Video Game News 8/26/2026

#OpeningNightLive2026
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Gamescom Opening Night Live: All the big news and reveals

Lego Skylines is a brick-based spin-off of the Cities: Skylines series

Having taken over Cities: Skylines 2's resurrection, Iceflake Studios are also making a bricky city builder called Lego Skylines

LEGO Skylines announced for Nintendo Switch 2

Gamescom Opening Night Live highlights: 19 games coming to PlayStation

LEGO Skylines Revealed At Gamescom Opening Night Live

Round Up: What Was Announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026?

Poll: How Would You Rate Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026?

City Builder LEGO Skylines Announced for PS5, and It Seems Like a Perfect Match

LEGO Skylines Announced for Xbox, PlayStation, Switch 2 and PC

Opening Night Live 2026 - Follow All The Gamescom Announcements Here On Our Live Blog

LEGO Skylines announced at Gamescom 2026

Lego Skylines puts a cozy spin on Paradox's classic city builder

Watch: Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026

Yes, the leaks were true - a Lego version of Cities Skylines is on its way to PC and consoles

Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 report - all the news and announcements as Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past shown for first time

Ready to watch Gamescom Opening Night Live?Here’s everything you need to know – times, line-up and more

Lego Skylines Is A Genius Idea For A Cities: Skylines Spin-Off

The highlights of Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026

Lego is finally fulfilling its destiny by making a city builder

Every announcement from Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026

How to watch Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026

LEGO Skylines Announced at Gamescom

gamescom Opening Night Live 2026: Everything Announced

Everything We Saw At Gamescom Opening Night Live

Watch Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 Right Here

#ThePlanetsCrisis
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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation gets “The Planet’s Crisis” trailer

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Trailer Showcases Intense Battles Against the WEAPONs

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation’s Gamescom Trailer Shows The Threat Of Weapons

The Weapons Star in Fresh Look at Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Still Set for Spring 2027 on PS5

Final Fantasy VII Revelation Trailer Shows Weapons and Typhon

Final Fantasy VII Revelation Continues To Stun In New Trailer

New Final Fantasy VII Revelation trailer

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Gamescom Trailer Is All About The Weapons

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Shows Off Its Reimagined Superboss Battles in New Trailer

Final Fantasy VII Revelation The Planet’s Crisis Trailer Released

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Gets New Trailer at Gamescom 2026 Showing off Submarine Combat, Weapons, and More

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation’s Latest Trailer Is Packed With Weapons

#SongsOfThePast
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The Witcher 3 Remastered has been announced

List of all prices for Nintendo Switch 2 Upgrade Packs

The Witcher 3 Remastered confirms free Nintendo Switch 2 upgrade if you have original Switch 1 game

The Witcher 3 Remastered announced for Nintendo Switch 2, Songs of the Past expansion confirmed

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered Launches on September 29th as a Free Upgrade

The Witcher 3 Remastered Arrives Ahead of Songs of the Past DLC

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered Announced, Out September 2026

The Witcher 3 gets a free upgrade at the end of September

The Witcher 3: Remastered Announced As Free Upgrade For September, Expansions Also Free

The Witcher 3 Remastered announced, an overhaul free for existing owners, while expansion Songs of the Past finally shown

The Witcher 3 Remastered and Song of the Past DLC announced for Switch 2

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered Gets Surprise Release Date

The Witcher 3 Remastered announced: another huge free update, and all Witcher 3 owners get the existing expansions free

The Witcher 3 Remastered Launches September as a Free Upgrade for Existing Owners

#GrindingGearGames
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Gamescom 2026: Path of Exile 2 will finally launch out of early access this December

Path of Exile 2 Exits Early Access on December 11th

Path of Exile 2 Reaches 1.0 on 11th December, Goes Free-to-Play on PS5

Path of Exile 2 Launches 1.0 as Fully Free to Play ARPG, with new Duelist Class, in December

Path of Exile 2 gets 1.0 update on December 11

Gamescom 2026: Grinding Gear Games Announces Path Of Exile 2 Full 1.0 Release

Path of Exile 2 gets a full 1.0 release date, and a sword class

Path of Exile 2 Full Release Set for December 11 as Free-to-Play Launch

Path Of Exile 2 Is Finally Getting Its Full Release, And It’ll Be Free-To-Play

Path of Exile 2 is finally getting swords in December, and also the rest of the game

Path of Exile 2 Release Date Sets 1.0 Launch in December 2026

#MegaMan
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Pragmata is getting Mega Man skins

Mega Man Dual Override Gets Protoman, Pragmata Gets Crossover Skins

Mega Man: Dual Override Reveals Proto Man in Brand New PS5 Gameplay Trailer

Mega Man: Dual Override Looks Immense In New Gameplay Trailer

Mega Man: Dual Override gets a new trailer, Mega Man skin announced for Pragmata

Pragmata Gets Moderately Cursed Mega Man Skin

#RainbowSix
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Ubisoft announces Rainbow Six Tactics

Rainbow Six Tactics transforms the demolition-driven Siege into a turn-based game while keeping the destructible environments, operators, and reconnaissance drones

Rainbow Six Tactics Puts an XCOM Spin on Ubisoft's Series in 2027

Rainbow Six Tactics Revealed!

