Xbox Rushes to Remind Players That Games Don’t Belong to Them, Heroes of Might and Magic Returns — This Week’s Highlights

A brief roundup of the week’s notable developments across the global entertainment industry.

• Heroes of Might and Magic returns — anniversary celebrations, a live stream, and a new installment announced
• Players skipping cutscenes will face a 30-minute “lesson” from the Baby Steps developers
• Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus 2 canceled amid claims of an “agenda” — some players object to female Necrons
• Owlcat revealed Necrons in Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader — teaser for the third story expansion
• Players doubted an indie studio could produce such visuals — the creator of Project Shadowglass had to provide evidence
• Bleak Haven, a survival-horror inspired by Resident Evil, is slated for release at the end of October
• The top-grossing gacha games for September 2025 were revealed — Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail saw revenue gains, while ZZZ continued to decline
• First ROG Xbox Ally X tests: 350 fps in one of 2025’s biggest hits
• Gearbox reportedly considered adding a character despised by series fans to Borderlands 4 — according to a dataminer
• Duet Night Abyss aims to challenge Genshin Impact — a free, non-gacha title launching in late October
• NVIDIA shook up the industry: DLSS 4 outperformed native rendering even at 1440p
• Women now comprise 48% of gamers — where and how they play
• Players paid for the chance to design a character in The Elder Scrolls 6 — one community member will be immortalized
• Little Nightmares 3 has become the lowest-rated entry in the core trilogy
• An Xbox ad for Silent Hill f reminded players that they don’t truly own their games

Source: iXBT.games