Video Game News 7/8/2026

#FinalFantasyViiEverCrisis
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Mario Kart Tour comes in for the finish and is set to shut down later this year

Mario Kart Tour Will Shut Down In September, Will Not Be Available Offline

Mario Kart Tour is being shut down and no offline version is planned

Nintendo announces that Mario Kart Tour is shutting down

Mario Kart Tour Servers to Go Offline on September 30th, No Plans for Offline Mode

Mario Kart Tour to go offline in September

Mario Kart Tour Service Officially Ends This September

The long-running Mario Kart Tour is shutting down soon

Mario Kart Tour to shut down in September 2026

Mario Kart Tour Will Be Unplayable After Nintendo Shuts It Down In September

The retreat from mobile games continues as Mario Kart Tour and Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis will be taken offline later this year

Nintendo Confirms Mario Kart Tour Shutdown After 7 Years, No Offline Version Offered

Mario Kart Tour Will Be Gone Forever September 29

#AssassinsCreedBlackFlagRe
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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced can run smoothly aboard both Steam Deck and Steam Machine - with the right settings

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review - a great pirate game swaps the ups and downs of old Assassin’s Creed for the ups and downs of new Assassin’s Creed

All Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Twitch Drop Rewards Before Release

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced PC Review – The Pirate King Returns Better Than Ever

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Review — Hoist The Colours

Review: Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced (PS5) - Swashbuckling Classic Restored with Love and Respect

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Review – Yo-Ho-Ho & a Bottle of Fun

Assassin's Creed Black Flag: Resynced Review - Side Quests

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review: Treasures and curses

Everything new in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review - the best pirate game got even better

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Review

Black Flag Resynced Is A Bad Remake Of Peak Assassin’s Creed

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced hasn't set sail yet, but it's already doing better than Shadows on Steam

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review

Here's the Black Flag Resynced release time for your region

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Review

Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced PC Settings Guide

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced: The Kotaku Review

#FinalFantasyViiEverCrisis
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Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis is the latest Square Enix mobile game to be shut down

Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis End-of-Service Announced for October 6th

Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis to end service this October

The other Final Fantasy 7 Remake you might not know about is shutting down

Lost Final Fantasy 7 Prequel Finally Being Localized

Another Final Fantasy VII Mobile Game Bites The Dust

#DraculaIsKingOfEngland
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Become King Dracula's personal vamp-assassin in Vampirium: 1997, an immersive sim Bithell Games are launching into Steam early access soon

Vampirium: 1997 is a mysterious looking choice-filled minimalist immersive sim

England Has A New King, And He’s Thirsty For Blood In Vampirium 1997

"Dracula is King of England" - New immersive sim Vampirium: 1997 announced by Tron: Catalyst and Thomas Was Alone developer Bithell Games

#CyberpunkEdgerunners
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Cyberpunk Edgerunners' Lucy finds herself in yet another crossover, this time in an upcoming Apex Legends event

What We Know So Far About Apex Legends x Cyberpunk: Edgerunners event

Two Legends Collide as Cyberpunk Comes to Apex Legends

Get The Cyberpunk Experience, Complete With Cyberpsychosis, In Apex Legends’ Next Crossover Event

#Spyro
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Toys for Bob still wants to work on Banjo-Kazooie: ‘We’re huge fans’

Toys For Bob Reiterates Its Desire To Make A New Banjo-Kazooie Game

Spyro: A Realm Beyond team says working on a Banjo-Kazooie game would be “amazing”

The Devs Behind The Next Spyro Game Also Love Banjo-Kazooie And Would Totally Make A New One If Xbox Asked

#GameBoy
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Wario Land and three more Game Boy classics hit Nintendo Switch Online today

Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy & GBA Library With Four More Titles

New Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games added to Nintendo Classics

Nintendo Switch Online July Additions Include a Wario Classic

#TheElderScrollsOnlinesFor
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The Elder Scrolls Online’s Former Content Designer Says The Team “Deserved Much Better”

The Elder Scrolls Online Previews New Systems Coming Tomorrow in Season One: Favors and Dynamic Events

Elder Scrolls Online Team Hit by Xbox Layoffs, Roadmap Changes Coming

Former Elder Scrolls Online designer laments the destruction of layoffs: 'There’s really no one left and no changing it now'

#OperationAvalonAlphaIsLiv
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EVE Vanguard's Operation Avalon Test Is Live With EVE Online Event Tie-In