Ubisoft Officially Confirms Rainbow Six's Own XCOM

Ubisoft is making the first singleplayer Rainbow Six in 19 years, and it's a tactics game in the style of XCOM

#1001ThreadsOfMizan
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1001 Threads of Mizan announced for Nintendo Switch 2

In PS5 Arabian Fantasy '1001 Threads of Mizan', You Ride Magic Carpet Hoverboards

1001: Threads of Mizan's carpet riding shines as it tries to add multiplayer to a triple-A action game

1001 Threads of Mizan announced for Nintendo Switch 2

1001 Threads of Mizan First Look Gameplay

1001 Threads of Mizan Adds Fresh Arab Take on Fantasy

#GlobalReleaseDate
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ANANTA Release Date Falls in 2027

Ananta Reveals 2027 Release Date and Chongxiao Trailer

Gamescom 2026: Ananta Gets A January 15th, 2027 Release Date, Showcases Its Chinese-Inspired Open World

What is the release date of Ananta?

ANANTA Gets January 2027 Global Release Date in New Trailer

Ananta Release Date Confirmed During Gamescom Opening Show

#CrusaderKings
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Crusader Kings devs Paradox officially reveal Afterworld, a Fallout-flavoured grand strategy game in which you can overrun America with a cannibal cult

Paradox's new grand strategy game is a truly feral take on the post-apocalypse

Paradox's latest grand strategy Afterworld wants you to survive and thrive in the post-apocalypse

Paradox's next grand strategy game is taking cues from Fallout and Mad Max

#OpeningNightLiveShowaAmer
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NEKCOM Games Unveils Gamescom Trailer for Showa American Story

Showa American Story Raises The Flag Once Again At Opening Night Live

Showa American Story Stood Out in a Gamescom Filled with Samey PS5 Trailers

Showa American Story Gets New Gamescom Trailer

#StageTour
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Stage Tour shares Nintendo Switch 2 release date, new trailer

Guitar Hero's Spiritual Successor, Stage Tour, Comes to PS5 Just in Time for Christmas

When is Stage Tour coming out?

Guitar Hero Spiritual Successor Gets 2026 Release Date

#OnimushaWayOfTheSword
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Onimusha: Way of the Sword Demo Expanded

Onimusha: Way of the Sword interview, demo update detailed, new trailer revealed

Expanded Onimusha Demo Out Now on PS5, Boasting Another Awesome Boss and More

Onimusha: Way of the Sword Demo Adds Switch 2 Version and New Quest

#WorldTour
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Crazy Taxi: World Tour Shares a Brief Look at Online Multiplayer in Latest Trailer

Crazy Taxi: World Tour Trailer Shows Multiplayer Modes

Crazy Taxi World Tour gets a new trailer

Crazy Taxi: World Tour Opening Night Live Trailer Released

#GearsOfWarEdays
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Gears of War: E-Day’s campaign is a cinematic throwback to the day the world changed forever

Gears of War: E-Day Release Date Announced For October

I played two missions of Gears of War: E-Day's campaign: One rocked, but the other did not

Gears of War: E-Day Campaign Hands-On Preview: To Quote Marcus Fenix, “Nice”

#TheBugHuntGetsBiggerAsAli
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Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 has officially launched to rough reviews under the Daybreak banner

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 receives Nintendo Switch 2 release date, new trailer

The Bug Hunt Gets Bigger as Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 Launches

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 launches 29th September for Nintendo Switch 2

#Journey
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Journey studio Thatgamecompany has launched a publishing arm: Thatgamepublisher

Journey studio Thatgamecompany launches Thatgamepublisher to champion games that "move people through play"

Journey maker thatgamecompany announces thatgamepublisher

#Humankind2
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Imbricate human history all over again and throw climate change into the mix in Humankind 2, which arrives 2027

Humankind 2 Announced for PC in 2027

Humankind 2 announced, coming 2027, and promises climate change and "a new take on historical strategy"

#W4Games
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W4 Games, the company formed by Godot Engine veterans, gets help and funding from Tencent

Godot Engine partner firm W4 Games secures $18m Series B funding, signs deal with Tencent to bolster Asia ecosystem

W4 Games raises $18M to expand its international team

#Turok
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Turok: Origins delayed to Spring 2027, story trailer

Turok: Origins Delayed Until 2027

Turok: Origins delayed to Spring 2027, new trailer released

#Switch2
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Mewgenics Heads to Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X

Mewgenics comes to Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X on September 8

Mewgenics comes to Nintendo Switch 2 this September

#OpeningNightLiveMetro2039
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Metro 2039 Gets A New Trailer At Gamescom Opening Night Live

Metro 2039 Explores The Horror Humans Can Commit In Latest Gameplay Trailer

Metro 2039 gameplay trailer looks like bad news for your aging graphics card

#WarlockDungeonsDragons
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Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons Gets First Gameplay Reveal

Dungeons & Dragons game Warlock gets a first proper trailer, showing single-player action gameplay

Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons Doesn’t Seem Too Concerned With The “D&D” Part Of Its Title

#OpeningNightLive
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Exodus release date confirmed for April 2027, a spiritual successor to Mass Effect

Mass Effect-like Exodus gets a release date, while showcasing an octopus companion in a mech suit

Exodus Release Date Revealed, the Mass Effect-Like RPG Is Coming in April

#3SongsOfThePastExpansionE
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The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past Is Looking Good In First Trailer

The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past expansion is out next year, here's the trailer

The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past Expansion: Everything Revealed at gamescom ONL 2026

#GameOfThronesRtsWar
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Game of Thrones RTS War for Westeros just got a first gameplay trailer confirming some familiar faces

Game of Thrones: War for Westeros Gameplay Trailer Released

Game of Thrones: War for Westeros Trailer Features The Night King on the Iron Throne