Video game industry updates: Major and indie releases for October 2026

The gaming industry saw a variety of new releases and upcoming titles between October 12 and October 16, 2026. Major publishers released notable titles, including Sega with ‘Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition’, Bandai Namco Entertainment with ‘Tales of Eternia Remaster’, and Konami with ‘Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse’. Additionally, Frontier Developments released ‘Planet Zoo 2’, and Remedy Entertainment launched the physical version of ‘CONTROL Resonant’ for PS5 and Xbox.

In the indie and smaller developer sector, several titles arrived on Steam and mobile platforms. Notable mentions include ‘Dog in the Machine’ by Chahut and Goblinz Publishing, and ‘Afterbeat’ by Kwalee. Featured indie highlights include ‘Kimodameshi Online’, a multiplayer horror game where players act as streamers in a haunted school, ‘Laica’, a survival horror adventure set in a space habitat, and ‘Direland’, a voxel-based sandbox survival RPG.