Video Game News 3/13/2026

Video Game News 3/13/2026

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#UltimateTeam
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PEGI Rating Changes Will See Loot Box Games Classified Much Higher

Game age rating system PEGI to get big changes for in-game items and online play

PEGI Targets Loot Boxes With Its New Overhauled Ratings System

PEGI revises its age ratings system with considerations for loot boxes, daily quests

EU ratings board to designate all games with loot boxes with minimum PEGI 16 rating

All games with loot boxes in them will be rated minimum PEGI 16, starting this summer

PEGI announce plans to slap higher age ratings on games with loot boxes, daily quests, and paid battle passes soon

PEGI's loot box rule changes are welcome, but they should be retrospective | Opinion

Games with loot boxes will be rated PEGI 16 from June, as part of sweeping changes to the age-rating system

Video Games With Loot Boxes Will Now Have a 16 Age Rating Across Europe as Part of Huge PEGI Shakeup

#Amd
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Project Helix Dev Kits Will Ship in 2027, Xbox Mode Coming To Windows 11

Project Helix dev kits not going out until 2027, and other new details on Xbox's next-gen console

Microsoft is paving more PC roads to Project Helix, releasing a Windows 11 Xbox Mode in April for laptops and desktops

Microsoft Reveals Project Helix: Xbox’s Next-Gen Console Gets AMD Powerhouse

Microsoft confirms 'Xbox Mode' rollout for Windows 11 and reveals more plans for PC-console hybrid Project Helix

Microsoft confirm their PC game-running Project Helix should be in devs' hands by 2027, and packs next-gen AMD innards

Xbox shares early details on next console “Project Helix,” says dev kits start in 2027

Project Helix dev kits not going out until 2027, and More

#ChallengeMode
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Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Gets A Switch 2 Release, Free Upgrade "Coming Soon"

Huge Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Update Adds Custom Challenge Mode, Costumes, Trophies

Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered gets free challenge mode alongside mobile and Switch 2 release

Tomb Raider I-III Remastered make surprise drop on iOS and Android today

Tomb Raider I-III Remastered: New outfits and Challenge Mode added in free update today

Tomb Raider I-III Remastered coming to Nintendo Switch 2 plus Challenge Mode added

#GetPokemetal
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How to Unlock Charmeleon in Pokémon Pokopia

How to Get Pokemetal in Pokémon Pokopia

After a successful launch weekend, Pokopia has become one of the best-selling Pokémon spin-offs ever

Pokopia is already one of the best-selling Pokémon spin-offs, after just four days

Pokémon Pokopia Review — Surviving At The End of the World

Pokémon Pokopia already one of Switch 2's best-selling games

Small and large lost relics list in Pokémon Pokopia

Pokémon Pokopia surpasses 2.2m units in first four days

Pokémon Pokopia Fan Artists, Are Y’all Okay?

#DeathStranding2
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BAFTA Games Awards 2026 Nominees Revealed with Clair Obscur Leading the Pack

Beloved PS5 RPG Expedition 33 Set to Steamroll Another Game Awards Ceremony

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 nominations: Clair Obscur leads with 12, Death Stranding 2 misses out on Best Game nom

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Dispatch Lead BAFTA Game Awards 2026 Nominations

BAFTA Games Awards Nominees Announced, Clair Obscur Gets 12 Nominations

#In
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Dave The Diver's Next Major DLC Launches This June

DAVE THE DIVER ‘In the Jungle’ DLC Gets June Release Date

Dave the Diver's Wild DLC Expansion Turns Up the Heat This Summer on PS5, PS4

Dave the Diver DLC adds a little Stardew Valley time management and relationship building to the formula when In the Jungle releases in June

Dave the Diver's In the Jungle DLC brings new lush biome & gameplay in June

#CrimsonDesert
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Crimson Desert Drops Denuvo Bombshell One Week Before Launch

Crimson Desert adds confirmation of Denuvo DRM to its Steam page a week out from launch

A week from its release date, Crimson Desert swallows some Denuvo DRM

Crimson Desert Includes Denuvo DRM, To Nobody’s Delight

Crimson Desert Reveals It Will Use Controversial DRM Just A Week Before Launch (Update)

#Overwatch
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Ex-Overwatch Director Reveals Western Survival Game The Legend of California

Former Overwatch director reveals The Legend of California, an open-world online Wild West FPS

Ex-Overwatch director reveals a multiplayer lovechild of Read Dead and Rust, which I hope boasts nude shootouts

New Survival Game The Legend of California Announced and Headed Up By Former Overwatch Lead Director, Launching on PC via Early Access in 2026

#MagicTheGathering
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Valve Addresses Lawsuit by New York Attorney General, Will Wait for Court’s Decision

Valve has "serious concerns" with New York Attorney General's loot box lawsuit

Valve Breaks Silence Over NY Attorney General Lawsuit, Says Loot Boxes Are Like Baseball Cards, Pokémon, Magic the Gathering, and Labubu

