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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.
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.