Video Game News 1/22/2026

#TheSandOfTimeRemake
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake and more cancelled by Ubisoft, with layoffs potentially on the horizon

Ubisoft details ‘major company reset’: 6 games canned, 7 delayed, and 2 studios closed

Ubisoft has cancelled 6 games, including the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake Cancelled as Ubisoft Undergoes Major Reset

Long-Awaited PS5 Remake Canceled, Other Possibly Delayed

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake Cancelled

Ubisoft Announces the Cancellation of the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake and Five Other Games as Part of Larger Company Restructure

Prince of Persia Remake and 5 Other Games Cancelled by Ubisoft

Ubisoft Cancels Prince of Persia Sands of Time Remake, Gamers Are Furious

Ubisoft announces cancellation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake

Ubisoft axes six games, including the Prince of Persia Sands of Time remake that felt like it was finally within reach

Ubisoft Cancels Prince of Persia Remake And Five Others, Delays Numerous Titles

Ubisoft's troubled Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake is dead as publisher kills multiple projects, closes studios, and orders staff back to the office

Ubisoft has canceled 6 projects including Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake canceled amid wider Ubisoft shakeup

Ubisoft Takes the Axe to Prince of Persia Remake

Prince of Persia: The Sand of Time Remake is cancelled as Ubisoft announces major internal restructuring and more layoffs and studio closures on the way

Ubisoft Cancels 6 Projects Including Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake, Closes 2 Studios and Confirms Further Layoffs in Major Company Restructure

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake Canceled as Ubisoft Restructures

Ubisoft Cancels Long-Delayed Prince Of Persia Remake

#Switch2
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Donkey Kong Country Returns HD gets a free update which improves Switch 2 visuals and adds Dixie Kong

Dixie Kong Joins Donkey Kong Country Returns HD on Switch 2

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD continues to return with a free Dixie Kong update

Donkey Kong Country Returns keeps on returning, as Nintendo adds Switch 2 upgrades, a new playable character and more

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD gets major free update for Switch & Switch 2

Surprise Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Update Adds Dixie Kong and More

Nintendo Is All Over The Place With Free Donkey Kong Country Returns Update

#ClairObscurExpedition33
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Beats Elden Ring for the Most Game of the Year Awards

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Now Has the Most Game of the Year Awards Ever

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 beats out Elden Ring's GOTY award count, and it still isn't finished

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads resist calls to "scale up," insist they "love making games more than managing"

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Beats Elden Ring and is Now the Most Awarded Game Ever

Painkiller's creator jokes that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's team of newbies has 'ruined' his worldview: 'I don't know what to believe anymore'

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sets World Record for Game of the Year Awards, Surpassing Elden Ring

#Nintendo
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Veteran Nintendo producer Kensuke Tanabe, known for Metroid and Paper Mario, reportedly confirms retirement

Metroid Prime 4 is the last Nintendo game from producer Kensuke Tanabe, game imagined as first part of Sylux saga

Kensuke Tanabe Reportedly Announces His Retirement From Nintendo

Producer Kensuke Tanabe reportedly claims Metroid Prime 4 is his last Nintendo game

Nintendo Producer Kensuke Tanabe Has Seemingly Confirmed His Retirement

Kensuke Tanabe has announced his retirement from Nintendo

#Switch2
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade review for Nintendo Switch 2

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade On Switch 2 Is A Technical Miracle

Final Fantasy VII Remake Feels Comfortable on Switch 2

Final Fantasy VII Remake Is Fantastic On Nintendo Switch 2, and It's a Great Entry For Those Who Haven't Played Yet

Digital Foundry Delivers Its Tech Review Of Final Fantasy VII Remake On Switch 2

Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade On Switch 2

Review: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (Switch 2) - A Big, Bold Reimagining, And A First-Class Port

Final Fantasy 7 Remake is still excellent on Xbox and Switch 2, even if it's beginning to show its age

NatetheHate says Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth will release on Xbox in 2026, perhaps Switch 2?

Digital Foundry examines Final Fantasy VII Remake on Nintendo Switch 2

Review – Final Fantasy VII Remake (Switch 2)

#SteamMarathon
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Marathon Steam pre-orders no longer automatically try to install Destiny 2, as Bungie fix Freudian slip/bug

Marathon Pre-Order Bug That Hilariously Caused Destiny 2 to Install on Steam Has Been Fixed

Bungie fixes bizarre Marathon pre-order bug that could auto-install Destiny 2 onto your PC

Marathon pre-orders somehow caused Destiny 2 to begin installation on Steam

Marathon Pre-Order Bug Forced Players To Automatically Install Destiny 2

#XboxSeriesXs
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Crimson Desert Has Gone Gold Nearly 2 Months Before Launch

Crimson Desert Has Officially Gone Gold

Crimson Desert Has Gone Gold, Confirming March Launch

Crimson Desert, the fantasy game that both impressed and annoyed me the most last year, has gone gold

Hotly-Anticipated Action RPG Crimson Desert Has Finally Gone Gold

#TheSwitch2
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Highly Anticipated PS5 Action Game Gets Surprise Free Demo

