍忌 can be recruited and added to player rosters. Social features allow friends to team up against powerful bosses, join clubs for large-scale guild wars, and benefit from daily resource distributions and generous login rewards designed to let players steadily unlock preferred fighters. Pre-registration is live and carries tangible premiums: entrants who complete sign-up and join official channels are eligible for a draw to win an iPhone DUO (2TB), and sharing a personal pre-registration link to form a “co-op squad” unlocks the exclusive manager costume 『猛龍過江』. The global pre-registration milestones award launch-time bundles such as 修行手札 (training booklets), diamonds, and epic fighter chests when thresholds are hit—details and exact milestone rewards are listed on the official site and fan pages. Takeaway: the PV and footage place a heavy bet on faithful move recreation and series lore—signature skills, classic BGM, and recruitable boss characters—while the game pairs that nostalgia with a low-input, RPS-style combat loop and tangible pre-registration rewards like an iPhone DUO (2TB) draw and the『猛龍過江』manager costume.

News Tue, Oct 27, 2026

Destiny Child: Assemble launches in first half of 2027

Destiny Child: Assemble will arrive in the first half of 2027, carrying forward the world of Destiny Child — the original mobile game that ended service on September 21, 2023. The new title was announced to coincide with the original game's tenth anniversary and uses the subtitle “Assemble” to signal a return of the series' playable cast. The game is described as an idle RPG that reuses the original's scenarios and side stories while adding new narrative content. The original Destiny Child shipped on iOS and Android and officially shut down in September 2023; Assemble is presented as a continuation of that setting rather than a reboot. The teaser trailer highlights the series' recurring relic, the Yomi no Hana, showing it blooming as a visual motif for the new release — a neat nod to longtime fans. Publisher updates say further information will be published on the game's teaser site and the official X account. The announcement credits NextFloor Corporation, SHIFT UP Corporation, and STAIRS Corporation in the copyright line, matching the original title's production credits. If you follow the teaser site and the official X feed, those will be the channels where Assemble's release date, platforms, and gameplay details appear next.

News Tue, Oct 27, 2026

Pokémon Unite to end service March 23, 2027 in Korea

Pokémon Unite announced on its official site today (27th) that service for the mobile and Nintendo Switch versions will stop on Tuesday, March 23, 2027 at 9:00 KST. The notice thanked “many Trainers” for their support and said the team will run special in-game events during the remaining period. The game launched in 2021 and is developed by TiMi Studio with distribution by The Pokémon Company. Described as an AOS (team strategy battle) title, Pokémon Unite offered 5v5 matches plus multiple other battle modes and a rotating roster of playable Pokémon. The notice also reminded players that EOS gem sales and automatic renewals for new accounts were suspended today at 14:00. Pokémon Unite was recently an official esports title at the Asian Games and still has an upcoming competitive event: the previously announced Pokémon Unite EOS Crown 2027 Tokyo will go ahead as scheduled, the announcement says. The message from the team kept the tone grateful and promised special events before shutdown. If you still play, the concrete calendar matters: the store and auto-renew changes started today at 14:00, and live service runs until 9:00 KST on March 23, 2027. Expect the scheduled Tokyo tournament to occur despite the service end date, and use the remaining months to finish any in‑game activities you care about.

News Tue, Oct 27, 2026

Sucker Punch cuts 24 staff after Ghost of Yotei — Oct 26 report

Sucker Punch Productions has laid off 24 employees, a move first reported by Aftermath on October 26 and confirmed in internal company messaging obtained by the outlet. The studio’s total headcount is described as under 200, so the 24 departures amount to more than 10% of staff. Management told employees the reductions follow a review of market conditions and staffing needs for the studio’s next project. The studio’s internal email, shared with Aftermath, says leadership reviewed “market conditions” and the personnel needed for the next project before deciding to remove several roles across the company. The message also promised support for affected employees during their transition and said the studio will publish more detailed plans next week. The report frames the cuts as role eliminations across multiple positions rather than a single-team closure. Sucker Punch is best known for the Sly Cooper and Infamous series and broke into a larger audience with Ghost of Tsushima in 2017. Its latest release, Ghost of Yotei, has commercial figures attached in public reports: the studio announced 3.3 million cumulative sales within a month of launch, and market research firm Alinea Analytics estimated more than 5.4 million copies sold as of October 16. Despite those sales numbers, the studio moved forward with the round of layoffs reported on October 26. Takeaway: Sucker Punch’s internal note commits to supporting departing staff and says a fuller plan will be shared next week, while the timing of cuts—24 roles from a team of under 200 just after Ghost of Yotei’s strong sales figures—is the concrete fact readers will be watching as the studio outlines its next steps.

