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Alkimia Interactive promises quick Gothic 1 Remake patch after backlash

Crash fixes were already headed out Monday, but Gothic 1 Remake’s lockpicking backlash stayed unresolved. Alkimia Interactive was watching player sentiment in real time.

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Annapurna brings five games to Switch 2, two available now with upgrades

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Capcom’s Pragmata tops one million sales in just two days

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Nintendo sets July 23, 2026 release for Splatoon Raiders on Switch 2

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ArenaNet says Guild Wars 1 and 2 will keep getting updates

ArenaNet said Guild Wars 1 and 2 will keep getting updates as Guild Wars 3 moves toward a fall 2027 beta. Veteran players are weighing support against the risk of a slow fade.

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Elden Ring Tarnished Edition lands on Switch 2 in August 2026

Switch 2 finally gets Elden Ring on August 28, and PlayStation, Xbox and PC players get the new Tarnished Pack too. It is a rare win that reaches beyond one console.

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Valve's Steam redesign reignites indie fears over discoverability

Valve’s Steam redesign put the Popular Upcoming tab back in the indie crosshairs. Smaller teams fear buzz will outrank visibility.

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Warhammer Skulls returns with Space Marine 2, Darktide news planned

Space Marine 2 and Darktide sat at the center of Skulls 2026, where 90% discounts and new reveals turned Warhammer’s biggest game week into real player value.

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GOG apologizes after newsletter includes Nazi symbols in subject line

A GOG promo for The End of the Sun went out with Nazi-linked symbols in its subject line, forcing an apology and a promised review overhaul.

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Amazon says it’s too early to promise future Bond games from IO Interactive

Amazon says its Bond future is still unsettled: even with IO Interactive on 007 First Light, it won’t promise the studio will handle the next game.

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Yoko Taro and Hideki Kamiya praise Korean AAA game development at G-CON 2025

Yoko Taro and Hideki Kamiya turned G-CON 2025 into a blunt read on where AAA competition is headed, with Crimson Desert standing in as Korea’s benchmark.

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Techland veteran says developers must heed player complaints about bugs and frustration

Tymon Smektała says studios need to listen past player patch ideas and hear the real pain point, especially when bugs and frustration are driving complaints.

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Factorio's update 2.1 will be its last major expansion

Factorio is freezing its factory formula after 2.1, leaving modders all summer to adapt as Wube shifts the megahit into long-term support.

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Marvel Rivals will refund ranked points to cheater reporters

Marvel Rivals is refunding ranked points to players who expose cheaters, tying anti-cheat directly to ladder trust.

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Jason Voorhees joins Dead by Daylight as Friday the 13th fades

Jason Voorhees has found a new multiplayer home in Dead by Daylight, after Friday the 13th: The Game was removed from sale and effectively buried.

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Talos Principle 3 will end the puzzle series, Croteam says

Croteam framed Talos Principle 3 as a real ending, not another franchise loop, giving the puzzle series rare finality after years of cliffhangers.

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Forza Horizon 6 surges past Forza Horizon 5 with huge Steam launch

Premium buyers pushed Forza Horizon 6 to 273,148 Steam concurrents, a huge early signal for Xbox’s Japan-set racer and its premium-access strategy.

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Amanita Design’s Phonopolis mixes Orwellian satire with playful charm

Phonopolis turned a cardboard dictatorship into a playable toy box, with Felix the only dustman who can hear the Absolute Tone coming for the city.

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Circana changes sales charts to include projected digital game sales

Circana’s new chart method lifts the lid on a scoreboard that had been missing digital sales, reshuffling who looks like a hit. Tomodachi Life shows why the old rankings were never the full story.

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Dead Space 4 unlikely as producer says sales numbers do not add up

Chuck Beaver says Dead Space 4 would need more than 10 million sales, or even 15 million, turning fan demand into a brutal math problem.

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The Sinking City 2 shifts from detective mystery to survival horror

Frogwares is recasting The Sinking City 2 as survival horror, swapping mandatory detective work for tension, combat, and optional clue hunting.

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Playground Games warns leaked Forza Horizon 6 players face bans

Anyone caught playing the leaked Forza Horizon 6 PC build could face franchise-wide or hardware bans. Playground Games says it will punish access, not just uploaders.

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Blizzard disables Diablo 4 Limitless Rage after infinite damage exploit

Blizzard shut off Diablo 4’s Limitless Rage after players turned a Barbarian aspect into infinite damage, breaking builds and short-circuiting seasonal progression.

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TurtleWoW rebrands as Moonwhisper Games after Blizzard lawsuit pressure

Blizzard’s lawsuit forced TurtleWoW to sunset, but the private-server crew is trying to survive as Moonwhisper Games and build an original MMO.

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Bungie’s final Destiny 2 update aims to revive public zones

Bungie’s last Destiny 2 update pushes players back into public spaces, with the Director restored, destination loot refreshed, and Public Events turned into the main reward loop.

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Ace Combat 8 surfaces on PEGI, hinting at 2026 release window

Ace Combat 8 turned up on PEGI with a pre-release date of 30 May 2026, pushing the sequel from rumor territory into the real pipeline. Fans now have a 2026 window to watch.

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Little Nightmares 2 Enhanced Edition lands on Nintendo Switch 2

Little Nightmares 2’s Switch 2 edition finally brings 60 FPS, higher resolution, and faster loading to Bandai Namco’s horror platformer.

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Blizzard rolls out major StarCraft 2 balance patch in 2026

Blizzard cut StarCraft II’s starting workers from 12 to 8 in a sweeping 5.0.16 PTR, years after formal content development ended.

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Wizards of the Coast pushes back as MTG Arena staff seek union recognition

After layoffs and relocation pressure, Wizards of the Coast is emailing and mailing MTG Arena staff to fight unionization as the June 2 vote looms.

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Arkane almost made Thief 4 and a Blade Runner game before Dishonored

Arkane’s breakout almost wore Thief and Blade Runner licenses instead of Dishonored’s name, and the near-miss still haunts immersive sim history.

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Sony raises PlayStation Plus prices for new subscribers in select regions

New PS Plus sign-ups now cost $10.99 a month for Essential, a higher entry fee for the PS5 online door that many players need just to play multiplayer.

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Sony sets June 2 PlayStation showcase with Marvel’s Wolverine reveal

Sony will put Marvel’s Wolverine front and center on June 2, using a longer-than-hour State of Play to show PS5 fans there’s still a deep pipeline coming.

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Far Far West sells 1 million copies, publisher rejects generative AI

Far Far West hit 1 million Steam sales in under two weeks, and Fireshine used the breakout to draw a hard line against generative AI.

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