Steam Autumn Sale 2026 Guide: What to Buy, What to Skip, and How to Find the Real Deal (Oct 1–8)
Castlevania Turns 40 — Konami Gives the Original NES Game Away Free on Mobile, Plus a Big Retro Sale
Steam Autumn Sale 2026 Guide — October 1 Kickoff, Schedule, Tips, and Titles to Watch
Steam Party-Based RPG Fest 2026: Baldur's Gate 3 at Rare 30% Off, Divinity: Original Sin at All-Time Low — Ends September 21
Steam's Autumn Sale 2026 runs October 1–8 at 10 AM Pacific. Valve's trailer confirms Palworld, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Baldur's Gate 3, and Dune: Awakening among the headliners. Prices lock in on day one — no mid-sale swaps. September releases like Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Silent Hill: Townfall are locked out by Valve's 30-day rule.
Hazelight's two-player co-op adventure Split Fiction is getting a physical Nintendo Switch 2 edition in South Korea. Pre-orders run September 30 to October 14, with a release on October 15, distributed by GAMEPIA in partnership with EA and rated 15+. The Switch 2 build supports GameChat, GameShare and cross-generation co-op with original Switch consoles.
Game Informer's 14-page exclusive crashed its own website as Rockstar revealed GTA 6's Leonida: a map twice the size of GTA 5 with simulated hurricanes, 170+ animal species, localized weather, and a northern Florida region. November 19 launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
Steam's Autumn Sale 2026 runs October 1–8 at 10 AM Pacific. Valve's trailer confirms Palworld, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Baldur's Gate 3, and Dune: Awakening among the headliners. Prices lock in on day one — no mid-sale swaps. September releases like Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Silent Hill: Townfall are locked out by Valve's 30-day rule.
To mark Castlevania's 40th anniversary, Konami is giving away the original 1986 NES game free on iOS and Android. The app is only downloadable until October 24, after which it's delisted. It pairs with a large retro-collection sale on Steam (through October 1) and PlayStation Store (through October 7).
Valve runs the Steam Autumn Sale from October 1–8, opening 10 AM PT. Here's the full fall event calendar, a strategy for wishlists, refunds, and all-time-low checks, and the titles worth queuing up — with notes for players in Korea.
Nine Rocks Games' open-world hunting simulator Way of the Hunter 2 left Early Access on September 29, launching on PC (Steam), PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, published by THQ Nordic. The Canada-inspired 'New Laurentia' region, a trainable hunting-dog companion, a ballistics-driven shot review system and the Hunting Lodge hub anchor the sequel.
Hazelight's two-player co-op adventure Split Fiction is getting a physical Nintendo Switch 2 edition in South Korea. Pre-orders run September 30 to October 14, with a release on October 15, distributed by GAMEPIA in partnership with EA and rated 15+. The Switch 2 build supports GameChat, GameShare and cross-generation co-op with original Switch consoles.
Game Informer's 14-page exclusive crashed its own website as Rockstar revealed GTA 6's Leonida: a map twice the size of GTA 5 with simulated hurricanes, 170+ animal species, localized weather, and a northern Florida region. November 19 launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
Insomniac Games shipped Marvel's Wolverine update 1.001.006 on September 26, adding three toggles for controversial collectible hint systems and fixing crashes, a notorious tree-slide bug, and the casino bathroom sign that sparked an AI art debate.
VALORANT's biggest patch in years drops a third rifle, scraps ACS for a 0-500 Performance Score, launches Agent Mastery and Gauntlet: Glitched — all two days before Champions 2026 opens in Shanghai.
VALORANT Patch 13.06 is the game's biggest update in years: a new 2,900-credit scoped rifle, an eight-team 2v2 ability draft mode, a full agent progression overhaul replacing Agent Gear, and a new Performance Score replacing ACS all land simultaneously.
A California class action filed in June 2026 accuses Sony of misleading gamers with 'Buy Now' buttons on the PlayStation Store. Sony argues 'reasonable consumers' know digital purchases are just licenses. The first hearing is October 1, 2026 — and it could reshape how all digital storefronts sell games.
Blizzard banned WoW Forever beta players for violating its Code of Conduct with offensive character names. After senior producer Tom Ellis posted 'No Sympathy' defending the bans, players threatened and doxxed Ellis until they deleted their Twitter account.
Build A Rocket Boy, the studio founded by former Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies, has entered administration in September and is effectively shutting down. The trigger was MindsEye — 2025's lowest-rated Metacritic game (PC 39) — followed by a split with publisher IO Interactive and repeated layoffs. It stands as a symbol of the industry's 2026 downturn.