JAPAN GAMING & ENTERTAINMENT Gran Turismo 7 has a new track, Sportsland SUGO, and six new cars, all free. They arrive with part 1 of the Spec IV update.
Gran Turismo 7 Spec IV Part 1 Adds Sportsland SUGO and Six New Cars
Part 1 went live at 11 p.m. PDT on October 14. Sportsland SUGO is 3,586 m (2.23 miles) long with 13 corners and up to 69.83 m (229 ft) of elevation change. The six new cars are the Xiaomi Vision Gran Turismo, Ferrari F355 Berlinetta ’94, Honda Civic Si Group A version ’87, Mazda RX-Vision GT3 Evo ’26, Honda Step WGN Spada Premium Line ’23, and Citroën 2 CV 6 Charleston ’86. Six new World Circuit events and an “Experience” mode are also in, and the Collector Level cap rises from 70 to 90.
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PlayStation.Blog (October 14, 2026) / 4Gamer.net (October 15, 2026) / PlayStation official site: Gran Turismo 7 (accessed October 15, 2026)
Arc System Works Will Open a Fighting Game Studio on November 2
Arc System Works, the company behind the GUILTY GEAR and BLAZBLUE series, will open a new studio, ARC SYSTEM WORKS TOKYO STUDIO “TAKUMI,” on November 2. It will develop a new original fighting game and serve as a base for co-development with other companies. The release window and platforms for the new game have not been announced.
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AUTOMATON (October 15, 2026) / Arc System Works official X post (October 15, 2026) / Arc System Works official announcement (accessed October 15, 2026)
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Adds the Avatar Legends Pack, with Aang and Katara
SEGA’s Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds now has its sixth paid DLC pack, the Avatar Legends Pack. Aang and Katara join the roster, and the pack adds a collab course, Lion Turtle Island, and a vehicle, Gliding Air. Five songs from the Avatar series are added to the jukebox. The pack is included in the Digital Deluxe Edition and the Season Pass, and can also be bought on its own.
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4Gamer.net (October 14, 2026) / Steam: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (accessed October 15, 2026)
Zero Escape’s Kotaro Uchikoshi Announces His New Company, Crash Keys
Kotaro Uchikoshi, known for the Zero Escape series, has announced Crash Keys, a company he heads as representative director. In a post on X, Uchikoshi said that a game he and his staff had been working on for about a year and a half was suddenly canceled. The company was due to be revealed alongside a new game, and the cancellation moved the announcement up. Crash Keys will work on original projects and reveal them in stages. Uchikoshi’s earlier work includes Ever 17 - The Out of Infinity, Memories Off, AI: The Somnium Files, and The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-.
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AUTOMATON (October 15, 2026) / 4Gamer.net (October 15, 2026) / Crash Keys official site (accessed October 15, 2026) / Kotaro Uchikoshi’s X post (October 15, 2026)
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Gets Expansion Pass Part 1
Part 1 of the Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Expansion Pass is out on Nintendo Switch 2. Version 1.1.0, dated October 14, added support for it. It adds four weapons modeled on those in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Part 2, due this winter, will let players recruit three gods in a battle against the demon god Balor and will add outfits for the protagonists. Part 3, coming in 2027, is a new story for four rivals.
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AUTOMATON (October 15, 2026) / Nintendo Support: How to Update Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave (accessed October 15, 2026)