News Mon, Oct 26, 2026

Valve makes Personalized Calendar a permanent Steam feature (24th)

Valve announced in a Steam post on the early hours of the 24th (KST) that Personalized Calendar has graduated from Steam Labs and is now an official Store feature. The calendar builds recommendations from each user’s play history: Steam finds players with similar tastes based on recently and heavily played titles, then surfaces those users’ wishlisted or played upcoming releases. Recommendations refresh daily and give greater weight to games a user has spent more time playing; titles tried for only a few minutes count for much less. Valve says the feature runs purely on algorithmic personalization with no paid placement or manual curation. During beta, Valve added a few practical options: developers can mark an Early Access title with an official 1.0 release date so finished releases now appear on the calendar, and filters/display toggles for wishlists, Early Access, and DLC were strengthened. The calendar UI has also been optimized for PC, mobile, and SteamOS screens. Valve reports that users click into more than 2,000 calendar-listed games on an average day. The calendar can surface a title starting about two months before its release, which industry analysts cited in the source say translates into roughly 300–3,000 wishlists per day for a single game once it begins appearing. That provides a different exposure path from Steam’s existing “popular upcoming” discovery, where reaching the top lists previously needed around 100,000 wishlists. Not every game can join the calendar: a release date is required, and titles that fail to accumulate a baseline level of wishlists or that were only briefly tried by many users will struggle to appear. Valve also noted that around one-third of new Steam releases disclosed AI usage mid-year, while monthly new-release volume runs roughly 500 titles or more. If you’re an indie dev, Personalized Calendar is a concrete place to gain discovery starting two months before launch and — according to analysts cited in the coverage — potentially generate hundreds to a few thousand wishlists per day. For players, it quietly trims the noise on your own store page by surfacing upcoming games that align with what you actually play, rather than the overall churn of new releases.

