Video Game News 12/22/2025

#VinceZampella
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Vince Zampella, Battlefield Boss And Call Of Duty Co-Creator, Killed In Car Crash

CoD, Battlefield Boss Vince Zampella Dies In Car Crash

Call of Duty Co-Creator, Respawn Co-Founder, and EA Executive Vince Zampella Killed in Car Accident

Call of Duty creator Vince Zampella killed in car crash

Battlefield Boss Vince Zampella Killed In Car Accident At Age 55

Vince Zampella, studio head behind Call of Duty and Titanfall, killed in car crash

Call of Duty creator Vince Zampella leaves behind incredible video game legacy

Respawn Head Vince Zampella Killed In Car Accident

Vince Zampella, Head of Battlefield, Respawn Entertainment, And Call of Duty Co-Creator, Has Died

Vince Zampella, Call Of Duty Co-Creator And Respawn Head, Has Died

#AI
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Blue Prince Didn't Use Any AI, Says Publisher

Arc Raiders Is My Game Of The Year, But Its Use Of Generative AI Really Sucks

The Best PS5 Games Of 2025 According To Metacritic

Displate Denies Warhammer 40,000 AI Art Accusations, Says 'Red Flags' in Official Fulgrim Poster Are the Result of 'Human Error'

Indie Game Awards Strips Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 of Game of the Year Over Gen AI, Dev Says 'Placeholder' Textures Were Patched Out After Slipping Through QA Process

Expedition 33's GOTY retraction signals a messy AI debate in 2026

Battlefield 6 fans suspect EA used generative AI in a cosmetics pack for the shooter: 'I would literally prefer to have no sticker than some low quality AI generated garbage'

Battlefield 6 fans are up in arms over alleged AI-generated art in new premium bundle, despite past promises

Now It's Battlefield 6's Turn to Face Accusations of Generative AI Usage

PS5 Fave Expedition 33 Stripped of Indie Game Awards, But Not for the Reasons You May Think

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Stripped of Indie Game Awards Wins Over Use of Generative AI

The Witcher 4 Studio Says AI Cannot “Sit Down and Make Games” Despite Productivity Gains

EU5 Winter Break - A question of scale

#Switch2
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The Switch 2’s Most Impressive Port Is 75 Percent Off Right Now

More Tomb Raider Ports May Be Coming To Switch 2

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Anniversary Edition has dropped on Switch 2

Persona 3 Reload Nintendo Switch 2 Performance Update Now Live

Persona 3 Reload Version 1.03 Out Now, Adds Performance Updates

Feature: Games Of The Year 2025 - Nintendo Life Staff Picks

UK Charts: Nintendo Performs Admirably In Its Last Christmas Push

#Battlefield6
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Battlefield 6 Fans Accuse EA of Selling AI-Generated Image After Spotting What Looks Like an M4A1 With Two Barrels

DICE Acts to Maintain Realism in Battlefield 6

#CallDuty
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Call Of Duty Is Finally Coming To Switch Soon - Report

Battlefield head, Call of Duty co-creator, and Respawn CEO Vince Zampella has died

Call of Duty will no longer release back-to-back games

#ClairObscurExpedition33
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Expedition 33 Studio Won't Scale Up For Next Project, Even Though It Can

Expedition 33 Actor Says The Game Awards Best Performance Award Doesn't Credit Everyone

Best attributes to level up in Clair Obscur Expedition 33

Clair Obscur's Gustave motion performer argues game awards should have a Best Character category, rather than "isolating a single performer and potentially leaving others invisible"

Game of the Year: Aaron's Top 5 PS5 Games of 2025

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall says expansion isn't "tempting"

#PS5
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Amazon-Exclusive Steelbook Edition Is Back In Stock

The 12 Best PlayStation 5 Games For Kids

Game of the Year: Best PS5 Remake or Remaster of 2025

PS5 Welcome Hub Adds Another Animated Wallpaper Perfect for Winter

Rising Anime Sensation GACHIAKUTA Gets Its Own PS5 Game, And It's Not an Arena Fighter

Second Digimon Story: Time Stranger DLC Is Gaku-Ran

Gachiakuta Game and Season 2 of Anime Announced

PlayStation Store Leak Resident Evil veteran will be coming to Requiem

Starfield could see a ‘2.0’ upgrade in 2026, with a PS5 port also reportedly in the works

PS5 Update Surprise Drops New Theme Ahead of Holiday

PS5 Users Worldwide Can Claim Free 3 Months of Apple Music

More PS5, PS4 Games Being Delisted Soon, Last Chance to Buy

Octopath Traveler Series Crosses 6 Million Sales

Sony’s PS5 Voice Chat Crackdown And Unclear Moderation

#CronosNewDawn
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Cronos: The New Dawn too hard for you? An easy mode is finally on the way

