Japanese primary school student Yuki Kurihara won all four Group A matches in Puyo Puyo Champions on Sept. 24 and reaches Saturday's medal round, where any podium finish would beat a record set by a 12-year-old skateboarder in 2018.
Organizer CESA called off the September 21 closing day of Tokyo Game Show 2026 as Typhoon Dujuan tracked toward eastern Japan, cutting the show's first five-day edition to four days. Monday tickets are refunded and stage events move to livestream.
Helldivers 2 and Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition have been unbuyable on Steam in the UK since September 16, 2026. Sony says it is working with Valve; existing owners can still play. A Sept 18 check shows both still missing.
At the Xbox Tokyo Game Show broadcast on 17 September, Hideo Kojima named Bill Skarsgård as Physint's lead and revealed a four-actor cast — the first production detail since Xbox took over publishing.
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave launched on Nintendo Switch 2 on September 17, 2026 with an 89 Metascore from 68 reviews and a 97% recommendation rate on OpenCritic.
Insomniac's PS5 exclusive Marvel's Wolverine released on 15 September 2026 with a 77 Metascore from 117 critics and 79 on OpenCritic — well below the studio's Spider-Man run of 87, 85 and 90.
Nintendo's Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 costs $519.99 and sold out instantly when pre-orders opened after the September 8, 2026 Direct. Notebookcheck put most completed eBay sales at $730-$900; Tom's Hardware saw resold pre-order slots reach $1,000.
Valheim left Early Access on September 9, 2026 with the Deep North biome, its first PlayStation 5 and Switch 2 versions and crossplay on every platform. Existing owners get the update free; new buyers pay $29.99, the first increase since 2021.
At its September 8, 2026 Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct, Nintendo dated the Ocarina of Time remake to November 5 on Switch 2: $59.99 digital, an estimated 27 GB, and an anniversary console a week earlier that does not include the game.
Krafton revealed PUBG: DED.NET at Gamescom, a roguelite shooter set in a fictional 1996 Cascadia with car-door shields, feigned death and payphone hacking.
CD Projekt Red will give existing Witcher 3 owners a free Remastered upgrade on September 29, plus a new paid expansion, Songs of the Past, due in 2027.
Starting August 31, select Xbox Insiders can claim a free digital license for supported disc games on Xbox One and Series X — but not Series S.
A day before its Netflix Extended Look, Rockstar broke its silence on leaked GTA VI gameplay as Take-Two subpoenas Microsoft and Discord over the source.
Rockstar's Extended Look aired on Netflix, captured entirely from in-game PS5 footage. Jason and Lucia are a couple, and their bodies wear the consequences of play.
Gears of War: E-Day dated for October 6, first gameplay for The Witcher 3's Songs of the Past, a Game of Thrones RTS and HoYoverse's Nodusfall — the full ONL 2026 roundup.
Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 begins August 25 with new games, world premieres and gameplay reveals. Here’s the start time and what to expect.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has disclosed the use of generative AI for some in-game assets as its early-access beta draws mixed Steam reviews.
Fortnite is preparing for a new live story moment today, with Epic Games warning that the future of the Island hangs in the balance. Here’s exactly when the Unstable event begins, where players need to go, and what Epic has confirmed so far.