Video Game News 8/20/2026

Video Game News 8/20/2026

Video Game News 8/19/2026

Video Game News 8/18/2026

#HorizonHuntersGathering
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Sony are rebooting their live service Horizon game as a more traditional co-op affair, claim sources, with a proper Horizon Forbidden West sequel still years away

PlayStation co-op spin-off Horizon Hunters Gathering is reportedly being overhauled after poor testing feedback

Horizon Hunters Gathering Is Not Fun So PlayStation Plans To Reboot It

PlayStation Scaling Back Horizon Live Service PS5 Game as Sony Failures Continue

Sony's Is Reportedly Reworking Horizon Hunters Gathering By Removing Its Live Service Component

Horizon Hunters Gathering Being Rebooted, Live-Service Elements Removed, And Horizon 3 Is Years Away

Horizon Hunters Gathering is reportedly no longer a live service game following negative feedback

Report: Live-service removed from Horizon Hunters Gathering following negative player feedback

Report: PlayStation scales back live service ambitions for Horizon Hunters Gathering, reassigns devs

Horizon Hunter Gathering Rumored To Be Reworked After Negative Feedback

Sony reportedly reverses course on live service co-op Horizon game after 'negative player feedback'

PlayStation Reportedly Reboots Horizon Multiplayer Spinoff Following Negative Feedback

Report: Sony Rebooting Live-Service Horizon After Bad Player Tests

#HarveySmith
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"Through the looking glass": as Arkane fight for their future, Dishonored veteran Harvey Smith reveals new studio dedicated to immersive sims

Dishonored’s Harvey Smith launches new studio with former Arkane staff to make immersive sims

Black Pony Immersive Is a New Game Studio Founded By Veterans Of Arkane Studios

Former Arkane Studios leads Harvey Smith & Ben Horne launch Black Pony Immersive game studio

"We chose the worst time in history" – Harvey Smith on starting his own studio after Arkane

Harvey Smith and fellow Arkane Austin veterans announce a new studio, Black Pony Immersive

Arkane Veterans Start New Studio Following XBOX Crisis

Dishonored co-creator Harvey Smith launches a new studio and it literally has the word 'Immersive' in the name

#TheModernWarfare4
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 multiplayer trailer

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Trailer Reveals Multiplayer Gameplay Before PlayStation Early Access Beta Begins

Video: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Drops Official Multiplayer Trailer

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 multiplayer trailer

Want A Modern Warfare 4 Beta Code? Just Talk Trash

CoD: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Preload And PC Spec Requirements

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Gets Rid of Update Restarts, But Not for Everyone

Modern Warfare 4 Beta Reveals Multiplayer Matchmaking Plans, Will Continue to Use Divisive New Matchmaking System

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Will Fix Issues That Have Plagued the Series for the Better Part of a Decade

#StopKillingGames
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Latest alleged GTA 6 leak "risks tarnishing the reputation of our communities", say Stop Killing Games after hackers claim pro-consumer motivations

Stop Killing Games urges people not to support GTA 6 leakers, who declared "gamers' rights" their motive for action

Stop Killing Games distances itself from GTA 6 leak manifesto: 'Using illegal means to make a point is unacceptable to us'

GTA 6 Leak Forces Stop Killing Games Movement to Distance Itself From Hacker Manifesto

Stop Killing Games Condemns ‘Destructive’ GTA 6 Leakers: ‘Do Not Send These People Your Money’

#ChapterAdventureEarly
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Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter gets Nintendo Switch demo, opening movie

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Demo Debuts With Saves That Carry Over

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Drops New Demo And Trailer Ahead Of Launch

Start Your Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Adventure Early with PS5 Demo, Out Now

Trails In The Sky 2nd Chapter Switch Demo And Opening Movie Released

#Switch2Sin
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SiN Reloaded from Nightdive arrives September 24

Sin: Reloaded announced for Nintendo Switch, return of the 1998 shooter [update: release date, Switch 2]

Sin: Reloaded Launches September 24 on PC and Consoles

SiN: Reloaded Launching September 24

#SilentHill
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Silent Hill: Townfall’s Otherworld is Tinged in Red and Swarming With Monsters in New Gameplay

Silent Hill: Townfall Gameplay is Delightfully Unsettling, Reveals Puzzles and Signal Tuning

