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Relic Entertainment has pushed the 20th anniversary remaster back from fall 2026 to early 2027, confirming a US$29.99 / £23.99 / €28.99 price tag and a 30% discount for owners of the original Steam release.

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.

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.

Ubisoft is testing a new Steam-integrated tool that keeps cross-progression, cross-play and rewards running without the standalone Ubisoft Connect launcher, starting with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.

Xbox Wire's Next Week on Xbox for September 14 to 18 locks dates for TCG Card Shop Simulator 1.0, RuneScape: Dragonwilds, ENDLESS Legend 2, NASCAR 26, Aniimo, Two Point Hospital, Dune Awakening Deluxe, Walking Dead: Streets of Survival and EA SPORTS FC 27 Ultimate Edition.

Valve has released SteamVR 2.17 with a Quick Access menu, deeper Steam feature integration in VR, 32-bit OpenXR support and initial USB streaming, clearing the deck for the upcoming Steam Frame headset launch.

BULKHEAD and Team17's 100-player, three-team tactical FPS WARDOGS launches into Steam Early Access on September 10, debuting at the top of the global Steam best-sellers chart and clearing 300,000 peak concurrent users on day one.

World's Edge, Forgotten Empires and Tantalus Media have launched The Baltic Powers, the new Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition expansion that adds the Danes and the Poles as playable civilizations, more than 25 new maps, the Independence and Regicide game modes and over 50 hero cosmetics.

Ubisoft has confirmed that For Honor will no longer be playable on Linux, Steam Deck, or SteamOS starting September 10, 2026, citing a new anti-cheat layer rolled out with the launch of Ranked Season 0 and the long-awaited Ranked Dominion mode.

2K and Gearbox Software ship Borderlands 4 Story Pack 2: FL4K and the Last Resort, the new Vault Hunter Loveless the Hacker, Bounty Pack 5, and a free Version 1.10 update that raises the level cap to 70 for every player on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.

SNK has announced METAL SLUG ULTIMATE COLLECTION, a 10-game compilation covering the run-and-gun franchise's full arcade-to-handheld history plus the rare Location Test Version, launching in 2027 on Switch, Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam.

PlayStation Studios says it has ended its collaboration with KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS on the action-espionage game PHYSINT, with Xbox announcing moments later that it will now publish the Hideo Kojima-led project alongside OD.

Valve has pushed a new Steam Client Beta on September 9, 2026, overhauling Big Picture Mode with a screensaver feature and a new "Big Art Mode," while also tightening Linux download speeds, SteamOS compatibility prompts, and Remote Play security.

Capcom confirms Monster Hunter Wilds on Switch 2 for December 4, 2026 with local wireless play, every prior Title Update, cross-play and a same-day 2027 expansion in Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance.

Nearly 1,900 Blizzard workers represented by the CWA have ratified contracts covering World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, QA and shared services, securing AI guardrails, layoff protections, remote and hybrid work benefits, and wage floors up to about $70,400 ahead of BlizzCon 2026.

Hello Games ships No Man's Sky's biggest space-focused update yet on the franchise's 10th anniversary, adding player-run space stations, galactic alliances, orbital bases, deep-space salvage and a 10-year anniversary expedition across PS5, Xbox, Switch 2 and PC.

KRAFTON has confirmed a PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS x JUJUTSU KAISEN crossover, running on PC from September 10 to October 14 and on console from September 17 to October 22, with Erangel reworks, a Gojo Domain mechanic, themed weapon skins, and new Special Crafting loot.

NetEase Games and Marvel Games confirmed Gorr the God Butcher as a free Duelist for Marvel Rivals Season 10: Butcher's Blasphemy, arriving September 11 (UTC), alongside a new Domination map and the biggest balance pass the shooter has seen so far.

Bandai Namco has launched the Mask of Idris DLC for Code Vein II, adding the Forsaken World chapter with new partners Liv Voda and an alternate Lou, two new Formae, and a free Version 2.0 update that finally brings the partner system into the post-game for every owner.

Iron Gate and Coffee Stain Publishing ship Valheim 1.0 out of Early Access today on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, Linux and Mac, headlined by the Deep North biome and full crossplay across every platform.

