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• Hundreds Of Books Are On Sale In Amazon’s Buy 2 Get 1 Free Sale

  15-06-2026 23:31 via gamespot.com
  
  Amazon's massive Buy Two, Get One Free sale is back as an early Prime Day deal just in time to stock up your summer reading list. To take advantage of this deal, add three eligible books to your cart; you'll then receive a discount on the lowest-priced item at checkout. Most eligible books are also seeing big price cuts in addition to the B2G1 promotion, meaning you can save quite a bit while the deal is available. Dozens of novels, comics, art books, and other reading material are eligible for
  
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• Double Fine, Ninja Theory, And More Reportedly Trying To Spin Off From Xbox Game Studios

  15-06-2026 23:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Earlier today, word broke that Microsoft is reportedly planning to close Compulsion Games--the studio behind South of Midnight, We Happy Few, and Contrast--as part of a larger round of layoffs and studio closures. Now, there's word that a handful of Xbox Studios' smaller developers are taking some steps to avoid that fate.Bloomberg is reporting that Compulsion, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and "several other studios" have started negotiations with Microsoft to spin off their companies from Xbox St
  
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• Obsession Director Would Be Up For A Video Game Movie

  15-06-2026 23:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Filmmaker Curry Barker is on top of the world right now thanks to the success of his horror movie Obsession. It's made more than $220 million against a reported $750,000 budget, and everyone wants to know what he's going to do next.
  He is making a new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie, and plans to expand Obsession into possible sequels and a TV show, but what else?
  A video game movie, perhaps.He told Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that while he is not a big gamer himself, he would
  
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• Blizzard Sues WoW Private Server It Alleges Raked In Millions

  15-06-2026 21:53 via gamespot.com
  
  World of Warcraft developer Blizzard is seeking legal action against yet another WoW private server, accusing the creators of Ascension WoW of copyright infringement, racketeering, and having earned millions of dollars illegally. In a court document submitted on June 12 in California, Blizzard cited many of the same offenses it used against the creators of Turtle WoW in a lawsuit last year. Blizzard alleges the makers of Project Ascension have infringed on its WoW copyright on a "massive sc
  
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• Xbox Closing We Happy Few, South Of Midnight Developer Compulsion Games – Report

  15-06-2026 19:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft is reportedly going to close the Canadian developer Compulsion Games, which is known for Contrast, We Happy Few, and South of Midnight.
  According to Kotaku, the cuts could affect more than 90 people.Another report, from Mike Straw of Insider Gaming, said Arkane is also set to be closed as part of Microsoft's "reset" of the Xbox business.GameSpot has contacted Microsoft seeking comment on the reports.Microsoft acquired Compulsion in 2018 and took ownership of Arkane following its buyout
  
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• Amazon’s 3 4K Blu-Rays For $33 Deal Returns This Month

  15-06-2026 18:57 via gamespot.com
  
  Streaming might be the new standard for watching movies at home, but nothing beats a physical film collection. If you're looking to stock up your Blu-ray library, Amazon is running a limited-time promotion ahead of Prime Day that lets you bundle three 4K Blu-rays for just $11 each, which adds up to $33 total. That's a pretty good deal considering most Blu-rays normally cost around $20. To get the deal, add three (or more) eligible 4K Blu-rays to your cart, and the discount will automatically kic
  
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• Halo: Campaign Evolved Release Date And Global Launch Times Revealed

  15-06-2026 18:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft's next big game is Halo: Campaign Evolved, which launches at the end of July for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. Ahead of that, Microsoft has published the official release times for the game, which begins with early access on July 23.Read on to find out exactly when Halo: Campaign Evolved release where you live. The game is having a global launch, Microsoft said, which suggests the game will arrive in all regions at the same time.
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• Xbox Game Studios Boss Is Out Ahead Of Reported Layoffs And Other Major Changes To “Reset” Xbox

