Paradox Interactive, Iceflake Studios, and the LEGO Group announced LEGO Skylines at Gamescom Opening Night Live on August 25. The cozy city builder puts players in charge of a brick-built city populated by minifigures, managing electricity, food, water, and donuts. It is confirmed for PS5, Xbox Series X and S, Switch 2, and PC with no release window announced.
Xbox Game Studios, The Coalition, and People Can Fly premiered the Gears of War: E-Day story trailer at Gamescom Opening Night Live on August 25. The prequel is set fourteen years before the original game and follows young Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago through the first hours of Emergence Day. It launches October 6, 2026, on Xbox Series X and S and PC, day one on Game Pass.
CD PROJEKT RED announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered for September 29, 2026, and it is a free upgrade for existing owners. The package adds reworked combat, a revamped skill tree, transmog, and a native Switch 2 version, plus a surprise Battle.net launch. A new expansion, Songs of the Past, follows in 2027.
Nintendo and The Pokemon Company confirmed that Pokemon Pokopia has passed 5 million units worldwide in just over four months, making it the second best-selling Nintendo Switch 2 game. The milestone landed eight days after the Bubbly Basin DLC launch.
Garena and Pocketpair have announced Palworld Online, an officially licensed mobile MMORPG spinoff of Palworld coming to iOS and Android in 2026, featuring shared bases, co-op hunts, and PvP.
Retro Games Ltd announced on August 18 that THEA1200 is now an officially licensed Amiga product following negotiations with The Amiga Corporation. The full-size Amiga 1200 recreation ships December 4, 2026 at $189.99 with a working keyboard, multi-mode emulation, and 25 included games.
Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 airs Tuesday, August 25 at 2pm ET with a 30-minute pre-show at 1:30pm. Geoff Keighley has confirmed eight games so far, headlined by The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past, Final Fantasy VII Revelation, and Gears of War: E-Day. Here is the start time in every timezone, where to stream, and what else is expected this week.
Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition launches on Nintendo Switch 2 August 28, bundling the base game with Shadow of the Erdtree and new classes, gear, and Torrent customization built for the port.
Star Wars Zero Company, EA and Bit Reactor’s turn-based tactics game set during the Clone Wars, launches August 27 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
Atari signed a deal with Universal Pictures and Entertainment 360 to develop 10 classic arcade games into films, with the first project already in early development.
Sony will stop producing physical PlayStation game discs starting January 2028, prompting a “Don’t Kill the Disc” petition that has already topped 200,000 signatures from players worried about ownership and preservation.
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