Quick Hits

• Fortnite x Five Nights at Freddy's is officially a phenomenon. Kotaku reports the horror crossover announcement has become Fortnite's biggest tweet ever, with fans going completely wild for the collab.
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is on a fan-service spree. Warzone is getting a long-demanded toggle to turn off silly character skins when MW4's first season launches later this year, and double XP tokens will finally only count down during matches starting at launch.
• Pokémon cards are seemingly heading back to McDonald's Happy Meals in the US — and if history repeats, expect lines (and scalpers) at your local golden arches.
• Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is red hot in Japan, shifting over 120,000 physical copies to top the Famitsu charts in its debut.
• The Resident Evil movie is a box office monster — it demolished a franchise record after just two weekends, and IGN reports data showing it boosted Resident Evil 2 Remake sales by more than 50% on PS5.

Pokémon & Nintendo

Pokémon trainers, start stretching those Happy Meal muscles. Nintendo Life reports that Pokémon cards are seemingly returning to McDonald's Happy Meals in the US soon — and as the outlet notes, past promos have "spelt trouble." Kotaku adds that the annual event is due to start in a couple of months, with the chain's celebrations tied to the 30th anniversary, so prepare to wait in line.

On the software side, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave has debuted at the top of Japan's physical charts with over 120,000 copies sold per Famitsu data — and Nintendo Life has already updated its Best Fire Emblem Games of All Time guide to slot in Fortune's Weave based on reader ratings. Meanwhile, the Switch 2 review of RuneScape: Dragonwilds landed, and it's a mixed verdict: a slow-burn survival-crafting RPG that "underwhelms visually."

Over on r/pokemon, the community is doing what it does best — one player painted their Hall of Fame after beating the romhack Soulgold ("lots of shinies, lots of megas, lots of fun"), and another is on a quest to make every Pokémon in PowerPoint, with roughly 340 made so far. Incredible energy.

Fortnite

The Five Nights at Freddy's crossover announcement isn't just big — it's record-breaking. Kotaku reports that Fortnite's reveal post has become the game's biggest tweet ever, with the community reaction spilling into complete chaos (the good kind). A horror-themed collab landing right as spooky season kicks off? The timing is chef's kiss, and the hype metrics suggest this one could be huge in-game.

Call of Duty

Activision is making moves nobody thought possible. Eurogamer reports that with the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's first season later this year, Warzone players will be able to toggle off character skins from opponents — something the outlet flatly calls a change "no one thought could ever happen." And just days later came more good news: starting at MW4's launch and beyond, double XP tokens will count down only during matches rather than in real time, per Eurogamer and IGN. IGN calls it a major quality-of-life change fans have wanted for years. Two unprecedented moves in one week — someone at Activision is clearly reading the feedback threads.

Arc Raiders

Embark Studios is shaking up how Arc Raiders plays. PC Gamer reports the studio is messing with loot hotspots to make matches more exciting — a meaningful tweak for a game built around knowing where the good stuff spawns. And in a PC Gamer opinion piece, the outlet argues Embark "should've implemented a PvE mode into Arc Raiders a long time ago" — a spicy take that PvE-curious raiders will want to read in full.

Indie Games

• Fright Train — Rock Paper Shotgun calls it "the best Call of Duty Zombies alternative I've played in ages, despite starring a dog," part of a small wave of furry horror games with surprisingly elaborate tactical simulation elements (alongside Casualties: Unknown).
• Something is Wrong With the Library — Steam's avalanche of cozy tidying-up games is about to get weird. PC Gamer and IGN report this one adds haunted meat and blood to the cleaning craze, which is... certainly a direction.
• Valor Mortis — GameSpot revealed the voice cast for this promising soulslike, headlined by the surprising inclusion of a black metal band frontman among an impressive lineup.

Steam & PC

Tycoon fans, your countdown has started: Destructoid has a release countdown running for Transport Fever 3, the Ultimate vehicle tycoon from Urban Games that's arriving soon — your next continent-spanning transport empire awaits.

Gaming Roundup

The Resident Evil movie keeps making headlines. GameSpot reports Zach Cregger's film broke another franchise box office record after just its second weekend, and IGN cites data showing it boosted sales of both Resident Evil 2 Remake (up more than 50%) and the 2023 RE4 remake on PS5. That said, GameSpot adds a caveat worth noting: the movie reportedly wasn't the main force behind the broader recent boost in Resident Evil game sales. Nintendo Life also has a full spoiler-filled feature breaking down the new movie — 5/5 STARRRRRS, apparently — if you've already seen it.

Elsewhere, Backrooms director Kane Parsons tells IGN he's always had a "main ending" in mind for his liminal-space horror universe and wants a limited series to pull it off. And in a genuinely odd twist, Nintendo Life reports Ubisoft is resurrecting the name "Motherbrain" — as a GenAI gaming initiative. Watch out, Samus, indeed.

That's the digest for September 29, 2026 — see you at the drive-thru window. 🎮