Wolverine, Fire Emblem, Netflix Studio Closures
Insomniac Games puts Marvel’s Wolverine in the spotlight ahead of its September 15 PlayStation 5 launch, while Nintendo’s first Switch 2 Fire Emblem receives final previews describing a sprawling multi-route RPG . Netflix is closing Oxenfree developer Night School Studio and Moonloot as it narrows its internal games operation
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Marvel’s Wolverine Launches September 15 With 60fps Ray Tracing on PS5
Marvel’s Wolverine launches on PlayStation 5 on September 15, and Insomniac says the base PS5 version targets 60 frames per second with ray tracing enabled . Insomniac also confirms that the retail disc is fully playable without a required download, potentially making it one of the last fully disc-based PlayStation releases
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Recent hands-on coverage describes a ferocious, destructive and cinematic action game built around Wolverine’s claws, parries and exploration . Unlike Insomniac’s Spider-Man games, Wolverine is a linear AAA action game rather than an open-world adventure, while New Game Plus is available from launch for players who want to continue after the credits
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Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Expands the Switch 2 Strategy RPG
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave arrives on Nintendo Switch 2 in September as the first Fire Emblem game built specifically for the console . Developed by Intelligent Systems, the RPG’s preview coverage presents a much larger structure than previous entries, with multiple storylines and dozens of hours of activities available early in the campaign
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Instead of committing to one faction as in Three Houses, players can switch between four heroes and their companions while pursuing several narratives at once . Preview reports also describe early decisions that open further routes and consequences, making the game’s branching structure central to its campaign
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Netflix Closes Oxenfree Developer Night School Studio
Netflix is closing Night School Studio, the developer behind Oxenfree and Oxenfree II: Lost Signals, alongside Finnish studio Moonloot Games . Netflix acquired Night School in 2021, and the studio’s most recent release is the horror experience Unhinged, which launched roughly six weeks before the closure news
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The company says the changes are intended to make its Games business more strategic and efficient, while its internal focus shifts toward party games and titles streamed to televisions . Moonloot was founded in 2022 and reportedly had no published games before its closure
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Total War: Warhammer 3’s Biggest DLC Arrives September 24
Creative Assembly’s Total War: Warhammer 3 receives Lords of the End Times on September 24, with the expansion billed as the largest DLC release in the series’ 10-year history . The expansion adds four legendary lords, each with distinct retinues, campaign mechanics and battle abilities
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A major free update launches alongside it, adding Vampire Queen Neferata and reworking the Vampire Counts and Archaon the Everchosen . The combination gives Total War: Warhammer 3 players a substantial faction update without requiring the paid expansion
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Pokémon Bank Shuts Down in February 2027
The Pokémon Company is ending Pokémon Bank service in February 2027, giving players a limited window to move stored Pokémon into Pokémon HOME . Pokémon HOME is scheduled to add support for Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen in October
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The company advises users to complete their transfers before Pokémon Bank closes, after which the service will no longer provide the route into Pokémon HOME .