Video Game News 8/18/2025

#Battlefield6
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Much Larger Battlefield 6 Maps Revealed In Datamine, Including New Vehicles

Get On the 'Road to Battlefield 6' With Battlefield 2042's Free Pass

Much Bigger Battlefield 6 Maps Leak Online Following Datamine

Battlefield 2042 gets surprise huge update amidst Battlefield 6 hate

EA pave over Battlefield 2042's bullet casing-filled potholes with a "road to Battlefield 6"

Dataminer casually shares alleged images of Battlefield 6's unreleased 'large' maps to reveal how big they really are

Earn 30 Battlefield 6 Items for Free in New Battlefield 2042 Event

Battlefield 2042 gets battle pass full of rewards for Battlefield 6

Battlefield 6 Only Uses AI Soldiers for Training Grounds Playlists

Battlefield 6 Features a New “Flick Look” for Instant 180-Degree Turns

Battlefield 6 studio says it prevented 330,000 cheating attempts

#Gamescom
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This week in PC games: sword surfing, creature collecting and a big old bucket of Gamescom

New Lightweight AI Model for Project G-Assist Brings Support for 6GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX and RTX PRO GPUs

Hollow Knight Silksong fans are convinced its soundtrack just sneaked onto GOG

Guide: Last Chance to Get These 15+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Weekend Offer

Silksong Hype at Gamescom Creates Clown Geoff Keighley

XOCIETY Launches Phase Zero Cross-Play Test With $148,000 in Token Rewards

Konami’s Gamescom 2025 Booth Revealed – MGS Delta or Silent Hill f First

Bethesda Showing Off A Mystery Game At Gamescom?

Shenmue III Is Finally Confirmed For 'Nintendo Platforms'

NateTheHate: Kirby Air Riders to be playable to media at Gamescom this week

NCSoft's Big Third-Person Tactical Shooter MMORPG Is Now Officially Called 'Cinder City'

Ncsoft’s new shooter Cinder City set for Gamescom debut Tomorrow

#Steam
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Balatro Publisher’s Next Game Is A Coin-Pushing ‘Dopamine Machine’

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Mod Rolls Back Game To Pre-‘Censorship’ Version

Steam Is Tweaking Reviews To Make Them More Relevant

Euro Truck Simulator 2 And American Truck Simulator Finally Coming To PS5 And Xbox

Five new Steam games you probably missed (August 18, 2025)

Three classic WW2 strategy games are coming to Steam with major upgrades

Light of Motiram Steam Listing Updated in Wake of Sony Lawsuit

200k wishlists on Steam and now we finally get to see more of SpaceCraft

Everlast Undying Tale is a multiplayer action RPG that pays ‘homage to classic MMO systems’

Valve announce language-specific user review scores for Steam games

Discounty Review (Playstation 5)

#AI
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The First Descendant Dev Responds to AI TikTok Advert Backlash

Nexon respond to claims they're using AI-generated Tiktok streamers to advertise The First Descendant

Starship Troopers Extermination copies Left 4 Dead's neatest trick in new update

Color me shocked, The First Descendant's awful AI ads result in a total mess

Shameful AI Ads Put the Spotlight on The First Descendant, Real-Life Likeness Stolen

Even Sam Altman thinks there is an AI bubble

KuCoin Spotlight Drives AI Gaming Innovation: Launches Token Sale for AKEDO with Early Access, Exclusive Benefits, and Principal Protection

For-profit fascism

#Switch2
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Smash Bros. Director’s New Kirby Racing Game Is Getting A Ridiculously Long Nintendo Direct

Pokémon Champions confirmed for Pokémon World Championships 2026, set to launch next year

Shenmue 3 Heads to Consoles Like PS5 and ‘Nintendo’

Kirby Air Riders Nintendo Direct Set

Tekken 8 devs say a Switch 2 port interests them, but 'there are a lot of challenges there'

Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma Sales Top 500k Worldwide

We take Drag x Drive for a spin! Pure Nintendo Podcast E125

Shin'en Announces 'The Touryst: Deluxe', Exclusive To Switch 2

Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Drag x Drive?

Rune Factory: Guardians Of Azuma Ships Over 500,000 Copies

'Bad Cheese' Is Another Survival Horror With Cuphead-Inspired Visuals

Pokémon Champions Confirmed For Switch 2, Includes "Free-To-Start" And "Paid" Digital Version

#Nintendo
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Shenmue 3 is getting 'enhanced' re-release on PS5, Xbox, and Switch

Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree opening movie [update: guardian trailer #4]

UK software sales for the week ending Aug. 16th, 2025

Nintendo GameShare patent shows screens being combined for unique display setups and gameplay

Critically Acclaimed Text-Based RPG 'Roadwarden' Comes To Switch Next Week

UK Charts: And Just Like That, Mario Kart World Is Back In The Lead

Kirby Air Riders Direct Revealed for Tomorrow, 19th August 2025

Has Nintendo Lost its Way in 2025?

Nintendo set to have the largest booth at PAX West this year

Kirby Air Riders Nintendo Direct happening tomorrow

Nintendo Is Holding a 45-Minute Kirby Air Riders Direct On Tuesday

Drag X Drive Impressions | Does the Switch 2 Turn Wheelchair Basketball Into the New Wii Sports?

