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#Aeternum
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Amazon confirm New World: Aeternum will go permanently offline next year and is being delisted

Amazon’s New World will officially sunset on January 31, 2027, so enjoy this last year of play

2024 PS5 RPG Shutting Down In 2027, Delisted From PS Store

New World: Aeternum Delisted, Shut Down Date Announced

New World: Aeternum Gets Delisted Today, Goes Offline January 2027

Amazon's PS5 MMORPG New World: Aeternum Delisted, Will Be Shut Down in 2027

New World: Aeternum Will Officially Sunset On January 31, 2027

New World: Aeternum is being delisted today, servers to go offline in January 2027

Amazon Games' New World: Aeternum to go offline in January 2027

New World will join the graveyard of defunct MMOs when it goes offline in 2027

New World Will Sunset January 2027

#MoreHorror
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Some of Resident Evil Requiem's regular zombies remember being alive

Resident Evil Requiem details characters, difficulty, collaborations, more

Resident Evil Requiem Originally Featured a Horror-Oriented Expiernece for Leon, Says Director

Resident Evil Outbreak 2 In 2026: Better Than You Remember?

How Resident Evil Requiem Balances Village Style Terror With RE2 Remake’s Tension

What We Saw At Resident Evil Showcase For January 2026

Resident Evil Requiem Reveals More Horror, Action Gameplay in Low-Key Showcase

Resident Evil Requiem Ink Ribbons and First and Third-Person Camera Options Teased

Limited Edition Resident Evil Requiem Watches Launch Next Month

Zombies Return In Resident Evil Requiem, But Now They're More Terrifying Than Ever

Resident Evil Requiem: Release Date, Gameplay, And Everything We Know So Far

Resident Evil Requiem Showcase Reveals Grace And Leon Gameplay Differences

Resident Evil Requiem "an experience with an emotional range" unlike any other series entry to date (and, um, janitor zombies)

Resident Evil Requiem Reveals Smarter Zombies And Blood-Infused Crafting

Resident Evil Showcase Highlights

Capcom shills a $2,175 watch by insisting that 'In Resident Evil Requiem, time is a main character'

Resident Evil Requiem was originally a tense, stealth-oriented horror starring only Leon, before the team went back to the drawing board: 'People wouldn't want to see a timid Leon'

Resident Evil Showcase January 2026: 5 Things We Learned

#OcarinaOfTime
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The first full images of Lego’s Ocarina of Time ‘Final Battle’ set with Link vs Ganondorf have been leaked

Leak reveals LEGO set for Zelda: Ocarina of Time featuring the final battle

Zelda's Next Lego Set Might Have Been Leaked, Here's A First Look

New LEGO Zelda set leaked for final Ocarina of Time battle

Zelda: Ocarina of Time Lego set leaks, and Ganon looks fierce

LEGO Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Final Battle Set Leaks, Features Link and Zelda Fighting Ganon

Lego Zelda Ocarina of Time Set Seemingly Leaked for March

New Lego Zelda Ocarina Of Time Set Leaks, And It’s Going To Be $130 [Updated]

#FalloutShelter
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Fallout Shelter is being turned into a reality TV series by Amazon, as vault life gets Squid Gameified

Amazon has greenlit a Fallout reality show where contestants live in a vault for a ‘huge cash prize’

Amazon's newly-announced Fallout reality show will plop competitors inside a vault to find out just how SPECIAL they are

Amazon greenlights Fallout Shelter reality show

A 'deeply social, psychological' Fallout Shelter reality TV series is coming from the producers of the Squid Game reality series

Fallout Shelter Is Now an Amazon Reality Competition TV Series Where Contestants Live Together Inside a Vault

A Reality TV Show Is Going To Put Actual People Inside A Fallout Vault

#BelovedAdventureSeries
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Square Enix sets Life is Strange reveal, weeks after ratings board leaked new game

