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DroidDeck, an Android app offering a SteamOS-like PC gaming experience, released version 0.6.7 on GitHub adding Xbox Cloud Gaming streaming and Battle.net storefront integration. The update also improves sleep-mode battery efficiency, second-screen functionality on dual-screen handhelds, and adds Steam-style brightness/volume controls and quick-access menus.
Sony will add Dead Island 2, Monster Train 2 and the Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered collection to PlayStation Plus for all subscribers starting November 3. The games will be available across all three PS Plus membership tiers at no extra cost.
T-Mobile has introduced three new "T-Mix" wireless plans—Standard, More, and Loaded—that let customers bundle service with subscriptions such as Netflix, Apple TV, YouTube Premium, and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Pricing starts at $55/month for Standard with one swappable perk, rising to $95/month for Loaded, which allows up to three perks per line across the first three lines, capped at 11 total. Subscribers can change their chosen "Picks" up to four times a year without affecting the plan's cost.
According to a Fortune report, Microsoft is developing a revamped Game Pass structure that would let subscribers choose individual features—such as console game access, cloud gaming, and multiplayer—as separate add-ons under a tiered system. The plan follows earlier reporting from Windows Central in April that suggested Xbox wanted to let users customize which bundled content, like Fortnite Crew, they pay for.
Indie curator-turned-publisher Pantaloon has launched the Playbill, a Game Pass-style subscription covering 'bold and bizarre' indie titles. The initial catalogue mixes third-party games like Buckshot Roulette and Silt with Pantaloon's own releases such as Offbeat and Sub-Verge, plus a timed-exclusive visual novella, Virtue: Prologue. It also includes a 'Green Room' section offering demos, playtests and abandoned prototypes, alongside free puzzles and community features carried over from Pantaloon's newsletter days.
Microsoft has rolled out à la carte Cloud Playtime purchases to Xbox Insiders, charging roughly 24 to 40 cents per hour depending on the package size (10 hours for $4, 25 hours for $8, or 50 hours for $12). Purchased hours don't expire, but using them requires already owning the game or, for some titles, having free-to-play access.
Microsoft has set introductory pricing for its new pay-as-you-go Xbox Cloud Gaming option, letting players buy cloud hours without an Xbox Game Pass subscription. Xbox Insiders can now purchase bundles of 10 hours for $3.99, 25 hours for $7.99, or 50 hours for $11.99, with unused hours carrying over indefinitely. The feature rolls out more broadly next month and includes ad-free streaming and faster load times.
Microsoft is adding the indie horror title Mouthwashing and Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade to Xbox Game Pass starting October 29, available to Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass and Game Pass Premium subscribers. Mouthwashing, a 2024 release, casts players as crew members on a failing spaceship facing dwindling supplies, while Intergrade offers an updated version of part of the classic Final Fantasy 7 story.
Microsoft confirmed that Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade, the first chapter in Square Enix's FF7 Remake trilogy, will be added to Xbox Game Pass on Oct. 29. The addition is part of a wider October lineup that also includes the detective game The Seance of Blake Manor, arriving Oct. 27 for Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass and Game Pass Premium subscribers.
Microsoft has made its Disc to Digital tool available to all Xbox users after a month of Insider beta testing, letting players convert physical Xbox One and Series X game discs into digital licenses tied to their account rather than their console. The feature does not require an Xbox Game Pass subscription and is triggered manually by selecting 'Claim Digital License' from a game's menu rather than automatically on disc insertion.
Sony has announced that Mafia: The Old Country, Horizon Forbidden West and Poppy Playtime: Chapter 2 are joining the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium catalogs. Most titles arrive October 20, with Poppy Playtime: Chapter 2 following on October 27. PlayStation Plus plans start at $11 a month and include access to a rotating library of games.
On October 13, Xbox Game Pass will add Battlefield 6 for subscribers on Xbox Series X, Series S, Xbox One, and PC, while Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will be removed a few days later. The new additions include a mix of multiplayer and single-player experiences, with other titles like Valor Mortis and Bluey’s Happy Snaps arriving mid-month.