Video Game News 3/23/2026

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Sega’s Stranger Than Heaven will headline an Xbox Partner event this week

Xbox Partner Preview Announced for March 26th, Includes In-Depth Look at Stranger Than Heaven

March Xbox Partner Preview Live Stream Announced

Xbox Partner Preview Announced For Thursday, March 26, Includes Stranger Than Heaven and The Expanse: Osiris Reborn

PS5 Players Will Definitely Want to Tune into Xbox's Partner Preview Later This Week

Xbox Partner Preview announced for Thursday

Microsoft announces Xbox Partner Preview for this week, with Ryu Ga Gotoku's Stranger Than Heaven finally making a showing

Xbox Partner Preview for March 2026 Will Feature Stranger Than Heaven and More

Xbox Partner Preview Showcase Set for This Week, Microsoft Promises 'New Reveals'

#Rpg
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Dragon’s Dogma II May Have A DLC Coming Soon

Rumour: Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC Heavily Hinted at in 2nd Anniversary Artwork

Dragon's Dogma 2 fans believe its 2nd anniversary art contains teasers of new content

Pass me the hopium, because Dragon's Dogma 2 might be teasing its first DLC

Dragon's Dogma 2 celebrates second anniversary with "special celebratory artwork" and a custom controller, as fans ponder: are we getting DLC?

Dragon's Dogma 2 Fans Are Convinced Capcom Is Teasing An Expansion

Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC could be coming soon, fans say

Dragon's Dogma 2 Fans Think Capcom Is Teasing an Expansion Set in the Game's Northern Region

#Gemini
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Square Enix has partnered with Google to put an AI chat bot in Dragon Quest X

"New Players Won't Feel Alone" - Square Enix Partners With Google For AI-Powered Dragon Quest Companion

Google's Gemini will make its way into Dragon Quest X to power a "Chatty Slimey" AI companion, Square Enix has announced

Dragon Quest X Want You to Talk to A Reskinned Gemini Chatbot

Square Enix Is Adding An AI-Powered Slime Chatbot To Dragon Quest X

#Havenhythe
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Solve a crab housing crisis and fight a Dreadhog in part one of Runescape's big Havenhythe expansion, which is out now

RuneScape to debut 'biggest area expansion' in its history with launch of Havenhythe part one

First Part Of The “Largest Area Expansion” In RuneScape History Launches Today

Havenhythe Part 1 Has Arrived in RuneScape, The Biggest Area Expansion Yet

#ResidentEvilRequiem
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EDGE #422 review scores – Resident Evil Requiem, Mario Tennis Fever, more

Resident Evil Requiem led US game sales in February, according to Circana

Resident Evil Requiem tops US February charts, launch sales 60% higher than Village | US Monthly Charts

Now you can play Resident Evil Requiem in VR if that's a thing you want for some reason

#TheUltimateSurvivalExperi
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Dying Light: The Beast Restored Land Launches March 26, Promises “The Ultimate Survival Experience”

Dying Light: The Beast Restored Edition Announced

Dying Light: The Beast Announces Restored Land Update That Adds Lots of Free Content

Dying Light: The Beast Announces Restored Land Update That Adds Lots of Free Content

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Today's hefty Crimson Desert patch includes "beginning of improvements" to keyboard and mouse controls, plus much more

Crimson Desert Patch Adjusts Some Keyboard/Mouse Controls, Adds Storage

Crimson Desert's first patch aims at fixing controls, but it mostly affects mouse and keyboard

Crimson Desert’s Latest Patch Starts Fixing Keyboard Controls, But Controllers Remain As Bad

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Resident Evil Requiem devs Capcom say they'll use AI to "improve efficiency and productivity", but not to generate game assets

Capcom Will Not Implement AI-Generated Assets in its Games, Still Testing the Tech

Resident Evil Requiem Developer Capcom Insists It Won't Use AI-Generated Assets in Its Games, but Will Harness Tech to Make Game Development Processes More Efficient

#MinecraftDungeons2
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Minecraft Dungeons 2 will dungeon-crawl through the blockworld yet again when it launches later this year

Minecraft Dungeons II announced for release in 2026

Minecraft Dungeons 2 And More Announced At Minecraft Live 2026

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Crimson Desert devs Pearl Abyss take a first stab at control improvements with their latest patch, say Intel Arc GPU support's in the works

Pearl Abyss addresses Crimson Desert's Intel issues, but is it enough to save it?

