Video Game News 1/9/2026

#MarioTennis
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Nintendo Switch 2’s Mario Tennis Fever will have the most playable characters in series history

Mario Tennis Fever Gets New Overview Trailer Ahead of February Launch

List of all characters in Mario Tennis Fever

Mario Tennis Fever Trailer Shows All the Characters and Gameplay

Mario Tennis Fever Gets New Overview Trailer

Mario Tennis Fever Overview Trailer Details Mechanics, Out This February

Nintendo reveals Mario Tennis Fever's features, modes & GameShare support

Mario Tennis Fever Overview Trailer Serves Up A Host Of Fresh Features

Mario Tennis Fever overview trailer

Mario Tennis Fever will force you to look at horrid child, Baby Waluigi

Mario Tennis Fever has finally given us Baby Waluigi

Mario Tennis Fever Overview Trailer Released

#TheNewYear
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Sea of Remnants unveils action-packed new trailer for the New Year with naval combat and minigames

Sea of Remnants To Host Alpha Test In February

Sea of Remnants Shows Off New Gameplay, Closed Alpha Test Set for February 5

Ambitious PS5 Pirate RPG Sea of Remnants Has Bags of Style in Latest Trailer

Open-World Adventure RPG Sea of Remnants Gets Gameplay Trailer, Closed Alpha Test Coming in February

Sure, the Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake sounds great, but Sea of Remnants is the only pirate game I want right now

Closed Alpha Testing Announced For Open-World Puppet Pirate RPG Sea Of Remnants

Netease pirate RPG Sea of Remnants gets a new gameplay trailer, showcasing drink-offs, Mahjong, and ocean combat

NetEase Games and Joker Studio Drop New Gameplay Trailer for Sea of Remnants

#Fable
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Xbox Developer Direct coming later this month featuring Fable, Forza and Game Freak

Xbox Developer Direct To Spotlight Forza Horizon 6 With New Gameplay And Features

Xbox Developer Direct 2026 to focus on Fable, Forza Horizon 6 & Beast of Reincarnation

Xbox Developer Direct Announced For January 22nd, Featuring Forza And Fable

Xbox is hosting a Developer Direct later this month, featuring Fable, Forza, and more

Fable, Forza Horizon 6, and Game Freaks' Beast of Reincarnation Headline the Upcoming Xbox Developer_Direct

Xbox Developer Direct 2026 Announced, Featuring Fable and Forza Horizon 6

Xbox Developer Direct to Bring New Info on Fable, Forza, and More Later This Month

#TrailsBeyond
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Review: Trails Beyond the Horizon Brings Many Characters and Plots Together

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond The Horizon Review — To The Stars

The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon Opening Movie Revealed

Review: Trails beyond the Horizon (PS5) - Trails Takes an Impressive Step Towards the End

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon review: Spinning an unwieldy yarn

Review: The Legend Of Heroes: Trails Beyond The Horizon (Switch 2) - A Step Up From Daybreak II

The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon Review

#Phasmophobia
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Phasmophobia’s creator is launching Kinetic Publishing to ‘champion’ indies

Phasmophobia studio Kinetic moves into indie publishing but is otherwise entirely focused on horror game's impending 1.0 release

Phasmophobia developer launches Kinetic Publishing to "support and champion creativity within the indie space"

Phasmophobia developer Kinetic Games launches indie publishing label

Phasmophobia developer announces new indie publishing label: 'We’re now in the place where we want to support studios…and provide the support I'd have appreciated at the start of my journey'

Phasmophobia Dev's Kinetic Publishing Aims to Champion Innovative Indies

#Switch1
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Switch 2 sales slowed over Christmas, down 35% in the US compared to Switch 1 launch

Data points to slow Nintendo Switch 2 sales during holiday period

Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period

Nintendo Switch 2 sales momentum slowed over the Christmas period

Nintendo Switch 2's Holiday Sales Were Weaker Than Original Switch

Nintendo Source Blames Switch 2 Holiday Sales Slowdown on the Economic Landscape and the 'Absence of a Major Western Game' — Despite the Release of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

#Blindspot
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PUBG: Blindspot, the top-down one of Plunkbat's siblings, deploys into early access next month

PUBG: BLINDSPOT Early Access Release Date Announced

Krafton Announces Early Access For 5v5 Top-Down Tactical Shooter PUBG: Blindspot

PUBG: BLINDSPOT Early Access Release Date revealed for February

PUBG: BLINDSPOT Entering Early Access February 5

Free-to-Play Shooter PUBG: Blindspot Hits Early Access in February

#BattleRoyale
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South Park is coming to Fortnite this week: Here’s the first trailer

Fortnite’s Massive Update Brings South Park Chaos and 5-Player Squads

Fortnite's South Park Collab Revealed, Brings Multiple Characters, Cartmanland, More

