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Video Game News 7/29/2026

#WorldTour
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Crazy Taxi World Tour is getting a closed network test in September, applications open now
Anticipated PlayStation 5 Open World Game Gets New Trailer, Closed Network Test
SEGA announces Crazy Taxi: World Tour for Nintendo Switch 2 [update: new trailer]
Crazy Taxi: World Tour Reveals Closed Network Test Dates
Earn Some Crazy Money Early by Testing the New Crazy Taxi on PS5
Crazy Taxi: World Tour Closed Network Test Announced Alongside New West Coast Map Trailer
Crazy Taxi: World Tour Opens 5,000-Slot Network Test Ahead of 2027 Launch
Crazy Taxi: World Tour Closed Network Test Sign-Ups Are Open
Video: Crazy Taxi: World Tour Gets A Crazy New Trailer Highlighting West Coast Map
Crazy Taxi: World Tour starts the engine on a September multiplayer test – here’s how you can join it
Crazy Taxi: World Tour has competitive multiplayer, and you've got a chance to play it very soon
Crazy Taxi World Tour gets new trailer
A Chance To Get Behind The Wheel Of Crazy Taxi: World Tour Is Coming Soon
Crazy Taxi: World Tour Closed Network Test Announced

#DoubleFine
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After gaining independence from Xbox, Double Fine are laying off a quarter of their staff
‘These actions are not taken lightly’: Double Fine has laid off 23 staff after going independent
Double Fine get layoffs after split from Microsoft
Double Fine Announces Layoffs For 23 Employees Following Xbox Split
Newly Independent Double Fine Has to Lay Off 23 Devs to Ensure Survival of the Studio
Double Fine Following Its Return to Independence From Xbox Has Laid Off 23 Employees
Double Fine Lays Off 23 Staff Just Weeks After Splitting From Xbox
Double Fine Announces Layoffs As It Goes Independent From Xbox
Double Fine hit with layoffs after exiting Xbox - "The people we are losing were all important"
Double Fine Productions cuts 23 roles as it becomes independent from Xbox
Double Fine making layoffs after being jettisoned by Xbox
'Only the survival of our studio would make us consider such a painful action': Tim Schafer announces Double Fine layoffs just 3 weeks after Xbox cut it loose
Psychonauts 2 Studio Double Fine Hit With Layoffs Amid Divestiture From Xbox

#ReloadedEdition
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August’s three PlayStation Plus ‘free’ Essential monthly games include Dying Light 2 and Big Walk
PlayStation Plus August Monthly Free Games Include a Big Surprise
PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for August – Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition, Big Walk, Signalis
PS Plus Essential Games for August 2026 Announced
PlayStation Plus Monthly Titles For August 2026 Announced, Includes Big Walk, Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition, and Signalis
PS Plus August 2026 Brings Zombie Co-op, Indie Horror, and Cozy Puzzles
Here Are Your Free PlayStation Plus Essential Monthly Games For August, 2026
Sony Confirms PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for August 2026, Headlined by Dying Light 2: Stay Human

#Wuchang
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Wuchang: Fallen Feathers sequel in the works from original director's new studio, which bears the wonderful name Indolphinity
A sequel to Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is being developed by its director’s new studio
Wuchang Sequel in the Works at New Studio Formed by Original's Creator
A Wuchang: Fallen Feathers sequel is in development
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers sequel officially announced with original creator’s new studio developing it
Soulslike game Wuchang is officially getting a sequel developed by its creator's new studio after the original team reportedly disbanded
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Sequel Announced With Creator Back on Board, After Reports That Its Development Team Had Disbanded

#SeptemberWizardsOfTheCoas
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Two years on from taking the role, Wizards of the Coast's president is stepping down
Wizards of the Coast President John Hight is Leaving in September
John Hight Has Stepped Down As Wizards Of The Coast President After Just Two Years
Wizards of the Coast president steps down after only two years in the role
Despite Magic's unprecedented success, Wizards of the Coast's president is already stepping down
Wizards of the Coast president is stepping down after just 2 years on the job
Wizards of the Coast President John Hight Announces Departure from Company

