Video Game News 7/8/2026

#GettingOffCourse
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Mario Kart Tour comes in for the finish and is set to shut down later this year

Mario Kart Tour Will Shut Down In September, Will Not Be Available Offline

Mario Kart Tour is being shut down and no offline version is planned

Mario Kart Tour Mobile Game Shuts Down in September

Mario Kart Tour to go offline in September

Mario Kart Tour Service Officially Ends This September

The long-running Mario Kart Tour is shutting down soon

The retreat from mobile games continues as Mario Kart Tour and Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis will be taken offline later this year

Mobile game Mario Kart Tour is winding down

Mario Kart Tour to shut down in September 2026

Nintendo Confirms Mario Kart Tour Shutdown After 7 Years, No Offline Version Offered

Mario Kart Tour Is Getting Off Course, Announces EOS After 7 Years

Mario Kart Tour Will Be Gone Forever September 29

#Fallout
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Obsidian ‘cancels Avowed 2 to focus on new Fallout’

New Vegas devs Obsidian are reportedly working on a new Fallout game, and only Microsoft could make news I've waited half my life for taste this bitter

New Fallout in the Works at Obsidian, Avowed 2 Cancelled – Rumor

Obsidian Put On Fallout Duty, Avowed Sequel Cancelled Amid Layoffs

Rumour: New Fallout Game from Obsidian in the Works, But Has to Cancel Avowed Sequel

Obsidian Entertainment may be pivoting to a Fallout game amid layoffs & reorganization

Obsidian Is Working On A New Fallout Game, And Avowed 2 Cancelled

New Fallout Game Is New Focus For New Vegas Developer Obsidian Entertainment – Report

Fallout New Vegas devs are finally making a new Fallout RPG

Obsidian is reportedly making a new Fallout game headed by Josh Sawyer after Microsoft pulled the plug on an Avowed sequel

Obsidian Reportedly Cancels Avowed 2 to Focus on a New Fallout Game

Obsidian Reportedly Working On New Fallout Game After Xbox Cancels Avowed Sequel

#BlackFlagResynced
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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced can run smoothly aboard both Steam Deck and Steam Machine - with the right settings

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review - a great pirate game swaps the ups and downs of old Assassin’s Creed for the ups and downs of new Assassin’s Creed

All Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Twitch Drop Rewards Before Release

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Interview – Faithfulness to the Original, Anvil Engine, and More

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced PC Review – The Pirate King Returns Better Than Ever

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Review — Hoist The Colours

Review: Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced (PS5) - Swashbuckling Classic Restored with Love and Respect

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Review – Yo-Ho-Ho & a Bottle of Fun

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Review

Assassin's Creed Black Flag: Resynced Review - Side Quests

Everything new in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review - the best pirate game got even better

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced hasn't set sail yet, but it's already doing better than Shadows on Steam

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review

Black Flag Resynced Is A Bad Remake Of Peak Assassin’s Creed | Review

Where to find Blackbeard's Treasure in Black Flag Resynced

All 22 treasure map locations in Black Flag Resynced

All 16 Mayan stone locations in Black Flag Resynced

How to get all 12 Ultimate Ship Plans in Black Flag Resynced

How to get all 28 outfits in Black Flag Resynced

How to beat all four legendary ships in Black Flag Resynced

How to access Black Flag Resynced's new content in order

How to complete the Art Lover quest in Black Flag Resynced

How to get Data Fragments in Black Flag Resynced

Here's the Black Flag Resynced release time for your region

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Review

Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced PC Settings Guide

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Remake Is The Highest Rated Game In The Series Since… The Original Black Flag

#SwordArtOnline
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Review: Echoes of Aincrad Has Pacing Issues

Echoes of Aincrad Review

Review: Echoes of Aincrad: Sword Art Online (PS5) - Squandered Potential at Every Turn

Echoes of Aincrad Review – Sword Art Offline

Echoes of Aincrad Review

Echoes of Aincrad Review

#FinalFantasyViiEverCrisis
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Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis is the latest Square Enix mobile game to be shut down

Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis Ends Service On October 7 As The Retelling of Before Crisis Officially Kicks Off This Month

Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis to end service this October

Lost Final Fantasy 7 Prequel Finally Being Localized

Square Enix Kills Ambitious Final Fantasy 7 Mobile Spin-Off Right Before The Remake Trilogy’s Last Game

#Gamekey
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The Crew Motorfest Reportedly Coming to Switch 2 This Fall

Ubisoft bringing The Crew Motorfest to Nintendo Switch 2

The Crew Motorfest Arriving On Switch 2 This October

Billbil-kun: The Crew Motorfest heading to Switch 2 October as Game-Key Card

Nintendo Switch 2 Leak Reveals The Crew Motorfest, With Physical Launch Via Game-Key Card

#Atlus
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Persona 4 Revival Will Address Yosuke With New Changes

Persona 4 Revival Anime Expo Panel Confirms Abby Trott as Rise and MAPPA Cutscenes

