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Ghost of Yōtei is getting a Complete Edition on October 1, 2026, with a new story expansion, a survival mode, extra gear, additional cosmetics and other anniversary content. The full package will cost $69.99 and includes the base game, Ghost of Yōtei Legends, previously released Digital Deluxe content and the new expansion material. If you already own the base game, you can access the

Warner Bros. has officially confirmed that a second Hogwarts Legacy game is in development, marking the first formal acknowledgment of the sequel. The confirmation appeared in a new shareholder letter outlining the company’s wider games strategy. Warner Bros. said it expects its games business to contribute more meaningfully to profitability as its upcoming pipeline expands, specifically naming the second installment of Hogwarts Legacy. The

Amazon Game Studios is reducing its role in the MMO market by handing Western publishing and live operations for Throne and Liberty and Lost Ark back to their original developers. Throne and Liberty will transition to NC and FirstSpark Games in the fourth quarter of 2026, while Lost Ark will move to Smilegate in early 2027. The changes end Amazon’s direct operation of two

Dark Souls 3 is getting a major lighting overhaul through an upcoming path tracing mod that significantly changes how the game handles shadows, indirect lighting and environmental illumination. The project is being developed as a new version of the DS Lighting Engine, the same modding effort that previously brought path tracing to Dark Souls 2. A release date has not yet been announced, but

Pearl Abyss is planning a major expansion of Crimson Desert, with its first DLC scheduled for 2026 and a Nintendo Switch 2 version targeting the first half of 2027. The company also says Crimson Desert is intended to remain a long term flagship franchise, leaving the door open for additional content, more platform releases and possible sequels in the future. For now, the immediate

The Elder Scrolls VI has received a rare public update after Xbox CEO Asha Sharma visited Bethesda Game Studios and watched a live gameplay demonstration at the developer’s Rockville, Maryland office. Sharma described the game’s scale, story and overall presentation positively, while Bethesda later acknowledged the visit in its own response. Neither company revealed footage, a release date or new gameplay details. The exchange

Phantom Blade Zero preorders are now live, with the game available in Standard and Deluxe editions ahead of its October 29 launch on PC and PlayStation 5. Developer S GAME has also released a new 11 minute trailer featuring combat, new characters and additional story scenes. The studio confirmed that actor and martial artist Donnie Yen has worked on the project since 2023 as

Supermassive Games has begun another redundancy process that could affect up to 75 employees, marking the studio’s third round of layoffs in less than three years. The UK developer behind Until Dawn, The Quarry and The Dark Pictures Anthology said the latest cuts are intended to improve the long term sustainability of the company. The announcement comes less than three months after Directive 8020

Nintendo may be preparing to reveal the release date for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake after packaging designs for a limited edition Nintendo Switch 2 console and Pro Controller reportedly appeared online. The remake is still expected to launch in 2026, but Nintendo has not announced a specific date. The newly leaked hardware designs suggest the company could be getting closer

Remedy Entertainment has confirmed that Max Payne 1 and 2 Remake is still in full production, but the studio is not ready to share more about the project because Rockstar Games controls the publishing side. The clarification came alongside Remedy’s latest financial update. While the developer confirmed that work is continuing, it did not provide a release date, new footage or a more detailed

Star Wars Zero Company is shaping up as a turn based tactics game with clear similarities to XCOM, but its campaign structure adds several systems intended to make squad relationships, strategic choices and long term consequences matter. Set near the end of the Clone Wars, the game follows Hawks, a customizable former Republic officer leading a mercenary group known as Zero Company. Hawks can

Pokémon Pokopia has received its first major paid expansion with Bubbly Basin, alongside a free version 2.0 update that adds underwater exploration and several quality of life improvements. Bubbly Basin is the first of three planned content waves included in the $35 Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass. The new area centers on a large flooded region built around the ruins of Cerulean City, with new

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is now available on Nintendo Switch 2, and an early comparison suggests the handheld version holds up better than expected against more powerful hardware. The Switch 2 version uses lower visual settings and a lower internal resolution than the PlayStation 5 and Xbox versions, but NVIDIA DLSS helps reconstruct a sharper final image. In the comparison cited in

Bethesda is looking into bringing some of the optimizations developed for the Nintendo Switch 2 version of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered to other platforms, including Xbox Series X|S. The possibility follows renewed criticism of the game’s performance on Xbox, where players have continued to report problems more than a year after release. Bethesda has now acknowledged requests for another patch and says

Xbox has revealed two limited edition wireless controllers inspired by Gears of War: E Day, along with a matching 8BitDo charging dock. The main controller is priced at $89.99 in the US and £84.99 in the UK, with preorders opening now. A second version will be available through Xbox Design Lab from September 30 and will offer a different visual design with extra customization

Lord of the Rings: War in the North has returned on modern consoles with a new Legacy Edition, and early footage shows clear resolution and frame rate upgrades on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. The re release is based on the 2011 Xbox 360 game rather than being a full remaster. Even so, the modern version runs at higher resolutions and targets

Eight Xbox games are scheduled to disappear from sale across August and September 2026, although several of the removals come with important exceptions. Five smaller indie games were already removed without warning on August 6, while Warface: Clutch, Railbreak and the Xbox 360 version of Toy Story 3 have confirmed delisting dates ahead. In most cases, owners will continue to have access after removal,

Xbox has started telling some players that they no longer need to complete age verification, with Microsoft instead estimating that certain accounts belong to adults based on account history. The change appears to affect some regions where age checks had previously been introduced, including the UK. Players receiving the new message are being told that no further action is required, although mandatory verification still

Gears of War: E Day is shaping up as one of the more technically ambitious Unreal Engine 5 games on Xbox, with an early multiplayer beta showing strong visual quality across both Series X and Series S. The beta included three graphics modes on Xbox Series X: Performance at 60 FPS, Quality at 30 FPS, and Balanced at 40 FPS. Series S uses a

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy is expected to take around 20 hours to complete, making it the longest game in the series so far. The upcoming prequel is scheduled to launch on August 27, 2026, for Xbox Series X|S and will be available through Xbox Game Pass at release. It is also coming to PC and PS5. Publisher Focus Interactive has also confirmed approximate