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• Cyberpunk 2077 Is Having A Moment Again, And It’s For One Simple Reason

  30-06-2026 14:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Cyberpunk 2077 is enjoying another resurgence in popularity, with the game's player count on Steam being at its highest level in over two years. While the game has averaged around 30,000 concurrent players per day (via SteamDB) over the last month, currently, that number has spiked over the last week and has peaked at over 87,000 players so far. What's the driving force behind this increase in chooms headed to Night City? A simple answer: It's dirt-cheap to buy right now.With the Steam Summer Sa
  
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• PlayStation Plus Free Games For July 2026 Revealed

  01-07-2026 17:34 via gamespot.com
  
  This month's batch of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers has been revealed. All PS Plus members will be able to claim a trio of freebies starting July 7--Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, For the King 2, and CrossCode. If you haven't claimed June's PlayStation Plus free games yet, make sure to do so before next Tuesday.This story is developing…
  
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• GameStop Is Not Hurting After Sony Kills Discs, And There Is A Good Reason Why

  01-07-2026 17:25 via gamespot.com
  After Sony announced that it would stop supporting physical discs starting in January 2028, many expected GameStop's stock price to take a hit. After all, the company is known to drive revenue from new and used game sales. However, GameStop is not hurting today. Actually, GameStop's share price is up.Why is that? Whereas GameStop's business was once mainly focused on selling game software, that's no longer the case. The store still sells new and used games, of course, but for GameStop's latest r
  
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• Subnautica 2’s Legal Troubles End With Bonuses And CEO’s Exit

  01-07-2026 17:09 via gamespot.com
  
  After a year of litigation that resulted in the firing and rehiring of Unknown Worlds CEO Ted Gill, the Korean publisher Krafton Inc. has agreed to pay the entire Subnautica 2 team bonuses in three annual installments.According to a July 1 Bloomberg report, Krafton Inc. and Unknown Worlds Entertainment have reached a "legal settlement" with the Subnautica 2 studio's CEO Ted Gill and its co-founders. As part of the agreement, Gill has resigned, stating that the two companies--Krafton and Unknown
  
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• Sony To End PlayStation Store Support On PS3 And Vita

  01-07-2026 16:59 via gamespot.com
  
  After Sony's surprising announcement that it plans to end PlayStation disc production by 2028 in favor of a digital-only future for its consoles, some fine print has gotten lost in all the buzz: Sony is also ending support for the PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita."After nearly two decades of supporting the PS3 console generation, we wanted to let you know we will be closing the PlayStation Store on PS3, as well as on PS Vita," Sony senior director Sid Shuman shared in a blog post announcing
  
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• PlayStation Disc Death Sends The Internet Into Its Physical Media Defense Arc

  01-07-2026 16:51 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony's announcement that it will end production of all PlayStation game discs in 2028 hasn't gone over well with fans of physical media. While the move might be an obvious one to make for Sony--digital sales account for almost 80% of its game sales on PS5 currently--the news still feels like it came from out of nowhere.
  Coupled with Sony also confirming that it'll be closing the PS3 and PS Vita storefronts next month, today feels like a solid reminder that you don't own the game you just bought,
  
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• PlayStation’s Disc-Based Game Sales Have Dropped Dramatically In Recent Years

  01-07-2026 16:47 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony has confirmed that it will no longer support physical discs for PlayStation games--for first- and third-party games--starting in January 2028. Many are wondering why, and it likely has to do with steep declines in physical software sales at the gaming giant.Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad has reminded people that while physical software is not a dead market--almost 70 million new disc-based PlayStation games were sold in 2025--but the shift toward digital keeps growing."Having a retail p
  
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• Goodbye Discs: Digital Game Sales Continue To Grow At PlayStation, As Well As Many Other Big Players

