Video Game News 7/23/2026

#XboxBackwardCompatibility
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Xbox Backward Compatibility launches on PC, four Xbox games playable now

Xbox Backward Compatibility Hits PC Today, Includes 4 Classic Titles

You Can Now Play Some Original Xbox Games On PC Via Backwards Compatibility

Xbox Brings Backwards Compatibility To PC, Starting With Four Classics

Xbox announces backwards compatibility for PC and handheld devices

Microsoft launches Xbox backward compatibility for PC

Microsoft is bringing original Xbox exclusives to PC for the first time, starting with four 'classic games'

Xbox Reveals Four Classic Xbox Titles As Part Of "Backward Compatibility on PC"

Microsoft Announces Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC, With New Features and Achievements

Microsoft is bringing original Xbox games to PC

Xbox Backward Compatibility Is Coming To PC Starting With Conker: Live And Reloaded

#TheLegendOfZelda
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Hasbro reveals The Legend of Zelda: Heroes of Hyrule toys [update: pre-orders live]

Hasbro The Legend of Zelda Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf Figures Appear

Hasbro Reveals Its New Legend Of Zelda Toys, And Yeah, We Want Them

Nintendo and Hasbro unveil Zelda figures

Hasbro’s The Legend Of Zelda Figures Have Been Revealed, And They Look Pretty Great

Hasbro Reveals New Zelda Figures and They Are Ready to Take All Your Rupees

Hasbro's The Legend of Zelda Figures Have Been Revealed, and They Look Amazing | Comic Con 2026

#Crossplay
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Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game Overview Trailer Details A New Mode and Features Ahead of Launch

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game Review – In Your Element

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game Reveals Final Roster Characters

Avatar's New Fighting Game On Switch Won't Have Crossplay At Launch

Xbox version of Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game delayed by over a month, less than 24 hours before launch

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game Review

One Massive Flaw Is Really Holding Back The New Avatar Fighting Game

#Crossplay
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The cover athletes for NBA 2K27’s three separate editions have been announced

NBA 2K27 Roadmap and Screenshots Revealed

Here’s Why PC Doesn’t Have Crossplay in NBA 2K27

NBA 2K27 Release Date, Editions, Features, Trailer, And More

The Alien Has Landed: Wembanyama Is NBA 2K27’s Cover Star

NBA 2K27 Tips Off With Three Superstar Cover Athletes

NBA 2K27 Finally Ditches PS4, Reveals PS5 Cover Athletes

NBA 2K27 Cover Athletes Revealed: Wembanyama, Clark, and Rose Lead All Editions

#FinalFantasy10102
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Returning to Spira: Should Nintendo Switch 2 owners double-dip on Final Fantasy 10 / 10-2?

Final Fantasy 10/10-2 HD Remaster Switch 2 Review — This Is My Story

Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster (Nintendo Switch 2) Review – Back to Zanarkand

Here's How Final Fantasy X On Switch 2 Compares To Switch 1

Final Fantasy 10 Still Has The Best Game Opening In The Series

It’s The Perfect Time To Give Final Fantasy’s Best Sequel A Second Chance

#Switch2
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Players can apply to join the network test for FromSoftware’s Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods today

Closed The Duskbloods Network Test Registration Opens

Guide: The Duskbloods Network Test Sign Up Dates, Times & How To Join

The Duskbloods Closed Network Test Registration opens today

#Switch1
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KONAMI detail more platform specifications for METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2

Here's How Much Better Metal Gear Solid 4 Looks on PS5

Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2's Resolutions & Frame Rates Revealed

Konami reveals resolution and framerate for Metal Gear: Master Collection 2

#AssassinsCreedBlackFlagRe
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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced modders make Blackbeard playable, but here's a syringe-shaped reason to avoid historically accurate pirate roleplay

Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag Resynced Guide – All Treasure Maps And Their Locations

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced: How to Get the Skeleton Crew

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced: Where to Find Stede Bonnet’s Attire

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced: Where to Find Randy Dandy-O Sea Shanty

Red Bull is giving away a free Assassin's Creed Resynced sail, if you're clever enough

