Video Game News 7/28/2026

#FinalFantasy6
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A Final Fantasy 6 remake would need four or five games to do the story justice, Yoshi-P says

New Final Fantasy VII Revelation trailer showcases the trilogy’s epic finale

A Final Fantasy 6 Remake Sounds Like It Would Be A Challenge To Make

Final Fantasy 6 Remake Would Have to Be '4 or 5' Games, Suggests Series Producer

Final Fantasy Devs Think Other Remakes Would Probably Go Beyond A Trilogy

"4 or maybe even 5 instalments" If you want Remakes of older Final Fantasy games, prepare for them to be even bigger than the FF7 Remake trilogy

The Best Way To Remake More Final Fantasy Games Is Staring Square Enix In The Face

Yoshi-P Explains Why a Final Fantasy 8 Remake is Unlikely to Happen

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Trilogy Director Praised As The Guy Fans Want Square Enix To Put In Charge Of Final Fantasy 17

#TheAnatomyOfPeace
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STALKER 2's Cost of Hope expansion, and its free but still hopeful 2.0 update, get an August release date

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope DLC releases in August along with a big free upgrade

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope Expansion Launches August 20

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope expansion release date confirmed, and you’re finally going to Chernobyl

Stalker 2’s First Major Expansion Arrives Very Soon

STALKER 2 Cost of Hope Release Date and Features Confirmed

Stalker 2's Huge Free 2.0 Update and Its First Major Story Expansion Have a Joint Release Date

#ActivelyInvestigating
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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls open beta beaten and bashed by PC performance issues, Arc System Works "apologise for the impact this has had on your experience"

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Team is “Actively Investigating” PC Gameplay and Performance Issues

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls had a Magik-al open beta weekend, as character popularity data reveals a surprising community favourite

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Soul weekend beta was love it or hate it

The Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Beta Proves Fans Still Really Want That Blade Movie

#ModBringsDragonAgestyleCa
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Baldur’s Gate 3 mod adds true third-person camera

BG3 Mod Brings Dragon Age-Style Camera to PC Exploration

Baldur's Gate 3 players on PC can't decide if the latest third-person camera mod is a revelation or a crime against Larian's original vision

Baldur's Gate 3 True Third-Person Camera Mod Goes Viral, Sparks Debate About Whether It Erases the Game's Identity

New Baldur’s Gate 3 Mod Has Given Me All The Excuse I Need To Play The Game Again

#Playstation5
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Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer 3 rumored to come soon

GTA 6 Is Region-Locked on PlayStation 5, Not Xbox

Grand Theft Auto 6’s PS5 “Physical” Release Will be Region-Locked

As Grand Theft Auto 6 hopefuls grow anxious for a gameplay trailer, AI GTA 6 slop is getting millions of views on social media

#FinalFantasy14
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Final Fantasy 14: Evercold Drops Exciting New Trailer, New Bastion Job Showcased

Square Enix Reveals the Bastion, Final Fantasy XIV's Newest Job, Coming in Evercold

Final Fantasy XIV’s Evercold Expansion Adds Bastion as a New Tank Job

Final Fantasy 14 fans break down theory on Evercold's second new job

#UserScoresAreOffToASplash
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Dodo Duckie announced for Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch [update: only Switch 1]

Splatoon Raiders review for Nintendo Switch 2

Blood Dungeon announced for Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch, from Nidhogg creators

Blood Dungeon Launches August 25 on Switch, PC, PS5, and Xbox

ShackStream: Splatoon Raiders on The Stevetendo Show! Episode 731

Splatoon Raiders' User Scores Are Off To A Splashing Start On Metacritic

Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Splatoon Raiders?

