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• Clair Obscur's Composer Talks Going From Unknown To Scoring 2025's Most Celebrated RPG

  19-05-2025 21:27
  
  Game Informer spoke with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's composer about creating 154 songs over five years for the game and being discovered on SoundCloud.
  
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• GTA 5 Joins A Subscription Ahead Of GTA 6 Launch

  11-06-2026 21:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Ahead of GTA 6's release this November, GTA 5 is now available on a subscription service, and it's Rockstar's own GTA+.The game's single-player campaign is now included with the GTA+ games library, while GTA+ members on PC can now get GTA Online through the games library.Available on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, GTA+ costs $8/month and includes access to a library of games, as well as a variety of perks. Some of the other games included in the library are Bully, L.A. Noire, and Red Dead Redempt
  
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• New Xbox Exec Advocates For Something Everyone Hates To Help Save Gaming

  11-06-2026 20:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball believes one way to help revitalize gaming is through something most people do not care for: in-game ads.Speaking to The Game Business, Ball said there exists a "two-sided problem" in the modern gaming space. Development costs for many games are now "way too high," and consumers do not want to pay more. Something has got to give, and one possible solution, as Ball sees it, is through advertising.He cited streaming TV as an example here, saying most of the
  
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• Best Summer Game Fest 2026 Games You Might Have Missed

  11-06-2026 18:42 via gamespot.com
  
  Summer Game Fest Live and various other live events and showcases littered throughout early June have talked up dozens of upcoming games to get excited about. But just as Steam is filled with too many games for anyone to keep up with them all, it can also be hard, if not impossible, to keep up with all of these early June announcements and demos. That's where we come in.
  Below, you'll find our picks for some of the numerous games that caught our eye but you may have missed, perhaps because it di
  
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• September Is So Busy For Games That One Of Them Just Got Delayed To Avoid The Others (And GTA 6)

  11-06-2026 17:52 via gamespot.com
  
  With GTA 6 launching in November, developers are trying to line up their releases in the months before and after it, and that's made September 2026 very busy. One September release is now shifting to October due to the pileup of September games.Developer One More Level has announced that Valor Mortis is being delayed from September 24 to October 13 because "September has become absolutely stacked with incredible-looking games."
  "We want to give Valor Mortis (and your wallet) some room to breathe
  
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• Clutch Blends Both Forza Horizon And Motorsport With A Dash Of Fast & Furious

  11-06-2026 17:44 via gamespot.com
  
  Clutch revolves around professional motorist siblings Theo and Cass who, while competing in the fictional R1K tournament along the French Riviera, get caught up in the seedy underbelly that dictates the entire racing scene. As such, the duo compete in both track and street races, allowing for closed-off circuit competition and open-world driving, bringing both halves of the Forza series into a single experience. Developer Maverick Games is a studio filled with former developers from Playgro
  
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• No, Capcom Isn’t Teasing A New Dino Crisis

  11-06-2026 17:29 via gamespot.com
  
  While rumors are stirring that Capcom teased a new Dino Crisis at Summer Game Fest, an answer during a group Q&A GameSpot attended suggests you shouldn't be getting your hopes up for a revival anytime soon.Rumors about Dino Crisis' return first started to swirl when Famitsu posted a transcript of a Resident Evil: Veronica Q&A it attended during Summer Game Fest Play Days. X user and Resident Evil insider DuskGolem shared a translated version of the Q&A in which producer Yoshiaki Hiab
  
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• Fable Reboot Delay Was Disappointing To The Devs, But Avoiding GTA 6 Makes Sense

  11-06-2026 17:27 via gamespot.com
  
  The Fable reboot from Playground Games was planned for release this year, but Microsoft delayed it to February 2027, and the reason for the delay was to give the game the attention it deserves.
  That's according to Playground GM Ralph Fulton, who told GamesRadar that there was "a little bit of disappointment" when the game was delayed because the studio was "gunning" for a 2026 release. The developers got "really focused" on hitting the 2026 release.However, now that the developers have had time
  