Cronos: The New Dawn Update Will Add a New, Easier Difficulty Setting in Early 2026

Cronos: The New Dawn announces update with Temporal Driver difficulty

Bloober Team's Cronos: The New Dawn to Get Easier Difficulty Mode Next Year

Cronos The New Dawn Announces New Difficulty Mode

Cronos: The New Dawn Is Getting An Easy Difficulty Setting In Early 2026

#Version3
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Donkey Kong Bananza Has Been Updated To Version 3.0.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Donkey Kong Bananza updated to Version 3.0.0 (patch notes)

#Nintendos
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Nintendo's holiday sale on Switch and Switch 2 games has some great deals

"Passionate response" to Tomb Raider 2013's Switch port could mean Rise and Shadow also come to Nintendo's consoles

Game of the Year: #10 - Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

#Christmas
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The second RPS Christmas Cracker 2025

Feature: 95+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's January Sale

Astro Defenders: Capt.Couch is an upcoming wave-based strategic shooter from Playhard Studios

Watcher of Realms kicks off the Christmas holidays with Frostfall Jamboree this week

Liars and lawyers: 5 best card games to play with friends over Christmas

Merry Slopmas! Here’s the best friendslop games to play over Christmas

The Greench that stole Christmas: 3 games with great Christmas events

Win NFT Prizes at Engines of Fury Christmas Event

Indie MMO Spotlight: Merry Indie MMO Christmas!

#Switch
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Expert in KOTOR 2 Switch lawsuit argued that the fan-made mod entire DLC was based on had "no economic value"

Armored Core Mobile 3 Leads New G-Mode Archives Games

Suika Game Planet announced for Nintendo Switch 2, Switch [update: release date]

Nintendo goes live with “Hits for the Holidays Sale” for Switch 2, Switch with big discounts – full list of deals

Switch co-op games: Best local and online multiplayer experiences in 2025

Reminder: Two More Mega Evolution Are Now Available In Pokémon Unite

#Nintendo
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Switch 2 Mario Kart World Bundle Production Ends, Nintendo Says It's Now 'Available in Limited Quantities… While Supplies Last'

Random: The Japanese Football Team Sponsored By Nintendo Now Has Pikmin On Its Shirt

Switch 2's Mario Kart World Bundle Has Apparently Reached The End Of Its Lifecycle

US: Nintendo’s Christmas Sale now on

Ubisoft says it is working with Nintendo to improve Switch 2 VRR support

#RPG
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Jujutsu Zero codes December 2025

Legacy Steel and Sorcery rebrands as ‘mini-MMO’ Eldegarde with a January 21 release date

Anima Gate of Memories 1 and 2 Remaster – A Dark Saga Reborn

Com2uS Developing Gachiakuta Action RPG for PS5, Xbox, and PC

Digimon Story Time Stranger Reveals Gaku-Ran Season Pass DLC Launching January 2026

Global Hit Anime Gachiakuta Survival Action RPG Revealed

#December
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The Epic Games Store Is Giving Away Free Games Every Day: Here's What You Can Get Today

NiGHTS Comes to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds for Free on Christmas Eve

Xbox has announced the first 12 Game Pass titles for December

Square Enix's HD-2D Series 'Octopath Traveler' Hits Another Sales Milestone

My Little Puppy Coming to LG’s Global Cloud Gaming Service

#Heartopia
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Heartopia finally gets a release date... on everything but Steam

Heartopia, the upcoming cosy life sim, gets a release date for early next year

Cosy Multiplayer Life Simulation Heartopia Sets Official Release Date

#Steam
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This Popular Game Is Having Its Servers Shut Off Soon, Will Also Be Delisted

Ashes of Creation digests its first week of early access, counts ‘over 200k new testers’

Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy Alpha is Live on PC, New Gameplay Revealed

Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy Alpha Now Live on Steam for Founders

XD Games Reveals Official Launch Date For Cozy Multiplayer Sim Heartopia

#IndieGameAwards
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Game of the Year award pulled ‘after admitting to generative AI use’

The Indie Game Awards disqualifies Clair Obscur for its use of GenAI, retracting the game’s two awards

#Ubisoft
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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Has Been Rated on PEGI

Skull and Bones previews next year’s projects, including the Corvette large ship and waterspouts

Assassin’s Creed Day Celebration and Demands for Remakes

#SonicRacingCrossWorlds
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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds getting free NiGHTS content this week, first look

NiGHTS Arrives in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds This Week

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Free NiGHTS Content Drop Coming December 24