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• Sonic’s New Chaos Hunt Game Includes Some Fine Print You Shouldn’t Skip

  23-06-2026 23:42 via gamespot.com
  
  The 35th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog is arriving later this year, and one of the ways that Sega is celebrating the event is a new ARG game called Chaos Hunt. Fans have been invited to hunt for some missing Chaos Emeralds, but players should probably check out the fine print before they take part in it.As noted by user Luna Leo on social media, the terms of service for Chaos Hunt requires players to agree to AI model training and to sharing their details with third-party AI vendors.https://
  
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• Valve Was Forced Into Making A Weird Hardware Decision With Steam Machine

  23-06-2026 20:57 via gamespot.com
  
  Valve's Steam Machine is finally launching next week, but the journey to this point hasn't been easy. The living-room PC has found itself at the center of an ongoing RAM crisis--one that has forced Valve to turn every Steam Machine into a little bit of a memory lottery if you do happen to get one.Regardless of which Steam Machine you decide to purchase, each one will ship with 16GB of RAM. You can, however, get one of two configurations: either two sticks of 8GB each, or a single 16GB stick. If
  
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• Lords Of The Fallen 2 Delayed To Avoid GTA 6 And Get More “Enhancements”

  23-06-2026 20:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Lords of the Fallen 2 is not going to make it out on time. Developer CI Games has announced that the game is shifting from 2026 to Q1 2027 (January-March 2027).CI Games CEO Marek Tyminski said feedback and tests showed that there are "meaningful opportunities" available to "further refine and strengthen the overall experience" with more time."These enhancements will benefit from additional integration, iteration, and polishing time, enabling the team to deliver the highest possible quality at la
  
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• EA Exec Says There Has Been A “Real Rise Of Creativity” After Developers Embraced AI

  23-06-2026 20:37 via gamespot.com
  
  EA executive Laura Miele, the president of enterprise development at the publisher, has commented on the role of AI in game development. She said in an interview that she has seen a "real rise of creativity" at EA thanks in part to developers using AI tools and systems to do "tedious" tasks that in turn frees them up for more creative pursuits.
  Miele was asked by The Game Business if using AI technologies can help speed up game development, and she said, "Perhaps in some parts they will."
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• Diablo 4’s Next Crossover Goes In A Much Different, “Lighter” Direction

  23-06-2026 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Diablo 4's next crossover collaboration will be with Blizzard's own Overwatch, bringing the looks of iconic heroes like Reinhardt, Mercy, Kiriko, and others to the dark-fantasy ARPG.The collab will come as part of Diablo 4's upcoming Season 14, Death Awakening, and will mostly be a "shop-focused collab," according to Diablo 4's design director for live services Dan Tanguay. There will, however, be a free reliquary where players can unlock two Overwatch-themed weapon cosmetics, a mount trophy, pl
  
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• Blizzard Knows Diablo 4 Season 14’s Mythic Changes Are Controversial, But It’s For The Game’s “Long-Term Health”

  23-06-2026 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Diablo 4 Season 14 is set to be one of the biggest shakeups for the ARPG in quite some time, even as Blizzard deals with what it described as "issues compounding issues."The upcoming season, titled Death Awakening, is bringing controversial changes to Mythic items, weakening many build staples players have become accustomed to while opening the door for any of the game's 100+ Uniques to become "Mythic" quality with a 30% boost to the item's Unique power. This major update to items and how player
  
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• Super Mario Galaxy Movie Hatchin’ Yoshi Toy Is 50% Off Right Now

  23-06-2026 18:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Amazon's big Prime Day sale is now underway, but the online retailer is not the only store offering up deals right now. Walmart's Deals & More event is also live this week from June 22 through 28, and one of the deals is a great discount on the "Hatchin' Yoshi" interactive toy inspired by the cute little dinosaur's appearance in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Walmart is selling the figure for $30 during the event, which is 50% off its normal $60 price.
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• Hideo Kojima Says Every Publisher Told Him His Idea For OD Was “Crazy”

  23-06-2026 17:26 via gamespot.com
  
  Game developer Hideo Kojima has shared new details about one of his upcoming games, the horror title OD that he's making in partnership with Xbox. In addition to calling it "a new game system," he said it includes a feature for people who might get too scared by it.
  Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Kojima said his aim with the game was to "do something new" and "do something different." He said he first came up with the concept for OD when he was making the original Death Stranding years ago."I
  
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