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Diablo 4 Hits Switch 2 Sept. 15, Bundles 2 Expansions [2026]
Blizzard confirmed at BlizzCon 2026 that Diablo IV is finally coming to Nintendo Switch 2, ending nearly three years of speculation about whether the studio’s live-service action RPG…
COD’s Anti-Cheat Boss Explains Bans, 1 Year In [2026]
Activision’s anti-cheat operation has spent years fielding accusations that its ban system is either a black box or barely functioning at all. On September 10, 2026, IGN published…
Nintendo Switch 2 Price Hikes $50 as Profit Jumps 52% [2026]
Nintendo’s global Nintendo Switch 2 price increase took effect on September 1, 2026, pushing the console’s US price to $499.99 and lifting prices across Europe, Canada, and Japan.…
PlayStation’s Fairgame$ Leaks Under 3rd Code Name [2026]
Footage from an unannounced PlayStation shooter has spread online after surfacing through a public playtest listing, according to a report from Video Games Chronicle published September 11, 2026.…
505 Games Turns 20, Steam Sale Cuts Prices 90% [2026]
505 Games turned 20 this week, and it marked the occasion the way most publishers do: with a storewide discount and a nostalgia reel. But behind the Steam…
Agefield High Sets PS5 Date: Sept. 25, Xbox Oct. 2 [2026]
A month after its rocky debut on Steam, Agefield High: Rock the School finally has a console release date, and it landed with the kind of headline gaming…
PlayStation Exits PHYSINT Over Budget After 30 Years [2026]
PlayStation Studios has confirmed what industry watchers suspected for months: it walked away from Hideo Kojima’s next big project, PHYSINT, and let Xbox pick it up instead. The…
Gamescom Sells Out 233,000m² as Market Hits $214B [2026]
Cologne just hosted the biggest trade fair the games business has ever put on, and the numbers behind it say more about where the industry is headed than…
Switch 2 VRR Fix Lands 16 Months Late, Runs 1 Game [2026]
Nintendo spent 16 months walking back a promise before finally keeping it. System update 23.0.0, released September 10, 2026, adds Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) output to the Switch…
Switch 2 Firmware 23.0.0 Adds VRR to Just 1 Game [2026]
Nintendo pushed out a new Switch 2 system update on September 10, 2026, and buried inside the routine version bump was a feature players have asked for since…
