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Video Game News 5/8/2026

#Switch2
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Star Fox 64 Remake Officially Coming to Switch 2 in June
Video: Here's How Star Fox On Switch 2 Compares To The N64 Original
Talking Point: Star Fox Old Vs. New Designs Compared - Which Do You Prefer?
Reaction: Nintendo Hits The Rewind Button On Star Fox, Again, And I'm Here For It, Again
Guide: Where To Pre-Order Star Fox For Nintendo Switch 2
PSA: You Can Play Star Fox's Switch 2 Game With A Nintendo 64 Controller
Nintendo Reveals Star Fox GameChat Character Avatars And AR Filters
Dogfights Return In Star Fox's New Online Battle Mode, GameShare Support Detailed
Star Fox Remake – Nintendo Switch 2 (2026 Main Theme)
The Star Fox crew flies onto Switch 2 this June
Star Fox Announced For Switch 2
Star Fox's original artist reckons Fox McCloud's design is better in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie than it is in the Switch 2 game
Star Fox’s original artist prefers movie Fox McCloud design to the new one
Star Fox on Nintendo Switch 2 will be $50 for digital and $60 for physical
Star Fox's controversial redesign already has fans divided
Nintendo's Star Fox reveal backs up Zelda Ocarina of Time remake rumors
Star Fox Launches June 25 on Nintendo Switch 2
Star Fox’s original artist comments on Nintendo Switch 2 game’s character designs
Star Fox for Nintendo Switch 2 Is Up for Preorder
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Star Fox Is Back, So What's Nintendo's Excuse For Other Abandoned Franchises?
Star Fox On Switch 2 Isn't Just A Retread, It's A Fresh Start
Star Fox Needs Aura And It’s Missing From The New Game

#LimitResellerActivityStea
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Valve announce a reservation system for the new Steam Controller
Steam Controller Reservations Begin on May 8th, as Valve Looks to “Limit Reseller Activity”
How to reserve a Steam Controller
Still hoping to snag a Steam Controller after it sold out? You'll have to literally join a queue to get one
Steam Controller Reservations Open Tomorrow, Giving You Another Chance To Get Your Hands On Valve's Controller
Miss Out On The Steam Controller? More Are Coming May 8
Steam Controller Will Be Restocked Soon And Valve Has A Plan To Stop Resellers From Buying Everything Up

#Atari
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Atari acquires the rights to the classic Legendary Wizardry RPGs 1-5
Atari Doesn’t Own Wizardry Game IP, Drecom Clarifies
Atari Acquires The Rights To The 'Wizardry' RPG Series
Atari acquires the rights to five Wizardry titles
Atari acquires Wizardry IP from Drecom
Atari announces it has acquired rights to the first five Wizardry games
Who owns the Wizardry RPGs? We do, say both Drecom and Atari as an unusual IP acquisition splits custody of the genre-forming series

#DetaisStory
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Stranger Than Heaven Launches ‘This Winter’
Stranger Than Heaven – RGG Studio’s Wildest Gamble Yet?
STRANGER THAN HEAVEN Revealed in Xbox Showcase
Yakuza and Like a Dragon developer RGG Studio finally gives Stranger Than Heaven a release window
Stranger Than Heaven Drops Tons Of New Details, Out This Winter
Stranger Than Heaven Reveals Story, Cast, Combat, and Snoop Dogg Theme Song
Stranger Than Heaven Xbox Presents Broadcast Detais Story and Cast

#OnimushaWayOfTheSword
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Pragmata Has Hit A New Sales Milestone In Just 16 Days
Pragmata Sales Surpass Two Million Units In 16 Days
Pragmata Success Continues, Now at Two Million Copies Sold
Capcom marks 2 million sales of Pragmata with another drawing by Diana
Pragmata sales have surpassed two million in just 16 days
Capcom's New Original Game, Pragmata, Just Did Something Very Impressive
PRAGMATA Sees More Than 2 Million Sales

#BatmanForeverSong
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LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Launch Trailer is Full of Villains, Tributes, and Seal
LEGO Batman's PS5 Launch Trailer Is Stuffed with References, Right Down to the Music
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight includes some incredibly deep - and very funny - cuts from the series' history
New LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight launch trailer
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Launch Trailer Features Seal's Iconic Batman Forever Song, Kiss from a Rose
New Lego Batman Trailer Uses The Perfect Song To Get Me Freakin’ Pumped For Launch

#BakingInAssumptions
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Crimson Desert Lacks Roadmap Because Pearl Abyss Isn’t “Baking in Assumptions” About Players’ Wants
Crimson Desert Dev Explains Why Not Being AAA is a Major Advantage
How to tame the Hyacinth Macaw in Crimson Desert
What to do with Crude Gold Bars in Crimson Desert
How to find the Legendary Mountain God Boar in Crimson Desert
Crimson Desert Dev Explains How It's Able to Update the Game So Fast, and Why There's No Content Roadmap

#Games
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The Daily Grind: Are you enthused about CCP Games’ ownership pivot and rebrand?
Hilmar Rebrands CCP as Fenris Creations, Says Everything is Great, Demands You Call Him “FC” Now
Eve Online studio CCP Games is rebranding following its split from Crimson Desert’s Pearl Abyss
CCP Games rebrands as Fenris Creations following sale from Pearl Abyss
CCP Games is rebranding as Fenris Creations while returning to partial self-ownership

