Version 1.2.0 of Star Fox is out now on Switch 2, and the free update gives Battle Mode three new stages, Katina, Sector X, and Venom, along with new items that show up during matches. ... Read more

When Pearl Abyss revealed Crimson Desert Enhanced: Charting the Unknown during the September 3 State of Play, the first DLC for Crimson Desert was set for October 15, but it’s now releasing two weeks later ... Read more

Anyone who skipped Pokémon Legends: Z-A or its Mega Dimension DLC will be able to pick up both on a single Switch 2 game card when the Pokémon Legends: Z-A Switch 2 Edition + Mega ... Read more

Five years after NetEase Games acquired it from GungHo Online Entertainment, Grasshopper Manufacture, the No More Heroes and Killer7 studio led by Goichi “Suda51” Suda, is an independent developer again as of October 1, 2026. ... Read more

Square Enix has removed the 14-day time limit from the Final Fantasy XI free trial, which means anyone curious about the 24-year-old MMORPG can now play it for as long as they want without paying. ... Read more

Starting October 6, PlayStation Plus members have three new Monthly Games to add to their libraries, one fewer than September’s lineup, and all three stay available until November 2. Sony also announced a handful of ... Read more

Satisfactory is getting its first paid expansion, and it’s taking the factory underground. Coffee Stain Studios announced Core Values today during Coffee Stain Publishing’s Big Break Showcase, describing it as a major expansion that sends ... Read more

IO Interactive says a free DLC for 007 First Light is “just around the bend,” with the full reveal set for October 1. The tease went out on the game’s X account today alongside a ... Read more

Back in April, XBOX said its achievements refresh was the first step in a broader set of improvements aimed at recognizing completion and milestone moments, and now we know what it was building toward. Starting ... Read more

As expected, September turned out to be one of the busier months of the year, with Marvel’s Wolverine, Control Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered all ... Read more

Naughty Dog has two new projects set in the world of The Last of Us in very early stages, according to a studio update Neil Druckmann published to close out this year’s The Last of ... Read more

CD Projekt Red has published the full list of changes coming with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered ahead of its release tomorrow, September 29, on PlayStation 5, XBOX Series X|S, Switch 2, and PC ... Read more

Preorders for God of War Laufey open tomorrow, September 29, at 10:00 AM local time, and Santa Monica Studio has detailed what comes with buying in early ahead of the game’s February 16, 2027 release ... Read more

The Senses toggles Insomniac Games said it was exploring are now in Marvel’s Wolverine, arriving in a second post-launch hotfix that adds on and off switches for Whisky Bottle Scent Trails, Material Crate Audio Clues, ... Read more

A day after Control Resonant launched, Remedy has posted a community update outlining what’s coming to the game over the next couple of months, and the two headline items are a New Game++ option in ... Read more

Video game awards season is officially underway, with the nominations for the 44th annual Golden Joystick Awards now announced and voting open across 21 categories. 007 First Light and Big Walk lead the field with ... Read more

Bungie has published the Marathon roadmap it promised earlier this month, and it lays out three updates between now and next spring: the Nightfall Refresh on October 6, Symbiosis on December 8, and a larger ... Read more

One of our most anticipated games of 2026, Control Resonant, is out today on PlayStation 5, XBOX Series X|S, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, with GeForce NOW support at launch and ... Read more

Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age is now available on Switch 2, four months after Square Enix announced the port during the series’ 40th anniversary livestream and opened preorders the same day. ... Read more

Rayman Legends Retold’s PC requirements are now official, and Ubisoft is listing four tiers that all target 60 FPS with upscaling set to Quality, starting at 1080p on the Low preset and working up to ... Read more

With Order of the Sinking Star two weeks out from its October 8 launch on PlayStation 5, Switch 2, and PC, Arc Games and Thekla have released a new trailer called Explore the Realm that ... Read more

Titan Quest II made a surprise Early Access launch on August 1, 2025, during THQ Nordic’s digital showcase, and after roughly a year and a half of updates, developer Grimlore Games has confirmed version 1.0 ... Read more

Aspyr picked Hobbit Day to announce that Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition and Middle-earth: Shadow of War Definitive Edition are coming to Switch 2 on September 30, marking the first time ... Read more

Remedy Entertainment has teamed up with Fried Music and Nordic Music Partners on Zoe’s Mixtape, a compilation of six original songs written for Control Resonant that’s streaming now on Spotify, Apple Music, and other platforms. ... Read more

In my first Rayman Legends Retold preview, I mentioned that I didn’t even get to the really good parts yet. Turns out, Ubisoft agreed, as I got invited to a second preview event that showcased ... Read more

