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#Moonloot
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Five years after acquiring Oxenfree developer Night School Studio, Netflix are shutting them down

Netflix is shutting down Oxenfree studio Night School, six weeks after its last game was released

Netflix Announces Closure of Night School Studios and Moonlot

Netflix Shuts Down Oxenfree Dev Night School Studio as It Downscales In-House Game Teams

Netflix Closing Two Studios, Including Oxenfree Developers Night School

Netflix Shuts Down Oxenfree Creator Night School Studio in Gaming Pullback

Netflix is closing Night School Studio and Moonlot

Netflix's gaming "secret weapon" is no more - Oxenfree studio Night School is to close

Netflix Shuts Down Oxenfree Developer Night School Studio

Netflix shutters Night School Studio and Moonloot Games

Netflix Closes Two More Studios

Netflix closing Oxenfree developer Night School Studio and Moonloot Games

Netflix closes Oxenfree developer Night School, just a month after praising its new game as one of the company's 'most successful cloud game debuts'

Night School Staff Speak Out After Netflix Shuts Down Developer Following 'Top Tier' Launch of Unhinged

Netflix Shuts Down Studio Behind Beloved Narrative Adventure Oxenfree

#Madden
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EA Sports Madden NFL 27 brings pro-football action to mobile and Apple Arcade for the first time

Best Superstar Position to Pick in Madden 27

Madden NFL 27 Hits Steam With Persona-Driven Franchise Overhaul

Madden 27 Review: A Step Forward for Franchise Mode, But Gameplay Still Fumbles

Madden NFL 27 Review: A Franchise Mode With Some Football on the Side

EA SPORTS Madden NFL 27 Now Available Globally

#Series
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Kingdom Hearts Franchise Has Generated $1 Billion, Says Disney

On the Cusp of Kingdom Hearts 4 Blowout, Disney Says Series Is a Billion-Dollar Brand

Kingdom Hearts Is A "Billion-Dollar" Franchise, According To Disney

DanielRPK: Kingdom Hearts announcement at tonight’s D23 Disney Entertainment Showcase panel

Disney Has 9 Gaming Franchises That Have Generated $1 Billion+ At Retail, Including Kingdom Hearts

Disney Reveals Kingdom Hearts Is Now a Billion-dollar Game Franchise

#EaSportsFc
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2K unveils ‘ambitious’ new sports studio stuffed with EA Sports FIFA talent

EA Sports FC might be getting a proper football game challenger, as 2K sets up new studio to make its "next blockbuster sports franchise"

2K establishes AAA sports developer Small Axe Studios

2K Games Is Making A New Sports Franchise, And All Signs Point To Soccer

#DeveloperCompulsionGames
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Compulsion Games is Now Listed as South of Midnight’s Publisher on Steam Following Xbox Split

Compulsion Games becomes publisher of South of Midnight on Steam, suggesting departure from Xbox amid major restructuring is now complete

Xbox's Separation from Compulsion Games Seems Complete as Studio Is Listed as the Publisher of South of Midnight on Steam

There Is No Reason Not To Play South Of Midnight Anymore

#TheSkyWildBlueSkiesWantsY
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Wild Blue Skies Review — Fast And Furious Ship Action

Wild Blue Skies Wants You To Chase High Scores In The Sky

Wild Blue Skies Review – Bombs Away!

Wild Blue Skies Review

#AlbionOnline
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Albion Online takes a closer look at the Ancient Lands area arriving with August 31’s Dragonfire update

Albion Online | Ancient Lands

Albion Online Takes Us Into The Ancient Lands, Dragonflame's New, Difficult, and Very Rewarding Region

Albion Online’s Dragonflame Update Adds the Ancient Lands on August 31

#FortunesWeave
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Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave difficulty modes detailed

Round Up: The Final Previews Are In For Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave On Switch 2

Prepare for Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave

Three New Things We Learned From Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Previews

7 Things We Learned About Insomniac’s Wolverine From The Latest Previews

#PokemonPokopia
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Injustice 2 Has Sold More Than 9 Million Copies

Sonic Frontiers Surpasses 5 Million Copies Sold as Fans Await What Comes Next

It's Official, Sonic Frontiers Has Now Sold More Than Five Million Copies

Pokemon Pokopia has sold over 5 million copies worldwide

Sonic Frontiers sales surpass 5 million copies sold

#DefenderOfTheCrown
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Amiga strategy classic Defender of the Crown is back with both old and fresh graphics, and an all new roguelite mode

