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Sony launched Live TV on PS5 in the United States today - a free, ad-supported streaming app in the console's Media tab carrying more than 100 live channels and on-demand content from Amazon MGM Studios, Crunchyroll, FOX, NBCUniversal, the NFL Channel and UFC. No subscription or PlayStation Plus membership is needed, and Canada is next.
North Beach Games revealed Stranded Deep 2 with a debut trailer and six screenshots. Built at the new North Beach Games Prague studio under original co-creator Sam Edwards, it swaps the island chain for a desert wilderness built around an endless river, adds a floating base you can move, deformable terrain and a simulated food chain.
Sony will air a State of Play on Thursday, September 3 at 6:00 a.m. PT, closing with an extended look at Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII Revelation, then follow it immediately with a separate State of Play Japan hosted by Yuki Kaji.
Four new Pokemon were revealed at the 2026 World Championships: Morpeko on 4 September as a Speedster with Full Belly and Hangry modes, Toxtricity on 24 September as a status-focused Attacker, then Jolteon and Flareon in October to complete every Eeveelution. It lands the same weekend UNITE was dropped from Worlds 2027.
Kodansha and developer Bon have announced BUZZ or DIE for PC, a point-and-click death game in which condemned prisoners dive into each other's mindscapes, turn the secrets they find into short videos, and compete for audience Likes. The winner gets a pardon; the loser becomes a slave android model.
GPTRACK50 has released a three-minute Wyvern boss battle video with director commentary for its blazing-fast-growth action RPG. Wyverns are KOM's recon vanguard that keep forgetting the assignment and attacking from the air instead. Stupid Never Dies launches 21 October 2026 on PS5 and Steam.
The Pokemon Company confirmed at the close of the 2026 event in San Francisco that Worlds 2027 runs 13-15 August at Singapore Expo, with Championship Sunday at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Pokemon UNITE has been dropped from the line-up in favour of a standalone event in Japan. Here is the full 2026 champions list.
Version 3.2 Their Secret Histories adds the Armorer Specialty with brand-new Maim and multi-CRIT mechanics, S-Rank Agents Claret and Roxy, a story push into Vyrium, free Angels of Delusion outfits, and the FLINTWORKS redemption code.
SEGA released the full gamescom demo playthrough, and it is the first proper look at a combat system that maps striking and guarding to the shoulder buttons, replaces health bars with circles, and runs a boss fight for nearly three unbroken minutes.
Insomniac's Game Features trailer and PlayStation Blog breakdown put names on the systems three weeks out: a three-tiered Rage pool, dozens of Adaptations, four simultaneously equipped Special Techniques, Nightmare Doors, and suits that unlock new claw types.
The mobile card game's 21st expansion, B4a, launched August 26 with 110 cards, 38 of them secret rares. Team Rocket's Articuno ex, Zapdos ex and Moltres ex headline, backed by six new Trainer cards and a month of events including the Great Puzzle Challenge running to September 30.
Raw Fury and Bytten's creature-collector sequel arrives March 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC, with Switch 2 to follow. The gamescom trailer named seven cast members - including Baldur's Gate 3's Neil Newbon and Samantha Beart - and detailed online co-op and adaptive rogue beasts.