Video Game News 1/6/2026

#FinalFantasy9
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‘It’s the right moment’: Final Fantasy 9 character designer, Toshiyuki Itahana, quits Square Enix

Final Fantasy 9 Character Designer Leaves Square Enix to Go Freelance

Final Fantasy 9 character designer Toshiyuki Itahana has left Square Enix

Toshiyuki Itahana Has Left Square Enix And Now Works As A Freelancer

Toshiyuki Itahana Left Square Enix After Final Fantasy IX 25th Anniversary Project

Final Fantasy 9 character designer Toshiyuki Itahana leaves Square Enix

Final Fantasy IX's Character Designer Has Left Square Enix

Beloved Final Fantasy artist Toshiyuki Itahana leaves Square Enix

What do you want to happen to the Final Fantasy franchise? You've got a few days to tell Square Enix directly

Square Enix artist and character designer Toshiyuki Itahana leaves Square Enix after 25+ years

Final Fantasy IX Designer Toshiyuki Itahana Leaves Square Enix

#RockstarFansUncoverSpider
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GTA's Ned Luke gets swatted for the 8th time while streaming with Red Dead's Rob Wiethoff: "there's so many douchebags out there, Rob"

Best Netflix games available right now - From Into the Breach to Red Dead Redemption

After eight years Red Dead Redemption 2 players uncover another mystery, and GTA 5 fans might find it familiar

Red Dead Redemption 2 Players Have Discovered A Long-Hidden Mystery

Possible GTA 6 Easter egg discovered in Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2 Spider Mystery Unravels 7 Years After Release

A mystery that went unnoticed for 7 years has Red Dead Redemption 2 players working furiously to make the connection between spiderwebs, telegraph poles, guitars, and maybe even Grand Theft Auto 5

'The Biggest Discovery in Red Dead Redemption 2 in Years' — Rockstar Fans Uncover Spiderweb Mystery Unnoticed Since Release, and Now the Hunt Is on for Answers

Red Dead Redemption 2 Players Find Strange Spider Web Mystery Seven Years After Launch

#2026ClairObscurExpedition
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's writer doesn't want to follow audience expectations despite being "a bit of a people pleaser"

'We Need to Trust Our Instincts': Expedition 33 Dev's Next Game Won't Bow to Fan Pressure

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer feels it needs to "trust its instincts" for its next game, instead of being guided by fan pressure

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Files Flat Out Explain All Its Naming References And Meanings

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s popularity tells us much about games in 2026

'There is a bit of pressure': Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs will stay true to themselves for their next game despite expectations—'we need to trust our instincts'

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Developers Hid The Meanings Behind Dozens of Character and Enemy Names Within The Game's Code

#SonicRacing
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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is getting Pac-Man content later this week and a surprise free festival

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Teases Pac-Man’s Arrival on January 7th With A Classic Arcade Cabinet

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds shares Pac-Man DLC release date

Pac-Man DLC Comes to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Later This Week on PS5, PS4

Pac-Man Joins The 'Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds' Roster Later This Week

Pac-Man arrives in Sonic Racing CrossWorlds this month

Someone Dressed Up As Pac-Man To Play Pac-Man During AGDQ Livestream

#AnimeSoulslikeEvolutionIf
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Code Vein II Preview – Hands-On With Bandai Namco’s Anime Souls-Like Evolution

Code Vein II Character Creator Demo Debuts This Month

Code Vein II hands-on report

Preview: Code Vein II is an Aggressive Soulslike With RPG Charm

Code Vein 2 is a Soulslike with sauce, heart... and a fantastic character creator

Code Vein II Walkthrough Trailer Released

Code Vein 2: The Final Preview

#GameOfTheYear
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After 43 million votes, Steam’s 2025 Game of the Year is Hollow Knight Silksong

Hollow Knight: Silksong took Steam's Game of the Year 2025 award

Steam’s 2025 Game Of The Year Revealed, Plus All Other Winners

Hollow Knight: Silksong wins Game of the Year at 2025 Steam Awards

Hollow Knight: Silksong is the Steam Awards' 2025 Game of the Year

#Atlus
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Fitness Boxing 3 Adds Persona 5 Royal DLC Pack on January 8

Fitness Boxing 3 reveals Persona 5 Royal Pack DLC

Fitness Boxing 3 Persona 5 Royal DLC Will Have 5 Songs

It's Official, Fitness Boxing 3 Is Getting Persona 5 Royal DLC

Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer Persona 5 Royal Pack DLC announced

#ZenimaxOnline
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‘It was the game I waited my career to make’: Former ZeniMax Online boss confirms he quit following Microsoft axe