  01-07-2026 16:47 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony has confirmed that it will no longer support physical discs for PlayStation games--for first- and third-party games--starting in January 2028. Many are wondering why, and it likely has to do with steep declines in physical software sales at the gaming giant. And it's not just Sony that's seeing major declines in physical, disc-based games--many other publishers are as well. It's part of a wider trend of people increasingly buying games digitally, for convenience and other reasons.
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• Surprise Mario Kart World Update Ends A Drought Of New Content

  01-07-2026 16:14 via gamespot.com
  
  Despite being the Switch 2's leading launch game, Mario Kart World hasn't gotten much in terms of proper new content. But update 1.7.0 just dropped for the game, and it adds two Knockout Tour routes for players to burn rubber on.The Drill Rally starts at Wario Shipyard and ends in Bowser's Castle, while the Boomerang Rally extends from Salty Salty Speedway to Whistlestop Summit. Nintendo's website mentions that additional routes will be added in future updates, and the game's menu indicates that
  
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• Stranger Things Star Millie Bobby Brown Loves GTA, But Plays Differently Than Most

  01-07-2026 16:03 via gamespot.com
  
  Stranger Things and Enola Holmes actor Millie Bobby Brown has called out Grand Theft Auto as being her favorite video game series. She said in an interview that she's very excited for GTA 6, and she also shared some insight into how she plays GTA games--it's probably not how you play them."I follow the rules in GTA," she said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. "I don't break the rules. I stop at red lights. I never run anyone over."Millie Bobby Brown is excited for GTA 6.She said her husband, Ja
  
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• Doom: The Dark Ages | Revelations Spear Rules!

  01-07-2026 16:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Here's what we learned about Doom: The Dark Ages | Revelations from our latest preview. One of Doom: The Dark Ages’ biggest changes was the introduction of a shield in your left hand, which was how you exploited enemy weaknesses, opening the way to deal damage with the weapon in your right hand. And now you can swap between the shield and, a spear! Like the shield, the spear is both defense and offense – “all the thinking is still done in your left hand,” Martin said.
  
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• Why Sony Is Killing Disc-Based PlayStation Games And The Implications For PS6 And Beyond

  01-07-2026 14:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony's announcement that it will stop releasing games on discs beginning in 2028 will have implications for the PlayStation 6, according to one industry expert.
  Piers Harding-Rolls of Ampere Analysis said the decision to stop having PlayStation's first-party games, along with titles from third-parties, printed on discs, "pretty much guarantees that PS6 won't arrive until 2028 at the soonest."He said this in an interview with Game File, in which he also predicted that "the base version of a PS6 w
  
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• Sony Is Killing Disc-Based PlayStation Games And That Means PS6 Likely Won’t Have A Disc Drive And Could Launch In 2028

  01-07-2026 14:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony's announcement that it will stop releasing games on discs beginning in 2028 will have implications for the PlayStation 6, according to one industry expert.
  Piers Harding-Rolls of Ampere Analysis said the decision to stop having PlayStation's first-party games, along with titles from third-parties, printed on discs, "pretty much guarantees that PS6 won't arrive until 2028 at the soonest."He said this in an interview with Game File, in which he also predicted that "the base version of a PS6 w
  
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• Sony Is Killing Disc-Based PlayStation Games And That Means PS6 Likely Won’t Have A Disc Drive

  01-07-2026 14:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony's announcement that it will stop releasing games on discs beginning in 2028 will have implications for the PlayStation 6, according to one industry expert.
  Piers Harding-Rolls of Ampere Analysis said the decision to stop having PlayStation's first-party games, along with titles from third-parties, printed on discs, "pretty much guarantees that PS6 won't arrive until 2028 at the soonest."He said this in an interview with Game File, in which he also predicted that "the base version of a PS6 w
  
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• Apple Arcade Adds These New Games In July

  01-07-2026 14:42 via gamespot.com
  
  The Apple Arcade library is getting a fresh update on July 2, with six new games being added to the subscription service. The new arrivals range from dungeon-crawling fun to a single-player fishing adventure, a quirky twist on the city-building genre, and a game that challenges you to unleash your inner artist.If you're unfamiliar with it, Apple Arcade is a video game subscription service by Apple for its line of iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro devices. Priced at $7 per month--
  
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• Sony Confirms PlayStation Disc Production Will End In 2028

  01-07-2026 14:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony has officially confirmed that it will be ending the production of physical discs for PlayStation consoles, starting January 2028. In a new blog update, the company says that it made the decision based on how physical game disc sales have begun to decline, and going forward, all new games will be available through the PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only.This story is developing.
  
