Video Game News 1/31/2026

#BeyondGoodAndEvil
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Beyond Good & Evil 2 director confirms team are "unaffected" by Ubisoft cuts, "remain committed" to the game

Director assures Ubisoft ‘remains committed’ to Beyond Good & Evil 2, despite recent upheaval

Beyond Good & Evil 2 Director Passes Comment on Ubisoft's Major Reshuffle

Beyond Good and Evil 2 director says Ubisoft is committed to its launch despite reorganization

Beyond Good & Evil 2 creative director says team delivering a “remarkable” game

Beyond Good and Evil 2 somehow survives the bloodbath at Ubisoft: creative director says he's 'saddened' by the layoffs and cancellations, but the 19-year project is 'unaffected'

'We Remain Committed and Focused': Beyond Good & Evil 2 Creative Director Gives First Statement Since Ubisoft Reorganization

#Switch2
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Nintendo comments on Dispatch’s Nintendo Switch 2 censorship

Dispatch dev puts out lengthy statement about Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 versions, planning update to restore censored content

Nintendo issues statement on Switch 2 and Switch’s Dispatch censorship

Nintendo Responds To Dispatch Switch Censorship With Official Statement

Nintendo comments on Dispatch's Switch censorship

Dispatch nipple gate continues: Seems AdHoc Studio is to blame for Nintendo Switch 2 censorship

Dispatch censored on Switch and Switch 2

Nintendo Responds to Switch Game Censorship That Left Dispatch's Nudity Permanently Covered With Black Boxes

#TheSwitch2
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Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties is getting a day one patch to ensure sunny Okinawa looks less deep fried

Yakuza Kiwami 3 studio says the full game won’t have the graphical issues being reported in the demo

Nintendo Switch 2 could get more Yakuza games based on fan interest, RGG Studio wanted to port Yakuza 3 & Dark Ties “no matter what”

Yakuza Kiwami 3's Dodgy Visuals Will Be Fixed in a Launch Day Patch

Yakuza Kiwami 3 Will Get Day 1 Graphics Patch

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Dev Acknowledges Demo's "Graphical Issues", Launch Update Planned

#Google
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Google rolls out prototype of Project Genie, an AI tool which generates playable worlds

Google's 'Project Genie' Is Basically A Huge Plagiarism Tool, So When Will Nintendo's Legal Ninjas Strike?

Google’s Project Genie 3 generates playable game worlds, raising questions for future of game development

Google releases Project Genie AI tool for creating "playable worlds" that can feature copyrighted IP

Google AI Project Genie Allows You to Create Playable Worlds From Prompts, So of Course It's Been Used to Rip Off Nintendo Games Like Mario and Zelda

#AngelsOfDelusionToNewErid
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Zenless Zone Zero version 2.6 update will bring the idol group Angels of Delusion to New Eridu

Angels of Delusion Debut, Fight, & Need Your Help in Zenless Zone Zero 2.6 'Encore for an Old Dream'

The Proxies Finally Return Home To Sixth Street In Zenless Zone Zero's Version 2.6 Update

Zenless Zone Zero Version 2.6 Brings Two New Agents and More in February

Zenelss Zone Zero Version 2.6 has you playing as an event planner and social media manager for an idol group

#ApexLegendsSeason29
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Apex Legends is shutting down on Nintendo Switch

Apex Legends Will End Service For Nintendo Switch

Apex Legends Nintendo Switch version ends service in August

Apex Legends For Switch Shutting Down This Year, But Switch 2 Edition Lives On

Apex Legends end Nintendo Switch support this summer

#FinalFantasyVii2013Editio
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Square Enix Announces A New Version of Final Fantasy VII

Steam Is Getting A New Final Fantasy 7 Experience

Final Fantasy Classics Go DRM-Free on GOG, Gamers React With Pure Joy

Japanese Charts: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Emerges Victorious In A Quiet Week

#Vein2
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Code Vein 2 Achievements Guide

How to upgrade Jails in Code Vein 2

Does Code Vein 2 have multiplayer?

