Video Game News 8/14/2026

#MoonlootGamesNetflix
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Five years after acquiring Oxenfree developer Night School Studio, Netflix are shutting them down

Netflix is shutting down Oxenfree studio Night School, six weeks after its last game was released

Netflix Closing Two Studios, Including Oxenfree Developers Night School

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

Netflix is closing Night School Studio and Moonlot

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

Netflix closes more game studios as it pulls back on video games

Netflix closing Oxenfree developer Night School Studio and Moonloot Games

Night School Staff Speak Out After Netflix Shuts Down Developer Following 'Top Tier' Launch of Unhinged

Netflix Shuts Down Studio Behind Beloved Narrative Adventure Oxenfree

#FortunesWeave20Hours
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Preview: Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Seems to Reward Time Management

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Preview

Round Up: The Final Previews Are In For Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave On Switch 2

Preview: Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Dials The 'Three Houses Formula' Up To 11

20 hours in, I cannot believe the scale, complexity, and ambition of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave

Preview: Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave

Prepare for Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave

Three New Things We Learned From Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Previews

7 Things We Learned About Insomniac’s Wolverine From The Latest Previews

#WildBlueSkies
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Wild Blue Skies Review — Fast And Furious Ship Action

Wild Blue Skies Wants You To Chase High Scores In The Sky

Wild Blue Skies Is Star Fox For Experts

Wild Blue Skies Review – Bombs Away!

Wild Blue Skies Review

#Gamecube
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Pokémon Bank will shut down in February 2027, with players advised to transfer data to Pokémon Home

The Pokémon Bank Is Closing: Start Your Transfers

Pokémon HOME October Premium Plan Update Expands Storage Capacity To 9,000 Pokémon

Pokémon Bank Is Shutting Down In February 2027

You have fewer than 200 days to migrate all your old Pokémon from Pokémon Bank to Pokémon Home, or they're gone forever

How To Get All The Pokémon You Forgot About Out Of Pokémon Bank Before The Service Shuts Down

#ChaosEmeralds
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Sonic Frontiers sales surpass five million, Sonic Adventure 2 shoes available to all

Sonic Frontiers Crosses 5 Million Sales, Sonic Adventure 2 Shoes Added In-Game

It's Official, Sonic Frontiers Has Now Sold More Than Five Million Copies

Sonic Frontiers sales surpass 5 million copies sold

#Playstation2era
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Compulsion Games is Now Listed as South of Midnight’s Publisher on Steam Following Xbox Split

Ignore Your Growing Backlog–It’s Time To Play South Of Midnight On Steam

Xbox's Separation from Compulsion Games Seems Complete as Studio Is Listed as the Publisher of South of Midnight on Steam

There Is No Reason Not To Play South Of Midnight Anymore

#Playstation
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Marvel's Wolverine Has an Impressive Performance Mode on Base PS5

Marvel's Wolverine "fully playable" on disc when it releases, Insomniac clarifies, perhaps making it one of the last few PlayStation games that will be

Insomniac Confirms Marvel's Wolverine Will Be Playable Straight from Disc

Insomniac Confirms Marvel's Wolverine Performance Mode Details

#WhereWindsMeet
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Where Winds Meet adds giant bosses and haunted survival mode in upcoming Heaven's Threshold update

Where Winds Meet takes players to Heaven’s Threshold next week – once the community unlocks the way

Where Winds Meet Gets 'Heaven's Threshold', Second Part of Hidden Mountain Expansion, Next Week

Where Winds Meet Adds Heaven’s Threshold Chapter on August 20

#TotalWar
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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 - Lords of the End Times brings its largest DLC yet in late September

The Lords of the End Times are landing in Total War: Warhammer 3 on September 24, and everything's coming up rat men

#DefenderOfTheCrown
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Amiga strategy classic Defender of the Crown is back with both old and fresh graphics, and an all new roguelite mode

Defender Of The Crown: The Legend Returns Brings A Classic Back To Life

Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns Out Now on PC and Consoles

#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

Nightdive's System Shock remake is coming to VR

#FrameGeneration
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NVIDIA GeForce NOW cloud gaming for Linux levels up and leaves Beta

