Video Game News 1/21/2026

Video Game News 1/21/2026

Video Game News 1/20/2026

Video Game News 1/19/2026

#LifeIsStrangeReunion
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Life is Strange: Reunion, the time-fiddling finale of co-protagonists Max and Chloe's tale, arrives in March

Max and Chloe return for Life is Strange: Reunion in March

Life is Strange: Reunion officially announced, will conclude the Max and Chloe saga

Life is Strange Reunion Brings Max and Chloe Back Together in 2026

Life Is Strange: Reunion PS5 Release Date Is Surprisingly Soon

Life is Strange: Reunion Release Date Announced

Life is Strange: Reunion Follows Life is Strange: Double Exposure in March

Life is Strange: Reunion Launches This March

Life is Strange Reunion Announced, Bringing Max and Chloe Back March 26

Life Is Strange: Reunion Revives One of Gaming's Iconic Relationships on PS5

Life Is Strange: Reunion Will Bring Max & Chloe Together Again

Life is Strange: Reunion will be the "thrilling finale to the Max and Chloe saga", even though... you know...

Life is Strange: Reunion Launching March 26

Next Life Is Strange Game Brings Chloe Back for More Life and Death Choices

Life is Strange: Reunion, coming in March, promises an 'emotional conclusion' to the saga of Max and Chloe

Life Is Strange: Reunion Officially Reunites Chloe and Max in March

Square Enix Reveals Life Is Strange: Reunion Will Be the Series' Conclusion 'To the Max and Chloe Saga'

#Switch2
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Donkey Kong Country Returns HD gets a free update which improves Switch 2 visuals and adds Dixie Kong

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD 1.1.0 update out now, patch notes – Dixie Kong, Turbo Attack mode, Nintendo Switch 2 improvements

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Receives Switch 2 Update, Adds Dixie Kong

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD continues to return with a free Dixie Kong update

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Gets A Free Switch 2 Update And Adds Dixie Kong

Donkey Kong Country Returns keeps on returning, as Nintendo adds Switch 2 upgrades, a new playable character and more

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD gets major free update for Switch & Switch 2

Nintendo drops surprise Switch 2 update for Donkey Kong Country Returns

Surprise Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Update Adds Dixie Kong and More

Dixie Kong Joins Donkey Kong Country Returns HD in Surprise Free Switch and Switch 2 Update

Nintendo Is All Over The Place With Free Donkey Kong Country Returns Update

#CrimsonDesert
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Crimson Desert Has Gone Gold Nearly 2 Months Before Launch

Crimson Desert Has Officially Gone Gold

Crimson Desert Goes Gold, Ambitious PS5 Open Worlder Locks in March Release Date

Crimson Desert Has Gone Gold, Confirming March Launch

Crimson Desert, the fantasy game that both impressed and annoyed me the most last year, has gone gold

Visually impressive open-world fantasy adventure Crimson Desert goes gold, locks in a March release date

Hotly-Anticipated Action RPG Crimson Desert Has Finally Gone Gold

Crimson Desert Locks in March Release Date as Dev Acknowledges 'Strong Anticipation'

#TheSwitch2
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Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties demo announced

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Gets Free Demo This January

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Demo Debuts Today

A Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Demo Is Out On January 21

Big Yakuza Kiwami 3 Demo Beats Down PS5 Tomorrow

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Scores A Switch 2 eShop Demo This Week

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Free Demo Launching January 21

#Switch2
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade Nintendo Switch 2 tech analysis, including frame rate and resolution

Final Fantasy VII Remake Feels Comfortable on Switch 2

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade On Switch 2 Is A Technical Miracle

Final Fantasy VII Remake Finally Hits Xbox and Switch 2 This Week

Guide: Final Fantasy 7 Remake Guide: How to Master FF7 and Save Midgar

Guide: Final Fantasy 7 Remake All Weapons: Character Builds and Best Materia

Guide: Final Fantasy 7 Remake Hard Mode Guide: Help, Tips, and Essential Advice for Beating Hard Mode

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade is right at home on Switch 2

Digital Foundry Delivers Its Tech Review Of Final Fantasy VII Remake On Switch 2

Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade On Switch 2

Review: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (Switch 2) - A Big, Bold Reimagining, And A First-Class Port

Final Fantasy 7 Remake is still excellent on Xbox and Switch 2, even if it's beginning to show its age

NatetheHate says Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth will release on Xbox in 2026, perhaps Switch 2?

Digital Foundry examines Final Fantasy VII Remake on Nintendo Switch 2

Review – Final Fantasy VII Remake (Switch 2)

#Marathon
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Marathon Steam pre-orders no longer automatically try to install Destiny 2, as Bungie fix Freudian slip/bug

Marathon Pre-Order Bug That Hilariously Caused Destiny 2 to Install on Steam Has Been Fixed

Bungie fixes bizarre Marathon pre-order bug that could auto-install Destiny 2 onto your PC

Marathon pre-orders somehow caused Destiny 2 to begin installation on Steam

Eh? Bungie fixes a bug that forced Destiny 2 to install with Marathon pre-orders

Marathon Pre-Order Bug Forced Players To Automatically Install Destiny 2

#Projekt
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Cyberpunk 2077 VR modder doesn't rule out releasing it for free after DMCA, claims there was "no negotiation" with CD Projekt

Cyberpunk 2077 VR Mod Removed Due To Paywall

CD Projekt Hits a DMCA Strike on Paid Cyberpunk 2077 R.E.A.L. VR Mod After Creator Refuses To Offer It For Free

