Week 41 · 5 Oct to 11 Oct 2026
Halloween picks, solo and with friendsWhat's Happening in Gaming
The talking points, trailers, releases and creator videos from this week in gaming, across PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and PC, so nothing big slips past.
This week that came to 59 videos and 40 news posts, from 172 sources.
Top pick
The sequel to one of my favourite builders, with aquatic and flying animals this time and wildlife reserves outside the zoo to release them into.
Out 13 Oct, £39.99
Halloween picks
Horror games to play on your own and ones that are fun with friends, with today's Steam prices.
Top of the week
The most watched gaming videos this week, measured against each channel's usual numbers so a smaller channel's breakout can still make it.
29x usual viewsKnow My Name ft. True Damage (Official Music Video) | League of Legends Worlds 2026 Anthem
27x usual viewsOverwatch - EVERY NEW CHANGE for Season 5: A Grim Doctrine
7x usual viewsNintendo Switch Sports Resort – Overview Trailer – Nintendo Switch 2
5x usual viewsSquadron 42 - Official Wishlist Trailer
5x usual viewsBlizzard Has Been COOKING in WoW Forever
4x usual viewsEVERYTHING YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW FOR RAIDS 4: THE FRACTURED ARCHIVE (OSRS)
3x usual viewsBlizzard Devs Just Dropped A BlizzCon-Level Talk About WoW
3x usual viewsStar Wars: Galactic Racer, Dressmaker, Jacob Geller Aftermath - The MinnMax Show
Charts
What's being played on Steam right now, what's popular on Xbox, and what people are buying and waiting for.
Most played right now
- 1
Counter-Strike 21.2M playing now, 1.4M peak today - 2
Dota 2913K playing now, 1M peak today - 3
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS563K playing now, 747K peak today - 4
Deadlock210K players at today's peak · Up 2 - 5
AION 2329K playing now, 381K peak today · Up 34 - 6
Apex Legends™177K playing now, 239K peak today · Down 2 - 7
WARDOGS137K playing now, 196K peak today · Down 2 - 8
ARC Raiders108K playing now, 167K peak today · Up 48 - 9
Grand Theft Auto V Legacy75.6K playing now, 79.4K peak today - 10
Geometry Dash56.1K playing now, 83.7K peak today · Up 7
Most wishlisted
Everyone's talking about
The games and stories that a lot of different channels and sites all picked up on this week.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer
35 channels and sites
World of Warcraft: Forever
25 channels and sites
Release radar
What's come out on Steam this week, what's landing in the next three weeks out of the games people are actually following, and the release dates announced for everything else.
Out this week
Mon 5 OctAION 2
Tue 6 OctSTAR WARS: Galactic Racer™
Tue 6 OctGears of War: E-Day
Thu 8 OctClive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival
Coming soon
Mon 12 OctHubert
Mon 12 OctMoonfrost
Mon 12 OctBattleplan
Tue 13 OctTotal War: SHOGUN 2 - Complete Edition
Newly dated
Trailers and reveals
New trailers and reveals from the platforms, publishers and big outlets, ranked by how many people watched them.
6x usual viewsDisney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch 2
Season 5: A Grim Doctrine Launch Trailer | Overwatch
True Damage: Know My Name | Skins Trailer - League of Legends
3x usual viewsRuneScape - Official 4th MMO Teaser Trailer
2x usual viewsValor Mortis - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games
The OSRS RuneFest 2026 Summit - Roadmap Reveal
2x usual viewsGear.Club Unlimited 3 | Launch Trailer
MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls - Phoenix Cyclops Gameplay Reveal Trailer
The Talos Principle 3 | Gameplay Reveal Trailer | Coming 2027
2x usual viewsHarvest of Terror: A Horror Game Awards Halloween Showcase 2026 - FGS Co-stream
3x usual viewsPRISON OF HUSKS - Release Date Trailer (English)
KINGDOM HEARTS Collection [I~III] – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch 2
From the creators
The people who cover one game week in, week out, ranked by how far each video beat that channel's usual views.
