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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
