https://kongmnggamewire.com Gaming news, reviews, and release dates from KongMNG Game Wire. en-us https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/tenebris-somnia-interview-andres-borghi/Tenebris Somnia launches tomorrow, October 16. Ahead of release, KongMNG Game Wire sat down (via email) with director Andrés Borghi — the Argentine filmmaker behind one of the year's most striking horror games — to talk pixel art, live-action FMV, and why every streamer gets scared at the exact same moments.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/tenebris-somnia-interview-andres-borghi/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/gta5-leaving-ps-plus/Sony is pulling GTA 5 from the PS Plus Extra catalog on November 17 — exactly two days before GTA 6 launches on November 19. PS5 owners are getting system notifications urging them to finish their Los Santos replay now.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/gta5-leaving-ps-plus/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/skyrim-ps5-dlc-drop/Fifteen years after launch, Skyrim just got three expansion-sized DLCs on PS5 — and unlike mods, they don't disable trophies. The catch: they're paid Creations, and PS5 players waited months (or years) for what PC and Xbox already had.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/skyrim-ps5-dlc-drop/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/conjuring-unspoken-netflix-launch/The Conjuring: Unspoken launched today, October 13, exclusively on Netflix. Supermassive Games' interactive horror turns your phone into a ghost-hunting kit — no console required.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/conjuring-unspoken-netflix-launch/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/planet-zoo-2-launch/Planet Zoo 2 launched today on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S — and it's already outpacing the original. The sequel broke the first game's all-time Steam concurrent record within hours, topping 40,000 players, and it's sitting at #1 on Steam's top sellers in multiple countries.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/planet-zoo-2-launch/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/nowhere-launch-delayed/Solo developer Luke Dodds told players that Nowhere is still awaiting Steam's build review — and with one day to go, Wednesday's launch is “looking unlikely.”Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/nowhere-launch-delayed/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/gow-laufey-collector-box/PlayStation Spain jumped the gun and listed the God of War Laufey Collector Box early: £129.99 / €149.99 for a statue, a card deck, and an artbook. The game? Sold separately.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/gow-laufey-collector-box/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/wing-commander-3-remaster/EA producer Jim Vessella announced Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger — 30th Anniversary Edition at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. The kicker: they found 600 original FMV master tapes in EA's archives, and the Mark Hamill cutscenes are being fully restored.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/wing-commander-3-remaster/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/bf6-season-5-launch/Battlefield 6 Season 5 — Siege of Las Vegas — is live today, October 13. Two new maps, a faster battle royale mode, four new weapons, and a Dead Space crossover headline what EA is calling the biggest season yet.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/bf6-season-5-launch/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/steam-frame-2027-orders/Want a Steam Frame for the holidays? Bad news. Valve has confirmed that many reservation holders won't get their purchase email until 2027.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/steam-frame-2027-orders/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/steam-43-million-record/Valve's platform hit 43,505,724 concurrent users on Sunday, October 11 — a new all-time high. Of those, 14.46 million were actively in a game, which is also a record.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/steam-43-million-record/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/arc-raiders-pve-test-guide/Embark Studios is running a week-long pure PvE test in ARC Raiders from October 13 to 20. Zero PvP damage, solos through trios in the same sessions, and a loot rebalance — here's how it all works.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/arc-raiders-pve-test-guide/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/gears-eday-ddos-attack/Gears of War: E-Day players spent the weekend fighting login queues instead of Locust. Developer The Coalition has confirmed the game's online services were targeted by DDoS attacks.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/gears-eday-ddos-attack/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/nintendo-no-plans-ditch-physical/While Sony prepares to stop producing physical PS5 discs in January 2028, Nintendo is going the other way. A Nintendo VP says the company has “no plans to ditch physical” — because fans made it clear that's what they want.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/nintendo-no-plans-ditch-physical/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/mycopunk-ps-plus-october/Mycopunk, the co-op looter shooter from Pigeons at Play and Devolver Digital, leaves Steam Early Access on October 20 — and launches straight into the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog the same day for Extra and Premium members.