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The Blood of Dawnwalker Sold a Million Copies in Days - Now Rebel Wolves Is Hiring a Lead Writer for the Next One
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The Blood of Dawnwalker Sold a Million Copies in Days - Now Rebel Wolves Is Hiring a Lead Writer for the Next One

Four days after launching its debut RPG, Rebel Wolves posted a Lead Writer vacancy to help craft 'the next chapter of the Dawnwalker saga.' The listing wants six years' minimum experience and a writer who can review story pitches - a production-stage hire, not a placeholder. The Blood of Dawnwalker cleared a million copies within about 48 hours of its September 3 launch and topped Steam's global sellers for the week.

Dave the Diver Has Now Sold 10 Million Copies - and Mintrocket Says No Korean Single-Player Game Has Done That Before
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Dave the Diver Has Now Sold 10 Million Copies - and Mintrocket Says No Korean Single-Player Game Has Done That Before

MINTROCKET confirmed on September 9 that DAVE THE DIVER has passed 10 million units across every platform since its 2022 Early Access debut, calling it the first Korean-developed single-player packaged game to hit the mark. The In the Jungle expansion sold a million copies in two months, and the iOS and Android version arrives September 17 for $9.99 with no ads or IAP.

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Just Added Amigo for Free - and SEGA Says He's the Last Free Racer of Year One
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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Just Added Amigo for Free - and SEGA Says He's the Last Free Racer of Year One

SEGA pushed the Samba de Amigo Content Drop live on September 9, making the maraca-shaking Dreamcast mascot a free playable racer alongside a Classic skin, the Locomotive de Amigo machine and three Jukebox tracks. SEGA calls him the twelfth and final free character of Year One - with a six-pack Season Pass 2 headlined by Godzilla and Evangelion taking over this fall.

Street Fighter 6's Arjun Lands October 13 - and He Kicks His Own Fireballs at Angles
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Street Fighter 6's Arjun Lands October 13 - and He Kicks His Own Fireballs at Angles

Capcom has dated Year 4's second Street Fighter 6 fighter for October 13, 2026. Arjun is a fugitive Indian police officer whose 'Bare-knuckle Yoga' kit builds around held breath: redirectable kicked projectiles, a screen-length shoulder charge, delayed Air Geyser okizeme and a forward-walking super armour move.

Civilization VII Is Getting a Fourth Age for Free - and Its First Paid Expansion Goes to Space
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Civilization VII Is Getting a Fourth Age for Free - and Its First Paid Expansion Goes to Space

Firaxis used the franchise's 35th anniversary panel at PAX West to announce Arc of Tomorrow, a free 2027 update adding an Atomic Age that runs to the 2050s, plus Earthrise, a paid expansion threading space and environmental systems through every Age. Update 1.5.0 and the True Start Earth map land this month.

Persona 4 Revival Reveals Kanji's New Voice at PAX West - and Dubbed Him Live On Stage
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Persona 4 Revival Reveals Kanji's New Voice at PAX West - and Dubbed Him Live On Stage

Daman Mills is the third English Kanji Tatsumi, revealed with a live dub and a world-premiere character trailer at the ATLUS Presents panel - completing a total recast of the Investigation Team ahead of the February 18, 2027 launch.

Double Fine's Thank You Bus Driver Lets You Slap Rulebreaking Passengers - and It Was Built in a Matter of Weeks
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Double Fine's Thank You Bus Driver Lets You Slap Rulebreaking Passengers - and It Was Built in a Matter of Weeks

Double Fine Action Labs' first reveal is a monochrome bus-driving game where the rules change daily, the Thank-o-meter buys you time, and repeat offenders get ejected through the back door mid-route.

Frictional's Ontos Wires a Man's Mind Into 60 Live Rats - and Hands You the Probes
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Frictional's Ontos Wires a Man's Mind Into 60 Live Rats - and Hands You the Probes

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.

Frontier Signs Disney for a New Game - Fully Self-Funded, and Framed Entirely Around the Planet Coaster Playbook
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Frontier Signs Disney for a New Game - Fully Self-Funded, and Framed Entirely Around the Planet Coaster Playbook

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.