Defender Of The Crown: The Legend Returns Brings A Classic Back To Life

Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns Out Now on PC and Consoles

#War
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Former WB director says Lord of the Rings: War in the North should never have released at the same time as Skyrim

2011 Lord Of The Rings Game Didn’t Get A “Fair Shake” Launching Near Skyrim, Former WB Boss Says

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Dev Warned Warner Bros. Not to Go Up Against Skyrim Back in 2011

#Switch2
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21% of Nintendo Switch 2 owners have bought Pokémon Pokopia

Nintendo announces Pokémon Pokopia has sold over 5m copies, meaning that roughly one in four Switch 2 users now owns the game

Pokémon Pokopia Sales Surpass Five Million Units Globally In "Just Over Four Months"

#VrGamesShowcase
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System Shock VR, High On Life VR and more from the VR Games Showcase

System Shock, High on Life, More Are Breathing New Life into PSVR2

High On Life Is Coming To VR, And Yes, You Can Stroke Your Weird Guns

#EpicGamesStore
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Epic Games Store will get a Linux version sometime "soon"

The Epic Games Launcher will be available on Linux 'soon' says dev, after it's had a bit of work

Epic Games Store will officially support Linux, Epic confirms

#WhereWindsMeet
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Where Winds Meet adds giant bosses and haunted survival mode in upcoming Heaven's Threshold update

Where Winds Meet Gets 'Heaven's Threshold', Second Part of Hidden Mountain Expansion, Next Week

Where Winds Meet Adds Heaven’s Threshold Chapter on August 20

#Switch2
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 pre-orders come with campaign early access on Nintendo Switch 2, first look at first look at Losing Ground [Traffic trailer]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's PS5 Beta Includes Campaign Mission for the First Time

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Will Do Something No Previous CoD Beta Has

#LegendaryFish
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Fields of Mistria review

Fields Of Mistria 1.0 – Secrets And Easter Eggs

I Definitely Do Not Like March From Fields Of Mistria And Absolutely Will Not Be Marrying Him Under Any Circumstances

#MarvelTōkonFightingSouls
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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Sells Nearly Half A Million Copies

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls review

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls looks to have sold almost half a million copies in a week

102 Deadpool References in Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Has Raised The Bar For Tag Fighters – Review

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls review

#VietnamHowToBuildConnectT
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Hell Let Loose: Vietnam arrives on Steam and works on SteamOS / Linux

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Is Now Live, Content Roadmap Reveal Set for August 19th

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Turns The Jungle Into A 50v50 Warzone

Grab a free Hell Let Loose Vietnam code with our latest giveaway

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Beginners Guide Tips & Tricks

How To Build & Connect Tunnels In Hell Let Loose: Vietnam

How To Redeploy & Change Roles In Hell Let Loose: Vietnam

How To Unlock Commander Role In Hell Let Loose: Vietnam

All Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Game Modes & Win Conditions, Explained

All Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Roles & Equipment, Explained

Complete Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Achievement & Trophy List

#TotalWar
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Total War: Warhammer 3 is getting a big free vampiric update in September, alongside the epithet-stuffed Lords of the End Times DLC

Total War: Warhammer 3 - Lords of the End Times brings its largest DLC yet in late September

Come September, you won't need a single Total War: Warhammer game to play its colossal, trilogy-spanning Immortal Empires campaign

The Lords of the End Times are landing in Total War: Warhammer 3 on September 24, and everything's coming up rat men

#Kodan
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‘Humanity before its great fall’: Guild Wars 3 previews the look and lore of its Human species

Guild Wars 3 Narrative Details On Human Species

Being A Human In Guild Wars 3 Is Different From The Previous Games

#KineticGames
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Phasmophobia devs Kinetic Games mosey into publishing with a witchy delivery game, a parasitic Metroidvania, and more

Kinetic Games Goes Beyond Ghosts With New Indie Publishing Arm

#Sandcastle
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Sandustry, the factory game where every single pixel is a resource you can build with, is out in early access

Out in Early Access - Sandustry has you explore, mine and automate in fully destructible pixel worlds

#New1999Features
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Warframe’s Nightwave gets free 1999 rewards and a Hex adventure

Nightwave Mix: Amir's Shockwave Opens in Warframe, With New 1999 Features, and Tabletop RPG-Inspired Adventure

#August
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Today's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang redeem codes (August 2026)

2 Player Evolution Tycoon codes (August 2026)