Best Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced mods

#TheKingOfKongs
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Lego officially reveals Donkey Kong Arcade set in a trailer starring The King of Kong’s Steve Wiebe

LEGO Donkey Kong Arcade set gets proper reveal with first official images, full details [update: pre-orders live]

Donkey Kong Arcade LEGO Set Officially Revealed, Available August 2026

#Delisted
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Delisted critically acclaimed mobile game Poinpy is back, and is completely free

Poinpy Is A New-ish Mobile Game From Ojiro Fumoto That Is All Colour And No Ads

Poinpy returns to mobile without any pesky ads or microtransactions

#Playstation
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Halo: Campaign Evolved Release Timings Revealed, Won’t Include Pre-Loads

Here’s How To Play Halo: Campaign Evolved With Your Friends Across Xbox, PlayStation, And PC

Halo: Campaign Evolved release times and early access explained

#TomodachiLifeLivingTheDre
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Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream 1.0.4 update out now, patch notes

Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Switch Update 1.0.3 Is Now Live

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream updated to Version 1.0.4 (patch notes)

#Sega
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Count Binface threatens to nationalize Sega if it doesn't come across with a Shenmue 4 update

Shenmue Fans Get Count Binface — a Man Dressed as a Trash Can Who's Going Up Against Nigel Farage in a UK Election — to Call on Sega to Make Shenmue 4

Politician Count Binface Demands Sega Release Shenmue 4 And Reopen Its Arcades

#Aion
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Aion 2’s founder’s packs go on sale – here’s how much they cost and what they offer

Aion 2 Founder’s Packs Available For Purchase, Complete With Five Days Of Early Access

Aion 2 Founder’s Packs Are On Sale With Early Access Starting September 30

#WorldStalker2
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Stalker 2 studio founder's claims that Xbox paid more for exclusivity than the game cost to make "do not reflect the actual facts", according to GSC Game World

Stalker 2 developer refutes claims by studio founder that Xbox paid more than game's development cost to make it exclusive

#Xbox
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"The goal is to provide what we can": Elder Scrolls Online Crown Store undergoing changes due to "team bandwidth" in wake of Xbox layoffs

The Elder Scrolls Online is already feeling the impact of Xbox's layoffs, ironically hurting the cash shop

#TheLegendOfZelda
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21 video game Lego sets are retiring this month, including Pac-Man, the Zelda Deku Tree and Mario & Yoshi

Select Mario, Zelda, & Animal Crossing Lego Sets To Be Retired Next Week

#Switch2
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Bokura: Planet out on Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch today, Bokura also coming to Switch 2 [update: Bokura release date]

Bokura Comes to Nintendo Switch 2 on July 29

#AsphaltLegends
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Asphalt Legends Adding Mount Fuji Track, Drift Mode, Three Japanese Cars and More

Asphalt Legends takes you to Mount Fuji and puts you behind the wheel of a Nissan Skyline in latest update

#StandardEdition
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How to Get Early Access in EA FC 27

EA Sports FC 27 Standard Edition Cover Revealed: Kylian Mbappé, Easter Eggs & Diogo Jota Tribute

#Deluxe
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NBA 2K27 Editions: Should You Buy Standard, Deluxe, or Ultra?

NBA 2K27 Editions Guide: Standard, Deluxe, Ultra Price & Pre-Order Bonuses

#HellraiserRevivalGetsPs5R
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Fresh look at Lou’s Lagoon, coming to PS5 on August 27

Lou’s Lagoon Hits PS5 on August 27 with Deluxe Edition Reveal

#DevRefutesClaimsAboutXbox
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STALKER 2 Dev Refutes Claims About Xbox's Funding for Timed Exclusivity

[UPDATE] Stalker 2 Dev Hits Out at Founder's Comments on Xbox Exclusivity, Insist He Doesn't Know What He's Talking About

#Death
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Gods, Death & Reapers Roadmap Reveals Party System and Asgard Map

Gods, Death & Reapers Shares Updated Development Roadmap For What's To Come In Playtests

#KonamiGamescom
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Konami Gamescom 2026 Booth Games Revealed

Gamescom 2026's exhibition area is fully booked for the first time