No Rest for the Wicked's 1.0 Launch Slips to March 2027 After Playtests Came Back Short
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No Rest for the Wicked's 1.0 Launch Slips to March 2027 After Playtests Came Back Short

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.

Stranded Deep 2 Trades Tropical Islands for a Desert River You Can Redirect - Steam Early Access in Early 2027
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Stranded Deep 2 Trades Tropical Islands for a Desert River You Can Redirect - Steam Early Access in Early 2027

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.

BUZZ or DIE is a death game where the weapon is a short-form video
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BUZZ or DIE is a death game where the weapon is a short-form video

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.

Stupid Never Dies shows off its Wyvern boss fight with director commentary
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Stupid Never Dies shows off its Wyvern boss fight with director commentary

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.

Stranger Than Heaven's 12-Minute Gamescom Demo Rebuilds RGG Combat Around Your Left and Right Sides - Across Kokura in 1915, Kure in 1929 and Osaka in 1943
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Stranger Than Heaven's 12-Minute Gamescom Demo Rebuilds RGG Combat Around Your Left and Right Sides - Across Kokura in 1915, Kure in 1929 and Osaka in 1943

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.

Alien Deathstorm's gamescom trailer sets spring 2027 - and confirms you're an engineer, not a marine
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Alien Deathstorm's gamescom trailer sets spring 2027 - and confirms you're an engineer, not a marine

Rebellion's first-person Alien shooter arrives spring 2027 on Xbox Series X|S, PC and PlayStation 5. The gamescom breakdown details the escalating mega-storm, four alien types that hunt in packs, 3D-printed weapon upgrades and objectives delivered as diagnostics rather than waypoints.

Owlcat Just Named Seven of Dark Heresy's Companions - a Catachan Jungle Fighter, a Kroot Huntress, an Aeldari Corsair and a Talking Servo-Ossuarium Get Their Voices
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Owlcat Just Named Seven of Dark Heresy's Companions - a Catachan Jungle Fighter, a Kroot Huntress, an Aeldari Corsair and a Talking Servo-Ossuarium Get Their Voices

The Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy Voice Over Reveal Trailer at gamescom 2026 puts names to the first wave of Owlcat's companion cast - and the roster quietly confirms you will be running an Inquisitorial cell with two xenos in it. Aaron Sinn, Jonathan Cox, Britaney Chanel, Stephen Spencer, Rhiannon Moushall, Chris Sharpes and Ian Russell take the first seven roles, with Owlcat saying more allies and notable names are still to come.

Scott Pilgrim EX Adds Kim, Knives and Stephen Stills Today, Plus a Free Four-Player Arcade Mode
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Scott Pilgrim EX Adds Kim, Knives and Stephen Stills Today, Plus a Free Four-Player Arcade Mode

Tribute Games has released Back in the Band, a $3.99 DLC adding Stephen Stills, Kim Pine and Knives Chau as playable fighters with three new assists. It ships alongside Coin-Op Chaos, a free update introducing a score-chasing Arcade Mode with four-player local and online co-op and cross-platform play.

The Wolf Among Us Remastered Lands 29 October With a Full Black-and-White Noir Mode
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The Wolf Among Us Remastered Lands 29 October With a Full Black-and-White Noir Mode

Telltale's fairy-tale detective story returns on 29 October 2026 across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Xbox One, Switch and PC. The headline addition is Noir Mode, which renders all five episodes in black and white, alongside over an hour of bonus material and confirmation that The Wolf Among Us 2 is still in development.

Path of Exile 2 Leaves Early Access on December 11 - the Final Two Acts, a Sword-Wielding Duelist and 100 Endgame Maps Arrive as the Game Goes Free-to-Play
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Path of Exile 2 Leaves Early Access on December 11 - the Final Two Acts, a Sword-Wielding Duelist and 100 Endgame Maps Arrive as the Game Goes Free-to-Play

Grinding Gear Games used Gamescom Opening Night Live to date Path of Exile 2's 1.0 Full Release for December 11, 2026 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. It brings the final two campaign Acts to complete the six-act story, the sword-wielding Duelist class with a set of new sword skills, and a new endgame built around 100 maps - and the game drops its paid Early Access gate to go fully free-to-play.

