Thursday, 10 September 2026
Game News Round-Up
Daily curated games-industry news digest for 10 September 2026.
General4 stories
Nintendo announces Metroid Ravenous, a new side-scrolling adventure. Releases for Switch 2 on January 28th 2027
Sonic Racing CrossWorlds’ final free DLC character for Year 1 is Amigo from Samba de Amigo
- The total roster is is now 57 characters
- A second season of content is still to come
Huge Steam leak shows achievement lists for hundreds of upcoming games, including Kingdom Hearts 4 and Persona 6
- Game details for Persona 6, including the name of the party and the rough plot beats have been revealed as part of the leak
- Other game details include worlds from Kingdom Hearts 4
- The leak of achievements also includes potentially unnannounced and cancelled games
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Business6 stories
Lego Digital Play acquires mobile studio Offroad Games
Epic Games Store to introduce age checks for R18+ games in Australia
- Steam also now requires Australian users to verify their age with a credit card to access R18+ games
- For Steam, users are not able to browse 18+ store pages without adding a credit card
Mark Cerny and Geoff Keighley launch Nova Games Foundation to fund young designers
- "Philanthropy" fellowship will offer $100,000 grants to 20 designers a year, with some eligible for up to $500,000
Keywords Studios combines multiple marketing businesses into global creative agency FreeAnimal
- The new agency combines the existing firms Ichi, KWM, Fire Without Smoke, Gnet, TrailerFarm, Maverick, and Big Farmer