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• Fields Of Mistria Exits Beta With A Big Rideable Chicken

  05-08-2026 21:53 via gamespot.com
  
  Two years ago, NPC Studio launched its farm life fantasy RPG Fields of Mistria into early access. Today, that preview period has officially ended with the 1.0 release of Fields of Mistria. A number of improvements have been added to the game with that update, including the ability to ride aroundthe town of Mistria on a big chicken mount.
  https://twitter.com/FieldsofMistria/status/2085045585485185118
  As part of the transition, previously incomplete quests like The Town Repair and The Museum can n
  
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• Halo On PS5 Is Off To A Slow Start, Expert Says

  05-08-2026 21:20 via gamespot.com
  
  For the first time ever, a Halo game is available on PlayStation with Halo: Campaign Evolved. The game is having a "notably slow start" on Sony's console in terms of sales, however, according to gaming analyst Rhys Elliott.
  He estimated that Campaign Evolved sold 351,000 copies on PS5 during July and 452,000 to date, generating nearly $28 million. By comparison, Elliott said Campaign Evolved has shifted 212,000 units on Steam and about 900,000 on Xbox across console and PC thus far.https://www.y
  
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• Minecraft Is Coming To Switch 2 In October, With An Upgrade Path For Switch Owners

  05-08-2026 20:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Minecraft is officially launching October 27 for Nintendo Switch 2, bringing with it what developer Mojang calls "Vibrant Visuals" as well as an upgrade path for original Switch owners.While Minecraft has been playable on the Switch 2 thanks to backwards compatibility, the Switch 2 version will bring some improvements that take advantage of Nintendo's latest hardware. In a blog post, Mojang labeled the Switch 2 version's graphical improvements as a new "Vibrant Visuals" experience that will offe
  
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• Xbox Version Of PlayStation Platinum Trophy Teased For Later This Year

  05-08-2026 20:11 via gamespot.com
  
  Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has teased that an Xbox version of PlayStation's Platinum trophy system could be coming to Xbox, and potentially soon.Replying to a social media user who asked when Xbox might get an "equivalent" to Platinum for Xbox achievements, Sharma said, "Team is working on something for later this year!"
  https://twitter.com/asha_shar/status/2085043552837636502
  Platinum trophies are awarded when players unlock all the other trophies. It's a badge of honor, of sorts, for some people. Th
  
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• We May Already Know One Major Diablo 4 BlizzCon Announcement

  05-08-2026 20:07 via gamespot.com
  
  Diablo 4 is reportedly headed to Nintendo Switch 2 this September, in what may be the first of multiple Diablo-related announcements coming as part of this year's BlizzCon.As detailed by Dealabs reporter billbil-kun, game classification organizations in Indonesia and Taiwan both point towards a Switch 2 version of Diablo 4 existing, with Dealabs independently reporting a September 15 or 18 release date. The site also reports it will allegedly retail for $70 and receive a physical release, though
  
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• Kingdom Come Actor Is Living My Dream, Opening A Medieval Pub To Drink Beer And Eat Food With Friends

  05-08-2026 17:56 via gamespot.com
  
  British actor Luke Dale, known for his roles in the Kingdom Come RPG series and EA's Battlefield V, has announced that he bought a tavern in the Czech Republic and plans to turn it into a medieval-inspired social gathering place with great food and drinks.
  "Is this the dumbest thing I've ever done? There's a lot of competition for that title, but maybe," he said in a newly released video (via GamesRadar).
  The tavern, which is called the Nobleman, is located in Vinohrady. It's aiming to be a Bohe
  
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• Why People Think GTA 6 News Is Coming Imminently

  05-08-2026 17:06 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar owner Take-Two will release its next earnings report on August 7, but instead of coming after the market closes at 4 PM ET, the report is being released before it opens that day at 9:30 AM ET. Another unusual element is that the report is coming on a Friday. What does it all mean?
  We don't know for sure, but one stock analyst said this setup suggests a major announcement about GTA 6 could come before August 7.
  Gabelli Funds portfolio manager Alec Boccanfuso said (via SeekingAlpha) that
  
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• Black Ops 1 And 2 Ports Sold 11 Million Copies Combined On PlayStation, Benefitting Both Xbox And Sony

  05-08-2026 15:22 via gamespot.com
  The recently released ports of Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 for PlayStation sold more than 11 million combined copies, generating nearly half a billion dollars, according to industry analyst Rhys Elliott.
  The games, which were developed by Iron Galaxy, were shadow-dropped on PS4 and PS5 on July 9, featuring campaign, multiplayer, and Zombies. The games were not remakes with improved graphics or new features, but instead "straight 1080p ports," as Elliott put it.
  Technical experts found that t
  
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• The Ironmouse Sprite Is Live Now In Fortnite, But It Seems There’s More To Come

  05-08-2026 15:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Ironmouse's Sprite is now available to claim in Fortnite, but it seems there could be more on the way as the popular VTuber teased some further content for September.
  On a recent stream, when asked about whether she would be releasing a Fortnite skin, Ironmouse said, "Just a Sprite today. Period." She shortly followed that up with, "That's all I'm going to say ... Also, do you guys know that I have a Subathon coming up in September and a lot of cool things are happening? I'm just saying, you kno
  
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• Beast Of Reincarnation’s First Patch Will Tackle Tiny Text And Broken Cameras

  05-08-2026 15:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Beast of Reincarnation launched this week, and while the game does have several technical issues, co-developer Game Freak says that a patch is on the way. This will target several areas of the game, including bug fixes, improvements to the pacing of the game's story, and increasing the font size to something that doesn't require the Hubble Space Telescope to read. Game Freak says that it's aiming to release the patch next week.One of the fixes will be for the game's camera, as many players have
  
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• Inform People, Or Scare Them Half To Death? Static Hour Gives You A Very Tough Job

  05-08-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Journalism in 2026 is done almost entirely digitally, and information can be at practically anyone's fingertips in just a few seconds and a few taps on a phone screen. It wasn't always that way, however, and in Barkbyte Interactive's Static Hour, you venture to the 1980s to see how the limited technology of the era was used to report the news--and how it can be used to solve a spooky mystery.
  Static Hour puts you in the shoes of an editor working the night shift at a news broadcaster. As the onl
  
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• Big Walk’s Most Important Feature Is Getting Patched

  05-08-2026 13:27 via gamespot.com
  
  Big Walk is here, and it's already earning a reputation for being a delightfully offbeat third space for friends to inhabit. It's a massive game, and as players have discovered, it does have a slight microphone problem currently--one that developer House House is working on fixing."We understand that some people are having a problem where their friends' voices are too quiet in the game. Sorry about this," House House wrote in a blog update. "While Big Walk is built around players getting quieter
  
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• Big Walk Just Hit A Major Milestone On PS Plus

  05-08-2026 00:42 via gamespot.com
  
  It's been nearly seven years since developer House House released its breakthrough title, Untitled Goose Game. The company's follow-up, a co-op puzzle-solving game called Big Walk, is out now, and it's already achieved an unexpected critical milestone on PlayStation Plus Essential.As reported by GameSpot's sister site Metacritic, Big Walk has landed with a 94 score among reviewers. That makes it the most critically acclaimed game to ever be released on PS Plus Essential on day one. Last year's i
  
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