Square Enix Confirms New PS5 Game in Beloved Adventure Series, Out 2026

A New Life is Strange Game Will Be Revealed This Month

The Next Life is Strange Revealed Next Week

Life Is Strange Confirms Its Return Following Leak, Full Reveal Coming Next Week

The next Life is Strange game will be revealed next week, following PEGI rating leak

New Life is Strange Game Launches This Year, Square Enix Confirms Following Leak

#NewLife
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Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties hands-on report

Preview: Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties New Mini Games Rock

Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties Final Preview – New Life (and New Stories) to a Classic

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties puts deadly & dad-ly on two sides of the same coin

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Hands On Impressions

Yakuza Kiwami 3 preview: RGG wants to reframe the clunkiest Yakuza game

#Amazon
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Amazon's once-hailed fantasy MMO New World will vanish from servers in a year's time

Amazon Games confirms MMO New World has a year left before it goes offline permanently

Rust director makes a public '25 million' offer to buy axed Amazon MMO New World, because "games should never die"

Amazon MMO New World Has Just a Year to Live, Rust Dev Offers to Buy It

Rust Exec Reacts To Amazon Killing New World: ‘Games Should Never Die’

#AceCombat7Skies
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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Has Sold More Than 7 Million Copies Worldwide

In a Satisfying Announcement, Ace Combat 7 Has Sold 7 Million Copies in 7 Years

Ace Combat 7 has sold over 7m copies, seven years after its launch

ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN Exceeds 7 Million Copies Sold Globally!

Ace Combat 7 Sales Pass the 7 Million Mark, Bandai Namco Reveals

#GameOfTheYear
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And Roger Nominated For A Social Impact Award At The Game Developers Choice Awards

Expedition 33 Is Nominated For Another Game Of The Year Award--See All The 2026 Game Dev Awards Nominees

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 receives most nominations for Game Developers Choice Awards 2026

26th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards Finalists Revealed

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Nominated for (Almost) Every Game Developers Choice Award

#TheHedgehogKicksOff
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Sega announces Sonic 35th anniversary plans to ‘celebrate Sonic’s legacy’

Sonic The Hedgehog Kicks Off 35th Anniversary Celebrations In Style

SEGA announces Sonic 35th anniversary plans

SEGA Celebrating 35 Years of Sonic the Hedgehog

#VisionsOfFourHeroesDlc
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Dynasty Warriors: Origins Nintendo Switch 2 overview trailer [update: English version]

Visions of Four Heroes DLC Patches Up Dynasty Warriors Origins

Dynasty Warriors: Origins on Switch 2 isn't afraid to be a little ugly to look good in motion

Review: Dynasty Warriors: Origins (Switch 2) - A Super-Solid Port Of A Fantastic Reboot

#DragonQuest7
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Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined details vocation system, vicious monsters

Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined Details Vocation System, Vicious Monsters, and More

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined Screenshots Show Off New Gameplay Features

DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined Vocation System Detailed

#TombRaider
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Our First Look At Sophie Turner As Lara Croft In Tomb Raider

Here's Your First Look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft for Amazon's TV Show

Sophie Turner Looks Incredible As Lara Croft In Amazon's Tomb Raider Series

Here's our first look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft in the upcoming Tomb Raider show

#Switch2
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Sail Forth launches new Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, “Battle for Croaker Command” update

Video: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo Switch 2 Edition vs. Switch comparison

How to play classic Nintendo games - Animal Crossing: New Horizons

What do you do with Snowflakes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

How to upgrade to a 3-star island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

All new villagers added in Update 3.0 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Video: Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch 2 & Switch)

Review: Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - A Cheap Upgrade, But Lacking Substance

January 16, 2026: Fans Bid Farewell as Nintendo Deletes Animal Crossing & Yakuza Kiwami 3 Preview

How to upgrade Resident Services in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

How to delete your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons for a fresh start on Switch 2

Bad news for anyone fantasizing about NSFW Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Nintendo has removed Adult Island!

