Video Game News 7/14/2026

#Switch2
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Octopath Traveler 1 & 2 Announced For Switch 2 With Improved Performance And Visuals

Octopath Traveler Primrose Figure Arrives in 2027

Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 Switch 2, Octopath Traveler 0 Update Coming

Octopath Traveler’s Switch 2 Pricing Has One Option That Makes Almost No Sense

Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler 2 get Switch 2 ports this October

Octopath Traveler I & II Arrives on Switch 2 in October 2026

Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler II Heading to Nintendo Switch 2 on October 1, No Upgrade Path for Nintendo Switch Owners

Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler II coming to Nintendo Switch 2 eShop today

Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler II Launch on Switch 2 October 1

Square Enix Once Again Skips Switch 2 Upgrade Path For Octopath Traveler Collection

#DeepDiveLocked
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Gawrsh! Kingdom Hearts 'Deep Dive' Locked for D23 Next Month

Disney Remembers Kingdom Hearts With A D23 Deep Dive

Kingdom Hearts to be featured at D23 this August

Disney's D23 fan event to feature big Kingdom Hearts 'deep dive'

Kingdom Hearts event confirmed for D23

New Look at Kingdom Hearts 4 May Be Coming Next Month

Kingdom Hearts 4 News Could Come Sooner Than You Think

Kingdom Hearts Fans Are On High Alert After Disney Announces A D23 Panel For The RPG Series

#SummerGames
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Games Done Quick Cancels SNK Sponsorship Live On Stream Following ‘Human Rights Concerns’ Raised By Fans

Games Done Quick apologizes for partnering with Saudi-owned studio SNK

Summer Games Done Quick raises $2.4 million for charity, cancels sponsored stream with SNK over Saudi Arabia ties

Games Done Quick announces and then quickly cancels SNK-sponsored stream because of company's Saudi ownership

GDQ cancels SNK-sponsored stream & refuses funds due to Saudi Arabia PIF ownership

"An oversight we deeply regret": Games Done Quick cancel SNK-sponsored stream following backlash over studio's Saudi Arabian ownership

Summer Games Done Quick Cancels Sponsored SNK Stream Due to 'Human Rights Concerns'

GDQ Cancels SNK Stream Over Saudi Arabia Ties

#BlackFlagPs5
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Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag Resynced Guide – All 12 Ultimate Ship Plans And How To Find Them

Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag Resynced Guide – All Legendary Guns And How To Find Them

Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag Resynced Guide – All Legendary Outfits And How To Find Them

UK Charts: Assassin's Creed Plants Its Black Flag At Number One

Black Flag Resynced Devs Want You on the Picket Line

Get Free Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag PS5 DLC With This Code

Amid Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced furore, Ubisoft's latest financial report removes widely mocked claim microtransactions make games "more fun"

Despite having an offline mode, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced was unplayable when Ubisoft Connect went down

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced: Where to Find Leave Her Johnny Sea Shanty

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced: How to Get Crocodile Leather

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced: How to Find Blackbeard’s Treasure

Black Flag Fans Discover New Treasures: Feet Pics

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Reported As Unplayable When Ubisoft Connect Was Down, Despite Promises This Shouldn’t Happen

#MarvelTokon
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Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Outlines Spider-Man’s Web-Slinging Antics in New Character Guide

Guide: Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Open Beta: Start Times, How to Play, and What's Included

Well, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is now only barred from purchase in 117 countries according to Steam's backend, which is a start

MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls – Official Spider-Man Character Gameplay Guide

#TheJuneDirect
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Splatoon Raiders – What You Need to Know Before Jumping In

Poll: Splatoon 3's Raiders-Themed Splatfest Has Crowned Its Champion

Team Power won Splatoon 3 x Splatoon Raiders Collaboration Splatfest

Step Into the World of Splatoon Raiders with BRISK Iced Tea at San Diego Comic-Con

#25thAnniversaryRoadToRest
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RuneScape launches major Player-Owned Housing overhaul as part of its bigger 25-year feature revamps

RuneScape’s Massive Player-Owned Housing Overhaul Is Available Now

RuneScape Player-Owned Housing Rework is Live, With Flexible Options, and Construction 120 to Unlock Even More

RuneScape Overhauls Player-Owned Housing and Raises Construction to 120

#Build
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Staff Protest as MindsEye Studio Hosts 'Extravagant' Fan Playtest Following Mass Layoffs

'A kick in the teeth:' Game workers protest alleged misconduct at MindsEye developer Build A Rocket Boy

Game workers protested outside MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy as it held an ‘extravagant playtest’ for fans

"A kick in the teeth for the fired workers": Unionised former MindsEye devs protest alleged fan playtest at Build A Rocket Boy

