Quick Hits

• Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is out today on Switch 2, and the review embargo has lifted — Nintendo Life scored it 8/10 and asked if it's "the new Awakening?", while a day one update is already live with free goodies.
• The Pokémon TCG's 30th anniversary is off to a rough start: Nintendo Life reports scalpers are strangling today's special global drop, a content creator got dragged for opening possibly stolen unreleased boxes, and one RGB Mew chase card has already sold for $20,000.
• Kingdom Hearts has officially landed in Fortnite, bringing a pile of cosmetics and weapons — including the Kingdom Key.
• Mads Mikkelsen is a major antagonist in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, revealed in the new campaign trailer (Activision confirmed the Casino Royale and Death Stranding star's casting).
• Wardogs has sold 2 million units — and per data cited by Eurogamer, it's already out-earned Marathon, with Steam launch momentum ahead of both Arc Raiders and Helldivers 2.

Pokémon & Nintendo

It's a bittersweet birthday for card collectors. The Pokémon TCG turns 30 today, but Nintendo Life's report on the celebration's special global drop is grim reading — "To say I'm really deflated about this hobby right now is an understatement." Making matters messier, Kotaku reports creator Roush faced backlash after opening unreleased box sets bought two months ahead of official release, which some suspect were stolen. On the flip side, the 30th anniversary set's "super ugly" RGB Mew cards — once believed to be a hoax — are the set's chase pulls, and Kotaku notes one has already sold for $20k.

Happier news: Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave launches today, September 17th, and reviews are strong — Nintendo Life calls the dense, hero-stuffed strategy romp "dense, delightful" in its 8/10 verdict. There's also a day one update (patch notes are brief, but the highlight is free stuff, so download before you boot up).

Elsewhere on Switch 2: Zelda: Ocarina of Time will support VRR in docked mode, per Nintendo's store listing, following last week's firmware update that added Variable Refresh Rate to TV Mode. Nintendo Life also has a great side-by-side art comparison from that Ocarina deep dive Direct — the "Goggles of Truth" are still on our minds. And in a genuinely lovely milestone, Square Enix announced the Dragon Quest franchise has surpassed 100 million units sold, marked with a short video from Yuji Horii ("What a surprise!").

Fortnite

The Kingdom Hearts crossover is live — GameSpot reports the update brings plenty of cosmetics and weapons, including the Kingdom Key, which Epic says can be… well, you'll have to see it in action. Meanwhile, Tim Sweeney is firing back at a proposed EU ban that would keep kids 14 and under from playing online games, telling reporters it's "terrible for the next generation of humanity" (via Kotaku).

Call of Duty

Two big stories: First, Mads Mikkelsen is playing a major antagonist in Modern Warfare 4, revealed in Activision's new campaign trailer. Second, in a humbling data point for Activision, IGN reports Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 appears more popular than Black Ops 7 and Warzone on PS5 in the US, following today's PlayStation update that makes classic titles easier to play. Treyarch, meanwhile, is wrapping Black Ops 7 support with the launch of season six on Thursday, telling fans "We're ready to make something new" (via Kotaku) after last year's poorly rated entry.

Arc Raiders

The extraction shooter conversation is being dominated by Wardogs, which VGC reports has hit 2 million units sold — with a startlingly candid Bulkhead CEO admitting "We're not transparent and we're not honest," and telling FPS fans "Don't buy us if you want to play Call of Duty." Eurogamer's data deep-dive puts the launch in perspective: Wardogs has already made more money than Marathon, and its Steam momentum is tracking ahead of both Arc Raiders and Helldivers 2. That's stiff company for Arc Raiders' neighborhood — worth watching how Embark responds.

Indie Games

Endless Legend 2 hits 1.0 on Steam, and Amplitude has been reflecting on nearly 15 years of early access — "15 years ago, people understood it was an unfinished game," the studio tells Rock Paper Shotgun, while Kotaku notes devs feel "people can be a bit unforgiving" now. Also escaping danger: the vampire RPG Nighthawks cleared Steam's 'Adult Only' label just before launch — "At the risk of disappointing some players, Nighthawks is not porn," the devs said (via Eurogamer).

Steam & PC

Helldivers 2 and Horizon Forbidden West have abruptly vanished from the UK Steam store, and Rock Paper Shotgun reports it looks like it even caught publisher PlayStation off guard — Sony says it's "working with Valve to address the issue." In hardware news, Valve confirms the Steam Frame is just the beginning of plans to get Steam games running on compatibility-challenged ARM PCs: "We're trying to make it easier."

Gaming Roundup

Xbox held its Tokyo Game Show 2026 broadcast this morning — GameSpot and IGN have full rundowns of every announcement and trailer from Microsoft's Japanese partners. If you're playing the new creature-catcher Aniimo, GameSpot has guides on farming free rewards and hunting sparkling "shiny" variants, plus Destructoid's walkthrough for becoming a Junior Wayfarer. Finally, in non-game news: Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie is tracking to break the franchise's domestic opening record, currently held by 2010's Resident Evil: Afterlife (via IGN).

That's the drop for September 17th — go download that Fire Emblem patch, and may your RGB Mew pulls be legitimately obtained.