🌟 Editor's Note
Happy Monday gamers! I hope this week brings plenty of great gaming news.
🗓️ Upcoming Events
Steam Next Fest October 2025
Steam Next Fest, a multi-day celebration of upcoming games. Explore and play hundreds of game demos, watch developer livestreams, and chat with teams about their games in progress, coming soon to Steam. Register here.
Event Date: October 13-20 2025
Location: Online
Gamesforum San Francisco 2025 (B2B)
The Mobile Gaming Conference for player acquisition, retention and monetisation. Come together with top mobile gaming minds at Gamesforum San Francisco to explore cutting-edge alternative growth, product-led ad monetisation, and user acquisition strategies. ✅ What to Expect - Build Register Interest.
Event Date: October 22-23 2025
Location: San Francisco, CA
🚀 AAA News
The latest game and device releases
Fortnite, Roblox, Wordle, and other popular games are down as Amazon Web Services outage sends the internet toppling: Multiple games and websites are experiencing major issues
The Rumoured Resident Evil 0: Is Reportedly In Full Production, Will Have Expanded Lore
Battlefield 6 Reverts Big Change After Just 48 Hours Due To Intense Backlash: Starting tickets in Conquest mode are going back to 1,000 after fans yelled at EA for two days straight
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 review: grab some garlic and stay away: Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is a cobbled-together mess – but its biggest crime is being really, really boring
Xbox Insider Pushes Back on Halo AI Rumors: A gaming industry insider refutes a previous report that Xbox will utilize generative AI in some capacity for the next Halo game project.
🦄 Indie News
10 Steam Next Fest Indie Demos That Deserve More Love: t’s Steam Next Fest week; welcome to it! There are lists of recommendations aplenty, which is good because the event is bursting at the seams with all the demos vying for players’ attention. It’s awesome to see that even the indies are getting love from curated suggestions. I won’t be including the bigger ones below because y’all know the highlights. Below you’ll find a guide to the indie games you shouldn’t, but could very easily, miss.
The Indie Informer Plays Steam Next Fest Demos: The Indie Informer is back from vacation, and the timing couldn’t be better. Steam Next Fest has more indie demos than anyone could ever hope to play. But we can try our best!
Run it solo in this cyberpunk TTRPG against SPACE capitalism: Space Slave is a solo TTRPG that puts you in the shoes of a slave pilot, born knee-deep into debt and forced to repay their existence
🔥 Streamer News
Alveus Sanctuary is releasing the research and recovery institute to create a conservation breeding program for the critically endangered Mexican Gray and Red wolves, helping to maintain a population under human care with the end goal of reintroducing these incredible animals back into the wild.
TwistieT is currently doing an RL1, region-locked Elden Ring run. Go and show her some support!
Emiru comes back shortly after to continue meeting fans.
KindHeartedFriend is fundraising for ALS. The ALS Association is an American nonprofit organization that funds global amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research, provides care services and programs to people affected by ALS through its nationwide.
The1v2 is supporting 'Space Youth Project', a charity that helps LGBT+ young gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans during October.
SamanthaTeapot will be fundraising for the Blue Cross. A charity that provides nationwide support for the most vulnerable pets in the UK.
🌍 Opportunities
TFT APAC Community Lead at Riot Games (Singapore)
Community Developer at Ubisoft (Hybrid, Canada)
Community Content Manager at PlayStation (Canada)
Community Manager at Wargaming.net (On-Site, Japan)
Social Media Manager at Figma (Remote, USA)
Video Editing Intern at Ubisoft (Hybrid, Singapore)
Video Team Director at CD Projekt Red (On-Site, Poland)
Product Coordinator Creator Platform at Rockstar (Hybrid, UK)
🔑 Gaming keys
Thank you so much for reading, and have a great week of gaming!
