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Wadjet Eye Games says Valve has hidden its upcoming vampire RPG from Steam search and delisted it in countries including Germany ahead of its September 22 launch, with the studio calling the Adults Only label "very bad news for us."

Director Hyungjun "Kjun" Kim's "Brainstorm with Kjun" forum post confirms a parallel-built Canvastown social hub for around 50 players per channel, with script mods for creator-built mini-games and a hard promise that single-player work stays the priority.

After fans flagged AI-generated-looking footage across the Vision 2026 II broadcast, Level-5's CEO has posted a public apology while insisting the studio will keep using generative AI to shorten development cycles from five years to two.

The Coalition and Xbox Game Studios have released a haunting launch ad for Gears of War: E-Day set to an arrangement of Barber's Adagio for Strings, recapping the human cost of Emergence Day.

Blizzard unveiled the first three playable classes for Diablo V at the Forging the Next Era panel: the returning Demon Hunter and Monk, plus a brand-new Plague Knight, described as 'the embodiment of walking death.' Game Director Joe Shely said the sequel will launch with more classes than any previous Diablo game.

Blizzard shadow-dropped Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom at BlizzCon 2026, marking the first new campaign for the franchise since 2003's The Frozen Throne. The two-part story bridges the fall of Lordaeron and the founding of the Undercity, ships with the free 3.0 update, and is live on Battle.net now.

Blizzard used the BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony on September 12 to lock Hearthstone's next expansion, Reign of the Black Empire, for October 20, 2026, reveal an Assemble keyword and Aberrations for Battlegrounds on September 22, and confirm the Monk will arrive as a new playable class in March 2027.

Blizzard used the BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony on September 12 to reveal Overwatch's Doctrine, a vampire-inspired Support hero tied to Doomfist, confirm a Season 5 launch on October 6 with a Watchpoint: Grímsvötn map, and lock in long-awaited reworks for Sombra and Roadhog.

Blizzard Entertainment has formally announced a new mainline StarCraft game at BlizzCon 2026, revealing the franchise is returning in 2030 as an open-world, story-driven sci-fi shooter led by Dan Hay, the former Far Cry executive producer who joined Blizzard from Ubisoft.

World of Warcraft: Forever is real, Blizzard confirmed at the BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony, with a November 4, 2026 launch and a public beta starting September 17. Forever is a permanent third WoW experience set in the first year of vanilla Azeroth, with new zones, dungeons, raids and the Skyborne elves as a playable race, sitting alongside Modern and Classic.

Blizzard confirmed Diablo V at the BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony with a Spring 2029 release window, framing the sequel as the franchise's first game set in a world where Diablo has won and Sanctuary's heroes are gone. The 30-year-old franchise also picked up a Netflix animated series, an Amazon class pack for Diablo IV, and a Switch 2 port.

Dragami Games has released a free 2nd Anniversary update for Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP, adding a new Party Dress costume for Juliet Starling and a matching photo frame. The patch is live across PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, Switch 2, and Steam.

Polyarc, the Seattle VR studio behind the Moss series and Glassbreakers, has shut down after nearly 12 years, with 29 staff dismissed including all three founders. The closure follows March's two-thirds layoffs and an unsuccessful attempt to secure funding after a major project was cancelled.

Lil Wayne officially joins the Fortnite Icon Series today, bringing two themed outfits, three Jam Tracks, emotes, and a tournament into Epic Games' battle royale alongside the ongoing Tha Carter VI tour.

Grinding Gear Games has released Path of Exile 2 patch 0.6 "The Last of the Vaal" today, adding Act 4, four new endgame systems, and confirming the action RPG's 1.0 release window for Q4 2026.