Halloween: The Game, IllFonic's asymmetrical horror sandbox based on John Carpenter's 1978 film, has launched on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC on September 8, 2026. The release ships with a 1v4 online mode and a six-chapter single-player story mode.

Capcom has confirmed October 13 as the release date for Arjun, the second Year 4 DLC fighter for Street Fighter 6, and released a full gameplay trailer that shows off the Yoga-powered moveset of the framed former Indian police officer.

Team Jade has launched its second-anniversary season for the free-to-play shooter Delta Force, bringing Support Operator Rover, a rework of the Layali Grove extraction map, a brand-new urban Warfare map called The Mog, and a Fishing mini-mode across PC, mobile, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.

Battlestate Games will install patch 1.1.5.0 for Escape from Tarkov on September 8 starting at 8:00 AM BST, kicking off a planned 5–7 hour server downtime. The update brings the long-promised Lighthouse map rework, a rework of the Lightkeeper quest chain, and the studio's new ranked Leagues system.

Shiro Games has dropped Wartales Community Update 7 as a free download on Steam, adding a new criminal hideout called The Lair, a rebuilt prisoner system with skill trees, three new armor sets, and six new battle maps.

Milestone's open-world HOT WHEELS Infinite Rush is out now in Early Access on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC for Ultimate Edition owners, three days ahead of the wider September 10 launch.

Capcom confirmed on September 7 that Onimusha: Way of the Sword surpassed one million units in worldwide launch-day sales, pushing cumulative Onimusha franchise sales past 10 million for the first time.

Five months after announcing the live-service shooter's retirement, MY.GAMES has shut down Hawked's console servers on PlayStation and Xbox. The game is now completely unplayable across all platforms.

Pocketpair has rolled out Palworld version 1.0.4 (console build 1.102.642) on September 7, adding the Beyond Dimensions and From the Far Side of the Moon sub-missions, rewriting how summoned and base Pals pick their attacks, and shipping dozens of crash, multiplayer, and progression fixes.

Akupara Games celebrated its tenth anniversary with the first-ever Akupara Direct on September 6, announcing a Rain World Anthology Edition with a Switch 2 physical release, an Airframe Ultra launch date, a new bonespire reveal from the Cryptmaster team, and the debut of AOKAKI under a new publishing sub-label, Kallisti Games.

Firaxis and 2K have unveiled Civilization VII's next major free update, Arc of Tomorrow, which adds an Atomic Age from the 1950s to 2050s, alongside the franchise's first paid expansion, Earthrise, a space-race themed expansion also planned for 2027. Both were revealed during a PAX West 2026 panel.

Square Enix premiered a fresh Final Fantasy VII Remake Trilogy recap trailer and walked through the new FITS job system, Vincent Valentine gameplay and Cid Highwind's lances at a PAX West 2026 developer panel hosted by director Naoki Hamaguchi and battle director Teruki Endo.

Firaxis Games and 2K used the franchise's 35th-anniversary PAX West panel to reveal Civilization VII's free Atomic Age update, Arc of Tomorrow, and the strategy's first paid expansion, Earthrise, both arriving in 2027.

The Tetris Company says it was not involved in the White House’s “Build the Wall” browser game and is reviewing the matter after the game drew comparisons to its block-stacking classic.

DON'T NOD has detailed its organizational transformation plan, warning that up to 90 positions in France could be eliminated as the studio refocuses on a single production line amid a 56% drop in operating revenue.

Bandai Namco has deployed a new Dragon Ball Sparking! ZERO update for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC on September 4, 2026. The patch addresses CPU behavior, repairs a missing-trophy bug in Jiren's Episode Battle, and brings general stability improvements across the fighting game.

Pearl Abyss has rolled Crimson Desert Update 2.01.00 across PC, Mac, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on September 4. The patch raises the Camp Funds earned from silver donations by 10x, adds the Gold Bar Investment Mission, and repairs the quest blocker in "The Cursed Knight" alongside a string of combat, UI, graphics and localization fixes.

