Video Game News 2/16/2026

#RainbowSixSiege
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Rainbow Six Siege Gets Metal Gear Protagonist Solid Snake as an Operator on March 3rd

Rainbow Six Siege Gets Solid Snake As A New Operator

Metal Gear Solid 4 PS5 Has Assassin's Creed Content But No Online

Rainbow Six Siege's Metal Gear Solid Update Is a Match Made in Stealth Heaven on PS5, PS4

Rainbow Six Siege unveils its Year 11 roadmap, featuring Solid Snake, and an iconic face and map from R6 Vegas

Metal Gear's Solid Snake joins the roster of Rainbow Six Siege, finally making a crossover with Splinter Cell's Sam Fisher real

Solid Snake joins Rainbow Six Siege as Ubisoft outlines sweeping Year 11 changes

Solid Snake Secures The Win In Rainbow Six Siege

How MGS's Solid Snake Joined Rainbow Six Siege

David Hayter Will Voice Solid Snake In Rainbow Six Siege Crossover

Solid Snake is coming to Rainbow Six Siege in March with David Hayter reprising the role, and a new trailer shows Snake and stealth game rival Sam Fisher finally squashing the beef

Here's Why Rainbow Six Siege Didn't Add Metal Gear Solid's Cardboard Box as Well as Solid Snake

David Hayter Voices Metal Gear Solid’s Snake As He Bros Out With Splinter Cell’s Sam Fisher In Rainbow Six Siege Reveal

#WarSonsOfSpartaMegaCatStu
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‘What the f*** are they thinking?’ God of War creator says 2D spin-off Sons of Sparta doesn’t ‘respect the license’

God of War (2018) and God of War Ragnarok Combined Sold 1.4 Billion Copies

New God of War PS5 Game Polarizing Fans, Refunds Demanded

God of War Creator Trashes God of War: Sons of Sparta

God of War Sons of Sparta – Mega Cat Studios discuss origins of Kratos and company’s name

Fans Are Already Debating Whether God of War's PS5 Trilogy Will Cut the Series' Sex Minigames

'It's a Terrible First-Party Game': God of War Creator Expands on PS5 Side-Scroller Criticism

"What the f**k are they thinking" - Original God of War creator slams Sons of Sparta, branding it "one of worst decisions" ever made

Yes, God of War Sons Of Sparta Dev Takes Its Name From A Real, Adorable Cat

Should the God of War Trilogy Remake Bring Back the Sex Minigames?

'This is Not God of War' — Franchise Creator David Jaffe Trashes Side-Scrolling Spinoff Sons of Sparta

#FinalFantasyViiRemakePart
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake director explains why Part 3 being multiformat won’t compromise performance

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Going Multiplatform “Won’t in Any Way” Lower Visual Quality

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3's Multiplatform Approach Won't Affect Graphics, and Here's Why

Final Fantasy 7 Remake 3 will not "compromise on graphics whatsoever" despite move to multiplatform release

Hamaguchi says Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3 developed for multiple platforms and says shift won’t impact the graphics

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 is 'Already in a Playable State'

Final Fantasy Remake Series Going Multiplatform Will Not Lower Quality of Part 3, Director Insists While Acknowledging Fan Concern

#YouAreMySunshine
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Silent Hill 2 remake devs Bloober Team reveal Layers of Fear 3 via creepy poetry reading

Layers of Fear 3 Announced

Layers Of Fear 3 Announced With A Spooky Live-Action Trailer

Silent Hill 2 Remake dev Bloober Team's Valentine's Day reveal turned out to be Layers of Fear 3

February 15, 2026: Silent Hill 2 Remake Studio Teases Layers of Fear 3

#Castlevania
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Castlevania and Bloodstained veteran Shutaro Iida has died at 52

Shutaro Iida, dev of classic Castlevania games on GBA / Nintendo DS and Bloodstained director, has passed away

Shutaro Iida, Konami veteran and programmer for the Castlevania and Metal Gear series credited as 'Curry The Kid', has died at the age of 52

Castlevania and Metal Gear Programmer Shutaro Iida Dies at 52

#AHardGameToDemo
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Crimson Desert “is a Hard Game to Demo,” Says Pearl Abyss, Which is Why It Isn’t Getting One

"This is made to be a premium experience" Crimson Desert has no microtransactions despite its Black Desert Online pedigree, says Pearl Abyss

Crimson Desert is made by the devs of MMO Black Desert, but it won't have any non-preorder microtransactions on launch: 'This is the premium experience, that is the transaction'

'This Is a Premium Experience. That Is the Transaction. Full Stop' — Crimson Desert Dev Rules Out Microtransactions or a Cosmetic Cash Shop