Launch Mon, Oct 26, 2026

Supercell, EA, Zynga soft‑launch roundup — games currently in test

MobileGamer.biz collected a running list of soft launches from major mobile publishers, and here’s the curated peek: Blizzard, Supercell, EA, Zynga, Moon Active, Playrix, Miniclip and more all have live tests across a patchwork of countries and platforms. The list below is sorted by publisher as the original piece organized it, with markets, platforms and test notes included where available; MobileGamer.biz also notes the column is updated every other week and all items are subject to change. Blizzard’s Overwatch Rush is in soft launch on Android and iOS in the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia, offering a mobile-first take on the hero shooter format. Century Games has multiple experiments: Family Tales: Merge & Design is testing in several European markets and has limited downloads in Australia, the US and Malaysia, while Frozen Manor: Merge Mystery appears on AppMagic as an Android-only merge candidate with no recorded Google Play downloads yet. EA’s Plants vs. Zombies 3: Evolved is holding Early Access in a number of markets including the Philippines, Indonesia and the UK on iOS and Android; Title Update 1.0.5 reworked the tutorial and rebalanced rewards ahead of wider rollouts. Fingersoft’s Hill Climb Racing 3 introduced real-time multiplayer and has soft launched on Google Play in the UK, Norway, Sweden and Finland. Garena’s test presence includes Garena Free City, which AppMagic first logged as an Android soft launch in Argentina and is now registering downloads in the Philippines and several smaller markets. Hoyoverse and partners surfaced Petit Planet and King’s Minecraft Blast: the latter reappeared in Malaysia on Google Play with a trailer that shows Candy Crush-style map progression and a building-based meta, while Level Infinite/Tencent listed Crownstone Survival on AppMagic as appearing for Google Play tests in the Philippines, France, Indonesia, Türkiye and the US. Honor of Kings Chess / 王者万象棋 also appeared in the publisher list, and Limit Break — the new studio from former Machine Zone boss Gabe Leydon — is running a limited iOS test of its 3D arcade puzzle debut, Puzzle Panic, in Singapore, New Zealand and Australia. Meta’s Pocket has expanded its early testing footprint: after Brazil, Pocket’s AI-powered minigame maker arrived for US players according to TechCrunch, letting users generate short, shareable ‘gizmos’ from text, photos, touch and sound via AI prompts. Miniclip and Sybo-linked tests are busy: Hoverboard Party, a Subway Surfers–themed party game, showed on Android and iOS in the UK, Denmark, Italy and Portugal with minigames like Cage Football and Hoverboard Mayhem; Pure Crime: Gangster Shooting is in UK, Canada and the Philippines; Paint Brawl — a Splatoon-like arena shooter rebranded to include Subway Surfers characters — picked up downloads in the UK; and Rival Nations soft launched on Android across Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the UK and France per AppMagic. Moon Active is running multiple soft launches: Dream Bay, a renovation-themed merge title from the Coin Master studio, appeared on Google Play in the UK, Austria, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden; Royal Splash: Tower Blast, a physics puzzler, showed up on Android and iOS in India and Israel. Playrix’s lineup is varied: Aqua Match runs in 12 markets on iOS and Android, Austin’s Odyssey (launched under Playrix’s Max Go test account) is on Google Play in Australia, Canada, India and the US, Match Around is picking up downloads in India and Indonesia and is set up for tests in Australia, Canada, Ireland and the US on Google Play, Questbound — a squad battler — is live on Android in Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia and the US, and Roomscapes is showing Google Play downloads in India, the US, Indonesia, Canada and Australia. PlayStation Mobile’s Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble is playable in France (developer Oh BiBi confirmed), with AppMagic also listing Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway, Sweden and the Philippines, and pre-registration open. Sega and Rovio both returned to soft-launch testing: Angry Birds Match is on iOS with downloads in the US, UK, Australia and Finland, while Angry Birds Rush is in early testing on iOS and Android in the US and Latin America in collaboration with OhBiBi. Supercell’s update cycle turned practical: Mo.co, the monster-hunting title that previously ran an invite-only beta in 2025, is back in beta/soft-launch as the team plans further iteration; Supercell said the game will remain on sale in markets despite low performance and “needs big changes to achieve mass appeal,” per the developer’s own phrasing. Project Rise, Supercell’s long-running Clash of Clans spin-off, opens a beta from August 19 to September 2 according to developer notices; the project began life as Clash Heroes in 2021 and was rebooted and renamed in 2024. Take-Two and Zynga’s joint projects and NaturalMotion tests showed movement: Borderlands Mobile briefly appeared on iOS in the US before being removed from sale but remains in development at NaturalMotion’s UK studio, while CSR 3 has been in testing since around February 2024 and is live in France, Italy, Malaysia, South Africa and Indonesia on iOS and Android. Zynga’s catalogue includes Defend the Castle soft launched on Google Play in the Philippines via Small Giant, Dice Companions testing in Puerto Rico and the US on both platforms, and a handful of Rollic titles — Farm Rush Fever remains on iOS after its Android build was pulled, Paws Out and UFC: Manager showed small test install numbers across various markets, and Nordeus’s Top Goal: Soccer Champion is soft launched in 12 markets including Australia, Canada, Malaysia, Argentina, Mexico, Italy and Colombia on iOS and Android. Takeaway: the current testing map is a scatter of regional rollouts and platform splits — Google Play-only tests, iOS-only windows, and country-by-country trials from the Philippines to Finland. If you track playtests for signals about live features or monetization, watch the August 19 beta window for Supercell’s Project Rise and the ongoing title updates listed above, since those are specific, dated test events publishers are running right now.

News Mon, Oct 26, 2026

Gray Zone Warfare launches Rogue Ops update on 26th, moves from pre-alpha to alpha

