Video Game News 3/12/2026

#Windows11
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Microsoft Reveals First Details on Next-Gen Xbox Project Helix Hardware

Project Helix Dev Kits Will Ship in 2027, Xbox Mode Coming To Windows 11

Xbox Targets 2027 for Project Helix Dev Kits, Calling Rumoured PS6 Release Into Question

Microsoft confirms 'Xbox Mode' rollout for Windows 11 and reveals more plans for PC-console hybrid Project Helix

Project Helix dev kits not going out until 2027, and other new details on Xbox's next-gen console

Xbox unveils first tech details of its next generation console, codenamed Project Helix

Microsoft Project Helix Will Bridge The Gap Between Xbox and PC

Microsoft is paving more PC roads to Project Helix, releasing a Windows 11 Xbox Mode in April for laptops and desktops

Project Helix dev kits not going out until 2027, and More

#UltimateTeam
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PEGI announce plans to slap higher age ratings on games with loot boxes, daily quests, and paid battle passes soon

All games with loot boxes in them will be rated minimum PEGI 16, starting this summer

EU ratings board to designate all games with loot boxes with minimum PEGI 16 rating

PEGI Targets Loot Boxes With Its New Overhauled Ratings System

Loot Boxes And Battle Passes Are About To Impact Game Ratings More Harshly

PEGI's loot box rule changes are welcome, but they should be retrospective | Opinion

Games with loot boxes will be rated PEGI 16 from June, as part of sweeping changes to the age-rating system

PEGI Rating Changes Will See Loot Box Games Classified Much Higher

Video Games With Loot Boxes Will Now Have a 16 Age Rating Across Europe as Part of Huge PEGI Shakeup

#GetPokemetal
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Pokémon Pokopia Review — Surviving At The End of the World

Pokémon Pokopia Smashes 2.2M Sales Record on Nintendo Switch 2

How to Unlock Charmeleon in Pokémon Pokopia

How to Get Pokemetal in Pokémon Pokopia

Pokemon Pokopia Stamp Card Rally guide

Pokemon Pokopia has topped 2.2M sales in four days

Pokemon Pokopia Sales Surpass 2m in First Four Days

Pokémon Pokopia Launch Sales Announced, Confirming It's Off to a Strong Start

Pokémon Pokopia Fan Artists, Are Y’all Okay?

Pokémon Pokopia: The Kotaku Review

#ChallengeMode
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Tomb Raider I-III Remastered make surprise drop on iOS and Android today

Tomb Raider Remastered 1-3 Remastered has just come to Nintendo Switch 2, Challenge Mode update live

Tomb Raider I-III Remastered: New outfits and Challenge Mode added in free update today

Huge Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Update Adds Custom Challenge Mode, Costumes, Trophies

Tomb Raider I-III Remastered available on Nintendo Switch 2 plus Challenge Mode added

Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered gets free challenge mode alongside mobile and Switch 2 release

#Diver
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Dave the Diver gets In the Jungle DLC release date, game getting Nintendo Switch 2 physical release

DAVE THE DIVER ‘In the Jungle’ DLC Gets June Release Date

Dave the Diver's Wild DLC Expansion Turns Up the Heat This Summer on PS5, PS4

Dave The Diver's Next Major DLC Launches This June

Dave the Diver DLC adds a little Stardew Valley time management and relationship building to the formula when In the Jungle releases in June

#PokémonPokopia
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Pokémon Pokopia Sells 2.2 Million Copies In 4 Days

Pokemon Pokopia sells over 2.2 million units in 4 days

Pokémon Pokopia Sales Surpass 2.2 Million Units Globally In First Four Days

Pokémon Pokopia sold 2.2 million copies in four days

Pokémon Pokopia surpasses 2.2m units in first four days

#ResidentEvil
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Resident Evil 10 – 5 Ways It Could Build on Requiem

Resident Evil 2 Director Says Requiem Needs a 'Non-Scary' Mode for Fraidy Cats Like Him

To celebrate Resident Evil Requiem, Fanatical's latest sale drops the series to its lowest prices yet - including the newest horror game

I sure hope the Resident Evil Requiem DLC is all about Grace, the best thing to happen to Resi in years

The worst part of Resident Evil Requiem is its final choice, which is an annoying throwback to Resident Evil 7's ultimatum

Resident Evil Requiem Is Finally Back in Stock at Amazon

Resident Evil Requiem Fan Who Registered Secret In-Game Website Says He'll Give Capcom the Domain Back for Free — if They Get in Touch

Resident Evil Requiem Hides a Secret Website Address — But the Domain Has Now Been Snatched Up By a Gabe Newell Fan

Resident Evil Requiem Fans Keep Modding Leon’s Porsche

Fans Think Resident Evil’s Leon Would Be A Cornball In Every Universe

#TheLegendOfCalifornia
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Ex-Overwatch director reveals a multiplayer lovechild of Read Dead and Rust, which I hope boasts nude shootouts

Former Overwatch director reveals The Legend of California, an open-world online Wild West FPS

Ex-Overwatch Director Reveals Western Survival Game The Legend of California

Overwatch Director Reveals His Next Game And It Looks Like Red Dead Redemption 2 Meets Rust

#CrimsonDesert
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A week from its release date, Crimson Desert swallows some Denuvo DRM