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Gets Free Demo This January

Big Yakuza Kiwami 3 Demo Beats Down PS5 Tomorrow

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Demo Debuts Today

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Scores A Switch 2 eShop Demo This Week

#CrimsonDesert
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Crimson Desert Goes Gold, Ambitious PS5 Open Worlder Locks in March Release Date

Crimson Desert goes gold ahead of its March 19 release

Visually impressive open-world fantasy adventure Crimson Desert goes gold, locks in a March release date

Crimson Desert secures a March release date as the ambitious Frankenstein's monster of open world fantasy games goes gold

Crimson Desert Locks in March Release Date as Dev Acknowledges 'Strong Anticipation'

#LifeIsStrangeReunion
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Max and Chloe return for Life is Strange: Reunion in March

Life is Strange: Reunion, the time-fiddling finale of co-protagonists Max and Chloe's tale, arrives in March

Life is Strange Reunion Brings Max and Chloe Back Together in 2026

Life is Strange Reunion Announced, Bringing Max and Chloe Back March 26

#ArcRaiders
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"They'll figure out how to get out of there eventually" – Arc Raiders' latest enemy won't stick to Stella Montis

ARC Raiders Update: What’s Changed and Where the Game Is Now

Arc Raiders players who spawn late into matches profit more, senior lead confirms

Arc Raiders may finally change the late spawn mechanic, but in the meantime, its design lead tells players that late joiners 'economically profit way more'

#Tr49
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TR-49 review – a code breaking puzzle game where you get all up in some dead authors' gossip

TR-49 review - "Not for everyone, but certainly appeals to code-breaking fans"

TR-49 review

TR-49 review

#Projekt
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Cyberpunk 2077 VR modder doesn't rule out releasing it for free after DMCA, claims there was "no negotiation" with CD Projekt

Cyberpunk 2077 VR creator says he's being "punished" by pirates after mod take down

Creator of DMCA'd Cyberpunk 2077 VR Mod Says People Are Now Pirating It to 'Punish' Him for Breaking CD Projekt's Terms of Service

#CViper
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Street Fighter 6 receives Year 3 character reveal trailer [update: Alex trailer]

The Dark Devil Alex Joins Street Fighter 6 In March 2026

Alex's Street Fighter 6 gameplay locks in nods to wrestling legend Kenny Omega

#WarTvShowToWork
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Amazon Adds Yet Another Cast Member to Its God of War TV Series

For the God of War TV Show To Work, It Needs a New Approach to Violence

Video Game God Of War Congratulates Live Action God Of War

#NewFallGuysMode
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Fortnite Crosses Paths with Fall Guys in New Limited-Time Mode Crown Jam

Fortnite’s New Fall Guys Mode Leaked – Basketball Arcade Sports Incoming?

Fortnite Adds Limited-Time Fall Guys Mode Crown Jam, a Mix of Basketball, Football and Obstacle Courses

#Battlefield6Season2
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Battlefield 6 Season 2 sees a fan-favorite vehicle return to the fray, with a familiar map set to drop further down the line

Battlefield 6 Contaminated Map Revealed for Season 2 With Classic BF4 Map Also Confirmed to Return

Battlefield 6 Will Bring Back A Classic Big Map But Not For Season 2

#EpicGamesVfx
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Epic Games VFX head says Pirates of the Caribbean artists would have loved using UE: ‘And I should know, I was one of them’

‘Greatest slip backwards’: Pirates of the Caribbean director says Unreal Engine makes films look too much like games

As Amazon embraces Unreal Engine for Fallout, one legendary director says it's filmmaking's "greatest slip backwards"

Fortnite Maker Epic Games Hits Back at Pirates of the Caribbean Director Who Blamed Unreal Engine for Bad CGI in Modern Movies

#LoveEternalReleaseDateSet
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Narrative-heavy horror platformer LOVE ETERNAL looks fantastic and arrives February 19

Love Eternal Release Date Set for Eerie Horror Platformer

#Ghostship
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Ghostship - the new Super Mario 64 PC port gets a Linux release

Chris Pratt teases surprise characters for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

#Goofy
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Goofy name aside, action roguelite Lort looks like a neat fantasy alternative to Risk of Rain 2

Co-Op Fantasy Roguelite LORT Now Available

#Epic
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Pirates director Gore Verbinski is iffy on Unreal Engine in movies: "I think it doesn’t work from a strictly photo-real standpoint"

Epic responds to director Gore Verbinski's claims that Unreal Engine is making movie CGI worse: 'aesthetic and craft comes from artists, not software'

#Inferno
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WWE 2K26 Teases Point to Four New NXT Additions

WWE 2K26 Leaks Hint at Showcase, New Match Types & the Return of a Controversial Mode

#GamesRazer
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Razer CEO Draws a Line Between AI Tools and AI “Slop” in Games

Razer CEO says "we all want" AI in game development, but not in the way you'd expect

#Automobilista
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Automobilista 2 V1.6.9.3 Released Today - New Demo Available

Stardust: Wish of Witch Demo Now Available