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• Nintendo’s Wackiest New Game Feels Like The Devs Getting Away With Something

  01-07-2026 14:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Somewhere in the back of my mind, I must have known that Rhythm Heaven was a close cousin to WarioWare, but it never stood out to me as strongly as it did while playing Rhythm Heaven Groove. The sheer unapologetic weirdness of it intertwined with the strict timing-based minigames made this feel like WarioWare, but as a rhythm game. And I feel like a fool for just now discovering that these are two great tastes that go great together.The influences from WarioWare will be obvious to anyone who has
  
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• All Phasmophobia Monkey Paw Wishes and Effects

  01-07-2026 10:15 via gamespot.com
  
  The Monkey Paw in Phasmophobia is one of the game’s most powerful and risky-to-use cursed objects. While all the cursed possessions in Phasmophobia have some sort of negative effects, the benefits often outweigh the negatives, and some will only drain your sanity level as long as they’re used cautiously and correctly. However, using the Monkey Paw to make a wish can be very helpful to your investigation--offering the ability to change the weather, increase your sanity level, trap the
  
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• All Phasmophobia Cursed Object Locations and How To Use Them

  01-07-2026 10:14 via gamespot.com
  
  Phasmophobia’s cursed objects, also known as cursed items or (officially) cursed possessions, are items with unique supernatural abilities that can assist your investigation. There are seven cursed objects available in the game that can only be used inside the investigation area, with their perks ranging from resurrecting fallen players to helping you eliminate evidence. However, which of these supernatural items spawns, and the number of them that spawn, changes from contract to contract
  
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• Popular Steam Wallpaper Program Removes App Over Malware Concerns

  01-07-2026 03:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Wallpaper Engine has been a popular wallpaper tool on Steam for the better part of a decade since its release. However, the tool's application wallpaper was apparently hijacked by bad actors months ago who used it to infect users' machines with malware as the desktop wallpaper program ran in the background. Now, Wallpaper Engine's application is going to be permanently removed from the program over those malware concerns.In a statement on Steam, the program's developers stated that users have a
  
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• Love And Deepspace Cancels Its New Love Interest After Fan Backlash

  01-07-2026 00:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Shortly after developer Papergames announced the addition of Valko--a new love interest in the mobile action dating sim Love and Deepspace--the backlash from fans has spilled into the real world. Now, Papergames is reversing course by canceling Valko's debut and pledging to focus on the five other love interests who are already in the game."We recognize that we moved forward with the introduction of Valko before we were truly ready," reads the statement posted to Love and Deepspace's Instagram a
  
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• Pokemon Go July 2026 Events: Raids, Spotlight Hours, Go Fest, And More

  30-06-2026 23:47 via gamespot.com
  
  July is officially upon us, and it's shaping up to be a particularly big month for Pokemon Go. The mobile game is commemorating its tenth anniversary this month with a variety of events, including a Pikachu celebration and a new Timed Research questline for Professor Willow's birthday.July also marks the second month of the game's Forever Forward season, with new Raid bosses and Spotlight Pokemon lined up over the next few weeks. Most significantly, the game is also holding its global Go Fest ev
  
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• Unlock The Potential Of Your Steam Deck/Machine With Decky Loader

