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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.
RubberBandGames' physics sandbox arrives on phones August 20 as a premium $8.99 release, with 20-plus jobs, 90-plus vehicles, 500-plus customisation items and cross-platform mobile multiplayer. Curve Games is publishing.
Sucker Punch is bundling Ghost of Yōtei, Legends and two brand-new additions into a $69.99 Complete Edition on October 1, with a $14.99 upgrade for existing owners. Echoes of Sekigahara reaches into Atsu’s past at the 1600 battle, while Most Wanted is a roguelike bounty mode that finally makes Oyuki and Nagato playable. PS5 only, one day shy of the game’s first anniversary.
Xbox revealed the Gears of War: E-Day Limited Edition Wireless Controller on August 12 at $89.99, with pre-orders live now and shipping September 30. It uses 3D moulded, laser-etched asphalt grips with glowing red cracks and a translucent Crimson Omen. A separate Xbox Design Lab option with exclusive Luke Preece artwork opens the same day, alongside a licensed 8BitDo magnetic charging dock.
Double Dagger Studio announced a Little Kitty, Big City port for iOS and Android in late 2026, with pre-registration already open on both stores. The mobile version adds an exclusive AR photography mode that places the cat in your real room — resizable, posable and wearing any hat you have collected — plus a virtual gamepad that keeps the left and right paws on separate buttons. No price announced yet.
S-GAME opened Phantom Blade Zero pre-orders on PS5, Steam and Epic at $59.99 (Deluxe $69.99) alongside an eleven-minute gameplay trailer, and confirmed a dedicated 20-minute State of Play for August 17 built around builds and unseen characters. Launch is October 29 on PS5 and PC, 50 days later than the original September 9 date.
Version 7.0 "Everwinter Without Mercy" launched August 12, opening Teyvat's seventh nation across Morepesok, Snezhnograd and Glupov. Odette arrives as a 5-star Cryo sword user, Alyosha is a free 4-star Electro polearm from the Archon Quest, and two new Cryo reactions plus a third-person Shadow Realm shooter mode shake up team building on phones and PC alike.
The Until Dawn and Dark Pictures Anthology studio has begun a redundancy consultation covering up to 75 roles, following roughly 90 cuts in February 2024 and 35 in July 2025. Supermassive reported 172 staff at the end of 2025, and the cuts follow Directive 8020's soft launch and CEO Robert Henrysson's exit.
Expression Games and Team17 launch Hell Let Loose: Vietnam on August 13 across PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S with full crossplay for the first time in the series. Six maps, 17 roles and 50v50 battles add helicopters for the US, tunnel networks for the NVA and armed patrol boats for both sides.
Enhance and Resonair have brought LUMINES REMASTERED to iOS and Android, the first official mobile release for Tetsuya Mizuguchi's rhythm-puzzle classic 21 years after its PSP debut. All 40 stages and every mode are included, with touch controls built for the platform, gamepad support, no ads and no energy meter.
PlayStation has unveiled a Marvel's Wolverine hardware range designed around artwork by comics illustrator Jock: a $649.99 Battle Yellow PS5 Digital Edition bundle, an $84.99 DualSense, and $74.99 console covers in Battle Yellow and a PS5 Pro-only metallic Adamantium finish. Pre-orders open August 19, stock lands September 15.