NBA 2K27 from Visual Concepts and 2K is live worldwide on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch 2. The Standard ($69.99), Deluxe ($99.99) and limited Ultra ($149.99) editions feature Victor Wembanyama, Caitlin Clark and Derrick Rose, with co-op MyCAREER and a built from ProPLAY engine refresh headlining the launch.

Capcom has released Onimusha: Way of the Sword, the first mainline entry in the series since 2006, on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2 and PC via Steam worldwide today.

Dragami Games has confirmed a brand-new Lollipop Chainsaw title will get its world-premiere playable demo at Tokyo Game Show 2026 from September 17-21, with SEGA handling distribution in Japan and Southeast Asia and a "major announcement" teased for the main-stage event on September 19.

Konami's Press Start publisher showcase aired today with a new Silent Hill: Townfall cast interview, fresh Castlevania: Belmont's Curse gameplay, the formal reveal of Rhapsody in Scarlet, a first real look at Project Zircon and the user-generated Konami Wai Wai World Craft platformer.

Konami has unveiled Rhapsody in Scarlet, an original action game following young magus Ellie Myers through a jazz-filled, alternate-history 1920s New York, headed to PS5, Xbox Series and PC via Steam.

Rebel Wolves has released The Blood of Dawnwalker, its debut open-world action RPG and the first chapter of a planned saga, on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The day-and-night vampire RPG ships with a 60 FPS Performance Mode after the studio reversed its earlier 40 fps cap in response to fan feedback.

24 Entertainment has rolled out NARAKA: BLADEPOINT's September 3 update after a planned maintenance window, kicking off Showdown Season 6.0: Sandforge with a new hero, a new campaign chapter, fresh Souljades and a major rework of the Showdown Recast and progression systems.

Bandai Namco and Byking roll out the third Season Pass fighter for My Hero Academia: All's Justice on September 3, with Izuku Midoriya (Overlay Full Style) priced at $4.99 standalone or part of the $24.99 pass, one day ahead of the Switch 2 release.

Capcom has released a four-minute Relic Expedition Gameplay Overview for Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, walking Arisen through the hunt, appraisal and forging loop that powers the new Norgan region ahead of the expansion's October 9 release on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo Switch 2.

PC Gamer has set September 20 for its PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct 2026 livestream, a 90-minute TGS showcase hosted by Frankie Ward and featuring more than 35 games from Atari, Devolver Digital, New Blood and others.

Behaviour Interactive has flipped the switch on its new Anti-Cheat Trials program in Dead by Daylight, with Denuvo Anti-Cheat as the first provider. The Steam-only test is mandatory for PC players during the trial window, with cross-play and Steam Deck support unchanged.

Longplay Studios has officially revealed Terminus: Zombie Survivors 2, an open-world sequel to its turn-based roguelike that shifts the series into full 3D. The game launches on PC via Steam in English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, and French.

Xbox Wire's first hands-on preview of Frictional Games and Kepler Interactive's sci-fi mystery thriller ONTOS describes a tactile, systems-driven adventure on the moon hotel Samsara, where every "Experiment" can be solved multiple ways. The spiritual successor to SOMA is now targeting a 2027 launch on Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and PC.

Digital Sun and 11 bit studios ship the full version of Moonlighter 2 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, Steam, the Microsoft Store and Xbox Game Pass, wrapping the main story and adding Bomb Path, the Infinite Endless Vault and Hardcore mode.

Bandai Namco has lifted the lid on ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE's online mode, showing a 100-player Air Base lobby, two headline multiplayer modes and cross-platform play ahead of the October 2 launch.

Moon Studios has delayed No Rest for the Wicked's full release from October 2026 to March 2027, citing performance, class system, and polish concerns. The studio is extending the Founders Pack deadline and adding a December open beta ahead of the new launch.

ROCKFISH Games ships what it calls the last EVERSPACE 2 update, pushing Steam Deck Verified status, Xbox Series S performance fixes and Switch-2-era bug work to PC, PS5 and Xbox.

San Diego Studio ships MLB The Show 26 Game Update 17 on September 1, fixing a Field of Dreams black screen, kicking off a new Ranked Season, and explicitly banning promotion of third-party currency storefronts.

DICE rolls Battlefield 6 Update 1.4.2.5 on September 1 with quality-of-life fixes across multiplayer, vehicles, weapons, Portal and REDSEC, including a long-running Xbox Series S unresponsiveness issue.