46 creators, 35 posted this week
KarQ
Preach Gaming
Gnomonkey
Esfand
Jankos
Doublelift
Vandiril
Mobalytics
WildMudkip
Protoxx
Caedrel
Necrit
Nobbel87
Broxah
Emongg
Skill Capped
Jay3
Naguura
MrGM
The RS Guy
Agurin
EVScape
Xaryu
Tyler1
MadSeasonShow
Dratnos
Hazelnuttygames
Bellular News
Thebausffs
Odablock
Rhykker
Mr Mammal
Taliesin & Evitel
Torvesta
Westham
Settled
YourOverwatch
Framed
SoupRS
J1mmy
Platinum WoW
Slayermusiq1
Phreak
Sick Nerd
Flats
Awkward
PlayStation
2 creators, 2 posted this week
- Forza Horizon 6 Will Have a Physical PS5 Disc, But There's a Catch
- PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers are still missing much-requested features
- BlazBlue: CentralFiction PS5 Release Follows TRINITY Update
- PS5 Jailbreak Makes PS2 Discs Playable on Current-Gen Console
- Senxin Aleste coming to PS5, PS4, and Switch on March 18, 2027 in Japan
Xbox
1 creator, 1 posted this week
- Guide: Xbox Adds More Perks For Game Pass Members (October 2026)
- Vibe coders don’t know when to stop: GTA 5, Modern Warfare 2, and Halo are all playable in browsers until the lawyers come knocking
- Starfield modder brings seamless planetary landing to Bethesda's RPG "without any loading screens"
- Xbox’s new streak experiment
- We Might Be Cooked, As These Vibe-Coded Web Browser Ports Of Halo, The Simpsons: Hit And Run, And GTA: Vice City Seem To Work Perfectly
Nintendo
4 creators, 4 posted this week
PC and Steam
10 creators, 10 posted this week
- Squadron 42 opens for Steam wishlisting ahead of a planned Q2 2027 release
- Starfield Is Getting a Mod That Lets You Seamlessly Land on Any Planet
- "Holy s***! Who are you?" - Phantom Blade Zero's director tells the story of PlayStation's first reaction to the game
- One of Starfield’s Biggest Issues Is About To Be Fixed by a Stunning Mod
- Squadron 42 has a Steam page
Reviews and deep dives
18 creators, 11 posted this week
2x usual viewsPhantom Blade Zero GAMEPLAY Impressions - I LOVE This GAME!
3x usual viewsNEW BLIGHT CLUB SEASON | Duke Mikem Forever | 01
Star Wars Galactic Racer - Before You Buy
The absolute state of 'GTA VI'...
Written reviews
Shorts
The Shorts that did best against what each channel usually gets, for when a minute is all you have.
44x usual viewsMEGA crossover EVENT
24x usual viewsCan Inspired guess these champs with Dhokla's hints?
8x usual viewsNew Viego tech
5x usual viewsHere comes treble with Lúcio’s Mythic Weapon
4x usual viewsThis is the greatest arcade mode Overwatch has ever added
4x usual viewsNew Augments Coming to ARAM: Mayhem
4x usual views"I just delete it!"
4x usual viewsSo I tested out all of the infinity stones...
Podcasts
The newest episode from each of the gaming podcasts worth a listen this week.
Sports! Mini — J-E-T-S, Jets! Jets! Jets!
Predicting Kinda Funny's Top 100 Games - Kinda Funny Gamescast
267: Introducing Skiff Davis
See Us LIVE at Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2026!
The Impromptu GOTY (feat. Dicevaders, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Emio The Smiling Man, and more!)
#431 | Tastes Like Luck, But Feels Clear
Latest headlines
Most news sites only keep their last day or two in their feeds, so this is the very latest rather than the whole week.
11 sites ran thisGTA 6 leaker threatens to release a build of the entire game start to finish
9 sites ran this10 Racing Games to Play if You Like Star Wars: Galactic Racer
9 sites ran thisThe studio behind Star Wars Zero Company is bringing back some of its furloughed staff
7 sites ran thisGTA 6 Previews Some Of Its Radio Stations, Including Slayer As The Metal Station's DJ
6 sites ran thisWeekend Discussion - October 10, 2026
6 sites ran thisDave and Bancho Dive Into Subnautica 2’s Proteus
Everything here is pulled from 172 feeds and refreshed each morning (last on 11 Oct), so if something looks off it's more likely a feed doing something odd than my taste in games.