Video Game News 3/5/2026

#BlackFlagRemakeOfficially
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Assassin’s Creed boss provides updates on Hexe, Invictus, and Jade, confirms Black Flag remake

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag Remake Officially Confirmed by Ubisoft in New “Resynced” Concept Art

Ubisoft Officially Reveals Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Remake, Gives Hexe and PvP Game Updates

Assassin's Creed Head of Content shares updates & confirms Black Flag remake

The Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake has been confirmed, and gaming's worst-kept secret is finally real

Ubisoft Finally Teases Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced With Concept Art

Ubisoft Confirms Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced

Ubisoft confirms Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is in development

Ubisoft's worst-kept secret is finally official as Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced artwork is revealed

Ubisoft Confirms Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake and Unveils Unity 60 FPS Patch

Ubisoft finally confirms the Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag remake is real, and it's dropping the '4' for some reason

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Finally Confirmed by Ubisoft

Ubisoft Finally Confirms Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, the Remake We All Knew Was Coming

Ubisoft Teases Future Assassin’s Creed Game, Confirms Black Flag Remake Is Real

#TheFinalPuzzle
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Resident Evil 9 Requiem: The Final Puzzle full walkthrough

At 5 million sales, Resident Evil Requiem is likely the series’ biggest launch ever

Resident Evil Requiem Sales Surpass 5 Million Units In Less Than A Week

Resident Evil Requiem Surpasses 5 Million Copies Sold

How to Open RPD S.T.A.R.S. Office Briefcase in Resident Evil Requiem

How to Unlock RPD West Office Locker in Resident Evil Requiem

How to Unlock the Pantry in Resident Evil Requiem

Resident Evil Requiem Surpasses an Astonishing 5 Million Sales in Its First Week

ShackStream: Resident Evil Requiem On The Stevetendo Show! Episode 677

Resident Evil Requiem Has Already Sold Over 5 Million Copies

Capcom sold over five million copies of Resident Evil Requiem

Resident Evil Requiem has surpassed 5m copies sold in less than a week

Get Resident Evil 9 For Free With Select Samsung Monitors, Razer Laptops

Resident Evil Requiem has topped 5 million sales worldwide

Best Resident Evil Requiem mods for gameplay, visuals, arachnophobia, and more

Resident Evil Requiem Is The Fastest Selling Game In Series History

Resident Evil Requiem's 5 million sales have made it one of Capcom's all-time top 20 bestsellers in just 4 days

I've tested Resident Evil Requiem with different GPUs and different drivers, but cannot replicate the massive performance loss some PC gamers are reporting

Resident Evil Requiem Sales Have Passed 5m Already

Resident Evil Requiem – PS5 vs PC Performance Analysis

'You Know It's Bad When You Have Dreams About the S**t' — Resident Evil Requiem's Infamous Spider Is Making Ice T Feel the Heat

Resident Evil Requiem Is a Kick-Ass Leon Kennedy Legacy Sequel

Resident Evil Requiem has surpassed 5m copies

Review – Resident Evil: Requiem (PlayStation 5)

#EpicGames
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Trump administration reportedly debating whether to force Riot Games owners Tencent to divest stakes in US game companies

Trump administration ‘debating whether to allow Tencent to keep its game company investments’

Trump administration reportedly considering pulling Tencent's gaming investments, potentially hurting Epic and Riot

Trump Administration targets Tencent’s gaming dominance in security probe, according to reports

Trump administration debates getting Chinese Tencent money out of US gaming over feared security risks

US government reportedly debating whether to force Tencent to give up its US-based game holdings

Trump Administration Debating Allowing Chinese Company Tencent to Keep Its Stakes in U.S. Gaming Companies Such as Fortnite Maker Epic and League Dev Riot

#MegaMan
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Firsthand Look | Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection

Preview: Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection Feels Well-Organized

Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection Preview

Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection Preview – A Stellar Return for the DS RPG Series

First Impressions: 'Mega Man Star Force: Legacy Collection' Fine-Tunes Some DS Capcom Classics

Pulse in to Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection

Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection Preview: The Mega Man Bundle for Pokémon Fans

#Playstation
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Sony PlayStation reportedly moving away from PC ports

Sony Returns to PlayStation Exclusivity and Stops Single Player PC Ports, New Report Says

Sony Reportedly Plans to End Single-Player PC Ports and Return to PlayStation Console Exclusives

Sony reportedly scaling back PC ports for PlayStation exclusives

Sony Reportedly Cutting Down on PC Ports for Single-Player PS5 Games

#Counter
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive reappears on Steam as a standalone download

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is now back on Steam as a separate entity to Counter-Strike 2

CSGO is back on Steam, if you know where to look

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is back: 3 years after it was muscled out by Counter-Strike 2, CS:GO has its own Steam page again and has powered its way back onto Steam's most-played chart

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Has Its Own Page on Steam Again — but There's a Catch

#DlcTheBloodOnCrystalDlc
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Atomic Heart’s Final DLC, Blood on Crystal, Launches on April 16th

Atomic Heart Blood on Crystal DLC Release Date Announced

Believe It or Not, Atomic Heart Is Still Getting DLC

The bonkers and unashamedly horny Atomic Heart unveils its fourth and final DLC

#SecondEpisodeWith
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007 First Light Dev Diary Outlines the Cast, Including Alastair Mackenzie as Q

007 First Light’s Behind the Scenes Developer Diary Series Releases Second Episode With a Focus on Its Cast and Characters

Learn More About the Cast and Characters of 007 First Light in New Dev Diary

007 First Light Cast and Characters Deep Dive Released

#AmnesiacProtagonists
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Watch Gaia from FFXIV in Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy

Final Fantasy and “Amnesiac Protagonists”: Becoming a New Creation in Christ

Final Fantasy 11 locks down yet another server as overpopulation continues to hit Final Fantasy 14's predecessor, over two decades after its original launch

GOG's Classic Final Fantasy Sale Includes Fan Faves And Underrated Gems

#BalorGames
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Good Games Group Acquires Humble Games, Now Called Balor Games

Good Games Group acquires Ziff Davis' publishing business to launch Balor Games

Good Games Group has bought the Humble and Firestoke back catalogues. Now, newly renamed as Balor Games, it wants to invest in triple-I

Ex-Humble Games Heads Buy Back Label and Rename It to Balor Games

#MarioTennisFever
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Pokemon Pokopia icons added to Nintendo Switch Online

Nintendo Switch Online adds Mario Tennis Fever icons

Mario Clash and Mario’s Tennis Games Return on Mario Day

Nintendo’s March Gift: More Classic Mario Magic Coming to Switch Online

Three classic Mario games being added to Switch Online for MAR10 Day

#XboxSeriesXPlanetOfLana2C
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Assassin’s Creed Unity is Getting a 60 FPS Update for Xbox Series X/S and PS5

Planet of Lana 2: Children of the Leaf Will Run at 4K/60 FPS on PS5 and Xbox Series X

Assassin’s Creed Unity Gets 60FPS Upgrade as Ubisoft Unveils Ambitious 2026 Narrative Expansion

Assassin's Creed Unity Gets a 60FPS Patch on PS5 Tomorrow

Assassin’s Creed: Unity Is Getting A 60FPS Update On Consoles

#CrimsonDesertDevSickOfCla
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Crimson Desert Supports PS5 Pro’s Upgraded PSSR, High CPU Frequency Mode for “Seamless” Performance

Crimson Desert Confirms PSSR 2 on PS5 Pro, But Glowing Previews All Based on PC Version

'We're Not Hiding Anything': Crimson Desert Dev 'Sick' of Claims Around No PS5 Footage

"I'm sick of having to repeat myself" - Crimson Desert PR shuts down accusations it's "hiding" console footage ahead of imminent launch

Crimson Desert Marketing Director Responds To Review Drama: ‘We’re Not Hiding Anything’

#HumbleChoice
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Humble Choice for March 2026 has Tempest Rising and other goodies

Join Humble Choice And Get These 8 PC Games At No Additional Charge This Month

Stock Up Your PC Library With Brand New Games From March’s Humble Choice Lineup

#Tacticool
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Tacticool is bringing Wolf to its world through a thrilling Payday collab

Tacticool x PAYDAY Collaboration Event Live Through March 25

Tacticool x Payday Crossover Kicks Off with the Robbery Rush Event

#Planet
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Planet of Lana 2 review - a grander, more dynamic platformer sequel that keeps hold of its heart

Planet of Lana 2 Review — Discover the Past, Fight for the Future

Review: Planet Of Lana 2: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - A Charming Trek Through A Fantastic World

#StateOfPlay
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Video: Here’s some new gameplay of Control Resonant in action

Control Resonant: a deep dive into combat, buildcrafting, and player choice

Control Resonant First-Look Preview – This Is No Soulslike. It’s Faster

#Playstation
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PlayStation’s strategy of releasing its single-player games on PC is reportedly stopping

Sony Will Stop Releasing Single-Player PlayStation Games on PC

PlayStation Reportedly No Longer Releasing Single Player Games On PC

#Shadows
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Assassin's Creed Shadows Enters 'Final Phase of Support', But 'Surprises' Are Still Coming

As Assassin's Creed Shadows support comes to an end, Ubisoft reiterates what's coming in the future, and yes, co-op factors into it somehow

Assassin's Creed Shadows 'Moving Into Its Final Phase of Support,' Though Ubisoft Promises a Final 'Few Surprises'

#Avengers
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Marvel Rivals Celebrates the Movies Throughout 2026 in Run Up to Avengers: Doomsday

Marvel Rivals: Path to Doomsday celebrates the MCU Avengers saga

Not wanting to be overshadowed by Overwatch, Marvel Rivals sets 'Path to Doomsday' roadmap, honouring all Avengers movies with brand-new content

#BuildARocketBoy
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"Espionage And Corporate Sabotage" Blamed For MindsEye Launch, As Dev Announces Layoffs

Build a Rocket Boy confirms more layoffs amid further claims of "organized espionage and corporate sabotage"

MindsEye studio claims it now has 'overwhelming evidence of organized espionage and corporate sabotage' that somehow made its game bad, and also it's laying off more people

#JackboxGames
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Jackbox Games jumps feet-first into third-party publishing biz

Jackbox Games Publishing My Arms Are Longer Now

Jackbox Party Pack Developer Moves Into Publishing With a Game About a 'Long, Yucky Arm'

#WorldOfWarcraftMidnight
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World of Warcraft: Midnight Brings Azeroth to Xbox – A Historic Console Debut

World of Warcraft: Midnight Expansion Goes Live for All Players

A single prompt in World of Warcraft Midnight has players discussing the best (and worst) uses for its NPC party members

A 9,999,999 gold painting in World of Warcraft: Midnight sent secret finders on a hunt for the ultimate discount and one thrifty player finally figured it out

#Rpg
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StoneAge Idle Adventure launches globally with dinosaur pets and massive idle battles

Netmarble Introduces StoneAge Idle Adventure Worldwide

#RealismMode
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The Division 2's new Realism Mode chops back the HUD, ammo and health regen, and is free for a month

The Division 2 is getting a limited-time Realism Mode - making it more grounded and brutal - but there's a catch