Capcom has locked a 40-minute Capcom Spotlight for September 16 at 7 a.m. PT to kick off Tokyo Game Show 2026, headlined by Monster Hunter Wilds Ascendance, Dragon’s Dogma II: Dark Arisen, Mega Man: Dual Override, PRAGMATA, Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Street Fighter 6.

Konami has confirmed a 30-minute Press Start showcase for September 3, 2026 at 8 a.m. PT, headlined by Silent Hill: Townfall, Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, Rev. NOiR, Project Zircon and eFootball Kick-Off!, with new gameplay and developer messages — and no Silent Hill remake news.

Capcom has delayed the massive Dragon's Dogma 2 title update 3.2 to September 1, 2026, at 5:30 PM PT, adding three independent save slots, a major Pawn AI overhaul, six weapon skills per slot, a Dragonsplague cure, and new core skills.

Ilari Kuittinen leaves the PlayStation-owned Finnish studio on August 31 after more than three decades in games, with former deputy managing director Sami “Haxu” Hakala taking over day-to-day leadership from July 1.

North Beach Games and developer North Beach Games Prague have released the first proper teaser for Stranded Deep 2, revealing a desert wilderness built around an endless river. The Steam page has gone live during Steam's PvE Survival Crafting Fest, with Early Access planned for 2027.

FakeFish, the Finnish studio behind Barotrauma, kicks off the Frostrail Closed Beta on Steam today inside the platform's PvE Survival Crafting Fest. The co-op train-survival FPS asks up to four players to drive a locomotive across a frozen post-apocalyptic wasteland, scavenge settlements and fight Revenants between stops, ahead of a Q4 2026 Early Access launch.

2K has released NBA 2K27 Update 1.3 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Steam today, addressing Squad matchmaking breaks, Auction House hangs, a Fire & Conqueror story blocker and a large performance boost for the PC mod tool. The patch also tunes Shot Artist and Calibrated Takeover effectiveness plus Crew XP and REP earn rates based on community feedback.

TYPE-MOON and TYPE-MOON Studio BB confirmed on August 31 that Aniplex will take over publishing duties for the long-delayed Fate/EXTRA remake. The same day, the project's director, Kazuya Niinou, announced he has left the studio for personal and health reasons.

Behaviour Interactive and Devolver Digital ship Serious Sam: Shatterverse on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC today, taking the boomer-shooter franchise into five-player co-op roguelite territory and putting alternate-timeline Sam Stones on a hunt for Uber Mental.

Solo developer Unknown Hex has launched Until North Ends into Steam Early Access, releasing an open-world Nordic survival crafting adventure that mixes melee and ranged combat with procedurally generated islands, base building, and online co-op.

Speaking with GamesRadar+ at Gamescom 2026, the Assassin's Creed creator says generative AI was used only in conception and pre-production, was removed before Early Access, and will not return to the project.

Infinity Ward drops its August 30 Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta update: double XP and double weapon XP from 10 AM PT, plus a Transit 213 24/7 playlist, 6v6 Gunfight on Kill Block, and Warzone HUD and ground-loot fixes.

A 12–13 terabyte archive pulled from a publicly accessible Steam2 endpoint is being called the largest leak in Steam's history, surfacing early Portal 2 builds, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive prototypes, and a Weaponizer model previously linked to Half-Life 2: Episode 3. Valve has not yet issued a public statement.

Grinding Gear Games releases Path of Exile 2's largest content update yet, adding Act 4 across the Ngamakanui Archipelago, asynchronous trading, a reworked support gem system, sprinting, and the first full league, Rise of the Abyssal. The game also goes free to play on every platform through September 1.

The Pokémon Company International and Aardman have used Pokémon XP in San Francisco to confirm Disney+ as the exclusive global streaming home for Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd & Pichu, with the stop-motion series and Pokémon the Series: The Beginning both landing under a new worldwide distribution deal.

Xbox Wire's first hands-off preview of Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons shows Invoke Studios' open-world action-RPG treating spellcraft like a painter's palette, with telekinesis, Misty Step and Witch Bolt chaining into emergent puzzle and combat solutions ahead of a 2027 launch.