Netmarble Is Bringing Its Number-One Korean Vampire MMO West - VAMPIR Opens Global Pre-Registration on Phones and PC After a Year and 40 Million Dollars in Asia
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Netmarble Is Bringing Its Number-One Korean Vampire MMO West - VAMPIR Opens Global Pre-Registration on Phones and PC After a Year and 40 Million Dollars in Asia

Netmarble has opened global pre-registration for VAMPIR, the cross-platform vampire MMORPG that topped both Korean app store grossing charts and made 40 million dollars in its first month after launching there exactly a year ago. It runs on iOS, Android and PC with shared progression, is rated Mature 17+, and ships a class roster led by the gunslinging Carnage and the hit-and-run Grim Reaper. No global launch date yet.

Aniimo Lands September 16 on Console and PC - and a Week Later on Phones, Where You Play as the Creature Instead of Commanding It
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Aniimo Lands September 16 on Console and PC - and a Week Later on Phones, Where You Play as the Creature Instead of Commanding It

Pawprint Studio confirmed at Gamescom 2026 that free-to-play open-world creature collector Aniimo launches September 16, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, with iOS and Android following on September 23. Its Twining mechanic hands you direct control of your creature for combat, traversal and puzzles. Cross-platform progression is shared, so mobile players join a world that has been live for a week.

Persona 4 Revival's Story Trailer Puts Inaba Back on Screen - Fully Voiced Social Links, Baton Pass, and a New Send Flying Move That Bounces Ailments Between Shadows
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Persona 4 Revival's Story Trailer Puts Inaba Back on Screen - Fully Voiced Social Links, Baton Pass, and a New Send Flying Move That Bounces Ailments Between Shadows

ATLUS released the official story trailer for Persona 4 Revival during the Xbox @ Gamescom broadcast. The P-Studio remake adds full voice acting to every event including Social Links, brings back Baton Pass, and introduces Send Flying, Prime Time and the cinematic Series Finale. Ryota Kozuka has rearranged Shoji Meguro's score. It launches February 18, 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

Xbox Will Turn Your Game Discs Into Digital Copies - Insert the Disc Once, Keep the Entitlement, and the Disc Still Works
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Xbox Will Turn Your Game Discs Into Digital Copies - Insert the Disc Once, Keep the Entitlement, and the Disc Still Works

Xbox announced a disc-to-digital programme at Gamescom 2026. Inserting a supported Xbox One or Xbox Series X disc and launching the game attaches a digital entitlement to your Microsoft account, unlocking Play Anywhere and Cloud Gaming where applicable - and the disc keeps working. Thousands of titles are supported at launch; original Xbox and Xbox 360 discs are not. Xbox Insiders start testing August 31, 2026.

Fable Finally Showed Its Combat - an 18-Minute Gamescom Quest With a Two-Handed Hammer, Seven Spells and a Chicken Curse That Works on Skeletons
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Fable Finally Showed Its Combat - an 18-Minute Gamescom Quest With a Two-Handed Hammer, Seven Spells and a Chicken Curse That Works on Skeletons

Playground Games released an 18-minute narrated walkthrough of a full Fable quest at Gamescom 2026. The Mud and Death mission sends the Hero into a haunted mine with Heroes' Guild leader Humphry and demonstrates all three combat pillars - the two-handed Bower Hammer, seven spells including the chicken-transforming Befowl, and a bow-and-crossbow ranged layer with weak-point targeting. Fable still launches February 23, 2027 on Xbox Series X|S and PC.