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• The Number Of Steam Next Fest Demos This Month Is Too Damn High

  11-06-2026 17:19 via gamespot.com
  
  As Not-E3 season starts to wind down and everyone's wishlist starts to look crowded with games scheduled for September and October, the next big event on the calendar is Steam Next Fest. The second of three planned week-long demo showcases for 2026, Next Fest is positioned to provide an early taste of upcoming games across a wide variety of genres. The demo showcase has grown in the years since it was first introduced, and the June 2026 edition has ballooned to a truly ridiculous size, with
  
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• World Cup 2026 Sim By EA Sports Predicts An Expected Winner

  11-06-2026 16:17 via gamespot.com
  
  The 2026 Men's World Cup begins today, June 11, and EA Sports has announced the result of its simulation for this year, predicting which team will win.This year, the simulation has Spain winning the World Cup, capturing its second World Cup victory on the men's side and first since 2010. EA's simulation has been correct for the past four Men's World Cups, previously predicting Spain (2010), Germany (2014), France (2018) and Argentina (2022).
  The simulation hasn't been wrong since 2006, when it p
  
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• Stranger Than Heaven’s Combat System Makes Both Your Hands Play Separate Roles

  11-06-2026 16:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Like a Dragon and Yakuza developer RGG Studio has built its gangland dramas around a very distinct combat core over the years, but with its upcoming game Stranger Than Heaven, the studio is introducing a brand-new way to bang knuckles.
  At Summer Game Fest, we got to go hands-on with the Yakuza prequel, which spans 50 years and five distinct periods in Japan's history. Yakuza and Like a Dragon games have a very arcade-inspired approach to their beat-'em-up action, but in Stranger Than Heaven
  
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• Tomb Raider Devs Aren’t Trying To Appeal To “Either Side” Of Culture War Surrounding Lara’s Design

  11-06-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The new look for Lara Croft--seen in the upcoming remake Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis--has gotten the internet talking, and arguing. But according to the game's development team, it wasn't attempting to appeal to any specific audience with her design.
  Speaking to GameSpot at Summer Game Fest, game director Raul Siqueira and experience director Jeff Adams said the process for designing Lara was a lot more organic, and the team wasn't trying to necessarily balance her attractiveness with talent
  
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• Here’s How Generative AI Is Being Used In Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis

  11-06-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Generative AI has been a very contentious issue over the last few years in the game industry, and as more and more developers make use of the technology, it's becoming more difficult to know just what was created by a human being. Next year's Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis will indeed make use of generative AI, but Crystal Dynamics wants players to know there is one area it was not used: the design of Lara Croft herself.
  Speaking to GameSpot at Summer Game Fest, experience director Jeff Adams c
  
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• Halo Trailer Was Supposed To Be At State Of Play, Then Microsoft Pulled It – Report

  11-06-2026 14:54 via gamespot.com
  
  A Halo trailer was supposed to air during the recent PlayStation State of Play event, but Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and her team decided to yank it, according to a report. This potentially damaged the relationship between Xbox and PlayStation, sources told Bloomberg.The story didn't have any further information about the Halo trailer, but it was likely a video for Halo: Campaign Evolved, which releases this July. Microsoftand Sony subsequently released a trailer for the game featuring footage capture
  
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• Resident Evil: Veronica’s Biggest Rewrite Could Be Its Villain

  11-06-2026 14:52 via gamespot.com
  
  It's a good time to be a Resident Evil fan between the upcoming live-action movie and the recent Requiem game, but there's also Resident Evil: Veronica to look forward to. A remake of Code Veronica, the original game is admittedly dated in several areas, including the problematic portrayal of the original game's villain. Alfred Ashford. If you're looking to enter the remake with fresh eyes, consider this to be your spoiler warning before you carry on reading.
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  In Code
  
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• Yes, Resident Evil: Veronica Is A Third-Person Game

