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• Ubisoft Is Making Another Battle Royale, This One Inspired By Apex Legends - Report

  16-04-2025 22:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft is reportedly making a new battle royale game that's inspired by Apex Legends, so much so that the project once used the game as a thumbnail.According to Insider Gaming, Ubisoft's new battle royale game is codenamed "Scout" and has been in development for a few years already. Its characters are said to be similar to Apex Legends' own Pathfinder, Wraith, and Lifeline, as well as others.The company's higher-ups reportedly wants to take advantage of Apex Legends' dwindling player base. As a
  
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• Halo: Campaign Evolved Release Date And Global Launch Times Revealed

  15-06-2026 18:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft's next big game is Halo: Campaign Evolved, which launches at the end of July for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. Ahead of that, Microsoft has published the official release times for the game, which begins with early access on July 23.Read on to find out exactly when Halo: Campaign Evolved release where you live. The game is having a global launch, Microsoft said, which suggests the game will arrive in all regions at the same time.
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• Xbox Game Studios Boss Is Out Ahead Of Reported Layoffs And Other Major Changes To “Reset” Xbox

  15-06-2026 18:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Craig Duncan, the head of Xbox Game Studios, is leaving the company after 15 years at Microsoft, and so is his chief of staff. The changes come ahead of reported layoffs and possible studio closures at Xbox under the leadership of Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who has vowed to "reset" the Xbox business.Duncan was the longtime studio head at Sea of Thieves developer Rare before he got promoted to overall Head of Xbox Game Studios in November 2024. He took over that position from Matt Booty, who was himse
  
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• Capcom Says Betting On Teams Instead Of Visionaries Changed The Company

  15-06-2026 18:24 via gamespot.com
  
  We're halfway through 2026, and so far, Capcom is on a roll. Resident Evil: Requiem, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, and Pragmata have all been hit games, while other titles like Street Fighter 6 continue to do well with post-launch content. So what's Capcom's secret? According to the company itself, having a team-first mentality instead of auteur-driven games is one of its keys to success."In the game industry, when a title becomes a series, it often ends up depending he
  
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• Microsoft Boss Wants Xbox to Start Pulling Its Weight Financially

  15-06-2026 17:21 via gamespot.com
  
  While the new Xbox leadership team under CEO Asha Sharma has been on a charm offensive lately--while also promising a "reset" for the division that suggests layoffs are on the way--Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella got down to brass tacks recently. During a panel at the New York Times Hard Fork event, Nadella spoke about how Xbox will have to find a way to become more profitable as it enters a new era."No one can accuse Microsoft of not having invested for the last 25 years," Nadella sa
  
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• EA Announces New Plan To Launch Ads “Directly Into Gameplay” After Working On In-Game Ads For Decades Already

  15-06-2026 15:21 via gamespot.com
  
  In an announcement that is sure to unsettle players but please investors, Electronic Arts has announced a new program to bring in-game ads to its games in ways that EA claims won't "disrupt" the player experience.EA Advertising, as it's called, is a new platform that EA says advertisers can use to reach EA's network of 120 million monthly players. That's indeed a massive scale, and some people in the video game industry have been surprised that this kind of program hasn't happened sooner given h
  
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• Get 10 Million Free Bloodpoints For Dead By Daylight’s 10th Anniversary

  15-06-2026 15:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Dead by Daylight is officially 10 years old, and as well as announcing a ton of upcoming content, Behaviour Interactive is offering a massive 10 million free Bloodpoints for every player to redeem.The huge giveaway was announced just before the developer's 10-year anniversary stream, surprising players who had predicted that the studio would not be overly generous with anniversary freebies.
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• Don’t Hold Your Breath For A Dead By Daylight Sequel

  15-06-2026 03:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Dead by Daylight turns 10 years old today, June 14. The asymmetrical horror multiplayer game has been leading the pack since its debut, helping popularize the genre that has grown into a (haunted) cottage industry over the course of that decade. What began as a 4v1 game of horror-movie homages has grown into a horror museum of sorts, playing host to dozens of licensed collaborations with iconic horror staples like A Nightmare on Elm Street, Ringu, and The Walking Dead, as well as many striking o
  
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• Everything Announced For Dead by Daylight During Its 10th Anniversary Stream

  15-06-2026 03:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Dead by Daylight turns 10 years old today, and for its anniversary, the team at Behaviour Interactive has announced a ton of things coming to the game, both in the short and long term. We've rounded up all of those announcements in one place in case you missed the stream, and you can find that stream below, too. Combined with those announcements are additional insights from my recent interview with the team ahead of the anniversary showcase. Here's everything DBD fans need to know about what's c
  
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• Dead By Daylight Is More Violent Than Ever, And The Devs Told Me Why

  15-06-2026 03:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Dead by Daylight is now 10 years old and has been played by 70 million players worldwide, making it one of the older and most successful live-service games--and horror games--ever made. It's changed a lot over those years, but one change you may have noticed is in its depictions of violence. The game has gotten more graphic over time, the game's creative director Dave Richard explained to me. It's been a conscious decision by the team, and he explained how pop culture's increased interest i
  
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• GameStop’s Rewards Program May Be Losing Its Best Feature – Report

