After the VISION 2026 II: Dreams presentation, fans suspected Level-5 of using generative AI due to odd art elements. The studio said anomalies in the Yo-Kai Watch 2: Haunted Domain trailer were human errors, not AI, and promised to re-release trailers without AI fragments by Tokyo Game Show.
Starting December 3, Capcom is removing paid Edit Vouchers for Monster Hunter Wilds from stores: players will receive 10 free vouchers for their character and Palico. With the Ascendance expansion in 2027, changing appearance will be unlimited and free.
Fable game director Ralph Fulton said the series' importance to Xbox helped the reboot avoid problems during nearly 10 years of development. The Playground Games title will launch on February 23, 2027.
Bethesda released a free Fallout 76 update for Xbox Series X|S with a target of 60 FPS, VRR support and 4K on Series X. The update launched alongside the content update The Slasher, a detective event lasting several weeks.
Bulkhead's early access shooter Wardogs sold 2.2 million copies on Steam and earned about $70 million, more than Bungie's Marathon across all platforms. Peak online reached 428,666 players, with 2 million copies sold in the first five days.
Square Enix released a demo for Final Fantasy Resonance, which returns to classic turn-based combat and HD-2D graphics. The game launches on October 22, 2026, for Xbox Series X|S, PS5, Switch, Switch 2, and PC, with the Xbox version supporting Play Anywhere.
The AI Players add-on by Gamemode One is out for Minecraft Bedrock for 830 Minecoins. AI companions independently gather resources, craft, fight mobs, and follow the player, recreating multiplayer chaos in a single-player world. It launched on September 15 alongside the Wilderness Bound update.
Capcom revealed changes to three weapons in the Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance expansion: the heavy bowgun gets a laser Boost Driver attack and Overcharge mode, the lance gets a quick dash and counterattacks, and the switch axe gets a faster transition to sword mode. The expansion is planned for 2027 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X and S.
At BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard announced the Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom expansion, focused on the fall of Lordaeron. A TechRaptor journalist played a one-hour demo campaign, 'The Last Days of Lordaeron,' as the guards Landen and Garek. The expansion is already out on PC.
Diablo 5 developers said at BlizzCon that Diablo was not added to Diablo 4 as DLC because the character is “very demanding” and deserves a full game. In Diablo 5 he will become the central figure of the story.
Critic scores for Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave settled at 89 out of 100 on Metacritic from 60 reviews. This is the second-best result in the series after Three Houses and below the record held by Awakening with 92 points.
A day after the release of Marvel's Wolverine by Insomniac, players are discussing QTEs and a motorcycle chase that complete without player input. Logan bounces off barriers and reaches the goal on his own, and failing a QTE does not cause a game over.
Treyarch announced the end of the two-year Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7 cycle and a move to a new Call of Duty project. Black Ops 7 Season 6 starts September 17, and the next game in the series—Modern Warfare 4 from Infinity Ward—will release later this year.
