Quick Hits

• Arc Raiders 2.0 "Frozen Trail" is live now on PC and consoles, packing a new grapple hook, the Pendola Pass map, and a fresh quest — PC Gamer's three-hour hands-on devolved into "mostly playing with the new grapple hook."
• Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire Switch port rumours have resurfaced: Nintendo Life reports Pokémon HOME's latest update made two GBA games compatible with the service, fanning long-running return rumours.
• Hideo Kojima's legendary P.T. has finally been ported to PC, arriving just in time for Halloween — twelve years after the playable teaser's infamous 2014 shadow-drop.
• Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen lands on Switch 2 to a warm critical reception, with Destructoid noting the DLC is "coming soon" worldwide.
• Steam's hardware survey shows 32GB RAM is now the norm — and Rock Paper Shotgun is feeling a very specific horror about your hard drives.

Pokémon & Nintendo

Pokémon HOME's latest update quietly made two GBA games compatible with the service, and Nintendo Life notes it's the newest spark for persistent online rumours that Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire are Switch-bound. No confirmation — but the smoke keeps thickening.

Elsewhere in the Pokémon world: VGC reports the touring Pokémon Fossil Museum will leave Chicago and head to Colorado in 2027, and Kotaku has the delightfully unhinged story of fans trading Pokémon cards for Jonas Brothers concert memorabilia rather than giving scalpers the satisfaction. On the community hardware front, a Reddit creator showed off a new trade device that enables trading between original GBA FireRed carts and Switch FireRed, supporting all Gen 3 cartridges.

On Switch 2 proper: Cities: Skylines is building an "Expanded Edition" arriving this month — a long-awaited redemption arc after the port's rough 2018 debut. Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness) is back with Order of the Sinking Star, which Nintendo Life calls "intense, sometimes gruelling, but always inventive" — a puzzler that makes you earn every win. Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, meanwhile, earns praise as "an action RPG great returns in fine form," with Destructoid tracking the DLC's imminent launch.

For pure absurdity: a UK retailer has listed a Theatrhythm sticker set for a whopping £499 — "at least it's half price," Nintendo Life sighs.

Call of Duty

Eurogamer reports Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's latest DMZ trailers have left players confused about the existence of a PvE-only mode, following a week of reveals offering a first look at the "action extraction" mode and Infinity Ward's guiding philosophy. Off the servers, Kotaku reports longtime commentator Maven has left the league after revealing he's dating co-commentator MerK's ex-wife.

Arc Raiders

The headline act of the day: ARC Raiders 2.0 "Frozen Trail" is now live on PC and consoles, with Destructoid hosting the full patch notes. The star attraction is the new grapple hook — PC Gamer admits most of its three-hour session went to swinging around with it. The new "Clean Hands" quest offers a swift introduction to the new map, though you'll need to unlock Pendola Pass first (Destructoid has a guide if you're stuck).

Indie Games

The spookiest news of the day: Hideo Kojima's P.T. — the 2014 "Playable Teaser" that stealth-unveiled Silent Hills — has finally crawled out of its digital grave and onto PC, with Destructoid timing the resurrection perfectly for Halloween. And with the Horror Game Awards set for November, GameSpot's roundup spotlights 14 wishlist-worthy horror games from the "Harvest of Terror" showcase, which highlighted 100+ upcoming scare-fests.

Steam & PC

Steam's monthly hardware survey confirms 32GB RAM has become the norm — Rock Paper Shotgun confesses its horror is exceeded only by its contempt that a mere 7.28% of you have over 4TB of free drive space. In handheld news, AMD has confirmed FSR 4, its newest upscaler, is coming to handheld PCs this year, though Steam Deck support could take longer. PC Gamer also flags that Steam is "about to start getting some of the best Japanese pixel art in gaming history." And in Xbox-on-PlayStation news: Eurogamer reports Forza Horizon 6's PS5 release has apparently slipped to 2027 — not long after Playground insisted it hadn't.

Gaming Roundup

• Marvel Rivals' spooky season 10.5 midseason update brings Avengers limited-time modes but, for the first time in several seasons, no new hero (Destructoid).
• Gameplay footage from Xbox's cancelled Perfect Dark reboot has leaked, and Eurogamer thinks it "looks pretty good."
• Halo's future under Activision looks slow: Kotaku says it'll be a long time before a new Halo game, with Halo: Campaign Evolved possibly getting a horde mode as a skeleton crew ships one last update; GameSpot adds the Endless likely won't carry the franchise forward.
• Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie is set to become his biggest box-office hit ever, surpassing Weapons (GameSpot).
• EA FC 27 players: Destructoid breaks down the best Silver attackers for the free Nine Duty Evolution in Ultimate Team.
• Today's haul was light on Fortnite news — the closest thing to Marvel content was Samuel L. Jackson confirming Nick Fury returns in Avengers: Secret Wars (but not Doomsday), per IGN.
• And for a deeply relatable read: a Nintendo Life writer argues Elden Ring is one of their favourite games despite starting four separate save files and never getting far — "going out on a Limgrave," indeed.