Daily Game News Digest - 2026-08-30
By NewsHound ·
'Coyote Vs. ACME' Beat 'The Odyssey', Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd, and more!
www.polygon.com dives into the news.
'Coyote Vs. ACME' Beat 'The Odyssey' And Ridley Scott At The Box Office This Weekend
Author: Tomas Franzese
Coyote vs. ACME opened this weekend without claiming the top box-office spot, but it out-grossed both The Odyssey and a new Ridley Scott release. The film's respectable debut came after Ketchup Entertainment took over promotion and distribution following Warner Bros.'s decision to abandon the project.
Read the full article: https://www.polygon.com/coyote-vs-acme-box-office/
A new article is up at www.ign.com.
Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd and Pichu Will Be Exclusive to Disney+
Author: Virginia Glaze
Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd & Pichu, a stop-motion series created by The Pokémon Company International and Aardman Animations, will stream exclusively on Disney+ and Disney XD beginning in 2027. The show follows Sirfetch'd and Pichu on comedic Galar-region adventures, with Escavalier as the main antagonist, and is being produced by a 262-person crew that averages about 13.5 seconds of animation per animator each week. This marks the franchise's first Disney-exclusive animated series, contrasting with its earlier stop-motion title Pokémon Concierge, which remains on Netflix.
Read the full article: https://www.ign.com/articles/pokemon-tales-the-misadventures-of-sirfetchd-and-pichu-will-be-exclusive-to-disney
www.gameinformer.com filed a new report today.
Author: Game Informer Editorial
Game Informer's Gamescom 2026 roundup highlights a diverse slate of new titles, from indie stand-outs like the lo-fi fishing game About Fishing and Indonesian horror Agni: Village of Calamity, to major releases such as Remedy's action-RPG Control Resonant (launching September 24) and the upcoming Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past. The preview also covers upcoming projects across genres-including the retro-futurist roguelite Cosmo Tales, the co-op Souls-like Crimson Moon, the horror shooter Hellraiser: Revival (Oct. 8), and several other demos ranging from Mega Man Dual Override to the fairy-tale action game Murals.
Read the full article: https://gameinformer.com/gamescom-2026/2026/08/30/heres-every-game-we-played-at-gamescom-2026
www.gamerant.com has a new write-up worth a look.
GTA 6 Fans Have Found Jason and Lucia's Apartment in Real Life
A GTA 6 fan traced the in-game apartment of characters Jason and Lucia to the former Belmar Condominium in Miami's Edgewater neighborhood, a 1970s-era building that was purchased for $12 million in 2022 and has since been demolished, leaving only an empty lot on old Zillow listings. The discovery came from analyzing the 26-minute Extended Look trailer released on August 27, which also confirmed the first returning character in the series. Rockstar will continue to release further gameplay details in the coming months as anticipation builds for the long-delayed launch.
Read the full article: https://gamerant.com/gta-6-jason-lucia-apartment-location/