Splatoon Raiders' Pudyin Den is one of Nintendo's toughest boss fights of all time

Review: Cattos Post Office (Nintendo Switch)

We get inked with Splatoon Raiders! Pure Nintendo Podcast E172

Review: Dave the Diver – In the Jungle (Nintendo Switch 2)

#The
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Pokémon card stores in Japan are adding facial recognition to stop people breaking their purchasing rules

The Pokémon Company is turning to facial recognition scans to help combat scalpers

The Pokémon Company Announces Facial Recognition System to Help Kill Scalping at Japanese Card Stores, Mandatory From Elementary School Age

#GameLaunch
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Xbox Suffers Major Outage Impacting Sign-Ins and Downloaded Games

Xbox Services Hit By Major Outage With Physical and Digital Games Not Playable Offline

Now Xbox Is Down for Some, Microsoft Says It's Working to Fix a Major Outage Affecting Library, Sign-In, and Game Launch

#PlaystationPlusAvatar
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PlayStation Plus August 2026 Free Game Revealed Early

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Is Now Free on PlayStation Plus

First PS Plus Essential Game for August 2026 Already Confirmed

#Console
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Final Fantasy 14 is Coming to Nintendo Switch 2 on August 4th

Final Fantasy 14 comes to Switch 2 later this year with the now-famous free trial, but the file size is going to be absolutely massive

Final Fantasy 14 Will Be The Biggest Game on Nintendo Switch 2 by Install Size, and Take Up Almost Half of the Console's Entire Memory

#Fable
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Fable Has Gone “Uncomfortably” Over Budget – Rumor

Fable PS5 Has Run 'Uncomfortably Beyond Budget', Sources Claim

Fable Is “Uncomfortably” Over-Budget, Says New Report

#Xbox13
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Xbox grants PC versions of select Ubisoft games to digital copy owners

13 Ubisoft games go free on PC if you own them on Xbox

Ubisoft Gives Free PC Copies to Xbox Owners of Select Games

#APlayableRace
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EverQuest Legends is adding playable Kerran for this week’s launch, set for tomorrow at 3p EDT

EverQuest Legends Will Have the Feline Kerran as a Playable Race for Tomorrow's Launch

EverQuest Legends Adds Playable Kerran at Launch on July 28

#SpidermanSummerMarvelCont
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Marvel Contest of Champions lets you play as Black Tarantula and Hobgoblin as part of Spider-Man Summer

How Marvel Snap united Spidey's supporting cast for the Spider-Man: Brand New Day season

#BattleMode
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Star Fox (Switch 2) Review

Star Fox Battle Mode tips and tricks

#TombRaider
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Tomb Raider Catalyst has seemingly been delayed to 2028, according to Amazon’s gaming lead

Tomb Raider: Catalyst appears to slip into 2028

#ArcadeEdition
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Which NFL Teams Improved Their OVR the Most For Madden 27?

Madden NFL 27 Is Coming to Apple Arcade and It Has No Microtransactions

#TheOpenSecureAiAlliance
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NVIDIA, Red Hat, Cloudflare, The Linux Foundation and more launch the "Open Secure AI Alliance"

Industry Leaders Unite in Open Secure AI Alliance for AI Safety and Security

#Qualcomm
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Qualcomm announce a big price rise - bad news for Valve's Steam Frame

More bad news for Valve and its still unreleased Steam Frame as Qualcomm is set to raise the price of its chips, like everyone else

#PixelPerfect
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Disney Dreamlight Valley “Pixel Perfect” update out this week, patch notes

Disney Dreamlight Valley: Where to Find the Shopping List for the Hunny Stall

#Capcom
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Resident Evil Remakes help Capcom fund new games and maintain regular releases

Capcom's Goal Is To Release A Resident Evil Game Every Year

#Playstation
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Dan Houser says companies should keep offering physical games

GTA 5 And Red Dead Redemption 2 Writer Dan Houser Says Companies Should Sell Game Discs If Players Want Them

#SuikaGame
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Suika Game and Suika Game Planet Head to PS5 and PC

Surprise! Popular Fruity Puzzler Suika Game Is Suddenly Available on PS5

#HyperwiredReview
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Hyperwired Review — Plug & Play Action

HYPERWIRED Review