Konami Releases 18 Minutes of Silent Hill: Townfall Gameplay

18 Minutes of Silent Hill: Townfall Gameplay Trailer

Forget Old GTA 6 Leaks, Silent Hill: Townfall Dropped 19 Minutes of Official Gameplay

#Launching
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Launching PS6 and Xbox Helix at $1,000 could lead to a nearly 40% drop in sales over five years, analyst warns

$1,000 Next-Gen Consoles Could Tank PS6 and Xbox Helix Sales by Nearly 40%, Analysts Warn

Dire Forecast Predicts 39 Million Fewer Consoles Sold If PS6 And Xbox Helix Are $1,000

#PrettyCoolGames
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New UK indie studio Pretty Cool Games announced, led by former Human: Fall Flat devs

Human: Fall Flat veterans launch new UK studio Pretty Cool Games with funding from Arknights developer Hypergraph

Human: Fall Flat veterans launch new UK studio Pretty Cool Games

#TheBindingOfIsaacRepentan
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The Binding of Isaac: Repentance + Online Launches on GTA VI Release Day

The Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ Online Is the Only Game Brave Enough to Launch the Same Day as GTA 6

The next Binding of Isaac game is going up against Grand Theft Auto 6

#R500
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Gran Turismo 7 Bolstered by Another 4 Cars in PS5 Update 1.71

GT7 Update 1.71 Brings Classic Toyotas and the Caterham R500 to PS5

A field guide to Gran Turismo 7’s 1.71 update, out today

#HellraiserRevivalInside
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Inside the brutal puzzles of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival

Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival Pre-Orders Now Live

Hellraiser: Revival Confirmed For Switch 2, Launching October 2026

#TheWildGentlemen
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Immersive sim Retrospace, aka '70s System Shock, gets an October release date plus a trailer full of funky guns and sentient black holes

RetroSpace will bring disco-punk space horror on October 1

#CyberCycles
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Namco’s early polygonal arcade racer Cyber Cycles is getting a home port for the first time ever

Embrace Your Inner Akira with Namco's 1995 Cyber Cycles, Coming to PS5

#Xbox
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Xbox and Ikea are teasing a furniture collaboration

Xbox and IKEA are teasing gaming furniture together – please let it be called the ÄKSBOXX

#AnotherEditionOfEveningRe
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League of Legends LoLdle Answers Today (August 19, 2026)

Evening Reading - August 19, 2026

#Update
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UFL Update v0.74.0 Arrives Tomorrow Featuring Big Gameplay Changes

UFL Update v0.74.0: Revamped Gameplay, New Team Pass & UI Redesign

#ProjectMotorRacingUpdate
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Project Motor Racing Update 2.2 Available Today - Patch Notes

Nintendo Today 4.1.0 update out now, patch notes

#DumbWaysToDie
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Dumb Ways to Build brings some funny co-op from Dumb Ways to Die on September 10

Chaotic Co-Op Game Dumb Ways to Build Launching September 10

#Majority
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Majority of Naughty Dog Was Working on The Last of Us Online Before It Was Cancelled

The Last of Us Online Was Not a 'Side Project,' Majority of Intergalactic's Team Came Over After Multiplayer Game Was Scrapped

#Horizon3
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'Tiny Team' Working on Next Horizon Single Player Game, Years Away from Release

Horizon 3 Only Has a 'Tiny Team' Working on It at Guerrilla, Reportedly Still Years Away

#RockstarGta6
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GTA 6 Gameplay Leaks Continue as Group Makes Demands of Rockstar

GTA 6 gameplay footage and map appear to leak online, as group seemingly responsible makes demands of Rockstar

#EclipseGlowGames
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Preview: 6 Ways PS5's Tides of Annihilation Blew Me Away After 2 Hours of Play

Tides of Annihilation Is a Stylish King Arthur-Inspired Slash ‘Em Up that Balances Spectacle with Substance | IGN Preview

#ValorantNightMarket
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Dota 2 The International 2026: Dates, brackets, prize pools & where to watch

Next Valorant Night Market 2026 dates

#Subnautica
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Subnautica 2 'Buddy System' Update 1.2 adds multiplayer features including proximity chat

Subnautica 2's new "buddy system" update just made co-op a lot more immersive