🎮 Rockstar dropped a nearly 27-minute extended look at Grand Theft Auto VI, giving us our clearest look yet at Jason, Lucia, and life across Vice City and Leonida. The footage (captured entirely on PS5) shows everything from shootouts and police chases to basketball, scuba diving, nightlife, and a ridiculous amount of environmental detail. Popularity for the footage was so high, creater co-streams on Twitch crashed the platform during premiere. GTA VI launches November 19.

📦 As of September 1, the Nintendo Switch 2 officially costs $499.99 in the U.S., up $50 from its $449.99 launch price. Nintendo says changing market conditions are behind the increase, which also hits other regions. It's an unusual move this early in a console's life, especially with the Switch 2 still building out its library heading into its second holiday season.

👾 Roughly 12TB of old Steam data has surfaced online, containing builds, prototypes, and development files primarily from the 2003–2013 era. Dataminers have already uncovered early Portal 2 material, Left 4 Dead builds, Counter-Strike prototypes, Half-Life 2: Episode 3 assets, and files from third-party games including Mafia II and Grand Theft Auto III. People are still digging.

🎥 Sony is bringing back State of Play on September 3, and immediately following it with a separate State of Play Japan. The first show promises PlayStation Studios and third-party announcements before ending with an extended look at Final Fantasy VII Revelation. State of Play Japan will then focus on upcoming games from Japanese and Asian developers. It all starts at 9 AM ET.

💿 Xbox Insiders can now turn supported physical Xbox games into digital entitlements, with thousands of titles included in Microsoft's new disc-to-digital test.

🎮 Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says the company's next generation, Project Helix, is being designed as a “family of devices” rather than just one traditional console.

🐺 Marvel's Wolverine got a new features trailer showcasing combat, abilities, characters, and more ahead of its September 15 launch on PS5.

⚔️ The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered launches September 29 as a free upgrade for existing owners, while a brand-new Geralt expansion, Songs of the Past, arrives in 2027.

🏰 Fable showed off 18 minutes of new Bowerstone gameplay at Gamescom. Playground says players can enter every building (and even buy every house!). It launches February 23, 2027.

⭐ Star Wars Zero Company is earning strong reviews and climbed Steam's sales charts, but developer Bit Reactor confirmed that many employees were furloughed without pay before launch. One source says roughly 80% of the team was affected.

September
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault 1.0 - (September 2)
The Blood of Dawnwalker - (September 3)
Orbitals - (September 3)
Onimusha: Way of the Sword - (September 4)
Halloween: The Game - (September 8)
Valheim 1.0 - (September 9)
Marvel’s Wolverine - (September 15)
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave - (September 17)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV - (September 17)
Dune: Awakening - Console Release - (September 22)
Control Resonant - (September 24)
Silent Hill: Townfall - (September 24)
Minecraft Dungeons II - (September 29)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered - (September 29)

October
Rayman Legends Retold - (October 1)
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve - (October 2)
Gears of War: E-Day - (October 6)
Star Wars: Galactic Racer - (October 6)
Planet Zoo 2 - (October 13)
Final Fantasy Resonance - (October 22)
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort - (October 22)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 - (October 23)
Phantom Blade Zero - (October 29)

November
Grand Theft Auto VI - (November 19)

TBA
The Duskbloods - (Date TBA)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake - (Date TBA)
Pokémon Winds and Waves - (Date TBA)