Video Game News 1/16/2026

#MoreHorror
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Some of Resident Evil Requiem's regular zombies remember being alive

Resident Evil Requiem details characters, difficulty, collaborations, more

Resident Evil Requiem Features Casual Mode and the Return of Ink Ribbons in Classic Mode

Resident Evil Requiem Themed Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller, amiibo Announced

Resident Evil Requiem Gameplay Reveals New Executions, Realistic Zombies and Crafting

Resident Evil Requiem Ink Ribbons and First and Third-Person Camera Options Teased

What We Saw At Resident Evil Showcase For January 2026

Resident Evil Requiem Reveals More Horror, Action Gameplay in Low-Key Showcase

Limited Edition Resident Evil Requiem Watches Launch Next Month

Zombies Return In Resident Evil Requiem, But Now They're More Terrifying Than Ever

Resident Evil Requiem: Release Date, Gameplay, And Everything We Know So Far

Resident Evil Requiem Showcase Reveals Grace And Leon Gameplay Differences

Resident Evil Requiem "an experience with an emotional range" unlike any other series entry to date (and, um, janitor zombies)

Resident Evil Requiem showcase trailer reveals big twist gameplay changes

Resident Evil Showcase Highlights

Resident Evil Requiem Reveals Smarter Zombies And Blood-Infused Crafting

Resident Evil Showcase January 2026: 5 Things We Learned

#Aeternum
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Amazon’s New World will officially sunset on January 31, 2027, so enjoy this last year of play

New World: Aeternum Delisted From Stores, Servers to Shut Down on January 31, 2027

New World: Aeternum Delisted, Shut Down Date Announced

New World: Aeternum Gets Delisted Today, Goes Offline January 2027

2024 PS5 RPG Shutting Down In 2027, Delisted From PS Store

Amazon's PS5 MMORPG New World: Aeternum Delisted, Will Be Shut Down in 2027

New World: Aeternum Will Officially Sunset On January 31, 2027

New World: Aeternum is being delisted today, servers to go offline in January 2027

New World will join the graveyard of defunct MMOs when it goes offline in 2027

New World Will Sunset January 2027

#TombRaider
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Amazon unveils first look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft in new Tomb Raider series

Our First Look At Sophie Turner As Lara Croft In Tomb Raider

Here's Your First Look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft for Amazon's TV Show

Sophie Turner Looks Incredible As Lara Croft In Amazon's Tomb Raider Series

First images of Sophie Turner as Lara Croft revealed in classic game attire

Amazon Shares First Look at Sophie Turner's Lara Croft

Here's our first look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft in the upcoming Tomb Raider show

The Internet Reacts To Sophie Turner As Lara Croft

Here’s Sophie Turner As Lara Croft For The New Tomb Raider Show

#NewLife
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Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties Will Receive A Free Demo

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties hands-on report

Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties Final Preview – New Life (and New Stories) to a Classic

Preview: Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties New Mini Games Rock

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties puts deadly & dad-ly on two sides of the same coin

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Hands On Impressions

Yakuza Kiwami 3 preview: RGG wants to reframe the clunkiest Yakuza game

#BelovedAdventureSeries
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A New Life is Strange Game Will Be Revealed This Month

The Next Life is Strange Revealed Next Week

Square Enix Confirms New PS5 Game in Beloved Adventure Series, Out 2026

Life Is Strange Confirms Its Return Following Leak, Full Reveal Coming Next Week

The next Life is Strange game will be revealed next week

The next Life is Strange game will be revealed next week, following PEGI rating leak

New Life is Strange Game Launches This Year, Square Enix Confirms Following Leak

#OcarinaOfTime
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The first full images of Lego’s Ocarina of Time ‘Final Battle’ set with Link vs Ganondorf have been leaked

Leak reveals LEGO set for Zelda: Ocarina of Time featuring the final battle

Zelda's Next Lego Set Might Have Been Leaked, Here's A First Look

New LEGO Zelda set leaked for final Ocarina of Time battle

Zelda: Ocarina of Time Lego set leaks, and Ganon looks fierce

LEGO Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Final Battle Set Leaks, Features Link and Zelda Fighting Ganon

