Video Game News 9/17/2026

#WingsOfEmber
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Koei Tecmo's Dark Fantasy Action RPG Sequel Locks In A Switch 2 Release Date

Wo Long 2 Is Coming In March 2027 – But You Can Try It Now!

Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember Gets March 2027 Release Date

Try Team Ninja's Next PS5 Action RPG, Wo Long 2, Six Months Early with New Playable Demo

You can play a sizeable demo of Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember right now, getting you ready for its March 2027 release date

Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember isn't just a sequel - it's a culmination of everything Team Ninja has learned from Nioh, Ninja Gaiden, and Dead or Alive

Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember launches March 4, 2027, demo live today

Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember has a demo out, as Koei Tecmo carve an early 2027 release date into some hulking demons from Chinese mythology

Video: Here’s a look at the Wo Long 2 alpha demo, which is available today to mark its release date announcement

Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember Arrives In March 2027

Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember Launches March 4, 2027

Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember Gets Release Date, Demo Available Now

#RocketBoy
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MindsEye Studio May Die with a Whimper After One Last Layoff Wave

Report: MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy seemingly closing after more layoffs

MindsEye studio Build A Rocket Boy appear to be making fresh redundancies, as one staffer says he's "helping wrap things up here in the HR department"

MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy may be closing down, according to reports

MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy may finally be closing

MindsEye developers report new round of layoffs at Build A Rocket Boy

MindsEye Developers Say They've Been Laid Off Amid Questions Over Build a Rocket Boy's Future

#FortunesWeave
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Review: Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Is a Massive Epic

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Gets A Day One Update, Here Are The Patch Notes

Round Up: The Reviews For Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Are In

Review: Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave (Switch 2) - Dense, Delightful Strategy Overstuffed With Heroes

Nintendo Explains Why Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Has Just "A Single Save File"

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Review

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave review

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave review: A battle for all time

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Review — A Wish Come True

Review: Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave

Nintendo explains why Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave features a single save file

You can now save $10 on a physical copy of Metroid Ravenous for Nintendo Switch 2

Meccha Chameleon 4.1.1 update out now, patch notes

Save $10 on Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave for Nintendo Switch 2

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Review

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Developers Explain Why You Only Need 1 Save File — and That The Game Originally Had 8 Protagonists

Metroid Ravenous Logo Memes Make Phrases Like “Girl Dinner” And “They Took My Ass” Look So Metal

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave’s Fantastic Reviews Have Me Feeling FOMO

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Reviews Praise Tactical Combat, Warn Of Exhaustingly Long Runtime And Pacing Issues

#Rpg
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Review: Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter (PS5) - Quite Possibly One of the Best RPG Sequels Ever Made

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter review: The next one

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Review — An Incredible Second Wind

I've been waiting all year for the 2nd Chapter to last year's best JRPG remake—it did not disappoint

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter has one of the creepiest JRPG monsters I've encountered

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter review for Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch

Trails In The Sky 2nd Chapter Review

Trails In The Sky 2nd Chapter: The Kotaku Review

#TokyoGameShow2026
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Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance Adds Teostra, Set Years After the Base Game’s Story

Teostra Returns as Monster Hunter Wilds Ascendance Elder Dragon

Monster Hunter Wilds will soon stop charging players to edit their characters as Capcom scraps the game's worst microtransaction

Capcom teases return of Teostra in Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance

Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance reveals Teostra, gameplay improvements

Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance Brings Back Teostra

#Dogma
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Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Trailer Teases Greater Threats and a Returning Boss

Vtuber Mint Fantome Among Dragon’s Dogma 2 Dark Arisen Official Pawns

Dragon's Dogma 2 Fans Will Froth at the Mouth with This New Look at Dark Arisen

New Dragon’s Dogma 2 Dark Arisen trailer

Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Trailer Shows Norgan and New Enemies

#SonicRacing
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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Is Keeping the Free Characters Coming, With Bayonetta Up First in Year Two

Sonic Racing's First Free Character Update Of 'Year Two' Is Bayonetta

Bayonetta Will Join Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds in a Free Update 'Soon' on PS5, PS4

Sega confirms that Sonic Racing CrossWorlds will still get free characters in Year Two, starting with Bayonetta

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Adds Bayonetta In Year 2

#TheIconicSeriesDebut
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Dragon Quest Franchise Surpasses 100 Million Units Sold

Dragon Quest Reaches 100 Million Total Sales, 40 Years on from the Iconic Series' Debut

Dragon Quest series crosses 100 million units sold

Dragon Quest franchises surpasses 100 million units sold

Dragon Quest Franchise Surpasses 100 Million Games Sold

#HyperLightDrifter
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Hyper Light Drifter developer on brink of shutdown after publisher deal falls through

Heart Machine Is At Risk Of Closing After A Bumpy Few Years

Hyper Light studio Heart Machine lays off 'nearly everyone' after publishing deal for unannounced game falls through

Studio Behind Hyper Light Drifter In Peril After Publisher Withdraws Funding for Unannounced Project

