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Rebel Wolves and Bandai Namco released five minutes of PS5, PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X capture, and confirmed the September 3 launch ships with only Quality (dynamic 4K/30fps) and Balanced (dynamic 4K/40fps) modes.
Story Pack 2: FL4K and the Last Resort arrives September 10 alongside Bounty Pack 5: Amara and the Vile Shadows, new Vault Hunter Loveless the Hacker, and the free 1.10 update raising the level cap by ten.
Mask of Idris arrives September 9 alongside a free version 2.0 update. The expansion is post-game content gated behind the Luna Fraterna ending and Valentin's request - while 2.0 finally lets everyone explore the finished world alongside their partners.
Riot will stop active development on 2XKO in December 2026, less than a year after launch. Lux still arrives September 8 and Samira in October, every champion is now unlocked, KO Points purchases are refunded in full, and the servers stay online beyond 2026.
Mojang's Official Gameplay Trailer finally shows Minecraft Dungeons II in motion: a party of four stepping through a rift into a new dimension called the Sift. Armour splits into four independent slots, the Twisted Warden is waiting, and the whole thing lands on Game Pass on September 29.
Game Science released the first gameplay for Black Myth: Zhong Kui: 15 minutes of work-in-progress footage showing a default parry, a charge meter instead of cooldowns, elemental imbuing stolen from boss attacks, and summons that stay for the whole fight. Still no release date or store page.
Konami and Annapurna released a 19-minute Silent Hill: Townfall gameplay trailer showing Simon Ordell exploring St. Amelia with a portable analogue TV that finds signals, sees threats through walls and feeds the puzzles. It launches September 24 on PS5 and PC.
Falcom and GungHo have released a free Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter demo on PS5, Switch and Steam, covering the prologue through the start of Chapter I. Saves transfer to the full game, which arrives September 17 - and the full edition and pricing structure is now public.
Saber Interactive has opened digital pre-orders and confirmed a Nintendo Switch 2 release alongside PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Steam on October 8, 2026. The developers also detailed how the Genesis Configuration puzzle box drives combat, traversal and puzzles.
Unknown Worlds' Early Access update 1.2 is all about co-op: cross-platform proximity voice chat that degrades into radio static with distance, teammate revives that preserve your loadout, player trading, tracking tags, emotes and two new avatars.
Polyphony Digital's August drop for Gran Turismo 7 adds the '97 Toyota Chaser and Mark II Tourer V, the '08 Caterham Seven Superlight R500 and the '25 Hyundai IONIQ 6 N, plus three new World Circuit events and Whistler in Scapes. Free for all owners on PS5, PS4 and PS VR2.
Crystal Dynamics' sixth Legacy of Atlantis mini-documentary detailed the Focus meter, artefact-driven skill trees and herb crafting. The developers say the survival systems are entirely optional. The remake is dated February 12, 2027.