Game Releases

Kingdom Hearts Collection [I〜III] launches natively on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch 2 on October 8th. Get early access times, demo info, and all upgrade perks.

NCSoft has opened Aion 2 Advance Access on PC for Founder's Pack owners, with the Unreal Engine 5 MMORPG's free-to-play global launch following on October 5, 2026.

Pawprint Studio's Aniimo update 1.0.3616231.0 fixes blurry Irisalis textures, failed Alpha catches, and a Come to My World progression blocker after the 1.1 launch.

Sky Castle Studios shares an early look at three-player co-op in Wildmagic Frontier as its Kickstarter campaign passes $127,000, with a $150,000 stretch goal next.

Independent developers have ported Valve’s ARM-based SteamOS to several Snapdragon-powered Android handhelds, including the AYN Odin 2, Konkr Pocket Fit G3, and Ayaneo Pocket S2. The early builds support Game Mode and KDE Plasma but remain experimental, with limited testing and further Snapdragon device support still in development.

Pre-order buyers are encountering turbulence during Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve early access. Performance and controller drawbacks have led to uneven Steam reviews as the release date approaches. The problems haven’t prevented the game from becoming a top seller.

CD Projekt Red has released The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered as a free update for existing owners on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with more than 40 community mods available on consoles at launch through an in-game mod.io browser. The Remaster holds a Metacritic score of 94, the highest of 2026 so far, while using mods disables trophies and achievements on PS5 and Xbox.

Honkai: Star Rail version 4.6 is live with Pearl, Evanescia and Mortenax Blade banners, new outfits, and a Razer collaboration. Here is everything new in the update.

Remedy's latest title, Control Resonant, does many things differently from its predecessor but has still gotten off to a very strong start on Steam. Why is the action-adventure game all the rage right now? That's what we're taking a closer look at in this article.

The Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past sends Geralt to Letten in 2027 with a hooked silver chain, fresh monsters, and a mystery around Dandelion's noble family.

CD Projekt Red says Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty’s Chimera boss fight took more than two years and four complete rebuilds to finish. The costly encounter required custom systems and repeated revisions to balance gameplay, narrative, art direction, and world-building.

The Witcher 3 Remastered launches September 29 as a free upgrade. See global unlock times, file sizes, Switch 2 details, and every new feature that has been added.

Aniimo Version 1.1 update adds Legendary Aniimo Irisalis, a tougher Egg Heist Chaos Mode, and the new weekly co-op mode Holo-Battle Interlink.

Wuthering Waves Version 3.7 launches September 30 with 5-star Resonators Hsin and Suoming, a main quest replay, and the Simulacrum Nexus of the Mengzhou region.

Nvidia has filed a new patent that will let developers consult AI models like a chatbot to request diagnostics of existing game code. The purported chatbot will also devise optimizations on a case-by-case basis.

AnyPS5 skips emulation entirely to run PS5 games on PC, but it hasn't proven itself beyond 2D indie games. It is however, a promising alternative approach to traditional emulators that are also experiencing increasing amounts of success at booting and running PS5 titles.

Konami is marking Castlevania’s 40th anniversary with a limited-time free mobile release of the original game and discounts on several series titles across Steam and PlayStation. An anniversary trailer also hints at a possible collection of classic 3D entries, while a demo for Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse arrives October 1.

A U.S. federal court has ordered former r/SwitchPirates moderator James “Archbox” Williams to pay Nintendo $4.5 million for distributing pirated Switch games and promoting piracy services. The default judgment also permanently bars Williams from operating pirate shops, sharing Nintendo titles, or distributing software designed to bypass the company’s protections.

Three decades after Nintendo pulled the plug, a fan just finished the job DMA Design never got to. The game is playable on PC and free to download.

Arknights: Endfield adds Suiming, a puzzle city running on a 15-minute tidal loop, alongside a free giveaway for 5-star Operator Purrchena and her signature sword.

Logan's nose finally got the memo: nobody wanted to follow that trail. Insomniac still has a lot of work to do to appease fans, despite recent updates.

Dragon Shelter combines farm work with adorable dragons that help with cooking, chopping wood and expanding the farm. The new farming sim has launched on Steam with 96% positive reviews. A free demo offers two to four hours of gameplay to try it out.

Xbox has eliminated 268 positions, including that of Halo Studios' cinematic director, Josh Daniels, just days after his promotion, as part of its ongoing restructuring. Activision will lead development of the next mainline Halo game through a dedicated team, though no release window or project details have been announced.

Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer says early-access shooter Wardogs will increase from $40 to $49.99 at version 0.5 and $59.99 at its full launch, expected within 24 months. Brammer defended the scaling model as a reflection of the game’s growing content and development costs, telling players who disagree with the valuation not to buy it.

The Blood of Dawnwalker director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz has questioned the value of targeting 120 FPS in a single-player RPG, arguing that performance above 60 FPS should be sufficient. However, players and benchmarks report persistent traversal and camera stutter on PC despite hotfix 1.05’s shader compilation improvements.

Rockstar Games’ $975,000 “Welcome to Vice City” promotion at Miami’s Kaseya Center has drawn scrutiny after the deal was approved without a vote by the Miami-Dade County Commission. Critics, including Commissioner Juan Carlos Bermudez and Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz, argue that associating county assets with GTA VI risks promoting a fictional identity rooted in crime and violence.

Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms, a turn-based strategy RPG developed by Free Wing, has reached its 1.0 release on Steam, netting over 8,000 Very Positive (88%) reviews and reaching a concurrent player count of over 3,600 within its first day on Steam

Pawprint Studio launches open-world RPG Aniimo on iOS and Android, with full cross-progression, a mobile-exclusive Obsidian variant, and free launch-month rewards.

EA Sports FC 27 launches globally on September 25 across consoles and PC. Explore The Grounds open world, Career Mode overhauls, and full FC 27 Lite details surrounding the launch.

Microsoft cuts 268 Xbox jobs, hands the next Halo game to Activision, merges Playground with Turn 10, and proposes closure of Ninja Theory amid wider studio reset.

A dispute over Pokémon Trading Cards at a Target in Lisbon, Connecticut, escalated into a fight that left a four-year-old girl with an injured elbow. Video and an eyewitness account reportedly link the altercation to shoppers clearing out a major restock, though police records and Target have not publicly confirmed key details.

Sonic Team veteran Takashi Iizuka says Sega nearly retired Sonic the Hedgehog before Paramount’s hit 2020 film revived the franchise and fueled major growth in licensing revenue. Despite Sonic’s renewed popularity and a fourth movie planned for 2027, Sega has yet to announce a new mainline game.

Hideo Kojima predicts Physint, now backed by Xbox after Sony withdrew funding, could become his best-selling game when it launches sometime after 2030. Kojima said he was shocked but immediately returned to work, with the project’s plot, design, and storyboards complete and 3D character modeling underway.

Former Valve writer Chet Faliszek argues that game-development teams numbering in the thousands often create inefficiency through indecision and backtracking rather than delivering better results. He says GTA VI may be a rare exception, as its vast scope and high production standards could justify an unusually large workforce.

YouTuber RedLogic’s Monte Carlo simulation suggests Minecraft’s mobs could theoretically kill the Ender Dragon without player input through an extraordinarily rare chain of events. The process would take nearly two billion in-game years, and the paywalled code means its probability estimates cannot be independently verified.

Hidden Palace has released a rare custom Mega CD BIOS created for Sonic Team creative director Kazuyuki Hoshino in 1991, featuring a personalized Sonic boot screen and modified revision text. The dumped EPROM offers a glimpse into Sega’s early CD development culture, though how the one-off gift left the company and resurfaced decades later remains unknown.

Sixteen years after its browser debut, Happy Wheels amassed 750,000 Steam wishlists in two weeks - 150 times creator Jim Bonacci’s expectation - before launching to strong early sales and positive reviews. The Steam edition combines more than five million user-created levels with modern features.

A developer claims to have ported GoldenEye 007 to an emulated SNES equipped with a 2MB Super FX2 chip, using AI models to build and debug much of the renderer. With no public ROM or independent testing available, doubts persist over whether the technically ambitious footage is authentic.

Nacon and Midgar Studio confirm Edge of Memories launches Nov 5, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Explore Unreal Engine 5 action combat and soundtrack details.

Insomniac Games confirms Marvel's Wolverine contains zero generative AI assets, explaining that a viral, distorted bathroom sign is actually a UV map rendering bug the studio is fixing.

Graveyard Keeper 2 is officially out now on PC, PS5, Xbox, and Switch 2. tinyBuild's sequel brings zombie automation, town rebuilding, and Grand Inquisitor combat.

CD Projekt Red has confirmed that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered will support Xbox Play Anywhere at launch on September 29, 2026, granting existing Xbox owners a free Windows PC copy with synchronized saves. The Microsoft Store version in Japan will also become the studio’s first PC release to receive a CERO Z rating, without affecting editions sold through Steam, GOG, or the Epic Games Store.

Hideo Kojima, the founder of Kojima Productions, has provided an answer regarding whether Physint will be an Xbox exclusive game when it launches. The game studio has also released a statement to quell reports about the health of the studio and its partnership with PlayStation.

Best Indie Games on YouTube, run by creator Clemmy, offers developers exposure for a fee. It now faces accusations from multiple indie developers that its paid marketing packages promise far more reach than they deliver.

Typhoon Dujuan forced Tokyo Game Show 2026 to cancel its final day in person. See what happened to PlayStation and Square Enix's plans, and get the latest on Final Fantasy VII Revelation.

Konami moves TGS 2026 stage shows online after typhoon shuts the floor. Get details on the Goemon 40th anniversary, Bomberman Boss Rush, and eFootball Leagues mode.

The Nintendo 64 classic GoldenEye 007 has received an unofficial native PC port with 60 FPS support. More features are also planned down the line by the porter, including multiplayer.

Valve has open-sourced Lepton, a compatibility layer that lets you run Android games on Linux through the Steam client. Initially developed for Android VR titles on Steam Frame, the project could broaden Linux gaming support as developers adapt its code for more games and devices.

Atlus confirms Persona 4 Revival launches in February 2027 on PS5, Xbox Game Pass, and PC, followed by Switch 2 in May. Get pre-order and gameplay details.

Hideo Kojima confirmed Bill Skarsgård as the lead of Physint at Tokyo Game Show 2026, alongside details on the cast, MetaHuman tech, and the Xbox publishing switch.