Video Game News 8/11/2026

#TheGameHasBeenBanned
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Halloween The Game has been banned in Australia and New Zealand because players can smoke weed in it

Halloween: The Game Has Been Banned In Australia & New Zealand Because It Has Weed In It

Halloween: The Game denied classification in Australia and New Zealand over drug depiction

Australia Functionally Bans Halloween Game

Halloween: The Game is banned in Australia because incentivized drug use is bad but incentivized ultra-violence isn't

Upcoming Halloween Game Banned In Australia Over Drugs And Now Some GTA 6 Fans Are Worried

#TheEpicGamesStore
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1666: Amsterdam Early Access Starts on August 25th, Day and Night Activities Detailed

1666: Amsterdam Launches In Early Access This Month

1666: Amsterdam Launches in Early Access August 25

1666: Amsterdam sets PC early access release date for later this August

1666: Amsterdam is weaving witchcraft into supernatural action, stealth & investigation

1666 Amsterdam's early access launches this month, and I'm equal parts excited and worried

I've seen much more of 1666: Amsterdam, and the witchy game by the creator of Assassin's Creed has some surprising ideas

Assassin's Creed creator's dark and witchy action game 1666: Amsterdam is out in early access sooner than we expected

1666: Amsterdam Hands-On Preview

No Game Has Ever Needed Early Access More Than 1666: Amsterdam

1666: Amsterdam has the makings of something brilliant but I came away from its preview with a bad feeling as its early access release creeps too close for comfort

#NoMansSky
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No Man’s Sky at 10: 40 Free Updates and a Universe Still 99% Uncharted

A Decade Later, No Man's Sky Fans Have Explored Less Than 1% Of Its Planets

No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games celebrates 10-year anniversary

Sean Murray reflects on 10 years of No Man's Sky, its future, and why Hello Games' "redemption arc" narrative "isn't really the story" of the developer

Sean Murray suggests No Man's Sky follow-up Light No Fire is quite far along, but he's 'learned a very important lesson' about speaking too soon

From 4 Devs to 40 Updates: Sean Murray Details 10 Years of No Man's Sky

Light No Fire will 'absolutely' be like No Man's Sky, with new features coming post-release: Sean Murray says he'd like to still be working on it '10 years after launch'

#NoMansSkys
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‘I am truly grateful’: Hello Games CEO Sean Murray thanks players on No Man’s Sky’s 10th anniversary

No Man’s Sky Celebrates 10th Anniversary, Teases Next Major Update “Cosmos”

No Man’s Sky – Official 10th Anniversary Trailer

No Man's Sky 10th Anniversary Video Shows a Decade of Progress & Teases Next Update, Cosmos

#Playstation
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Aliens: Fireteam Elite’s cloud version on Switch has been shut down, making it unplayable for those who bought it

Aliens: Fireteam Elite Cloud Version Is No Longer Playable On Switch

This Switch Game You Might Have Bought Is Now Totally Unplayable

Aliens: Fireteam Elite on Nintendo Switch Shut Down With No Refunds, as Owners Become the Latest Victims of Gaming's Increasingly Digital Future

#Overwatch
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Blizzard is reportedly Xbox’s best-performing studio, says revenue in its last fiscal year was its third-highest ever

Blizzard is Microsoft's "top performing" studio, thanks largely to Diablo 4 and Overwatch

Blizzard seems to be back on top at Xbox with Diablo 4 and the Overwatch relaunch

Blizzard Is Reportedly Xbox’s New Top Studio

#Atlus
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'I Think We Have to Do It': Persona 1 and 2 Remakes Sound More Likely Than Ever

Kazuhisa Wada Says They 'Have to Do' Early Persona Remakes

Persona big boss says 'I think we have to do' remakes of the series' most-neglected games

Atlus Producer Says 'I Think We Have to Do' Persona 1 and 2 Remakes

#Cent
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50 Cent Set to Produce PAYDAY Adaptation

50 Cent is producing a Payday project for 'the screen'

Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson Joins Payday TV Show as Executive Producer

Payday Is Getting A TV Show With 50 Cent As Executive Producer

#CarnageMarvelTokonFightin
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Review: Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls (PS5) - The Most Exciting Fighting Game in Years

Does Marvel Tokon's New Update Fix the Game on PC? Results Seem to Be Mixed

How to play Carnage - Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls’ First PC Patch Targets Its Biggest Problems

How Long To Beat Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls

Marvel Tokon's New PC Patch Finally Makes the Game Work, Players Say

Arc System Launches Marvel Tokon PC Update, and Some Players Are Saying It's Fixing Most of Their Issues

