Quick Hits

• Five Nights at Freddy's is officially coming to Fortnite for Fortnitemares, and the announcement has become the battle royale's most-liked reveal of all time on social media — beating out the Avengers and Dragon Ball Z crossovers.
• The Witcher III: Wild Hunt - Remastered launches on Switch 2 tomorrow, September 29, and Nintendo Life confirms it's a separate purchase — no free upgrades for existing owners.
• Palworld's 1.0 release is now the highest-rated Steam game of 2026, per Destructoid — a staggering milestone for the "little Pokémon-like that could."
• Cath Bowie, the 78-year-old Scottish streamer known as Grumpygran1948, now officially holds a world record for Fortnite streaming.
• A grim Kotaku report details scalpers exploiting a 12-year-old's death to flip Pokémon cards from the 30th anniversary set — with one eBay listing sinking to what the child's family calls a new low.

Pokémon & Nintendo

The Pokémon TCG's 30th anniversary celebrations have taken a dark turn: Kotaku reports that as scalpers exhaust misprints and "contextual excuses" to inflate prices, one eBay listing is leveraging the death of a 12-year-old named Avery to sell cards — prompting the family's devastating response: "This does not honor Avery's generous heart."

On a brighter note, The Witcher III: Wild Hunt - Remastered arrives on Switch 2 tomorrow, September 29, with Nintendo Life confirming both the file size and release time — and issuing a PSA that a separate purchase is required, with no automatic upgrades. The outlet also has a side-by-side Switch vs. Switch 2 comparison video for CD Projekt Red's beloved RPG, which was surprisingly announced this summer.

Zelda fans got a treat too: Nintendo published an extended clip from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake showing a closer look at Ganondorf, delivered through the Nintendo Today! mobile app.

In the UK charts, EA Sports FC 27 (released September 25) debuts at number one, while Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave slides to number eight. Meanwhile, Nintendo Life's Opinion column marks a bittersweet milestone — seven years of playing Mario Kart Tour daily since its September 24, 2019 launch. And in hardware, the Voidjoy GA-10 Elite Extender for the Switch Pro Controller gets a mixed verdict: "the pros don't outweigh the (mod) cons."

The Pokémon community continues to deliver gems: one crafter shared their 48th Johto wood carving (a cherrywood Snubbull, part of a quest to carve every Gen 2 Pokémon), while players celebrated completed living dexes in both Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Sword — including all three Galar Pokédexes.

Fortnite

Epic Games has confirmed Five Nights at Freddy's is joining Fortnite for this year's Fortnitemares event, bringing characters from Scott Cawthon's horror series into the battle royale. The reveal has shattered records — IGN reports it's now Fortnite's most-liked post of all time on social media, surpassing even the Avengers and Dragon Ball Z announcements. Fortnitemares hype is very, very real.

In genuinely heartwarming news, Cath Bowie — the 78-year-old Scottish grandmother who streams as Grumpygran1948 — has been officially decreed a world record holder for Fortnite streaming. Absolute legend behavior.

Indie Games

Palworld's redemption arc hits another peak: Destructoid reports its 1.0 release has become the best-reviewed Steam title of 2026, which the outlet says proves "there might just be no ceiling to indie games" — especially the little Pokémon-like that refused to quit.

PC Gamer also spotlighted the next retro games headed to Steam: a pair of extremely 1990s run-and-gunners starring what the outlet dubs a "Spanish Goku" fighting mutants. If you know, you know.

Steam & PC

PC Gamer's latest Steam Week in Review flags a worrying new trend: "haystack slop" is apparently a thing now — worth a read for anyone watching the storefront's quality control debates.

For The Witcher III: Wild Hunt - Remastered, GameSpot has published a side-by-side graphics comparison patching version 4.04 against the new 5.00 update — showing off both ray tracing and the brand-new path tracing, which is exclusive to the PC version.

Elsewhere, GameSpot's hands-on with Crimson Desert says the action-RPG — a medieval fantasy that mixes Dragon's Dogma 2, The Witcher 3, and even some Breath of the Wild — has kept the writer "trapped in its opening area," and you can join them for just $1.

Gaming Roundup

• Gabe Newell confirmed he really did practice Mongolian throat singing in Valve's offices for months — to the point it got "annoying." "I am entirely self-taught, and it shows," the Valve chief admits (via Destructoid).
• Gears of War: E-Day is confirmed for Steam alongside its other launch platforms, per GameSpot.
• Naughty Dog has released a free animated The Last of Us background on PS5 and is teasing announcements for TLOU Day 2026.
• In movie news, Disney has reportedly tapped Spider-Man director Jon Watts to helm the first film in Simon Kinberg's new Star Wars trilogy (via IGN).