Former ZOS president Matt Firor finally confirms he left over Project Blackbird’s cancellation

Microsoft’s Project Blackbird cancellation was the reason Matt Firor left ZeniMax Online Studios

ZeniMax Online founder confirms he quit after Microsoft shut down Project Blackbird, "the game I had waited my entire career to create"

Former ZeniMax Online Founder Confirms He Resigned Because Xbox Killed Project Blackbird

#Blades
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Styx: Blades of Greed paints a nice stealthy picture in its latest trailer, even if its titular goblin can't shut up

Styx: Blades of Greed is Brimming With Fresh Tools and Stealth Options in New Gameplay

Styx: Blades of Greed Gets New Gameplay Trailer

Styx: Blades of Greed Aims to Carry the Torch for Stealth Games

#Sega
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Sega co-founder and arcade founding father, David Rosen, dies age 95

Sega co-founder Dave Rosen passes away at 95

Sega co-founder David Rosen has passed away at 95 years old

Sega's American co-founder David Rosen dies at 95 years of age

#RaidersReportedlyCrosses
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ARC Raiders Reportedly Crosses 12 Million Sales to Kick Off 2026

ARC Raiders Reportedly Hit 12 Million Copies Sold This Year

Dispatch has sold over 3 million copies

Arc Raiders hits 12 million copies sold as it tops 3.2 million DAUs | News-in-Brief

#TheJanuaryFullWolfMoon
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The Blood of Dawnwalker Reveals New Gameplay Tease

The Blood of Dawnwalker’s Latest Gameplay Video Recaps Its 2025 While Looking Forward to Its 2026 Launch Year as It Highlights New Characters, Music, and More

The Blood of Dawnwalker Reveals New Characters in Story Teaser, Title Theme Music, and a Look Back at 2025

The Blood of Dawnwalker Full Moon Video Released

#RainbowSixSiegeXHackersBa
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Rainbow Six Siege X Hackers Ban Players For 67 Days

Rainbow Six Siege Has Been Hacked Again, And Players Are Reportedly Getting 67-Day Bans

Rainbow Six Siege X seemingly compromised again as players hit with brain rot-inspired 67-day 'bans'

Rainbow 6 Siege Hacked Again, This Time With A 6-7 Meme

#ResidentEvil4Remake
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Through modding wizardry, a seemingly cut Ashley opening level has been found in Resident Evil 4 Remake

Resident Evil 4 Remake Scrapped An Opening Chapter Starring Ashley, Files Show

Resident Evil 4 Remake Originally Began With a New Introduction Where You Played as Ashley

#DragonQuest7
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Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined Demo Launches This Week

Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined Demo Out on PS5 This Week, Opening Movie Is a Masterclass

Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined demo coming this week

#PostblackOps7
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Steam Shatters Player Count Record Again, Gamers React to PC Gaming Dominance

Call Of Duty Hits All-Time Low Steam Player Count

Steam Rings In 2026 by Breaking Player Count Records Once Again

#Pvpers
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Arc Raiders has aggression-based matchmaking to push pugnacious PvPers together, but it's "not a full science"

ARC Raiders’ ‘aggression-based’ matchmaking tech tries to ensure that hardcore PvPers face each other

ARC Raiders Boss Says 'Matchmaking Based on How Prone You Are to PvP'

#Baba
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Baba is You gets one last big update leaving custom level makers with some foxy new toys

One of the best puzzle games ever, Baba Is You gets a final big update

#WatchOutMinecraft
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Hytale's devs hope to "redefine the block-game genre" with their world generation, and they've now explained how it works

Watch out Minecraft, Hytale says its new world generation system will "redefine the block game genre"

#Quake
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Quake goes Brutalist again with a "megalithic" 77 map mod that's available as a free standalone game

Start 2026 off right with the massive 77 map mod Quake Brutalist Jam III

#Splitgate2
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Splitgate 2, the shooter that ‘unlaunched’ after controversial marketing, doesn’t appear to have captivated players

After a controversial marketing campaign, Splitgate Arena Reloaded fails to find an audience despite two official launches

#UbisoftHalifaxEmployeesOf
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Ubisoft Halifax Employees Officially Unionize in Canada

Ubisoft Halifax staff officially form union

#Rpg
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Dungeon Hunter 6 Lieutenants tier list

In 2025, Monster Hunter fell prey to profit

#TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTh
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s Story Was “Held Back” for Age of Imprisonment

Nintendo "intentionally held back" many aspects of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom so there was more content for Hyrule Warriors to work with

#Rpg
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Star Citizen VR is MIND-BLOWING!

Starfield’s Star Wars Genesis mod is a mind-blowing conversion that turns Bethesda’s RPG into a new game