Video Game News 8/15/2026

#ComingSoon
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Kingdom Hearts D23 blowout confirms anime series, release window, and more

Brand new Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer released, confirmed for late 2027, anime series announced

Kingdom Hearts the Series Anime Heads to Disney+, Disney Channel

D23 Kingdom Hearts 4 Trailer Shows 2027 Release Date, Coco World

Kingdom Hearts The Series Announced at D23, No Date But Is “Coming Soon” To Disney Channel And Disney+

Kingdom Hearts 4 D23 Trailer Reveals Coco, Launches In Late 2027

Kingdom Hearts 4 gets late 2027 release window, animated series coming to Disney+

Disney Kingdom Hearts Anime Series "Coming Soon"

Kingdom Hearts IV Is Launching On Switch 2 In Late 2027, Here's A Brand-New Trailer

Kingdom Hearts 4 launches late 2027, anime series announced for Disney+

Kingdom Hearts 4 Release Date and Anime Announced at D23

Kingdom Hearts 4 Gets New Trailer, Late 2027 Release Window, and a Disney+ Anime Series

Kingdom Hearts IV Gets 2027 Release Window And That’s Not All

#Switch2
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's PS5 Beta Includes Campaign Mission for the First Time

MW4 Beta Merges All Three Modes in a Call of Duty First

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Will Do Something No Previous CoD Beta Has

Here's a first for Call of Duty: The Modern Warfare 4 beta will have a campaign mission and Warzone stuff

Xbox Confirms Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Will Feature Single-Player Campaign Mission for the First Time

Activision Really Wants You To Know Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4′s Campaign Isn’t A Horrible Mess Like BLOPS7

#War
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Former WB director says Lord of the Rings: War in the North should never have released at the same time as Skyrim

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Legacy Edition Is Out Now with 4K and Three-Player Co-op

2011 Lord Of The Rings Game Didn’t Get A “Fair Shake” Launching Near Skyrim, Former WB Boss Says

A dev tried to warn WB Games not to launch Lord of the Rings: War in the North 10 days before Skyrim, but was 'overruled'

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Dev Warned Warner Bros. Not to Go Up Against Skyrim Back in 2011

#Madden
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EA Sports Madden NFL 27 brings pro-football action to mobile and Apple Arcade for the first time

EA SPORTS Madden NFL 27 Review – Playing It Safe

Madden NFL 27 review: Solid return

Madden NFL 27 Review

#MoonlootGamesNetflix
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Netflix Shuts Down Oxenfree Dev Night School Studio as It Downscales In-House Game Teams

Netflix Shuts Down Oxenfree Developer Night School Studio

Netflix's gaming "secret weapon" is no more - Oxenfree studio Night School is to close

Netflix shutters Night School Studio and Moonloot Games

#MarvelTōkonFightingSouls
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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Review — Clash of the Superheroes

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls review

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls looks to have sold almost half a million copies in a week

102 Deadpool References in Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls review

#VrGamesShowcase
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System Shock VR, High On Life VR and more from the VR Games Showcase

System Shock, High on Life, More Are Breathing New Life into PSVR2

High On Life Is Coming To VR, And Yes, You Can Stroke Your Weird Guns

#EpicGamesStore
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Epic Games Store will get a Linux version sometime "soon"

The Epic Games Launcher will be available on Linux 'soon' says dev, after it's had a bit of work

Epic Games Store will officially support Linux, Epic confirms

#ComeSeptember
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Total War: Warhammer 3 is getting a big free vampiric update in September, alongside the epithet-stuffed Lords of the End Times DLC

Total War: Warhammer 3's Lord of the End Times has a feature other strategy games should adopt

Come September, you won't need a single Total War: Warhammer game to play its colossal, trilogy-spanning Immortal Empires campaign

#SteamCompulsionGames
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South of Midnight is now self-published on Steam after Compulsion Games cut ties with Microsoft

Compulsion Games removes Xbox as publisher of South of Midnight on Steam

Compulsion Games becomes publisher of South of Midnight on Steam, suggesting departure from Xbox amid major restructuring is now complete

