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The Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass – Part 1 is available now on Nintendo Switch 2, introducing an underwater area called Bubbly Basin where players can restore the environment, make new discoveries, and meet new friends. The announcement presents Bubbly Basin as an underwater environment centered on restoration and discovery. It also highlights the friends players can meet there, but does not provide further details about specific gameplay mechanics or story content.

Woot, the Amazon-owned deals outlet, is selling a Grade A refurbished Nintendo Switch 2 console for $399.99 while supplies last, giving shoppers a final window before Nintendo’s confirmed September 1 price increase pushes the console to $499.99, according to IGN. That’s $100 below the post-hike price and $50 under the current $449.99 retail cost, making this one of the more straightforward console deals of the year for anyone who’s been on the fence.

A Marvel’s Wolverine item labeled as a Game Features Trailer is now available through a linked post. The supplied text identifies it with the tags #PS5 and #Marvel, but provides no description of the material beyond that title and those tags. What the available information confirms The available information supports a narrow update: an item for Marvel’s Wolverine is labeled Game Features Trailer and is associated with PS5 and Marvel.

EA Motive has acknowledged that a test trailer for its upcoming open-world Iron Man game is genuine after footage surfaced online. According to Push Square, the team addressed the footage on social media and indicated that it has more to show when it is ready. The footage is marked August 2026 and is clearly unfinished, according to the report. It shows Tony Stark suiting up before flying around an open-world map that appears to be based on Chicago.

FromSoftware has released Patch 1.17 for Elden Ring, live now ahead of the Tarnished Pack DLC, delivering “improved parry performance” for the Parry, Storm Wall, and Thops’s Barrier skills alongside attack power increases on five offensive Perfume Bottle variants, according to PCGamesN. The patch applies whether or not you’re buying the DLC.

Alien: Isolation 2 is adding outdoor, open environments alongside its signature cramped corridors, with Project Art Director Anastasia Sopikova telling PCGamesN at Gamescom that the studio is building spaces to support multiple different playstyles, and there’ll be multiple ways to survive. Sopikova discussed the shift alongside Principal UI Artist Laura Maurerer, framing the new spaces around the series’ core tension rather than a simple map-size increase.

Konami producer Tsutomu Taniguchi and Evil Empire representatives Bérenger Dupré and Sandro Bordier discussed how the studios collaborated on Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, a new entry built by the Dead Cells studio in partnership with Konami and set to release on October 15, as reported by PCGamesN. Here’s the context: Evil Empire was originally set up as the guardian studio for Dead Cells under Motion Twin.

Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look premiered on Netflix as a 26-minute video, giving the clearest gameplay view yet of Rockstar’s next release ahead of its November 19, 2026 launch, which follows two delays from an originally planned 2025 release year, according to PCGamesN.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has confirmed four PlayStation Plus Essential Monthly Games for September 2026: Chained Echoes, MLB The Show 26, Sniper Elite: Resistance, and Wobbly Life. All four titles will be available to subscribers from September 1, according to the official PlayStation Blog announcement. Reports published before Sony’s announcement identified Sniper Elite: Resistance, Chained Echoes, and Wobbly Life as part of the September selection.

Sega has confirmed Crazy Taxi: World Tour for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch 2. The game is coming in 2027, according to Sega’s official announcement published June 8, 2026. Crazy Taxi returns with online multiplayer Crazy Taxi: World Tour builds on the series’ high-speed action and open-city driving, Sega said.