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EA Sports FC 27 Review: Better Football, Same Old Shop
FC 27 finally makes you defend with your own hands, and the pitch is better for it. The Grounds is a thin new hub and FUT is as greedy as ever. Score: 7/10.

Wolverine's Scent Trails Can Finally Be Switched Off - and Honestly, Everyone Wins
Insomniac's Marvel's Wolverine update 1.001.006 adds three Senses toggles for collectible hints, so players who found the glowing trails too hand-holdy can turn them off while newcomers keep their help.

Deadlock's haunted painting is awake again, and ranked players should be nervous
The portrait in Deadlock's hub is glowing again and a Valve dev says the major content update lands early next week. Great news - unless you're mid-climb on the ranked ladder.

Resident Evil Requiem passes $500m - and a discount sold it better than a blockbuster film
Analyst estimates put Resident Evil Requiem past $500m, but the new film barely moved its sales. Capcom's price cut did far more - a lesson worth remembering for anyone waiting to buy.

Played Quake Champions on the Microsoft Store? Link Bethesda.net to Steam before 7 October
A short how-to for Microsoft Store players: how to link your Bethesda.net account to Steam before the 7 October deadline, what to do if you miss it, and who gets Platinum refunded.

Control Resonant Review: Remedy Swaps Guns for an Axe and Mostly Wins
Remedy's Control sequel trades the Oldest House for Manhattan and gunplay for a shapeshifting melee weapon. The combat is the best thing Remedy has built, the side content is not. Score: 8/10.

Is Sony Having Second Thoughts About Killing PlayStation Discs? A Developer Survey Says Maybe
Sony is reportedly sending game developers a huge survey that asks how they sell physical games - months after announcing that disc production for new PlayStation games ends in January 2028. It's unconfirmed, but it's the first sign the backlash may have landed.

Warzone's new skin toggle is a readability fix wearing a nostalgia costume
Warzone's Operator Skin toggle arrives with Modern Warfare 4 Season 1 and swaps other players' crossover skins for MW4 Operators on your screen only. Good for readability, but it doesn't make Warzone fully tactical again.

Discord's age checks are back - and they're landing here too, law or no law
Discord has started rolling out age verification worldwide, this time with credit card, Apple Pay, Google Play, Google Wallet and AgeKey options instead of only ID scans and face videos. Here's what that means for players in our region.

Quake Champions dumps the live-service junk and goes $10 - the arena shooter finally gets out of its own way
Battle pass, loot boxes, shards and champion grind are gone. Quake Champions is now a $10 Steam game, free to keep if you already played it - with framerate limiter and network fixes, plus a datacenter consolidation worth watching.

Metroid Ravenous has everyone hunting for Dread - and sealed copies now cost a fortune
The announcement of Switch 2 exclusive Metroid Ravenous has sent people back to Metroid Dread, pushing sealed physical copies of the out-of-print game well above $100. Ana has a gentle plea for Nintendo - and for anyone about to overpay.

Silent Hill: Townfall Review - The Fog Moves to Scotland and It Works
Screen Burn Interactive takes Silent Hill out of America, into first person and onto a Scottish coast in 1996. The atmosphere is the best the series has had in years; the stealth is not. Score: 8/10.