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• The Rumored New James Bond Could Be An Actor From Battlefield 1

  12-08-2026 21:29 via gamespot.com
  
  Rumors continue to swirl about who may play the British super-spy James Bond in the next movie. The latest name in the mix is Jack Lowden, the 36-year-old known in the video game world for playing T.E. Lawrence AKA Lawrence of Arabia in Battlefield 1.TV presenter Richard Osman said on his podcast, The Rest Is Entertainment, that he heard from "someone" that Lowden is being considered for the role. He said his source told him "for definite" that Lowden is in the mix, though nothing is confirmed a
  
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• New Bully-Like Agefield High Isn’t Having The Best First Day Of School

  12-08-2026 21:21 via gamespot.com
  
  After a story trailer got Bully fans excited for the spiritual successor Agefield High: Rock The School last year, the game has officially released on PC. Unfortunately, first impressions from players aren't so kind, so you may want to temper your expectations that it could match the high bar Rockstar set so long ago.
  Set in the early 2000s and inspired by the humor of movies like American Pie, Agefield High's developers warn on the Steam page that this humor isn't for everyone. However, the com
  
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• Helldivers 2 NPCs Will Hug You Back Now, Even When No One Else Will

  12-08-2026 21:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Helldivers 2's massive 7.0 update, Devoid of Liberty, is live now, and it brings some huge changes to the game's loveable SEAF soldiers.These NPCs are basically the equivalent of UNSC marines in Halo--fun to have around, but not particularly good at their job. Previously in Helldivers 2, SEAF soldiers could be recruited to follow players around and occasionally shoot at enemies, but were mostly good at being accidentally (or maybe not?) blown to bits by friendly fire.In the Devoid of Liberty upd
  
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• Amazon Will Soon Be Out Of The MMO Business Entirely

  12-08-2026 20:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Amazon Game Studios looks to be getting out of the MMO business entirely, handing Western operations of Throne and Liberty and Lost Ark back to their respective developers. In two blog posts, Amazon Game Studios outlined its plans to transition both games to their South Korean creators in the coming months. For Throne and Liberty, that transition will happen in Q4 2026 as NC (formerly NCSoft) takes over, while Lost Ark's transition will happen in early 2027 and see Smilegate fully take the
  
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• God Of War’s Christopher Judge Is Tired Of Video Game TV Adaptations Ignoring Game Creators

  12-08-2026 19:19 via gamespot.com
  
  The live-action adaptation of God of War is on the way, but the voice of the iconic god-killer Kratos, Christopher Judge, has a bone to pick with the people behind game adaptations. As the actor explained, he's annoyed that these projects fail to hire anyone from the source material to work on them, as they tend to ignore the talent behind the success of those games."My problem with all game adaptations is you have this pre-existing, successful property, and the first thing you do
  
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• One Of This Year’s Biggest Games Is Coming To Switch 2 Next Year

  12-08-2026 18:22 via gamespot.com
  
  Pearl Abyss has announced that Crimson Desert is planned to come out on Switch 2 in 2027. In fact, the developer behind the huge hit--which has sold over 4 million copies on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S--has a rough release window sometime between January and June. The open-world action game heading to Switch 2 had previously been discussed by Pearl Abyss, but the company's latest earnings letter confirms Crimson Desert for the hybrid system. "In the case of Switch 2, the game has reached a
  
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• Mysterious Witcher Game Project Sirius Undergoes More Changes – Report

  12-08-2026 18:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Project Sirius, the upcoming The Witcher project rumored to be a multiplayer game, is undergoing its latest chapter of upheaval.
  According to Kotaku, nine people were laid off from Project Sirius developer The Molasses Flood, which is now part of CD Projekt Red. An additional nine people were shifted to other projects within the organization, the report said, adding that this was done as part of a "broader shift in development strategy."In 2023, CD Projekt Red confirmed that more than 25 people
  
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• Ghost Of Yotei Expansion, Roguelike Survival Mode, And Complete Edition Announced

  12-08-2026 16:29 via gamespot.com
  
  Developer Sucker Punch has made several announcements about Ghost of Yotei, including a new expansion, a new combat survival mode, and a complete edition.The new narrative expansion is called Echoes of Sekigahara, and it's split between the present day and flashbacks. Players will meet a new character, Nagato, who is "a figure from Atsu's past." The expansion also takes players to new places. In the present, they'll visit a valley once inhabited by The Snake and his followers, the Vipers. In the
  
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• Take-Two CEO Won’t Be In GTA 6 After His Surprise Appearance In WWE 2K26

  12-08-2026 15:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick unexpectedly appeared in WWE 2K26 as a playable character, and now the executive has explained how that came to be while also confirming that you won't see him in GTA 6.Zelnick told IGN that his appearance in WWE 2K26 came about simply by asking the team to do it for him, and not because there was a big internal or external demand for him to be added to the game.
  "I asked, and then I went on the soundstage, and I did motion capture and we all had fun with it. But no,
  
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• Control Resonant Has No Parry Mechanic And I Don’t Know How To Feel About That

  12-08-2026 15:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Nothing beats the satisfying feeling of successfully parrying an attack, but don't expect to rely on that counter in Control Resonant. In fact, the game features no parry gameplay mechanic at all, as developer Remedy Entertainment wants players to get into the thick of things and chase enemies down in the follow-up to Control.Speaking to IGN, game director Mikael Kasurinen confirmed that players won't be able to deflect any attacks in the upcoming action-RPG. Remedy did experiment with using tha
  
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• More Lord Of The Rings Game Re-Releases Are Coming

  12-08-2026 15:07 via gamespot.com
  
  Aspyr Media shadowdropped a new "Legacy Edition" of the 2011 The Lord of the Rings game, War in the North, earlier this week. It won't be the last The Lord of the Rings re-release from Aspyr, as the company has confirmed "even more classic releases" from The Lord of the Rings series are coming "in the future."That's all Aspyr had to say, so it's anyone's guess as to the other "classic" The Lord of the Rings games that could make a return.
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• PlayStation Plus Extra/Premium Games For August 2026 Includes Helldivers 2

  12-08-2026 14:24 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony is set to reveal the next batch of games coming to the Game Catalog for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium in August, but we already know of one of them: Helldivers 2.
  Developer Arrowhead announced that its hit action game about bringing Managed Democracy to other worlds will be available through the Game Catalog starting August 12. An influx of fresh recruits is perfect timing, as the Helldivers 2 community is being challenged to collectively eliminate 500 million enemies by Augu
  
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• Phantom Blade Zero State Of Play Set For Next Week, And Yes, That’s Donnie Yen In The New Trailer

  12-08-2026 12:41 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony has announced a new State of Play broadcast for next week, and this time, the spotlight is on Phantom Blade Zero. Kicking off on August 17 at 7 PM PT / 10 PM ET, Sony says that viewers can expect a deep dive into the game ahead of its release on October 29. To set the stage, a new preorder trailer for the game was shown off, revealing action movie legend Donnie Yen and the role he played behind the scenes of the game.While Yen provided the likeness and motion capture for the character M&oac
  
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