Video Game News 1/20/2026

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

Life is Strange: Reunion “Builds on Everything That Has Come Before,” As Max and Chloe Turn Co-Leads

Life is Strange: Reunion Officially Announced, Launches on March 26th

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

Life Is Strange: Reunion PS5 Release Date Is Surprisingly Soon

Life is Strange: Reunion Launches This March

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

It's way past time for Life is Strange to let Max & Chloe go

Life is Strange: Reunion ends Max & Chloe's saga in March

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

Life Is Strange Reunion revealed, reunites Max and Chloe

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'

Life Is Strange: Reunion Leaks Early, Coming Sooner Than We Thought [Update]

#WorldOfAssassination
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IO celebrates Hitman 3’s fifth anniversary by announcing cross-progression for World of Assassination

Hitman World of Assassination is Getting Cross-Progression Across All Platforms on February 3

Hitman World of Assassination will support cross-progression

Hitman World of Assassination Will Be Getting Cross-Progression

Cross-Progression Is Coming To Hitman: World Of Assassination Next Month

Hitman: World of Assassination will finally let you use your PS5 save on Switch 2, plus other variations, from next month

Hitman's getting cross-progression as IOI limbers up for that co-op mode it announced last year

Hitman: World of Assassination Cross-Progression Coming in February

Hitman World of Assassination Gets Cross-Progression, Though Hitman 2 to 3 Carryover is Ending

#Cyberpunk2077
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Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod flatlines, after CD Projekt file DMCA strike and request its creator drop their paywall

Cyberpunk 2077 VR Mod Removed Following DMCA Takedown Request by 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 mod removed by CD Projekt after its creator wouldn't release it for free

CD Projekt issues DMCA notice against Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod

Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod disappears after mod maker decides he'd rather take it down than make it free

CD Projekt Hits Paid Cyberpunk 2077 VR Mod With DMCA Strike, Creator Refuses Request to Make It Free for Everyone

#SpaceMarine2
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New Game Pass titles revealed, including Space Marine 2 and Death Stranding

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and Death Stranding Director’s Cut Coming to Game Pass This Month

Death Stranding Is So Multi-Platform That It's Now Going on Game Pass

Here's the next batch of Xbox Game Pass games for January

Xbox Game Pass for January 2026 adds Resident Evil Village ahead of Requiem release

Xbox Game Pass January 2026 lineup finalized with Death Stranding, Space Marine 2

Xbox Game Pass Adding 2024's Best Shooter This Month

Xbox Game Pass Is Set to Close Out January 2026 With a Bolt From the Grim Darkness of the Far Future: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

#DougBowser
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Doug Bowser joins Hasbro’s board, fresh from retiring as Nintendo of America boss

Former Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser joins Hasbro Board of Directors

Former Nintendo Of America President Doug Bowser Joins Hasbro's Board Of Directors

Former Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser joins Hasbro board

Former Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser Joins Hasbro's Board of Directors

Ex-Nintendo of America Boss Doug Bowser Joins Hasbro, Owner of Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering

#TheGameAwards
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Larian Games Doing Better Than Ever Off the Back of Divinity Reveal

January 20, 2026: Divinity Announcement Boosts Baldur’s Gate 3 Sales

Baldur's Gate 3 sales have seen an "incredible" surge since Divinity's reveal, despite AI controversy

Divinity: Original Sin 2 hits new post-launch-window high as Larian's bloodthirsty The Game Awards reveal boosts studio's back catalogue

Divinity Announcement Sparks 'Incredible' Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin 2 Sales, Larian Boss Says

#Marathon
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Find out if you can run a Marathon with the extraction shooter's system requirements

Marathon system requirements

After a long race to the finish line, we finally have Marathon’s system requirements

Marathon's system requirements look to continue one of 2025's best PC trends: great performance and low min specs

#An
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An ARC Raiders auction house would be "risky", but Embark are looking at a playable Speranza hub and an actual trading animation

Embark Cracks Down on Cheaters in Latest ARC Raiders Patch

New Arc Raiders update takes aim at the Stella Montis boundary exploit, but may not have fixed it entirely

Arc Raiders’ Latest Patch Is A Major Blow To Cheating Scum

#Fable2s
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Alleged Fable concept art seems to point towards a return to Fable 2's rogueish hive of scum and pub islands

