Z1G Weekly Recap: ROB RUN Hits 151K, Pokémon GO Goes Dynamax
The seven stories Zero1Gaming readers opened most between November 9 and 13, from ROB RUN's 151,032-player Steam peak to the Football Manager 27 launch.
This week's reading ran from a free crime sandbox to a Football Manager launch. Here are the seven stories published between Monday, November 9, and Friday, November 13, 2026, that drew the most page views on Zero1Gaming, in order of reads.
The ranking uses Zero1Gaming's own page-view analytics up to Friday, 12:00 CET.
ROB RUN peaked at 151,032 players on Steam
Kefir's free-to-play crime sandbox ROB RUN hit 151,032 concurrent players on Steam on November 9, according to SteamDB, five days after its Early Access launch on November 4. Steam's own player-count API showed 75,103 players online at 10:41 UTC on November 10.
Reviews were Mixed when we checked on November 10, with 46% of 7,126 English-language reviews positive. Kefir's November 4 post listed changes after its playtest: cops now respawn more slowly after each consecutive death, Tier 1 settlements and land rentals cost documents instead of cash, and the basic pistol is cheaper. Kefir said none of the changes “are set in stone.”
The game is free on Steam and Windows-only. Everyone starts as a Hobo with no cash and a bed at Lenny's motel, and the first goal is cash for a plot of land. Our full report also covers how to start and what Kefir has not announced.
Pokémon GO brings Dynamax Regidrago to Max Battles
Pokémon GO's Into the Wild event runs from Monday, November 9, until 8:00 p.m. local time on Friday, November 13. According to the official announcement, it brings Dynamax Regidrago to the game for the first time, in five-star Max Battles on Thursday, November 12. The five-star boss changes by day, with Registeel on November 11 and Latias and Latios on November 13.
Crowned Sword Zacian and Crowned Shield Zamazenta take over five-star raids, with Raid Hours from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time on November 9 and 10. Defeating them earns Crowned Sword Energy or Crowned Shield Energy, and the Remote Raid limit rises to 30 from November 9 to 13.
The GO Pass Deluxe costs US$14.99 and adds a Silver Bottle Cap, extra Dynamax Meltan encounters, the Duraludon Pants avatar item, Incense and a Lucky Egg. The free pass includes an encounter with Dynamax Meltan. The post gives no encounter rates for any Shiny and does not say when Dynamax Regidrago will return, as laid out in our event breakdown.
Modern Warfare 4's free DMZ trial was due to end on November 11
Activision's free trial of the DMZ extraction mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 started on November 6 at 12 p.m. PT and was due to end on November 11 at 10 a.m. PT, which is 6 p.m. UTC, according to the official Steam post. The trial gave full access to the mode.
The trial covered DMZ only, and the post does not list the platforms it runs on. Activision has not said whether trial progress carries over to a purchased copy, or whether the trial will return.
Season 1 also added X01, a former GRANIT Arms black site that enemy forces have seized. It is reached through Hajin near the North Korean border and has tunnels, underground labs, production lines and a sealed Deep Vault, with new DMZ Orders guided by Ghost. The facility closes off extraction points over time, as our full story explains.
Warhammer Survivors launches at $7.99 with a 10% discount
Auroch Digital's bullet-heaven game Warhammer Survivors, made in partnership with Warhammer and Vampire Survivors developer poncle, launched on November 10. Steam showed 12,936 players in game at 19:18 UTC that evening, rank 99 on its most-played list. Those numbers cover Steam only.
Steam priced the game at $7.99 with an introductory 10% discount until November 17, which brings the price to $7.19. Steam lists it for Windows only, while Auroch's launch post also names GOG, Nintendo Switch 1 and 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, iOS and Android.
The store page lists more than 40 characters from the Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar universes and more than 75 weapons, including the Boltgun and the Astartes Chainsword. You collect gold to grow stronger in future runs. Auroch has not given a date for post-launch content, and our launch-day report has the details.
EA's recovered tapes rebuilt more than 1,500 cutscenes
Electronic Arts released 25 classic PC games on Steam on November 5, including seven restored Anniversary Editions that cover six Wing Commander titles and Road Rash. The restoration team rebuilt more than 1,500 cinematic scenes across those seven games.
The footage came from master tapes in an archive at EA's Redwood Shores campus. Senior producer Jim Vessella discovered the recordings in March 2022 as part of a physical media vault of nearly 20,000 items. Digitization began in 2024, and by April 2026 the team had digitized 6,000 assets holding an estimated 2,500 hours of footage.
The masters held more than 40 variations per character for Wing Commander III, so the restoration can match more dialogue with performances that were filmed but never shipped in 1994. EA made the AI-upscaled videos optional in its 30th Anniversary Editions, so players can also use the recovered masters or the original 1990s videos. Our feature explains how the restoration worked.
Bulkhead says it rushed its Wardogs Season 2 fixes
Wardogs' blue faction, Lonestar, was losing more often than its rivals, so Bulkhead's October 15 Season 2 update gave it 5% extra cash and 2.5% more XP. The bonuses offered little to struggling newcomers, but skilled players could earn considerably more, and Lonestar soon went from the weakest faction to winning more matches than either rival. The studio removed those bonuses within a day but kept the redesigned spawns.
In its November 6 Season 3 preview, UI and UX director Howard Philpott said the team had rushed to answer negative reviews and taken some of the fun out of the game. Wardogs had sold three million copies by the launch of Season 2, but its player base was shrinking.
Season 3 takes a more selective approach. From November 12, equipment used across several roles becomes available through each role's own unlock track, and Limited Mode servers will restrict armor to tier 2 and reduce the number of attack vehicles. Bulkhead says it will stop experimenting with faction bonuses, and our feature looks at how the changes played out.
Football Manager 27 launched at $59.99 with Shuffle Draft
Sports Interactive and SEGA's Football Manager 27 launched on November 10 and ranked 37th on Steam's most-played list at 16:09 UTC, with 37,054 players in game and a peak of 45,663 for the day so far. These numbers cover Steam only, not players on Epic Games, the Xbox PC app or Game Pass.
Steam priced the game at $59.99 at the time of writing and lists it for Windows and Mac. Sports Interactive's day-one platforms are Steam, Epic Games and the Xbox PC app, including Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. FM27 Console (Xbox and PS5) and FM27 Mobile (Netflix) also launch from November 10, and FM27 Touch is on Apple Arcade.
New features include Tactical Effectiveness, Tactical Tweaks and Shuffle Draft, an online mode for up to 32 players built with FIFAe. Sports Interactive has not dated its first post-launch update, and our launch report lists the platforms and PC specs.
That is the week from Monday to Friday noon. The recap returns next Friday, and new stories land on the Zero1Gaming news page all week.