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Order of the Sinking Star (image via GameSpot / Thekla / Arc Games) Reviews are in for Order of the Sinking Star , Jonathan Blow’s first big new game since The Witness in 2016 (he also made Braid), developed by his studio Thekla. It launches Thursday, October 8 on PS5, Switch 2, and PC, published by Arc Games. It’s a huge top-down block-pushing adventure with more than 1,000 puzzles across four worlds. Each world builds on an existing Sokoban-style game (Heroes of Sokoban, Mirror Isles, Skipping Stones to Lonely Homes, and Promesst), with those games’ creators designing levels, and later on the mechanics start mixing together. Critics mostly agree the puzzle design is brilliant. Where they split is the sheer size, the lack of a hint system, and the story and dialogue, and several reviewers flag performance problems on Switch 2. OpenCritic has it at an 82 Top Critic Average (80% recommend, 15 reviews). Metacritic is at 86 on PC (7 critic reviews), 85 on Switch 2 (...

Wednesday’s feed is mostly Xbox, in one way or another. Forza Horizon 6’s PS5 version reportedly just slipped into next year, Asha Sharma told staff Xbox is growing again, the GTA 6 streaming story fell apart overnight, and footage from the Perfect Dark reboot Microsoft cancelled finally leaked. Add a likely Ape Escape comeback, full Monster Hunter Rise on phones, and a fan-made Bloodborne port, and it’s a busy one. Here’s the Lanbrew gaming roundup for October 7, 2026. Forza Horizon 6 (image via Eurogamer / Playground Games) Forza Horizon 6 on PS5 reportedly slips to January 26, 2027 Dealabs leaker billbil-kun, who has a strong track record, says the PS5 version is now dated for January 26, 2027. That’s despite Playground saying as recently as September that it was still coming “later this year.” The report also says there will be a physical disc release at £59.99 in the UK and €69.99 in Europe, and it expects an official annou...

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve (Image: Bandai Namco) The reviews are in for Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve , which launched October 2 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. We're a few days late with this one, but the verdict hasn't changed since the review embargo lifted: if you've been waiting seven long years for a new Ace Combat, things are looking really good. Larger outlets are praising Bandai Namco Aces' polished dogfighting, a varied 30-mission campaign, the new layered cloud tech that actually changes how fights play out, and (as usual) a fantastic soundtrack. The most common complaints are long, melodramatic cutscenes, a story that can get tangled in its own lore, and a few filler missions, but the consensus is that this is one of the best entries in the series. Aggregate Scores OpenCritic: 87 Top Critic Average, 99% of critics recommend ("Mighty" tier, 90 critic reviews) – opencritic.com Metacritic: 88 Metascore (61 critic reviews...

Tuesday’s tech feed has a little of everything: Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery finally became one giant company called Skydance, Mistral shipped a trillion-parameter open model actually named “Le Chonk,” Google is squeezing Gemini’s free tier, and OpenAI’s rogue agents turned up poking at Wikipedia. Add Google’s huge nuclear power deal, Nvidia closing in on $6 trillion, and a pair of nasty breaches — here’s the Lanbrew tech roundup for October 6, 2026 . Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery officially become “Skydance” It’s done. Paramount closed its $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, and the combined company is now just called Skydance — meaning HBO, CNN, CBS News, and both film studios all live under one roof. The last big hurdle was a settlement with 12 states that sued over antitrust concerns: Skydance has to release at least 30 theatrical films in each of the first two years and spend at least $300 million more on US production than the two companies did las...

Kingdom Hearts Collection [I~III] (image via TheGamer / Square Enix) Reviews are in for Kingdom Hearts Collection [I~III] , which lands Thursday, October 8 on Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S ($74.99). It bundles Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX, HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, and Kingdom Hearts III + Re Mind: basically the whole saga before Kingdom Hearts IV, minus Melody of Memory. Critics are split on one thing. On Switch 2 it’s a big deal, with native versions finally replacing the old cloud releases. On PS5 it’s mostly the PS4 collections again with a smoother KH3. OpenCritic has it at an 85 Top Critic Average (90% recommend, 20 reviews), and Metacritic’s Switch 2 page is at 89 from 13 reviews (Generally Favorable). The PS5 Metacritic number is lower so far, around 79 from just 6 reviews. NintendoWorldReport — 9.5/10 (Switch 2) — A great time for Nintendo fans to jump in; the series grows more confident as its own thing over time. Read on N...

Tuesday’s feed is a weird mix of Hollywood money, hardware leaks, and another rough day for UK studios. Embark’s two shooters are headed for film and TV, the Xbox Elite Series 3 basically leaked itself out of Microsoft’s own Design Lab, Supermassive and Ninja Theory both started saying goodbye to staff, and Modern Warfare 4’s DMZ finally got a real deep dive. Here’s the Lanbrew gaming roundup for October 6, 2026. Arc Raiders (image via Eurogamer / Embark Studios) Arc Raiders and The Finals are getting film and TV adaptations Embark is teaming with Chernin Entertainment, the company behind this year’s Backrooms box-office hit, to adapt both shooters for film and TV. Variety reports several production companies fought for the rights. Embark CEO Patrick Söderlund calls it the next step toward “deeply integrated transmedia experiences,” and Arc Raiders has now sold over 16 million copies. No directors, writers, or cast yet, but gian...