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dLcompare Recaps the Latest Games: Weekly Recap (Oct. 11–18, 2026)
19-Oct-2026, 10:00 pm
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
Catch up on the latest dLcompare Weekly Recap, featuring Valor Mortis, Ratatan, Enshrouded, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse and more.
The past few days have delivered a busy stretch for PC and console gaming, with several anticipated releases finally arriving, established games receiving significant updates, and new multiplayer experiences giving players fresh reasons to team up. The latest dLcompare Weekly Recap brings ten of these titles together, highlighting what's happening across a gaming landscape that rarely stands still.
This week's selection includes the full releases of Valor Mortis, Ratatan, Planet Zoo 2 and Enshrouded, alongside the arrival of Castlevania: Belmont's Curse...
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This Week's Video Game Releases - October 2026 (Week 43)
19-Oct-2026, 8:25 pm
Fyra Frost
New Game Releases
Release date
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 headlines this week's game releases on October 23, 2026 alongside Final Fantasy Resonance and Stupid Never Dies.
The week of October 19 - 25, 2026, has a heavyweight headliner, a new chapter in one of gaming's biggest franchises, and plenty of alternatives for players who would rather explore fantasy worlds, compete with friends, or embark on a culinary adventure. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is the biggest launch of the week, arriving on October 23 and leading a busy Friday release schedule.
October 19 - 25 releases
October 21: Stupid Never Dies and DEMONS' NIGHT FEVER
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GTA 6 Online Release Date: Everything Confirmed So Far
19-Oct-2026, 6:30 pm
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
GTA 6 Online has no confirmed release date yet — here is everything Rockstar has announced about multiplayer at launch, pricing, and what to expect.
GTA 6 will launch without an online multiplayer mode on November 19, 2026. Rockstar Games has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto VI is a single-player experience, meaning players should not expect a new version of GTA Online to be available on day one. However, a separate multiplayer experience could follow later. In September 2026, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy suggested that GTA 6's multiplayer could arrive in 2027, although Rockstar has not announced a release date or officially unveiled the mode.
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Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea Blends Farming and Adventure
16-Oct-2026, 4:00 pm
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
Release date
Gameplay
Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea expands cozy farming with open-world exploration, animal companions, romance, hidden treasures and a mysterious story.
Farming simulators have a peculiar problem: once you've spent enough hours watering turnips, befriending villagers and turning a modest shack into a five-star countryside mansion, the world beyond your property can start feeling like an afterthought. Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea wants to change that. Instead of treating exploration as a pleasant distraction between harvests, the latest entry in Natsume's long-running series makes the wilderness a major part of the adventure.
Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea was released on PC and...
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Total War: SHOGUN 2 Complete Edition Is Pulled After a Disastrous Launch
16-Oct-2026, 2:25 pm
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
EGA pulls Total War: SHOGUN 2 – Complete Edition after a troubled launch. Discover what went wrong and the best historical strategy alternatives.
Apparently, conquering feudal Japan is easier than remastering one of the most beloved strategy games ever made. Total War: SHOGUN 2 – Complete Edition was released on October 13, 2026, promising a fresh coat of paint for Creative Assembly's classic. Instead, it sparked a backlash over technical problems, visual oddities and upgrades that failed to impress the majority of the community. Just two days later, SEGA removed the game from digital storefronts, and brought back the original game.
The original SHOGUN...
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Beyond These Stars: Build a Thriving City on the Back of a Space Whale
15-Oct-2026, 11:15 pm
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
Release date
Beyond These Stars is a sci-fi city builder where you build a thriving civilization on a giant Space Whale while exploring the galaxy.
What if your next city-building project had a heartbeat, a metabolism, and a destination of its own? Beyond These Stars puts a decidedly unusual spin on the colony simulator formula by asking players to build a thriving civilization on the back of a gigantic space-faring whale. Instead of simply claiming a patch of land and covering it with houses, factories, and infrastructure, you'll have to develop your settlement in harmony with a living creature as it journeys through the universe.
The...
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GTA 6 launch trailer is here: Rockstar sets the stage for the release
15-Oct-2026, 8:45 pm
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
Release date
Rockstar just dropped the GTA 6 launch trailer. Watch Jason and Lucia's story unfold, and find the best pre-order price on DLCompare.
Rockstar has released the official launch trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, a month out from release. Captured entirely in-game on a PlayStation 5, the 90-second video takes us back to Vice City and the state of Leonida for one last look at Jason and Lucia before the game arrives on November 19.
