Video Game News 1/15/2026

#PopupForza
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Forza Horizon 6's release date might have raced onto the streets faster than planned, thanks to an ad

Forza Horizon 6’s release date may have been revealed early by an in-game ad

Forza Horizon 6 is Apparently Launching on May 19th, According to Alleged Pop-up in Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 6 Release Date Potentially Leaks Through Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 6 Release Date Seemingly Leaked

Forza Horizon 6 May Come to PS5 This Year as Xbox, PC Release Date Leaks

Forza Horizon 6 release date seemingly leaked inside Forza Horizon 5 in-game ad

Forza Horizon 6 Release Date Leaked In Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 6's release date might have been revealed early, and it's allegedly coming sooner than anticipated

Forza Horizon 6 Release Date May Have Leaked Ahead Of Next Week's Developer Direct

Forza Horizon 6 release date may have leaked in Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 6 Release Date Seemingly Leaked by Forza Horizon 5 Popup

#WarsKratos
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Ryan Hurst Cast As Kratos In The God of War Prime Video Series

Amazon's God of War TV Series Casts Its Kratos, Story Setup Revealed

Ryan Hurst cast as Kratos in God of War series

Familiar Thor actor cast as God of War’s Kratos in Amazon TV show

God Of War TV Series Finds Its Kratos With Sons Of Anarchy Actor

Amazon's God of War TV show has cast its Kratos actor

Amazon's God Of War TV Show Has Cast Kratos

Ryan Hurst, the voice of Thor in God of War: Ragnarok, will star as Kratos in the God of War TV series on Prime

The Live-Action God Of War Series Has Found Its Kratos

#CallOfDuty
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Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick accuses Embracer of secretly organising a lawsuit against him and Microsoft

Bobby Kotick alleges a lawsuit against Microsoft’s Activision acquisition was secretly aimed at helping Embracer Group

Former Activision CEO Says Swedish Fund’s Lawsuit Against Microsoft Acqusition Was to Help Embracer

'Call of Duty on Track to Perform Over 60% Below Last Year': Ex-Activision Boss Bobby Kotick Sticks Knife in Flagging FPS Franchise

Former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick lashes out in response to lawsuit

Bobby Kotick claims lawsuit objecting to Microsoft-Activision deal was "tied to Embracer's desire to boost sales"

Bobby Kotick Claims Activision, Call of Duty, and Consoles Are Doing So Poorly It Proves He Was Right to Sell Activision Blizzard to Microsoft for $69 Billion

Ex-Activision Boss Bobby Kotick Names Embracer Group in Bizarre Lawsuit Response

#Battlefield6
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Season 2 of Battlefield 6 has been delayed so it can be ‘further polished and refined’

Battlefield 6 Season 2 Delayed Following Player Backlash

Battlefield 6 Season 2 Coming Next Month as Season 1 Gets Extension

Battlefield 6 Season 2 delayed until February, but more content for Season 1 and events are on the way

Battlefield 6's Season 2 Delay Adds More Challenges, Cosmetics, And Double XP To Season 1

Battlefield 6 Season 2 delayed like many of us expected, but we're getting a new update and a bonus battle pass path

#PlaystationPlusGameCatalo
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Resident Evil Village, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and Ridge Racer Announced for PS Plus

PlayStation Plus Catalogue Titles For January 2026 Announced, Includes Resident Evil Village, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Ridge Racer, and More

PlayStation Plus Extra/Premium Games For January 2026 Revealed

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for January: Resident Evil Village, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Expeditions: A MudRunner Game and more

PlayStation Plus January 2026 Game Line-up Leaked, Includes Resident Evil Village

#GranblueFantasyDevCygames
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Granblue Fantasy Dev Cygames Apologises for AI Studio Announcement Following Backlash

Cygames Says No Generative AI Used in Its Games and Products

The dev behind 2025's most popular horse game will not use AI "without prior notice," as its gen-AI studio sparks backlash

Cygames announced an AI studio, and then put up an apology over it

Umamusume developer apologises after AI studio backlash, says it will not use generative AI "without prior notice"

#TheLegendOfZelda
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ShackStream: Animal Crossing: New Horizons On The Stevetendo Show! Episode 658

ShackStream: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 3.0 launch day stream

How to get The Legend of Zelda items in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

How to unlock Mineru - Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Guide: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Guide - Walkthrough, Tips And Hints

Boom! The Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 Update Is Now Available

Animal Crossing: New Horizons free 3.0 update for Nintendo Switch releases early

Surprise! Animal Crossing: New Horizons' free 3.0 update for Switch releases early

My anticlimactic return to Animal Crossing: New Horizons four years after I last logged in

How to add friends in Animal Crossing: New Horizons so you can trade items and visit islands

Animal Crossing New Horizons fruit guide: How to get Apples, Oranges, Cherries, Peaches, Pears, and Coconuts

What To Do First In Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0

How Luna's Slumber Island works in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Everything new in Animal Crossing: New Horizon's 3.0 update

Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 update hotel guide

Animal Crossing: New Horizons amiibo guide

Oh My Goodness You Can Jump, Strafe, and Walk Backwards in Animal Crossing: New Horizons Now

Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Big 3.0 Update Just Dropped a Day Early

Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ 3.0 Update Drops Early As Fans Race Back To Their Islands

#Eclipse
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Digital Eclipse’s Disney Afternoon Collection retro compilation has been rated for Switch and Switch 2