Clear River Games ships M2's retro shoot-'em-up compilation for Toaplan's Shark series worldwide on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch today, bundling six classic arcade titles plus console ports of Sky Shark and Fire Shark as included DLC on the physical edition.

Activision says RICOCHET Anti-Cheat personally served a cease-and-desist on Cheat maker Elocarry in Ohio, now disrupted more than 375 reseller operations and shut down more than 30 vendors ahead of the Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta this weekend.

Patch 1.1.1 lands across PS5, Xbox Series, PC and Switch 2 on August 28, addressing PC launch crashes, a Malta Advanced Training crash, and the lingering Achievement-unlock bugs that have dogged 007 First Light since release.

Arc System Works ships Tōkon update 1.003 with Wolverine’s free Battle Reborn suit crossover from Insomniac’s Marvel’s Wolverine, plus PC stability, matchmaking and replay fixes.

Playground Games explains how Fable’s combat blends melee, ranged and magic into a single “style-weaving” system, with an uninterrupted gameplay demo and a February 23, 2027 PS5 launch.

Marvel Rivals opened the limited-time Infinity Saga store tab today at 02:00 UTC, bundling every previously released MCU costume with a free 20 percent Encore Coupon for players through September 11.

HoYoverse's Zenless Zone Zero Version 3.2 "Their Secret Histories" Special Program streams today at 19:30 UTC+8, with a redemption code drop and the first official look at the Flint Workshop arc featuring Claret and Roxy.

poncle's third original Vampire Survivors expansion goes live today across all platforms, adding 12 playable characters, 16 new weapons, a new XL stage called Red Moon Manor, eight music tracks, and a free content buff to Legacy of the Moonspell.

FromSoftware rolls out Elden Ring Patch 1.17 today, adding fresh content support and the widest balance pass the game has seen in years. The accompanying Tarnished Pack DLC follows on Steam this Friday.

Developer Visual Concepts has confirmed NBA 2K27 will run at 60 FPS in Performance Mode on Switch 2, matching the frame rate players already get on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

Massive Entertainment has confirmed that Echoes of Central Park is the next major expansion for Tom Clancy's The Division 2. Revealed during a Gamescom community panel and detailed on Steam, the DLC leans into a darker, fear-driven take on post-outbreak New York.

tinyBuild has confirmed that Graveyard Keeper 2 will launch on September 22, 2026 across PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. The medieval zombie-management sequel debuted a new trailer and opened pre-orders at $24.99 during the Future Games Show at gamescom 2026.

Auroch Digital and Big Fan Games have set a confirmed October 14 release date for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, with a new trailer showing off main antagonist Vashtorr and an original track from Mick Gordon. The Switch 2 version will follow shortly after.

After ten years and more than 25 million players, 1047 Games is pulling the dedicated servers for Splitgate: Arena Reloaded and Empulse on September 3 and moving both titles to peer-to-peer hosting. Co-founders Ian Proulx and Nicholas Bagamian say the studio’s next game “may look very different.”

Commodore has announced the Commodore 77, the first special-edition Commodore 64 Ultimate hardware and its first franchise collaboration, in partnership with CD PROJEKT RED. Pre-orders open today at $377 and include an exclusive "Arasaka" cartridge with a new Cyberpunk 2077 demo.

RedOctane Games has locked in a December 10, 2026 release date for Stage Tour, its spiritual successor to Guitar Hero. The Gamescom Opening Night Live reveal also confirmed a 90+ song setlist, a Gibson guitar partnership with 180 unlockable axes, and a new CRKD-made controller line.

Archetype Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast have locked in April 7, 2027 as the launch date for Exodus, the sci-fi RPG from ex-BioWare developers. The studio showed the game running with an octopus companion piloting a mech suit at Gamescom Opening Night Live.

SQUARE ENIX opened gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 with a new gameplay trailer for Final Fantasy VII Revelation, showing the colossal Weapons super-bosses, a new Typhon summon, FITS job outfits and parachute-based open-world traversal ahead of the Spring 2027 launch on PS5, Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

CD PROJEKT RED confirms The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered will release on September 29, 2026 as a free upgrade for existing owners across PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and a newly added Battle.net release. A brand-new story expansion, Songs of the Past, is locked for 2027.