#TheWorldOfDarkness
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Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Rageborn Announced by Session: Skate Sim Studio, Out in 2027
Session: Skate Sim Dev Reveals Shapeshifting Werewolf PS5 Game
The World of Darkness grows bigger with a first look at Hunter: The Reckoning - Deathwish and a Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Rageborn reveal
Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Rageborn announced for Nintendo Switch 2

#Mina
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Mina the Hollower Release Date Falls in May 2026
Mina the Hollower release date confirmed for May 29
Pixelated Zelda-like Mina the Hollower lands its "final" release date
Yacht Club Games "make-or-break" moment Mina the Hollower gets a May release date

#ARebootOn
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Steins;Gate Re:Boot Remake Arrives in August
Steins;Gate Is Getting Another Remake On Switch 1 & 2 This August
STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT Will Force Us to Curse That Goddamn Semi-Colon All Over Again on PS5, PS4
Steins;Gate Is Getting a ‘ReBoot’ on 6 Platforms Including Nintendo Switch 2 This August

#Mixtape
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Mixtape's Licensed Soundtrack Justifies Lack of Streamer Mode
Mixtape doesn't have a Streamer Mode because the game was designed around the songs
Mixtape studio says the game has no streamer mode because its licensed music is its ‘soul’
Mixtape Dev Explains Why the Game Doesn’t Have a Streamer Mode

#Xenomorphs
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Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 Goes Bigger in 4-Player Co-Op PS5 Sequel
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is coming this summer, now with more marines and a 'massive variety of new xenomorphs' to slice 'em up
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 announced for summer 2026
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 Announced for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S

#GetMassiveEndgameOverhaul
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Path of Exile 2 to Get Massive Endgame Overhaul
Path of Exile 2 aims for a full 1.0 release this year, but not all of the promised character classes will make it
Path of Exile 2's complete endgame redesign is great for everyone, especially newcomers
Here's What's Coming In Path of Exile 2's Huge 0.5.0 Patch, With A New Campaign, Endgame Revamps, In-Game Build Guide And More
Massive Endgame Overhauls Are Coming To Path of Exile 2's Next Patch, With Revamped Atlas, Mechanics And Storylines
Path of Exile 2 Will Get Full 1.0 Release After ExileCon, After Its Next And Final Content Patch
Path of Exile 2's 'Return of the Ancients' update improves the endgame
Path of Exile 2 release date coming soon as early access gets final patch

#CivilizationVii
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Civilization VII "Test of Time" update lands May 19, finally letting you play entirely as one civ
Civilization VII looks to revamp a lacklustre launch with Test of Time update, but is it coming to mobile?
Civilization 7 devs Firaxis finally slap a release date on the Test of Time update, acting on "over a year's worth of listening" to moans about the Age system

#Assassin
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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced’s Accessibility Options Include Unlimited O2, QTE Skips and More
AC Black Flag Remake Basically Lets You Become Aquaman
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Is Getting Overhauled With Tons Of Modern Accessibility Features

#NintendoDownload
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Nintendo Download: 7th May (North America)
Nintendo Download for 7th May, 2026
Nintendo Download – May 7, 2026 (North America) – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Mixtape, more

#GearboxStudioQuebec
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Gearbox Studio Quebec founders start new studio
Former Gearbox Québec Leadership Have Founded Studio Ricochet, The New Independent Developer Aims to Create Original and Premium Games
Founders of Gearbox Quebec announce new studio to "create original, premium games on our own terms"

#Vault
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GameStop-eBay saga gets weirder: CEO says he was suspended from eBay for selling stuff on eBay 'to pay for eBay'
GameStop CEO's plan to take over eBay has become a clown show
GameStop CEO Accused Of Auctioning Off History From The Game Informer Vault As Part Of His eBay Acquisition Stunt

#ParanormalActivityThresho
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Paranormal Activity: Threshold has been canceled
New Paranormal Activity Game from The Mortuary Assistant Developer Has Been Cancelled
Paranormal Activity Game Canceled Because Paramount Wouldn't Give Its Devs More Time

#Mixtape
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Mixtape Review — Stacey & Van & Cass’ Finite Playlist
Mixtape Review
Mixtape: The Kotaku Review

#ProjectEthos
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Developer Behind 2K's Project Ethos Suffers Layoffs, but Take-Two Is Sticking With the Game
2K lays off staff working on free-to-play shooter Project Ethos, while hinting at "new direction and focus"
Project Ethos, The New 2K Shooter, Undergoes Changes As Dev Lays Off Staff

#TheWaterWarsDlc
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No, Dune Awakening’s Polar Cap map isn’t coming with the Water Wars DLC, but here’s a lil teaser
Dune: Awakening Teases New Polar Cap Endgame Map With New Mechanics
Funcom says Dune: Awakening’s Polar Cap map is not part of Water Wars

#ChronoOdyssey
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Chrono Odyssey showcases its matrix progression system, NPC helpers, and monster lewks
Chrono Odyssey Reveals Matrix Progression System, Supporters, and Monster Equipment
Chrono Odyssey devs outline combat and progression changes ahead of its 2027 launch

#ThroneAndLiberty
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Throne and Liberty teases the arrival of The Frozen Divide update soonℱ
Throne and Liberty Teases 'The Frozen Divide', Possible Next Expansion
Throne and Liberty teases The Frozen Divide, but details are still thin
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