Valve pushes back on New York lawsuit over loot boxes in CS2, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2

#CrimsonDesert
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Crismson Desert – it’s time to get excited as the launch trailer arrives

Crimson Desert Gets Launch Trailer

Crimson Desert Launch Times And Pre-Load Dates Revealed

Crimson Desert Launch Trailer Released

#MarvelMaximumCollection
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Marvel Maximum Collection Brings Six Superhero Titles To Switch This Month

Marvel MaXimum Collection Out March 27

Marvel MaXimum Collection officially launches later this month

Marvel Maximum Collection unveils Nintendo Switch release date, physical release, new trailer

#TheXboxSeriesX
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Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster No Longer a Switch 2 Exclusive

Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster, a hi-def update of the 2012 Silicon Studio classic, shadow-drops on Steam

Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster Shadow Drops On PC and Xbox

Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster Gets Surprise Launch And Discount On PC

#Switch2MonsterHunterStori
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Even as a massive Monster Hunter fan, I've never gelled with the spin-offs - but Monster Hunter Stories 3 has me hooked

Prepare for Monster Hunter Stories 3 on March 13 with a recap of the RPG series so far

This Week in Switch 2 - Monster Hunter Stories 3 review, final Mario Galaxy trailer & Pokopia rules!

10 Tips To Know Before You Start Playing Monster Hunter Stories 3

#ResidentEvil
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Resident Evil 10 – 5 Ways It Could Build on Requiem

I sure hope the Resident Evil Requiem DLC is all about Grace, the best thing to happen to Resi in years

The worst part of Resident Evil Requiem is its final choice, which is an annoying throwback to Resident Evil 7's ultimatum

Resident Evil Requiem Is Finally Back in Stock at Amazon

Resident Evil Requiem Fan Who Registered Secret In-Game Website Says He'll Give Capcom the Domain Back for Free — if They Get in Touch

Resident Evil Requiem Hides a Secret Website Address — But the Domain Has Now Been Snatched Up By a Gabe Newell Fan

Resident Evil Requiem Fans Keep Modding Leon’s Porsche

Fans Think Resident Evil’s Leon Would Be A Cornball In Every Universe

#PokemonPokopia
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Pokemon Pokopia Sales Surpass 2m in First Four Days

Pokemon Pokopia has topped 2.2M sales in four days

When does More Spores for Hoppip event end in Pokemon Pokopia?

#Crypto
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Square Enix Joins Tezos Blockchain as Validator, Signaling a Deeper Commitment to Web3 Gaming

Fastidiously Multiformat Square Enix Skips PS5 with Yet Another Game

Upcoming Square Enix PS5 RPG Looks Intriguing, Coming Soon

#WarriorOfLight
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Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy Warrior of Light Trailer Debuts

Final Fantasy IV: Cecil’s “Re-class” and Ripping Off the Labels from our Past

FF7 Rebirth's Tetsuya Nomura reveals his favorite Final Fantasy Magic cards

#Playstation5
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Blast Zombies With Friends In John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando

Review – John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando (PS5)

Co-op Zombie Shooter John Carpenter's Toxic Commando is Out Today

#XboxSeriesXAnd
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First Crimson Desert PS5 Pro Analysis Calls It 'A Phenomenal Experience'

We Finally Have Our First Look at Crimson Desert Running on PS5 Pro — but We're Still Waiting on Base PS5 and Xbox Series X and S

Crimson Desert Console Gameplay Finally Released, But Only Of The PS5 Pro Version

#Overwatch
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'We'll Lay Off a Thousand People': Blizzard CFO's Outrageous Threat Was the Last Straw for Overwatch Director

"We're going to lay off 1,000 people and that's going to be on you": Ex-Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan says redundancy ultimatum led to his Blizzard exit

Ex-Overwatch Boss Jeff Kaplan Says AI Can’t Replace ‘Human Spirit’

#Playstation
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The Excellent Silent Hill 2 Remake Has Attracted Five Million Players

Silent Hill 2 Remake passes 5m copies sold, so Konami's hosting a big ol' sale on the PlayStation store

Konami marks 5 million sales of Silent Hill 2 remake by selling it and Silent Hill F for half price on PS5

#Overwatch2
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Overwatch co-creator Jeff Kaplan on what led him to leave Blizzard Entertainment

Overwatch co-creator Jeff Kaplan explains why he quit Blizzard

Former Overwatch 2 Head Jeff Kaplan Explains Why He Let Blizzard

#Marathon
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Marathon Guide – How To Scavenge Solo

Can you play Marathon solo?

#Playstation5
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Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake Celebrates Launch With a Brand New Trailer

One Of Horror’s Most Iconic Games Returns In FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE

#Battlefield
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Battlefield 6 is getting another free trial, set your reminders for March 17-24

Battlefield 6 Free Trial Gives Players a Taste of Season 2 Maps and Modes Starting Next Week