GeForce NOW comes to Linux, as Nvidia's game streaming service exits beta

Class Is in Session: GeForce NOW Levels Up Linux, Chromebooks and More

#Wolverine
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Hands-on report: Marvel’s Wolverine

Marvel’s Wolverine Rage Tier System Detailed in First Preview

Marvel's Wolverine: The Final Preview

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

Kingdom Hearts Is A "Billion-Dollar" Franchise, According To Disney

DanielRPK: Kingdom Hearts announcement at tonight’s D23 Disney Entertainment Showcase panel

#OpeningNightLive
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Geoff Keighley Confirms War for Westeros Gameplay Reveal at Gamescom Opening Night Live

Game of Thrones: War for Westeros Gameplay Reveal Coming to gamescom ONL

Game of Thrones: War for Westeros Gameplay Reveal Shows Lannister Troops Getting Cooked by a Fire-Breathing Dragon, With a Longer Look Due Later This Month

#ElderScrolls6
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Fans Think They Cracked The Elder Scrolls 6 Subtitle — And It Was Hiding in Starfield Since 2023

After this week's Elder Scrolls 6 tease, fans think they've figured out its full name - and it was hidden in Starfield all along

Fans Are Convinced They’ve Guessed The Name Of The Next Elder Scrolls Game

#MarvelTōkonFightingSouls
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MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls Guide – How To Unlock Deadpool’s Secret Moves

MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls – How To Unlock The Champion Secret Character

MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls Guide – How To Unlock Every Color And Costume

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Sells Nearly Half A Million Copies

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls review

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

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Has Raised The Bar For Tag Fighters – Review

Marvel Tokon Nears 500K Sales In Its First Week Despite Fighting Games’ Niche Appeal

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Raises The Bar For Tag Fighters

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls: The Kotaku Review

#VietnamHowToBuildConnectT
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Hell Let Loose: Vietnam arrives on Steam and works on SteamOS / Linux

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Review – Not Quite Rock and Roll

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Turns The Jungle Into A 50v50 Warzone

Grab a free Hell Let Loose Vietnam code with our latest giveaway

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Beginners Guide Tips & Tricks

How To Build & Connect Tunnels In Hell Let Loose: Vietnam

How To Redeploy & Change Roles In Hell Let Loose: Vietnam

How To Unlock Commander Role In Hell Let Loose: Vietnam

All Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Game Modes & Win Conditions, Explained

All Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Roles & Equipment, Explained

Complete Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Achievement & Trophy List

#BlackDesertOnline
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Black Desert PC adds more monster zones, new bosses, and new accessories with Edania Part 2

Edania Part 2 is Live in Black Desert Online, With New Bosses to Challenge, Monster Zones, and Much More

Black Desert Online’s Edania Part 2 Update Adds New Bosses, Monster Zones, and Endgame Gear

#Kodan
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‘Humanity before its great fall’: Guild Wars 3 previews the look and lore of its Human species

Guild Wars 3 Narrative Details On Human Species

Being A Human In Guild Wars 3 Is Different From The Previous Games

#Pokemon
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Pokemon Home details Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen support, Celebi reward for completing the Pokedex, more

Pokemon Bank is shutting down, announcement released

Pokemon Bank 3DS Service Ending After Pokemon Home Updates

Pokemon Bank closes in 2027 and FireRed and LeafGreen link to Pokemon HOME

#KineticGames
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Phasmophobia devs Kinetic Games mosey into publishing with a witchy delivery game, a parasitic Metroidvania, and more

Kinetic Games Goes Beyond Ghosts With New Indie Publishing Arm

#Sandcastle
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Sandustry, the factory game where every single pixel is a resource you can build with, is out in early access

Out in Early Access - Sandustry has you explore, mine and automate in fully destructible pixel worlds

#TroubledWitcher
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Troubled Witcher multiplayer spinoff Project Sirius struck with new round of layoffs

CDPR Confirms Layoffs on Witcher Multiplayer Game Project Sirius

#KingdomCome
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Darksiders 4 and a new Kingdom Come are planned by the end of March 2028, Embracer says

Darksiders 4, Next Kingdom Come Game Both Planned to Launch Before March 2028