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Tropico 7, the seventh entry in the dictator-sim series, gets its Japanese release on January 28, 2027 — the same day as the global version. Kalypso Media Japan is publishing, with Gaming Minds Studios handling development. A playable demo with Japanese support has also gone live on Steam, and a story trailer is out now….
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PEGI, Europe’s game ratings body, is raising the age ratings on games that are already on sale. The targets are digital-only games currently classified PEGI 3, 7, or 12 that include paid random items such as loot boxes. Those will be updated to PEGI 16 with a “Paid random items” descriptor attached. The updates begin…
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Capcom has launched the early-game demo for the Switch 2 version of Monster Hunter Wilds, live today, October 20, on the Nintendo eShop. It’s free, and it covers character creation plus the prologue through Chapter 1-3, “To the Forest.” What’s playable here is the real thing. You can fight Chatacabra and Quematrice, two monsters making…
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HYPNOSYNC launches on Steam, iOS, and Android on October 28, 2026 at 19:00 JST. BASED KICK is handling both development and publishing, and the game is free-to-play with monetization built around in-game currency and item purchases. You play as the manager of an arcade, hypnotizing the customers who walk through your door in time with…
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If you’re getting into Super Smash Bros. right now, there is exactly one answer: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. 89 fighters, more than 100 stages, 38.14 million copies sold worldwide — those numbers are in a class of their own not just within this series but across the history of competitive games, and the whole thing…
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Key announced on October 19, 2026, via its official X account, that writer and composer Jun Maeda has been diagnosed with pharyngeal cancer. According to the statement, he will not pursue aggressive treatment, choosing instead a course of care centered on palliative treatment so that he can conserve his strength and spend it on creative…
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On October 19, 2026, Torneko no Daibouken: Fushigi no Dungeon — Chotto Suteki na Remaster received an update that overhauls the game’s pacing and fixes a batch of behaviors. The freeze that locked you out of moving during the level-up fanfare is gone, and the timing of sound effects and the pacing of battle message…
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If you’re starting Assassin’s Creed today, the best place to jump in is Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, which only landed on July 9, 2026. It rebuilds pirate captain Edward Kenway’s story on the latest Anvil engine, costs $55, and runs on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. And if Shadows and its Sengoku-era Japan…
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Square Enix accounts are being hit by unauthorized logins. On October 19, 2026, Square Enix officially announced that it had confirmed cases of illegitimate logins using combinations of email addresses / account IDs and passwords believed to have leaked from other companies’ online services. The notice is titled “Notice Regarding Unauthorized Access and Account Management.”…
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On October 19, Capcom announced the end of service for its smartphone puzzle game Monster Hunter Puzzles: Felyne Isles. Service ends at 11:00 on January 14, 2027, drawing the curtain roughly two years and six months after the game launched on June 27, 2024. This announcement is a slightly different animal from the usual “end…
