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Ryse Was Supposed to Launch a Rome-Spanning Franchise. Here's Why It Died.

Ryse: Son of Rome arrived in 2014 as a gleaming, cinematic showcase for the Xbox One, but the game's six-hour campaign concealed an uncomfortable truth: two-thirds of the planned content had been c...

Emily Chen July 11, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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EU Shrugs at PlayStation Disc Killing: 'Companies Can Do What They Want'

The European Union has effectively declared itself unable to block Sony's pivot away from physical game releases, crushing hopes that strict continental consumer protection rules might save the dis...

Emily Chen July 11, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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Backyard Baseball Swings Too Hard, Loses the Magic

The new Backyard Baseball from Mega Cat Studios arrives wrapped in nostalgia but stumbles when it tries to improve on what made the original games work. After 10 hours with the reboot, it becomes c...

Emily Chen July 11, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Bethesda Reels From Massive Xbox Purge: The Elder Scrolls 6 at Risk, Fallout Accelerating

Bethesda Studios absorbed a brutal hit when Microsoft's Xbox division announced sweeping layoffs this week. Nearly 380 employees lost their jobs across Bethesda's Maryland offices, while id Softwar...

Emily Chen July 10, 2026 0 comments 11 min read

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake Hits 2 Million Sales in 24 Hours

Ubisoft's remake of Assassin's Creed Black Flag has landed a major commercial win, moving 2 million copies on its first day following a July 9 launch across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. ...

Emily Chen July 10, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Palworld Quietly Redesigns Controversial Pals Before 1.0 Launch

Pocketpair has overhauled the appearance of several creatures in Palworld's 1.0 release, silently shifting their designs away from the Pokémon likenesses that have dogged the game since its early a...

Emily Chen July 10, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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College Football 27 Steam Ratings Crater Over Pay-to-Win Offline Grind

EA Sports College Football 27 launched to a firestorm of player anger this month, with the game's Steam review score plummeting to just 22% positive after the publisher quietly introduced real-mone...

Emily Chen July 10, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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God of War Laufey Getting Physical Disc, Fueling 2027 Release Speculation

Santa Monica Studio has put to rest concerns about God of War Laufey becoming a digital-only release. The studio confirmed on social media that the upcoming PlayStation exclusive will ship on physi...

Emily Chen July 10, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Ubisoft Defends $85 DLC Wall Around $60 Pirate Game

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced launched to critical acclaim and record-breaking Steam player counts, but the game's aggressive day-one monetization has ignited a firestorm on the platform's s...

Emily Chen July 10, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Grand Theft Auto's 26-Year Crime Spree: Where to Jump In Before GTA 6

Grand Theft Auto has spent more than two decades cementing itself as one of gaming's most influential franchises. What began as a controversial top-down heist simulator on PlayStation 1 has evolved...

Emily Chen July 10, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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Cyberpunk 2077 Surges Back to Life, and Players Are Demanding More

Cyberpunk 2077 is experiencing a unexpected resurgence. Steam concurrent player counts hit 100,000 in early July, the game's highest peak since 2023, driven by a recent sale, anticipation for the C...

Emily Chen July 10, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Stardew Valley Fans Can Now Crochet Their Favorite Items, Coming January 2027

A decade after its initial release, Stardew Valley is still finding new ways to expand its reach beyond the game itself. The latest venture brings the cozy farming simulator into the craft world wi...

Emily Chen July 10, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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The 45-second mission that changed GTA forever

Rockstar Games has engineered countless spectacles across its Grand Theft Auto franchise, but few moments carry the structural weight of Bomb Da Base Act II. This brief sniper mission from GTA 3 di...

Emily Chen July 10, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Crimson Desert Hits Record Low on Amazon as Sony Phases Out PS5 Physical Games

Amazon is now offering Crimson Desert at its lowest price yet on both PS5 and Xbox Series X, a development that arrives as PlayStation prepares to stop producing physical discs for new releases by ...

Emily Chen July 10, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Black Ops Nostalgia Hits PS5: Brace Your Wallet

Call of Duty's original Black Ops games are back on modern PlayStation hardware, but Activision's pricing strategy will make players think twice before diving in. Both Black Ops 1 and 2 launched di...

Emily Chen July 10, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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How a Chance Meeting Led Peter Serafinowicz to Elden Ring Movie Stardom

Peter Serafinowicz never expected his deep love of Dark Souls would eventually land him a leading role in a major film adaptation. But that's exactly what happened when a chance encounter in a rece...

