Video Game News 8/5/2026

#FortunesWeave
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New Details Emerge for Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Direct recap announcement

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Manga Heads to Saikyo Jump

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Direct Reveals Characters, Classes, Gameplay

Recapping The Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Direct

Talking Point: So, What Did You Think Of The Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Nintendo Direct?

Nintendo Music Adds Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave As A Special Release

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Nintendo Direct roundup

PSA: A Big Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Reveal Gets Spoiled In The Nintendo Direct

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave – Everything We Just Learned From The Direct

Everything Announced in The Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Nintendo Direct

A Nun With A Gun Is Everyone’s Favorite Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Character

7 Things We Just Learned During The Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Direct

#TheGearsOfWarEday
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Xbox lists its next 11 Game Pass titles, including the Gears of War E-Day beta

Gears of War: E-Day gets a multiplayer deep dive and open Beta details

Gears of War: E-Day Beta, Beast of Reincarnation, and More Headline Wave 1 of Game Pass in August

What time does the Gears of War E-Day early access multiplayer beta start in your time zone?

Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta Leads Xbox Game Pass August 2026 Lineup

#BaldursGate3In916
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Almost 10,000 people have played Baldur's Gate 3 in a portrait aspect ratio, so join me in figuring out why they'd commit such sacrilege

Baldur's Gate 3 devs share more wild statistics, like what NPCs died the most

Baldur's Gate 3 Stats Reveal Most-Killed NPCs, and You Guys Are Cold-Blooded

Larian drops new Baldur's Gate 3 stats and you're all monsters: More non-Durge players killed Alfira than Durge and, worst of all, 9,000 people played on portrait monitors

#Xbox360
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Microsoft will let devs bring more Xbox 360 games to PC in the coming years via backwards compatibility, leaked document suggests

Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC and Helix will reportedly include Xbox 360 games

Xbox 360 Games Are Coming to PC as Microsoft Expands Backward Compatibility

Microsoft is working on making Xbox 360 games playable on PC, leaked document reveals

#ElectronicArts
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Electronic Arts completes its acquisition deal, is now officially owned by Saudi Arabia’s PIF

Electronic Arts Is Officially Sold Off And Belongs To Saudi Arabia

The deal is done: Electronic Arts is now officially owned by Saudi Arabia

Electronic Arts Officially Belongs To Saudi Arabia, Private Equity, And Jared Kushner Now

#HotWheelsInfiniteRush
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Hot Wheels Infinite Rush details vehicle classes, Rush Squad system, customization, more

Hot Wheels Infinite Rush Reveals New Trailer Detailing Progression, Vehicle Classes And Customization

Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush Highlights Its Open World Islands in New PS5 Gameplay Trailer

Hot Wheels Infinite Rush Beyond the Track Episode 2 Released

#DeepDive
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EA Reveals The Grounds and Clubs Changes for EA FC 27

What is the Hall Of FUT in EA FC 27?

EA Sports FC 27 Grounds Preview — Step Off The Pitch And Into The Grounds

This Year's EA Sports FC Is Definitely Different, and I'm Eager to See How It's Received

FC 27 The Grounds Game Modes & Activities: Kickabouts, Rush & Club League

FC 27 The Grounds Deep Dive: Open-World Clubs, Districts, Mentors & Modes

FC 27 Streamlined SBCs: Point System, Duplicates & Partial Progress Explained

FC 27’s The Grounds Looks Like PlayStation Home For Football Fans

EA SPORTS FC 27 The Grounds Deep Dive Released

#Playstation5
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Crimson Moon battles demonic corruption on September 1

Announced for PS5 at State of Play, Gothic Action RPG Crimson Moon Finally Has a Release Date

Crimson Moon Release Date Announced with Friendly Price Tag

Gothic RPG Crimson Moon Launching September 1

#Assassin
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Assassins Creed Black Flag Resynced's Kraken wheel will no longer be "wheely expensive" following the latest update, which will also teach you how to throw cash

