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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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• Marvel’s Wolverine Has You Hunting For Resources, Drinking Whiskey, And Beating Up Nightmares

  13-08-2026 18:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Unlike its work on the Spider-Man games, Insomniac won't be throwing players into an open-world environment with Marvel's Wolverine. It's an old-school single-player game that focuses on pushing the story from Point A to Point B, but that doesn't mean that you can't take a detour or two. This will allow players to spend some extra time with Logan, as Insomniac says that players can hunt down resources for new suits and take part in combat trials that'll test their skills."It is a story-driv
  
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• GTA 6 Preorders Alone Could Pay For Production Budget – Expert

  13-08-2026 17:56 via gamespot.com
  
  GTA 6 preorders began in late June, and, as expected, there was enormous demand for the game. Take-Two said GTA 6 had unprecedented preorder numbers, but the company is not disclosing a specific figure to avoid misleading investors. Sensor Tower, a research and analytics company for gaming, is, however, estimating where they may land.Karl Kontus, the SVP and GM of video game insights at Sensor Tower, told GI.biz that preorders for GTA 6 could be in the area of 25 million when the game releases,
  
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• New Krispy Kreme Pokemon Doughnuts Announced, And You’re Gonna Wanna Eat ‘Em All

  13-08-2026 17:42 via gamespot.com
  
  Starting next week, it's going to be totally acceptable to eat Pokemon. That's because Krispy Kreme on August 18 will launch a limited-time Pokemon Doughnut Collection, featuring tasty-looking pastries based on five beloved pocket monsters. You can take a bite of a Pikachu doughnut, filled with lemon creme and topped with "electrifying drizzle" as well as a Pikachu piece. Meanwhile, there's a Charmander doughnut containing a chocolate and toasted marshmallow filling. Other options include o
  
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• Jurassic Park Meets Alien In This Childhood Dream Turned Horror Game

  13-08-2026 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Revealed during PlayStation's State of Play earlier this year, The Lost Wild is a first-person horror game that combines the awe of walking amongst dinosaurs, such as in Jurassic Park, with the terror of being hunted by a creature you can't defeat, à la Alien: Isolation. For Great Ape Games CEO Nick Gregory, it's a lot more than that; it's the culmination of an idea he's had in his mind since childhood. GameSpot recently caught up with Gregory via email to discuss the more than 20-ye
  
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• Nintendo Is Pulling The Plug On One Of The Best Ways To Get Rare Pokemon

  13-08-2026 16:38 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the best systems for getting your hands on rare Pokemon is set to close down in a few months, as Pokemon Bank will stop working next year. According to Serebii, the shutdown date has been penciled in for February 27, 2027.This will effectively end the 3DS era of Pokemon, although the writing has been on the wall for a long time. Following the closure of the 3DS eShop in March 2023, 3DS owners were no longer able to download the app. Nintendo had already launched a replacement program for
  
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• Elder Scrolls Fans Think They’ve Worked Out The Subtitle For Elder Scrolls 6

  13-08-2026 16:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Recently, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma saw a demo of The Elder Scrolls 6 and cryptically suggested the game's full name will have an eight-character subtitle.
  That remains to be seen, but Elder Scrolls fans took the morsel of news and ran with it, offering many theories as to what the game could be called. One possibility is a reference found in Bethesda's last big game, Starfield.Fans have suggested subtitles like Dominion, Starfall, Orsinium, Covenant, and, most intriguingly, Sentinel. That’s th
  
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• Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Players Are Absolutely Destroying Edward Kenway’s Back

  13-08-2026 15:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has been a welcome hit for Ubisoft, and several weeks after the game launched for PC and console, new stats about it have been revealed. Mind you, these stats lean toward more esoteric data points, so if you've been curious about which Caribbean couture has been the most popular or just how shattered Edward Kenway's back must be after doing a dangerous amount of crouching, then these infographics are for you.Kicking things off with a look at Kenway's threads.
  
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• Twitch Is Now Using Channels To Train Generative AI, And The Company Knows It’s Unpopular

  13-08-2026 15:26 via gamespot.com
  
  The Amazon-owned streaming site Twitch is now using channels to train generative AI systems, and the company's top product boss knows it's a controversial piece of news that most people won't like.By default, Twitch channels are now used to train generative AI models across Amazon, and users need to opt-out. Opting-out isn't enough, though, as any chats on a channel that hasn't opted out will still be used for training.During a livestream, Twitch chief product officer Mike Minton said that if th
  
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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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• 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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• The Elder Scrolls 6 Might Have An 8-Letter Subtitle