Revealed at gamescom ONL 2026, NetEase Games and Naked Rain lock in a January 15, 2027 launch for ANANTA, the free-to-play urban open-world RPG previously known as Project Mugen, on PS5, PC, iOS, and Android.

Revealed during gamescom ONL 2026, Rainbow Six Tactics puts players in command of Six and a squad of 15 Operators in a destructible-environment turn-based experience launching on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, GeForce Now, Blacknut, and PC in 2027.

Godot Engine partner W4 Games has closed an $18m Series B led by Tencent and signed a multi-year deal to scale the open-source engine's footprint in Asia. The round lifts the Dublin company's total funding to $33m.

Paradox Development Studio confirms Afterworld during Gamescom ONL, its first non-historical grand strategy game in a decade. Set in post-apocalyptic North America, the tribe-led survival GSG is led by former Hearts of Iron 4 director Dan Lind.

Ziggurat Interactive and QUByte Interactive are bringing DreamForge Intertainment's 1998 cult psychological horror point-and-click adventure Sanitarium back with full controller support, widescreen visuals and new bonus content, launching on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Switch and PC later in 2026.

Bulkhead Interactive says nearly 500,000 players tried the Wardogs closed beta last weekend, with the title peaking above 100,000 concurrent Steam users on Sunday. The figure lands just days before the early access launch on September 10.

Xbox has stopped tagging PS5 and Switch 2 in a new Minecraft Dungeons 2 trailer, while a fresh Sony ad rebrands Marvel's Wolverine, Ghost of Yotei and more as PS5-only. PushSquare and IGN read the shift as both console makers doubling down on exclusivity messaging.

Rebel Wolves has confirmed a 60 FPS Performance Mode will be available on PS5, PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X when The Blood of Dawnwalker launches on September 3, reversing the studio's earlier 40 fps console cap after fan backlash.

Konami drops a dedicated English voice cast reveal trailer for Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, confirming Liam O'Brien is back as Isaac after more than 20 years and reaffirming the October 15 launch window for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, with Switch to follow.

CD Projekt RED Joint-CEO Michał Nowakowski confirms The Witcher 4 is targeting a 2028 release window, with no exact date yet and no Gamescom 2026 showing — but a brand-new look at Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past is locked for Opening Night Live.

Microsoft has published a temporary fix for Windows 11 gaming crashes affecting ARC Raiders, THE FINALS, and MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls, tracing the issue to the inpoutx64 driver shipped with RGB peripherals and components on Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2.

Nightdive Studios engineers working on the Thief: The Dark Project remaster have uncovered a 'very very out of date' Looking Glass version control repository, complete with programmer comments such as 'Giant hack! Never replicate this! We must fix this before '98' that have survived into the shipped game and Thief 2.

Twitch streamer Warren Pandiscia has filed a proposed class action in federal court accusing Amazon and Twitch of training generative AI models on creators' broadcasts, clips, and chat logs without consent or payment, days after Twitch confirmed the practice and rolled out a per-channel opt-out setting.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's open beta opened to 115,145 concurrent players on Steam before dropping to roughly 51,000 a day later, with user reviews now sitting at "Mixed" and 45% negative.

Parry Frames Studio has revealed Stray Dog: Nobody Cares, a soulslike on Steam that puts players in control of a knight's four-legged companion trying to free its captured master, with parries, backstabs and boss fights inspired by Great Grey Wolf Sif.

Smilegate has officially opened a Steam storefront for the 2D-anime RPG Epic Seven with cross-play and account transfers, marking the first PC release of the eight-year-old franchise as part of its INFINITY 8th-anniversary showcase.

Rebel Wolves and Bandai Namco have confirmed The Blood of Dawnwalker will launch with a 30fps Quality Mode and a 40fps Balanced Mode on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with no 60fps option expected at launch.

Konami has put a concrete number on the Silent Hill: Townfall console exclusivity, stating the PS5 version will not arrive on other consoles for at least six months after its September 24, 2026 release.