The Witcher 3 Is Getting a Full Remaster on September 29 - and It's Free if You Already Own It - CD Projekt Red and Yigsoft Rebuild Combat, Traversal, Signs and the Skill Tree, Add Transmogrification, and Put Geralt on Switch 2
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The Witcher 3 Is Getting a Full Remaster on September 29 - and It's Free if You Already Own It - CD Projekt Red and Yigsoft Rebuild Combat, Traversal, Signs and the Skill Tree, Add Transmogrification, and Put Geralt on Switch 2

CD Projekt Red announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered at Gamescom Opening Night Live for September 29, 2026 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2, co-developed with Hungarian studio Yigsoft. Existing owners upgrade free and get Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine at no cost. The Songs of the Past expansion follows in 2027 with a new region, Letten, and a chain weapon for Geralt.

Onimusha: Way of the Sword Is Nine Days Out and Capcom Just Made the Demo Bigger - a New Oni Refuge Area, the Daidara Boss Fight, and a Charm That Carries Into the Full Game
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Onimusha: Way of the Sword Is Nine Days Out and Capcom Just Made the Demo Bigger - a New Oni Refuge Area, the Daidara Boss Fight, and a Charm That Carries Into the Full Game

Capcom expanded the free Onimusha: Way of the Sword demo at Gamescom, adding the Oni Refuge area and a boss fight against Daidara, plus a Switch 2 version. Saving demo progress unlocks the Kubi Akari Charm and stat boosts in the full game, which launches September 4 after Capcom moved the date up three weeks in July.

Mega Man: Dual Override Finally Showed Gameplay - Proto Man Is Playable, Custom Chips Rewire Your Loadout, and the First New Robot Master Is Called Twinkle Girl
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Mega Man: Dual Override Finally Showed Gameplay - Proto Man Is Playable, Custom Chips Rewire Your Loadout, and the First New Robot Master Is Called Twinkle Girl

Capcom gave the twelfth mainline classic Mega Man its first gameplay trailer at Gamescom Opening Night Live. Proto Man joins as a playable companion, Custom Chips and a limited-time Override system take over from the Double Gear, and the game is still dated 2027 across Switch 2, Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC.

Tencent's 400-Creature Collector Is Finally Coming West - Roco Kingdom Goes Global on Phones, PC and Console, With a Closed Beta on October 27
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Tencent's 400-Creature Collector Is Finally Coming West - Roco Kingdom Goes Global on Phones, PC and Console, With a Closed Beta on October 27

Morefun and Tencent announced a global version of open-world creature collector Roco Kingdom at Gamescom Opening Night Live. The Quack Quack Test closed beta starts October 27 on PC and phones, with 400-plus unique Jinies, a Magic Academy structure, co-riding and level-equalised turn-based PvP. There is no global release date yet.

CD Projekt Red Says The Witcher 4 Is Targeting 2028 - and It Won't Be at Gamescom This Week - Joint-CEO Michał Nowakowski Names a Year for the First Time, Confirms 500-Plus Developers on the Project, and Points Fans Toward The Witcher 3's Songs of the Past Expansion in 2027 Instead
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CD Projekt Red Says The Witcher 4 Is Targeting 2028 - and It Won't Be at Gamescom This Week - Joint-CEO Michał Nowakowski Names a Year for the First Time, Confirms 500-Plus Developers on the Project, and Points Fans Toward The Witcher 3's Songs of the Past Expansion in 2027 Instead

CD Projekt Red joint-CEO Michał Nowakowski says The Witcher 4 is targeting a 2028 release, with more than 500 developers on the project and no Gamescom 2026 showing. The studio's nearest Witcher release is now The Witcher 3's Songs of the Past expansion in 2027.

Terranigma Is Finally Getting a Modern Re-Release - Quintet's 1995 Action RPG Hits PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2 and PC in Early 2027 - Clear River Games Brings the Cult Super Famicom Classic to Six Platforms With New Kamui Fujiwara Art, a Physical Edition, and the First Official North American Release in the Game's History
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Terranigma Is Finally Getting a Modern Re-Release - Quintet's 1995 Action RPG Hits PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2 and PC in Early 2027 - Clear River Games Brings the Cult Super Famicom Classic to Six Platforms With New Kamui Fujiwara Art, a Physical Edition, and the First Official North American Release in the Game's History

Announced during the debut Pixel Arcadia showcase, Quintet's 1995 action RPG Terranigma is being re-released on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Switch and PC in early 2027 - its first re-release ever, and its first official North American release, with new art from original designer Kamui Fujiwara.

