Loot's Gaming Roundup

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Tuesday 20 October 2026

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GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 both leave PS Plus Extra on 17 Nov

The November "Last Chance to Play" list has appeared on the Japanese and Asian PS Stores, and both Rockstar games are on it, leaving two days before GTA 6 launches. Football Manager 26, Thank Goodness You're Here, The Talos Principle 2, Cricket 24 and Rock of Ages 3 go too. Our store should show the same list once it updates at noon today, though Sony sometimes tweaks it. If you're playing either through PS Plus rather than owning it, that's four weeks to finish up. Both have cycled on and off the service a few times, so they'll probably be back.

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Helldivers 2's Scope of Authority Warbond is out today

This Premium Warbond is all about long-range and stealth play: the R-40 Sightliner bolt-action sniper, the AMW-20 Apex anti-materiel rifle, the LAS-44 Nova energy rifle, the P-44 Mist machine pistol and G-11 Caltrops. Its two armour sets carry a new Stationary Shroud passive that cuts sway and makes you harder to spot while crouched or prone.

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Witcher 3 Remastered's 5.01 patch reaches Switch 2

PS5 got this one on 8 Oct; the Switch 2 version started rolling out yesterday. On top of the shared fixes (auto blade oils now stick between sessions, snappier dodging, no more stamina drain when sprint-dodging, a save-data fix, and Exploding Shield now reflects damage), Switch 2 gets sharper image quality, a fix for a rare crash when changing regions, and new Bloom, Light Shafts and Depth of Field settings.

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Monster Hunter Wilds' free Switch 2 demo is live

The Prologue Demo covers character creation through Chapter 1-3 and carries your save over to the full game, which launches on Switch 2 on 4 Dec. It's offline-only, but supports local play for up to four hunters.

Moonlighter

The Moonlighter studio won't run a public playtest of its next game

Digital Sun says a big public build of ReVamp, its "tower defensevania" roguelike due in March 2027, is too risky now that AI tools make it easy to clone games before they launch. It'll do a limited Discord playtest instead.

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Palworld's next Pals will be fewer but more memorable

Pocketpair's John Buckley says the studio isn't chasing a big number like "100 new Pals with the next update" and wants every new Pal to stand out through its design, abilities, work suitability or personality. It'll keep balancing them from player data and feedback. No date for the next update yet.

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ID@Xbox Showcase tonight at 19:00 SAST

Xbox and IGN are showing 18 indie games, with several world premieres. The Wolf Among Us Remastered (29 Oct on PS5, Xbox and PC; the Switch version is delayed) will be there, and Shrek 2 Remastered from Aspyr might show up after its Xbox Store page leaked last week, though that isn't confirmed.

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Saros gets a big free update with New Game+ and a boss rush

Housemarque's Zenith update (version 2.0) adds Overlord Rush, a boss-rush mode with online leaderboards, and Eclipse Layers, a New Game+ that unlocks after the campaign. There are also 20 new modifiers, six new trophies, and easier options like slower game speed and auto-fire.

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Samson's studio confirms it has closed

Liquid Swords founder Christofer Sundberg says the open-world game sold "far better" on console than on PC, but not well enough to save the studio. Bankruptcy papers put sales at about 151,900 copies by 14 Oct, and the administrator is taking bids for the business and the Samson rights until tomorrow.

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Golden Joysticks voting is open, with Pokopia up for Console Game of the Year

Pokémon Pokopia and Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave are on the Console GOTY shortlist alongside Saros, Resident Evil Requiem, Forza Horizon 6 and others. Voting for the first 21 categories closes on Friday 23 Oct, and the Ultimate Game of the Year shortlist is due on 26 Oct.