Video Game News 1/14/2026

#TheSwitch2
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Resident Evil Showcase set for this week featuring new Resident Evil Requiem gameplay

Resident Evil Showcase Announced For This Week

Resident Evil Showcase Prioritizes Requiem Gameplay

Resident Evil Showcase To Air January 15

Resident Evil Showcase Gives Us Another Look at Requiem This Week, Here's When to Watch

Capcom Announces Resident Evil Showcase, Teases Brand New Gameplay And News For Requiem

Resident Evil Requiem showcase coming this week, here's when to watch

Resident Evil showcase happening Thursday, rumour of additional game being shown

Resident Evil Showcase Coming Thursday, Includes Brand-New Requiem Footage

Resident Evil Requiem Showcase Set to Reveal New Gameplay Following Open World Tease

#SplosionMan
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Meta has closed several studios, including ‘Splosion Man studio Twisted Pixel and Asgard Wrath’s Sanzaru Games

Meta Lays Off 10 Percent of Reality Labs Division Staff Including VR Studio Closures of Twisted Pixel Games and Sanzaru Games

Twisted Pixel & Sanzaru Games shutting down amid Meta Reality Labs layoffs

Meta Shuts Down The Studios Behind Deadpool VR, Asgard's Wrath 2, and Resident Evil 4 VR

Meta shutters three VR studios as part of Reality Labs layoffs

Meta layoffs mean big cuts in VR gaming, as 3 studios close

Meta is closing 3 VR studios and laying off roughly 10% of Reality Labs as it shifts focus from the metaverse to AI wearables, it's next sure-fire, can't-miss idea

Meta Studio Shutdowns Reportedly Hit Sanzaru Games, Twisted Pixel

#MassiveEntertainment
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Ubisoft hits The Division and Avatar studio, Massive Entertainment, with layoffs

Having asked Division devs to lay themselves off, Ubisoft are now cutting 55 jobs at Massive and Ubisoft Stockholm

Massive Entertainment, Ubisoft Stockholm Hit by Lay-Offs Affecting 55 Employees

Ubisoft Cuts Jobs at Massive Entertainment, with The Division 3 Still in Development

Ubisoft proposes layoffs at Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm

Ubisoft laying off 55 roles at Massive and Ubisoft Stockholm as cost-cutting continues

It's January 13 and Ubisoft just announced its second round of layoffs for 2026, at Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm

Ubisoft Layoffs Continue With 55 Staff at The Division Studio Massive and Ubisoft Stockholm Now Impacted

#Rockstar
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Judge denies request from fired Rockstar employees to be paid while legal case is ongoing

Fired GTA 6 devs suffer setback in legal fight against Rockstar as UK court denies request for interim relief

Judge Rules Against Interim Relief for Fired Rockstar Employees

Fired Rockstar Games employees denied interim pay amid ongoing dispute

Fired employees at GTA 6 studio Rockstar denied interim pay by UK tribunal - union highlights firm's "flimsy grounds for defence"

Fired Rockstar union workers denied interim relief at preliminary tribunal

Judge rejects fired Rockstar staff's request for interim relief

Judge denies interim pay for fired Rockstar employees, but the decision 'does nothing to suggest that Rockstar will not be found guilty of unfair dismissal when the case goes to trial,' union says

#Battlefield6Season2
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Battlefield 6 Delays Season 2 to February 17th for “Further Polish”

Battlefield 6 delays Season 2 by four weeks as it looks to rebound from its winter slump

What is the start date of Battlefield 6 Season 2?

Battlefield 6 Season 1 end date allegedly leaked in potentially deleted post

EA delays Battlefield 6's next season a month to 'further polish and refine Season 2,' and the only words I want to hear next are 'bigger maps'

Battlefield 6 Season 2 Delayed to February as EA Tackles Community Feedback With an Extended Season 1

Battlefield 6 Season 2 Delayed to Mid-February, Season 1 to Be Extended

#NewYear
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Arc Raiders Now a Huge Multiplayer Success Story at 12 Million Sales

Arc Raiders Hits 12 Million Sales Milestone, Gamers React

Arc Raiders has now sold more than 12m copies, so you're all getting a golden pickaxe as a reward

Arc Raiders sells 12 million copies in under three months

Arc Raiders has sold 2.4m copies in 2026 so far

Arc Raiders has surpassed 12 million players worldwide: 'a milestone we owe entirely to the players', and to celebrate, Embark is handing out a free golden pickaxe

Arc Raiders Keeps on Going as It Tops 12.4 Million Copies Sold, Gifts All Players a Gilded Pickaxe

#StarTrekVoyagerAcrossTheU
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Star Trek Voyager: Across the Unknown announced for Nintendo Switch 2

Star Trek: Voyager Game Release Date Revealed With New Trailer

Star Trek Voyager: Across the Unknown Comes To Switch 2

Star Trek: Voyager - Across The Unknown Beams Onto Switch 2 Next Month

Story-driven strategy game Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown beams down Switch 2 version and release date

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown gets a combat deep dive and release date

#Hazelight
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‘EA is getting more shit than they deserve’: Split Fiction director Josef Fares defends Hazelight’s publishing partner

