Side-scrolling robot action game The Scramble Vice announced for PC

The Pokémon Company has apologised to fans after scalpers besieged the Van Gogh Museum earlier this week, buying up most of the Pokémon Center x Van Gogh special edition products and almost immediately selling them for heavily inflated prices on online auction sites.

Publisher Bethesda Softworks and developer Bethesda Game Studios have released simulation game The Elder Scrolls: Castles in Early Access for Android via Google Play. It is free-to-play.

Today, EA Sports and Codemasters have revealed the updated content for October coming to F1 23. This will also include the ability to race against EA SPORTS ambassadors Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc across the upcoming Grand Prix’s in October. There is also a new Max Verstappen Pro Challenge video that can be watched below in celebration of his victory at the Japanese Grand Prix this past weekend. More chances to win exclusive in-game items is on the board, along with the long-waited addition of the F2 2023 season. Liveries will be updated to corresponding races, as well, to help coincide with the real world grand prix races. Max Verstappen currently holds first place in the championship by nearly double the points over second place, which is his teammate Sergio Perez. A list of the updates are below.

Update, 9/25/23: During Capcom's Tokyo Game Show presentation, the publisher announced that Resident Evil Village and its Winters' Expansion are coming to iOS on October 30. The game will be playable on iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and iPad Air and iPad Pro with the M1 chip or later. The Winters' Expansion includes the Shadows of Rose story campaign.

Game Pass has become central to Microsoft’s gaming efforts ever since its introduction, driving the company to a much more platform agnostic approach. Interestingly enough, however, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan doesn’t seem to be a big fan.

Rocket Panda Games has announced Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate, a remastered version of the side-scrolling beat ’em up game rebuilt from the ground up on Unreal Engine 5. It will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store in 2024 worldwide.

Studio Lights, a Shinjuku-based studio that worked on the environment lighting and cutscene lighting for both Final Fantasy XVI and Forspoken, has announced “isekai action RPG” Mononoke no Kuni. It will launch for PC via Steam in spring 2024, with plans to also release on PlayStation, Switch, iOS, and Android. A specific PlayStation platform was not announced.

Publisher HIKE and developer Eallin Japan will release side-scrolling action platformer Coneru: Dimension Girl for PC via Steam in April 2024, the companies announced.

The PC Gaming Show officially returns on November 30 with a new twist: it'll focus on some of the "Most Wanted" games in development for the PC. That's in addition to the usual bevy of reveals and trailer.

Microsoft made a number of announcements during its Xbox Digital Broadcast at Tokyo Game Show 2023, most of which revolved around Japan and Japan-inspired games and updates. Xbox boss Phil Spencer and Head of Xbox Creator Experience Sarah Bond talked about the importance of the Japanese market. "Japan will always have a special place in my heart for pioneering innovative ways to play, from the Game Boy, to PSP, to the Switch," Spencer said.

Microsoft has recently suffered perhaps its biggest ever leak in the games industry, having accidentally uploaded unredacted documents as part of its legal proceedings with the FTC. In the process, several new details have emerged, including the company’s plans to release a cloud hybrid next-gen Xbox console in 2028, a mid-gen Xbox Series X refresh that’s apparently in the works, a new Xbox controller that will have haptic feedback, Bethesda’s whole slate of upcoming titles, and more.

It looks like The Elder Scrolls 6 won't be releasing until 2026 at the very earliest, and our PlayStation pals are likely going to be missing out entirely.