#FalloutShelter
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Amazon has greenlit a Fallout reality show where contestants live in a vault for a ‘huge cash prize’

Fallout Shelter is being turned into a reality TV series by Amazon, as vault life gets Squid Gameified

Amazon's newly-announced Fallout reality show will plop competitors inside a vault to find out just how SPECIAL they are

Amazon greenlights Fallout Shelter reality show

A 'deeply social, psychological' Fallout Shelter reality TV series is coming from the producers of the Squid Game reality series

Fallout Shelter Is Now an Amazon Reality Competition TV Series Where Contestants Live Together Inside a Vault

#Miscommunication
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IO Interactive have fixed the crazy PC specifications for 007 First Light

007: First Light gets updated system requirements, with IOI’s apologies

007 First Light Gets Updated PC Requirements After Previous Error

IOI Lowers 007 First Light Hardware Requirements After 'Miscommunication'

The name's still Bond but at least everything is right this time, as 007 First Light's devs have corrected their system requirements after 'an internal miscommunication' error

(Updated) 007 First Light PC Specs Revealed, but There's Something Missing

#ARedditor
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Further testing seems to confirm Monster Hunter Wilds DLC performance improvement theory, to an extent

Monster Hunter Wilds' PC performance might stand to be improved by limiting DLC checks, but that's not necessarily a silver bullet

Monster Hunter Wilds sleuth has seemingly uncovered bizarre reason for performance drops: "I refused to believe what I was seeing"

Redditor claims that Monster Hunter Wilds runs better 'the more DLC you own', and it does—but not by much on my machine

Monster Hunter Wilds' Poor PC Performance Could Be Down to a DLC Check

'More DLC = More FPS' — Monster Hunter Wilds Players Ask Capcom for Answers After Theory Suggests a Backend DLC Check Is Tanking Performance

Monster Hunter Wilds Modder Uncovers Bizarre Reason Why PC Performance Might Be So Bad

#GameOfTheYear
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And Roger Nominated For A Social Impact Award At The Game Developers Choice Awards

Expedition 33 Is Nominated For Another Game Of The Year Award--See All The 2026 Game Dev Awards Nominees

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 receives most nominations for Game Developers Choice Awards 2026

26th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards Finalists Revealed

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Nominated for (Almost) Every Game Developers Choice Award

#Switch2
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Animal Crossing New Horizons’ version 3.0.0 update has added more improvements beyond what was announced

Video: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo Switch 2 Edition vs. Switch comparison

What do you do with Snowflakes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

How to upgrade to a 3-star island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

All new villagers added in Update 3.0 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons

ShackStream: Exploring Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 3.0 & Slumber Islands

Video: Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch 2 & Switch)

Review: Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - A Cheap Upgrade, But Lacking Substance

Review: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch) - An Approachable And Addictive Masterpiece

How to delete your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons for a fresh start on Switch 2

Bad news for anyone fantasizing about NSFW Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Nintendo has removed Adult Island!

How to transfer your Animal Crossing New Horizons island to a Switch 2 or a new console

How to get Zelda and Splatoon items in Animal Crossing New Horizons

How To Use Resetti's Reset Service In Animal Crossing: New Horizons

How To Use All New Amiibos In Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0

How To Unlock The Megaphone In Animal Crossing: New Horizons

I'm not sure Animal Crossing: New Horizons' busted megaphone and other Switch 2 bits are worth £4.19, but 3.0's a welcome nudge back into Nintendo's lovely world

How to unlock Cece, Viché, and Splatoon items in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

'It's Such a Miracle It Lasted That Long' — Fans Bid Farewell as Nintendo Deletes Animal Crossing: New Horizons Japanese Adults-Only Island

Adults-Only Animal Crossing Island Creator Thanks Nintendo For Waiting Five Years To Ban It

Everything To Know Before Jumping Into Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ 3.0 Update

#NewWorld
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Amazon Games confirms MMO New World has a year left before it goes offline permanently

Amazon's once-hailed fantasy MMO New World will vanish from servers in a year's time