You'll need more friends than ever for the new South Park Fortnite event, and it's going to be chaos

Fortnite X South Park: All Skins, Rewards, Map Changes, And New Gameplay Items

#Rockstar
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GTA 6 may not yet be "content complete" and another release delay is possible, claims Jason Schreier

Sony May Be 'Planning Its Entire Calendar' Around GTA 6, Says Jason Schreier

GTA 6 reportedly still "not content complete," and Rockstar could delay it again as it strives for "perfection"

New GTA 6 Delay Rumor Shot Down By Reporter, Says Statement Was Misconstrued

January 08, 2026: GTA 6 Delay Rumor Quashed

#RpgSilverPalace
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Silver Palace debuts brand-new gameplay trailer ahead of beta launch this year

Victorian-Setting Fantasy Open World Detective Gacha Game Silver Palace Releases New Gameplay Trailer

Silver Palace ‘Monotype’ beta test gameplay showcase

Silver Palace Trailer Shows Off Action-RPG’s Gameplay

Victorian Action RPG Silver Palace Gameplay Showcase Released

#AnotherBelovedXboxExclusi
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Xbox and Obsidian’s Avowed is coming to PS5 with new modes and content

Avowed is Coming to PS5 on February 17th, New Game+ Update Adds Enemy Modifiers

Xbox Exclusive RPG Avowed Is Coming to PS5 in February with Major New Features

Another Beloved Xbox Exclusive is Coming to PS5

#Rockstar
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Rockstar continue to claim firings were about preventing GTA 6 leaks, as union push to get devs interim relief

"We reiterate our firm belief that Rockstar broke the law" - union and GTA 6 maker clash again around preliminary hearing for fired workers

Rockstar's Battle With Union Over Fired Devs Goes To Court

Union requests interim relief for employees affected by Rockstar layoffs

#LightPurple
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Nintendo Announces 2 New Switch 2 Joy-Con Colours, Light Purple and Light Green

Nintendo Reveals First New Joy-Con 2 Colours For Switch 2

Nintendo announces light purple and light green Joy-Con’s for Switch 2

Nintendo's got two new Joy-Con 2 colours for Switch 2, and they're due next month

#LifeIsStrangeReunion
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Life Is Strange Reunion Pairs Max with Chloe Once More on PS5

A mysterious new Life is Strange game has just been rated in Europe

New Life is Strange Game Spotted, And Yes, This One Will Finally Bring Back Chloe

The Leaked Synopsis Of The Next Life Is Strange Has Me Worried

#ClairObscur
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Clair Obscur, Ghost of Yōtei, Arc Raiders, and Dispatch top DICE Awards nominees

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Ghost of Yotei lead 2026 D.I.C.E. Awards nominations

All White Nevron locations in Clair Obscur Expedition 33

DICE Awards 2026 nominees announced, lead by Clair Obscur, Ghost of Yotei

Ghost of Yotei and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 headline 2026 DICE Awards nominations

#PlaystationBlog
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Code Vein 2’s Time Travel Mechanic Means Multiple Endings, But Required “Extensive” Story Rewrites

Code Vein II Has Multiple Endings and New Game+

Code Vein II Interview: world building, player choice, weaponry, and more

#MotoRushReborn
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Moto Rush Reborn announced for Nintendo Switch

Moto Rush Reborn Announced for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch

Moto Rush Reborn Revealed – A Demon-Fuelled Arcade Racer Tears Through Neo-Tokyo

#Review
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2025 in Review: The Games

Simon the Sorcerer Origins Review

Dogpile review

AndaSeat Kaiser 3E XL review

#NewSwitch2JoyconsAre
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The first Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con color variants have been announced, and they’re out next month

New Switch 2 Joy-Cons Are Here And They're Extremely Underwhelming

#For
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For its gaming hardware contingent, CES 2026 was a good week to bury good news

Shacknews Best of CES 2026

#ArchitectOfRuin
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Architect Of Ruin is a beautiful dark fantasy temple builder from former Valve devs and Hooded Horse

New colony sim Architect of Ruin is basically Rimworld but you're building an evil cult to a vengeful god

#InTheWorks
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Wolfenstein 3 is reportedly in the works at Machine Games, possibly alongside a Rainbow Six Siege-ish multiplayer thing

Wolfenstein 3 Is Reportedly "In The Works" At MachineGames

#FrostyFashionFrenzy
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Hello Kitty Island Adventure sees the arrival of Moppu in its version 2.12 update

Hello Kitty Island Adventure Gets Moppu From Marumofubiyori

#NewYears
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Persona 5: The Phantom X debuts its jam-packed version 3.0 update today

Persona 5: The Phantom X Version 3.0 Update Goes Live With New Content

#Atlus
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Version 3.0 of Persona5: The Phantom X Now Available

Persona5: The Phantom X Expansion Adds New Location and Phantom THief