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• A Chance To Get Behind The Wheel Of Crazy Taxi: World Tour Is Coming Soon

  28-07-2026 22:11 via gamespot.com
  
  Those itching to take Crazy Taxi: World Tour for a test drive can now sign up for their chance, as developer Sega has announced a multiplayer closed network test.Crazy Taxi: World Tour's closed network test will run September 11-13 in the US. Those interested will need to sign up on the game's website by August 31. The test will be available on all of Crazy Taxi: World Tour's announced platforms (Xbox Series X|S, PC, and PlayStation 5), though Sega states on its website that certain platforms "m
  
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• GTA Online Players In Australia Can No Longer Gamble With Fake Money

  28-07-2026 20:14 via gamespot.com
  
  Grand Theft Auto Online players in Australia are no longer able to gamble in the game's Diamond Casino, after Rockstar Games appears to have blocked access in the wake of the Australian government's crackdown on online gambling.Australian players began to report the change on Reddit (via Vice), as they were no longer able to participate in the various casino games like three card poker, blackjack, roulette, and slots, that were added to GTA Online way back in 2019 as part of the Diamond Casino h
  
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• BioWare Lost The Knowledge Needed To Remaster Dragon Age, Former Producer Says

  28-07-2026 19:52 via gamespot.com
  
  Remasters are good business for video game companies, but don't expect to see BioWare's Dragon Age games getting the same treatment in the future--or possibly, ever. That's according to Dragon Age series producer Mark Darrah, who says that the original trilogy of games likely won't be remastered due to BioWare losing too much institutional knowledge.Speaking to FRVR, Darrah--who was the executive producer on the Dragon Age series--was asked about the possibility of the classic Dragon Age ga
  
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• Capcom Is Having A Great Year, And It Has Franchises New And Old To Thank

  28-07-2026 19:50 via gamespot.com
  
  We're just over halfway through the year, but it's one that has already been incredibly fruitful for Capcom thanks to its two marquee releases in 2026.Resident Evil Requiem, the ninth installment in the enduring series, has been both a critical and commercial success, with this latest quarter being no different. Requiem has sold over a million copies this last quarter, bringing the sequel up to over 8 million units sold since its release in February.
  Perhaps surprisingly, it was also one of the
  
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• A Cyberpunk Spin-Off Brawler Might Be Happening At WayForward – Report

  28-07-2026 18:52 via gamespot.com
  
  As CD Projekt Red continues working on Cyberpunk 2, the company could have a spin-off title to tide over fans in the meantime. MP1st reports that a former WayForward employee's portfolio revealed information on a game project codenamed Gemini that relates to the Netflix series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.The status of the Cyberpunk spin-off game at WayForward is unclear, though the report claims research and development was underway from 2025 into this year. Project Gemini was apparently planned to b
  
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• PlayStation Plus Free Games For August 2026 Revealed

  28-07-2026 17:41 via gamespot.com
  
  PlayStation has revealed this month's batch of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers. All PS Plus members will be able to claim a trio of freebies starting August 4: Big Walk, Dying Light 2, and Signalis. If you haven't claimed July's PlayStation Plus free games yet, make sure to do so before next Tuesday.A day-one release, Big Walk is developed by Untitled Goose Game studio House House. If you've ever wanted to touch digital grass, then this might be the game for you, as Big Walk puts you
  
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• Live-Action Zelda Movie Actor Was Too Young To Play Breath Of The Wild When It Released

  28-07-2026 16:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Ideally, the people involved with adapting a celebrated media franchise should be quite familiar with said franchise. But the actor bringing Link to life in the upcoming live-action The Legend of Zelda movie has a pretty good excuse for not experiencing a top-rated game of the series--at least when it launched.Speaking to GamesRadar, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, 17, recalled when Breath of the Wild came out in 2017. Prefacing that his age would show, the Link actor admitted: "I remember being quite
  
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• Final Fantasy 14 On Switch 2 Is A Sobering Reminder That Storage Isn’t Cheap

  28-07-2026 16:18 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the biggest MMOs of all time, Final Fantasy 14, is coming to Switch 2 next month, and you're going to want to clear a lot of space to install the game. According to the Switch eShop listing for the game, Final Fantasy 14 will take up 117.2GB of available storage capacity, gobbling up almost half of the handheld's built-in SSD.As for why Final Fantasy 14 is so massive, that comes down to the Switch 2 version offering the base game and its five expansions--Heavensward, Stormblood, Shadowbri
  
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• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Swings Into A Brand New Day

  28-07-2026 15:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Spider-Man: Brand New Day officially swings into theaters this week, and to celebrate the return of the webhead, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 on PS5 is getting a few upgrades. While developer Insomniac had previously revealed that the game would be updated with a new costume based on the threads worn by Spider-Man actor Tom Holland, players can also grab a slick cel-shaded costume and some PS5 Pro enhancements.With Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls out next month, players can look forward to donning a costu
  
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• Long-Awaited Co-Op Zombie Game Is Finally Arriving Next Month

  28-07-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Though No More Room In Hell 2 has been playable via Steam and Epic's early-access programs for a while now, the 1.0 build is finally on the way, and it'll coincide with the game's launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. All of this arrives on August 11.The first-person zombie game is played on large, semi-open maps and built for teams of up to eight players. If you never played the original, think Left 4 Dead, but slower and much harder. It's also less of a shooter than that genre titan, because maki
  
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• Microsoft’s Chaotic Server Outage Was Down To A Single Service Failure

  28-07-2026 13:32 via gamespot.com
  
  This week got off to a rocky start for Xbox, as a server outage saw players across the world unable to sign in, make purchases, or access their games for several hours. Those issues have since been fixed, and in a candid post online, Xbox Chief Technology Officer Scott Van Vliet spoke about what exactly happened to the Xbox network, how it was fixed, and what Microsoft will be doing to enhance its response times in the future.As Vliet explained, a licensing service that operates outside of Xbox
  
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