  12-06-2026 23:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Earlier this month, GameStop disclosed that it achieved the highest profit in the company's history during the first quarter of its latest fiscal year. Now, GameStop appears to be taking further steps to cut costs by reportedly making significant changes to its Pro Membership rewards program.According to Kotaku, new GameStop Pro members will no longer be able to earn Pro Points starting on July 15. Current Pro members are only getting a temporary reprieve until August 15. On that date, members w
  
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• Microsoft Considering Spinning Off Xbox, Speeding Up Elder Scrolls And Fallout Game Releases – Report

  12-06-2026 21:57 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft's potential options for the future of the Xbox brand reportedly include spinning it off into a separate company or operating as a "wholly owned subsidiary" rather than a division within Microsoft.
  According to The Information (via Reuters), these are just a few of the options Microsoft is considering. Xbox has struggled mightily in recent years, most recently losing millions of subscribers to its Game Pass subscription service after a major price hike. Game Pass has, at least partially
  
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• Ubisoft’s Next Ghost Recon Game Reportedly Running Into Big Problems

  12-06-2026 20:07 via gamespot.com
  
  Last year, Ubisoft confirmed that it is developing a new Ghost Recon game, but a new report suggests that the project has been troubled and may face a "complete reboot or outright cancellation" if its problems can't be fixed.Insider Gaming is reporting that the next Ghost Recon, which is internally known as Project OVR, failed to meet Ubisoft's objectives during a recent review. Unnamed sources blamed the failure on "unrealistic deadlines and poor planning and management." According to the repor
  
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• Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Brings Back Campaign Early Access, Here’s How To Get It

  12-06-2026 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 will feature "campaign early access," allowing people who preorder or pre-buy the game to start playing the story mode early.
  This applies to preorders and pre-purchases for the MW4 standard digital edition or the Vault edition, across Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Switch 2, and Steam. The campaign early access begins on October 16, which is a full week before the game releases for everyone on October 23. During that week, only the game's campaign will be availab
  
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• Two More Games Are Losing Online Services Soon

  12-06-2026 18:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Two more games are losing their online services, but the good news is that the server shutdowns aren't happening all that soon.Delisted Games spotted notices from EA and 2K informing fans about forthcoming server closures. Grid Legends will lose its online service on PlayStation and Xbox consoles on September 11 this year, but servers will stay up for the game's Steam and Switch 2 editions.Grid Legends is riding ... off into the sunset.2K, meanwhile, announced that TopSpin 2K25's online support
  
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• Ben Starr Auditioned For James Bond In First Light, But He’s “So F**king Happy” He Didn’t Get it

  12-06-2026 17:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Actor Ben Starr, known for his roles in Final Fantasy XVI, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and Hades 2, has revealed that he auditioned for the role of James Bond in 007: First Light. He didn't get the part, which ultimately went to Patrick Gibson, and Starr said he was "so f**king happy" to have not gotten the role."I never would have gotten it. I was terrible,” Starr told VGC. “I remember doing a self-tape for it. I did the GoldenEye scene, and I got recalled to meet the team.“I
  
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• Titanfall Fans Are In For A Treat With Empulse

  12-06-2026 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Splitgate developer 1047 Games is back with Empulse, a new competitive shooter that, as GameSpot discovered, is to Titanfall 2 what Splitgate was to Halo. Jean-Luc got to go hands-on with the new shooter, which enters early access later this month.
  Though it's heavily inspired by the Titanfall games, which should be pretty clear from the gameplay footage, it wasn't the sole source of inspiration for Empulse. Jean-Luc found the gunplay to feel closer to the Halo-y style of Splitgate than the ADS-
  
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• Nintendo Loves Remaking 3D Zelda Games, But For Some Reason, Not The 2D Classics

  12-06-2026 16:41 via gamespot.com
  
  After months of speculation, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was unveiled for Switch 2 during this week's Nintendo Direct. It's the latest in a long line of remakes and remasters for Zelda 3D titles, but also raises the question: Why aren't there new versions of the franchise's first three mainline entries?Nintendo has never remade The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, or The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. These 2D classics for NES and SNES are what made people fall in
  
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• The Last Of Us Season 3 Adds Big-Name Actor, But You Won’t Recognize Who He’s Playing

  12-06-2026 15:47 via gamespot.com
  
  The latest developments for HBO's The Last of Us are coming into focus, including production shutting down due to the World Cup and a big name joining the cast.Deadline reports that production on Season 3 is undergoing a "mid-shoot hiatus" for about a month. This is because the show films in Vancouver, and that's also a World Cup regional site. This is causing headaches and disruptions locally, so HBO has opted to shut down production temporarily.The World Cup final takes place on July 19. It's
  
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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 Clarifies Recent Comments About In-Game Ads

  11-06-2026 20:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball has clarified comments he made about in-game ads. He set the record straight, saying he was responding to comments he made prior to joining Xbox and that his comments do not necessarily reflect Microsoft's "plans or beliefs.""What I do say is that ads should be used to offer more affordable alternatives alongside today's ad-free experiences, in the hopes more could play as a result. Similar to how Netflix and Disney+ have ad-tiers with all the same conten
  
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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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