Commodore's Comeback Release Is the Alien Breed 35th Anniversary Collection - Six Amiga Classics Land September 24 - Antstream and Team17 Bundle Every Game From the Series' First Era With Twin-Stick Controls, Save States, Online Co-Op, a New Horde Mode and an In-Universe Interactive Archive
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Commodore's Comeback Release Is the Alien Breed 35th Anniversary Collection - Six Amiga Classics Land September 24 - Antstream and Team17 Bundle Every Game From the Series' First Era With Twin-Stick Controls, Save States, Online Co-Op, a New Horde Mode and an In-Universe Interactive Archive

Publisher Commodore and developer Antstream, working with Team17, are releasing the Alien Breed 35th Anniversary Collection on September 24 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, with Switch later this year. It bundles all six games from 1991 to 1996 with modern controls, save states, online co-op and a new Horde Mode.

Ultrapool Puts a Balatro-Style Roguelike on a Pool Table - and It's Out Now on iOS and Android - Icedrop Games' Ten-Round Run-Builder Lets You Buy, Upgrade and Blend Balls With Ghost, Bomb and Chicken Effects at an In-Game Cocktail Bar, Launching on Phones the Same Day as Steam
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Ultrapool Puts a Balatro-Style Roguelike on a Pool Table - and It's Out Now on iOS and Android - Icedrop Games' Ten-Round Run-Builder Lets You Buy, Upgrade and Blend Balls With Ghost, Bomb and Chicken Effects at an In-Game Cocktail Bar, Launching on Phones the Same Day as Steam

Ultrapool, a roguelike about playing pool with wacky trick balls, launched August 24 on iOS, Android and Steam simultaneously. Developer Icedrop Games describes it as a pool version of Balatro crossed with Super Auto Pets, built around ten escalating rounds and a bar that blends any two balls into something new.

Torchlight: Infinite's The Unbound auto-casts your main skill while you run - but one death ends the whole thing
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Torchlight: Infinite's The Unbound auto-casts your main skill while you run - but one death ends the whole thing

Torchlight: Infinite's new hardcore server auto-fires your main skill while you move and lifts the cap on Destiny Installs entirely - but one death ends the run. Here's what Move to Cast, Unshackled Destiny and the five free Compasses actually change.

ARC Raiders is switching Expeditions off until 2027 - the fifth run starts September 8 and it's the last one
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ARC Raiders is switching Expeditions off until 2027 - the fifth run starts September 8 and it's the last one

ARC Raiders' fifth Expedition runs September 8 to 29, and then Embark is switching the entire system off until early 2027 for a rebuild. Here's what the final run gives you, what happens to unfinished Caravans, and why the opt-in quest reset hints at what's being changed.

Modern Warfare 4's beta is already being rewritten: quieter footsteps, a fourth map, and map voting switched on
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Modern Warfare 4's beta is already being rewritten: quieter footsteps, a fourth map, and map voting switched on

One day into Early Access, Infinity Ward cut enemy footstep range and volume, added the Cachette map and the cash-grabbing Inflation mode, brightened Transit 213 and nerfed the ISO Nightshade, Oris 8.6 and Frangible Rounds. The free open beta runs August 28 to September 1 and includes a playable campaign mission - a Call of Duty beta first.

