IRA launches October 3

The next major update for the popular MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV arrives next month, and Square Enix has revealed what we can look forward to. Update 6.5, entitled “Growing Light” will deliver the usual things you’d expect, including a new main story chapter, dungeon, and Unreal Trial, as well as… Fall Guys crossover content? Final Fantasy content has already come to Fall Guys, so I suppose it makes sense that the crossover is going the other way as well. You can check out a trailer for Final Fantasy XIV 6.5 “Growing Light,” below.

Open-world multiplayer survival game Smalland: Survive the Wilds will leave Early Access and launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on December 7, Merge Games announced. The console versions are newly announced.

Developer Glumberland will release the PC version of Ooblets via Steam on October 3, the companies announced.

Square Enix’s Splatoon-like multiplayer shooter Foamstars received a new trailer during the recent State of Play and a release window. It’s out in early 2024 for PS4 and PS5, but current-gen console players can try it out early with the upcoming open beta.

Supergiant Games has announced that Hades 2 will launch in early access in Q2 2024 for PC.

Supergiant have announced that Hades 2 - sequel to one of gaming's smoothest and sexiest underworld capers - will release into Early Access in Q2 2024 on Steam and the Epic Games Store. It'll drop with at least as much stuff to do, hack apart, loot, fanship, etcetera as the original Hades, and will be preceded by a limited access technical test.

Supergiant Games announced during last year's Game Awards, revealing that the game will be releasing in early access before a full launch just like its predecessor, and to expect more details in 2023. We've had pretty much nothing radio silence since then, but SuperGiant has finally lifted the lid on Hades 2 and revealed thyat the game will be launching in early access ast some point next summer.

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Strategize in the sands of Arrakis and rise to power in Dune: Spice Wars . The new real-time 4X strategy title has left Early Access and fully launched, adding a brand new playable faction, and additional content.

The Switch version of DAVE THE DIVER will launch via Nintendo eShop on October 26 for $19.99, developer MINTROCKET announced. Pre-orders and a free demo are available now.

Valve is currently celebrating Steam's 20th anniversary in the only way Valve knows how: massive discounts on all of its games, and bad jokes. The studio posted a neat timeline crammed with trivia about the platform, which begins with it getting in a quarrel with itself about what the first third party game released on Steam was (Codename: Gordon, apparently, though as it's now de-listed Rag Doll Kung Fu also gets a shout-out), and ends with the tiniest tidbit of news about Valve's biggest release of the year.

Bang-On Balls: Chronicles will leave Early Access and launch for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam on October 5, followed by PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series at a later date, publisher Untold Tales and developer Exit Plan announced.