Madfinger Games released Rogue Ops, the fourth major update for Gray Zone Warfare, on the 26th and moved the open-world tactical shooter from pre-alpha into alpha. The update adds a player-owned Hideout system, introduces smuggling and hunting operations, expands the La Mang region, and upgrades the game to Unreal Engine 5.7. At the center of Rogue Ops is the new Hideout feature, a private operational base where players can craft medical supplies, manufacture illicit drugs, process sensitive military tech, and build specialist equipment. Items produced in the Hideout may be sold directly to merchants, or taken onto riskier smuggling runs across La Mang for larger rewards. Madfinger says these systems give players income options and strategic trade-offs; Marek Rabas, the studio’s CEO and creative director, called Rogue Ops “an important milestone” for the game and a meaningful step toward his studio’s vision. Smuggling and hunting operations are playable in both PvP and PvE. On smuggling sorties, mercenaries must transport valuable cargo to designated drop points while defending against rival operatives trying to intercept the shipment. In PvE mode those adversaries are controlled by AI, letting solo or cooperative players face scripted threats instead of human opponents. The update also adds multi-character support so users can play several characters within a single account. La Mang receives a substantial expansion in Rogue Ops: three major high-difficulty locations — an abandoned psychiatric hospital, a military research facility, and a radio observatory — plus more than 15 smaller sites scattered through the region. The patch brings seven new firearms, hundreds of weapon parts, and a range of new equipment to support varied loadouts and mission types. Behind the scenes, Madfinger upgraded the project to Unreal Engine 5.7, targeted performance optimizations, and pushed broad improvements across AI, animation, audio, combat, and stamina systems. Rogue Ops also introduces the game’s first Soft Wipe system: player progression is retained while owned equipment and in-game currency are reset. Madfinger added extra anti-cheat measures alongside the engine upgrade to improve security and to keep competitive systems fair. Gray Zone Warfare has sold over 1.7 million copies since its early access launch in April 2024 and continues to receive major updates on a regular cadence. Takeaway: expect operational choices to matter more — Hideouts let you manufacture and sell gear or risk higher payouts by hauling contraband on smuggling runs, while the Soft Wipe will clear equipment and currency but preserve overall progression so accounts carry forward even after the reset.

News Mon, Oct 26, 2026

Webzen's LAST STAGE teaser debuts Oct 26, 2026

Webzen opened an official YouTube channel and published the first teaser for its new title, <Defense Game Tyrant: LAST STAGE>, on October 26, 2026. The studio says the project is being developed by its subsidiary Webzen Crevix with a targeted 2027 release and that the game adapts the Naver Webtoon IP 'Defense Game Tyrant'. The 1 minute 40 second teaser sequences the comic’s in-world game completing and the protagonist becoming possessed by that game, then cuts to key characters rendered in what Webzen calls 'diorama pixel art.' Webzen also confirmed the game is built on Unreal Engine 5 and uses 3D graphics to give the original atmosphere depth while finishing characters pixel-by-pixel for a handcrafted look. The source material’s exploration–defense–domain management arc has been reworked into a party-composition, tactics-first system where role placement (tanker, dealer, etc.) and direct command combine. Webzen plans to exhibit <Defense Game Tyrant: LAST STAGE> at G-STAR 2026 — the title will be playable in the B2C zone on November 19. The company has opened an official X (formerly Twitter) account and will route G-STAR schedules and event news through its social channels. To mark the channel launch, Webzen will run a special event on October 27: follow the channel and quote a post for a chance to win G-STAR 2026 tickets by lottery. If you want an early look, the concrete dates to remember are October 27 for the channel giveaway and November 19 for the G-STAR demo — both announced on Webzen’s official YouTube and SNS outlets.