Undead Labs is now an independent, employee-owned studio after completing its separation from XBOX, and State of Decay 3 is still targeting a 2027 release. When XBOX announced the reset in July, Undead Labs and ... Read more

Eleven weeks after XBOX kicked off the biggest restructure in its history, the next round of cuts has arrived, and this one reaches into Halo Studios. Matt Booty, XBOX’s executive vice president and chief content ... Read more

Bungie’s new leadership says the studio lost sight of its players over the last few years, and its first step toward fixing that is restoring the Destiny 2 content it took away. In a blog ... Read more

PlayStation’s next limited edition DualSense isn’t tied to a game at all, as it’s a collaboration with Blackpink’s Lisa that goes up for preorder on October 2. Sony first worked with Lisa last year on ... Read more

Quick Verdict I genuinely believe how much you enjoy Marvel’s Wolverine comes down to how many AAA games you’ve played recently, because the formula behind it is pretty standard fare. In terms of presentation, it ... Read more

Two of my personal favorite classic JRPGs, Lufia & the Fortress of Doom and Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals, are returning in 2027 as Lufia I & II The Sinistrals Saga, a collection from ... Read more

When Ball x Pit released its final free update last month, Devolver Digital and developer Kenny Sun teased big news coming in the very near future. I said at the time that it sure sounded ... Read more

Gears of War: E-Day has gone gold, The Coalition confirmed today, a little under three weeks before the prequel launches on October 6 for XBOX Series X|S, XBOX on PC, and Steam. The game, which ... Read more

Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember now has a release date of March 4, 2027, on PlayStation 5, XBOX Series X|S, Switch 2, and PC via Steam and XBOX on PC, and it will be ... Read more

Ratatan’s console versions are now up for digital preorder on PlayStation 5, XBOX Series X|S, and Switch 2, and anyone who grabs it before the October 15 launch saves 10 percent. That date is the ... Read more

Capcom opened its Tokyo Game Show week with the Capcom Spotlight TGS 2026 broadcast today, the one it put on the calendar at the end of August, and it covered a Mega Man: Dual Override ... Read more

Forty years after the original Dragon Quest launched in Japan on May 27, 1986, Square Enix says the series has now surpassed 100 million games sold across its 11 mainline entries and the many spin-offs ... Read more

Sony has revealed a new generation of PlayStation wireless headsets, with the PlayStation Pulse Wireless Headset launching this holiday season and the more premium Pulse Edge Wireless Headset following in early 2027. Both models build ... Read more

XBOX has detailed the Game Pass September 2026 Wave 2 lineup, with 14 main additions stretching from September 15 through October 6. Four of those are day one releases, including Kernel Hearts, Well Dweller, Minecraft ... Read more

Back in April, IO Interactive confirmed that 007 First Light wouldn’t launch on Switch 2 alongside the other platforms and would instead arrive later in the summer. Summer is a week from being over, and ... Read more

As someone who has played a lot of open-world gacha games over the years, with most of my recent hours split between Wuthering Waves, Arknights: Endfield, and The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin, I’ll admit I’ve ... Read more

Bungie’s next major Marathon update was supposed to release on September 22, and now it won’t, at least not in the form players were told to expect. Everything planned for that update, including the new ... Read more

Between nearly 350 hours in Factorio and the hundreds of hours we’ve sunk into roguelites like Megabonk and Ball x Pit over the past year, a game that mashes the two together definitely gets our ... Read more

Los Angeles is getting the first Capcom Store in the U.S., though it’s only sticking around for a month. The Capcom Store Pop-Up opens to the public on Saturday, September 19 inside Little Akihabara, the ... Read more

For the first time since it debuted in 2024, the Triple-i Initiative is running two showcases in a single year. Evil Empire announced a surprise edition airing October 8 at 9:00 AM Pacific (12:00 PM ... Read more

Ubisoft has pushed Rayman Legends Retold back two months, moving the remake from its original October 1 release date to December 3. The unusual part is that the game is already finished, technically. In a ... Read more

Ten months after Valve first showed off the Steam Frame alongside the Steam Machine and the new Steam Controller, the wireless VR headset finally has a price and a way to buy it. Reservations opened ... Read more

Pre-download for Aniimo is now open on PC, PlayStation 5, and XBOX ahead of the game’s September 16 launch, and Pawprint Studio has published the server schedule along with a lengthy FAQ covering accounts, cross-platform ... Read more

Heroes of the Storm was the first game Blizzard put on stage at the BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony, which seems to be an odd choice since it’s a game the company officially stopped adding content ... Read more

Hearthstone came out of the BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony with three announcements, and the furthest one out is the biggest: the Monk finally arrives in March 2027 as a new playable class, bringing what Blizzard ... Read more