Vampire Survivors' Legacy of the Bloodmoon hits August 28 with 10 characters, 16-plus weapons and an XL manor
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Vampire Survivors' Legacy of the Bloodmoon hits August 28 with 10 characters, 16-plus weapons and an XL manor

poncle's next Vampire Survivors expansion arrives August 28 with 10 new characters led by Clan Bloodmoon, 16 or more weapons including Scarlet Needle and Blacken Firmament, the XL Red Moon Manor stage and eight music tracks. The original Legacy of the Moonspell DLC gets extra content and a permanent price cut at the same time.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin finally completes its roster - Ban lands August 26 in version 2.0
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The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin finally completes its roster - Ban lands August 26 in version 2.0

Version 2.0, the Half Anniversary update, arrives August 26 with Ban as an SSR who splits across a physical-DPS nunchaku, an Earth greatsword Berserker form and a Darkness support gauntlet kit. It also brings Act 16, the Ravens Map, Labyrinth Challenge Mode, Timespace Junction Season 2, Transcendence Equipment Growth and the game's first community-voted rerun banners.

Double Fine got all of its games back from Xbox - and it's putting the next one to a public vote
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Double Fine got all of its games back from Xbox - and it's putting the next one to a public vote

Tim Schafer confirms Double Fine kept every IP and publishing right after July's Xbox split, covering Psychonauts 2, Kiln, Keeper and the older catalogue. Amnesia Fortnight returns August 31 as a Kickstarter-backed live game jam where backers vote on four prototypes - and on which one becomes a real game.

Arknights: Endfield dates version 1.5 Dreamscape of Wind and Snow for September 2, with Typhoeus and a free Operator to follow
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Arknights: Endfield dates version 1.5 Dreamscape of Wind and Snow for September 2, with Typhoeus and a free Operator to follow

Version 1.5 launches September 2 on iOS, Android and PC, headlined by Nature Striker Typhoeus and the supernatural Snowy Forest. The Suiming puzzle-city map and free Operator Purrchena follow on September 24.

The Blood of Dawnwalker's console footage trailer confirms the bad news: 30fps Quality, 40fps Balanced, no 60fps mode at launch
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The Blood of Dawnwalker's console footage trailer confirms the bad news: 30fps Quality, 40fps Balanced, no 60fps mode at launch

Rebel Wolves and Bandai Namco released five minutes of PS5, PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X capture, and confirmed the September 3 launch ships with only Quality (dynamic 4K/30fps) and Balanced (dynamic 4K/40fps) modes.

Borderlands 4's biggest content day yet: FL4K story pack, Bounty Pack 5, a new Vault Hunter and a level cap raise all land September 10
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Borderlands 4's biggest content day yet: FL4K story pack, Bounty Pack 5, a new Vault Hunter and a level cap raise all land September 10

Story Pack 2: FL4K and the Last Resort arrives September 10 alongside Bounty Pack 5: Amara and the Vile Shadows, new Vault Hunter Loveless the Hacker, and the free 1.10 update raising the level cap by ten.

Code Vein II's First Expansion Lands September 9 - and Mask of Idris Locks You Out Until You Finish the Game
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Code Vein II's First Expansion Lands September 9 - and Mask of Idris Locks You Out Until You Finish the Game

Mask of Idris arrives September 9 alongside a free version 2.0 update. The expansion is post-game content gated behind the Luna Fraterna ending and Valentin's request - while 2.0 finally lets everyone explore the finished world alongside their partners.

Riot Is Ending 2XKO's Development in December - Lux and Samira Still Ship, and Everyone Gets Refunded
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Riot Is Ending 2XKO's Development in December - Lux and Samira Still Ship, and Everyone Gets Refunded

Riot will stop active development on 2XKO in December 2026, less than a year after launch. Lux still arrives September 8 and Samira in October, every champion is now unlocked, KO Points purchases are refunded in full, and the servers stay online beyond 2026.

Minecraft Dungeons II Shows Off the Sift - Four-Player Co-Op Through a Rift, Out September 29
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Minecraft Dungeons II Shows Off the Sift - Four-Player Co-Op Through a Rift, Out September 29

Mojang's Official Gameplay Trailer finally shows Minecraft Dungeons II in motion: a party of four stepping through a rift into a new dimension called the Sift. Armour splits into four independent slots, the Twisted Warden is waiting, and the whole thing lands on Game Pass on September 29.

