Video Game News 1/22/2026

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#TheSandOfTimeRemake
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake and more cancelled by Ubisoft, with layoffs potentially on the horizon

Ubisoft details ‘major company reset’: 6 games canned, 7 delayed, and 2 studios closed

Ubisoft has cancelled 6 games, including the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake Team “Couldn’t Reach the Level of Quality You Deserve”

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake Cancelled as Ubisoft Undergoes Major Reset

Long-Awaited PS5 Remake Canceled, Other Possibly Delayed

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake Cancelled

Prince of Persia Remake and 5 Other Games Cancelled by Ubisoft

Ubisoft has cancelled 6 games, including the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake | VGC

Ubisoft Announces the Cancellation of the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake and Five Other Games as Part of Larger Company Restructure

Ubisoft Cancels Prince of Persia Sands of Time Remake, Gamers Are Furious

Ubisoft axes six games, including the Prince of Persia Sands of Time remake that felt like it was finally within reach

Ubisoft Cancels Prince of Persia Remake And Five Others, Delays Numerous Titles

Prince Of Persia Team Behind Cancelled Sands Of Time Remake Shares Final Message

Ubisoft has canceled 6 projects including Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake

Sands of Time's shock cancellation "does not mean we are stepping away from the franchise", says remake team

Ubisoft's troubled Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake is dead as publisher kills multiple projects, closes studios, and orders staff back to the office

Ubisoft Takes the Axe to Prince of Persia Remake

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake canceled amid wider Ubisoft shakeup

Prince of Persia: The Sand of Time Remake is cancelled as Ubisoft announces major internal restructuring and more layoffs and studio closures on the way

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake Canceled as Ubisoft Restructures

Ubisoft Cancels 6 Projects Including Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake, Closes 2 Studios and Confirms Further Layoffs in Major Company Restructure

Ubisoft Cancels Long-Delayed Prince Of Persia Remake

#ClairObscurExpedition33
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Beats Elden Ring for the Most Game of the Year Awards

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Now Has the Most Game of the Year Awards Ever

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 beats out Elden Ring's GOTY award count, and it still isn't finished

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads resist calls to "scale up," insist they "love making games more than managing"

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Beats Elden Ring and is Now the Most Awarded Game Ever

Painkiller's creator jokes that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's team of newbies has 'ruined' his worldview: 'I don't know what to believe anymore'

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sets World Record for Game of the Year Awards, Surpassing Elden Ring

#Switch2
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade review for Nintendo Switch 2

Final Fantasy VII Remake Feels Comfortable on Switch 2

Final Fantasy VII Remake Is Fantastic On Nintendo Switch 2, and It's a Great Entry For Those Who Haven't Played Yet

Digital Foundry Delivers Its Tech Review Of Final Fantasy VII Remake On Switch 2

Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade On Switch 2

NatetheHate says Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth will release on Xbox in 2026, perhaps Switch 2?

Digital Foundry examines Final Fantasy VII Remake on Nintendo Switch 2

How Final Fantasy 7 Remake on Switch 2 just fulfilled a three-decade prophecy

Final Fantasy 7 Remake is still excellent on Xbox and Switch 2, even if it's beginning to show its age

Review – Final Fantasy VII Remake (Switch 2)

#Tetris
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Mario Kart World gets a free update adding team races to its Knockout Tour mode

Tetris 99 updated to version 2.6.0, patch notes

Mario Kart World 1.5.0 update out now, patch notes – online Knockout Tour team races and more

Mario Kart World Gets Team Battles, But Gamers Want More Tracks and DLC

Mario Kart World Version 1.5.0 patch notes

Mario Kart World Has Been Updated To Version 1.5.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Mario Kart World updated to Version 1.5.0 (patch notes)

Free new Mario Kart World update adds team races to its Knockout Tour mode

#XboxSeriesXs
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Crimson Desert Has Gone Gold Nearly 2 Months Before Launch

Crimson Desert Has Officially Gone Gold

Crimson Desert Has Gone Gold, Confirming March Launch

Crimson Desert, the fantasy game that both impressed and annoyed me the most last year, has gone gold

Hotly-Anticipated Action RPG Crimson Desert Has Finally Gone Gold

#CrimsonDesert
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Crimson Desert Goes Gold, Ambitious PS5 Open Worlder Locks in March Release Date

Crimson Desert goes gold ahead of its March 19 release

Visually impressive open-world fantasy adventure Crimson Desert goes gold, locks in a March release date

Crimson Desert secures a March release date as the ambitious Frankenstein's monster of open world fantasy games goes gold

Crimson Desert Locks in March Release Date as Dev Acknowledges 'Strong Anticipation'

#SteamMarathon
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Marathon Steam pre-orders no longer automatically try to install Destiny 2, as Bungie fix Freudian slip/bug

Bungie fixes bizarre Marathon pre-order bug that could auto-install Destiny 2 onto your PC

Marathon pre-orders somehow caused Destiny 2 to begin installation on Steam

Marathon Pre-Order Bug Forced Players To Automatically Install Destiny 2

#InteractivePokémon
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Official: Pokémon is coming to Universal Studios

