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• If You Were Excited About Stellar Blade: Blood Rain, Here’s An AI-Slop Music Video To Fix That

  31-07-2026 21:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Stellar Blade: Blood Rain is being promoted with an AI-slop music video created by developer Shift Up, and it's all about as soulless as you might expect.The video, which looks to be completely AI generated, features protagonist Evie singing an "original" song titled "Wanna be in Love" as she explores the dystopian cyberpunk city seen in the game's official announcement trailer that debuted as part of Summer Games Fest.At one point while wandering the city, Evie picks up a KPop Demon Hunters key
  
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• World Of Warcraft Is Coming To D&D, And Will Let You Grind Renown Just Like The MMO

  31-07-2026 20:10 via gamespot.com
  
  World of Warcraft is getting the Dungeons & Dragons treatment, with the iconic tabletop roleplaying game set to translate developer Blizzard's popular MMORPG into a proper pencil-and paper-experience this November. D&D: World of Warcraft is bringing a lot to the table, with everything a dungeon master might potentially need to create an Azeroth campaign. For starters, all 13 WoW classes will be playable, with six additional subclasses, three modified ones, and over 40 class speciali
  
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• Unsurprisingly, It’s PlayStation, Not You, Benefiting From Tariff Refunds

  31-07-2026 19:56 via gamespot.com
  
  US tariffs may have forced Sony to increase the prices of its PlayStation hardware, but the company is now benefiting from those tariffs being refunded. As part of the company's latest earnings report, it noted an increase in operating income can be attributed in part to tariff refunds--refunds it seems unlikely to pass onto consumers who paid those higher prices.Those refunds were issued earlier this year after the US Supreme court declared tariffs implemented by President Trump to be unlawful.
  
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• Here’s Why People Think The Ocarina Of Time Remake Will Launch A Week Before GTA 6

  31-07-2026 18:29 via gamespot.com
  
  Suspicions are arising among Legend of Zelda fans that the Ocarina of Time remake will launch in mid-November--just within spitting distance of Grand Theft Auto 6. The theories revolve around an apparent pattern of Nintendo's Amiibo releases, and it's hard to blame anyone for buying into them.Per Kotaku, fans claim to have spotted a November 11 release date (adjusted to November 12 with the correct regional system clock settings) for a pair of Kirby Air Riders Amiibo figures (Sword Kirby and Noi
  
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• Mistfall Hunter’s Best Class Just Got Even Better

  31-07-2026 17:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Developer Bellring Games' extraction brawler Mistfall Hunter is finally out after a handful of betas, and following its July 29 release, the developer has already dropped an update that made one of the game's best classes even better.Launched on July 30, this new update makes some important balance adjustments to the newest class, the Withered Knight. During the beta, the hallowed sentinel only wielded a greatsword. But now that the full game is out, the Withered Knight gets a second weapon like
  
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• Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls’ Biggest Secrets Are Already Online

  31-07-2026 17:42 via gamespot.com
  
  August is shaping up to be a fun month with the release of games like Beast of Reincarnation and Pro Jank Footy, and if you're a fighting game fan, you can also grab Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls. Officially out next week, physical copies of the game have managed to break their street date, and naturally, there are plenty of spoilers online.While we won't be listing them here, please start fine-tuning your filters for specific keywords. From what we've seen online, details include vario
  
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• Here Is Xbox CEO’s Plan To Turn Things Around

  31-07-2026 17:36 via gamespot.com
  
  While Microsoft itself just set a record for the biggest single-day market cap swing in history, the company's Xbox division is struggling. How will new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma turn things around?
  In a memo to staff obtained by The Verge, Sharma shared the top Xbox priorities for the current fiscal year and beyond. These included four main buckets--Core, Content, Creation, and Connection. Some of the efforts include making Minecraft "the world's creator platform" and getting Xbox games to become "g
  
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• Two Unreleased Virtual Boy Games Are Coming To Nintendo Switch Online

  31-07-2026 17:08 via gamespot.com
  
  Three decades ago, Nintendo discontinued its Virtual Boy console after it failed to catch on. But now, two of the unreleased Virtual Boy titles are set to make their debut on Nintendo Switch Online.Nintendo has announced that D-Hopper and Zero Racers will be available on Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pass on August 4. D-Hopper was originally known as Dragon Hopper, and it's a fantasy action-adventure game that puts players in control of a prince as he attempts to bring down an evil regime a
  
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• Guillermo Del Toro Begged For An Easier Dead Cells, And The Game’s Devs Answered His Call

