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Hearthstone's Battlegrounds Season 14 borrows the Dark Gifts mechanic from the core card game and rebuilds it around Battlegrounds' gold economy, while a new Activate keyword and fresh heroes round out the Dark Gifts of Dalaran update.
Team Spirit's 4-3 win over Yangon Galacticos in Paris made Eastern Europe and Central Asia the first region outside Southeast Asia to win a Mobile Legends: Bang Bang major, in a tournament that also became MLBB's most-watched Esports World Cup event yet.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 pre-orders now come with a week of early campaign access starting October 16, and Activision is previewing that early access with a first look at the Losing Ground mission, a ground-level battle through a burning city street.
Halo: Campaign Evolved launched this week with full DLSS support out of the gate, headlining one of NVIDIA's busiest weeks of 2026 for game updates. Mistfall Hunter, Corsair Cove, Killing Floor 3 and Palworld all picked up DLSS 4.5 upgrades alongside a new GeForce Game Ready Driver and early access to the Gears of War: E-Day beta.
Lenovo's new Esports World Cup 2026 sponsorship comes with Legion Tower desktops and monitors across the tournament, but the real reveal is the Legion Pro Rollable Concept, an expandable OLED gaming laptop getting a hands-on demo on the EWC stage.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone Season 05 arrives 24 July AEST with new maps across multiplayer and Zombies, a new Verdansk point of interest called Drone Labs, four new weapons and a Battle Pass led by Operator Spectre. It's also the last season before Endgame moves behind paid access.
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John Romero, the id Software co-founder behind Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein 3D, headlines the business conference at gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show 2026 this October in Bangkok. His keynote, titled "Why We Still Make Games," reflects on more than three decades in the industry. The show also marks its biggest expansion yet, growing to four halls after drawing more than 206,000 attendees in its 2025 debut.
Blizzard's BlizzCon 2026 Digital Bundles are live on the Battle.net Shop nearly two months before the September 12-13 show in Anaheim, letting players buy items from World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo IV, Diablo Immortal and Hearthstone without attending. The Overwatch bundle gives Mei a Warcraft-themed Lich Queen skin, while the five standalone bundles cost more together than the discounted Ultimate Collection, free with a BlizzCon Pass.
Call of Duty and Aston Martin have unveiled the Dreadnought, a bespoke armoured SUV built for Modern Warfare 4 that arrives in-game on 23 October. In related news, Call of Duty movie director Peter Berg confirmed the film will be set in the Modern Warfare universe, with a theatrical release set for 30 June 2028.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has revealed Kill Block, a new multiplayer mode set inside a live-fire facility that physically rearranges itself between matches using three motorized steel Slabs. Fanatics Fest attendees get first hands-on access this week, while everyone else can watch the new teaser trailer. Kill Block arrives at launch on 23 October EDT with expanded Gunfight modes, including a new 10v10 variant, with more core Multiplayer modes planned for later.
NVIDIA and SEGA celebrated 30 years of collaboration with an announcement in Tokyo confirming Virtua Fighter Crossroads as the first SEGA title on NVIDIA's RTX Spark platform, building on a partnership dating back to 1996's original Virtua Fighter on PC.
Gears of War: E-Day launches October 6 with day-one DLSS 4.5 support on GeForce RTX systems. Built on Unreal Engine 5, the origin-story prequel adds ray-traced lighting, real-time destruction, and larger set pieces, plus an Open Beta starting August 6 for pre-order customers and PC Game Pass subscribers.
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Two Call of Duty classics just landed on modern PlayStation hardware. Black Ops and Black Ops II are now available on PS4 and PS5 as ports of the original games, bringing their Cold War campaigns, Zombies modes and competitive multiplayer back to current consoles.
Ubisoft Philippines, marking its 10th anniversary, took full ownership of key locations and activities in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced. The studio built Kingston, Port Royale, Long Bay, the Forts activity, and Harpooning — its biggest contribution to the franchise yet.
NVIDIA's new Game Ready Driver arrives alongside two major RTX-supported launches. DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations ships with DLSS Multi Frame Generation in up to 6X mode and full path tracing, while AC Black Flag Resynced brings ray tracing and DLSS 4.5 support. Gray Zone Warfare also upgrades to DLSS 4.5 this week.
Hearthstone's Escape from Violet Hold expansion is live with 135 new collectible cards and a jailbreak theme. New mechanics include Rulebreaker Legendaries that break core game rules, the Prepare keyword for setting up future big plays, Disguised Minions you can deploy on the opponent's board and Bribe cards that reward both players.
Crunchyroll Games has announced Bananya Buddies, a cozy cat-collecting mobile game based on the Bananya anime, launching exclusively on Crunchyroll Game Vault this summer as part of the franchise's 10th anniversary.
Taipei Game Show 2027 is set for January 21-24 at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center. Exhibitor registration is now live and Indie Game Award 2027 global submissions close August 19, 2026.