Black Myth: Zhong Kui Finally Shows 15 Minutes of Gameplay - Parries, Permanent Summons and a Human Hero
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Black Myth: Zhong Kui Finally Shows 15 Minutes of Gameplay - Parries, Permanent Summons and a Human Hero

Game Science released the first gameplay for Black Myth: Zhong Kui: 15 minutes of work-in-progress footage showing a default parry, a charge meter instead of cooldowns, elemental imbuing stolen from boss attacks, and summons that stay for the whole fight. Still no release date or store page.

Silent Hill: Townfall Just Showed 19 Minutes of Itself - a Handheld TV, a Revolver, and a Scottish Town in 1996
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Silent Hill: Townfall Just Showed 19 Minutes of Itself - a Handheld TV, a Revolver, and a Scottish Town in 1996

Konami and Annapurna released a 19-minute Silent Hill: Townfall gameplay trailer showing Simon Ordell exploring St. Amelia with a portable analogue TV that finds signals, sees threats through walls and feeds the puzzles. It launches September 24 on PS5 and PC.

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter's Demo Is Out Now - and Your Save Carries Straight Into the Full Game
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Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter's Demo Is Out Now - and Your Save Carries Straight Into the Full Game

Falcom and GungHo have released a free Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter demo on PS5, Switch and Steam, covering the prologue through the start of Chapter I. Saves transfer to the full game, which arrives September 17 - and the full edition and pricing structure is now public.

Subnautica 2's Buddy System Update Adds Proximity Voice Chat, Player Revives and Trading
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Subnautica 2's Buddy System Update Adds Proximity Voice Chat, Player Revives and Trading

Unknown Worlds' Early Access update 1.2 is all about co-op: cross-platform proximity voice chat that degrades into radio static with distance, teammate revives that preserve your loadout, player trading, tracking tags, emotes and two new avatars.

NTE's Version 1.3 Is Live - Rising From the Moonlit Fog Adds Zankou, a New Coastline and 600 Free Annulith
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NTE's Version 1.3 Is Live - Rising From the Moonlit Fog Adds Zankou, a New Coastline and 600 Free Annulith

Neverness to Everness Version 1.3 went live August 19 with the Duskmoor coastal region, the Fogden Game story chapter, S-Class newcomers Zankou and Linko across two banner phases, a summer event slate, and 600 Annulith in free compensation.

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis Is Adding Skill Trees, Crafting and a Bullet-Time Meter to the 1996 Remake
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Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis Is Adding Skill Trees, Crafting and a Bullet-Time Meter to the 1996 Remake

Crystal Dynamics' sixth Legacy of Atlantis mini-documentary detailed the Focus meter, artefact-driven skill trees and herb crafting. The developers say the survival systems are entirely optional. The remake is dated February 12, 2027.

Nioh 3's First Expansion Is Out Today - Hell Rising Drops Takechiyo Into a Burning Edo With a Spear-and-Shield Loadout
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Nioh 3's First Expansion Is Out Today - Hell Rising Drops Takechiyo Into a Burning Edo With a Spear-and-Shield Loadout

Hell Rising DLC Vol. 1 launched August 19 for PS5 and Steam at $19.99, adding a new open field set in Keian-era Edo, the hoko and shield weapon type, the Hundred Demon Realms Picture Scrolls, and a third-playthrough difficulty that randomly curses enemies.

Reverse: 1999 Version 3.7 Celebrates Three Years With A Free 6-Star Coppelia And 67 Summons
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Reverse: 1999 Version 3.7 Celebrates Three Years With A Free 6-Star Coppelia And 67 Summons

Bluepoch's third-anniversary update, On Another's Sorrow, is live with a free 6-star Coppelia via login, a selectable 6-star Artifice, 25 Unilogs and 67 free summons. Rhiannon headlines phase one through September 3, Ms. Stranger follows to September 17, and Nautika and Regulus both get Euphoria upgrades.