Rust director makes a public '25 million' offer to buy axed Amazon MMO New World, because "games should never die"

Amazon MMO New World Has Just a Year to Live, Rust Dev Offers to Buy It

#TheHedgehogKicksOff
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Sega announces Sonic 35th anniversary plans to ‘celebrate Sonic’s legacy’

Sonic The Hedgehog Kicks Off 35th Anniversary Celebrations In Style

SEGA announces Sonic 35th anniversary plans

SEGA Celebrating 35 Years of Sonic the Hedgehog

#DragonQuest7
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Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined details vocation system, vicious monsters

Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined Details Vocation System, Vicious Monsters, and More

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined Screenshots Show Off New Gameplay Features

DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined Vocation System Detailed

#TotyCaptains
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EA SPORTS FC Team Of The Year Revealed As Mbappé And Bronze Crowned TOTY Captains

EA SPORTS FC 26 Team of the Year Revealed

Full FC 26 Team of the Year promo brings free Hero upgrades and another unstoppable Claudia Pina

FC 26: Lúcio Hero SBC - Cheapest Solution & Card Review

#FatalFury
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SNK Confirms New Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Season with One of the Worst Trailers You'll Ever See

FGC frustrated as Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves falls victim to AI slop

Fatal Fury fans accuse new City of the Wolves trailer of being filled with AI slop: 'All that Saudi money and can't pay someone a couple bucks to make real s**t'

Saudi Arabia-Owned SNK Accused Of Loading Fatal Fury Trailer With AI Slop

#SummonSpirit
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Elden Ring Nightreign patch 1.30.2 fulfils my ultimate Sekiro fantasy, but reviving downed allies is about to get a lot harder

Elden Ring: Nightreign Update Buffs Up Nightfarers

Elden Ring Nightreign fixes awful raids, buffs 3 Nightfarers

Elden Ring: Nightreign Patch 1.03.2 Buffs All the Worst Nightfarers

#HytaleWhere
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Hytale Ep. 1 – Surviving The First Night

How to teleport in Hytale

Where to find Darkwood in Hytale

How to get Voidhearts in Hytale

Where to get azure logs in Hytale

#CareerMode
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Milestone Shares First Look at RIDE 6 Career Mode and RIDE Fest

Claim your place among motorcycle legends in Ride 6 career

RIDE 6 Career Mode Walkthrough Released

#Rpg
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Sea of Stars brings classic JRPG action with modern conveniences to mobile

RPG Sea of Stars Going Mobile

Sea of Stars Comes To iOS And Android In April

#FinalFantasyViiRemakeInte
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Final Fantasy VII Remake’s New ‘God Mode’ Patch Gamer Debate

Final Fantasy VII Remake preload on Nintendo Switch 2 is 90GB

Final Fantasy VII Remake Is Getting A New Mode Where Every Hit Does 9,999 Damage

#RunnerShellsAndHowYoull
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Bungie Previews Marathon's Runner Shells and How You'll Customize and Mod Their Archetypes to Your Style

Marathon Runner Shell Deep Dive

Marathon Looks Gorgeous In New Deep Dive On Each Character’s Unique Playstyle

#Playstation
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Sony wiped over 1,000 shovelware games off the PlayStation store without warning, all from a single developer

Sony removes hundreds of "shovelware" games from its digital storefront originating from one developer

Sony Just Took Over 1,000 Shovelware Games Down From the PSN Store

#DeadpoolUnleashed
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Deadpool Unleashed! Marvel Rivals Season 6 Drops With Explosive Updates

Marvel Rivals Season 6 Drops Deadpool and Elsa Bloodstone, But Players Are Already Complaining

Marvel Rivals Leaks Animated Emma Frost Icon and Gamers Are Obsessed

Marvel Rivals' Deadpool is a triple-role menace, and the Merc with a Mouth's cringe-worthy interactions don't disappoint

#SuperNintendoWorld
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Super Nintendo World is getting an upgrade for its fifth anniversary

Super Nintendo World Is Celebrating Its Fifth Anniversary In Style