Alleged Fable concept art has leaked ahead of this week’s gameplay reveal

New Fable Concept Art Leak Shows Lord of the Rings Inspirations

Fable Reboot Concept Art Points to Large Open World

#NintendoSwitch
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Switch 2’s Tepid U.S. Start Contrasts With Japan’s Red-Hot Console Market

Japan: Console market grew by 138.8% in 2025 thanks to Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo Switch 2 sales may be lagging a bit in the West, but its impact on Japan's console market is undeniable

Nintendo Switch 2 sells 3.7m units in Japan in 2025, accounting for over half of home console sales

#RiotGames
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Riot Games' MMO Continues Development, Former WoW Lead Producer Joins the Team

Riot adds ex-World of Warcraft producer to its League of Legends MMO team, and I'm starting to believe it actually exists

Veteran World of Warcraft lead joins Riot Games as a producer on upcoming rival MMO

Former World of Warcraft Producer Joins Riot Games, Sparking Hope the League of Legends MMO Might Actually Come Out

#SteamDeck
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Ball x Pit was my Steam Deck obsession last year, and its first major update threatens to steal my free time all over again

2025 breakout indie hit Ball x Pit to get two new characters, loads of new balls in new update

The first of smash hit roguelike Ball X Pit's three major free updates adds a falconer who fires balls out of her two pet birds

Ball x Pit Regal Update Brings New Characters and More Next Week

#TombRaider
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Tomb Raider in Japan could have had a Lara Croft anime redesign

Tomb Raider publishers floated a Lara Croft anime redesign in Japan, but the original developers refused it

Core Design's Japanese publisher wanted Lara Croft's model to be changed "to appeal more to a Japanese audience"

Original Tomb Raider Creators Resisted Calls from Japanese Publisher to Make a 'Manga-Style' Lara Croft

#GetShadoweaveScraps
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How to Get Shadoweave Scraps in Hytale

Hytale roadmap - all updates coming in 2026 and beyond

How to get Cobalt in Hytale

Where to find clay in Hytale

How to build a teleporter in Hytale

Doom, Windows 95, even Hytale itself: It seems like there's nothing that modders can't make Hytale run

How to get voidhearts in Hytale

#Playstation5
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MIO: Memories in Orbit Review – The Heart of the Matter

MIO: Memories in Orbit Launches Day One On Game Pass, Xbox, PlayStation & PC

Mio: Memories in Orbit interactive map

#TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHo
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Nintendo Music – list of all games included

Nintendo Music Adds Another Legendary Zelda Soundtrack, Here's Every Song Included

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass added to Nintendo Music

#FarCry3
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Three Ubisoft All-Timers Getting 60fps Updates on PS5 This Week

Two More Far Cry Games Are Getting A 60FPS Update

Every Old Game Deserves A 60FPS Update

#Fortnite
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Fortnite just added official Dungeons and Dragons islands, and here are the codes you need

Dungeons & Dragons comes to Fortnite with new creator islands

Fortnite Dungeons & Dragons Crossover Brings New Adventures

#SplitgateArenaReloaded
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Splitgate Arena Reloaded's new battle royale mode sounds a lot like Apex Legends, and I can't wait to give it a try

After a troubled relaunch, Splitgate Arena Reloaded adds an Arena Royale mode later this week

SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded Update 2.2 Introducing Arena Royale Mode

#RpgUndecember
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Dark December is a newly released prequel to hit RPG Undecember

Action RPG Dark December Launches on PC and Mobile

#Morax
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Morax: A Horror Story launches on mobile with the first three episodes of psychological horror

Pathologic 3 is a sickly horror story about time pretending to be an 'easier' game

#Rubato
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I knew I'd enjoy Rubato's demo from the moment the Earth blew up and I fell in the toilet

Rubato, an experimental take on the collect-a-thon genre, coming to Nintendo Switch

#Fallout4
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Steam's 'complete the set' bundles can now be gifted, with bits your mates already own accounted for

Steam now lets you gift 'complete the set' bundles to your pals, including relevant discounts

#TreasureHunter
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RuneScape's Treasure Hunter microtransactions are now gone, restoring integrity as Jagex reveal integrity-focused 2026 plans integratively

RuneScape details its plans to scrap its 'Treasure Hunter' microtransactions, rework combat, and dole out other 'integrity-focused releases' for its 25th anniversary

#Marathon
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Marathon from Bungie is out March 5th - likely unplayable on SteamOS Linux

Bungie’s Destiny 2 Rewards As Bonus With Marathon Pre-Orders For March 5th Release