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- July 2
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- Elden Ring and Dark Souls inspired Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director's approach to the RPG's story – "I didn't want to spoon-feed the player"
- Rockstar devs allege crunch is so common at the GTA 6 studio that it's "built into" contracts and you have to "opt out" of it
- Final Fantasy 7 Revelation DLC includes "Story Expansion Pass," according to Epic Games Store database listings
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is hiding "a lot of new shipwrecks" and secrets to explore using the newly added "dive anywhere" feature, teases tech lead
- Game preservation expert says stop killing games if you don't want piracy, because companies like PlayStation and Rockstar "refuse to offer a meaningful alternative"
- Nintendo probably won't ditch physical games just because PlayStation is, analyst predicts: "Nintendo is going to be Nintendo, for better and/or worse"
- Evercade creators Blaze dunk on PlayStation for ending physical using their own PS4-era mockery
- Sony says AI is "exciting," great for "synthetic assets," and an "important foundational technology supporting our strategy"
- Obsidian reportedly safe from Xbox studio closures despite fears the RPG powerhouse was in negotiations to avoid shutdown
- Resident Evil director says it would feel "inorganic" to "shoehorn" legacy characters into his movie: "I have to put the story first and foremost"
- Obsidian veteran Josh Sawyer thinks RPG choices are best when they're not "purely" good or evil, and Greek plays "knocked it out of the park 1000s of years ago"
- Bethesda not-so-subtly brags about its physical Oblivion Remastered Switch 2 cartridge, mere hours after Sony announces the end of new PlayStation discs
- Hori's adorable Kirby Switch 2 accessories are starting to sell out, but you don't need to resort to resellers
- House of the Dragon season 3 opening credits feature an ingenious reference to George R.R. Martin's Fire and Blood
- Plans to revive the 3DO are already dead, with the publisher claiming it "did not anticipate such fragmentation of rights"
- "Long live physical media": Devs and publishers of Baldur's Gate 3, Silksong, and more call Sony's decision to end physical PlayStation games "genuinely heartbreaking"
- Edifier's new G5 Max wireless gaming headset boasts a 305 hour battery life, which even puts HyperX cans to shame
- Wingspan Pocket shrinks the beloved board game down in size, and it'll land in time for your summer vacation
- After Backrooms' success, Weapons director Zach Cregger is writing a horror movie based on internet urban legend Siren Head
- Capcom says sike, we actually are releasing Onimusha: Way of the Sword early with the action game now set to escape the pre-GTA 6 rush
- Jennifer Holland reveals why DC boss James Gunn casts so many friends in his movies
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance board game with all the gritty RPG elements fans love is on the way from the award-winning developers of Codenames and SETI
- The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender movie is seemingly getting shadow dropped last minute after full movie leak
- The Ghost in the Shell director confirms no GenAI was used in the remake
- "Am I going back to the PS4 days?" - Former PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida shares a very mixed Steam Machine review
- A Kang variant is in X-Men '97 season 2, which means the supervillain isn't completely off the table in the MCU's future
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead doesn't "care" if his next game isn't as popular as Sandfall's GOTY RPG, because "we're just going to do what we love again"
- As PlayStation kills discs, former Blizzard boss says "we can't live in a world of fear if our games will work in the future or not"
- After layoffs and Destiny 2's abrupt end, Bungie "can't promise a fix" to reported issues: "We will get this out when possible"
- July 1
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- Hideo Kojima's fears resurface as PlayStation ends physical games: "Eventually, even digital data will no longer be owned by individuals on their own initiative"
- Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer says it was "pure luck" he directed the RPG at Obsidian: "Almost literally fell in my lap"
- Downloading GTA 6 with the "hope it'll run in 50 years is not a preservation solution," Video Game History Foundation says as PlayStation kills discs
- Valve made it roughly 15 times harder for indie games to reach a coveted Steam ranking, but one expert says an understated new Steam feature is doing god's work