#LoganPaul
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One of the Paul brothers (does it matter?) just sold a Pokémon card for $16.4 million to the son of Anthony Scaramucci – we need another asteroid, quick

Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon card just sold for $16.49 million

Logan Paul's Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon Trading Card Sells for $16.4 Million, Setting New Record

Logan Paul Sells A Single Pokémon Card For Over $16 Million

#StarWars
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It's "hard to push innovation" in racing games compared to other genres, reckons Star Wars: Galactic Racer creative director

Fuse taps into its Burnout heritage to make sure Star Wars Galactic Racer delivers "high risk, high thrill" races packed with that "Star Wars magic"

The Big Star Wars: Galactic Racer Interview — Why It's Not Open World, How Its Story Mode Works, and When It's Set

#Bloodlines2
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Hardsuit's canned Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 refuses to fade away, as leaked gameplay videos show what might have been

If you're wondering what Bloodlines 2 could have been, an iconic VTM modder has discovered new cut content

The modder who saved Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 1 has been showing off a treasure trove of material from the canceled version of Bloodlines 2

#SwitchEmulatorsHit
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Nintendo issues DMCA takedown on more Switch emulators, but at least one is fighting back

13 Switch Emulators Hit By Latest Wave Of Nintendo Takedowns

It’s that time of year again when Nintendo is going after Switch emulators on GitHub

#Playstation5
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Ys X: Proud Nordics Review: PS5 JRPG Gets Definitive Version

Review: Ys X: Proud Nordics (Switch 2) - The Definitive Version Of Adol Christin's Seafaring Saga

Review – Ys X: Proud Nordics (PlayStation 5)

#TheTalkingFlower
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Forget The Talking Flower, This Is The Cutest Upcoming Mario Toy

R.O.B. to feature in Super Mario Galaxy Movie according to toy leak

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Features A Deep-Dive Character From 1985

#HidekiSato
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"Father of Sega hardware" Hideki Sato has reportedly died

Hideki Sato, the brilliant engineer behind Sega’s hardware rise and retreat, dies at 75

Hideki Sato, father of the Sega Dreamcast, Saturn, Genesis, and more, has died

#Classic
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CyberConnect2 has announced .hack//Z.E.R.O for 30th anniversary

Classic JRPG franchises returns with CyberConnect2's new game .hack//Z.E.R.O.

.hack//Z.E.R.O. Announced as CyberConnect2 Celebrates 30th Anniversary

#Holy
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Holy hardware specs Lego Batman, they've sliced Legacy of the Dark Knight's recommended RAM in half

TT Games downgrades PC requirements after initially suggesting players needed 32GB RAM to meet "recommended" spec

#Best
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Best free games to play on your iPhone, iPad or Android Phone in 2026 - Updated

The Best Android Board Games – Updated!

#Playstation6
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Sony is considering holding back PlayStation 6 until 2028 or 2029, report claims

Sony Considering PS6 Delay to 2028 or Even 2029, New Report Says

#Kingdom
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Inti Creates announces Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster for Nintendo Switch 2, Switch [update: new trailer]

Inti Creats Reveals New Gameplay Trailer for Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit an the Ancient Monster

#PokemonLegends
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Pokemon Legends: Z-A icons added to Nintendo Switch Online

Final wave of Pokemon Legends: Z-A Nintendo Switch Online icons now available

#TheScarletEngagement
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Castlevania Director Shutaro Ida Has Died After Cancer Diagnosis

Castlevania Veteran Koji Igarashi Vows to Finish Making Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement to Honor Deceased Director Shutaro Ida's Vision

#Switch
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Stellar Blade Dev Might Be Eyeing A Switch 2 Release In The Future

Stellar Blade on Xbox and Switch 2? Developer Shift Up's plan to "broaden audience reach" could see the game hit new platforms

#Conjuring
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Dead by Daylight movie will be written by Crawl and The Conjuring writers

Dead By Daylight Movie Will Have "Relentless Genre Intensity," Says Jason Blum

#XboxSeriesXs
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Spider-Man To Xbox? "Not Likely," Says Insomniac

Will Sony's Spider-Man Games Come to Xbox? 'Not Likely,' Insomniac Says

#MobileLegends
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ByteDance reportedly in "advanced talks" to sell Mobile Legends dev Moonton Technology to Savvy Games for over $6bn

Report: Saudi Arabia eyeing $7 billion purchase of mobile studio Moonton

#PostFebruary162026
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It Sounds Like Stellar Blade May Launch on Xbox and Nintendo Switch 2 This Year

February 16, 2026: It Sounds Like Stellar Blade May Launch Launches