  11-06-2026 01:06 via gamespot.com
  
  Just like (well, not just like) the original 2000 game, Resident Evil: Veronica will be played from a third-person perspective.
  The news was shared with GameSpot during a group Q&A session at Summer Game Fest, which is also where Capcom officially announced the game to the public.
  The original Resident Evil: Code Veronica was also played in third-person--just like most of the older Resident Evil games--but it utilized the clunkier "tank" controls of the PlayStation originals.For Resident Evi
  
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• Here’s Why Everyone Is Talking About Hideo Kojima And Geoff Keighley’s “Divorce”

  11-06-2026 00:30 via gamespot.com
  
  If there are two internet gaming celebrities folks love to be parasocial about, it's gotta be Hideo Kojima and Geoff Keighley. For decades, the two have publicly shared what many thought to be an unbreakable bond. Despite their different backgrounds, ages, and positions in the industry--Kojima being the beloved game director behind both the Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding series, and Keighley, a long-time journalist and events-host-turned-founder of The Game Awards--their love of video game
  
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• Xbox Reportedly Planning Big Layoffs For Next Month

  10-06-2026 23:15 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft is reportedly planning major layoffs at its Xbox division next month--a move that comes shortly after new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma admitted its business "isn't particularly healthy."
  According to sources speaking to Bloomberg, the layoffs will come sometime after June 30, which is when Microsoft's fiscal year ends. In an email sent to employees on Wednesday, Sharma emphasized that annual revenue had declined "nearly half a billion" over the last five years despite more than $20 million in
  
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• Xbox CEO Believes Consoles Are Too Expensive And “Radically Different” Plans Are Needed

  10-06-2026 21:51 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the first things that Xbox CEO Asha Sharma did after ascending to her position was to unveil the next Xbox, Project Helix. Although Microsoft has yet to disclose pricing details, early estimates suggest that Project Helix may cost $900 or more. Now, Sharma has indicated that Xbox may have to embrace "radically different" plans to thrive in the future."I think what is needed for console, rather than just the most premium, high-performance console in the world ... we've reached a point wher
  
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• Halo 1 Remake Lets You Play In Third-Person, And It Looks Great

  10-06-2026 21:08 via gamespot.com
  
  Halo: Campaign Evolved introduces a special modifier that allows you to play the upcoming remake in third-person. That's a big shift, given the franchise is best known for its first-person perspective.Campaign Evolved isn't third-person by default. Instead, players must toggle on one of the game's 42 gameplay-modifying Skulls to play in third-person. The specific Skull you need for third-person is called Perspective.For anyone new to Halo, Skulls are collectibles that players can find during cam
  
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• Gears Of War: E-Day Skipping PS5 Means Reaching Fewer Players, And Microsoft Is OK With That

  10-06-2026 20:07 via gamespot.com
  
  Gears of War: E-Day was reportedly planned for PlayStation 5, but Microsoft has opted to skip a Sony version. The decision was apparently not made at the last minute as some suspected. In any event, the developers at The Coalition are OK with the game skipping PS5, even if it means reaching fewer players, and presumably making less money, overall.
  The Coalition studio creative director Matt Searcy told Eurogamer, that, "We never talked about" bringing E-Day to PS5 in the first place. That is tru
  
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• Elder Scrolls 6 Was Announced 8 Years Ago Today, Here’s Why It Didn’t Show Up At Xbox Showcase

  10-06-2026 19:33 via gamespot.com
  
  The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced on June 10, 2018--that is now a full eight years ago. In the 2,920 days that have transpired, Bethesda has not released a single new image or trailer for it, or even discussed the game in an official capacity beyond small quotes here and there.The game did not show up at the recent Xbox Games Showcase, prompting some people to wonder how it's coming together and when Bethesda may show it off again. Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty addressed this in an inter
  
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• PlayStation Plus Extra/Premium Games For June 2026 Revealed