Infinity Ward has used its official channels to confirm the first Modern Warfare 4 beta patch is already in the oven, listing footstep audio tuning, the return of map voting, weapon balance adjustments and bug fixes as the immediate priorities after a rocky Day 1 for the Early Access Multiplayer and Campaign beta.

Early hands-on clips from creators briefed by Activision call the native Nintendo Switch 2 port of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 a "pretty impressive" build, with stable frame rates and only minor resolution and draw-distance compromises ahead of next week's Open Beta.

Activision and Infinity Ward have confirmed Digital Legends Entertainment, the Barcelona-based studio behind Black Ops 6 and Warzone mobile, as the partner developer working on the native Nintendo Switch 2 version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.

Tim Schafer has confirmed that Double Fine has fully transitioned out of Microsoft ownership and now earns all revenue from sales of Psychonauts 2, Keeper and its other Xbox-era titles, while announcing an Amnesia Fortnight 2026 Kickstarter campaign that will let backers pick the studio's next small game.

Tails of Iron 2's free Blood and Brine expansion launches today on PS5, PS4, Xbox, Switch and PC, adding a coastal fishing region, 11 quests, 10 bosses and crossover armor inspired by Blasphemous, Cult of the Lamb, Dave the Diver, Death's Door, Moonlighter and Beyond Galaxyland.

Observer Interactive has taken full control of Rover's Tale, ending Team17's publishing partnership and moving the creature-collecting metroidvania to a 2027 release with a Gamescom debut including a first look at the Switch 2 version.

Konami's second Master Collection bundle reaches PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch and Steam on August 27, 2026, finally bringing Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker to modern hardware, with Ghost Babel as a digital bonus.

Jackbox Games has locked in launch dates for its first-ever standalone release: Trivia Murder Party 3 enters Steam and Epic Early Access on September 17, while The Jackbox Party Pack 12 arrives October 15 with five new games.

Netflix and CD PROJEKT RED confirmed Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 will premiere on October 20, 2026 during a packed panel at Anime NYC, alongside a new trailer and the full voice cast for Studio Trigger's 10-episode continuation.

Two Point Studios and Devolver Digital launch a free crossover update today that brings roguelike shrines, expeditions and a devotion-driven cult system to the museum management sim across PC, Xbox, PS5 and Switch 2.

CEO Guillaume Provost confirms a management buyout is complete, returning ownership of the studio's three games to Compulsion and ending months of speculation that began when Microsoft announced it would divest five Xbox studios.

Riot Games has confirmed that active development on its League of Legends fighting game 2XKO will wrap up at the end of 2026. Servers will stay online, all champions will be unlocked in September, and every in-game purchase made on or before August 20 will be refunded.

New Circana data shows US video game hardware spending collapsed to $282 million in July 2026, down 29 percent year over year and the weakest July total since 2020. The decline hit every major platform and is being attributed to higher console prices driven by the ongoing RAM component crisis.

Rare's August 2026 update for Sea of Thieves is live on PS5, Xbox and PC, introducing Custom Seas toggles, a friendly Blunderbuss perk, fresh cosmetics and new Live Events as part of the free update roadmap.

Bandai Namco has confirmed a September 9, 2026 release date for the Mask of Idris DLC for Code Vein II, a story expansion that takes players into “The Forsaken World” alongside two new partners, Liv Voda and Lou Magmell, and adds new weapons, Formae and a free update for all players.

Game Science has dropped a 15-minute gameplay trailer for Black Myth: Zhong Kui, the studio's next single-player action RPG and follow-up to Wukong. The footage is the first in-engine look at the new protagonist in combat, and Game Science says the game will ship on PC and "major consoles."

Microsoft has officially acknowledged that the August 11, 2026 Patch Tuesday update (KB5121003) is causing crashes and unresponsiveness in a limited number of Windows 11 games, with ARC Raiders, MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls and The Finals named on its Release Health page.

The family-friendly open-world physics sandbox from RubberBand Games arrives on Nintendo's latest console, joining existing versions on Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, and the original Switch with up to four-player co-op.

The award-winning sci-fi narrative game from sunset visitor and Fellow Traveller arrives on Switch 2 today, with existing Switch owners receiving a free visual upgrade and a 40% launch-week eShop discount.

