Konami is signaling that classic franchises will sit alongside new work in its business strategy, with president Hideki Hayakawa pointing to rebootsMetal Gear, Silent Hill, Castlevania and Suikoden as key names in that plan. The comments land in the same week that Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 is being released, but the message from Konami was about the future, not another compilation.
Fireshine Games is using Denshattack!'s first-month momentum to spotlight the arcade action game's launch, citing more than 150,000 copies sold worldwide and over 300,000 total players. The publisher says the game, which is available on PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch 2, has gotten off to a strong start.
Responding to rumors about a new Ori game, Thomas Mahler said he has seen no sign of it and called the reports "nonsense". In a post on X, the Moon Studios head also said he had not heard anything about the alleged project.
Mahler did not stop at denial. He wrote, "
As before, I haven't heard anything about any of this.
Battlestate Games said it is lowering the entry barrier in Escape from Tarkov after Nikita Buyanov noted that the game now has many new players on Steam who are not used to games like it. The studio is also addressing systems that feel complicated for the sake of being complicated, while a technical update has already removed a fatigue bug and fixed several control issues.
Greta Gerwig's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew is on track for a wide theatrical release on February 12, 2027, with IMAX screenings set to start two days earlier and Netflix planning to add it to streaming on April 2 after 49 days of theatrical exclusivity. Sources say the film's budget is about $280 million, a figure reported by Seamus McGarvey on a podcast.
Kazuhisa Wada says Persona 3 came at a crucial point for the series, because Atlus had no plan for a third game after Persona 2 and the franchise might have vanished without it. The franchise's general producer recalled that the team had to make a decisive change to keep Persona alive.
Tim Soret says The Last Night has evolved over the years, but the long-unreleased cyberpunk game will still arrive with less of the original "visionary" edge than first planned. According to the creator, the team has traded prescience for relevance, and the setting and story should still feel timely because technology and social dynamics have moved along the path the studio expected.
Unknown Worlds staff spent time cleaning beaches in their own cities before the studio made a $100,000 donation to The Ocean Cleanup on behalf of the Subnautica community. The effort is tied to Subnautica 2 and the series' environmental message, and the studio shared a video showing both the donation and the cleanup work.
Brazilian retailer Gamer Hut has announced that it has stopped taking pre-orders for the physical version of Marvel’s Wolverine on Shopee after being subjected to an external requirement that prevented customers from using the platform’s discount coupons.
At IMID 2026 in Busan, LG Display showed off FLiPP, its new mask-free OLED patterning method, and said the technology could improve panel performance while sidestepping long-standing limits in OLED manufacturing. The company says FLiPP replaces the conventional fine metal mask process.
Jason Schreier says The Last of Us Online began as a small multiplayer idea before it ballooned into a much larger live-service project, eventually consuming hundreds of millions of dollars before Sony canceled it. The game was built for PS5, and the new details suggest it grew far beyond its original scope.
With Rockstar's official "Extended Look" set to premiere in just over a week, Stop Killing Games posted a statement saying the latest Grand Theft Auto 6 footage leak has no connection to Cyberleek. The consumer rights movement also noted that the timing risks overshadowing Rockstar's own official "Extended Look" premieres.
Hey Arnold! writer and producer Joe Purdy told The Direct that Paramount is discussing bringing back the classic Nickelodeon cartoon. This is specifically about talks — the project hasn't gotten a green light, no production has started, and there's no timeline. But according to Purdy, the creative team's ideas are ready to go: enough storylines have piled up that the team could start tomorrow.
Kris Roberts, a former Rockstar San Diego developer, said on a podcast that the final six months of work on Red Dead Redemption were the worst stretch of his entire career. According to him, the overtime pushed in that closing period wasn't about hunting down and fixing bugs — it was about putting on a show for management.
Benson Russell, a former Naughty Dog designer, said in an FRVR interview that Uncharted: Drake's Fortune was built to last longer than its roughly five-hour campaign would suggest. The first game, which launched on PS3 in November 2007 and was later re-released on PS4 in the Nathan Drake Collection, ended up using dynamic difficulty to slow players down.
GamesRadar reported that former Naughty Dog designer and game development consultant Benson Russell thinks Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet may need to be edited to avoid "another Last of Us Part II situation." The Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet announcement trailer introduced it as a new franchise in development for PlayStation 5, but the game still has no release date.
Instead of urging a boycott of Grand Theft Auto 6, the former Rockstar workers behind the legal dispute are asking fans to back them by buying union merchandise. In a statement published by the IWGB, the ex-developers said the proceeds from the shirts will go toward the 34 former Rockstar staff members involved in the case.
Thomas Mahler, the game director of No Rest for the Wicked, said the loudest 60 fps critics on Xbox Series S often lack technical understanding. On August 17, 2026, the Moon Studios lead argued that expectations for the game to hit that target on Microsoft's lower-powered console are unrealistic.
After debuting on PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam on July 31, The Relic: First Guardian will head to Xbox Series and PC via Microsoft Store on September 25 before landing on Nintendo Switch 2 on October 9, 2026.
Alongside the new dates, the companies said the game's price will drop to $34.99 across all platforms starting August 26, 2026. There is also a small incentive for anyone who buys at full price on PC or PlayStation 5 before that date: they will receive the exclusive Sealing Stone, which unlocks a separate dungeon with its own storyline, boss fight, and special loot.