Code Vein 2 Endings Guide - How To Get All 3 Endings

All Code Vein 2 Hot Spring Locations

Code Vein 2 Review - Second Bite

Code Vein 2 interactive map

How to beat Franz the Dejected Assailant in Code Vein 2

#Fallout4
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PSA: There's a free Fallout 4 mod for that Fallout Show NCR power armour Bethesda are charging $30 for as DLC

NCR Power Armor From the Fallout TV Show Makes Its Way Into Fallout 76 — but You'll Need to Spend $30 to Use It

Fallout 76 Cashes In On Season 2 Hype With $30 NCR Power Armor

#EpicGames
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Epic CEO Criticizes Steam’s 30% Fee As Valve Faces Major UK Lawsuit

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has stirred the Steam pot again, calling out Valve's "30% junk fee"

Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney voices support for $900 million Steam lawsuit: 'Valve is the only major store still holding onto the payments tie and 30% junk fee'

#CelebrateOkami
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Celebrate Okami’s 20th Anniversary With A Teaser Site By Capcom

New Website Celebrates Okami's 20th Anniversary as Work Continues on Sequel

Okami’s 20th anniversary site is now live

#TomodachiLifeLivingTheDre
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Nintendo Detailed Image Restrictions for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream

Poll: So, Will You Be Getting Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream For Switch?

Incels are having a mental breakdown over Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream localization giving the US version colorful hair

#WorldHeavyweightChampionC
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WWE 2K26 features a journey through CM Punk's career

WWE 2K26 Revealed: CM Punk Headlines A Massive Sequel

CM Punk Is The WWE 2K26 Cover Athlete

#ClassicWorldOfWarcraft
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World of Warcraft's getting a prop hunt mode, so you can pretend to be a chair during breaks from Midnight's voidpocalypse

Blizzard teases something special for Classic World of Warcraft, as the community debates new ideas

#OpenGamingCollective
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CachyOS founder explains why they didn't join the new Open Gaming Collective (OGC)

CachyOS founder explains why they didn’t join Linux gaming collective

#BazziteLinux
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GPD release their own statement on the confusion with Bazzite Linux support

GPD absolved of Bazzite confusion as everyone makes up

#SummonersWars
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Summoners War's hotly anticipated collaboration with the legendary Lord of the Rings is now live

Summoners War X The Lord of the Rings Collaboration Update Live

#TheEpicGamesStore
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Faily Brakes 2 is the fast-paced, crash-happy freebie on the Epic Games Store this week

Epic Games Store offering up a free mobile game this week – here’s what you can nab

#ChromaticBeingsEverbright
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Infinity Nikki's version 2.2 update takes you to the Wanxiang Realm

Infinity Nikki ushers in the Year of the Horse with... a deer-themed Version 2.2

#OctopathTraveler
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Octopath Traveler 0 update out now, patch notes – performance improvements and more

Octopath Traveler 0 Review – A Game I Admire, Even When It Pushes Me Away

#RpgMusicalPeopleOfNote
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Turn-based RPG musical People of Note announced for Nintendo Switch 2

People of Note Reveals Full Voice Cast and Confirms Nintendo Switch 2 Release

#EyesMajorAcquisition
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GameStop Eyes Major Acquisition as Ryan Cohen Plots Radical Company Transformation

GameStop wants to conduct 'major acquisition' of a public company

#DeveloperSentimentTurnsAg
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Developer Sentiment Turns Against Generative AI, According to New GDC Survey

Developers Hate AI, Want Unions, And Are Abandoning Xbox According To This New Survey

#Portal
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Rumored New PS Portal’s Release Date Window Leaked

Rumour: PS Portal OLED Version Coming This Year

#Playstation
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Action RPG Genigods: Nezha Announced, Out In 2028

PlayStation Reveals GeniGods: Nezha Trailer, A New PS5 Action RPG Based on Chinese Myth