  11-08-2026 21:57 via gamespot.com
  
  The Elder Scrolls 6 is one of Microsoft's biggest upcoming games, but it remains largely a mystery, despite being announced more than eight years ago. Today, August 11, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma provided an update on it, saying she witnessed a "live playthrough" of the game. She also teased the game's subtitle, or at least that's what it seems like."The scale and grandeur are incredible. The story is even greater," she said.Those are buzzwords that do not mean much of anything. More intriguingly, Sha
  
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• No Man’s Sky Could Have Made So Much Money From DLC And Microtransactions, Sean Murray Says

  11-08-2026 21:40 via gamespot.com
  
  The head of No Man's Sky developer Hello Games, Sean Murray, has said it would be a bad idea for his mental health to think about how much money the studio could have made by charging for the game's various expansions or by selling microtransactions.
  "I'm sure somebody could take me aside, take me into a room and show me some PowerPoint and show me that we could have made more money if we had done in-app purchase or, you know, if we had done DLC or something like that," Murray told GamesRadar. "
  
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• Battlefield 6 Trailer Shows Off New Version Of Wake Island, And It Looks Incredible

  11-08-2026 20:47 via gamespot.com
  
  EA and Battlefield Studios have released a new trailer for Battlefield 6 that shows off the upcoming fan-favorite map Wake Island, which arrives on August 18 alongside a Top Gun-themed crossover event.
  Wake Island, which first appeared in Battlefield 1942, is inspired by the real-life Wake Atoll in the Pacific ocean where a World War II battle took place, and it's among the most beloved Battlefield maps ever.
  The newest version of the map for Battlefield 6 looks pretty incredible, at least based
  
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• Halo: Campaign Evolved’s Biggest Competition Might Be Halo

  11-08-2026 20:03 via gamespot.com
  
  Halo Campaign Evolved is a celebration of the franchise, but not many people are attending that party. New estimates peg sales at 1.2 million copies sold across PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5 so far, around $67 million in revenue, which isn't the best start for this remake of the original Halo campaign. Also available via Xbox Game Pass, the game is estimated to have 2.1 million players through the subscription service.According to Alinea Analytics' head of market analysis, Rhys Elliott, there are
  
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• 2011 The Lord Of The Rings Game Gets Surprise Re-Release Today

  11-08-2026 19:02 via gamespot.com
  
  Out of nowhere, the Embracer-owned Aspyr Media announced and released a new edition of The Lord of the Rings: War in the North today across PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC.
  The game was originally released in 2011 for PS3, Xbox 360, Switch 2, and PC, but now it's available on the latest generation of consoles for $20 (or $18 through August 25) as part of a "Legacy" edition. The new version features online or local split-screen co-op and "optimized" solo play, though further specifics about the
  
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• First Switch 2 Special Edition Might Celebrate Zelda’s 40th Anniversary, If Leaks Are Hy-Real

  11-08-2026 18:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo might be preparing for a 40th celebration of The Legend of Zelda series, with Switch 2 possibly getting its first special-edition system based on the beloved franchise. A new leak on social media shows a Triforce decked-out Switch 2 dock, with what appears to be black and green Joy-Con 2 controllers decorated with flourishes of gold. The Centro LEAKS account on X posted two purported pictures of the Zelda-themed Switch 2 and Switch 2 Pro Controllers. Nintendo hasn't released any of
  
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• Third Straight Year Of Layoffs Hits Until Dawn, Little Nightmares 3 Dev Supermassive

  11-08-2026 17:22 via gamespot.com
  Supermassive Games has announced job cuts for "up to 75" people--marking the third straight year of significant layoffs at the studio. This latest round of reductions comes almost three months after the release of Directive 8020, the newest entry in The Dark Pictures horror anthology.In a statement on X, Supermassive noted the firings were "a necessary step to help ensure the sustainability of the company." That's not the first time the Until Dawn developer has cited "sustainability" after layof
  
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• GTA 6 Owner Take-Two Is Not Interested In Selling To Netflix Or Anyone Right Now

  11-08-2026 17:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Take-Two, which owns Rockstar and Grand Theft Auto, is not interested in selling. The company's top boss, Strauss Zelnick, appeared on CNBC recently where he was asked if Take-Two's partnership with Netflix for the next GTA 6 trailer might be the first step toward a buyout. It is not, he said, adding that Take-Two is not interested in selling to anyone at the moment.Zelnick pointed out that Take-Two has already "made a bunch of deals" with Netflix for distributing some of its games via Netflix G
  
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• Job Simulator Is Finally Giving Your VR Headset The Day Off

  11-08-2026 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Job Simulator has long been one of the best reasons to own a VR headset, and it might be bringing the glory days of working behind a counter--or cubicle hell--to a flat screen near you. Homeworld: Vast Reaches developer FarBridge has announced Job Simulator: Human Relations, which will see up to four players work together to complete tasks during their virtual eight-hour shift, like competing for resources or surviving natural disasters to appease their robot overlords. While you won't be p
  
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