Video Game News 1/12/2026

#AwesomeGamesDoneQuick
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Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 fires up with $2.4+ million raised for charity

Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 closes with £1.8m raised for Prevent Cancer Foundation and a 70-player relay in Super Mario 64 Replay

Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 raises over $2.4m | News-in-brief

Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 Concludes With $2.44M Raised

#Baldur
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Baldur’s Gate 3 Isn’t Coming to Nintendo Switch 2, Says Larian CEO: “It Wasn’t Our Decision to Make”

Baldur’s Gate III Will Not Be Coming To Nintendo Switch 2

Larian says Divinity's character customisation will be 'even better' than Baldur's Gate 3's: 'More colors, more options, more control'

#ABalancedHarvestInArcRaid
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ARC Raiders Saw “A Little Over 1 Million Players” Reset Their Progress in First Expedition

One Million ARC Raiders Players Have Reportedly Wiped Their Accounts

Arc Raiders has flourished despite AI backlash, but Embark says it won't now "open the floodgates for all types of AI"

Where to find Music Albums - ARC Raiders

How to complete A Balanced Harvest in ARC Raiders

How to get Toasters in ARC Raiders

#NewJoycon2ControllerSetIs
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Nintendo pre-order updates – January 11, 2026 – light purple / light green Joy-Con 2 and more

Nintendo's New Joy-Con 2 Controller Set Is Up For Preorder At Amazon

#TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsBe
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Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch file sizes – Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Switch 2, The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon, more

The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon Review

#TheLastCaseOfJohnMorley
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The Last Case of John Morley Review

John Woo's Hard Boiled opens with the best shoot-out ever

#NewBreeze
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VALORANT’s New Breeze Map Update Gamer Debate

How to get a map in StarRupture

#TheBlindedResurgenceOffsp
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Code Vein 2 doesn't use generative AI because its dev values "art style" and the "cohesiveness" of its world

Code Vein 2 wants to introduce you to The Blinded Resurgence Offspring

#BestSteamDeckGamesYouCanP
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Valve's new Steam Deck update doesn't promise much, but classic Call of Duty games could see some real performance gains

28 Best Steam Deck Games You Can Play NOW

#Hytale
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Hytale's creative tools let you wedge a live animal into a wall, and the implications for player-made worlds are huge

A dev on Minecraft-like Hytale has already used its creative tools to make a homebrew side-scroller

#FormerAssassin
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Former Assassin's Creed director says the future of game design "lies in smaller teams"

Former Assassin's Creed director doesn't think the current way of making big budget games is 'tenable': 'I think the future lies in smaller teams'

#EpicGames
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As Grok continues generating sexualised images, Epic Games boss says senators calling for a ban are trying to "censor all of their political opponents"

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney argues banning Twitter over its ability to AI-generate pornographic images of minors is just 'gatekeepers' attempting to 'censor all of their political opponents'

#TalesOfBerseriaRemastered
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Tales Of Berseria Remastered - Switch Performance And Resolution Detailed

Tales of Berseria Remastered on Nintendo Switch targets 30fps

#January
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January 11, 2026: The Warhammer Headlines & Jennifer Hale Update

Jennifer Hale 'would love' to return as Shepard for Mass Effect 5

#PokemonPokopia
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Famitsu’s most wanted games – January 11, 2026 – Pokemon Pokopia

Nintendo maintenance schedule – January 11, 2026 – several sessions planned for Switch

Weekend Discussion - January 11, 2026

#NintendoSwitch
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Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup In Bellabel Park Has Been Rated

Japan: Physical sales of Pokemon Legends: Z-A on Nintendo Switch 2 surpass 1 million copies

Japan: Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition coming March