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced patch makes the very important change of letting you hide Edward's blowpipe

Our long Caribbean nightmare is over: You can hide the blow pipe in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced now

#TalksToPlayKratos
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Dave Bautista is set to play Kratos in the God of War TV show, replacing the injured Ryan Hurst

Dave Bautista in Talks to Play Kratos in Amazon God of War Series

Guardians of the Galaxy's Dave Bautista could take over Kratos role in God of War live-action show, report claims

#MonsterHunterWilds
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Monster Hunter Wilds sees a permanent price drop

Monster Hunter Wilds Championship Global Edition DLC and Quests Shared

Datamining reveals Monster Hunter Wilds Switch 2 could run at 1080p-1440p docked, 720p-864p handheld at 30-40fps

#Mafia
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Mafia: The Old Country – Man of Honor Gameplay Reveals New Jobs, Challenges and Targets to Silence

Gameplay first look – Mafia: The Old Country’s Man of Honor expansion

Mafia: The Old Country's PS5 DLC Will Expand on Sicily's Scope

#PlayThroughTheSeries
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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation’s Ending Will Make Players “Glad” to Play Through the Series – Director

Final Fantasy VII Revelation Director Assures Fans That The Base Game Will Conclude The Story

Naoki Hamaguchi Doubles Down on Connecting All Final Fantasy VII Spin-Offs Into Revelation’s Ending

#TheSwitch2
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Final Fantasy XIV Coins Used for FFXIV Switch 2 Subscriptions

PSA: Final Fantasy XIV Getting Switch 2 Update To Address Prolonged Loading

FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster Review

#BloodRain
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Stellar Blade: Blood Rain Boss Doubles Down On Making AI Slop Music Video

Stellar Blade: Blood Rain's AI music video should be viewed with "understanding in mind", says studio boss

Stellar Blade boss completely misses the point of why people are upset with Blood Rain's AI slop video: 'The AI is not creating [Evie] from scratch'

#Attack
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Attack on Titan 3 sets a 10 December 2026 date — and the Nine Titans finally show up

Attack on Titan 3 Launches December 10, Pre-Orders Live Now

Attack On Titan 3 Brings "The Final Titan Showdown" To Switch 2 This December

#August
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Today's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang redeem codes (August 2026)

Unbox ASMR codes (August 2026)

Garden Cleaner Evolution codes August 2026

The Portal Codes [Roblox MMORPG] (August 2026)

#SaudiArabia
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EA have gone private, as Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment groups complete their $55 billion acquisition

EA's deal to go private under Saudi Arabia is officially complete

#CinderCity
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Sci-fi MMO Cinder City is getting a pre-alpha playtest later this month so you can put its RAM hogging requirements to the test

NC's tactical shooter, Cinder City, is running its first-ever playtest

#EndlessLegend2
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Hooded Horse's watery 4X sequel Endless Legend 2 gets a 1.0 launch date and a new faction of terraforming desert dwellers

Endless Legend 2 is escaping early access in September and adding new major, minor and rogue factions

#WorldCup
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The ‘entire studio’ behind FIFA’s official Netflix-exclusive World Cup game has reportedly been laid off

The developer behind Fifa World Cup - which launched less than two months ago - has laid off 85% of its staff

#Want
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I Want to Play the Villain puts you in the role of stage manager for a prima donna cast

I Want to Play the Villain! Will Let You Rewrite The Cast

#PsPlusEssentialGames
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PlayStation Plus Essential August Monthly Free Games Rolling Out Now

August 2026 PS Plus Essential Games Available to Download Now

#MarvelTōkonFightingSouls
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Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Character Guide Finally Highlights the Hulk and His Destructive Ways

Marvel Tōkon Fighting Souls release time in your time zone

#ResidentEvilVeronicaCross
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Resident Evil Veronica Crosses 2 Million Wishlists

Resident Evil Veronica hits 2 million wishlists to absolutely no one's surprise—come on, it's got the RE2 and RE4 remake team working on it