Video Game News 1/10/2026

#Larian
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Divinity Concept Art Work Won't Include Gen AI, but Other Aspects Might

Larian says "there is not going to be any gen-AI art in Divinity," and it's even booted it out of the concept art stage after backlash

Change of mind: Larian says it will not use gen-AI at all in relation to Divinity concept art

Larian swears off gen AI concept art tools and says 'There is not going to be any GenAI art in Divinity,' but it's still 'trying [AI] things out across departments'

Larian backtracks on AI use for Divinity concept art and writing, but says generative AI ‘can help’ some areas of development

Larian will no longer use GenAI for Divinity concept art, and any genAI used for other games will be "trained on data we own"

Larian will not use generative AI for Divinity concept art

#Radiance
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GameCube Classic Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance Joins Switch Online

Nintendo Music Adds A Fire Emblem Soundtrack In First Update Of 2026

Nintendo Expands Switch 2's GameCube Library With Another Game

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance on Switch 2 via NSO

Fire Emblem Fans Are Freaking Out Over What Nintendo Just Brought Back

Nintendo Switch 2’s latest GameCube game is now live, bringing the total to 8 games

Nintendo Music adds Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance soundtrack

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance joins Nintendo Classics today

GameCube game Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance has just dropped on Nintendo Switch 2

GameCube Classic Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance Added to Nintendo Switch Online

#ManorLords
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Manor Lords Publisher Hooded Horse Says No Gen AI Clause "Written Into Contracts"

Hooded Horse Imposes Strict Generative AI Ban On Its Developers

'It's cancerous:' Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse wants to avoid genAI like the plague

Hooded Horse ban AI-generated art in their games: "all this thing has done is made our lives more difficult"

Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse won't work with studios using generative AI

Manor Lords Publisher Has Banned AI Assets In Its Games, Calls Them "Cancerous"

#FinalFightsHugo
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Street Fighter 6’s Upcoming Roster Addition Alex Gets Teaser Trailer Ahead of Spring Release

Alex Turns Heel As 'The Man With No Allies' In Street Fighter 6 Trailer

See Alex in Street Fighter 6 Ahead of His Spring Debut

Street Fighter 6 Gets New Alex Teaser Trailer

Watch Street Fighter 6's Alex Kick the Sh*t Out of Final Fight's Hugo in DLC Trailer

Street Fighter 6 Alex Teaser Trailer Released

#Switch2
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Larian "Would Have Loved" Baldur's Gate 3 On Switch 2, Will "Certainly Consider" Divinity

Larian "will certainly consider" a Divinity Switch 2 release

Baldur’s Gate 3 looking unlikely for Nintendo Switch 2, Larian will “certainly consider” new Divinity for the system

Larian CEO Says a Baldur's Gate 3 Switch 2 Port 'Wasn't Our Decision to Make'

Baldur’s Gate 3 Director Addresses Missing Switch 2 Port: ‘It’s Wasn’t Our Decision’

#NewlydiscoveredMysterySee
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Red Dead Redemption 2 – Former Employee is Surprised at Discovery of Spider Web Mystery

Red Dead Redemption 2 Developer Reacts To Recently Discovered Mystery

You'll never guess what the 'Random Heart Attacks' mod for Red Dead Redemption 2 does

'Let's Solve This Before GTA 6 Arrives!' — Red Dead Redemption 2's Newly-Discovered Mystery Seems to Have Reached Its Endgame

#NintendoSwitch
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Best Nintendo Switch games of 2026

Mini Review: Stardew Valley: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - Almost The Cream Of The Crop

Review: RANDOMAX (Nintendo Switch)

LoveR Kiss Endless Memories Nintendo Switch 2 Edition receives a release date

Overrogue getting a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition

#CodeViolet
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Code Violet review: A dino crisis, and not in a good way

Review: Code Violet (PS5) - Gooner Shooter Can't Get It Up

Code Violet Review

#RpgCrimsonDesert
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Pearl Abyss Claims The Crimson Desert World is Larger Than Red Dead Redemption 2

High-octane RPG Crimson Desert has a world twice as big as Skyrim, yet its developer insists that "size doesn't matter"

Crimson Desert's Open World Is at Least Twice as Big as Skyrim's, and Larger Than the Red Dead Redemption 2 Map

#RaidersIs
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ARC Raiders Is a $40 Game Partly Because of Helldivers 2

Arc Raiders' first Expedition saw over a million players wipe, but Embark wants to find new ways to "incentivize" resets

Where to find the Power Rod room - ARC Raiders

#Kicking
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Ubisoft says The Division 3 is "a monster" and believes it can have "as big an impact" as the first game

The Division 3 will have ‘as big an impact’ as The Division 1, says producer

The Division 3 Will Have 'As Big an Impact' as The Division 1, Ubisoft Dev Says

#Switch2
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Donkey Kong Bananza breaks Nintendo tradition with a rare discount, not that long after release

Donkey Kong Bananza Gets a $7 Discount at Both Amazon and Walmart

Donkey Kong-Themed Wireless Controller With Lenticular Art Gets Massive Discount

#FatalFury
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Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Gets Animated Short Teasing Fist of the North Star’s Kenshiro

'You're Already Dead': Fist of the North Star's Kenshiro Coming to Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

#Goty
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Umamusume developers Cygames launch dedicated AI studio

Cygames Establishes Cygames AI Studio

#TheNewYear
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New year brings changes to Seven Knights: Re:BIRTH

Seven Knights Re:Birth welcomes the New Year with new Legendary heroes and a story event

#Switch2read
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Poll: Will You Be Getting The New Joy-Con 2 Set?

Nintendo Switch 2 Light Purple and Light Green Joy-Con 2 Are Up for Preorder

#ReportedlyClosesHundreds
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GameStop Reportedly Closes Hundreds of U.S. Stores Amid Ongoing Restructuring

Report: GameStop closing hundreds of stores in the United States

#InfinityRevolutionizesGpu
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GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5090 INFINITY Revolutionizes GPUs

StarRupture | Let’s Build! | 4K Max Settings RTX 5090 & i7 14700k Engineer Gameplay

#Where
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Where to Find All Blueprints in StarRupture

Where to find Calcium Ore in StarRupture

#As
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As the Amazon series hits its stride, these excellent Fallout games are cheaper than ever

The Conspiracy That Todd Howard Hates Fallout: New Vegas Is Absurd

#Gate
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Larian is "sorry" that Baldur's Gate 3's most underrated companion didn't get a "fulfilling arc," with romance on its improvement list

Larian Explains Why Baldur’s Gate 3’s Most Underserved Companion Felt Shortchanged

#StarfinderAfterlight
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New tactical RPG Starfinder Afterlight is the sci-fi D&D adventure I wanted, and RDR 2's Arthur Morgan as its drawling narrator is the cherry on top

Starfinder: Afterlight Reveals First Gameplay Teaser, Demo Confirmed for 2026 RPG

#Fortnite
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Fortnite’s New South Park Lobby Has Players Talking About Future Games

ShackStream: South Park in Fortnite!

#TheSims4
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Over half of The Sims development team is working on The Sims 4 and 'the next evolution' so I guess it's time to start speculating again

The Sims 2026 Future Detailed

#Baldur
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'I wish Wyll had gotten more content' says the Baldur's Gate 3 writer who wrote him, and splitting his story between devils and dads 'might have been a mistake in hindsight'

Baldur's Gate 3 Writer Wishes Wyll Had Gotten More Content and a More Fulfilling Arc Too, Explains What Happened