#MyChemicalRomance
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My Chemical Romance front man Gerard Way pauses concert to talk classic RPGs, admits he hasn't played Baldur's Gate 3 yet: 'The first one was a lot of fun, the closest thing at the time to playing D&D'

Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion gets an extra ending cutscene, made by a modder keen not to finish up on a rather awkward note

My Chemical Romance Singer Gerard Way Takes Break During Live Show to Discuss Baldur's Gate — Though, Bizarrely, He's Still Not Played BG3

My Chemical Romance Fans Ask Gerard Way If He’s Played Baldur’s Gate 3, And Now Larian Is Involved

#TheElderScrollsOnline
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Xbox cuts "not the end" for The Elder Scrolls Online, insists ZeniMax, despite a drastic reduction in size

Elder Scrolls Online Devs Talk Studio Size Following Layoffs During Fan Gathering Over The Weekend

The Elder Scrolls Online Dev ZeniMax Online Studios Insists It's Now the Same Size It Was When It Made Much-Loved DLCs, Moves to Reassure Worried Fans After Xbox Layoffs

Elder Scrolls Online Devs Tell Worried Fans That Following Layoffs The Team Is The Same Size It Was When It Made Popular DLC

#Switch2Oled
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Rumour: Nintendo Is Reportedly Considering A Switch 2 OLED Model

ZDNET Korea: Samsung strives to supply OLED for Nintendo Switch 2, could begin end of year

Rumor: Nintendo considering releasing Switch 2 OLED model

#Atlus
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Persona 3 20th Anniversary Video Showcases Remixed Music And Pixel Art

Persona 3 20th Anniversary Remix Video Appears

On Persona 3’s 20th Anniversary, Let’s Rank the Cast From Worst To Best

#Playstation
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Here Come the Lawsuits! Sony's Physical Disc Debacle Likely to Keep Its Lawyers Busy

Sony Killed Disc Games and Weakened Its Own Legal Defense

God Of War Laufey Will Be On A Disc, And That Tells Us When It Could Launch By

#One
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One week after going independent in the Xbox bloodbath, South of Midnight developer Compulsion Games is looking for work

Newly Independent Compulsion Games Is Looking to Work With Other Studios

Former Xbox Studio Compulsion Games Says It's Open to Collaborations

#GameBoy
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Nintendo's next Lego set looks to be a retro Donkey Kong arcade machine

LEGO Leak Reveals $200 Donkey Kong Arcade Cabinet

Nintendo Classic Donkey Kong Arcade Getting The $200 Lego Treatment May Have Just Leaked

#Trophy
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Beast of Reincarnation Offers “About 30 Hours” of Gameplay Across 10 Stages, Says Director

You'll Need to Play Pokémon Dev's Beast of Reincarnation Twice for All the PS5 Trophies

Beast of Reincarnation Could Be Something Really Special

Beast Of Reincarnation Has Sekiro Vibes, But It Won’t Beat You Down

#ClassicRip
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Call of Duty Black Ops 1 + 2 PS5 Are a Complete Mess

PS5's Call of Duty: Black Ops Port Reportedly Riddled with Hackers

Mini Review: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (PS5) - Overcharged for a Multiplayer Classic

Call of Duty: Black Ops Port Deemed 'Unplayable' As Lobbies Are Filled With Exploiters

#MaplestoryClassicWorld
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MapleStory Classic World eyes August for more closed beta testing with sign-ups this week

MapleStory Classic World is Getting a Second Online Test Next Month

MapleStory Classic World Sets Second Closed Beta for August

#BlackOps7
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Black Ops 7 and Warzone Season 05 Deliver the Biggest Update of the Year

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone Season 5 launches July 23, full details

Call Of Duty Season 5 Puts You Inside A Pinball Machine, Heavy Metal Heroes Mode Returns

CoD: Black Ops 7 And Warzone Season 5 Release Date And Details

#BackyardBaseballReview
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Backyard Baseball Review – High-Contact Nostalgia

How to Unlock All Secret and Pro Players in Backyard Baseball 2026

#Shipolis
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Shipolis is a cozy Anno-inspired city builder with a demo live

Verde Announced as a Cozy Magical Garden City Builder

#SteamDeck
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FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE is SteamOS, Steam Deck and Steam Machine Verified

Final Fantasy Resonance Isn't Getting a Physical Edition on Xbox

#Proton
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Proton-CachyOS version 11.0-20260702 brings AMD FSR4 upgrades, Pipewire changes

Paleo Pines major update out now with version 1.7.11, patch notes

#TheBestAndroidGamingHandh
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The Best Android Gaming Handhelds – Updated!

Best free games to play on your iPhone, iPad or Android Phone in 2026 - Updated

#July
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Monopoly Go Free Rolls – July 2026 Links

Daily free Monopoly Go dice links (July 2026)