Kojima Productions said it is in a "healthy and profitable state" and that Physint development with Xbox continues. Bloomberg reported PlayStation declined to publish the game due to missed deadlines and low profits from Death Stranding.
A 192 GB GTA V archive leaked online with early 2014–2015 GTA VI work, including a playable draft Leonida map and a Liberty City outline. Details of canceled DLC were also found: the Agent Trevor story expansion and an alternate ending where Trevor freezes in liquid nitrogen.
Gears of War: E-Day has gone gold ahead of its October 6 release. Final PC requirements list a 115 GB SSD, hardware ray tracing, and support for DLSS 4.5, FSR 4, XeSS 3.0 and TSR. Preload starts September 29, with Premium Edition access from October 1.
In his first interview since news that Physint left PlayStation, Hideo Kojima said Sony told him in June it would not fund the project. He said he feared for Kojima Productions' future, then persuaded Microsoft and new Xbox head Asha Sharma to pick up the game.
Microsoft confirmed five new Xbox Game Pass games: Dune: Awakening, Well Dweller and Mad King Redemption launch on September 22–23, while Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Rematch are added to Premium and Essential tiers on September 25.
Konami announced a demo for Castlevania: Belmont's Curse for Switch, set to release on October 1, 2026, allowing players to play early stages. Save data from the demo will carry over to the full version, which is scheduled for release on October 15, 2026.
Netflix is preparing a game series based on Atlus's Persona franchise. Story Kitchen and 21 Laps will produce, with Christopher Monfette as showrunner. The deal is not yet closed.
Rockstar Games confirmed GTA VI will release on November 19, 2026 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Digital preload starts November 12; consoles are capped at 30 fps, and a PC version is expected about a year later.
SHIFT UP released a trailer for the free Stellar Blade update with a Bayonetta collaboration, launching alongside the Switch 2 version on November 6. A Switch 2 demo is already available in Nintendo eShop. The collaboration adds four costumes: Bayonetta, Nun, Jeanne and Black Tresses.
Blizzard is raising World of Warcraft: Forever system requirements to GPUs with DirectX 12 and 4 GB of VRAM. Minimum is GeForce GTX 10, AMD RDNA 1, and Intel Xe2 LPG, but some older cards remain supported while some newer ones lose support due to missing RGBA16F UAV in compute shaders. Release is November 4, 2026.
Forbes: contrary to popular belief, the budget crisis in the gaming industry has affected Japan as well — layoffs are occurring there, but almost no one talks about them.
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy told Bloomberg that GTA VI multiplayer will arrive next year, after the single-player game's November 19 release. He said Twitch discussed streamer engagement plans with Rockstar, but the studio has not confirmed.
ATLUS released the second episode of the Persona 4 Revival broadcast, showing new investigation team members, combat system, side characters, and the Location Episodes feature. The game will launch on February 18, 2027 for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC, on May 20 for Switch 2, and will also be available in Game Pass.
Remedy's Control Resonant launches September 24 on PS5, Xbox, and PC. Editions, prices, pre-order bonuses, and 48-hour early access are known.
Andy Nguyen has stopped work on PS5 Linux and left the console hacking scene. The reason was a Sony patch that closed an AI-discovered hypervisor vulnerability, derailing plans for PS5 Pro support and a 2027 release.
EA will release a free update for The Sims 4 on all platforms on September 22 at around 1:00 PM ET. The patch improves sim autonomy with eye contact during conversations, using the nearest sink, faster walking when bladder is low, and sleeping through the night when energy is low. It also fixes gallery search loading and rebalances relationships.
Eleventh Hour Games announced Season 5 Rage of the Frostborn with new boss Morditas, Rage of Morditas events, and faction rework. Mike Weicker replaced founder Judd Cobler as game director; the studio has grown to over 100 people and is preparing the Orobyss expansion for 2027.
A playable preview of the Ascendance expansion for Monster Hunter Wilds was shown at Tokyo Game Show. It adds the Skybound Eyrie location, Boosted Actions for each weapon, Master Rank quests, and removes paid character edit vouchers.
At BlizzCon 2026, developers of Warcraft 3, World of Warcraft: Forever and Heroes of the Storm answered questions about console ports with "never say never." WoW: Forever launches in November with native Xbox gamepad support on PC, but PC remains the priority.
Digital Foundry compared Control Resonant on Xbox Series X and Series S. On Series X, the game runs in two modes: 864p/60 FPS and 1260p/30 FPS with upscaling; on Series S, only one mode is available: 864p/30 FPS. The Xbox release is on September 24.
CD Projekt co-head Michał Nowakowski said the switch to Unreal Engine 5 for The Witcher 4 is not related to Cyberpunk 2077's technical problems. He said the company never aimed to develop its own technology and wants to tell stories; CD Projekt became the only studio outside Epic with access to the engine's internals.
At TGS 2026, Capcom showed gameplay for the Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance expansion, in which Khezu returns — a blind flying wyvern with an elongated neck and paralyzing attacks. The monster can attach to the ceiling with its tail and swallow the hunter.
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director Naoki Hamaguchi confirmed that Cloud remains the main character despite his absence from trailers. According to him, this allows other party members to be developed: players can freely switch between characters and take different compositions into side quests.
Bulkhead disabled Steam Family Sharing support in the shooter Wardogs on September 18: some accounts used the feature to bypass bans and cheat. Studio CEO Joe Brammer previously stated that the $40 price is "the best anti-cheat".
At Gamescom, HoYoverse showed Nodusfall, a co-op dark fantasy action game. The demo features four characters (two melee, two ranged), boss fights in groups of four players, and monsters from world mythologies, including Chinese Qiongqi and dragon Maldrake.
The beta for World of Warcraft: Forever, announced at BlizzCon 2026 as 'Classic Plus', saw a record influx of players for Blizzard. Developer Josh Greenfield called the numbers 'the craziest I've seen in 17 years working at Blizzard.' Load caused outages and lag, but servers later stabilized. Release is on November 4.
Monster Hunter producer Ryozo Tsujimoto said at Tokyo Game Show that a port of Monster Hunter World to Switch 2 is unlikely because the game runs on the old MT Framework engine, while new Capcom projects use RE Engine. He added that porting would require rebuilding the game from scratch.
Organizer CESA cancelled the fifth day of Tokyo Game Show 2026—September 21—due to an approaching typhoon with strong winds and heavy rain. The event at Makuhari Messe in Chiba started September 17 and was to run five days for the first time to mark its 30th anniversary.
Since September 16, 2026, Helldivers 2 and Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition are unavailable for purchase on Steam in the UK and Isle of Man. Sony said it is working with Valve on a fix but did not name the cause or timeline; existing owners retain access.
Producer Naoto Oyama told Famitsu that the Switch 2 version of Dragon's Dogma 2 targets 30 FPS in portable and TV modes, with frame generation interpolating to an 'equivalent' 60 FPS. The feature can be toggled but may cause slight artifacts. The game launches in October, with a demo available at TGS.