How to transfer your Animal Crossing New Horizons island to a Switch 2 or a new console

How To Use Resetti's Reset Service In Animal Crossing: New Horizons

How To Use All New Amiibos In Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0

How To Unlock The Megaphone In Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Risqué Animal Crossing: New Horizons "adult only" island deleted by Nintendo after five years

I'm not sure Animal Crossing: New Horizons' busted megaphone and other Switch 2 bits are worth £4.19, but 3.0's a welcome nudge back into Nintendo's lovely world

'It's Such a Miracle It Lasted That Long' — Fans Bid Farewell as Nintendo Deletes Animal Crossing: New Horizons Japanese Adults-Only Island

#MonsterShooterTheDivision
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“Don’t Worry” for The Division 3, Says Ubisoft, As Executive Producer Julian Gerighty Departs

After recently hyping up The Division 3, its executive producer has left to join the Battlefield 6 team

The Division 3 - Top Boss Leaves And Everything Else We Know About Ubisoft's "Monster" Shooter

The Division Boss Julian Gerighty Leaves For Battlefield: "Don't Worry," Ubisoft Says

Julian Gerighty, overseer of The Division, departs Massive for DICE

#TheSevenDeadlySins
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The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin release pushed back two months in new delay

'We Will Give Our Utmost': The Seven Deadly Sins Dev Delays PS5 Release to Make Improvements

The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin Has Been Delayed to March

#NoRestForTheWickedTogethe
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No Rest for the Wicked co-op update lands on January 22 and it hit a big sales milestone

No Rest For The Wicked Announces Persistent Shard Co-Op Launching Next Week

No Rest for the Wicked Together Co-op Update Launches January 22, 2026 with Persistent Realms

#FirstLightIoInteractive
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IO Interactive have fixed the crazy PC specifications for 007 First Light

007 First Light Gets Updated PC Requirements After Previous Error

The name's still Bond but at least everything is right this time, as 007 First Light's devs have corrected their system requirements after 'an internal miscommunication' error

#BlackFlag
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That Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag sea shanty deluge was just down to "technical issues", Ubisoft say

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag’s Music Reuploaded to YouTube Channel, Ubisoft Cites Technical Issues

Ubisoft claims Assassin's Creed: Black Flag music reuploads were due to "technical issues", and nothing more...

#FiRush
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Hi-Fi Rush rated again for Nintendo Switch

Hi-Fi Rush Has Been Rated For The Switch... Again

Hi-Fi Rush has been rated for Nintendo Switch

#FatalFury
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SNK Confirms New Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Season with One of the Worst Trailers You'll Ever See

Fatal Fury fans accuse new City of the Wolves trailer of being filled with AI slop: 'All that Saudi money and can't pay someone a couple bucks to make real s**t'

Saudi Arabia-Owned SNK Accused Of Loading Fatal Fury Trailer With AI Slop

#SummonSpirit
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Elden Ring Nightreign patch 1.30.2 fulfils my ultimate Sekiro fantasy, but reviving downed allies is about to get a lot harder

Elden Ring: Nightreign Update Buffs Up Nightfarers

Elden Ring: Nightreign Patch 1.03.2 Buffs All the Worst Nightfarers

#UltimateTeamOfTheYear
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EA SPORTS FC 26 Team of the Year Revealed

Full FC 26 Team of the Year promo brings free Hero upgrades and another unstoppable Claudia Pina

FC 26: Lúcio Hero SBC - Cheapest Solution & Card Review

#MonsterHunterWilds
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Further testing seems to confirm Monster Hunter Wilds DLC performance improvement theory, to an extent

Monster Hunter Wilds' PC performance might stand to be improved by limiting DLC checks, but that's not necessarily a silver bullet

Redditor claims that Monster Hunter Wilds runs better 'the more DLC you own', and it does—but not by much on my machine

'More DLC = More FPS' — Monster Hunter Wilds Players Ask Capcom for Answers After Theory Suggests a Backend DLC Check Is Tanking Performance

#GetThoriumOre
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Where to Find Azure Kelp in Hytale

How to Get Thorium Ore in Hytale

How to teleport in Hytale

How to get darkwood in Hytale