The final trailer before launch is here
The trailer digs a little deeper into Jason's background, revealing he ran into trouble during his military service and left...
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Echo Weaver Reinvents the Metroidvania With Time Loops
15-Oct-2026, 6:00 pm
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
Echo Weaver reinvents the Metroidvania genre with time loops, knowledge-based progression, clever puzzles, and a world built to reward experimentation.
Echo Weaver is a sci-fi adventure blends Metroidvania mechanics with a time-loop structure that turns knowledge, experimentation, and route optimization into the keys to progression. The game was released on October 8, 2026, and it follows the adventures of the last Weaver in Provenance, a futuristic colony devastated by an event known as the Collapse. While trapped in a seemingly endless repeating time cycle, the protagonist must explore ruins, investigate the survivors' secrets, and uncover the truth behind the events that...
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Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is completely worth it
15-Oct-2026, 12:30 am
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse finds the perfect balance between its legacy and exciting novelties to deliver one of the best experiences in the series.
Some gaming franchises are better left untouched than dragged back for another nostalgia-fuelled adventure. However, Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse makes a strong case for bringing the classics back the right way. The game has all the ingredients that made its legendary vampire hunters true icons in the world of video games, while offering a modern and exciting adventure to both long-time fans of the series and newcomers. Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse innovates in the right way to deliver an experience that combines action, exploration, hidden secrets,...
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dLcompare Recaps the Latest Games: Weekly Recap (Oct.03 –11, 2026)
14-Oct-2026, 9:10 pm
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
Discover the dLcompare Weekly Recap for October 3–11, featuring Hellraiser: Revival, STAR WARS: Galactic Racer, Gears of War: E-Day, AION 2, and more.
The latest dLcompare Weekly Recap covers ten games worth keeping on your radar, from mind-bending puzzles and supernatural horror to high-speed racing and MMORPG adventures. This edition highlights several blockbuster releases alongside games that offer something a little different from the usual blockbuster formula.
From the dark fantasy of Order of the Sinking Star to the return of the Gears of War universe in Gears of War: E-Day, here's a closer look at the games featured in this week's video.
Ten games...
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Risk of Rain 2: Hallowed Concepts expansion has nailed it
14-Oct-2026, 5:00 pm
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
Industry
Risk of Rain 2: Hallowed Concepts shines on Steam with positive reviews and good sales.
There's a new reason for players to return to Petrichor V in Risk of Rain 2. The Risk of Rain 2: Hallowed Concepts expansion was released on October 8, 2026, and it introduces a plethora of content to the game. The Halloween-themed expansion adds two playable survivors, new stages, dangerous enemies, as well as an expanded item pool. It has already made an impression on Steam, earning a Very Positive user-review rating and positioning itself among the best-sellers shortly after release.
Two New...
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Squadron 42 returns with a new trailer and a Q2 2027 release window
12-Oct-2026, 3:00 pm
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
Release date
Gameplay
Squadron 42 gets a new gameplay trailer and a Steam page as Cloud Imperium Games targets a Q2 2027 release for its long-awaited sci-fi adventure.
After years of delays and an unusually long development cycle, Squadron 42 has taken another step towards launch. Cloud Imperium Games has released a new trailer for its single-player sci-fi adventure. The studio has also opened the game's Steam page and confirmed a release window for the second quarter of 2027.
This ambitious project has spent years in development as the single-player counterpart to Star Citizen. Nothing surprising here, as the same is happening for the latter. Star Citizen has been...
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This Week's Video Game Releases - October 2026 (Week 42)
12-Oct-2026, 1:05 pm
Fyra Frost
New Game Releases
Release date
Discover this week's new games, from Castlevania: Belmont's Curse and Boltgun 2 to Planet Zoo 2, Harvest Moon and Tales of Eternia Remastered.
October's video game release calendar isn't slowing down. The week of October 12–18 brings a mix of retro-inspired shooters, fantasy adventures, farming simulations, family games, and creative management experiences. There's plenty to put on your gaming radar. The schedule gets underway on Tuesday with three contrasting releases, picks up the pace on Wednesday, and reaches its busiest point on Thursday. Friday then offers another opportunity for simulation and RPG fans to find something new. Here are the week's notable video game...
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Where to Buy GTA 6 Cheapest: Pre-order Deals Compared
11-Oct-2026, 4:30 pm
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
Guide
Find the cheapest GTA 6 pre-order deals for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Compare editions, prices, trusted retailers, and digital codes before launch.