'You Can't Do GTA for $10 Million': Split Fiction's Josef Fares Champions Diversity in Games and Budgets

After Expedition 33's success, Split Fiction's Josef Fares warns publishers not to "only do" double-A

"I Don't See AI Taking Over" - Split Fiction Director Josef Fares On The Rise Of AI

Josef Fares vows to never take Hazelight public

#Switch2
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Sonic Racing CrossWorlds’ physical Switch 2 release won’t be a Game-Key Card, Sega confirms

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - Switch 2 Physical Edition Arrives This March

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is finally getting a physical Switch 2 release, and it's not a game-key card

SEGA confirms Sonic Racing CrossWorlds Switch 2 physical launches 26th March

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Nintendo Switch 2 Physical Edition Coming March 26

#Helldivers2
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Shush, Helldivers 2's Redacted Regiment warbond is all about being sneakily stealthy and silently suppressed

Helldivers 2 Adds Spec Ops Weapons and Armor on January 20th With Redacted Regiment Warbond

Helldivers 2: Redacted Regiment Warbond launches Jan 20

Helldivers 2 Support Continues in the Latest Warbond Drop, Out Next Week

Helldivers 2 Redacted Regiment Warbond Sneaks Onto the Scene Next Week

#NintendoYear
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Nintendo Switch 2025 Year in Review just released

2025 Nintendo Year in Review Switch and Switch 2 Game Stats Shared

Nintendo Switch 2025 'Year In Review' Is Available Now

Your Year in Review for Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch now available

Nintendo 2025 Wrap-Up: See How Much You Played On Switch And Switch 2 Last Year

#Trigger
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Arc Raiders update finally puts an end to Trigger 'Nade terror and nerfs a potent PvP weapon

ARC Raiders update 1.11.0 patch notes nerf Trigger 'Nade and Kettle

ARC Raiders Trigger 'Nades Will Now Take Twice As Long To Detonate

Arc Raiders has officially nerfed two of the strongest weapons, the Trigger Nade and the Kettle, as previous stats created 'an unfair dynamic that favours using 3rd party software'

Arc Raiders Patch 1.11.0 Adds Abyss Cosmetic Set Along With Some Fixes and Balancing Changes to the Trigger ‘Nade and Kettle

#DeadpoolCanLiterallyDoItA
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Marvel Rivals’ Deadpool Debuts on January 16th as Its First 3-in-1 Hero

Deadpool will be a Duelist, Vanguard, and Strategist in Marvel Rivals, as the prophecies foretold

Marvel Rivals' Deadpool Can Literally Do It All

Deadpool's role in Marvel Rivals is totally unique

#Daybreak
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Move over, cottagecore: Palia goes cardigancore with its Winter’s Wonder update

Palia Winter’s Wonder: Snowbound Sanctuary Update Patch 0.199 Releases Today

Palia Manages To Get Even Cozier With Winter’s Wonder: Snowbound Sanctuary Update

Palia’s Winter’s Wonder: Snowbound Sanctuary Update Live

#DragonTraveler
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Dragon Traveler offers unhinged, Isekai-tinged anime comedy action on mobile

Dragon Traveler Redeem Codes [Global Release]

Dragon Traveler Codes

#Life2
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High On Life 2 leaked for Nintendo Switch 2

Comedy Shooter Sequel 'High On Life 2' Is Coming To Switch 2

High on Life 2 for Nintendo Switch 2 leaks on Amazon as Game-Key Card

#InazumaEleven
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Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road sales surpass 800,000 copies, next major update announced for this month

Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road's Second Major Free Update Kicks Off This Month

Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Sales Reach 800k, Second Big Update Coming

#TheSwitch2
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Free Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties DLC Given to Sega Account Holders

Yakuza Kiwami Xbox Series X|S Review

Free Yakuza Kiwami 3 Costumes Up for Grabs Ahead of Release

#Titanfall
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ShackStream: Indie-licious Episode 185 - Big Hops

Big Hops Review - The Year's First Great Game Is Mario Meets Breath Of The Wild

Big Hops Review

#EarlyAccess
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Hytale Server download is now live with Early Access release – here’s how to get it

Hytale has arrived in Early Access with Linux support

Hytale Enters Early Access After A Decade After Surviving Cancellation

#We
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"We do not allow AI-generated content," Games Workshop CEO says

Warhammer Maker Games Workshop Bans Its Staff From Using AI in Its Content or Designs, Says None of Its Senior Managers Are Currently Excited About the Tech

Games Workshop Announces AI Ban For Content and Design

#Steam
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An indie developer is delisting his Steam game because his new girlfriend convinced him its use of AI is ‘a disgrace’

Dev of Steam game 'Hardest' will delete it after new girlfriend made them realise AI is bad

#Way
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Way of the Hunter Wild Europe is out now for a picturesque hunting adventure on the continent

After Wild America, Way of the Hunter – Wild Europe Lands on Android!

#AndroidTodayAWebbingJourn
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A Webbing Journey brings physics-driven spider fun to Android today

Physics-Based Spider Sandbox A Webbing Journey Launches on Android

#GoodbyeAnthem
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Goodbye Anthem

A eulogy for Anthem, a game that probably deserved better