NEXT WEEK IN GAMES · WEEKLY RELEASE CALENDAR

Next Week in Games: October 5–11, 2026

Explore the October 5–11, 2026 game release calendar, including major PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo launches. This edition highlights nine notable releases and platform debuts, with additional dated listings from the supplied calendar.

Release Week
October 5–11, 2026
9 highlighted releases · 38 dated calendar entries
MonOct 5 TueOct 6 WedOct 7 ThuOct 8 FriOct 9 SatOct 10 SunOct 11
Gears of War E-Day official key art with Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago on Emergence Day
FEATURED RELEASE · October 6

Gears of War: E-Day

The Coalition returns to the beginning of the Gears saga. Set fourteen years before the original game, E-Day follows Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago through the opening hours of the Locust invasion, combining the series’ cover-based combat with a darker origin-story campaign and modernized movement.

Xbox Series X|S PC Game Pass
Why it matters

A major first-party Xbox launch with a worldwide October 6 release on Xbox Series X|S and PC, returning the series to the opening hours of Emergence Day.

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SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS

Games Releasing October 5–11

Eight additional highlights cover new games, a major collection, a new-console launch and expansion content. Game seasons and routine in-game updates are not used as featured cards.

Oct 5 Monday
AION 2 official global release key art with Elyos and Asmodian characters
Global PC Release

AION 2

NC launches its Unreal Engine 5 open-world MMORPG globally on PC. AION 2 centers flight and aerial combat across a world built around vertical exploration, with PvE and PvP battles, regional servers and Steam and PURPLE support.

PC · Steam PC · PURPLE
October 5, 2026 · Global PC Launch
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Oct 6 Tuesday
STAR WARS Galactic Racer promotional artwork featuring high-speed repulsorcraft
Global Release

STAR WARS: Galactic Racer

Fuse Games and Lucasfilm Games launch a runs-based racing adventure in the post-Empire Outer Rim. Race podracers, speeder bikes and other repulsorcraft through a dynamic campaign, or compete online across iconic and new Star Wars locations.

PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X|S PC
October 6, 2026 · Worldwide
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Oct 7 Wednesday
Deep Rock Galactic Survivor promotional artwork for the PlayStation 5 release
PS5 Launch

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

Funday Games brings its single-player survivor-like auto-shooter to PlayStation 5. Mine through procedural caves on Hoxxes, collect resources, upgrade weapons and survive escalating alien swarms from a top-down perspective.

PlayStation 5
October 7, 2026 · New Platform
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Oct 8 Thursday
Clive Barker's Hellraiser Revival gameplay overview trailer artwork
Global Release

Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival

Saber Interactive delivers a single-player first-person action-horror survival story set in the Hellraiser universe. As Aidan, use the Genesis Configuration puzzle box alongside melee and ranged weapons while facing Pinhead, Cenobites and the horrors of the Labyrinth.

PC PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X|S Nintendo Switch 2
October 8, 2026 · Worldwide
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Silver Pines official promotional artwork with the game logo and detective Red Walker
Global Release

Silver Pines

Wych Elm and Team17 launch a survival-horror Metroidvania set in a half-abandoned American town. Private investigator Red Walker searches for missing musician Eddie Velvet while managing scarce resources, solving puzzles and unlocking new paths through the town.

PC PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X|S Nintendo Switch / Switch 2
October 8, 2026 · Worldwide
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Forever Ago promotional artwork showing Alfred beside his camper van at sunset
Global Release

Forever Ago

Third Shift and Annapurna Interactive send Alfred on an emotional northbound road trip after a personal tragedy. Explore scenic locations, meet new people, capture memories with an instant camera and solve light environmental puzzles in a story about loss, hope and redemption.

PC PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X|S Nintendo Switch 2
October 8, 2026 · Worldwide
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KINGDOM HEARTS Collection I to III official key art featuring Sora Donald and Goofy
Collection Release

KINGDOM HEARTS Collection [I~III]

Square Enix releases a value bundle that brings together KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX, KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, and KINGDOM HEARTS III + Re Mind, creating a broad entry point into Sora’s Disney and Pixar-spanning story.

Nintendo Switch 2 PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X|S Windows PC
October 8, 2026 · Collection Launch
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Oct 9 Friday
Dragon's Dogma 2 Dark Arisen official key art with adventurers facing a dragon
Expansion / New Package

Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen

Capcom expands Dragon’s Dogma 2 with the snowy Norgan region, new story content and 12 dungeon challenges. The Dark Arisen Expansion launches for existing PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC versions, while Nintendo Switch 2 receives the base game and expansion together for the first time.

Nintendo Switch 2 PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X|S PC
October 9, 2026 · Expansion / New Platform
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Also Arriving This Week

29 additional dated entries from the supplied calendar, grouped by release date. Platform labels below follow the supplied screenshots unless separately verified. Overwatch Season 5 is retained only as an additional calendar item, not a featured release.

Oct 6 Tuesday
Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed
Nintendo Switch 2
Conan Exiles Enhanced Legacy of the Giant-Kings: Part Two
PC
Lostbound
PC
Quern - Undying Thoughts
Nintendo Switch
Overwatch Season 5: A Grim Doctrine
PC / PlayStation / Xbox +3 · Game Season
Oct 7 Wednesday
Super Shooting Gallery Battle
PC
Oct 8 Thursday
Order of the Sinking Star
Nintendo Switch 2 / PC / PlayStation 5
Neon Abyss 2
Xbox Series X|S / Switch / PlayStation 5
Gear.Club Unlimited 3
Xbox Series X|S / PC / PlayStation 5
Echo Weaver
PlayStation 5 / Switch 2 / Xbox Series X|S +2
Deck of Haunts
Switch / Xbox One / Switch 2 +2
The Crew Motorfest
Nintendo Switch 2
Once Upon a KATAMARI
Nintendo Switch 2
Earth Defense Force 5
Nintendo Switch 2
Dancing with Ghosts
PC · Early Access
Invokyr
PC · Early Access
Agent of Strange: Arrival
PC
Mamon King
Nintendo Switch 2
Isles of Sea and Sky
Nintendo Switch
Super Shooting Gallery Battle
Nintendo Switch
Oct 9 Friday
Dragon's Dogma 2
Nintendo Switch 2
Permafrost
PC
PAPERHEAD
PC / PlayStation 5 / Xbox Series X|S
Truckful
PC / Android
The Relic: First Guardian
Nintendo Switch 2
Sesame Street: Friends & Fun
PC / Switch / PlayStation 4 +2
Car Park Capital
PC
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Switch / Switch 2
Horse Club Ride West
Xbox Series X|S / PlayStation 5 / PC +1
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Release dates and platform availability can change or vary by region. Highlight details were cross-checked against official publisher, platform or storefront information where available. Game seasons and updates are not used as featured cards. No additional dated titles are shown for October 10–11 in the supplied screenshots.