Video game news digest: Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Epic Games delays its Marvel and Star Wars shooter as it bets on AI, No Man's Sky reaches iPhone and iPad on October 28, and the He-Man beat 'em up finally has a date: here's what mattered yesterday.

Epic Games delays its Marvel and Star Wars shooter

The shooter Epic Games is making with Disney, which brings Marvel and Star Wars characters together, is no longer planned for March 2027 and has no new date, according to Jason Schreier (Bloomberg). His sources say teams learned last week they must switch to an "AI first" production model, with one of the game's directors telling staff internally there would be "no more hand-written code" and AI-generated art. Epic has neither announced the delay nor officially revealed the game; its communications director only said the company is "embracing AI-accelerated development." The project is meant to be the first to come out of the partnership signed in 2024, when Disney invested $1.5 billion in Epic and took a stake, GamesIndustry.biz notes.

No Man's Sky hits iPhone and iPad on Wednesday, October 28

Hello Games is bringing its whole universe to iOS, more than forty major updates including Voyagers, and the game will be free to try at launch. It runs on iPhone 11 and 3rd-generation iPad Air or newer, with touch controls, controllers, and even mouse and keyboard on iPad. Multiplayer is not available on mobile, and planetary settlements require an iPhone 15 Pro or later. Pre-orders are open on the App Store, according to The Verge.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction lands February 4, 2027

Bitmap Bureau's pixel-art beat 'em up, published by Clear River Games, launches on Thursday, February 4, 2027, according to its Steam page. You play as He-Man, She-Ra, Teela or Man-At-Arms across more than thirteen levels, solo or with a second player on the same screen. It is also coming to Switch, PS5 and Xbox Series, with two physical editions from Limited Run Games, per IGN.

DDoS attacks disrupt Gears of War: E-Day

Disconnects and login queues hit Gears of War: E-Day players over the weekend, and The Coalition blames denial-of-service attacks on its servers. Service is back to normal and the studio keeps monitoring the situation, Eurogamer reports.

Nintendo has "no plans" to drop physical games

Bill van Zyll, Nintendo's vice president for Latin America, said in an interview that there are "no plans to ditch physical" and that the company goes by what players prefer. His comments follow Sony's July announcement that new PlayStation games will stop shipping on disc from January 2028, as GamesIndustry.biz points out.

Out today: Planet Zoo 2 and Valor Mortis

Two games launch this Tuesday, October 13 on PS5, Xbox Series and PC: Frontier's zoo management game Planet Zoo 2, and One More Level's first-person soulslike Valor Mortis. Their pages gather dates, platforms and official sources.