Launches, announcements, remasters and expansions: what is coming out, how it starts and what the first numbers say.
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At San Diego Comic-Con, Cory Barlog announced the release date for God of War Laufey and confirmed a follow-up Kratos game directly tied to its story. It is the first entry in the series where Kratos isn’t the playable character, and the title itself is already a real spoiler for anyone who knows Norse mythology.
EA Sports FC 27 launches September 25, 2026, in three editions ranging from $69.99 to well over $100. Here is what actually changed on the pitch, and what is really just another rung on the Ultimate Team monetization ladder.
Belgian studio Oddshot Games is launching Strikers Club, a free-forever physics football game built as a direct answer to what soured players on Rematch: price and live-service pressure. We look at what the game actually offers on launch day and whether it can hold onto players where the competition lost them.
A game about working for the world's worst airline picked up over 500,000 wishlists within hours of its reveal. Here is what Dear Passengers actually is, who is making it, and why it blew up right now.
After two and a half years in early access and a patent fight with Nintendo, Palworld hit 1.0 and climbed back to nearly 856,000 concurrent Steam players. Here is what the update changed, and why this number matters more than a simple comeback.
The remake of a thirteen-year-old game outsold most new, heavily marketed AAA titles in its first day. Here is what Ubisoft actually changed, and why going back to an old story turned into the studio's safest bet.
Esports Manager 2026 takes the Counter-Strike 2 scene seriously. We look at its licensing, roster psychology, and match day structure to see whether this can hold beyond launch curiosity.
Capcom’s Veronica reveal feels bigger than another legacy remake. It is a chance to restore one of Resident Evil’s most important story chapters to the center of the franchise conversation.
The online outrage over Yasuke and historical accuracy in AC Shadows gave Ubisoft a convenient distraction. The much stronger reading is that fear after Star Wars Outlaws, quality concerns, and business pressure pushed the delay.
Meccha Chameleon has passed seven million copies sold, proving its massive appeal. Beyond the viral clips sits a game with unique social design that keeps players hooked.
The Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve launch split critics and players. We counted 800 negative Steam reviews: two thirds mention crashes, performance or controls. Plus the Ace Combat Zero problem and a 150 GB install.
Mojang announced The Sift, Minecraft's first new dimension since 2011. It debuts in Dungeons II and reaches Java and Bedrock in 2027, with no date and no word on what exactly carries over to the main game.
Control Resonant launched September 24 with an 84/100 OpenCritic score. A day later, Remedy announced its support plan: New Game++ in October, photo mode in November, and additional Dylan cosmetics with no confirmed date yet.
Nintendo showed the first gameplay from the Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2: a jump button, free camera, full voice acting with Matthew Mercer as Ganondorf. We break down why a price leak sparked panic about a "1:1 remake" and what else the Zelda 40th anniversary has in store.
Valheim left Early Access on September 9 with 17 million copies sold and the final Deep North biome. A five-person team stuck to the roadmap it sketched out in 2021, all the way to the end, in a genre full of survival games that never reached a finish line.
Marvel's Wolverine launches September 15 amid a wave of viral clips mocking its Sentinel boss fight, racking up more than 180,000 likes. At the same time, journalists with preview access are praising the combat system and story. We break down what's real in those clips and what's just the algorithm.
Capcom released the first mainline Onimusha in twenty years, and the series picked up its first-ever perfect score from IGN. 94% of critics recommend it, but almost all of them flag the same issue: a twelve-hour core stretched to twenty-five hours by repeating the same boss fights.
CD Projekt Red announced a free Witcher 3 remaster at Gamescom, with full path tracing, mod support on consoles, and a native Switch 2 version. On top of that: a new Songs of the Past expansion and a surprising partnership with Blizzard on Battle.net.
The first session of The Duskbloods' closed test, FromSoftware's new game for Switch 2, collapsed under overloaded servers. We break down what players got to test in the sessions that followed, and why sign-ups outnumbered Elden Ring Nightreign.
GSC Game World released Cost of Hope, a paid story expansion for Heart of Chornobyl, alongside a free Update 2.0 that reworks the A-Life system. We break down what the expansion adds.
House House went quiet for six years after Untitled Goose Game. Big Walk, a co-op game about walking together for 2-12 players, hit number two on Steam's bestseller chart and pulled a 92/100 on Metacritic.
"An Extended Look" hits Netflix August 27 at 3 PM ET, six hours before it goes up on YouTube and the game’s own site. It’s the first partnership of its kind in Netflix’s history around a video game reveal.
A solo developer in Groningen shipped a Dutch zombie survival game today, and Steam answered with a "Negative" rating from 46 reviews. Some of the complaints - no save file, arcade combat - are things he described himself a week before launch.
On July 17, Bethesda announced a full slate of Fallout news: remasters of Fallout 3 and New Vegas, Fallout 5 in preproduction on Creation Engine 3, an Obsidian project, and a Fallout 76 expansion. The one thing missing: any release dates.
A month after release, Gothic 1 Remake has clearly nailed the atmosphere and hierarchy of the colony. What it did not do is remove all of the old friction that always divided the audience.
The new extraction shooter hit early access with strong financial numbers, despite server outages and DDoS attacks. We analyze whether the desert setting can keep players around.
The GTA 6 retail box debate is running ahead of confirmed details. Here is what we actually know today, why a disc-less scenario sounds plausible, and what it would mean for players.
Grand Theft Auto VI has received an official release date and pre-order start window. Here is our breakdown of the return to Vice City, Lucia and Jason’s story, and console performance details.
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