#NewDay
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Insomniac's Spider-Man Finishing Moves Influenced Brand New Day, Says Tom Holland
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Drops New Update With PSSR Support, Brand New Day And Marvel Tokon Suits
Brand New Day Brings New Spider-Man Suits to Two Marvel Games
Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s Fight Scenes Started With Marvel’s Spider-Man Screenshots
8 years later, Spider-Man: Brand New Day officially brings back an abandoned Avenger
Fortnite Adds New Spider-Man, Hulk, and Punisher Skins in Brand New Day Crossover
Tom Holland, Why Are You Like This?
Spider-Man 2 Gets Free Update For Brand New Day And Marvel Tōkon And It’s A Bit…Buggy

#SupportingMe
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Truck-kun Is Supporting Me From Another World?! Review — Smack ‘Em All
Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! Crashes Onto Xbox And PC In The Year’s Weirdest Launch
Review: Truck-kun Is Supporting Me From Another World Feels a Little Like Crazy Taxi
Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another World Review – Filler Arc
Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! review: Isekai me into some work/life balance
Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another World?! Review

#Playstation
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Damascus Prototype Armor Skin Code in Halo Campaign Evolved Released
Halo: Campaign Evolved Peaks at 25,376 Players as the Series’ Weakest Steam Launch Yet
Halo Fares a Hair Better on PS5 Than Xbox, with PS5 Pro the Best Place to Play
Poll: Did You Buy Halo: Campaign Evolved on PS5?
Guide: Halo Campaign Evolved Guide: 100% Collectibles Walkthrough
Halo Waypoint armor redeem codes for Halo: Campaign Evolved
How to unlock the LASO playlist - Halo: Campaign Evolved
Tentpole Xbox release Halo: Campaign Evolved performs better on the PlayStation 5, with the PS5 Pro providing the best experience
Halo: Campaign Evolved Codes For Free Armor Sets
'The Library' skulls and terminal locations in Halo Campaign Evolved
Halo: Campaign Evolved PC Settings Guide

#PokemonPokopiaDlc
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Pokemon Pokopia announces Fetching Scales for Feebas event
Pokemon Pokopia DLC gets new 7-minute trailer
Pokemon Pokopia First Bubbly Basin DLC Debuts Next Week
Pokemon Pokopia's Bubbly Basin DLC and 2.0 update launch August 5
Pokopia Expansion Pass Trailer Reveals New Pokémon & A First Look At 'Part 2'
Pokémon Pokopia 'Bubbly Basin' Expansion Pass DLC Locks In Switch 2 Release Date
Pokémon Pokopia's Bubbly Basin DLC and underwater-themed free update is coming as soon as next week
Pokemon Company confirms Pokemon Pokopia DLC for 5th August
Pokemon Pokopia’s DLC seemingly launches 5th August
Pokemon Pokopia Expansion Pass | Extended Overview Trailer
Pokopia’s First Major DLC, Bubbly Basin, Is Out Next Week

#Everquest
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Game Jawn’s EverQuest Legends officially launches this afternoon – are you playing?
Everquest for wimps
EverQuest Legends Has Officially Launched, With a Roadmap on the Way
EverQuest Legends Launches Today as a Solo-Friendly Take on Classic EverQuest
EverQuest Legends Is Live, With Kerran, 4K UI Scaling, and a Roadmap Coming
EverQuest Legends Launching Today

#Playstation5
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Silent Hill: Townfall hands-on report
Feature: 6 Things to Know from Silent Hill: Townfall's Glowing PS5 Previews
Ready yourselves, Silent Hill fans, Silent Hill: Townfall is going to "massively subvert" your expectations, and after playing several hours I'm hugely excited
Silent Hill: Townfall innovates with its new outdated technology
Silent Hill: Townfall promises to "massively subvert" your expectations, and it's left me painfully excited
Silent Hill: Townfall Hands-On Preview
Silent Hill Townfall Hands-On Preview
Silent Hill: Townfall Could Be Proof Of The Franchise’s Renaissance Moment
Silent Hill: Townfall Devs Were Given The Freedom To Make Their Own Kind Of Horror
Silent Hill: Townfall Dev Wants Players To Discuss Its Story Mysteries For Decades
Konami Wants You To Know How Serious It Is About Silent Hill
Here’s Why Silent Hill: Townfall Is A First-Person Game
Silent Hill: Townfall team explains why first-person is scarier than third-person
Silent Hill Townfall preview: already one of 2026’s most terrifying games
Silent Hill: Townfall's director finds it 'utterly terrifying to be the next one in the series' but is still confident fans will enjoy the experience
Silent Hill: Townfall Might Be Exactly What the Series Needs | IGN Preview

