Video Game News 9/5/2026

#TheLegendOfZeldas
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Nintendo confirms 2 Nintendo Directs, including Zelda 40th Anniversary

September 2026 Switch 2 and Legend of Zelda Nintendo Directs Scheduled

Nintendo Announces Two Directs For Next Week, Including A Zelda 40th Anniversary Stream

What we expect from The Legend of Zelda's 40th anniversary Nintendo Direct

Nintendo Announces Two Directs For Next Week, 8th & 9th September 2026

Zelda 40th anniversary Direct on 8th September and Nintendo Direct 9th

Next week, for the first time ever, Nintendo is hosting two Directs back-to-back - and the first one is dedicated to The Legend of Zelda's 40th anniversary

Nintendo Confirms 2 Nintendo Direct Broadcasts for Next Week, Including a Dedicated Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Broadcast

#OnimushaWayOfTheSword
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Onimusha: Way of the Sword launch trailer – Capcom revitalizes Onimusha with new action game on Nintendo Switch 2

Onimusha: Way of the Sword is Out Now

Onimusha: Way Of The Sword Is The Samurai Comeback We’ve Been Waiting For

Capcom Revives Onimusha After 20 Years With Way of the Sword on Steam

Sick of grinding for upgrade materials like leather and iron in Onimusha: Way of the Sword? Good news: you can buy a lot of them

Onimusha: Way of the Sword Gets a Launch Day Discount at Fanatical

#XboxCloudGaming
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The cloud gaming dream is dying - XBOX places limits on XBOX Cloud Gaming

Xbox will impose a cap on cloud gaming hours for Game Pass subscribers starting in November

Xbox Puts Cloud Gaming on the Clock — and Starts Selling Hours

Xbox places monthly time limits to its paid cloud gaming service, insists only a fraction of players will be impacted

Xbox adds monthly cloud limits to Game Pass as it "continues to invest in its reliability and performance"

#FinalFantasy7Revelation
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The physical edition of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation needs to download extra game data on all formats

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation’s Physical Edition Requires Mandatory Download on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is getting a physical version, but it will require an internet connection to download

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Physical Edition Still Requires Digital Download

#Xcom2
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Classic games and cheap tricks

Review: Star Wars Zero Company (PS5) - A Perfect Pairing of Licence and Genre Imperfectly Executed

Strategically making Star Wars Zero Company, ft. Greg Foertsch

Star Wars Zero Company: The Kotaku Review

#TheGrimmReapress
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The Grimm Reapress and the Drearytale Monster announced for western release on Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch

NISA Reveals Astonishia Story and The Grimm Reapress and the Drearytale Monster

The Grimm Reapress and the Drearytale Announced At PAX West

The Grimm Reapress and the Drearytale Monster Revealed

#ReedpopAndPennyArcade
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PAX Unplugged Houston brings tabletop expo to Texas in 2027

PAX Unplugged Houston to debut in June 2027: "It's a chance to bring PAX back to the PAX South fans that missed us"

PAX Is Officially Coming to the 'Dork Population' Capital of Texas With New Tabletop Show

PAX Unplugged Houston Debuting June 2027

#RpgExodus
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Playing Mass Effect-inspired RPG Exodus was an uncomfortably familiar space trip, despite some brilliant zero-G fights

Preview: Exodus on PS5 Could Be the Mass Effect Replacement I've Been Waiting For

Playing Mass Effect spiritual successor Exodus was the best kind of surprise

Exodus Plays Exactly How a New Mass Effect Should | IGN Hands-on Preview

How Explicit Are the Sex Scenes in Exodus? It Sounds Like Mass Effect Fans Will Find Them Familiar

#RockstarGames
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Miami-Dade police outraged by proposals to turn parts of Miami into GTA 6, saying that Rockstar's game embodies what they "work every single day to prevent"

'Grand Theft Auto is a videogame franchise built around criminal activity': Miami-Dade County Sheriff comes out hard against a proposed GTA 6 collab with Rockstar