  31-07-2026 16:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Whether you're a veteran gamer or not, it's okay to admit that Motion Twin's 2018 roguelike-metroidvania Dead Cells is kinda hard. So much so that, eight years later, acclaimed filmmaker and avid gamer Guillermo del Toro has implored the studio to make it a little more forgiving for "the elderly players." Well, Motion Twin heard the phone ringing, saw the caller ID, picked the phone up, and granted del Toro's wish--or, rather, reminded him this option already exists.In a July 29 IGN interview, d
  
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• For Doom Composer Mick Gordon, Every Soundtrack Is Waiting To Be Discovered

  31-07-2026 16:35 via gamespot.com
  
  There's no shortage of video game soundtracks that you can boot up and enjoy these days, but few can compare to Mick Gordon's work on 2016's Doom and 2020's Doom Eternal. Each soundtrack has a raw, unflinching sound that perfectly encapsulates the rip-and-tear gameplay with its heavy beats and unrelenting ferocity, and Gordon even built a custom analog effects and audio-routing rig to turn the most brutal of sounds into harmonic violence.Gordon will be bringing that soundtrack with him when
  
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• Resident Evil Movie Will Have “F**ked Up” Imagery, Director Says

  31-07-2026 16:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Resident Evil movie director Zach Cregger (Barbarian, Weapons) has teased that his upcoming video game movie will have "really wild" sequences with "f**ked up and weird" imagery.He said this in an interview with Empire (via GamesRadar), adding that he's unsure if the "lighting-in-a-bottle" nature of the spooky Aunt Gladys character from Weapons will be repeatable in Resident Evil. But Cregger promised that the Resident Evil movie has "a couple of things" that are "really wild."Cregger has also t
  
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• Tom Holland Reveals His Favorite Video Game And Why He Cannot Play Fortnite

  31-07-2026 15:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Actor Tom Holland, who starred as Nathan Drake in the Uncharted movie, has shared new insight into his gaming habits, and he is a big fan of another Naughty Dog game. He also discussed how difficult he finds Fortnite to be.Asked on the Happy Sad Confused podcast to name his favorite video game, he said The Last of Us: Part II. "So good," he said. But did he watch HBO's The Last of Us TV show? He said he did not, in part because he holds the game in such high regard."I have not watched the series
  
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• Sony’s Latest PS5 Sales Data Shows Digital Pulling Even Further Ahead

  31-07-2026 14:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony's plans to embrace an all-digital future are starting to gain ground, as the company has confirmed that 82% of all PS5 games, microtransactions, and DLC from Q1 2026--covering April 1 to June 30--were sold digitally. This is an increase of the previous ratio of digital games sold across the entire 2025 financial, which averaged 78%. It is worth noting that each quarter in that period had different numbers--83% in Q1 2025 FY, 72% in Q2, 76% in Q3, and 85% in Q4--so there's still pl
  
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• PS5 Is Closing In On 100 Million Sales, But It’s Losing Ground To The PS4

  31-07-2026 14:47 via gamespot.com
  Sony is starting to feel the pinch of console price hikes, as the last quarter--April 1 to June 30 of 2026--saw the company sell 1.6 million PS5s, a slight increase when compared to the previous quarter that saw 1.5 million consoles sold. That's a steep decline of 36% when compared to the same period in 2025, and so far, PS5 lifetime sales have reached 95.3 million units sold. In comparison, the PS4 had moved 100.2 million units by the same point in its lifecycle, albeit with the help of re
  
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• Sony Defends Going Digital, But Says It Understands Players’ Love Of Physical PS5 Games

  31-07-2026 14:46 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony's decision to kill PS5 disc production in 2028 has been met with massive criticism since it was first announced, and the company has acknowledged the backlash. In a Q&A session for investors following the posting of its Q1 financial results today--running from April 1 to June 30--Sony revealed more details about its decision to shift toward an all-digital future, and how the announcement had been met with "strong views" from its community of gamers."We announced that from January 2
  
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• For The First Time, Doom And Its Composer Will Melt Faces In Real Life

  31-07-2026 12:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Fans of one of gaming's most iconic soundtracks will soon get to experience it in a whole new way, as composer Mick Gordon is set to play the Doom soundtrack live on stage for the first time as the headliner at Radar Festival in the UK next summer. Although Gordon played a medley at The Game Awards in 2016, this will be his first full-length set with a live band, orchestra, and full production.Gordon is known for defining Doom's identity with crushing riffs, industrial synths, and earth-shaking
  
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