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MINTROCKET pushed the port back a month to polish it. The payoff: the full game free to start, $9.99 to unlock forever, the DREDGE pack included, tilt controls for pouring tea, and zero live-service hooks.
Announced in 2024, delayed, then formally cancelled in January 2025, The Baltic Powers now has a release date. Forgotten Empires and World's Edge are shipping the full package: the Danes, the Poles, 25+ maps, Regicide and Independence modes, and Winged Hussars.
Gangstar Mirage City soft-launches on iOS and Android on August 20 across Southeast Asia, South Asia, MENA, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Developed by Gameloft and published by Tencent's Level Infinite, it turns the long-dormant crime series into a persistent online city built on co-op heists, territory control and PvP - with 6.6 million pre-registrations already banked.
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.
Farlight Games is bringing Digimon Adventure to AFK Journey on August 18. Tai and Agumon, Matt and Gabumon join as heroes with Digivolution-powered abilities, backed by an original story, a bonding system and a crossover store - timed to the 27th Digimon Day.
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.
Free Timed Research running August 12 to September 6 hands every Pokemon GO player a 15/15/15 Mewtwo with a special background and the third Mega Level for Mega Mewtwo Y already unlocked, plus a Master Ball for catching ten Pokemon. Times Square event attendees get a different variant.
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.