  10-06-2026 17:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony has revealed the latest games coming to the Game Catalog for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers in May. All of these games will be available starting June 16:
  Final Fantasy 16Sonic x Shadow: GenerationsKingdom Come: DeliveranceLife is Strange: Double ExposureFarming Simulator 25Blades of FireBlack DesertGitaroo Man
  This story is developing
  
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• $80 Games Are Already Here

  10-06-2026 17:28 via gamespot.com
  
  While many are waiting to see if Rockstar Games decides to price GTA 6 at $80 or more, the video game market already has games at that price point, they've just gone more under the radar. Two more have been announced just this month but may have been missed amid the Summer Game Fest craze.Back in June 2025, Nintendo was the first major company to ask $10 more than the standard $70 rate with Mario Kart World. It was included with a $500 bundle that also included a console, so the effective price
  
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• Players Think Kingdom Hearts’ New Art Is AI-Generated

  10-06-2026 17:02 via gamespot.com
  
  Yesterday's Nintendo Direct certainly got Kingdom Hearts players talking--but it's not the kind of discourse Square Enix was probably hoping for after unveiling a new Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer and announcing that native versions of the entire Kingdom Hearts trilogy are coming to Switch 2 on October 8. Instead, eagle-eyed players are focused on what appears to be AI-generated key art, which Square Enix shared on X shortly after the announcement of the Kingdom Hearts Collection [I-III]As pointed ou
  
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• Why Capcom Chose To Remake Resident Evil: Code Veronica

  10-06-2026 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Resident Evil: Veronica--a full remake of the 2000 game Resident Evil: Code Veronica--was announced during Summer Game Fest Live earlier this month, but why was now the right time to remake the survival-horror classic? For Capcom, it came down to a mixture of technology and characters.
  Speaking to GameSpot during Summer Game Fest, Capcom said that there is no set process in determining which game gets a remake next, but the pieces just seemed to line up because of which characters the recent gam
  
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• We Played Halo: Campaign Evolved, And The Old Remade Missions Are Pretty “Meh”

  10-06-2026 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  GameSpot is back from Summer Game Fest, and one of highly anticipated upcoming games we got to try out is Halo: Campaign Evolved. The remake of the 2001 original that's releasing this July for the game's 25th anniversary, the game promises a faithful update to the classic FPS that fans know and love.
  At SGF, GameSpot senior video producer Jean-Luc Seipke played two of the re-made missions, Assault on the Control Room and The Silent Cartographer. Their verdict?
  Meh."I think every Halo game h
  
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• How Resident Evil: Veronica Is Being Treated Like A Mainline Game

  10-06-2026 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Resident Evil: Veronica was announced during Summer Game Fest to plenty of buzz and excitement, as it's arguably the classic Resident Evil game most in need of a remake. However, while it is indeed a reimagined version of a game from more than 26 years ago, there is one major way Capcom is treating it like a mainline, modern game.
  During an interview with GameSpot, Capcom explained that, because the other modern mainline Resident Evil games have one-word subtitles, this should apply to a remake
  
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• Halo: Campaign Evolved’s New Missions Bring Master Chief And Sgt. Johnson Closer Together

  10-06-2026 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Halo: Campaign Evolved primarily serves as a full remake of the original Halo's classic campaign mode, but the development team also added a handful of bonus prologue missions. Now, the development team has explained its philosophy for this additional content, and it largely comes down to the bro factor between the Master Chief and Sergeant Johnson.
  "As far as the new missions [go], we're really going for providing more context and backstory for Chief and Johnson's relationship," executive produ
  
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• Gears Of War: E-Day Modernizes Movement Without Going Full Parkour

  10-06-2026 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Popping Locust heads and active reloading has never looked better than in Gears of War: E-Day, but this prequel is also making some big changes to how you'll move through the campaign. Movement has received a massive overhaul in the prequel, as Marcus Fenix and the rest of his squad can get around all manner of obstacles to reposition themselves while in combat. The game technically has a jump button for getting over larger obstacles like display cabinets, but don't expect Gears of War: E-Day to
  
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