Mario Kart Tour has officially shut down
- AppMagic numbers estimate that it earned $268.5 million over its lifetime and was downloaded more than 276 million times
Thursday, 1 October 2026
Game News Round-Up
Daily curated games-industry news digest for 1 October 2026.
General4 stories
Ubisoft renames Creative House 2 (home of The Division, Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell) as Massive Entertainment
- The business unit inherits the name of the Swedish studio, incorporates teams in Toronto, Montreal and Paris, and will also work on "new original IP"
Final Fantasy XI has raised its free trial level cap to 75 and has removed its time limit
Xbox's disc-to-digital feature releases to general Xbox audience (previously Xbox Insiders exclusive feature)
Free Games / Subscription1 story
Business2 stories