Pokemon officially coming to Universal Studios Japan

A 'World Class' Pokémon Attraction Is Coming To Universal Studios

"Interactive" Pokémon experience to debut at Universal Studios Japan

#VeteranNintendo
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Veteran Nintendo producer Kensuke Tanabe, known for Metroid and Paper Mario, reportedly confirms retirement

Kensuke Tanabe Reportedly Announces His Retirement From Nintendo

Nintendo Producer Kensuke Tanabe Has Seemingly Confirmed His Retirement

Kensuke Tanabe has announced his retirement from Nintendo

#IosAndAndroid
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Arknights: Endfield launches on iOS and Android with 135 free pulls and a truckload of content

Arknights: Endfield Review-In-Progress

Arknights Endfield banners - current and upcoming banner schedule

How to transmit power to the Protocol Resonance Tower in Arknights: Endfield

How to use Protocol Dataloggers in Arknights: Endfield

#Switch2AnimalCrossing
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My Nintendo adds Animal Crossing bandana

Zelda fan recreates NES-inspired Hyrule in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

This Week in Switch 2 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0.0 impressions & Devon Pritchard sighting

Opinion: A Big Life Change Means I'm Happy To Wait For A Brand New Animal Crossing

Animal Crossing New Horizon’s new update is a reminder that the game is at its best when you’re doing nothing at all

#Projekt
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Cyberpunk 2077 VR modder doesn't rule out releasing it for free after DMCA, claims there was "no negotiation" with CD Projekt

Cyberpunk 2077 VR creator says he's being "punished" by pirates after mod take down

Creator of DMCA'd Cyberpunk 2077 VR Mod Says People Are Now Pirating It to 'Punish' Him for Breaking CD Projekt's Terms of Service

#CViper
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Street Fighter 6 receives Year 3 character reveal trailer [update: Alex trailer]

The Dark Devil Alex Joins Street Fighter 6 In March 2026

Alex's Street Fighter 6 gameplay locks in nods to wrestling legend Kenny Omega

#Switch2
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Dixie Kong Joins Donkey Kong Country Returns HD on Switch 2

Surprise Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Update Adds Dixie Kong and More

Nintendo Is All Over The Place With Free Donkey Kong Country Returns Update

#TheSwitch2
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Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Demo Debuts Today

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Demo Out Now on PS5, and It's a Big One

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Scores A Switch 2 eShop Demo This Week

#WarTvShowToWork
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Amazon Adds Yet Another Cast Member to Its God of War TV Series

For the God of War TV Show To Work, It Needs a New Approach to Violence

Video Game God Of War Congratulates Live Action God Of War

#EpicGamesVfx
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Epic Games VFX head says Pirates of the Caribbean artists would have loved using UE: ‘And I should know, I was one of them’

‘Greatest slip backwards’: Pirates of the Caribbean director says Unreal Engine makes films look too much like games

As Amazon embraces Unreal Engine for Fallout, one legendary director says it's filmmaking's "greatest slip backwards"

Fortnite Maker Epic Games Hits Back at Pirates of the Caribbean Director Who Blamed Unreal Engine for Bad CGI in Modern Movies

#DevTalk
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Albion Online plans Xbox release, new events and features, and the arrival of dragons in spring and summer

Albion Online Releases Spring-Summer Roadmap, With Dragons, New Features, and Xbox Launch

Fantasy Sandbox MMORPG Albion Online Reveals Spring & Summer 2026 Roadmap

#Version201
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Pokemon Legends Z-A 2.0.1 update out now, patch notes

Pokemon Legends: Z-A Version 2.0.1 patch notes

ShackStream: Pokemon Legends Z-A On The Stevetendo Show! Episode 660

Pokemon Legends Z-A Version 2.0.1 now available (patch notes)

#Goofy
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Goofy name aside, action roguelite Lort looks like a neat fantasy alternative to Risk of Rain 2

Co-Op Fantasy Roguelite LORT Now Available

#Epic
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Pirates director Gore Verbinski is iffy on Unreal Engine in movies: "I think it doesn’t work from a strictly photo-real standpoint"

Epic responds to director Gore Verbinski's claims that Unreal Engine is making movie CGI worse: 'aesthetic and craft comes from artists, not software'

#MarchLifeIsStrangeReunion
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Life is Strange: Reunion, the time-fiddling finale of co-protagonists Max and Chloe's tale, arrives in March

Life is Strange Reunion Announced, Bringing Max and Chloe Back March 26

#Switch2Modder
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Modder creates the Ningtendo PXbox 5, a 3-in-1 console combining PS5, Xbox Series X and Switch 2

Introducing The Ningtendo PXbox 5, A 3-in-1 Console

#Megas
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Pokémon Go Tour: Kalos will see the debuts of Mega Malamar and Mega Victreebel

Mega Victreebel and Mega Malamar Coming to Pokémon GO Tour: Kalos

#AngryBirds2
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Angry Birds to make a bigger return to China thanks to initial success of Angry Birds 2 remake

Rovio Announces Kingsoft Shiyou Partnership to Launch Angry Birds Games in China