Video Game News 1/30/2026

#TomodachiLifeLivingTheDre
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Nintendo reveals more Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream info, including its release date

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream will include same-sex relationships and non-binary characters, fulfilling Nintendo’s promise

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Arrives on April 16 for Nintendo Switch

Tomodachi Life Switch Port Announced, But Gamers Are Already Fighting

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Gender and Relationship Elements Shared

Poll: So, Will You Be Getting Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream For Switch?

Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream's Price And Box Art Have Been Revealed

Nintendo Restricting Some Image Sharing Features For Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream

Guide: Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Nintendo Direct: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate It?

Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Will Allow Same-Sex Relationships & Non-Binary Miis

Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Moves In On Switch 1 This April

As quirky Switch 2 life sim Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream gets its big reveal, Nintendo makes good on decade-old same-sex relationship promise

Fans excited for Nintendo's upcoming Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream left completely baffled by "wacky" image sharing restrictions

We’re getting woke Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream before Grand Theft Auto 6

Nintendo placing image sharing restrictions in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream

Tomodachi Life Living the Dream launches in April

Nintendo blocking Tomodachi Life images, explained

Tomodachi Life Releases for Nintendo Switch on April 16th

Fans Decry Heavy Image-Sharing Restrictions for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream That Nintendo Says Are Necessary to Ensure 'Fun and Safe' Gameplay

A Decade After Nintendo's Same Sex Relationship Controversy, Tomodachi Life Finally Delivers on Promise to Make Series More Inclusive

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Release Date Revealed for April

Nintendo Is Going To Make It Really Hard To Share Screenshots In Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream

#NintendoDirect
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A Nintendo Direct is reportedly coming next week, dedicated to Partner games

Rumor: Nintendo Direct happening in February, possibly first week of the month [update: Partner Showcase]

Rumour: A Nintendo Direct May Be Coming As Soon As Next Week

A Nintendo Direct for early February is rumoured, and it sounds like it's going to be a partner showcase - are we about to see more of The Duskbloods?

NatetheHate says next week’s Nintendo Direct is a Partner Showcase

Nintendo Direct Partner Event Coming Up Next Week, Report Says

#VirtuaFighter5RevoWorldSt
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Virtua Fighter 5 REVO Switch 2 release date marks the first Nintendo release in the series’ 33-year history

Virtua Fighter 5 REVO World Stage Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 in March 2026

Switch 2 Gets Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage in March

Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. Lands March Release Date On Switch 2

Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage will launch for Nintendo Switch 2 in March

Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage Launching for Nintendo Switch 2 March 26

#DarkhavenDiabloVeterans
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Blizzard veterans reveal Darkhaven, a Diablo 2-style RPG that trades "incrementalism" for "bold, expressive loot" and destructible terrain

Darkhaven: Diablo Veterans Launch Steam Page and Kickstarter for New ARPG

Diablo Veterans Unveil Darkhaven, a Player-Shaped Living ARPG World

Built by Diablo veterans, Darkhaven is "an ARPG unlike any other," set in an open world you can reshape to your will

Diablo Veterans Reveal "Next-Generation Action RPG" Darkhaven

#Break
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VHS-veiled Huntdown: Overtime, a retro gangland roguelite run and gunner, arrives in early access this year

HUNTDOWN: OVERTIME looks like a glorious follow-up to HUNTDOWN from 2021

Roguelike Huntdown: Overtime Announced

Huntdown: Overtime Announced As A New Brutal 80s-Style Action Roguelite

#StardewValley
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Stardew Valley creator breaks silence to shoot down myths about Haunted Chocolatier, including that 2030 release rumour

Stardew Valley dev makes it clear Haunted Chocolatier is progressing well

"I'm alive, the game is still in development" - Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe gives update on Haunted Chocolatier

Stardew Valley Creator Busts 4 Myths About His Upcoming Haunted Chocolatier Game

#Xbox
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Microsoft Earnings Show Continued Decline in Xbox Console Sales

Xbox Gaming Revenue Fell by Nine Percent, Hardware Revenue by 32 Percent

Microsoft blames gaming division for plummeting PC revenue, with 32% drop in Xbox hardware

Xbox hardware sales slump by 32% as Microsoft reports that its overall gaming revenue is in decline

#CapcomCompilationDisneyAf
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The Disney Afternoon Collection Launching On Nintendo Switch And Nintendo Switch 2 On February 26

Capcom Compilation Disney Afternoon Collection Getting Two New Games, But Not on PS4

Disney Afternoon Collection Finally Comes To Switch 1 & 2, Includes Two Additional Games

The Disney Afternoon Collection Coming to Nintendo Switch Platforms February 26

#SoulSacrifice
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Keiji Inafune’s Comcept Closed

