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A PlayStation Blog guide published October 22 looks at Wolverine's camera tools, from portrait lighting to miniature character poses. We'd begin with its simplest suggestion.
The Gauntlet is an extra challenge for a finished Fountains character. Defeat the final boss, speak to the keeper and bring your equipment into a run of consecutive boss fights.
Rot and Ruin arrived on October 20. The Grounded 2 update opens the Woodpile, introduces a Centipede boss and adds a Potato Beetle Buggy that can help with combat and building.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 launched on October 23. Kill Block is one of its new multiplayer ideas: a training ground whose layout changes as a Gunfight match progresses.
Becastled's Traits and Some Magic DLC adds more than 40 traits, plus Mages and Clerics. In an October 22 developer report, Pingle Studio explains why some of those bonuses come with restrictions that can upset an otherwise comfortable plan.
Housemarque and Nixxes have shared how they built the Overlords of Carcosa. Their October 23 development report describes three-stage fights in which the space around the player can be as dangerous as the boss.
The artists rebuilding Lara Croft for Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis had a tailor make one of her outfits. That's one of the details in an October 22 developer feature about her new design. The PS5 game is due on February 12, 2027.
Night City has another reason to call you back. CD Projekt Red's October 22 announcement brings an anime-linked gig and dual wielding, while the Xbox edition now carries Play Anywhere support. The update is free for owners of the supported game.
Once Human's Isles of Abyss expansion is scheduled for PS5 on October 22. The free update adds five ocean regions and lets players turn a small raft into a travelling base.
PEAK's PS5 release is set for October 22. Team PEAK says the port includes the updates released so far, and crossplay lets a group of up to four climb together across platforms.
Curious about Monster Hunter's turn-based spin-offs? Xbox players have until October 25 to try the first two Stories games. Each has a three-hour trial, and this event doesn't require a Game Pass subscription.
Dodo Duckie is due to join Game Pass on October 22, bringing its perspective-switching puzzles to another group of players. Microsoft's October 20 announcement lists PC, Xbox Series X|S and cloud versions, covered by PC Game Pass, Premium and Ultimate.
GTA 6's launch trailer brings Jason and Lucia's relationship into focus ahead of the confirmed November 19 console release. Here is our take on the footage, the reactions and what PC players can reasonably expect.
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