Emily Chen July 10, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Call of Duty Classic Ports Slammed for Lazy Technical Work on PS5

Activision's decision to bring Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 to PlayStation 4 and PS5 came with sticker shock, and now technical analysis reveals the ports may not justify their asking price. Dig...

Emily Chen July 10, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Pokémon TCG's Pitch Black Boosters Drop Below $60, Best Deal Yet

Amazon has restocked Pokémon TCG's Pitch Black Booster Bundles ahead of the July 17 release, pricing them at $57.92 for preorders. That's a meaningful discount compared to the resale market, where ...

Emily Chen July 10, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Palworld 1.0 Finally Arrives: The 'Pokemon With Guns' Game Gets Genuinely Better

Two years after its chaotic Early Access debut, Palworld has shed most of its rough edges and emerged as something genuinely worth playing. The survival creature collector's full 1.0 release repres...

Emily Chen July 10, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Pokémon Go Floods Times Square for Massive 10-Year Mewtwo Battle

Pokémon Go marked a decade of existence with an unmissable spectacle: more than 1,000 trainers converged on Times Square to battle a colossal Mega Mewtwo in real time, its image sprawling across th...

Emily Chen July 10, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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Pirates Everywhere: Gaming Giants Hijack Social Media for Black Flag Remaster Launch

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced arrived this week to an unusual fanfare: control of social media accounts across the gaming industry, from rivals to fast food chains, all suddenly posting abou...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Carmack Breaks Silence on id Software Massacre, Offers Blunt Truth About Gaming Economics

John Carmack has weighed in on the gutting of id Software, and his take cuts straight to the heart of why the legendary shooter studio lost nearly half its workforce this week. The legendary progra...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Pokémon Chaos Rising ETBs Finally Hit Normal Prices on Amazon

The Pokémon TCG: Chaos Rising Elite Trainer Box is back in stock at Amazon, and for the first time since launch, it's not costing a fortune. Prime members can snag one for £79.99, putting it square...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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The Complete Fallout Timeline: Where to Start Your Post-Apocalyptic Journey

The Fallout franchise has built one of gaming's most immersive worlds over two decades, blending retro-futuristic aesthetics with a sprawling post-nuclear narrative. From power-armored soldiers to ...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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New Game Lets You Run the Scares: Haunted House Manager Simulator Drops Next Year

A new management simulation is giving players a chance to step into the operator's booth of their own haunted attraction. Scream Operator: Haunted House Manager, developed by Japhet Interactive, pu...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Love and Deepspace Scraps Sixth Boyfriend, Fans Revolt with Billboards and Wolf Donations

The romantic mobile game Love and Deepspace has officially shelved its planned sixth love interest, Valko, and players are not taking it quietly. After canceling the character just days before his ...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Blood of Dawnwalker's Three Skill Trees Offer Wildly Different Ways to Play

Rebel Wolves' upcoming vampire RPG gives players three distinct paths to power: witchcraft, swordmastery, and vampirism. Each skill tree operates under its own rules, unlocks different combat possi...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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Pirate Game Crushes Series Record in Stunning Steam Launch

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has shattered the franchise's player records on Steam, drawing nearly 100,000 concurrent gamers at launch and demolishing every other entry in the series by a w...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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GTA Online's Kortz Center Heist Drops Next Week With Rockstar Easter Eggs Tucked Inside

Rockstar Games is rolling out its next major update to GTA Online starting July 14, bringing a full-scale heist centered on robbing the Kortz Center art museum. The operation promises to be one of ...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Pokémon Go's 10-Year Blowout Kicks Off Tonight With Major Mewtwo Surprise

Pokémon Go marks a decade in the wild today with a livestream that developer Scopely Explore has wrapped in secrecy, though scattered clues suggest Times Square may be about to host something massi...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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When Soccer Met Chaos: The Weirdest Football Games Ever Made

While FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer have spent decades perfecting the virtual pitch, a strange parallel universe of soccer games has quietly existed in the shadows. These aren't your standard simul...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Dragon Age is Dead at EA, Says Series' Former Architect

David Gaider, the lead writer behind the original Dragon Age trilogy, has little hope that BioWare will ever resurrect the fantasy franchise under Electronic Arts' ownership. The series effectively...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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Laid-Off Studio Workers Plan Saturday Protest Over 'Fan Event' Following Game Flop

