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GTA 6 Extended Look Drops August 27 on Netflix First
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Blizzard Announces Overwatch Rush Mobile Game
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Blizzard Announces Overwatch Rush Mobile Game

Blizzard announces Overwatch Rush, a new top-down mobile hero shooter set in the Overwatch universe, currently in early development and regional testing.

Marvel's Wolverine Pre-Orders Goes Live After State of Play
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Marvel's Wolverine Pre-Orders Goes Live After State of Play

Insomniac's Marvel's Wolverine kicked off the June 2026 Sony State of Play with a full gameplay showcase, and pre-orders went live immediately after the segment ended.

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GTA 6 Extended Look Drops August 27 on Netflix First

Rockstar Games has announced Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look premieres on Netflix August 27 at 3 PM ET, six hours before hitting YouTube at 9 PM ET.

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Blizzard Announces Overwatch Rush Mobile Game

Blizzard announces Overwatch Rush, a new top-down mobile hero shooter set in the Overwatch universe, currently in early development and regional testing.

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Wolverine' Launches on September 15, 2026

Marvel's Wolverine Pre-Orders Goes Live After State of Play

Insomniac's Marvel's Wolverine kicked off the June 2026 Sony State of Play with a full gameplay showcase, and pre-orders went live immediately after the segment ended.

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Polygon's Minecraft Documentary Gets Its First Teaser Trailer
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Polygon's Minecraft Documentary Gets Its First Teaser Trailer

Polygon has dropped the first teaser for Battle of the Boroughs, a 40-minute documentary about NYC students using Minecraft Education to redesign their city.

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Mina the Hollower finally gets a May 29 release date after 6 years
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Mina the Hollower finally gets a May 29 release date after 6 years

Yacht Club Games confirms Mina the Hollower launches May 29 for $19.99, ending a 6-year wait after the game raised over $1 million on Kickstarter in 2022.

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Battlefield 6 Season 3 drops next week with heavy BF4 nostalgia
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Battlefield 6 Season 3 drops next week with heavy BF4 nostalgia

Battlefield 6 Season 3 arrives next week with two BF4-inspired maps, classic weapons, a new Obliteration mode, and a Ranked queue for REDSEC battle royale.

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GTA 6 could be the PS5's Mario Kart, says Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead
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GTA 6 could be the PS5's Mario Kart, says Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead

Larian Studios' publishing director Michael Douse predicts GTA 6 could sell 45 million copies on PS5 in its first week, calling it the console's defining game.

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Valve admits Steam Controller sold out faster than expected, more stock coming
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Valve admits Steam Controller sold out faster than expected, more stock coming

Valve's new Steam Controller sold out almost immediately after launch, prompting the company to post on X admitting demand exceeded expectations and promising more stock soon.

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Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes gets new fighter Zohar and major balance update
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Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes gets new fighter Zohar and major balance update

Arc System Works and French Bread have announced DLC fighter Zohar alongside a major update hitting Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes in Summer 2026.

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IO Interactive CEO vows to get 007 First Light running well on Switch 2
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IO Interactive CEO vows to get 007 First Light running well on Switch 2

IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak confirms the Switch 2 version of 007 First Light is delayed to late summer, but promises it will arrive in great shape.

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Wooting CEO Takes You Inside How a Hall Effect Switch Gets Made
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Wooting CEO Takes You Inside How a Hall Effect Switch Gets Made

Wooting CEO Calder Limmen walks through the full manufacturing process of the Lekker Tikken Hall effect switch, from plastic injection to final quality testing.

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Forza Horizon 6's Xbox Series X|S Quality and Performance Modes Confirmed
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Forza Horizon 6's Xbox Series X|S Quality and Performance Modes Confirmed

Playground Games has confirmed Quality and Performance modes for Forza Horizon 6 on Xbox Series X|S, detailing resolution and framerate targets ahead of the May 19 launch.

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Masters of Albion Marked Unsupported on Steam Deck
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Masters of Albion Marked Unsupported on Steam Deck

22cans built Masters of Albion with Steam Deck in mind, but Valve's verification process disagreed. The god game from Peter Molyneux sits Unsupported, and the gap between dev confidence and Valve.

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PC gamers spend way more on sub-$30 games than console players, Newzoo finds
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PC gamers spend way more on sub-$30 games than console players, Newzoo finds

Analyst firm Newzoo finds PC players are buying far more games priced under $30 at launch than PlayStation and Xbox users, with new sub-$30 releases up 156% since 2022.

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Nintendo Switch 2 Upcoming Games 2026
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Nintendo Switch 2 Upcoming Games 2026

From Splatoon Raiders to Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the Nintendo Switch 2 has a loaded release calendar for 2026 with exclusives and big third-party ports.

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Final Fantasy 7 Part 3 Rumors Echo the Wild Leaks of the 90s
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Final Fantasy 7 Part 3 Rumors Echo the Wild Leaks of the 90s

A ResetEra user named PimplePoppingPunk dropped a nearly 1,000-word breakdown of 'Final Fantasy 7 Return,' and it reads like peak 90s schoolyard gossip.

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Take-Two CEO Calls GTA 6 Budget 'Expensive' as $1.5B Estimate Surfaces
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Take-Two CEO Calls GTA 6 Budget 'Expensive' as $1.5B Estimate Surfaces

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick confirmed GTA 6 cost a lot to make, while analysts estimate the budget could hit $1.5 billion ahead of its November 2026 launch.

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Windrose devs patch SSD-destroying write spike fears
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Windrose devs patch SSD-destroying write spike fears

Windrose players noticed alarming SSD write spikes after launch, with tests showing up to 1.3GB written per 90 seconds. A patch has now cut those numbers roughly in half.

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Xbox CEO confirms Copilot is dead on console and winding down on mobile
5 months ago•4 mins read

Xbox CEO confirms Copilot is dead on console and winding down on mobile

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma confirms Microsoft is killing Copilot on console entirely and winding it down on mobile, just weeks after announcing the AI assistant would arrive on current-gen hardware.

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How Rebellion Uses Simple Naming to Stand Out on Steam
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How Rebellion Uses Simple Naming to Stand Out on Steam

Sniper Elite studio Rebellion explains how self-descriptive game naming and nailing the first two hours keeps them competitive on a Steam that now sees 2,472 new releases per month.

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Black Flag Resynced Combat Is More Demanding Than the Original
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Black Flag Resynced Combat Is More Demanding Than the Original

Ubisoft confirms Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced rebuilds combat from scratch, with adaptive enemies and new mechanics that punish repetitive playstyles.

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