Heart Machine has cut staff as Hyper Light Breaker wraps, citing funding shifts and industry uncertainty. A January update is still coming, while Possessor(s) still launches 11 Nov. The studio thanks its team and community as it continues with a smaller crew. No good.

Marvel’s Wolverine closed out State of Play with a brutal gameplay showcase and a “Fall 2026” release window. Liam McIntyre stars as Logan, with teases of Mystique, Omega Red and a Sentinel. Insomniac says we’ll see more in “Spring 2026”.

Nioh 3 has a new trailer and a release date: 6 Feb 2026. IGN’s preview suggests it’s shaping up to push the series further, building on what the first two games did so well. Keen.

More on ZA/UM’s Zero Parades - For Dead Spies: playing as Hershel, you’ll navigate paranoia, betrayal and failure, with new systems like dramatic encounters and “failing forward.” Launches 2026.

Housemarque opened State of Play with Saros, a new game (not a Returnal sequel) starring Rahul Kohli as Arjun Devraj on the shifting world of Carcosa. With ‘eclipse-powered’ weapons, abilities like Soltari Shield and Second Chance, and more brilliant bullet-hell, it launches 20 March 2026.

Death Stranding: Mosquito (working title) is an animated project from Hiroshi Miyamoto and Aaron Guzikowski. With a unique hand-drawn-to-digital style and Studio Easter (Dandadan) on backgrounds, it follows a new protagonist with a strange ability tied to the mosquito theme.

New details have emerged on PHYSINT, Kojima Productions’ action-espionage project for PlayStation. Still early in concept, it features a mysterious poster tagline “Here comes the feeling” and a cast including Charlee Fraser, Don Lee, and Minami Hamabe.

Kojima and Phil Spencer finally showed more of OD, a new horror starring Sophia Lillis, Udo Kier and Hunter Schafer. Kojima says it explores the “fear of the knock,” while Jordan Peele will tackle a different fear in his own OD story.

The 2025 Australia Plays study is out: nine in ten Aussie homes play games, parents say it’s not just fun but vital for learning, creativity and connection… most see gaming as a positive force in family life - a way to bond, build skills and spark imagination together. Read the full report here.

Hollow Knight: Silksong is officially landing on 4 September 2025, confirmed by the new (and very hype) launch trailer. Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reveals Team Cherry’s tiny Adelaide team simply kept expanding the game - adding quests, bosses and polish - because “they were having so much fun it was hard to stop.” They also pretty explicitly allude to DLC in post-launch, woo!