Build a Rocket Boy faces a coordinated push-back from former employees this weekend as the IWGB Game Workers Union organizes a protest outside the studio's Edinburgh office. The action targets what...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Funko Pop Zombie Slayer: The Cute Game With a Genuinely Dark Heart

Zeverland is abandoning its free-to-play MMO origins to become something leaner and meaner. The upcoming survival game will launch as a buy-to-play experience, offering both solo campaigns and coop...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Elder Scrolls 6 faces major delays after Xbox massacre, Bethesda staff warn

The massive layoffs that swept through Xbox this week have left developers at Bethesda deeply anxious about the future of The Elder Scrolls 6, the studio's most anticipated project. Speaking anonym...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 10 min read

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Gangplank Drops Into Riftbound Card Game With Punishing New Mechanic

Riftbound's fourth expansion, Vendetta, is rolling out later this month with a fresh champion that punishes aggression. Gangplank, revealed exclusively, arrives as a rare unit with a defensive twis...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Bonnie Tyler, Voice of 80s Power Ballad Classic, Dead at 75

Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer whose soaring vocals defined one of the decade's most enduring rock anthems, has died. She was 75. Tyler passed away unexpectedly last night in a hospital in Faro, Po...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Sony and Fired Game Director Settle $200M Dispute, Adds Name Back to Marathon Credits

Christopher Barrett, the original game director of the extraction shooter Marathon, has reached a settlement with Sony and Bungie following his 2024 firing and subsequent lawsuit seeking more than ...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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id Software's Secret Projects Die With Massive Layoffs

Microsoft's decision to eliminate 92 of 185 full-time positions at id Software has torpedoed multiple unannounced game concepts the studio was developing, according to internal sources. The cuts ar...

Emily Chen July 9, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Garfield Trades His Couch for Platforming Nightmare

Garfield is about to have the worst Monday of his nine lives. The lasagna-loving tabby, famous for his contempt of work weeks and love of napping, is getting a new video game that tosses him into a...

Emily Chen July 8, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Doom Revelations Swaps Shield for Spear, Brings Eternal's Speed Back

Five hours into Doom: The Dark Ages' expansion, it's already clear that Revelations delivers the most compelling combat encounters the base game has to offer. The DLC introduces a fundamentally dif...

Emily Chen July 8, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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Humble Choice Drops Sea of Stars and Tunic This July for $15

The Humble Choice bundle for July is live, offering eight PC games for $14.99 that collectively represent a solid mix of genres and playstyles. The headliners include Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition, ...

Emily Chen July 8, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Obsidian Axes Avowed Sequel, Bets Big on New Fallout Game

Obsidian Entertainment has shelved plans for Avowed 2, shifting resources toward an ambitious new Fallout title that will be led by Josh Sawyer, according to Bloomberg. The decision marks a signifi...

Emily Chen July 8, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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1920s Roguelite FPS Deepward Pits Squad Against Relentless Horrors

Echofall Games is bringing a brutal new take on first-person shooter roguelites with Deepward, a 1920s-set action game that strips away lives quickly and demands constant adaptation. The studio ann...

Emily Chen July 8, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Lara Croft Storms Cobra Island in Massive G.I. Joe Crossover

Skybound Games is wading into the crossover craze with an unexpected team-up that pairs the globe-trotting archaeologist Lara Croft with the military action figures of G.I. Joe. The partnership kic...

Emily Chen July 8, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Xbox's Exclusivity Gamble: Which Blockbusters Could Skip PlayStation

Microsoft is preparing to aggressively pursue console exclusives once again, betting that locking major titles to Xbox hardware will drive hardware sales and reverse years of market share losses. N...

Emily Chen July 8, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Palworld Keeps $29.99 Price Tag Through 1.0 Launch, Bucking Industry Trend

Pocketpair is holding the line on Palworld's price. The developer announced it will not raise the cost of the monster-taming game when version 1.0 releases this week, keeping it fixed at $29.99 des...

Emily Chen July 8, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Logitech Racing Wheel Hits Rock Bottom Price for Forza Horizon 6 Players

Logitech's G923 racing wheel just hit its lowest verified price, and it comes with a two-year warranty. The refurbished unit is selling for $149.99 on Logitech's official eBay store with free shipp...

Emily Chen July 8, 2026 0 comments 4 min read