Video Game News 8/13/2026

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

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

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Preview

Preview: Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave – The Final Preview

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

#Gamecube
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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

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

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

#Saber
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Saber CEO Says He ‘Would Have Been Happy’ to Replace Former Writer With AI

Saber Interactive CEO Attacks Former Writer Amid ChatGPT Row

'I would frankly have been happy to replace her with AI' - extraordinary public spat between Saber CEO and writer "replaced with ChatGPT" intensifies

Saber CEO scorns writer who says she was fired in favor of AI with confusing, combative statement

Saber CEO Denies Replacing Rideshare Writer With ChatGPT But Says ‘I Would Frankly In Retrospect Have Been Happy To Replace Her With AI’

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

Wild Blue Skies review: Just a tribute

Wild Blue Skies Review — Fast And Furious Ship Action

Wild Blue Skies Is Star Fox For Experts

Wild Blue Skies Review – Bombs Away!

#Twitch
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Twitch is training AI on livestreams, says it's an opt out feature as "nobody would opt in"

Twitch Is Using Your Stream to Train Generative AI by Default

Twitch under fire for new gen AI training system that harvests streamer data for Amazon, says it's on by default because 'if it was opt-in, nobody would opt in'

‘If it was opt in, nobody would opt in’: Twitch is using streamers’ content to train generative AI by default

Twitch Is Now Using Your Content To Train Amazon AI Models And Has Hidden The Option To Opt Out

#Precognition
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Sam Barlow reveals new horror game, PRECOGNITION, collaborating with Brandon Cronenberg

Sam Barlow Looks Ready to Deliver Another Live-Action Horror Masterpiece

Sam Barlow's Project C finally has a name: Precognition

Immortality creator Sam Barlow reveals his next game: A 'sci-fi horror' collaboration with Brandon Cronenberg

#Disney
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Disney D23 Kingdom Hearts Panel Features Sora and Riku Voice Actors

How to watch the Kingdom Hearts panel at D23 2026

A Kingdom Hearts Panel Will Air During This Week’s Disney D23

Kingdom Hearts D23 Panel Livestream Set for August 15

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

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

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

Insomniac Confirms Marvel's Wolverine Performance Mode Details

#DefinitiveEdition
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Mafia: Definitive Edition is Out August 14 for Xbox Series X/S and PS5, Omertà Collection Revealed

Mafia: The Omertà Collection Announced, Featuring All Four Mafia Games and Updates

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

Mafia: Definitive Edition Is Potentially Set for a Native PS5 Version

Mafia: Definitive Edition Has Been Rated For PS5 & Xbox Series X/S – Native Port Incoming?

#CrimsonDesert
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Pearl Abyss Q2 2026: Crimson Desert tapers off, Black Desert flattens, DokeV eyes 2028

Crimson Desert Is Coming To Switch 2 In 2027, While Pearl Abyss Is Open To DLC, Multiplayer And Sequels

After Q1 Profit Surge, Pearl Abyss Reports a Softer Q2, Crimson Desert DLC and New Projects Are Coming

Pearl Abyss Q2 drops after Crimson Desert’s launch spike, Switch 2 version planned for 2027

#PokemonBank
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Pokemon Bank 3DS Service Ending After Pokemon Home Updates

Pokemon Bank to end service in February 2027

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

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

Pokemon Bank is shutting down, announcement released

#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

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

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 Out Now on PC and Consoles

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

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

Tomb Raider: Catalyst, the Next Kingdom Come Game From Warhorse, and Darksiders 4 All Due Out by April 2028

#Promising
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Promising PS5 Sim Rideshare Rocked by Crazy AI Controversy, as CEO Crashes Out in Public

Saber Interactive to add Rideshare 'Stimulator' AI disclosure after public controversy

Space Marine 2 Maker Saber Interactive Confirms It Will an Add AI Label to Rideshare Stimulator on Steam Following Controversy

#CompleteEdition
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Ghost of Yotei's PS5 Complete Edition Will Get a Physical Disc, But There Are Already Concerns

Complete Edition of Hit PS5 Adventure Game Out on PlayStation Store

Ghost of Yotei Complete Edition Launches October 1 on PS5

#ElderScrolls6
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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

It Looks Like Bethesda Hid the True Name of The Elder Scrolls 6 in Starfield Years Ago

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

#Playstation
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Stop Killing Games backs Dutch consumer rights lawsuit against Sony's PlayStation digital store "monopoly"

Stop Killing Games has joined a lawsuit against Sony's move to digital-only sales: 'You won't have any choice at all'

Stop Killing Games joins Dutch lawsuit against PlayStation's 'Sony tax' on digital games

#ProjectSirius
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CD Projekt Red has laid off nine Project Sirius developers

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

CDPR Confirms Layoffs on Witcher Multiplayer Game Project Sirius

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

Total War: Warhammer 3 - Lords of the End Times brings its largest DLC yet in late September

Total War: Warhammer 3 Just Confirmed the Release Date for Its Biggest Piece of DLC in the Series 10-Year History

#EveryAchievementAndTrophy
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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

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

#PhantomBladeZeroJustRaise
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Phantom Blade Zero Just Raised the Bar for 2026

Phantom Blade Zero: How Donnie Yen is Pushing Action Games to New Heights

#FortuneDesigner
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Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune Designer Says a Remake Doesn’t Make Sense

Uncharted designer says he doesn’t want a remake or remaster because ‘it doesn’t make any sense’

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

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

#Dawn
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV delayed until December

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV Delayed for More Work, New Post-Launch Roadmap Released