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/mycopunk-ps-plus-october/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/sonic-racing-crossworlds-year-two/Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Year Two launches November 3, 2026, bringing a Duel Mode, Godzilla and Bayonetta as DLC racers, new gadgets — and a permanent price cut.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/sonic-racing-crossworlds-year-two/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/starfield-seamless-landings-mod/Frederik Wessberg spent six months rebuilding Starfield's planet rendering from 2D to full 3D — and the result is seamless space-to-surface landings with no loading screens. The thing players have wanted since launch, built by one person.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/starfield-seamless-landings-mod/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/arc-raiders-pve-split/Embark Studios producer Aleksander Grøndal says a dedicated PvE mode for ARC Raiders is “very possible” — and the studio will run a pure PvE test from October 13 to 20.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/arc-raiders-pve-split/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/battlefield-6-season-5-server-browser/Battlefield 6 Season 5's roadmap brings the two features the community has been begging for since launch: a proper server browser and platoons. One catch — they don't arrive until Phase 3, Frozen Aces, on December 8.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/battlefield-6-season-5-server-browser/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/hellraiser-revival-youtuber-banned/J0nathan covered every bit of nudity with black boxes and flagged the video “Not Made for Kids” — and YouTube deleted his entire channel anyway. Ten years, 3,000 videos, gone overnight.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/hellraiser-revival-youtuber-banned/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/xbox-free-play-days-october/Seven games, zero dollars, through Sunday night. ARC Raiders is free for every Xbox player with no Game Pass required — and four more are open timed trials.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/xbox-free-play-days-october/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/arc-raiders-frozen-trail-comeback/Embark's extraction shooter was fading — down to 40,000 daily players after months of silence. Then Frozen Trail dropped, and the numbers exploded to 131,000.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/arc-raiders-frozen-trail-comeback/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/dave-diver-subnautica-2-dlc/Mintrocket revealed the last DLC for Dave the Diver at the Triple-i Initiative showcase: a free crossover with Subnautica 2 arriving in early 2027, sending Dave and Bancho through a portal to the ocean moon Proteus.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/dave-diver-subnautica-2-dlc/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/hellraiser-revival-reviews/Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival launched today on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Switch 2 — and the reviews paint a fascinating picture. Horror outlets are raving; mainstream critics are more measured.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/hellraiser-revival-reviews/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/game-pass-october-wave-2/Microsoft revealed the second October wave for Xbox Game Pass: nine games from October 8–16, headlined by Battlefield 6 on October 13. Three drop today.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/game-pass-october-wave-2/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/hollow-knight-fortnite-sidekick/Team Cherry’s little ghost has officially crossed over. The Knight landed in tonight’s Item Shop refresh as a Sidekick companion — here’s what’s in the bundle.Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/hollow-knight-fortnite-sidekick/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/fortnitemares-wave-2/October 8 brings the second wave of Nitemare quests, a refreshed Nitemare Island in Reload, and Stranger Things and Squid Grounds maps joining the rotation.Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/fortnitemares-wave-2/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/resident-evil-requiem-dlc/Writer Haris Orkin confirmed he's working on the story DLC for Resident Evil Requiem — and let slip it will explore Umbrella founder Oswell E. Spencer even further. A return to the Spencer Mansion may be on the table.Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/resident-evil-requiem-dlc/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/star-wars-galactic-racer-review/An 88 on Metacritic makes it the highest-rated Star Wars game since 2003's Knights of the Old Republic. The debut title from a team of ex-Criterion veterans launched October 6 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/star-wars-galactic-racer-review/ https://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/xbox-denies-gta6-streaming-deal/The Verge reported Xbox had secured exclusive cloud streaming rights for Grand Theft Auto 6, which would have let PC players stream it at launch. Hours later, Xbox's chief strategy officer publicly called the report “misreporting.” Here's the full timeline.Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://kongmnggamewire.com/articles/xbox-denies-gta6-streaming-deal/