Video game news digest: Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Kingdom Come: Deliverance studio Warhorse hit by a cyberattack, Pokémon Unite shutting down in March and a strong half-year for Capcom: here's what mattered on Tuesday.

Warhorse Studios hit by a cyberattack

The Czech studio behind Kingdom Come: Deliverance confirmed on Tuesday that its systems and data were accessed without authorization, according to its statement quoted by GamesIndustry.biz. It is working with cybersecurity experts to secure its systems and assess the full impact. CEO Martin Frývaldský called it "a serious incident for Warhorse Studios and everyone affected." As Eurogamer notes, Warhorse is making an open-world Lord of the Rings RPG and a new Kingdom Come adventure. The studio has not yet said what data was accessed.

Pokémon Unite shuts down on Tuesday, March 23, 2027

TiMi Studio Group's MOBA goes offline on Switch and mobile on March 23, 2027, The Pokémon Company announced, after which players can no longer log in or battle. Aeos gems went off sale on Tuesday, though gems you already own work until the end. New Unite Club memberships and auto-renewals are suspended. Starting Thursday, November 12, a farewell event adds a library for looking back at some of your records and in-game content, plus coins from log-in bonuses and missions that unlock past items.

Capcom sells 36.86 million games in six months

From April to September, the Japanese publisher sold 36.86 million games, up from 23.85 million a year earlier, according to its half-year results. Net sales reached 120.9 billion yen (up 49%) and operating profit 60.8 billion yen (up 54.5%). Onimusha: Way of the Sword, the series' first new entry in 20 years, has passed 1.7 million copies. In the back catalog, the latest Resident Evil keeps finding new players while older entries grow on the back of price cuts. Capcom is sticking to its full-year target of 210 billion yen in net sales.

Rockstar's UK staff vote on a union as GTA VI launches

Rockstar's UK employees will vote on recognizing the IWGB union from November 12 to 26, a window that brackets Grand Theft Auto VI's console launch on Thursday, November 19, PC Gamer and Kotaku report. A yes vote would make it the largest recognized union in the UK games industry, with a say on pay, overtime, redundancies and generative AI policy. The union and management have been negotiating a recognition deal since July. Rockstar has not commented on the vote.

Aloft and Conan Exiles Enhanced come to PS5 in early 2027

Funcom is bringing two open-world survival games to PS5 in early 2027, with exact dates still to come (PlayStation Blog). Aloft, where you turn floating islands into skyships solo or with friends, reaches consoles as its 1.0 version with every update from its PC Early Access. If you own Conan Exiles on PlayStation, you get the Enhanced PS5 version, with reworked environments, characters and lighting, for free. Buying either the PS4 or PS5 version unlocks the other, and Bazaar items and DLC carry over; the Isle of Siptah expansion is still sold separately.

Where Winds Meet opens Hutuo on Friday, November 13

The wuxia-inspired open-world action game marks its first anniversary with Hutuo, a war-torn region built around the battle of Zhongdu Bridge. With northern invaders breaking through, you choose between obeying a failing throne and protecting civilians alongside your sworn companions. The update also brings two board game modes, Horse Racing Chess and Jianghu Tactics. In late November, a new Dual Spears martial art choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping switches between light and heavy spears to chain combos.

Indie World airs today

Nintendo is streaming a roughly 15-minute Indie World today, Wednesday, October 28, at 7am PT (3pm in Paris), focused on upcoming indie games for Switch 2 and Switch. No games were named ahead of the show.