Video Game News 9/23/2025

#Steam
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A Whole Bunch Of Awesome Shooters Are Cheap Right Now On Steam

The Steam Deck Has Been Discounted By 20% For The Next Week

Slime Rancher 2 Is Out Of Early Access, Now Available On PC And Consoles

Baldur's Gate 3's latest hotfix brings some good news for those of you on Steam Deck

Streamer raising funds for cancer care loses $32,000 to Steam game malware thanks to "appalling levels of vetting"

Study Shows Xbox Users Play More Games, But Can't Seem To Stick With Them

Palworld: Palfarm Is a Spin-off Farming and Life Sim Game

While Steam was busy removing NSFW games nobody noticed the verified one that was stealing crypto from everybody

Embers Adrift is revamping character roles and tweaking alchemy ahead of its third birthday

A first look at the spooky game OD from KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS

Parallel TCG Set for Q4 2025 Release on Steam & Mobile

Sonic Racing CrossWorlds early access opens to 98% “overwhelmingly positive” Steam reviews

After 8+ Years Indie MMORPG Ship of Heroes Launches With Day 1 Peak of 100 Players

No Man’s Sky, Voyagers, and the Corvette Effect

#OD
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Hideo Kojima Reveals First Trailer for Xbox Game Studios Title OD

Kojima Productions Beyond the Strand Livestream: Everything Announced

Knock knock. Who's there? The first proper OD trailer from Hideo Kojima. The first proper OD trailer from Hideo Kojima who? The first proper OD trailer from Hideo Kojima who now appears terrified of doors

‘Bold, unique, and unmistakably Kojima’: Kojima Productions reveals new look at Xbox-published ‘OD’

OD – Knock: Watch the Teaser Trailer from Kojima Productions

Hideo Kojima's Next Game OD Looks Like PT Fully Realised

Kojima Productions Games OD and Physint Appear at TGS 2025

Kojima Productions Shares New Details on OD With Xbox at 10th Anniversary Livestream

A First Look At Kojima’s OD Game With New ‘Knock’ Trailer

#KojimaProductions
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"Here comes the feeling" promises Kojima in latest maddening tease for Metal Gear-like Physint

Random: Would You Trust Hideo Kojima with Your Credit Card Details?

'We Want to Capture the Soul of the Game': A24's Live Action Death Stranding Movie Unveils Ambition

Kojima Productions teams up with Niantic Spatial for something brand-new

New OD Trailer, New Physint Info and More Revealed for Kojima Productions' 10th Anniversary

Kojima Productions unveils plans for an upcoming MMOARG game with former Pokemon Go company Niantic

Hideo Kojima partners with Niantic Spatial to turn the world into his canvas

Stunning New Game Reminds Fans of PS4’s PT, Expected on PS6

Kojima Productions Reveals Physint as Next Tactical Espionage Action Game with Star Cast

Death Stranding Animated Film Announced

#2XKO
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League of Legends Fighting Game 2XKO Has an Early Access Release Date, Community Tournament Sponsorship

2XKO release date estimation, early access, characters, and more

League of Legends' fighting game cousin 2XKO finally locks in a launch date

2XKO Early Access Comes On October 7 And Plans For New Characters Revealed

2XKO to release into Early Access on October 7, teases new champion for launch

2XKO Early Access Release Date Announced

#PalworldPalfarm
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Palworld Devs Announce Farming Sim Spin-Off, Palworld: Palfarm

Anything Pokémon Pokopia Can Do, Palworld Can Do Too

Palworld: Palfarm is a new spin-off of Pocketpair's creature collector

Palworld studio Pocketpair announces a new cozy multiplayer farming game called Palfarm

Pocketpair announced farming life sim spin-off Palworld: Palfarm

Palworld: Palfarm Spinoff Announced

#Palworld
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Costco Seems To No Longer Be Selling Xbox Games Or Consoles

The Palworld devs are making their very own Pal-filled Stardew Valley

Palworld Spinoff Palfarm Aims to Provide a "More Relaxing and Cozy Adventure"

Palworld Announces Palfarm, a Cozy Farming Sim Spinoff of Palworld With Multiplayer Support

#Warhammer40
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Darktide’s Bound by Duty update reworks three of its playable oddballs

Get started in pretty much every current Warhammer tabletop RPG at once for just $25 with this gloriously grimdark bundle

"Ambitious as f**k" Warhammer 40k RPG is the first real BG3 challenger I've seen

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide’s Free Bound By Duty Update Expands Mortis Trials

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Gets a Big Free Content Update: Bound By Duty

#SteamDeck
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Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix 34 Adds Native Steam Deck Build, Reduces Framerate Spikes in Busy Areas Such as the Lower City in Act 3 Across All Platforms

Baldur's Gate 3 Hotfix Finally Features Native Steam Deck Build

Baldur's Gate 3 gets a Native Linux version to improve it on Steam Deck

Baldur's Gate 3 Introduces Mod-Compatible Steam Deck Client Build To Improve On-The-Go Experience

