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• Best Players To Pick In NBA The Run

  10-06-2026 19:59 via gamespot.com
  
  NBA The Run is a new arcade-style basketball game that offers nearly 40 players to use in an online streetball environment. A majority of the available players are real NBA All-Stars, and there are some players represented twice, once as their modern self and again as rookies. The game also features some fictional characters who excel in specific areas on the court.As you'll quickly find out by scrolling through the entire lineup, each player has unique attributes and one of several Zone Abiliti
  
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• Until Dawn Characters Will Never Not Look Cursed, I Guess

  11-06-2026 23:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Horror is one of my all-time favorite game genres, largely because it's so flexible. The genre naturally lends itself well to both single-player and multiplayer experiences, and over the years, co-op horror has really earned a special place in my heart. But one well-loved title has never really managed to grow on me, largely due to all of its characters looking like they were born in the uncanny valley: Until Dawn.Casting a recognizable actor in a game is always going to be a controversial choic
  
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• Nintendo Fans Don’t Know What They Want

  11-06-2026 22:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Steve Jobs famously said, "People don't know what they want until you show it to them." But I sometimes wonder whether the late Apple CEO would have struggled with predicting what Nintendo fans want.I still remember the divisive online reaction to the initial reveal of Wind Waker at Space World 2001, when fans hoping to see a more realistic, grown-up Link on the GameCube were met with a cartoony, cel-shaded child Link (quickly dubbed "Celda") instead." Of course, that game is now cherished as a
  
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• In 007 First Light, The Best Part Of Being Bond Is The Boring Stuff

  11-06-2026 21:58 via gamespot.com
  In 2015, Batman: Arkham Knight launched with a succinct, straightforward tagline: "Be the Batman." With a snappy, free-flowing combat system, riddles and mysteries to solve, a large selection of gadgets, memorable boss fights, and full access to the Batmobile, this game was the ultimate Batman Simulator.Over a decade later, it feels like game studios are finally nailing down how to create gaming experiences that capture iconic characters from other properties and adapt them into compelling video
  
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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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• Why Does Marvel’s Wolverine Look Like That?

  11-06-2026 18:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Insomniac Games’ upcoming title Marvel’s Wolverine finally took center stage at Sony’s 2026 State of Play showcase after a years-long promotional campaign that has primarily consisted of small teasers. But after the game's latest, yet very familiar showing--and as its September release date inches closer--I can't help but wonder if there's little more to Marvel's famous clawed superhero than oodles of viscera and tired action-adventure tropes.During Wolverine’s longest de
  
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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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• Fable Shouldn’t Have Run Scared From Grand Theft Auto 6

  11-06-2026 17:39 via gamespot.com
  Recently, Microsoft announced that Fable is no longer launching this fall and will instead be released in February 2027. The reason for the delay? Like so many other games, it looks like Fable is running away from the massive shadow created by Grand Theft Auto VI's release on November 19. Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty all but corroborated this on the Xbox Podcast, stating that "we want to make sure that the game has a window of its own, so we are going to move it from this fall to Februa
  
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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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• Lara Croft Is At The “Top Of Her Game” In Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis

  11-06-2026 17:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Despite being one of the most iconic video game characters of all time, Lara Croft might also be one of the most ever-changing. When compared to the likes of Mario, Link, Master Chief, or Solid Snake, the gun-toting globetrotter has been reinvented more frequently and dramatically then the lot of them. Sure, some things about Lara have remained the same--namely her English background and penchant for archeology--but across her catalog of games, multiple movies, and animated series, the finer det
  
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• Clutch Blends Both Forza Horizon And Motorsport With A Dash Of Fast & Furious

  11-06-2026 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Clutch is a narrative focused racing game from former developers from the Forza Horizon series, and seems to be all gas, no brakes
  
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• Forza Horizon 6: Astro Toy Photo Challenge Location

  11-06-2026 16:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Forza Horizon 6's first festival playlist, Welcome to Japan, is nearing its end. With Spring being the final season of this introductory set of trials, you have one last photo challenge to complete before seeing what the game has in store for its next playlist: the Astro Toy Photo Challenge. And if you're curious how to wrap up this rocket-themed challenge, we've got you covered in the guide below. Here's how to complete the Astro Toy Photo Challenge.Astro Toy Photo Challenge location in Forza H
  
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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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• Tupac Casting In Stranger Than Heaven Came Directly From Snoop Dogg, RGG Boss Says

  11-06-2026 16:00 via gamespot.com
  
  When the Stranger Than Heaven trailer at Summer Game Fest first revealed the inclusion of the late rapper Tupac Shakur in the cast, alongside other performers like Snoop Dogg and his son, Cordell Broadus, I immediately thought about Fred Astaire dancing with a vacuum. The infamous 1997 Dirt Devil commercial saw the musical star—who died nearly a decade earlier—dancing with a vacuum, setting off a national debate over the appropriateness of using someone's likeness posthumously. Tupac
  
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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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• I Was Not Expecting Stranger Than Heaven’s Brutal Combat

  11-06-2026 16:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Stranger Than Heaven's Combat Is NOTHING Like Yakuza, And I Love It.
  
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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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• Peak Lara Croft Is So Back In Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis

  11-06-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis marks the return of acrobatics, dual-pistols, and the Lara Croft we all know and love. After spending 30 minutes swinging through Peru and fighting off dinosaurs, here's what Jessica Cogswell had to say about the latest entry in the 30-year-old series.
  
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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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• The New Lara Croft Looks Hot, And That’s Okay

  11-06-2026 01:07 via gamespot.com
  
  The June 2026 State of Play showcase gave us a closer look at the upcoming Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, which serves as a (second) remake of the original 1996 Tomb Raider. As I watched Lara Croft flip, grapple, and swing her way through the release date trailer, one thought kept resurfacing in my mind: "Lara looks great." But further investigation is starting to make me wonder if I'm the only person who thinks so.The State of Play livestream wasn't the first time players have laid eyes on th
  
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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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• Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Is Getting A Collector’s Edition

  11-06-2026 00:40 via gamespot.com
  
  Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Standard Edition$70-$80 | Releases September 17Preorder at AmazonView at other storesPreorder at WalmartPreorder at GameStopPreorder at Nintendo Store Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Dagdan Collection Edition$120 | Releases on September 17Preorder at AmazonView at other storesPreorder at WalmartPreorder at TargetPreorder at Nintendo StoreOne of the year's most anticipated Switch 2 releases, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, launches for Switch 2 on September 17. Those who w
  
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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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• All Three Xenoblade Chronicles Switch 2 Editions Are Up For Preorder

  11-06-2026 00:08 via gamespot.com
  
  Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Physical)$70 | Releases July 30Preorder at AmazonView at other storesPreorder at Best BuyPreorder at WalmartPreorder at GameStop Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Physical)$70 | Releases October 1Preorder at AmazonView at other storesPreorder at Best BuyPreorder at WalmartPreorder at GameStop Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition$70 | Releases December 9Preorder at AmazonView at other storesPreor
  
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