Video Game News 8/20/2026

#HorizonHuntersGathering
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Sony are rebooting their live service Horizon game as a more traditional co-op affair, claim sources, with a proper Horizon Forbidden West sequel still years away

PlayStation co-op spin-off Horizon Hunters Gathering is reportedly being overhauled after poor testing feedback

Horizon Hunters Gathering Is Not Fun So PlayStation Plans To Reboot It

PlayStation Scaling Back Horizon Live Service PS5 Game as Sony Failures Continue

Sony's Is Reportedly Reworking Horizon Hunters Gathering By Removing Its Live Service Component

Horizon Hunters Gathering Being Rebooted, Live-Service Elements Removed

Horizon Hunters Gathering is reportedly no longer a live service game following negative feedback

Report: Live-service removed from Horizon Hunters Gathering following negative player feedback

Report: PlayStation scales back live service ambitions for Horizon Hunters Gathering, reassigns devs

Horizon Hunter Gathering Rumored To Be Reworked After Negative Feedback

Sony reportedly reverses course on live service co-op Horizon game after 'negative player feedback'

PlayStation Reportedly Reboots Horizon Multiplayer Spinoff Following Negative Feedback

Report: Sony Rebooting Live-Service Horizon After Bad Player Tests

#HarveySmith
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"Through the looking glass": as Arkane fight for their future, Dishonored veteran Harvey Smith reveals new studio dedicated to immersive sims

Dishonored’s Harvey Smith launches new studio with former Arkane staff to make immersive sims

Black Pony Immersive Is a New Game Studio Founded By Veterans Of Arkane Studios

Former Arkane Studios leads Harvey Smith & Ben Horne launch Black Pony Immersive game studio

"We chose the worst time in history" – Harvey Smith on starting his own studio after Arkane

Harvey Smith and fellow Arkane Austin veterans announce a new studio, Black Pony Immersive

Arkane Veterans Start New Studio Following XBOX Crisis

Dishonored co-creator Harvey Smith launches a new studio and it literally has the word 'Immersive' in the name

#StopKillingGames
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Latest alleged GTA 6 leak "risks tarnishing the reputation of our communities", say Stop Killing Games after hackers claim pro-consumer motivations

Stop Killing Games urges people not to support GTA 6 leakers, who declared "gamers' rights" their motive for action

Stop Killing Games distances itself from GTA 6 leak manifesto: 'Using illegal means to make a point is unacceptable to us'

GTA 6 Leak Forces Stop Killing Games Movement to Distance Itself From Hacker Manifesto

Stop Killing Games Condemns ‘Destructive’ GTA 6 Leakers: ‘Do Not Send These People Your Money’

#TheModernWarfare4
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 multiplayer trailer

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Trailer Reveals Multiplayer Gameplay Before PlayStation Early Access Beta Begins

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 multiplayer trailer

Want A Modern Warfare 4 Beta Code? Just Talk Trash

CoD: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Preload And PC Spec Requirements

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Gets Rid of Update Restarts, But Not for Everyone

Modern Warfare 4 Beta Reveals Multiplayer Matchmaking Plans, Will Continue to Use Divisive New Matchmaking System

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Will Fix Issues That Have Plagued the Series for the Better Part of a Decade

#Cost
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STALKER 2: Cost of Hope review: An expanded Zone that begs to be explored, even as its faction war fizzles

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope DLC Review – Return to the Zone

Stalker 2: Cost of Hope pushes The Zone to new heights

#Launching
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Launching PS6 and Xbox Helix at $1,000 could lead to a nearly 40% drop in sales over five years, analyst warns

$1,000 Next-Gen Consoles Could Tank PS6 and Xbox Helix Sales by Nearly 40%, Analysts Warn

Dire Forecast Predicts 39 Million Fewer Consoles Sold If PS6 And Xbox Helix Are $1,000

#PrettyCoolGames
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New UK indie studio Pretty Cool Games announced, led by former Human: Fall Flat devs

Human: Fall Flat veterans launch new UK studio Pretty Cool Games with funding from Arknights developer Hypergraph

Human: Fall Flat veterans launch new UK studio Pretty Cool Games

#HellraiserRevival
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Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival confirmed for Nintendo Switch 2

Inside the brutal puzzles of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival

Hellraiser: Revival Confirmed For Switch 2, Launching October 2026

#PlaystationPulseElevateWi
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PlayStation 5 Getting Handy New Accessory in November 2026

PlayStation Pulse Elevate Wireless Speakers Launch November 12

(For Southeast Asia) Pulse Elevate wireless speakers launch November 12, 2026

#TheBindingOfIsaacRepentan
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The Binding of Isaac: Repentance + Online Launches on GTA VI Release Day

The Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ Online Is the Only Game Brave Enough to Launch the Same Day as GTA 6

The next Binding of Isaac game is going up against Grand Theft Auto 6

#SteamEarlyAccessStarsReac
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Stars Reach Enters Early Access on Steam

Stars Reach Arrives in Steam Early Access

Stars Reach Launches In Early Access To Split Feelings

#CastlevaniaGrimoireOfSoul
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Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls set to close service in autumn

Konami's Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls to be taken offline next month

#Reloaded
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SiN Reloaded from Nightdive arrives September 24

SiN: Reloaded Launching September 24

#TheWildGentlemen
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RetroSpace will bring disco-punk space horror on October 1

Immersive sim Retrospace, aka '70s System Shock, gets an October release date plus a trailer full of funky guns and sentient black holes

#CyberCycles
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Namco’s early polygonal arcade racer Cyber Cycles is getting a home port for the first time ever

If You Ever Wanted Ridge Racer on Motorcycles, This 1995 Namco Game Is Coming Back

#Xbox
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Xbox and Ikea are teasing a furniture collaboration

Xbox and IKEA are teasing gaming furniture together – please let it be called the ÄKSBOXX

#ThePondIsNotEnough
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The James Pond Legacy: The Pond Is Not Enough announced for Nintendo Switch 2

James Pond: RoboCod, my favourite Amiga game, is getting a limited physical Switch 2 release

#Top
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Top 10 Defensemen By OVR in NHL 27

EA Announces The 99 Club For NHL

#MelodyOfMemoryTheRoad
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Kingdom Hearts Art Museum Trading Cards Return in 2026

The road to Kingdom Hearts 4 goes through Melody of Memory

#OpeningNightLive
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Joe Madureira And Airship Syndicate To Reveal Dust: Origins At Opening Night Live in Cologne

We’ll Finally Get To Learn More About Ananta During Gamescom Opening Night Live

#GranTurismo
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A field guide to Gran Turismo 7’s 1.71 update, out today

Gran Turismo 7 Bolstered by Another 4 Cars in PS5 Update 1.71

#Horizon3
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'Tiny Team' Working on Next Horizon Single Player Game, Years Away from Release

Horizon 3 Only Has a 'Tiny Team' Working on It at Guerrilla, Reportedly Still Years Away

#RockstarGta6
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GTA 6 Gameplay Leaks Continue as Group Makes Demands of Rockstar

GTA 6 gameplay footage and map appear to leak online, as group seemingly responsible makes demands of Rockstar

#EclipseGlowGames
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Preview: 6 Ways PS5's Tides of Annihilation Blew Me Away After 2 Hours of Play

Tides of Annihilation Is a Stylish King Arthur-Inspired Slash ‘Em Up that Balances Spectacle with Substance | IGN Preview

#FirstLegacySeason
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Fallout 76's First Legacy Season, 'The Slasher' Arrives September 15th With A Few New Rewards

Fallout 76's new Slasher update is "a first of its kind"