Video Game News 1/17/2026

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#TheDivision
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Don't worry about The Division, Ubisoft say as series executive producer jumps to Battlefield amid layoffs

A week after talking up The Division 3, boss Julian Gerighty has left Ubisoft for EA

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

Tom Clancy's The Division Creative Director Julian Gerighty jumps ship from Ubisoft to EA

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

The Division 3 creative director has suddenly left to join Battlefield Studios

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

With The Division 3 still in early development, series boss Julian Gerighty leaves Ubisoft to work on Battlefield instead

A Week After Saying The Division 3 Was 'Shaping Up to Be a Monster,' Franchise Boss Julian Gerighty Leaves Ubisoft for Battlefield Developer DICE

Ubisoft Says ‘Don’t Worry’ As Division 3 Boss Heads To Battlefield After Previously Denying He Was Leaving

#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

Lego Legend of Zelda Set Depicts Ocarina of Time Final Battle

LEGO Zelda: Ocarina of Time Final Battle Set Officially Unveiled

Zelda's Next Lego Set Is Based On Ocarina Of Time's Final Battle, Out March

Zelda: Ocarina of Time Lego set revealed, with a mighty Ganon and hidden hearts

New LEGO Zelda set leaked for final Ocarina of Time battle

New LEGO Zelda Ganon Reveal as Part of 2-in-1 Set

Lego Zelda Ocarina of Time Set Seemingly Leaked for March

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

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

#AceCombat7Skies
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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Has Taken Of To The Tune Of 7 Million Copies Sold

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

The Marvellous '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: Skies Unknown Sells Over 7M Units

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

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

Rust Dev Offers, Likely Jokingly, To Buy New World From Amazon, Stating That 'Games Should Never Die'

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

Amazon's Ill-Fated MMO New World to Shut Down Next Year

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’

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

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

Resident Evil Requiem Gets New Details And Gameplay Footage

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

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

Everything We Know About Resident Evil Requiem

#ASetOfTrailersToCelebrate
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Arknights: Endfield passes 35 million pre-registrations as launch trailers drop

Arknights: Endfield Crosses 35 Million Pre-Registrations Ahead of Next Week’s Global Launch

Arknights: Endfield Releases A Set of Trailers to Celebrate Hitting 35 Million Pre-registrations

Yes, RPG Arknights: Endfield Is Absolutely Looking Like PS5's Next Big Gacha Hit

Arknights Endfield passes 35m pre-registered players ahead of launch this month

35 million of you have already pre-registered for Arknights: Endfield

#Switch2
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Take A Trip Back To The Island With Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and Free Content Update

Nintendo’s Animal Crossing New Horizons Update Sparks Party Plans and Player Rants

ShackStream: Kicking off the weekend with more Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Nintendo should let you play the classic games in Animal Crossing: New Horizons for free

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

Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition?

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

How to get a shovel in Animal Crossing New Horizons

How to get Iron Nuggets in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and what you can use them for

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

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

Is Animal Crossing New Horizon's Switch 2 Edition Worth The Upgrade?

Animal Crossing's 3.0 Update Just Killed Existing Hotel Businesses

How to get Nintendo consoles in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

You Can't Invite Hotel Visitors to Move to Your Island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and We're All Bummed About It

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

#TheLegendOfZelda
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The Legend of Zelda live-action movie to be streamed on Netflix worldwide after theatrical run

The Legend of Zelda movie will stream exclusively on Netflix following its home copy release

The Live-Action Zelda Movie Is Coming To Netflix

US: Netflix will eventually get The Legend of Zelda Movie

The Legend Of Zelda Movie Will Stream Exclusively On Netflix Once It Leaves Theaters

#DeadpoolInMarvelRivalsRef
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Deadpool Gets New Trailer As The First 3 in 1 Marvel Rivals Hero

Marvel Rivals Season 6 Drops Deadpool and Elsa Bloodstone, But Players Are Already Complaining

Deadpool Unleashed! Marvel Rivals Season 6 Drops With Explosive Updates

Marvel Rivals: The Most Significant Character Buffs & Nerfs in Season 6

Deadpool In Marvel Rivals References Pokémon And GTA, Is The Best His Meta Schtick Has Been In Years

#TheElderScrolls6s
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Skyrim co-lead claims The Elder Scrolls 6's helm was once promised to him, and he envisioned a plot mirroring the best Star Wars film

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered Reportedly Sold 1.1 Million Units on PS5

"I had in my mind that The Elder Scrolls 6 was going to be like The Empire Strikes back," says former Bethesda designer once tipped to become the project's lead

Bethesda's Former Elder Scrolls Loremaster Reveals His Idea for The Elder Scrolls 6 Story — and How It Would Have Set Up Elder Scrolls 7

#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 Global Launch Rescheduled to March

The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin Has Been Delayed to March

#VisionsOfFourHeroesDlc
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Dynasty Warriors: Origins review for Nintendo Switch 2

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

#ThePlaystationBlog
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Yakuza Kiwami 3 Demo Confirmed

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Gets New Trailers And Details

Woah! Yet Another SEGA Arcade Oddity Confirmed for Yakuza Kiwami 3 on PS5, PS4

You'll Be Able to Try Yakuza Kiwami 3 Before You Buy It on PS5, PS4

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

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

Monster Hunter Wilds Poor PC Performance Is Apparently Due to DLCs

Some Of Monster Hunter Wilds' PC Issues Are Caused By Weird Glitch

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

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

#5070Ti
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Asus Confirms GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB GPUs Have Not Been Discontinued

Nvidia and Asus shutdown reports that the 16GB RTX 5060 Ti & 5070 Ti are end of life

Asus and MSI have now both clarified the RTX 5070 Ti hasn't received an end-of-life status

#ModelCode
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Nintendo Switch 2 Variant Hinted at With “OSM” Model Code – Rumour

Mystery Product Code Sparks Rumours Of A New Switch 2 Model

A potential new Nintendo Switch 2 model discovered

#Adventure
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Fisher-Price releasing My Mario products, available to order

Fisher-Price My Mario Little People Figures and Playsets Appear

Nintendo's 'My Mario' Toy Line Adds Three Fisher-Price Playsets

#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

#ClairObscur
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Share of the Week – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 continues its awards sweep, getting 8 out of 9 nominations at the GDCA

#TerribleDsGame
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Random: Disney's Terrible DS Game 'Cory In The House' Is Now Selling For Hundreds Of Dollars On eBay

Online Auctions For Cory In The House DS Game Are Asking For Hundreds Amid Meme Campaign

'Awful' Nintendo DS Game Disney Cory in the House Now Selling for Hundreds of Dollars on eBay Amid Viral Metacritic Campaign

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

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

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

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

#Everness
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Neverness to Everness sets a date for its upcoming beta test next month with sign-ups still open

Second Neverness to Everness closed beta hits in February

#DevelopersWillFaceFewerLi
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Developers Will Face Fewer Limits on Steam Machine Verification

Valve says Steam Machine will have "fewer constraints" than Steam Deck for game verification