‘Nearly Everyone’ Laid Off As Hyper Light Drifter Studio Risks Closing: ‘I’m Not Sure Yet How Or If Heart Machine Survives’

#ProtoMan
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Mega Man: Dual Override Features 50+ Custom Chips, Three Areas Per Stage

Mega Man: Dual Override Proto Man and Stage Struncture Detailed

Proto Man Steals the Spotlight in New Mega Man Dual Override TGS Deep Dive

Pragmata getting Mega Man outfits as free DLC tomorrow

New Mega Man Dual Override trailer

Mega Man Comes to Pragmata in Free DLC Collaboration

#Fable
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Fable “Protected” From Xbox’s Mass Layoffs Because It’s “Vital to the Platform’s DNA”

Xbox's Fable reboot was allowed a 10-year development because the RPG series is "vital to the DNA of the platform", developer Playground Games says

Microsoft hasn't marched Fable to the guillotine because it's 'vital to the DNA' of Xbox, says the game's director

Fable Being “Vital To The DNA” Of Xbox Helped Shield The Game From Hardship, Director Says

#WolverinePlayersEpicXmen
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Marvel’s Wolverine Scores 78 on Metacritic, Insomniac’s Lowest in a Decade

Epic X-Men Villain Is Absolutely Terrorizing Marvel’s Wolverine Players

Marvel’s Wolverine Easter Eggs – Every X-Men and Marvel Reference We Found

Marvel's Wolverine Players Are Testing Its Motorcycle Sequence to See if Logan Can Die if You Don't Touch the Controller

#CompleteEditionBundlesDlc
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Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Complete Edition announced to release in October

SHOGUN 2 Complete Edition Bundles DLC and Major Upgrades

Total War: Shogun 2's Complete Edition adds 50 minor factions in return for breaking your mods, but fear not, players who stick to the old version will get legacy DLC for free

#LaunchScaleTestBeginsSept
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AION 2 Launch Scale Test Begins September 17

NC Announces AION 2 Open Launch Scale Test Starting Tomorrow, with Pre-Load Available Now

AION 2 Opens a Two-Day Server Test on September 17

#Classic
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WoW Forever: Making plans for an amazing Azeroth entrance

World of Warcraft: Forever beta launch times: How to sign up and play Blizzard's twist on WoW Classic

WoW: Forever Is More Than Classic+, It’s WoW 2

#AnnualDiceAwards
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Shinji Mikami to join AIAS Hall of Fame at 2026 DICE Awards

Shinji Mikami to be inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame later this week

Resident Evil Creator Shinji Mikami to Be Inducted Into D.I.C.E. Hall of Fame

#BlackOps7
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Call of Duty Developer Treyarch 'Ready to Make Something New' as It Waves Goodbye to 2 Years of Black Ops

Call Of Duty: Black Ops Dev Teases “Something That Nobody’s Ever Experienced Before”

Studio Behind Last Year’s Poorly Rated Call Of Duty Promises Something New As It Leaves Black Ops 7 Behind

#ResidentEvil
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Zach Cregger's Resident Evil Becomes the Highest Rated Videogame Adaptation Ever

'The best videogame movie' ever? The first reviews of Zach Cregger's Resident Evil adaptation are absolutely glowing

Resident Evil Director Zach Cregger Reveals His Pick to Play Lady Dimitrescu

Resident Evil Director Was In Horrible Pain Making The Movie

Resident Evil Is Now The Highest-Rated Gaming Movie Ever

Resident Evil Finally Captures The Breathless Terror Of The Games

Resident Evil Director On Who Should Play Lady Dimitrescu In A Resident Evil Village Movie

#Dawnwalker
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The Blood of Dawnwalker’s Sequel May Not Feature a Timer, Says Director

The Blood of Dawnwalker's controversial time mechanic won't necessarily be in a sequel, the game director says

#Townfall
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Silent Hill: Townfall’s Use of PS5 Features, DualSense Controller Detailed

Silent Hill: Townfall creators break down PS5 features, out September 24

#XboxDoesn
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Xbox Doesn’t “Have Any Changes to Announce” For Game Pass Following Rumor About Losing Day-One Games

Microsoft doesn't dismiss rumours a major Xbox Game Pass shake-up is on the way, which reportedly removes day-one game offerings entirely

#Gamecube
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Eternal Darkness Remaster Teased by Nightdive Studios

The head of Nightdive Studios appears to be teasing a remaster of GameCube cult classic Eternal Darkness

#Ps5
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PS5, PS5 Pro Update Enables Enhanced PSSR Image Quality by Default, Brings Community Activity Widget

This New Community Activity Widget Tells You What's Hot Right Now on PS5

#TwoPointMuseum
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Design Custom Mini-Coasters in Two Point Museum’s New DLC

Two Point Museum is getting Rides & Relics DLC, which looks like a new Theme Park game in all but name

#TheLegendOfHeroes
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Falcom JRPG The Legend of Heroes III: The White Witch Will Return

Neowiz Developing And Publishing The Legend of Heroes III: The White Witch