#DragonAge
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"Dragon Age: Origins wasn’t the most attractive game": BioWare's old series producer still thinks a DA remaster trilogy is worth it, but the knowhow isn't there
A Dragon Age remaster trilogy is unlikely because nobody who knows the old engine is left, producer says
Dragon Age Can't Get the Mass Effect Remaster Treatment Because of Dev Difficulties
Mark Darrah thinks that Dragon Age is dead. If it ever were to continue, it needs to be reset
A Dragon Age Trilogy remaster probably won't happen as no one still employed at BioWare knows how the engine works, claims producer

#Tmnt
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The TMNT DLC pack is now available for Sonic Racing CrossWorlds
Cowabunga! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Join Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Today on PS5, PS4
Cowabunga! Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Welcomes The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pack now available
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pack Now Available

#Switch2Expedition33
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Team Faces “a Big Technical Challenge” For a Nintendo Switch 2 Port
Clair Obscur Dev Still Interested In Switch 2 Port, But Admits It Would Be A "Big Technical Challenge"
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs are working on a Nintendo Switch 2 version, but note the "big technical challenge" of getting it up and running
Expedition 33 devs say it would be “big technical challenge” to bring to Switch 2

#Pragmata
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Pragmata’s Success Has Increased the Likelihood of a Sequel, Says Capcom
Capcom Q1 profits climb as Pragmata and Resident Evil drive sales
Capcom says likelihood of a Pragmata sequel is high, citing strong sales and 'appeal' of its main character, Diana
Pragmata 2 Likely After Sales Success, Publisher Capcom Says

#Rockstar
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GTA Online in-game gambling reportedly blocked in Australia, leaving folks down under locked out of Diamond Casino games
GTA Online in-game gambling is now blocked in Australia
GTA Online In-game Gambling Suddenly Disabled in Australia

#ProjectZomboidBuild
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The massive Project Zomboid Build 42 is out now
Project Zomboid build 42 is finally here, and it adds animals, basements, and deeper crafting
Project Zomboid Build 42 is One of Its Most Meaningful Updates

#Naturalist
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Ball x Pit getting “Naturalist” update
Ball x Pit final update The Naturalist arrives August 6
Ball x Pit's Final Free Update Bounces Onto Switch Next Month

#Titan3
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Nintendo Switch 2 ports a big part of Koei Tecmo’s strategy
Koei Tecmo Reiterates Support For Switch 2, Plans To Release Even More Ports
Koei Tecmo wants to avoid "dependence on major titles", though expectations for Wo Long 2 and Attack on Titan 3 are high

#GoingToGoABitCrazy
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Studio is “Going to Go a Bit Crazy” With its Next Game, Says CEO
'We're Going to Go a Bit Crazy': Clair Obscur Dev Doesn't Want to Hold Back on Its Next Game
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Director Says End Of Physical Discs Is ‘Super Sad’

#HilariousAdventureCollect
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Hilarious Adventure Collection The Immortal John Triptych Arrives on PS5 in August
The Immortal John Triptych Launches August 27 on Consoles and PC
Exclusive: 'The Immortal John Triptych' Will Split Sides On Switch 1 & 2 Next Month

#Subnautica2
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Krafton have big plans for Subnautica, after the second game's once-divisive co-op "confirmed the potential to expand beyond the existing fan base"
Krafton pledges to turn Subnautica into "franchise IP" after Subnautica 2 surpasses 5m sales in just 22 days

#UpsettingNewsForResidentE
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Upsetting News For Resident Evil Fans
Resident Evil Requiem has sold over 8M units

#HarvestSprite
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Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley and Harvest Moon: Skytree Village add some OG farming to your modern life sim, out now on mobile
New Harvest Moon Mobile Games Are Lost Valley and Skytree Village Ports

#Switch2
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007 First Light is Coming to Nintendo Switch 2 on September 16th, Per Store Listings
007 First Light's Switch 2 release date may be closer than we realised