#Leagues
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RuneScape Leagues II lets you unlock Gielinor your own way

RuneScape officially starts Leagues II Equilibrium today

Make Meaningful Choices to Fuel Your Fast-Paced Journey: Leagues II: Equilibrium is Live in RuneScape

RuneScape’s Leagues II: Equilibrium Is Live With Free-to-Play Worlds

#NewDay
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Spider-Man 2's PS5 Sales Have Exploded After Brand New Day's Box Office Blowout

Insomniac’s Spider-Man Reveals What Brand New Day Is Missing

Brand New Day Is Giving Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Its Biggest Sales Boost In Years

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Gets Huge Boost 3 Years After Launch Thanks to Box Office Phenomenon Spider-Man: Brand New Day

The 10 Best Moments From Spider-Man: Brand New Day

#ArcadeEditionIsOfficially
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Madden NFL 27 Patch Fixes Speed Boost, Draft Presentation and Achievement Issue

Madden NFL 27 – 10 Ways the Gameplay Has Changed From Madden NFL 26

Madden NFL 27 Arcade Edition Is Officially Live on Apple Arcade

#Classic
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Classic indie game Knytt has received a 20th anniversary version for modern PCs, and it’s entirely free

A retro gem returns and rebuilt, Knytt Classic is out now and free

Knytt Classic Shadowdrops Free on Steam, Rebuilt by Chasm Developer

#Valve
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Valve tells Steam hardware customers in Europe their personal data ‘was likely compromised’ in a cyber attack

Valve issues warning to Steam Machine and Steam Controller customers to "expect fake messages" after its European hardware partner is hacked

Steam Machine and Steam Controller Hit By Cyber Attack In Europe

#Valve
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Valve emailed about a cyberattack against their shipping partner CEVA Logistics in Europe

Valve confirms Steam hardware buyers' data exposed in CEVA Logistics cyberattack

Steam user data 'may have been compromised' by a cyberattack targeting Valve's European shipping partner

#Quest
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HandyGames, the studio behind Townsmen, to focus on mobile ports as THQ Nordic Mobile

All Switch 1 & 2 Games from the THQ Nordic Showcase 2026

HandyGames rebrands as THQ Nordic Mobile

#GrandTheftAuto5
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Grand Theft Auto 6 Netflix Showcase is “One of the Hors d’Oeuvres” For Marketing, Says Take-Two CEO

Grand Theft Auto 5 averages more copies sold per year than most megahits manage in their entire lifetime, with a total of 230 million since 2013

Grand Theft Auto Players Fundraise $50k for Sick Fan Trying to Make It to GTA 6

#SonicTheHedgehogJoinsFort
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Sonic The Hedgehog Joins Fortnite In A New Zone Later This Month

Sonic confirmed for Fortnite

Sonic the Hedgehog is Joining Fortnite, and Yes You'll Be Able to Dash Up Walls in the Green Hill Zone

#BestFriends
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Fields Of Mistria Romance, Marriage, And Children Guide

Fields of Mistria Review So Far

13 Fields of Mistria Tips For First-Time Farmers

#Echo
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Vale’s Echo announced for Nintendo Switch release

Village in the Shade gets Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch release date

It Takes Two seemingly coming to Nintendo Switch 2

Unsettling 'Cosy' Game Village in the Shade Arrives on PS5 for Halloween

Village in the Shade Launches October 27 on Switch, PS5, and PC

It Takes Two appears to be coming to Nintendo Switch 2

Review: Dark Scrolls (Nintendo Switch)

Review: Junkser (Nintendo Switch)

Review: Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Nintendo Switch 2)

#Marvel
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Marvel Tōkon’s PC Problems Have Players Trying a Very Strange Fix

Marvel Tōkon PC Patch Improves Struggling Steam Version: ‘Maybe PS5 Players Will Play With Us Now’

#CouldAbandon
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GameStop Could Abandon $55 Billion eBay Takeover for a Partnership Instead

After eBay’s Resounding Rejection, GameStop Reconsiders Its $56 Billion Acquisition Bid

#Over
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Over the Hill, SnowRunner's hippie off-roading cousin from the Art of Rally devs, gets an October release date

The vibey offroading game with more than a million Steam wishlists has a release date

#Endermen
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If you drove yourself mad building computers in Minecraft, Pight's redstone-inspired puzzling is an affordable palate cleanser

Pight is a Minecraft-inspired logic puzzler available on iOS and Android

#Musketeers
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So Videogames Episode 500: Three Musketeers!

ShackStream: Snow Brothers on The Stevetendo Show! Episode 737