Grand Theft Auto VI is closing in on its November launch, and with pre-orders already available, players have a new question to answer: where can you buy the cheapest GTA 6 key without risking a dodgy code or an invalid purchase? Rockstar Games has confirmed the game's release date, supported platforms, available editions, and pre-order bonuses, giving buyers a solid starting point for comparing offers.
The catch is that the cheapest listing is not necessarily the best deal. Official digital...
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WARDOGS Season 2 is bringing new weapons and major faction changes
10-Oct-2026, 9:45 pm
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
Updates & Patches
WARDOGS Season 2 launches October 15 with new weapons, vehicles, rainy weather, and faction balancing changes following its explosive Early Access debut.
WARDOGS is gearing up to shake up the battlefield with the arrival of Season 2, which will introducenew weapons, military vehicles, rainy weather, and major faction balancing changes. Developer BULKHEAD has confirmed that the new season will kick off on October 15, with an update that is bringing more tactical options and economic incentives designed to making the FPS even more appealing. WARDOGS was significantly improved before entering Early Access, and now it will receive another push with the arrival...
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PAPERHEAD: a cardboard nightmare turned into a bloody shooter
08-Oct-2026, 8:00 pm
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
Release date
PAPERHEAD is a bizarre horror boomer shooter where cardboard bleeds, pencils become weapons and players must uncover a dark laboratory mystery.
There are plenty of horror games willing to throw monsters and demons at you. PAPERHEAD takes quite a different approach: it puts you inside a world made of cardboard and paper, gives you a pencil as a weapon, and then lets you figure out why does the carboard bleed. The game is a first-person shooter that mixes old-school boomer shooter movement with horror and adventure elements. The game is scheduled to launch on Steam on October 9, 2026. Despite its...
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Silver Pines turns a mystery into a surreal horror nightmare
08-Oct-2026, 7:00 pm
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
Silver Pines combines survival horror, Metroidvania exploration and detective mystery in a bizarre town packed with monsters, puzzles and dark secrets.
Some missing-person investigations involve knocking on doors, asking awkward questions and filling out paperwork. Silver Pines has a slightly different approach: send a private investigator into a deserted town where reality appears to be falling apart, give him limited ammunition, and let the monsters handle the welcoming committee.
Silver Pines is a survival horror adventure from Wych Elm that combines classic horror mechanics with Metroidvania exploration, detective work and a dose of surrealism. The result is a game that wears its...
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Marvel's Wolverine update finally lets players turn off scent trails
07-Oct-2026, 8:00 pm
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
Updates & Patches
Maany players dislike the game's guidance systems and prefer to explore as much as possible while adventuring.
Insomniac Games has released another update for Marvel's Wolverine, giving players something many have been asking for since launch: the option to turn off the game's infamous Scent trails, including those used during story sequences. There's been a great controversy around this feature since the game was released, as many players think that it works directly against the exploration element and consider it too intrusive.
Due to a recent update, the new version 1.002.001 shows Insomniac's efforts to address solve this game...
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Permafrost puts a frozen twist on survival sandbox games
07-Oct-2026, 2:00 pm
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
Early access
Permafrost dares you to face extreme cold in a post-apocalyptic. There are no zombies here, but it's still as hard as it gets.
The survival genre has given us tropical islands, zombie-infested cities, alien planets and enough wooden crafting tables to furnish a small continent. Permafrost takes a different route: it freezes the world solid and makes the environment itself the central threat.
Permafrost has entered Early Access on PC as a story-driven survival sandbox game set in a post-apocalyptic Earth that has been transformed by an event known as the Shattering. The Moon has been destroyed, temperatures have plummeted and humanity is struggling to...
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Modern Warfare 4: DMZ has been officially unveiled
06-Oct-2026, 7:00 pm
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
Launching October 23, 2026 with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, the overhauled DMZ mode offers a persistent extraction shooter experience in Hajin.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 will offer a variety of experiences, including multiplayer, campaign, and more, but the return of DMZ is probably the most interesting one. Activision has released a deep dive into the mode, revealing new details about the Hajin Exclusion Zone and the gameplay mechanics. DMZ will launch alongside Modern Warfare 4 on October 23 as a persistent, open-world combat experience. It's been described as "the definitive extraction shooter experience", where players will gather resources, complete missions, battle...
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