RuneScape: Dragonwilds will launch on Xbox Game Pass on September 15 as it leaves Early Access and arrives on consoles with crossplay and new release content.

Xbox Insiders are testing new console options for cleaning up Home, managing unused local game saves, exploring profile badges and automatically removing purchased games from wishlists.

Subnautica 2's Early Access 1.2 update, Buddy System, adds proximity voice chat, player revives, emotes, trading, Tracking Tags, new character options, and a large batch of fixes.

Former Tekken 8 chief producer and game director Kohei Ikeda has joined Katsuhiro Harada's SNK-owned VS Studio as a game designer, reuniting with two of his former bosses two months after leaving Bandai Namco.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has confirmed Pulse Elevate wireless speakers will launch on November 12, 2026, with pre-orders opening September 1 at a recommended price of $219.99 USD.

EA's Battlefield 6 free trial runs from August 18 through August 25, sitting almost perfectly inside Activision's first Modern Warfare 4 beta window of August 21 to 25. Both seasons collide this weekend, with Battlefield 6's Top Gun mid-season update and Modern Warfare 4's first-ever campaign-mission beta lined up side by side.

Warren Spector, the designer credited with shaping the immersive sim genre through Ultima Underworld, Thief, System Shock and Deus Ex, has announced his retirement from game development via a LinkedIn post, saying he is roughly a month away from his 44th year as a developer and that the industry has become less fun for him. He will turn to writing, lecturing and piano.

2K has shared the first deep-dive into NBA 2K27 after a 45-minute Preseason Breakdown livestream from the Inuit Dome in Los Angeles, revealing a co-ed City, a Badge Tokens economy in the Builder, co-op MyCareer via a Running Mate named Trace Miller, and MyNBA Legacy spanning 100 years of basketball history. The game launches on September 4.

Activision and Infinity Ward have released the official Meet the New Squad Campaign trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, introducing the US and ROK marines of the new campaign ahead of the October 23 launch on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC.

Xbox has confirmed its second August 2026 Game Pass wave, with Egging On available today and day-one launches for Vapor World: Over the Mind, Blood Dungeon and Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy. The Xbox Wire announcement also flags titles leaving the service on August 31 and September 6.

Frogwares’ The Sinking City 2 officially launches on PS5 on August 18, 2026, marking the sequel’s console debut. The PlayStation Blog confirms a creature-focused survival horror direction, while Frogwares’ own listing shows PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S as simultaneous release targets.

Xbox and PlayStation now compete as complete ecosystems. Here are the main advantages, drawbacks, and future outlook for both platforms in 2026.

Sony’s latest State of Play put Phantom Blade Zero in the spotlight with a dedicated gameplay presentation, giving PS5 and PC players a closer look ahead of release.

Bethesda is preparing new updates for Fallout 4 and Skyrim, with players advised to save their mod load orders before the patches arrive.

Warner Bros. Discovery has officially confirmed that a second Hogwarts Legacy game is in development, but release details and platforms remain unknown.

Mortal Shell II is now playable for Devout Edition owners, while the full Soulslike sequel launches on August 20 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

NVIDIA has ended the beta phase of GeForce NOW for Linux, giving PC gamers an officially supported desktop client with up to 5K streaming, 360 FPS support and RTX features.

Gamescom 2026 hasn't even started yet, but the world's biggest gaming event is already setting new milestones. Exhibition space is fully booked for the first time, major publishers are heading to Cologne, Saturday tickets are disappearing fast, and Games Done Quick is joining the show with a dedicated event.

Kingdom Hearts 4 finally has a release window. Square Enix and Disney have confirmed a late 2027 launch, revealed Pixar’s Coco as a major new world, and announced an original Kingdom Hearts anime series for Disney+ and Disney Channel.

Physical game collections could soon become a relic of the past. As publishers increasingly embrace digital-only releases, players are facing uncomfortable questions about ownership, preservation and what happens to their libraries when storefronts disappear.

Wondering when the next big Steam sale starts? Valve has already confirmed the dates for the remaining major seasonal sales of 2026, as well as the first big events of 2027. Here are the dates PC players should mark on their calendars.