Launch Mon, Oct 26, 2026

Phantom Blade Zero and ANOMALITH launch this week worldwide

Phantom Blade Zero (PlayStation 5, PC) and ANOMALITH (PlayStation 5, Switch 2, PC) are the headline releases in this week’s round of Japanese game launches, arriving worldwide in digital and physical forms across multiple platforms. The week’s schedule mixes console ports, Switch 2 debuts, digital-only indies, and a handful of mobile launches, with releases available on PS5, Switch, Switch 2, PC (Steam, Epic, GOG, Microsoft Store), and iOS/Android. Physical and hybrid digital/physical releases this week include ANOMALITH on PS5 and Switch 2 (digital worldwide), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (worldwide), and several titles already available digitally such as Dune: Awakening (PS5), Fantasy Maiden Wars: Dream of the Stray Dreamer (Switch), Hazel Sky (Switch), and Hell Let Loose: Vietnam (PS5). New or reissued Switch 2 entries landing this week include Hello Kitty: Party Land, Kuukiyomi 4: Consider It (Nintendo Switch 2 Edition), LEGO Harry Potter Collection, Minecraft (Switch 2), and Pokemon Legends Z-A Nintendo Switch 2 Edition plus DLC “Mega Dimension” and Pokemon Pokopia with Expansion Pass. Meiji Tokyo Renka: Twilight Kiss appears both as a Switch digital launch and separately as a PC (Steam) release. The digital-only list is long and leans heavily on indies and multi-platform ports. Notable Steam and console digital arrivals include 4 Penny Coffins (PC), ANOMALITH (PC), ASYLUM across PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and PC, ATMOSFAR Early Access on Steam, and BUZZ or DIE on PC. Several Switch and Switch 2-focused indie launches appear as well: Black Lily’s Tale (Switch), BURGGEIST (Switch 2), Frog Sqwad (PS5, Switch 2), and Cities: Skylines – Expanded Edition for Switch 2. PC-focused releases this week include Culdcept BEGINS (Steam), Danchi Days (Steam), Emberville Early Access (Steam, GOG), and REKA (Steam). Console and larger-platform ports also populate the list: Gennady arrives on PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One and Switch with PC storefronts; Hatsune Miku Connecting Puzzle TAMAGOTORI Deluxe launches across PlayStation, Xbox and PC storefronts; Metro Redux comes to PS5 and Xbox Series; Remothered: Red Nun’s Legacy is listed for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2 and PC (Steam, Epic, GOG); and SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding, Queen’s Domain, and SULFUR each appear across PS5, Xbox Series and Switch 2 where noted. The Switch family sees Kowloon’s Gate: Suzaku (digital worldwide) and Look Outside on multiple Nintendo hardware variants and PlayStation platforms. Mobile and other platform-specific highlights include Monster Hunter Outlanders launching worldwide on iOS and Android, and No Man’s Sky appearing on iOS. Phantom Blade Zero is confirmed for PS5 and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store as a worldwide digital launch. Several early-access entries are scheduled this week too, such as ATMOSFAR and Pao Pao (Xbox Series, PC), plus Scramble Knights Online entering Early Access on Xbox Series and PC storefronts. Downloadable content and major updates arriving alongside these launches include 2XKO DLC characters Samira and Sett (PS5, Xbox Series, PC), Age of Empires IV Raiders of the North DLC across consoles and PC, Cairn free DLC “On the Trail: Deep Water” for PS5 and PC, Crimson Desert DLC “Charting the Unknown” for PS5/Xbox Series/PC, and Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2’s 10th Anniversary update across consoles and PC. If you prefer a single takeaway: the week stacks high on cross‑platform ports and indie Steam launches while slipping a few notable console-first Switch 2 editions and mobile entries into the schedule, so the platform you play on will determine which of these releases actually lands on your device.

News Mon, Oct 26, 2026

FAREIDOLIA to debut Korean demo at AGF 2026

Nexon announced that FAREIDOLIA, developed by Nexon Games' RX Studio, will appear at Anime X Game Festival (AGF) 2026 with the Korean-language demo being shown to domestic players for the first time. The demo lets Korean visitors try the game in-person at the AGF booth, following prior public showings at Anime Expo and Tokyo Game Show. FAREIDOLIA is being built for PC, console, and mobile by RX Studio, the Nexon Games IO division team that previously worked on Blue Archive. The title uses Unreal Engine 5 and centers on a 3D art style plus a "live turn battle" combat system. Players take the role of the revival center manager for the otherworldly city Anima City, living alongside special-ability partners called "Mates" and tackling anomalous events through exploration and combat. The AGF booth will recreate the game's communal space, the "Tasogare Hall," so attendees can wander multiple in-game areas on-site and pick up original novelty items. Organizers will offer interactive features that use voice recognition: visitors can speak directly to a Mate or even play rock-paper-scissors with them using voice commands. Nexon Games RX Studio producer Cha Min-seo commented, "We're happy to present FAREIDOLIA's world to domestic players for the first time," and invited attendees to experience the project's character interactions, exploration, and combat firsthand. If you plan to visit AGF 2026, the concrete takeaway is simple: this is FAREIDOLIA's first Korean-language hands-on, and the booth is set up to let attendees test both the Mate interactions (including voice-driven exchanges) and the live turn battle mechanics in a recreated in-game living space.