Miami Sheriff Slams GTA 6 For Glorifying Crimes They ‘Work Every Single Day To Prevent’ In Clash Over Turning Miami Into Vice City

#Iceblade
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Warframe TennoVIP livestream unveils details of major update Iceblade of Narin

Digital Extremes Shares First Look At Warframe’s Upcoming Six-Player Squad Missions

Warframe’s Iceblade of Narin Update Arrives September 23 With a New Frame and Six-Player Missions

#TheSeedsFallIsSortOf
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CygamesEdge Announces Where the Seeds Fall

Where the Seeds Fall Is Sort of the Inverse of Those Viral Vertical Rage Games

CygamesEdge Debuts With Where the Seeds Fall This November

#DlssNeuralRendering
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NVIDIA DLSS 5 Hits NBA 2K27, Delivering a Real Jump to Photorealism

DLSS 5 is called 'DLSS Neural Rendering' in the NBA 2K27 graphics options, and I think I smell a rebrand of Nvidia's controversial graphics tech

DLSS 5 Will Be Coming to Older Graphics Cards After All

#BlizzardLaunchesNewStarcr
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A new Starcraft game at Blizzcon seems almost certain now - but what will it be?

StarCraft’s Return: A Timeline Of The Rumors And Clues So Far

Blizzard Launches New StarCraft ARG Teaser Amid IP Handover Rumors

#GetGladiusLegendaryShorts
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Should you let Anca finish the Leonica's ritual at the convent in The Blood of Dawnwalker?

The Blood of Dawnwalker: How to Get Gladius Legendary Shortsword

The Blood of Dawnwalker: Anca Romance Guide

Anne Rice’s Vampires Comment On My First 7 Hours Of The Blood Of Dawnwalker

#TetrisDistancesItselfFrom
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Tetris Maker Officially Responds to White House's Hateful Tetris Clone

The White House launches online 'arcade' with its own takes on Tetris and other popular games, and it's as rotten as you'd expect

Tetris Distances Itself From Racist White House Clone: ‘We Take Copyright Infringement Very Seriously’

Trump Puts Racist Arcade Games On The White House Website

#LegoSkylines
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Lego Skylines' devs want your city's problems to be visible without digging into a stats screen, which means finding a "family friendly" version of showing homelessness

Lego Skylines Hands-On Preview: It’s a Cozy, More Relaxing City-Builder

#DragonBallLegends
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DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 3 gets a new character transformation focused trailer

Dragon Ball Legends best teams and combinations

#FinalFantasyViiRevelation
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FINAL FANTASY VII REVELATION arrives April 8, 2027 - will be getting two DLC expansions

Final Fantasy VII Remake Trilogy Is Getting A "Complete Edition" In Japan, And It Costs A Small Fortune

#EarlyAccess
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NHL 27 Early Access and 10 Hour Trial Available Today

NHL 27 EA Play Trial Is Live with New 32-Team Connected Franchise Mode

#Tcg
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CookieRun: Braverse expands offerings for the TCG and opens pre-registration for Roblox experience

CookieRun: Braverse TCG Launching in Europe January 2027

#September
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Daily free Monopoly Go dice links (September 2026)

Monopoly Go Free Rolls – 4th September 2026 Links

#StrangerThanHeavenDev
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Stranger Than Heaven Hits Over 1 Million Wishlists

Stranger Than Heaven dev says it isn't using AI to bring back Tupac, it's treating him with the "biggest respect possible"

#NisAmerica
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Astonishia Story remake revealed for Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch

Astonishia Story Launches February 11, 2027

#WoLong2
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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Complete Edition review for Nintendo Switch 2

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Crosses 8 Million Players Worldwide Following Nintendo Switch 2 Release

#Switch2
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Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance Drops Exciting Breakdown of the Dual Blades’ Boosted Actions

Video: Monster Hunter Wilds Gets A New Trailer For Its "Massive Expansion"