The Disney Afternoon Collection seems to be coming to Nintendo Switch 2, Switch

An Overlooked Disney Collection From Digital Eclipse Has Been Rated For Switch

Disney Afternoon Collection has been rated for Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch

#NewEcco
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Multiple Ecco the Dolphin Games Are Now In Active Development

New Ecco the Dolphin Site Opens for Games and Products

New Ecco the Dolphin games currently in development

Iconic underwater adventurer Ecco the Dolphin is coming back, some 35 years since he first saved the oceans

#InazumaElevenVictoryRoadS
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Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Sequel Announced

Work Already Underway on Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road's Sequel

Level-5 CEO Says He's Already Started Work On The Next Inazuma Eleven Game

Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Sequel Confirmed by Level-5 CEO

#TheRoleSwappingTheCoolest
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Deadpool Just Looks Perfect in Marvel Rivals on PS5

Marvel Rivals’ Deadpool Is A Triple Threat

Deadpool is joining Marvel Rivals later this week, and he can pretty much do anything he wants

The Coolest Thing About Deadpool In Marvel Rivals Isn’t The Role Swapping

#FarCry
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Ubisoft Layoffs Strike Again, Reported At Abu Dhabi Studio

Ubisoft reportedly cuts jobs at Abu Dhabi studio as company-wide layoffs continue to hit staff

Ubisoft confirms 29 jobs lost at Abu Dhabi mobile studio

Update: Ubisoft confirms layoffs at Abu Dhabi studio

#GamesWorkshop
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Games Workshop ban staff from using genAI in Warhammer, saying they're not “excited about it yet”

Games Workshop Prohibits AI in Content Creation and Design

Games Workshop says its senior managers aren't excited about AI, prohibits its use and laments that it's 'included on our phones or laptops whether we like it or not'

#GameTrial
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Madden NFL 26 is North America’s next Nintendo Switch Online Game Trial

US: The latest Game Trial is Madden NFL 26

Madden NFL 26 Is Free On Switch 2 Starting Tomorrow, But Only For A Limited Time

#Playstation
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Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox give update on shared commitment to safer gaming

Sony, Xbox, Nintendo Publish Shared Statement on Player Safety in Games

Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox update their 2020 pledge to "improve player safety across our platforms"

#MetaOfficiallyShutsDownSe
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Meta Officially Shuts Down Several VR Studios

Meta closes three VR studios following 10% cut to Reality Labs metaverse division

Meta Shuts 3 VR Studios and Lays Off Hundreds of Devs as It Pivots From Virtual Reality and the Metaverse to AI

#RockstarGamesOpens
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Rockstar Games Opens Official Mod Marketplace Where Creators Can Share and Sell Their Creations

Rockstar Games launches an official mod marketplace

Rockstar Launches Official User-Generated Content Marketplace For Mods

#TheWholeFalloutThingIsAMy
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Fallout veteran Ron Perlman says he was paid "40 dollars and a sandwich" for his voiceover work in the original game

Ron Perlman says he did the Fallout intro for $40 and a sandwich, he's never played it, and he's not interested in trying: 'The whole Fallout thing is a mystery to me'

'The Whole Fallout Thing Is a Mystery to Me' — Ron Perlman Jokes He Was Paid '$40 and a Sandwich' to Record Iconic 'War Never Changes' Intro for Fallout 1

#ArcRaiders
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Arc Raiders and Detroit: Become Human top sellers over the holiday period, say analysts

'For those who have acrophobia': Arc Raiders players have discovered a way to snag one of the hardest achievements without having to wrangle a live Rocketeer

ARC Raiders Review

#PlaystationPlusExtraAndPr
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PS Plus Extra, Premium January Games Include Only 1 Classic

PS Plus Extra, Premium Users Pleased With January Games Leak

January 2026 PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium Games Announced

9 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for January 2026 Announced

PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for January 2026 Leaked

Here are our PS Plus Extra and Premium games for January

Multiple PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium titles for January have leaked

#ThaemineExtreme
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Lost Ark’s Thaemine Extreme patch is here with a new limited-time raid and gobs of class balancing

Lost Ark Adds Thaemine Extreme Event Raid, New Lore-Based Collectible, and Brings Back Guardian's Call

Lost Ark January Update Releasing January 14

#Hazelight
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Josef Fares Says EA Is Unfairly Cast as Gaming’s Villain

Hazelight Founder Josef Fares On EA: "Let's Be Honest, There's Not A Publisher In The World That Hasn't F****d Up"

Split Fiction and It Takes Two director Josef Fares doesn't see AI "taking over", but admits "who knows what happens in the future"

EA gets "more **** than they deserve", says Split Fiction director Josef Fares

#ProjektRed
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What's next for GOG? Publishing games, maybe, but its new owner isn't in any rush

"I'm not afraid of risk" - A newly independent GOG eyes indie game publishing, something it couldn't do under CD Projekt Red

#SystemShock
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As if making the System Shock remake wasn't tough enough, someone apparently called the FBI on Nightdive during development

System Shock remake studio was 'reported to the FBI' during its troubled development and is still "amazed it ever came out"

#SteamMachineVerified
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Valve stress again that there'll be more Steam Machine Verified games than Steam Deck ones, with "fewer constraints" in their testing programme

Steam Machine Verified games are incoming, but they'll be very different to Steam Deck Verified