Crimson Desert adds confirmation of Denuvo DRM to its Steam page a week out from launch

Crimson Desert Includes Denuvo DRM, To Nobody’s Delight

Crimson Desert Reveals It Will Use Controversial DRM Just A Week Before Launch

#DeathStranding2
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BAFTA Games Awards 2026 nominations: Clair Obscur leads with 12, Death Stranding 2 misses out on Best Game nom

Beloved PS5 RPG Expedition 33 Set to Steamroll Another Game Awards Ceremony

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 Nominees Revealed with Clair Obscur Leading the Pack

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Dispatch Lead BAFTA Game Awards 2026 Nominations

#Playstation
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Konami marks 5 million sales of Silent Hill 2 remake by selling it and Silent Hill F for half price on PS5

How Silent Hill f developers crafted tense melee-only combat

The Excellent Silent Hill 2 Remake Has Attracted Five Million Players

Silent Hill 2 Remake passes 5m copies sold, so Konami's hosting a big ol' sale on the PlayStation store

#Mongil
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Mongil Star Dive confirms global release date for next month on all platforms

Mongil: Star Dive Launches Globally April 15 on PC and Mobile

Netmarble Announces Launch Date For Monster-Taming Action RPG Mongil: Star Dive

MONGIL: STAR DIVE Launching April 15

#MagicTheGathering
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Valve Addresses Lawsuit by New York Attorney General, Will Wait for Court’s Decision

Valve has "serious concerns" with New York Attorney General's loot box lawsuit

Valve says New York Attorney General's violent videogame fearmongering is 'a distraction and a mischaracterization we’ve all heard before'

Valve Breaks Silence Over NY Attorney General Lawsuit, Says Loot Boxes Are Like Baseball Cards, Pokémon, Magic the Gathering, and Labubu

#CrimsonDesert
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Crimson Desert Gets Launch Trailer

Crismson Desert – it’s time to get excited as the launch trailer arrives

Crimson Desert Launch Times And Pre-Load Dates Revealed

Crimson Desert Launch Trailer Released

#Overwatch
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Overwatch co-creator Jeff Kaplan on his exit from Activision Blizzard: 'It was the biggest f**k you moment I've had in my career'

Jeff Kaplan Drops Bombshell About ‘Contentious’ Activision Exit

Overwatch co-creator Jeff Kaplan on what led him to leave Blizzard Entertainment

Overwatch co-creator Jeff Kaplan on his exit from Activision Blizzard: 'It was the biggest f**k you moment I've had in my career'

#TheGameDevelopersConferen
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Elden Ring’s frame rate has been improved on Nintendo Switch 2, new footage

Elden Ring for Nintendo Switch 2 is Un-Tarnished

New footage surfaces of Elden Ring on Nintendo Switch 2

#Playstation5
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Prepare for Monster Hunter Stories 3 on March 13 with a recap of the RPG series so far

Even as a massive Monster Hunter fan, I've never gelled with the spin-offs - but Monster Hunter Stories 3 has me hooked

10 Tips To Know Before You Start Playing Monster Hunter Stories 3

#TheWaterHashira
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Giyu Tomioka (Infinity Castle) DLC Joins Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles 2

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2: Giyu Tomioka (Infinity Castle) Character Pack Now Available!

Giyu Tomioka (Infinity Castle) Joining Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2

#XboxSeriesXAnd
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First Crimson Desert PS5 Pro Analysis Calls It 'A Phenomenal Experience'

We Finally Have Our First Look at Crimson Desert Running on PS5 Pro — but We're Still Waiting on Base PS5 and Xbox Series X and S

Crimson Desert Console Gameplay Finally Released, But Only Of The PS5 Pro Version

#RippingOffTheLabels
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Final Fantasy IV: Cecil’s “Re-class” and Ripping Off the Labels from our Past

Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy Warrior of Light Trailer Debuts

FF7 Rebirth's Tetsuya Nomura reveals his favorite Final Fantasy Magic cards

#Slay
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Slay the Spire 2 Ironclad character guide - strategy, builds, and tier list

Mega Crit unveils Slay the Spire 2 plushies and oh dear I've bought two of them

Slay the Spire 2 devs have a radical stance on piracy

#DishingOutMarioGalaxyMovi
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Bam Adebayo, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and NFL drama - Shack Central Ep. 2

ICYMI: Nintendo's Dishing Out Mario Galaxy Movie Digital Collectible Cards

Tetris 99 Celebrates MAR10 Day With Super Mario Galaxy Cup, Unlock A Special Theme

Mario Galaxy Movie Will Be In Theaters For Longer Than Expected

#BeholdSubnautica
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Behold Subnautica 2's fancy fresh windows that come as part of its new procedural base building system

Subnautica 2 developer video reveals a 'brand new' base building system with some pretty fabulous windows

#ArcRaiders
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Co-op Shadow of the Colossus and hero looter shooter: the genres Arc Raiders devs' thought it was during development

No one at Embark could describe Arc Raiders before its extraction shooter pivot, leading to 'playtest battles' of competing directions for the game

#Overwatch
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"We're going to lay off 1,000 people and that's going to be on you": Ex-Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan says redundancy ultimatum led to his Blizzard exit

'We'll Lay Off a Thousand People': Blizzard CFO's Outrageous Threat Was the Last Straw for Overwatch Director