  15-06-2026 18:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Craig Duncan, the head of Xbox Game Studios, is leaving the company after 15 years at Microsoft, and so is his chief of staff. The changes come ahead of reported layoffs and possible studio closures at Xbox under the leadership of Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who has vowed to "reset" the Xbox business.Duncan was the longtime studio head at Sea of Thieves developer Rare before he got promoted to overall Head of Xbox Game Studios in November 2024. He took over that position from Matt Booty, who was himse
  
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• Capcom Says Betting On Teams Instead Of Visionaries Changed The Company

  15-06-2026 18:24 via gamespot.com
  
  We're halfway through 2026, and so far, Capcom is on a roll. Resident Evil: Requiem, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, and Pragmata have all been hit games, while other titles like Street Fighter 6 continue to do well with post-launch content. So what's Capcom's secret? According to the company itself, having a team-first mentality instead of auteur-driven games is one of its keys to success."In the game industry, when a title becomes a series, it often ends up depending he
  
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• Microsoft Boss Wants Xbox to Start Pulling Its Weight Financially

  15-06-2026 17:21 via gamespot.com
  
  While the new Xbox leadership team under CEO Asha Sharma has been on a charm offensive lately--while also promising a "reset" for the division that suggests layoffs are on the way--Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella got down to brass tacks recently. During a panel at the New York Times Hard Fork event, Nadella spoke about how Xbox will have to find a way to become more profitable as it enters a new era."No one can accuse Microsoft of not having invested for the last 25 years," Nadella sa
  
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• EA Announces New Plan To Launch Ads “Directly Into Gameplay” After Working On In-Game Ads For Decades Already

  15-06-2026 15:21 via gamespot.com
  
  In an announcement that is sure to unsettle players but please investors, Electronic Arts has announced a new program to bring in-game ads to its games in ways that EA claims won't "disrupt" the player experience.EA Advertising, as it's called, is a new platform that EA says advertisers can use to reach EA's network of 120 million monthly players. That's indeed a massive scale, and some people in the video game industry have been surprised that this kind of program hasn't happened sooner given h
  
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• Get 10 Million Free Bloodpoints For Dead By Daylight’s 10th Anniversary

  15-06-2026 15:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Dead by Daylight is officially 10 years old, and as well as announcing a ton of upcoming content, Behaviour Interactive is offering a massive 10 million free Bloodpoints for every player to redeem.The huge giveaway was announced just before the developer's 10-year anniversary stream, surprising players who had predicted that the studio would not be overly generous with anniversary freebies.
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  Bloodpoints are one of DBD's various in-game
  
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• Don’t Hold Your Breath For A Dead By Daylight Sequel

  15-06-2026 03:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Dead by Daylight turns 10 years old today, June 14. The asymmetrical horror multiplayer game has been leading the pack since its debut, helping popularize the genre that has grown into a (haunted) cottage industry over the course of that decade. What began as a 4v1 game of horror-movie homages has grown into a horror museum of sorts, playing host to dozens of licensed collaborations with iconic horror staples like A Nightmare on Elm Street, Ringu, and The Walking Dead, as well as many striking o
  
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• Everything Announced For Dead by Daylight During Its 10th Anniversary Stream

  15-06-2026 03:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Dead by Daylight turns 10 years old today, and for its anniversary, the team at Behaviour Interactive has announced a ton of things coming to the game, both in the short and long term. We've rounded up all of those announcements in one place in case you missed the stream, and you can find that stream below, too. Combined with those announcements are additional insights from my recent interview with the team ahead of the anniversary showcase. Here's everything DBD fans need to know about what's c
  
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• Dead By Daylight Is More Violent Than Ever, And The Devs Told Me Why

  15-06-2026 03:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Dead by Daylight is now 10 years old and has been played by 70 million players worldwide, making it one of the older and most successful live-service games--and horror games--ever made. It's changed a lot over those years, but one change you may have noticed is in its depictions of violence. The game has gotten more graphic over time, the game's creative director Dave Richard explained to me. It's been a conscious decision by the team, and he explained how pop culture's increased interest i
  
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