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Tekken 8's Bob Gets a Confirmed Release Date, and a Skateboard
Bandai Namco dropped Bob's full gameplay trailer right before his Top 8 bracket at Evo 2026. There's just one problem: two outlets that watched the same trailer can't agree on his actual release date.
Battlefield 6's Biggest Patch Yet Drops Tomorrow. Here's What Changed and Whether It's Worth Coming Back
Update 1.3.3.0 hits on June 30 alongside a week-long free trial. The patch rewrites how guns feel, fixes netcode complaints that have been sitting open since launch, and rebalances vehicles top to bottom. If you bounced off BF6 earlier this year, here is the honest breakdown of what is different now.
No, Xbox Hasn't Closed Ninja Theory Yet - Here's the Actual Status of Every Xbox Studio Reportedly at Risk
Jason Schreier stepped in to correct the record this week. The "Ninja Theory is already dead" headlines have been wrong for two weeks now, and somehow they're still circulating. Here's what's actually confirmed.
No Rest for the Wicked Finally Has a PS5 Date: October 2026, Same Day as 1.0
Moon Studios' action RPG is leaving Early Access after two and a half years, landing on PS5 and PC in October 2026 with 60 hours of new content and a reworked class system. Xbox and Switch 2 are not invited yet.
Everything Announced at the Capcom Spotlight June 2026
A release date for Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, new DLC for Monster Hunter Stories 3, a new boss for Onimusha, and a Resident Evil anniversary announcement. Capcom's 30-minute showcase had more in it than the runtime suggested.
GTA 6 Global Prices Revealed: Every Standard and Ultimate Edition Price Around the World
Pre-orders are live and Rockstar has confirmed what players everywhere will actually pay. The US price was never a secret, but the regional numbers tell a more interesting story. India is paying less than the US in real terms. Australia is paying more. Here's the full breakdown.
GTA 6 Is Missing From PlayStation Stores in Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman, But There's Still No Official Ban
With pre-orders now live, players across four Gulf countries are finding GTA VI absent from PlayStation Store search results entirely. Respawnerz checked all four storefronts and confirmed it. Nobody has officially explained why.
Xbox Series X and S Are on Sale Today, the Same Day GTA 6 Pre-Orders Go Live
Amazon has the Series X down $154 off MSRP and the Series S 512GB at $369.99. GTA 6 pre-orders open today. The timing is not subtle.
Steam Machine Pre-Orders: Registration Closes Tomorrow - Don't Miss the Window
The lottery closes June 25 at 10 AM PT. Miss it and you're waiting until 2027. Here is everything you need to qualify, register, and understand what comes next.
Everything Announced at the VR Games Showcase Summer 2026
The sixth VR Games Showcase wrapped on June 23 with two new extraction shooters, two surprise shadow drops, a Disney DLC pack for Trombone Champ, and a Payday: Aces High Direct. Here is every game announced, in the main show and the pre-show.
Denshattack!'s First Boss Is a Gyaru Influencer Who Transforms Into a Giant Mecha
Undercoders just showed off Yoshie ahead of the game's July 15 PS5 launch, and she is exactly as chaotic as that sentence suggests.
PlayStation's India Hero Project: Every Game in the Program and What Sony Is Actually Offering
Seven Indian studios. Development funding starting at $100,000. A shot at a global PS5 launch. Here is what the India Hero Project looks like right now.
The 20 Most Anticipated Games of 2026
GTA VI is at the end of this list for a reason. Everything above it is worth your attention too.
GTA 6 Leonida map regions including Vice City, Grassrivers, and Mount Kalaga
Rockstar's latest screenshot drop puts Vice City front and center, but the real story is everything the studio built around it. Six confirmed regions suggest Leonida is shaping up to be a state, not just a city with a map attached.
Rockstar's New GTA 6 Screenshots Show Just How Real Leonida Looks
Rockstar quietly expanded its official media gallery to 70 screenshots, and the new batch is the clearest look yet at how sharp, lived-in, and genuinely photoreal this game is shaping up to be.
Halo: Campaign Evolved Needs Two PlayStation Plus Subscriptions for Offline Split-Screen
A new Halo Studios Q&A confirms that local split-screen co-op in Halo: Campaign Evolved on PS5 requires both players to have an active PlayStation Plus subscription, and PlayStation fans are not happy about it.
Oni Station Is Out Now on Switch, and It Wants You Trapped on a Train With Something Hunting You
Oni Station is out now on Nintendo Switch, a procedurally generated horror game about a passenger train that won't stop and something in the dark that won't either. Here is what the launch actually delivers.
GTA 6 Day One Sales Could Beat the World Record by Four Times, Analyst Says
Investment bank Piper Sandler projects GTA 6 could sell over 45 million copies on day one, more than four times the current Guinness World Record held by GTA 5. Here is where that number comes from and whether it holds up.
GTA 6 Pre-Orders Go Live June 25, But the Price Tag Is Still a Mystery
GTA 6 pre-orders go live June 25 alongside official cover art, but Rockstar still hasn't said what it costs. Here is what we know, what's still missing, and why the wait is shorter than it looks.