- Instead of putting its games on PC, Sony apparently wants to escape the reputation that "PlayStation equals the living room" by selling monitors and speakers
- Xbox is reportedly testing a feature to digitize physical game collections as PlayStation decides to phase out discs
- Epic Games CEO says "Steam charges such high fees" that companies like Genshin Impact maker MiHoYo "find it more profitable to go it alone," fans remind him MiHoYo has multiple games on Steam
- PS6 "won't arrive until 2028 at the earliest," analyst predicts following Sony's decision to kill physical games, and the base model won't have a disc drive
- A native Discord app has finally landed on the Meta Quest 3 and 3S, and you can get a month of Nitro for free if you download it in the next three months
- Final Fantasy 14 devs pulled off the best relaunch "in the history of video games," Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says
- Cyberpunk 2077 lead proves the RPG's "biggest scene" is so much more complex than The Witcher 3's that you can barely compare them
- Never mind the RAM crisis, this Acer gaming laptop comes with 32GB memory and an RTX 5070 Ti for $300 off
- Just one generation ago, PlayStation couldn't shut up about how great physical games are: "Keep it forever"
- "Limitation sparks creativity": Cyberpunk 2077 quest lead turned one character's appearance into "part of the story" because CD Projekt Red couldn't afford the alternative
- Subnautica 2 devs win: Krafton will pay the whole team "significantly more" bonuses than previously planned, but the CEO is still leaving after a settlement
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced star once alleged Ubisoft threatened to sue him over his remake tease, but now it's been turned into official promo
- Anime Expo 2026 schedule and the 8 big announcements we're expecting – from Demon Slayer to Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- Ex-PlayStation boss says PC ports weren't losing Sony any hardware sales, questions how it could think otherwise now it's reportedly keeping big single-player games console-exclusive
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day star Sadie Sink wasn't handed a script for the secretive Marvel movie until she landed in London for the shoot
- 33 years later, the 3DO could make an unexpected comeback, but the '90s console revival is already being branded as "not legitimate"
- A Nintendo Switch 2 with a new screen may be incoming, but don't get your hopes up for an OLED panel
- PlayStation Store on PS3 and Vita to shut down 5 years after Sony first decided against it – starting as soon as next month in some regions
- PlayStation is ending physical disc production for new games in 2028 as Sony says "general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs"
- Persona 3 fans take matters into their own hands, releasing a DS port of the Atlus JRPG and immediately proving what a missed opportunity it was not to have an official one
- Game of Thrones fans are debating the best sword fighters in Westeros, and Jaime Lannister has competition
- Pragmata's initial internal feedback called devs "incompetent at level design" and "unable to make compelling puzzles" during the difficult development of Capcom's sci-fi shooter
- Surprise Mario Kart World update adds 2 new Knockout Tour routes in a chunky patch that also buffs certain characters and expands Photo Mode
- GTA 6 studio Rockstar "will arrange to meet" union reps following devs' request for recognition, assuring it gives teams "world-class work environments" amid demands for "fairer crunch practices"
- The Odyssey director Christopher Nolan says he first dreamt about making an IMAX movie in 1986
- Replay's July theme is Assassin's Creed: send us your best Assassin-y clips for a chance to win a £/$250 Amazon voucher!
- After the worst opening for a DC movie since Aquaman 2, Supergirl is projected to drop 60% at the box office this weekend
- Obsession star teases Curry Barker's next "buddy comedy" turned horror movie: "It's like if Key and Peele walked into Hereditary"
- HYTE is celebrating 30 years of Persona with a set of PC accessories that I never saw coming
- Good luck collecting Pokemon TCG 30th Celebration, because the lineup includes 27 products
- No sign of cheaper vanilla Arc G3 in Intel's latest graphics update, and I'm worried the handheld scene is taking a "go Extreme or go home" approach
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners season 2 fans have high praise for Weak Kingsley's English-language voice actor: "One of my top five favorite castings"
- Following divisive reviews, Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 is suffering a 59% drop in ratings from season 1
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