Mighty No.9 and ReCore maker Comcept has been dissolved

Comcept, The Studio Behind Mighty No. 9 And ReCore, Shuts Down

Mighty No. 9 studio Comcept, which somehow still existed, is now officially dead and buried

#Fallout4
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PSA: There's a free Fallout 4 mod for that Fallout Show NCR power armour Bethesda are charging $30 for as DLC

Fallout 76 is free to play until Feb 5, but if you want that sick NCR power armor from the Fallout show, it's gonna cost you

NCR Power Armor From the Fallout TV Show Makes Its Way Into Fallout 76 — but You'll Need to Spend $30 to Use It

#ThisYear
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World of Warcraft's getting a prop hunt mode, so you can pretend to be a chair during breaks from Midnight's voidpocalypse

Life after World of Warcraft Midnight's launch looks great, with highly requested housing features and, erm, Prop Hunt

Prop Hunt Is Coming to World of Warcraft Later This Year

#TaleTrilogy
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The Native Linux app for NVIDIA GeForce NOW is now in Beta

GeForce NOW Brings GeForce RTX Gaming to Linux PCs

Nvidia App for Linux is now live

#Pikmin2
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Walmart ad suggets Metroid Prime 2, Pikmin 2 are coming to Nintendo Switch Online on Switch 2 [update: Nintendo statement]

Rumour: Switch Online GameCube Releases Might Have Been Leaked

Nintendo Issues Correction Over Leaked Nintendo Switch Online GameCube Games

#RainbowSixSiege
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Rainbow Six Siege Tease Sees Splinter Cell Meet Metal Gear Solid as Solid Snake Is Revealed as New Operator - IGN

Rainbow Six Siege's next operator is, and I swear this is real, Solid Snake

Rainbow Six Siege Tease Sees Splinter Cell Meet Metal Gear Solid as Solid Snake Is Revealed as New Operator

#WarTvShowRecruitsItsThor
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God of War TV Show Recruits Its Thor and Odin Actors

Amazon's God of War keeps casting characters from Ragnarök, adds Severance and Homeland stars as Odin and Thor

God Of War TV Show Casts An Acting Legend As Odin

#Switch
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Nintendo Responds To Dispatch Switch Censorship With Official Statement

Dispatch censored on Switch and Switch 2

Nintendo Responds to Switch Game Censorship That Left Dispatch's Nudity Permanently Covered With Black Boxes

#VampireTheMasqueradeBlood
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Paradox operating profit dropped 162% year-on-year as it writes down Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 left a gaping, $28 million hole in Paradox's year-end financial report

Paradox Reports Rough Q4 and Dismal Year Thanks to Bloodlines 2

#TheVoltageMarauder
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In a genre dominated by Arc Raiders and Tarkov, The Midnight Walkers arrives with a zombified spin on extraction games

Trophy Display Project items - ARC Raiders

How to get the Voltage Marauder ARC Raiders-themed outfit in The Finals

All Bastion Locations in ARC Raiders

Where to find Geiger Counters in Arc Raiders

Where to find Expired Respirators in Arc Raiders

Idle Game From Arc Raiders Publisher Offering Full Refunds After Players Discover ‘Systematic Deception’

#GraphicalIssues
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Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties is getting a day one patch to ensure sunny Okinawa looks less deep fried

Yakuza fans are demanding Sega recast a Kiwami 3 actor, and Dark Ties may make the situation worse

Yakuza Kiwami 3 studio says the full game won’t have the graphical issues being reported in the demo

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Dev Acknowledges Demo's "Graphical Issues", Launch Update Planned

#CountlessArmyMobileDefenc
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Countless Army Mobile Defence flips the tower defence script, making you the invader

Countless Army Is a Reverse Tower Defense Game, Mobile Edition Out Now

#ChromaticBeingsEverbright
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Infinity Nikki's version 2.2 update takes you to the Wanxiang Realm

Infinity Nikki ushers in the Year of the Horse with... a deer-themed Version 2.2

#FinalFantasyVii
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The original FINAL FANTASY VII is getting a new refreshed edition

Interview: With Switch 2 & Xbox Launches, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Director Looks back on the 2020 Reimaging

#Google
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Google rolls out prototype of Project Genie, an AI tool which generates playable worlds

Google releases Project Genie AI tool for creating "playable worlds" that can feature copyrighted IP

#CodeVein
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Code Vein 2 Achievements Guide

You can find Code Vein 2's best early-game weapons almost immediately, letting you breeze through MagMell Island

#Complete
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Pokemon Legends: Z-A soundtrack to be released in Japan

Pokémon Legends: Z-A "Complete" Five CD Soundtrack Announced For Japan