GTA V's Free PS5 and Xbox Series Upgrade Is Live Today, Here Is How to Actually Claim It
Rockstar is finally letting last-gen holdouts move up without paying again. Here is who qualifies, what transfers, and why this is happening five months before GTA VI.
Gears of War: E-Day Takes Over Unreal Fest Chicago With a MegaLights Showcase
No enemies, no combat, no chainsaw kills. Just Marcus Fenix walking through Kalona while The Coalition explains why that empty street took thousands of lights to build.
Epic Wants Your Fortnite Skins To Work Across Other Games, Here's Why That Matters
Epic wants Fortnite skins to work across other games built on Unreal Engine 6. Here's why that quiet announcement at State of Unreal 2026 matters more than any new map or skin.
Sony Just Changed How PS Plus Games Get Released, And Almost No One Noticed
Sony just split this month's PS Plus catalog across three release dates instead of dropping it all at once. It looks small. It might be the most telling change to the service in years.
Is Xbox Quietly Backing Away From The Console Itself?
No next-gen Xbox has been announced, but Game Pass, cloud streaming, and rising hardware costs are pointing somewhere specific. Here's what the signals actually suggest.
Xbox Game Studios Boss Resigns as Ninja Theory Closure Is Confirmed and Compulsion, Arkane Lyon Face the Same Fate.
Xbox Game Studios head Craig Duncan resigns as Microsoft confirms Ninja Theory is closing and reports point to Compulsion Games, Double Fine, and Arkane Lyon facing the same fate.
Pokémon Champions mobile launch artwork featuring Raichu
Two months after its Switch debut, Pokémon Champions is finally coming to iOS and Android. Here is what transfers, how cross-play works, and how to grab the free Raichu before the window closes.
Nintendo Hit With Alleged Data Breach Through TINYpulse, Hackers Demand $2 Million
A group calling itself SHADOWBYT3$ says it pulled employee data out of Nintendo's HR survey platform, not Nintendo's own servers.
Why Signet City Is One of 2026's Most Interesting RPGs.
Signet City is a first-person fungalpunk RPG from the creator of Citizen Sleeper.
Why Empulse Is Becoming the Most Talked-About Demo of Next Fest.
Empulse is the most talked-about demo of Steam Next Fest June 2026. Here is why.
Steam Next Fest June 2026 is live right now.
Steam Next Fest June 2026 Is Live: What It Is and the Best Demos to Play Right Now.
Xbox Is Planning Major Layoffs. A Studio Might Not Survive.
Xbox is reportedly planning major layoffs for July 2026, just days after one of its best showcases in years. A studio closure may be part of the cuts.
Not Even GTA 6 Is Keeping Barbie and Godzilla Out of November
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered drops November 3. Barbie Rewind drops November 12. GTA 6 also drops in November. Atari has lost its mind and we are here for it.
Forza Horizon 6 Is Deleting Saves. Here Is What to Do Right Now.
A bug is wiping entire save files on both Xbox and PC. Playground Games has acknowledged it. Fixes are rolling out.
Ubisoft's Collapse: Every Studio Closure, Layoff, and Cancelled Game Since 2024
From San Francisco to Belgrade, a full account of what Ubisoft dismantled, what it cancelled, and what the numbers actually say.
GTA 6 Is Warping the Entire Industry Around It
Two trailers. Zero paid ads. And every major publisher quietly moving their release dates out of the way.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Confirmed. What Nintendo Does Next Matters
Nintendo confirmed a full ground-up rebuild for Switch 2 at the June 9 Direct. The engine rumors, the GTA VI window problem, and what kind of remake this actually is.
GTA VI Second Trailer Drops: Everything We Spotted in 4 Minutes
Rockstar dropped Trailer 2 and the internet went frame by frame within minutes. Vice City looks completely different, the protagonist reveal lands hard, and one detail might change everything about the story.
Gears of War: E-Day Gets a Gameplay Reveal, Release Date, and Collector's Edition
First real gameplay. A release date of October 6. A $299 Collector's Edition. And a confirmation it stays on Xbox. The full breakdown from the Xbox Games Showcase.
MW4 DMZ First Look: The Hajin Exclusion Zone, Bounty System, and Everything the Trailer Actually Reveals
Three modes, a star-based AI escalation system, gear persistence between matches, and a bounty mechanic that tries to solve extraction mode's griefing problem. DMZ rebuilt from scratch.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 - Everything We Know About the Campaign, Multiplayer, and Vault Edition
Makarov dies in mission two. Kill Block regenerates with 500+ configurations. The most promising MW preview in years, with the rough edges still visible.
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis - Everything We Know From the New Trailer
A full ground-up reimagining in UE5. Delayed to February 12, 2027. Three editions, a T-Rex statue, and the classic Lara rebuilt with modern fidelity.
Clockwork Revolution - The Heist Trailer: Steampunk Avalon, Time Travel Consequences, and a 2027 Xbox Exclusive
InXile showed gameplay, a full cast, Lady Ironwood's strategy, and locked in a 2027 release. More ambitious than most trailers let on.