#September
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PlayStation Reportedly Planning A Live Stream For September

A new official Pokemon convention is coming to San Francisco in 2026

'Maybe a PS Showcase, Probably a State of Play': Sony Plotting PS5 Livestream for Late September

Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection Leak Hints at October Release—Not September?

Ragnarok M: Classic Global Sets Worldwide Launch for Early September

#EA
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Analyst says EA plans to milk Battlefield for everything it's worth: 'Their goal is three studios making Battlefield on a 3-year basis, so they can get to Battlefield annually'

Surprise Battlefield 2042 Update Paves the Way for Battlefield 6

#Battlefield2042
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The Battlefield 6 beta may be over, but 2042's just gotten a massive new update

Battlefield 2042 gets surprising mega patch: Iwo Jima map, free Battle Pass & rewards for BF6 players

#RewildersLostSpring
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Rewilders: The Lost Spring, an open-world action roguelite, announced for Nintendo Switch

BAFTA-Winning Endling Creators Reveal New Roguelite Creature Collector, Rewilders: The Lost Spring

Rewilders: The Lost Spring, A New Third Person Action Roguelite From BAFTA-Winning Developer Herobeat Studios Has Been Announced

Open-World Action Roguelite Rewilders: The Lost Spring Announced

#Roblox
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A Brainrotted Roblox Clone Is Dominating The Fortnite Charts

Roblox changes policies on 'romantic and sexual content' and promises better moderation on the way as Louisiana AG repeats assertion that the platform 'is a breeding ground for sex predators'

All Grow a Garden woody plants and fruits

Vox Seas codes August 2025

All Grow a Garden vegetable plants and fruits

Roblox: Ultimate Tower Defense tier list

Roblox Corp responds to Louisiana lawsuit that claims it built 'the perfect place for pedophiles'

Fortnite Thin Client Update Could Slash Download Size to 5GB

#August18
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Cody Rhodes' Look As Guile In The Street Fighter Movie Gets An Unusual Reveal

Free Bingo Blitz credits August 2025

Tales of Remastered Game Reveal Airs This Week

Next Tales of Remastered Announcement Coming August 19th

August 18, 2025: Lego Bowser Muscle Car Deal & Superman Struggles at Box Office

Update: Likely Fake Account Claims God Of War Developer Sony Santa Monica Is Working On A New 'Technically Ambitious' IP

#NintendoSwitch
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Every Final Fantasy Game on the Nintendo Switch in 2025

The Touryst: Deluxe revealed for Nintendo Switch 2

Neo Harbor Rescue Squad heading to Nintendo Switch

Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree demo has just come to Nintendo Switch

Roadwarden seeing imminent Nintendo Switch launch

Review: Astral Takers (Nintendo Switch)

Shenmue 3 Enhanced Edition announced for Nintendo Switch

#PS5
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PS5 Stunner Phantom Blade Zero Looks Out of This World in New Gameplay Trailer

American and Euro Truck Simulator PS5 Leak Confirms Series Is Finally Speeding to PlayStation

American Trucker Simulator, Euro Trucker Simulator 2 Looks To Be Coming to PlayStation

Bleach Rebirth of Souls Retsu Unohana DLC Trailer Shows Spoilers

Monster Hunter Wilds PC Fixes, Updates Coming in Title Update 4

Zenless Zone Zero Aston Martin Event Drives to Gamescom 2025

Preview: Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree Is a Hades-Like That Prioritizes Personality

Ninja Gaiden 4’s Story is About 15-20 Hours Long

Mafia: The Old Country Accolades Trailer Highlights Critical Praise

New Trailer for PS5 Console Exclusive Confirms Release Date

Next PlayStation State of Play Might Be Sooner Than We Think – Report

PS1, PS2 Shooter Series Returns to PS5 Today After Decades

Rumor That Sony Canceled an Upcoming PS5 Game Is False

Beloved PS4 Action Adventure Game Headed to PS5

Sword of the Sea (PS5) Review: Journey Meets SSX in Masterpiece

Popular Game Series Finally Coming to PS5, Fans Excited

New PS5 Accessory Leaked and It’s Reportedly Xbox Compatible

#FirstDescendant
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The First Descendant’s Awful AI TikTok Ads Somehow Aren’t As Bad As The Excuses

Game publisher caught using AI-generated influencers in ads says they were submitted by TikTok users, will investigate 'irregularities' with the social media app

#ShenmueIIIEnhanced
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Shenmue III Enhanced – five years on and the game may finally touch on what it should have been

Shenmue III Enhanced Wants to Be the Definitive Shenmue III Experience

Shenmue III Enhanced Officially Announced

#NinjaGaiden4
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Geoff Keighley Teases Silksong Ahead Of The Last Big Gaming Showcase Of The Summer

Ninja Gaiden 4 is the slick, brutal remedy to my soulslike fatigue

#WuchangFallenFeathers
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Modders Have Already Patched Out Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Controversial Story Changes

After Wuchang: Fallen Feathers' controversial patch 1.5 made key bosses immortal, here's the obligatory rollback mod

You can now undo Wuchang Fallen Feathers' 'censorship' update, for a price