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Halo Studios has detailed Campaign Evolved's first major update, arriving next week on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. It adds toggles for film grain and chromatic aberration, fixes the Sgt. Johnson bug that hard-blocked progress in the prequel missions, and repairs Jackal staggering and Magnified Skull weapon fire. Installing it invalidates mid-mission saves.
OPNeon Games has dated TCG Card Shop Simulator's 1.0 release for September 15, launching the same day on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Xbox One, Switch and PC. The full version makes the Tetramon TCG playable for the first time, two years after the solo-developed shop sim entered Early Access and 3.5 million sales later.
Epic has revealed Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4: Override, live August 20. The trailer puts Sonic the Hedgehog and a Tetris outfit in the Battle Pass, with Mega Man, Pac-Man, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Persona 5's Joker, Geralt and Master Chief queued for the Item Shop - and no sign of the rumoured Kingdom Hearts crossover.
Ubisoft has detailed Operation Split Fire, Rainbow Six Siege's Y11S3 season landing September 1. It brings Egyptian Defender Noor and a shield-melting Horus Lance Launcher, a basement rework for Villa, a Champion-only ranked playlist, a 3v3 arcade mode and a drone-racing event.
Insomniac closed its D23 2026 slot with a short Marvel's Wolverine sizzle that finally names the opposition: Bolivar Trask narrating over Sentinels, Omega Red, Lady Deathstrike, Mystique and Sabretooth. The PS5 exclusive launches September 15, 2026.
Square Enix used D23 2026 to give Kingdom Hearts IV its first release window - late 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2 and PC - alongside a gameplay trailer for a new world based on Pixar's Coco. Mickey, Donald and Goofy get playable segments, and Disney greenlit an animated series too.
Geoff Keighley's Opening Night Live returns on Tuesday, August 25, streaming free on YouTube, Twitch and Steam. Square Enix is bringing Final Fantasy VII Revelation with director Naoki Hamaguchi, 4A Games has Metro 2039 on the bill, and CD Projekt Red's Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past is confirmed to appear.
Fast Travel Games debuted gameplay for the officially licensed VR co-op heist game at the August 13 VR Games Showcase, running through loadout building, casing the target and going loud. A closed Meta Quest 3 playtest runs August 20-24 ahead of a Q4 2026 launch on SteamVR and Quest.
Chuhai Labs and VITEI BACKROOM's on-rails arcade shooter launched August 13 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S for $14.99, with Star Fox veteran Giles Goddard involved and a Switch version due in the autumn. Reviews are split between calling it the truest Star Fox 64 successor yet and calling it too faithful for its own good.
Weird Beluga's clockpunk action-platformer launches August 13 on Steam, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2 at $29.99. Five regions, a 15-to-20-hour campaign, and a Steam demo sitting around 91% positive that also earned the game its Switch 2 version.
Hidden Mountain's second chapter lands August 20 UTC with a high-altitude cliff region unlocked by a server-wide Cloudtop Ascent event, the Inkpincer Scorpion and Cloud-Seizing Serpent world bosses, two new martial skills, and three new modes including a Ghost Festival survival horror mode.
Amazon Games will hand Throne and Liberty to NC by the end of Q4 2026 and Lost Ark to Smilegate in early 2027. Neither game is closing, player data carries over, and Amazon's MMO publishing era ends after New World's wind-down.