The latest stories from the gaming world
DevilishGames released Cloudgazer: A Game About Watching Clouds today on the App Store, Google Play and Steam for $2.99 - a paid, timer-free sky simulator whose only mechanic is pareidolia. Dynamic clouds, a full day-night cycle and hundreds of hidden shapes, with no energy meters and nothing that expires while you are away.
Frictional Games' extended gameplay look at Ontos shows its centrepiece experiment: sixty rats strapped into a server rack simulating a man's consciousness, with you moving the probes. Set in a repurposed lunar hotel called Samsara, the SOMA spiritual successor leans on exploration, research and replayable experiments over action. Due 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
Dragami Games will make the untitled new Lollipop Chainsaw game playable for the first time at Tokyo Game Show 2026, September 17-21 at Makuhari Messe - on the Sega / Atlus booth, with Sega signed as distribution partner for Japan and Southeast Asia. A fifty-minute main-stage slot on September 19 with a PV attached is where the title and platforms should finally land.
Frontier Developments told the London market on September 3 that it has signed an agreement with Disney for a new game drawing on Disney's IP portfolio - funded entirely by Frontier and pitched squarely at the Creative Management Simulation genre behind Planet Coaster, Planet Zoo and Jurassic World Evolution. No title, no platforms, and a fourth unannounced Planet game confirmed in the same filing.
From the Twilight Trails season on September 8, Mega-Evolved Pokemon can enter GO Battle League with a temporary in-battle CP reduction. Separately, any Pokemon that can reach Super Max Level gains an extra Charged Attack while Mega Evolved, with Mega Mewtwo X and Y picking up Adventure Effects.
IllFonic's design director walks through the map's grain mill, silos, farmland, and two deep-cut film landmarks - the Rabbit in Red Lounge and Phelps Garage - a week before the 1v4 asymmetrical horror game launches September 8 on PS5 and Steam.
Creative director Thomas Mahler says the action RPG is not quite there yet, pushing the Early Access exit from October 2026 to March 2027 to polish performance and the class system. A final closed beta runs in December, and the Founder's Pack cut-off moves to January 1, 2027.
Capcom's four-minute walkthrough breaks down Dark Arisen's core loop: prepare at the Norgandian Settlement, raid frozen Norgan for relics, and let Jiera appraise them into new abilities. Fimbl the ice dragon holds the best ones. A free base-game update adds framerate fixes, extra save slots, and more weapon skill slots.
Capcom's Tokyo Game Show 2026 partner exhibitions include the first public play of a new Monster Hunter Outlanders field, Kuchihate no Fuchi, traversed with gliders and ziplines and stocked with a Radiant Radobaan and an Azure Rathalos. It follows the gamescom reveal of original Elder Dragon Ruger Aidal and the opening of pre-registration.
Konami Press Start airs September 3 at 8:00 a.m. PT for roughly 30 minutes, carrying news and new gameplay for SILENT HILL: Townfall, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Rev. NOiR, Project Zircon and eFootball Kick-Off! - plus developer video messages. Konami has stated in advance that no Silent Hill remake will be discussed.
Capcom Spotlight: Tokyo Game Show 2026 airs September 16 for roughly 40 minutes and covers four titles. On the floor from September 17 to 21, Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance is playable worldwide for the first time - complete with the new Airborne Ruins field and a quest against an Elder Dragon Capcom still has not named.
Supercell's September 2026 Clash of Clans season is WWE: Search for Cena, a second WWE crossover fronted by John Cena himself. The Gold Pass reward is a Jey Uso Minion Prince skin with a microphone-headed wand, and a Clash-styled Money in the Bank briefcase anchors the season's reward track.