#Borderlands4
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Borderlands 4 YouTuber Tries to Nerf Proof Their Character, Instead Stumbles Upon What Is Almost Certainly an 'Unintended Interaction' That Does So Much Damage It Causes Bosses 'Total Existence Failure'

Borderlands 4 Dev Gearbox Says It's Prioritizing the First Round of Buffs Over Patching Out Instakill Knife Builds, but It Will Eventually Address 'Unintended Interactions'

Best Borderlands 4 settings for optimized PC performance

Borderlands 4 Delayed For Nintendo Switch 2, Digital Pre-Orders Cancelled

Borderlands 4 delayed indefinitely on Nintendo Switch 2, statement released

Borderlands 4's First DLC Vault Hunter is Already Clear

Borderlands 4 Review

#Physint
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Physint, Kojima's forthcoming 'tactical espionage action game', gets a poster and an early cast list

Is This the First Tease of Next-Gen PS6 Graphics?

Major PS6 Exclusive Game Gets First Look and Information

New Physint Poster From Kojima Productions

#DLC
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Ubisoft’s Overlooked Avatar Game Is Getting New DLC Two Years After Launch

Avatar PS5 Seems Like a Game Worth Going Back To, Third DLC Confirmed

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 announces latest DLC, including Future Saga Chapter 3 and 4 [update: Chapter 3 release date]

The Golden Idol Saga Concludes with The Curse of the Last Reaper DLC

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate Gets A New DLC With A Fan-Favourite Character And New Free Content

TMNT: Splintered Fate Lands Huge Free Content Update And New Paid DLC Next Week

#ArcRaiders
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Arc Raiders is actually coming back for one last test before launch, and this time anyone can join

Arc Raiders' devs would you like you to slam its servers with one last, open to all tech test next month

Arc Raiders Will Have a 'Server Slam' Playtest Before Official Launch

#Switch2
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Borderlands 4 Delayed Indefinitely On Switch 2 Just 10 Days From Release

Donkey Kong Bananza Staff Had Tense Watermelon-Eating Session to Create the Nintendo Switch 2 Exclusive's Digging Sound, Producer Reveals

TGS Trailer Shows What’s New in Dragon Quest I and II HD-2D Remake

Atlus Makes Persona 3 Manga Volume 1 Free

Japan Game Awards 2025 winners announced, Nintendo Switch 2 gets a win

Yooka-Replaylee Launches on October 9th

Switch 2 Gets Its Flowers At The Japan Game Awards 2025

Genki Teases The 'ShadowCast 3' And 'Covert Dock 3', Likely Switch 2 Compatible

Capcom Switch 2 Launch Title Gets Its First Big eShop Discount (US)

#HideoKojima
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Hideo Kojima Reveals Debut Poster for PlayStation Exclusive Physint, First Cast Announcement

Here's Your First Look at PlayStation's Next Big Thing, Hideo Kojima's PHYSINT

Hideo Kojima announces Death Stranding: Mosquito – an animated film with Hollywood writers

#Ananta
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Ananta looks expensive, like a mix of GTA, Spider-Man, and Yakuza, and a bit overwhelming

Wildly Promising GTA-Style Open World Scraps Character Gachas Completely

Resonance Solstice takes you on a train ride through the wasteland in this upcoming ARPG

Ananta throws everything in a blender for action-packed new gameplay trailer

NetEase’s longly awaited gacha game, Ananta seemingly has no gacha charcter pulls

#November
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This Incredible Mega Charizard Card Is About To Set The Pokémon Collecting World On Fire

Huge STALKER 2 Update Out Now Ahead of Open World's PS5 Release This November

Secrets of Paradise will bring merge-2 puzzles and storytelling to iOS and Android this November

Xion Blockchain Launches $720K Gaming Contest

Hades 2 Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 physical edition dated for November

#Pokemon
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This Official 50-Pack of Pokemon Cards Sells for $0.10 Each, Amazon Is Liquidating Its Inventory

Pokemon Fans Can Celebrate Pokeween At Local Stores Throughout October

Former Pokemon Legal Chief "Wouldn't Touch" Homeland Security Video That Used Ash Ketchum

HoYoVerse Shared Petit Planet Teaser for Its Animal Crossing Like

Department of Homeland Security Posts Bizarre Pokemon-Themed ICE Raid Video

ICE is using Pokemon imagery for its deportation raid video

#September23
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Silent Hill F Amazon-Exclusive Edition Still Available With Release-Day Delivery

This Inevitable Ruin: New Dungeon Crawler Carl Hardcover Launches With Big Discount, B1G1 50% Off

Interview: Preparing Slime Rancher 2 for Its 1.0 Launch

Elite Dangerous delays its Type-11 ship release to make adjustments based on tester feedback

September 23, 2025: Silksong Patch 2 Hits, Palfarm Resembles Pokémon-Stardew Fusion

New Outpost Rush Battleground Brings Vertical Warfare to New World: Aeternum