Pearl Abyss working on bringing Arc GPU support to Crimson Desert, with Intel 'ready to assist'

#Switch2
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High On Life 2 announced for Nintendo Switch 2 [update: delayed]

High on Life 2 now releasing on Nintendo Switch 2 in July

High On Life 2 Delayed For Switch 2, No Longer Releasing On 4/20

#Jam
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Jam and Robo-Ky Heading to Guilty Gear Strive

As controversy swamps Tekken 8 and Street Fighter 6, Guilty Gear Strive just announced a massive new update

Guilty Gear Strive Version 2.0 Set for April Alongside New Fighter and More

#CryoArchive
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How to exfil from Cryo Archive - Marathon

After a very fun, but very frustrating, first weekend, Bungie is considering tweaking Marathon's Cryo Archive

Bungie is 'Watching and Ingesting' Your Feedback About Marathon's Cryo Archive And Looking at 'Solutions' For Players Who Can't Get On During the Weekend

#Blizzard
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AI will be in "every single videogame" and your fridge, says former Blizzard president

Ex-Blizzard president says gamers need to 'man up' over AI usage in games after Crimson Desert devs issue apology

Ex-Blizzard Boss Who Now Runs Gambling Company Tells Crimson Desert Devs To ‘Man Up’ About AI Complaints Since One Day It Will ‘Be In Every Single Video Game’

#Masters
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Peter Molyneux's Masters of Albion looks to have everything I love about those Bullfrog and Lionhead classics, but the scepticism is hard to shake

Masters of Albion is a 'Best of Peter Molyneux' greatest hits collection in one game, but I fear it might not measure up to the games that inspired it

Masters of Albion Preview: Peter Molyneux Seems Like He’s Having Fun Making a God Game Again

#Slay
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Slay the Spire 2 was review bombed due to an experimental branch balance test

Slay the Spire comics were a daily exercise of commitment for PixelPenguin

Mega Crit responds to the panic over Slay the Spire 2's 1st balance pass, saying these changes are 'the first of many': 'No change is necessarily permanent'

#IntelCoreUltra
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Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus review: another skippable CPU series

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus review - a surprise new mid-range gaming CPU king

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus review

Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus review

#BlackOps7
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After a 90% discount, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has more players than the past few CoD games combined on Steam

CoD: Black Ops 7 And Warzone Season 3 Release Date And Details

2019's Call Of Duty Has More Players Than Black Ops 7 And Warzone Combined Right Now On Steam

2019's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Is Blowing Up on Steam Thanks to a Big Sale and Positive Word of Mouth

#Guide
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A Guide to Inferno Matches in WWE 2K26

WWE 2K26 Review: A WrestleMania Main Eventer or a Mid-Carder?

#CrimsonDesert
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Crimson Desert gets a new patch which improves controls and adds new item storage

Crimson Desert Gets New Update That Nerfs Enemies and Adds A Chest

#Disney
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Nintendo Switch is more popular among Japanese teens than Disney, Pokémon and Nintendo itself, survey finds

Japanese Teens Apparently Love Nintendo Switch More Than Pokémon & Disney

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Crimson Desert developer apologizes for ‘accidental’ inclusion of AI art, promises ‘comprehensive audit’

Pearl Abyss to conduct "comprehensive audit" after AI-generated art found in Crimson Desert

#Picross
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Konami is getting its own Picross game featuring classic pixel art

Picross S Konami Antiques Supports Switch 2 Mouse Mode

#MinecraftChaosCubed
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Chaos Cubed announced as another big update for Minecraft with a unique new mob

Minecraft Chaos Cubed drop: Everything you need to know about the all-new cave biome and mob

#Merchant
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Merchant of the Skies opens pre-registration on iOS and Android ahead of its launch next month

2020 Hit PC Tycoon Title Merchant of the Skies Opens Pre-Registration on Mobile