EVE Vanguard: Operation Avalon update launches the game's first alpha playtest

EVE Vanguard’s Operation Avalon Alpha Is Live Through July 20

EVE Vanguard Reinvented Its Gameplay With Some Notes from Battlefield 6 | Hands-On Preview

#Overwatch
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Blizzard and Nexon announce a publishing collab for Overwatch in South Korea

It’s Official, Nexon Will Be Publishing Overwatch In South Korea Going Forward

Nexon to assume publishing duties for Overwatch on PC in South Korea

Blizzard Transferring Overwatch Service in Korea to Nexon August 12

#GamesirT7ProSugarWhirlWir
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GameSir T7 Pro Sugar Whirl Wireless Controller review - "Wonderfully whimsical"

Epomaker RT100 Pro Review — Let’s Get Ret-Pro In Here

LiberNovo Omni Pro review

#ColdSymmetry
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Mortal Shell II set for release on August 20

Mortal Shell 2 Launches on August 20th for $50, Avoiding a Crowded September

Mortal Shell 2 Promises Quality Souls Action on PS5, Out Next Month

#Gamekey
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Ubisoft bringing The Crew Motorfest to Nintendo Switch 2

Billbil-kun: The Crew Motorfest heading to Switch 2 October as Game-Key Card

Nintendo Switch 2 Leak Reveals The Crew Motorfest, With Physical Launch Via Game-Key Card

#SanDiegoComiccon
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Nintendo announces 2026 San Diego Comic-Con lineup, including first hands on with Nintendo Switch Sports Resort and chance to compete against The Rizzler

Go Hands-On With Switch Sports Resort At San Diego Comic-Con This Month

Nintendo announces San Diego Comic-Con 2026 lineup includes Switch Sports Resort and other “surprises”

#Playstation5
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Palworld Crosses 40 Million Players on the Road to 1.0’s Release

Palworld Reaches A Huge Player Milestone Ahead Of 1.0 Launch

Palworld Hits an Incredible 40 Million Players 2.5 Years After Early Access Launch, and With 1.0 Right Around the Corner

#SpongeBreak
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Co-Op Game Sponge Break Revealed

Sponge Break Revealed as Co-Op Rafting Game About Sponges Escaping the Sink

Co-Op Rafting Adventure Sponge Break Revealed

#SwordArtOnline
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Review: Echoes of Aincrad: Sword Art Online (PS5) - Squandered Potential at Every Turn

Review: Echoes of Aincrad Has Pacing Issues

Echoes of Aincrad Review – Sword Art Offline

#CallOfDutyBlackOpsPlaysta
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 Will Get Native PS5 Versions

The upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops PlayStation re-releases seemingly drop a few fondly remembered features

Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2's Leaked PS5 Trophy List Indicates Some Content May Be Missing

#Switch2
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Noto Satoyama Pokemon With You Airport Now Open

Rumour: Pokemon Winds & Waves could feature 300 new Pokemon

Pokemon Winds And Waves Could Have 300 New Pokemon, But Don’t Get Too Excited

#TheSwordArtOnline
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Echoes of Aincrad Death Game Mode Trailer Reveals One-Life Challenge

Echoes of Aincrad Announces Single Save File Death Mode With New Trailer Ahead of This Week's Launch

Echoes of Aincrad High-Stakes Death Game Mode Revealed

#Atlus
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Persona 4 Revival Anime Expo Panel Confirms Abby Trott as Rise and MAPPA Cutscenes

Persona 4 Revival producer says there will be changes to Yosuke

It Sure Sounds Like Persona 4 Revival Is Getting Rid Of The Homophobia

#AMinecraftMovie
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Minecraft finally adds seats after 17 years, but the potential for builders is even bigger

Minecraft Is Adding A Highly Requested Feature It’s Been Missing For 17 Years

17 years later, Minecraft is finally adding somewhere to sit

#Switch2
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Crimson Desert Dev Working On Getting Switch 2 Version Up And Running

Crimson Desert developer trying to get game to run on Nintendo Switch 2

Crimson Desert Switch 2 Port Confirmed in Development

#July
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Ludus promo codes (July 2026)

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

Anime Astral Simulator codes (July 2026)

Land of Arielia codes (July 2026) - Who wouldn't want some extra Miraspirits?

Neverness to Everness Redeem Codes: Active Codes and Steps to Redeem

Emote RNG codes (July 2026)

Gakuran Codes for July 2026

#DisneyDreamlightValley
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Disney Dreamlight Valley sees the arrival of Winnie the Pooh in its first adventure pack

Disney Dreamlight Valley: Honeyglow Woods Brings Winnie the Pooh’s World To Life