Phantom Blade Zero's State of Play Deep Dive: 30+ Weapons, 25 Phantom Edges, And A Penalty-Free Reforge System
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Phantom Blade Zero's State of Play Deep Dive: 30+ Weapons, 25 Phantom Edges, And A Penalty-Free Reforge System

S-GAME's dedicated State of Play delivered around 20 minutes of Phantom Blade Zero gameplay: over 30 main weapons plus 25 Phantom Edges, an arsenal you expand by defeating the enemies who wield it, a Reforge system with no material penalty, three difficulty tiers including AI-driven Hellwalker, and Donnie Yen performing Mo Yuan via motion capture.

Shuhei Yoshida Told Sandfall Not To Call Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 A Turn-Based RPG
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Shuhei Yoshida Told Sandfall Not To Call Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 A Turn-Based RPG

Two years before launch, Shuhei Yoshida played an early Expedition 33 demo as a Kepler Interactive advisor and loved it - then advised Sandfall to avoid the turn-based RPG label entirely, warning it alone might make players overlook the game. The workaround worked so well the stigma it dodged is now largely gone.

Deus Ex Creator Warren Spector Is Retiring From Game Development: Not As Much Fun For Me Anymore
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Deus Ex Creator Warren Spector Is Retiring From Game Development: Not As Much Fun For Me Anymore

Warren Spector says he is retiring after 44 years, 17 games and roughly nine add-on packs, from Ultima Underworld and Thief to Deus Ex, Epic Mickey and this year's Thick As Thieves. He cites age, health and an industry that has stopped being enjoyable - and admits there are still three games he would like to have made.

Battlefield 6 Is Free for a Week Starting August 18 - and the Top Gun Crossover Brings Back the F-14, Wake Island and Miles Teller
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Battlefield 6 Is Free for a Week Starting August 18 - and the Top Gun Crossover Brings Back the F-14, Wake Island and Miles Teller

Season 4's Top Gun: Carrier Strike adds a naval-air-ground mode built around sinking the enemy carrier, the F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18, and three film characters voiced by their original actors. A free trial runs August 18-25 and your unlocks carry over.

The Sinking City 2 Arrives Tomorrow at $49.99 - Frogwares Threw Out the Detective Sim and Made a Survival Horror Game Instead
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The Sinking City 2 Arrives Tomorrow at $49.99 - Frogwares Threw Out the Detective Sim and Made a Survival Horror Game Instead

Out August 18 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with Premium advance access opening today. A flooded 1920s Arkham, scarce ammo, Deep Ones, and detective work demoted to an optional layer that unlocks upgrades instead of gating the story.

Age of Empires III's Cancelled Expansion Came Back From the Dead - The Baltic Powers Lands September 10 for $19.99
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Age of Empires III's Cancelled Expansion Came Back From the Dead - The Baltic Powers Lands September 10 for $19.99

Announced in 2024, delayed, then formally cancelled in January 2025, The Baltic Powers now has a release date. Forgotten Empires and World's Edge are shipping the full package: the Danes, the Poles, 25+ maps, Regicide and Independence modes, and Winged Hussars.

Halo: Campaign Evolved Is Finally Letting You Turn Off Film Grain - but the Patch Will Wipe Your Mid-Mission Saves
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Halo: Campaign Evolved Is Finally Letting You Turn Off Film Grain - but the Patch Will Wipe Your Mid-Mission Saves

Halo Studios has detailed Campaign Evolved's first major update, arriving next week on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. It adds toggles for film grain and chromatic aberration, fixes the Sgt. Johnson bug that hard-blocked progress in the prequel missions, and repairs Jackal staggering and Magnified Skull weapon fire. Installing it invalidates mid-mission saves.

TCG Card Shop Simulator Leaves Early Access on September 15 - and You'll Finally Be Able to Play Tetramon
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TCG Card Shop Simulator Leaves Early Access on September 15 - and You'll Finally Be Able to Play Tetramon

OPNeon Games has dated TCG Card Shop Simulator's 1.0 release for September 15, launching the same day on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Xbox One, Switch and PC. The full version makes the Tetramon TCG playable for the first time, two years after the solo-developed shop sim entered Early Access and 3.5 million sales later.