Cyberpunk 2077 VR creator says he's being "punished" by pirates after mod take down

Creator of DMCA'd Cyberpunk 2077 VR Mod Says People Are Now Pirating It to 'Punish' Him for Breaking CD Projekt's Terms of Service

#Painkiller
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Beats Elden Ring for the Most Game of the Year Awards

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 beats out Elden Ring's GOTY award count, and it still isn't finished

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Beats Elden Ring and is Now the Most Awarded Game Ever

Painkiller's creator jokes that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's team of newbies has 'ruined' his worldview: 'I don't know what to believe anymore'

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sets World Record for Game of the Year Awards, Surpassing Elden Ring

#TheSandOfTimeRemake
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Prince of Persia Remake and 5 Other Games Cancelled by Ubisoft

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake canceled amid wider Ubisoft shakeup

Prince of Persia: The Sand of Time Remake is cancelled as Ubisoft announces major internal restructuring and more layoffs and studio closures on the way

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake Canceled as Ubisoft Restructures

Ubisoft Cancels Long-Delayed Prince Of Persia Remake

#They
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"They'll figure out how to get out of there eventually" – Arc Raider's latest enemy won't stick to Stella Montis

ARC Raiders Update: What’s Changed and Where the Game Is Now

Embark Cracks Down on Cheaters in Latest ARC Raiders Patch

Arc Raiders Update Targets Infamous Stella Montis Glitch – But Some Say ‘Rats’ Are Still in the Walls

#Epic
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Pirates director Gore Verbinski is iffy on Unreal Engine in movies: "I think it doesn’t work from a strictly photo-real standpoint"

‘Greatest slip backwards’: Pirates of the Caribbean director says Unreal Engine makes films look too much like games

As Amazon embraces Unreal Engine for Fallout, one legendary director says it's filmmaking's "greatest slip backwards"

Director Gore Verbinski says Unreal Engine is 'the greatest slip backwards' for movie CGI

#Tr49
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TR-49 review – a code breaking puzzle game where you get all up in some dead authors' gossip

TR-49 review - "Not for everyone, but certainly appeals to code-breaking fans"

TR-49 review

TR-49 review

#NewFallGuysMode
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Fortnite’s New Fall Guys Mode Leaked – Basketball Arcade Sports Incoming?

Fortnite Crosses Paths with Fall Guys in New Limited-Time Mode Crown Jam

Fall Guys Crown Jam is Fortnite's new sports LTM

Fortnite Adds Limited-Time Fall Guys Mode Crown Jam, a Mix of Basketball, Football and Obstacle Courses

#Playstation
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Research Firm Predicts Global Price Hike for Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026

Switch 2 Predicted To Follow In PlayStation And Xbox's Footsteps This Year With "Global Price Hike"

Nintendo president is 'carefully considering the situation' as research firm predicts Switch 2 price hike

#TheSwitch2
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Resident Evil: How Raccoon City Became a Horror Landmark

Resident Evil Requiem’s Grace and Leon Join Capcom Figure Builder Line

Resident Evil Requiem Showcase Reveals New Gameplay, Porsche and Hamilton Collabs, and PC Tech Details

#Questline
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Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon Has Sold 1 Million Units Across All Platforms

Skyrim-Like RPG Tainted Grail Proves a Huge Success

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon Sales Reach 1m

#Fallout3
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Rumoured Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas Remasters Not Expected to Be Out Any Time Soon

Don't expect the developers of this popular Fallout 3 and New Vegas crossover mod to rework it for potential remasters from Bethesda

Windows Central: Bethesda isn’t releasing Fallout 3 and New Vegas Remasters soon

#WorldOfWarcrafts
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WoW Midnight Pre-Patch is Live, With New Spec, Transmog Changes, Combat Changes & Much More

Rage of the Ren’dorei is the big quest in WoW Midnight Pre-patch. Here’s how to unlock Void Elf Demon Hunters

Is It Midnight Yet? The WoW Midnight Pre-Expansion Patch Goes Live

#2Easter
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Fallout season two's latest episode has a super Easter egg cameo for fans

Every Fallout season 2 Easter egg so far

Fallout Season 2 Episode 6 recap: 'The people who set all this in motion'

#ArcRaiders
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Arc Raiders players who spawn late into matches profit more, senior lead confirms

Arc Raiders may finally change the late spawn mechanic, but in the meantime, its design lead tells players that late joiners 'economically profit way more'

Arc Raiders Dev Says Players Who Spawn Late Don't Realize They 'Economically Profit Way More' Than Players Who Don't

#LoveEternalReleaseDateSet
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Narrative-heavy horror platformer LOVE ETERNAL looks fantastic and arrives February 19

Love Eternal Release Date Set for Eerie Horror Platformer

#Switch2Modder
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Modder creates the Ningtendo PXbox 5, a 3-in-1 console combining PS5, Xbox Series X and Switch 2

Woman Creates Super Console Containing PS5, Xbox, And Switch 2

#VisionalWheel
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Once Human season three Visional Wheel kicks off 2026 with new, more terrifying enemies to face

Once Human's Next Visional Wheel Gameplay Mode, 'Aberrant Progeny,' Launches Tomorrow

#WorldOfAssassination
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Hitman: World of Assassination introduces cross-progression for contracts on the go

Hitman World of Assassination Will Be Getting Cross-Progression

#GamesRazer
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Razer CEO Draws a Line Between AI Tools and AI “Slop” in Games

Razer CEO says "we all want" AI in game development, but not in the way you'd expect