Sega is teasing a new House of the Dead arcade game with VR headsets and an 85-inch screen for a ‘front door’
- House Of The Dead: Reawakened's cabinet is designed to look like a gothic manor
Friday, 2 October 2026
Game News Round-Up
Daily curated games-industry news digest for 2 October 2026.
General2 stories
Krafton pulls the plug on another PUBG game, Black Budget, less than a year after it was announced
- Krafton said "After reviewing the project's development status and future direction, we concluded that its current direction would not allow us to deliver an experience players could enjoy over the long term"
Business1 story
Consumer Protection Cooperation Network launches coordinated actions against nine companies on in-game currency
- CPC Network is enforcing the EU's Key Principles on in-game virtual currencies against firms such as King, Supercell, Mojang, Riot Games, and Activision Blizzard UK
- The CPC Network maintains that when players make purchases using in-game currency, prices should also be shown in real-world currency. More broadly, it believes consumer protection laws should apply as if real money were being spent