Tokyo Game Show 2026’s planned five-day run was shortened to four days due to Typhoon Dujuan, with Monday’s event and tickets canceled and refunded as organizers prioritized safety amid severe weather warnings.
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A new co-op game, Fish & Ships, lets players pilot airships as fish, engaging in chaotic aerial battles and comedic interactions with destructible boxes and shotguns.
Obstacle Overdrive, a toy car game by Arcane Ermine, launches October 2, 2026, letting players navigate obstacle courses in a '90s bedroom setting.
PC Gamer explores Toxic Frontier, a card-based roguelike city builder revealed at the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct, blending hexagonal grid strategy with roguelike challenges and toxic wasteland themes.
The eco-optimistic MMO Loftia enters early access on November 3, offering players customizable sky islands, community projects, and puzzle-based adventures without combat.
Undefeated: Genesis introduces a superhero action RPG demo where players control Albert Haltree, awakening on an alien world with superpowers, including flight and laser vision.
Marked For Mayhem launches a four-player dungeon crawler where teams must cooperate to survive while competing individually for the top score, testing friendships and gameplay.
The co-op FPS Mycopunk exits early access on October 20, featuring robot squads battling fungal aliens across alien worlds with destructible enemies and modular upgrades.
The upcoming game *Virtue and a Sledgehammer* will launch on October 27, blending emotional storytelling with large-scale destruction as players dismantle their hometown and androids.
Developer Rubeki, behind Lorn's Lure, announced a horror flight sim set in the same eerie world, featuring foggy flights and psychological tension.
The UK Prime Minister and Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen discussed upcoming UNGA visits, Arctic security cooperation, and increased support for Ukraine during a call on 20 September 2026.
The R-rated Resident Evil film opened with $60 million, outperforming prior entries and proving mature video game adaptations can succeed at the box office.
A 27-year-old Warcraft 3 modding forum, The Helper, will close and archive its 100,000+ threads after the site’s founder cited a personal life change as the reason.
A new co-op bomb-defusal game puts four players as monkeys with restricted senses, forcing chaotic teamwork to prevent explosions.
Disney Plus has revised its subscriber agreement to allow ads on all tiers, including Premium, though Premium users face fewer interruptions than ad-supported subscribers.
Hideo Kojima revealed Sony abruptly ended funding for Physint via Zoom, leaving his studio scrambling to secure a new publisher before Microsoft stepped in.
A new game blends hidden-object puzzles with light shooting mechanics, casting a sniper as a community helper rather than a combatant.
Tokyo Walled City, a retro-cyberpunk immersive sim inspired by Kowloon Walled City and *Deus Ex*, was unveiled at TGS 2026 with stealth, RPG, and survival horror elements.
The 1980s sci-fi series *Knight Rider*, starring David Hasselhoff, is now available to stream for free on Tubi, offering a nostalgic yet surprisingly modern take on AI and human-machine interaction.
Valve co-founder Gabe Newell’s 2013 remarks on player creativity versus hacking remain relevant, highlighting how Ultima Online’s handling of Lord British’s assassination shaped MMO storytelling.
The UK government launched a national taskforce to address misogyny, chaired by the Minister for Women and Equalities, aiming to reshape societal attitudes and reduce violence against women and girls.
Leaked Rockstar data reveals canceled *GTA V* DLC, early *GTA VI* map fragments, and Liberty City remnants from a 2022 hack.
A fan-made expansion for Baldur’s Gate 3 adds a new region, encounters, items, and quests after nearly two years of development.
Japanese game studios have avoided mass layoffs by prioritizing staff retention over executive pay and avoiding bloated live-service projects, industry figures say.
The Sims 4’s September 22 update introduces autonomy-focused changes to make Sim behaviors more realistic, alongside bug fixes and relationship balance adjustments.
Court documents reveal Microsoft’s Brent Hecht warned AI answer engines could collapse the web’s economic model, citing up to 93% traffic drops for publishers like The New York Times.
A 1988 erotic adventure game, Sex Vixens from Space, was allegedly destroyed by UK customs in 1989 after 75 copies were seized, though formal bans remain unverified.
A PC Gamer columnist argues *World of Warcraft: Forever* revives classic MMO quest design by reintroducing deliberate friction, travel, and level variety, contrasting it with modern streamlined approaches.
A 27-year-old RPG, Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition, received a beta patch aligning it with modern features like Steam Cloud saves and UI scaling, extending official support decades after release.