#Eclipse
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The Xbox 360 version of Toy Story 3 is being delisted ahead of Digital Eclipse’s remaster

Toy Story 3 Will Be Delisted on Xbox Just Weeks Before Launch of New Remaster

Toy Story 3 On Xbox Is Being Delisted To Make Way For The Remaster

#DkChallenge
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Nintendo reveals physical reward for completing the DK Challenge

Switch Online's DK Challenge Now Offering Physical 39-Card Set Reward

US: My Nintendo offering collectible card set for completing the DK Challenge

#Switch2
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Pokémon Pokopia Crosses 5 Million Units Sold

Pokémon Pokopia Bubbly Basin Review

Nintendo announces Pokémon Pokopia has sold over 5m copies, meaning that roughly one in four Switch 2 users now owns the game

#Battlefield6XTopGunCollab
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Battlefield 6 Goes Behind the Scenes Ahead of Top Gun Update, Its “Biggest Collaboration” Yet

Battlefield 6 x Top Gun Collaboration Deep Dive Revealed

Battlefield 6 x Top Gun Video Breaks Down Carrier Strike and New Jets

#ToRollTheStars
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4.5 Honkai: Star Rail Stream Teased Zenless Zone Zero Crossover

The Trip To Astropolis In Honkai: Star Rail's Version 4.5 Update Is A Rescue Mission Disguised As A Vacation

Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.5 Launching August 26

#FloodMarines
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Halo: Campaign Evolved PS5 Update Lands Next Week with Tech Fixes

Halo: Campaign Evolved studio outlines five key updates that'll drop with next week's big patch

Halo: Campaign Evolved Will Look Way Better Soon

#Series
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On the Cusp of Kingdom Hearts 4 Blowout, Disney Says Series Is a Billion-Dollar Brand

Disney says that Kingdom Hearts is now a 'billion dollar franchise'

Kingdom Hearts Is a Billion-Dollar Franchise, Disney Declares Ahead of Hotly Anticipated D23 Panel

#TheSimpsonsHitRunCouldBeM
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The Simpsons Hit & Run Could Be Making A Return "In Some Form"

The Best Simpsons Game May Be Returning, if You Believe Matt Groening

The Simpsons: Hit & Run 'Coming Back in Some Form,' Creator Matt Groening Says

#Stardew
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Fields of Mistria review

Want More Story In Your Stardew? Fields Of Mistria Is Right Up Your Valley

Fields of Mistria review

#TheTargetOfACongressional
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Roblox Is Now The Target Of A Congressional Investigation: “Children Are Hurting”

US Senate launches investigation into Roblox: 'Children on your platform are hurting. Congress will not look the other way'

Roblox Is Now Under Investigation By The U.S. Senate Over Child Safety

#Html5Canvas
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Before Grand Theft Auto Online, GTA 4's multiplayer added 'glorious chaos' to the open world sandbox

Grand Theft Auto 2 – The Legacy Review

Grand Auto Thief

#IntoTheSpiderverse
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Huge Update on Insomniac Marvel’s Spider-Man 3

Four Minutes of Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Leak Online, and Sony Can’t Contain It

Three Franchises and 24 Years Later, One Spider-Man Line Still Has No Rival

Four Minutes Of Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse Leak Online, And They Look Amazing

#Nexon
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Nexon Q2 2026: MapleStory and ARC Raiders made so much money that Nexon paid out a special dividend

Nexon Q2 net income jumps as MapleStory grows and Arc Raiders keeps selling

Arc Raiders generates $114.9m during Nexon's Q2, sells an additional 800,000 units

#FullSeriesCollection
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Mafia: The Old Country’s Man of Honor DLC is Out Now

Mafia: The Old Country – What Man of Honor DLC Adds to the Experience

Mafia Remake Joins The Old Country on PS5 in Full Series Collection with 60FPS, Visual Upgrades

Mafia: The Old Country – Man Of Honor Continues Enzo’s Story

#BeholderConductor
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Beholder: Conductor lets you take the control of an authoritarian rail line

Review: Beholder: Conductor (Nintendo Switch)