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Square Enix's 30-million-player MMO finally lands on Switch 2, packing the full journey through Dawntrail, a free month of play for all, and no Nintendo Online required.

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Square Enix's 30-million-player MMO finally lands on Switch 2, packing the full journey through Dawntrail, a free month of play for all, and no Nintendo Online required.

NPC Studio's beloved '90s-inspired farm sim hits version 1.0 on Steam, adding 10-heart romances, weddings, children, two new Saturday Market vendors, and seven new languages.

Ben Reber's low-stakes fish-collecting idle game leaves Steam-only waters for a full mobile launch, published by Snapbreak, with real-time fish-raising and rare colour variants to hunt.

House House, the studio behind Untitled Goose Game, launches its cooperative online 'walker-talker' Big Walk today on PS5, Switch 2, and PC - and it's free on PS Plus from day one.

Konami's Master Collection Vol. 2 lands August 27 with Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots playable off the PS3 for the first time, plus Peace Walker and Ghost Babel.

KLab's officially licensed collection RPG JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit launches worldwide (excluding Japan) on August 13 for iOS and Android, with characters from Parts 1-6.

Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition hits Switch 2 on August 28 for $79.99, bundling the base game, Shadow of the Erdtree, two new starting classes, and Torrent customization.

Game Freak's biggest non-Pokemon project, Beast of Reincarnation, launches August 4 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S - day one on Game Pass. It's a "one-person, one-dog" action RPG starring the warrior Emma and her beast companion Koo, blending real-time combat with command-based partner abilities in a gorgeous, ruined world.

Star Wars Zero Company, an XCOM-style turn-based tactics game from ex-Firaxis developers at Bit Reactor, launches August 27 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Set in the twilight of the Clone Wars, it puts you in command of an elite mixed squad of clones, Jedi and mercenaries, with a bond system that rewards keeping a core team together.

Asobo Studio's Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy is a new prequel to A Plague Tale, launching August 27 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. It stars Sophia from Requiem on the mythic Minotaur's Island, swapping the series' grim European towns for sun-bleached ruins, ancient labyrinths and a curse tied to a mythical creature.

Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse, the cursed-hat Metroidvania-roguelite from Pocketpair Publishing and Frontside 180, is coming to Android, with pre-registration now open on Google Play. No firm mobile release date has been given yet, but the console-quality action-platformer - built around possessing enemies and four-player co-op - is one to watch on phones.
Zero Racers, an F-Zero spin-off Nintendo showed at E3 1996, and D-Hopper, an Intelligent Systems platformer that had an ESRB rating and a $34.95 price tag, were both finished and then shelved when the Virtual Boy collapsed. On August 4, 2026, they'll finally be playable for the first time ever through Virtual Boy: Nintendo Classics.