Persona 4 Revival producer says there will be changes to Yosuke

Persona 4 Revival Producer Confirms Some Noteworthy Character Changes Are Coming

It Sure Sounds Like Persona 4 Revival Is Getting Rid Of The Homophobia

#TheChapter1AllYouNeed
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Disney Dreamlight Valley sees the arrival of Winnie the Pooh in its first adventure pack

Disney Dreamlight Valley announces big Honeyglow Woods Adventure Pack DLC [update: trailer]

Disney Dreamlight Valley: Honeyglow Woods Brings Winnie the Pooh’s World To Life

Chapter 1: All You Need Is Honey Quest Guide in Disney Dreamlight Valley

#DraculaIsKingOfEngland
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Vampirium: 1997 is a mysterious looking choice-filled minimalist immersive sim

Become King Dracula's personal vamp-assassin in Vampirium: 1997, an immersive sim Bithell Games are launching into Steam early access soon

Bithell Games’s Vampirium:1997 Announced

"Dracula is King of England" - New immersive sim Vampirium: 1997 announced by Tron: Catalyst and Thomas Was Alone developer Bithell Games

#GameBoy
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Wario Land and three more Game Boy classics hit Nintendo Switch Online today

Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy & GBA Library With Four More Titles

New Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games added to Nintendo Classics

Nintendo Switch Online July Additions Include a Wario Classic

#Switch2
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Crimson Desert Studio is Evaluating a Potential Nintendo Switch 2 Port

Pearl Abyss Announces Crimson Desert Booth And Behind the Scenes Developer Presentations at Gamescom

Crimson Desert Dev Working On Getting Switch 2 Version Up And Running

Crimson Desert developer trying to get game to run on Nintendo Switch 2

#9s
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Marvel Rivals Season 9: Way Too Early Predictions

Marvel Rivals Season 9 Adds Jubilee, Reworks Team-Ups on July 10

What time does Marvel Rivals Season 9 release in your time zone?

Marvel Rivals may have solved season 9's Apocalypse murder mystery

Marvel Rivals' Season 9 update will affect 80% of its roster as NetEase throws balance out the window for a more 'fun' approach to the game

#MortalShell2
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Mortal Shell II set for release on August 20

Mortal Shell 2 Will Launch In August

Mortal Shell 2 Promises Quality Souls Action on PS5, Out Next Month

#IdSoftware
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Id Software dev claims it’s been ‘relegated to support studio size’ as 136 layoffs confirmed

'I'm Not Convinced There's a Viable Way Forward': DOOM Dev Relegated to 'Support Studio' Size

Laid-off id Software artist says Microsoft is 'nuking the team into the dirt' and is now the size of a 'support studio'

#Switch1
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Nintendo confirms Switch 1 sales aren’t yet ending outside of Europe

It's only in Europe where Nintendo is discontinuing Switch 1, and likely to do with the Right to Repair laws we have here

Nintendo confirms Switch 1 consoles will be withdrawn from Europe following EU law change on batteries

#SanDiegoComiccon
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Nintendo announces 2026 San Diego Comic-Con lineup, including first hands on with Nintendo Switch Sports Resort and chance to compete against The Rizzler

Go Hands-On With Switch Sports Resort At San Diego Comic-Con This Month

Nintendo announces San Diego Comic-Con 2026 lineup includes Switch Sports Resort and other “surprises”

#JobsLost
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136 Jobs Lost at Legendary Dev id Software After Xbox Layoffs

UPDATE: id Software Has Lost 136 of Its 185 Employees

DOOM's Developer id Software Has Supposedly Lost Around 50% Of Its Team

#StarFox
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ShackStream: Star Fox multiplayer!

Review: Star Fox (Nintendo Switch 2)

Star Fox Rule Of Cools Its Way To Becoming A Switch 2 Must-Have

#BuildARocketBoy
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Workers at MindsEye studio protesting controversial fan event this weekend after multiple rounds of layoffs

Build a Rocket Boy staff to protest upcoming "all-expenses-paid" fan event

MindsEye developers protest against a fan event their own studio is hosting

#GoldenLap
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Golden Lap is Noodlecake's take on the racing sim with minimum glitz, maximum strats

Step into the Polished Shoes of a Racing Team Manager in Golden Lap, Out Now

#July
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Daily free Monopoly Go dice links (July 2026)

Monopoly Go Free Rolls – July 2026 Links

#HumbleChoiceBundleIsNowAv
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Humble Choice has some essentials for July 2026 like Sea of Stars and Drop Duchy

July’s Humble Choice Bundle Is Now Available – Score Sea of Stars, Tunic, and 6 More PC Games for $15

#All
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All EA FC 26 Phenoms Team 1 Players (Leaks, Predictions, and Release Date)

FC 26 Europe Objective: Fastest Way To Complete & All Rewards

#Playstation
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Fired Marathon director says he’s settled a lawsuit with Sony and been inserted into the credits

Former Destiny 2 and Marathon director settles $200 million lawsuit against Sony and Bungie: 'The outcome is one I am very satisfied with'

#Spyro
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Toys for Bob still wants to work on Banjo-Kazooie: ‘We’re huge fans’

Toys For Bob Reiterates Its Desire To Make A New Banjo-Kazooie Game