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Nintendo’s Biggest Sale Ever: 30% Off, $300M Refund [2026]
Nintendo of America dropped a surprise Wednesday: a site-wide promotion called the Customer Appreciation Sale, cutting 30% off dozens of Nintendo Switch digital games and bundles starting September…
Mario Kart World Open Runs 28 Hours, Feeds Fall Cup [2026]
Nintendo has opened the gate on its next seasonal racing event. The Mario Kart World Open September 2026 event went live for Nintendo Switch 2 owners, giving players…
Nintendo Runs 30% Sale, Not Refunds, After $300M Tariff Win [2026]
Nintendo of America is holding a sale instead of cutting checks. On September 13, the company opens its “Customer Appreciation Sale,” a 30% discount event the publisher itself…
Smilegate Founder Ordered to Pay $1.9B Divorce [2026]
A Seoul court has ordered Kwon Hyuk-bin, the founder of South Korean game maker Smilegate, to hand over roughly 2.55 trillion won, about $1.87 billion to $1.91 billion…
For Honor Drops Steam Deck, Linux Support Sept. 10 [2026]
Ubisoft cut off For Honor for every Linux and Steam Deck player on September 10, 2026, the same day the medieval melee brawler launched its biggest ranked overhaul…
Kojima’s PHYSINT Jumps to Xbox After 3-Month Hunt [2026]
Hideo Kojima’s next game is switching sides. PHYSINT, the stealth and action-espionage title Kojima Productions has been building since PlayStation first backed it, will now be published by…
Switch 2’s 2027 Slate Packs 7 Games Into 6 Months [2026]
Nintendo’s September 9 Direct handed fans a long list of new footage, but the more interesting story is buried in the release dates. Once you line up everything…
Nintendo Direct Reveals Metroid Ravenous, 10 Titles [2026]
Nintendo used its September 9 Direct to reveal ten confirmed titles for Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch, headlined by two franchise reboots fans had waited years to…
Xbox Leak Points to Control Resonant Game Pass Day 1 [2026]
An Instagram post from Xbox’s own UK account briefly listed Control Resonant as a day-one Xbox Game Pass release before the post was pulled down, reigniting a question…
Blizzard Ratifies CWA Contract, Covers 1,900 Workers [2026]
Blizzard Entertainment workers represented by the Communications Workers of America have ratified their first union contracts, a milestone that reshapes how the Microsoft-owned game maker treats layoffs, severance,…