At Busan Indie Connect Festival 2026 in South Korea, Shuhei Yoshida said Sandfall Interactive's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 needed a pitch that reflected its combat mix, rather than a simple genre tag. The former PlayStation executive and Kepler Interactive advisor shared that advice during a lecture for indie developers held from August 14 to 16.
Konami is signaling that classic franchises will sit alongside new work in its business strategy, with president Hideki Hayakawa pointing to reboots Metal Gear, Silent Hill, Castlevania and Suikoden as key names in that plan. The comments land in the same week that Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 is being released, but the message from Konami was about the future, not another compilation.
Fireshine Games is using Denshattack!'s first-month momentum to spotlight the arcade action game's launch, citing more than 150,000 copies sold worldwide and over 300,000 total players. The publisher says the game, which is available on PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch 2, has gotten off to a strong start.
Responding to rumors about a new Ori game, Thomas Mahler said he has seen no sign of it and called the reports "nonsense". In a post on X, the Moon Studios head also said he had not heard anything about the alleged project.
Battlestate Games said it is lowering the entry barrier in Escape from Tarkov after Nikita Buyanov noted that the game now has many new players on Steam who are not used to games like it. The studio is also addressing systems that feel complicated for the sake of being complicated, while a technical update has already removed a fatigue bug and fixed several control issues.
Greta Gerwig's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew is on track for a wide theatrical release on February 12, 2027, with IMAX screenings set to start two days earlier and Netflix planning to add it to streaming on April 2 after 49 days of theatrical exclusivity. Sources say the film's budget is about $280 million, a figure reported by Seamus McGarvey on a podcast.
Kazuhisa Wada says Persona 3 came at a crucial point for the series, because Atlus had no plan for a third game after Persona 2 and the franchise might have vanished without it. The franchise's general producer recalled that the team had to make a decisive change to keep Persona alive.
Tim Soret says The Last Night has evolved over the years, but the long-unreleased cyberpunk game will still arrive with less of the original "visionary" edge than first planned. According to the creator, the team has traded prescience for relevance, and the setting and story should still feel timely because technology and social dynamics have moved along the path the studio expected.
Unknown Worlds staff spent time cleaning beaches in their own cities before the studio made a $100,000 donation to The Ocean Cleanup on behalf of the Subnautica community. The effort is tied to Subnautica 2 and the series' environmental message, and the studio shared a video showing both the donation and the cleanup work.
Brazilian retailer Gamer Hut has announced that it has stopped taking pre-orders for the physical version of Marvel’s Wolverine on Shopee after being subjected to an external requirement that prevented customers from using the platform’s discount coupons.
At IMID 2026 in Busan, LG Display showed off FLiPP, its new mask-free OLED patterning method, and said the technology could improve panel performance while sidestepping long-standing limits in OLED manufacturing. The company says FLiPP replaces the conventional fine metal mask process.
Jason Schreier says The Last of Us Online began as a small multiplayer idea before it ballooned into a much larger live-service project, eventually consuming hundreds of millions of dollars before Sony canceled it. The game was built for PS5, and the new details suggest it grew far beyond its original scope.
With Rockstar's official "Extended Look" set to premiere in just over a week, Stop Killing Games posted a statement saying the latest Grand Theft Auto 6 footage leak has no connection to Cyberleek. The consumer rights movement also noted that the timing risks overshadowing Rockstar's own official "Extended Look" premieres.
Hey Arnold! writer and producer Joe Purdy told The Direct that Paramount is discussing bringing back the classic Nickelodeon cartoon. This is specifically about talks — the project hasn't gotten a green light, no production has started, and there's no timeline. But according to Purdy, the creative team's ideas are ready to go: enough storylines have piled up that the team could start tomorrow.
Kris Roberts, a former Rockstar San Diego developer, said on a podcast that the final six months of work on Red Dead Redemption were the worst stretch of his entire career. According to him, the overtime pushed in that closing period wasn't about hunting down and fixing bugs — it was about putting on a show for management.
Benson Russell, a former Naughty Dog designer, said in an FRVR interview that Uncharted: Drake's Fortune was built to last longer than its roughly five-hour campaign would suggest. The first game, which launched on PS3 in November 2007 and was later re-released on PS4 in the Nathan Drake Collection, ended up using dynamic difficulty to slow players down.
GamesRadar reported that former Naughty Dog designer and game development consultant Benson Russell thinks Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet may need to be edited to avoid "another Last of Us Part II situation." The Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet announcement trailer introduced it as a new franchise in development for PlayStation 5, but the game still has no release date.
Instead of urging a boycott of Grand Theft Auto 6, the former Rockstar workers behind the legal dispute are asking fans to back them by buying union merchandise. In a statement published by the IWGB, the ex-developers said the proceeds from the shirts will go toward the 34 former Rockstar staff members involved in the case.
Thomas Mahler, the game director of No Rest for the Wicked, said the loudest 60 fps critics on Xbox Series S often lack technical understanding. On August 17, 2026, the Moon Studios lead argued that expectations for the game to hit that target on Microsoft's lower-powered console are unrealistic.
After debuting on PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam on July 31, The Relic: First Guardian will head to Xbox Series and PC via Microsoft Store on September 25 before landing on Nintendo Switch 2 on October 9, 2026.
At Busan Indie Connect Festival 2026 in South Korea, Shuhei Yoshida said Sandfall Interactive's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 needed a pitch that reflected its combat mix, rather than a simple genre tag. The former PlayStation executive and Kepler Interactive advisor shared that advice during a lecture for indie developers held from August 14 to 16.