  30-06-2026 22:46 via gamespot.com
  
  What makes SteamOS so great is the fact that it is a console-like experience for a PC, which means you can turn it on and everything is instantly available to you from the comfort of your couch. However, it's still a PC, which means for those of you interested in going further, you can customize it with pretty much anything you can imagine that runs on Linux, which unlocks the potential of it far more than any other console will allow.Because the Steam Deck has been out for several years now, pe
  
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• Fortnite’s Player Count Is Way Up In Chapter 7 Season 3, And Here’s Why

  30-06-2026 22:38 via gamespot.com
  
  After a slow start to Chapter 7 in December, Fortnite has had a significant bump in its player count since the start of Season 3 in early June. The average number of concurrent players in Battle Royale nearly doubled month over month, going from 228,000 in May to over 433,000 in June, according to public data that was collected and aggregated by fortnite.gg. It appears as though Battle Royale's new brainrot-inspired sprite-collection gameplay is working about as well as Epic could have hoped, be
  
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• Minecraft, Call Of Duty Community Servers Are “Illegal,” Claims ESA Rep

  30-06-2026 22:26 via gamespot.com
  
  The Protect Our Games Act--a piece of legislation endorsed by the Stop Killing Games movement--has been voted down at the California State Senate. However, one of the most noteworthy incidents from this legislative battle was a comment made by an Entertainment Software Association lobbyist who claimed that Minecraft and Call of Duty private community servers are "illegal."Jennifer Gibbons, the ESA's vice president of state government affairs, told lawmakers that community servers for Minecraft a
  
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• GTA 6 Fans Are Convinced The Game Has A Bodybuilding System, And Here’s Why

  30-06-2026 22:02 via gamespot.com
  
  As the wait for GTA 6's next trailer continues, fans are poring over all the little details from the new batch of screenshots that recently went live. One piece of information that fans are now obsessing about is what they believe will be a system in the game that lets you get swoll.As relayed by GamesRadar, fans are convinced that a newly released image that shows main character Jason being less jacked than he was in a previous image is evidence that the game will have some kind of fitness/body
  
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• Hideo Kojima’s OD Is Reportedly Safe From Upcoming Xbox Cuts

  30-06-2026 21:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Hideo Kojima's Xbox console-exclusive horror game, OD, is reportedly safe amidst reports and rumors of studio closures, layoffs, and game cancellations at Xbox loom.According to a report from IGN, a source familiar with Microsoft's Xbox plans has stated OD remains in development at Kojima Productions and will still be published by Xbox.Not much is known about OD, but it was announced during an Xbox showcase in June 2022, with only a few brief glimpses since. It is set to star three actors-- Soph
  
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• Xbox Focusing On “Highest Priorities,” Claims It’s Not Cutting Back Overall Spending On Games

  30-06-2026 20:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft has confirmed that it pulled out of funding Hitman developer IO Interactive's new fantasy game, and it's because the company is re-focusing its spending on the "highest priorities" for the business.
  Speaking to Bloomberg, a Microsoft spokesperson said Xbox is "taking a fresh look at where we invest so we're focusing on our highest priorities."Major changes are afoot at Xbox.The statement went on to claim that Microsoft is "not reducing our overall investment in games," adding that the
  
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• Hitman, 007 First Light Studio Begins Layoffs As Its Fantasy RPG Project Suffers Setbacks

  30-06-2026 19:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Hitman and 007 First Light developer IO Interactive is the latest in a growing list of studios suffering layoffs, this time, this time in relation to a franchise that it hasn't even launched yet.Project Fantasy, IO Interactive's first attempt at crafting a fantasy RPG, is still in development, but the end of a recent external partner relationship has forced the studio to make some cuts to its team. In a statement, IO says that these are short-term consequences, and that the proposed layoffs are
  
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• Helldivers 2 Gets Closer To Modern Politics With Campaign To Build A Wall

  30-06-2026 19:41 via gamespot.com
  
  Helldivers 2's latest campaign calls for Super Earth's finest to aid in the construction of a "Celestial Fence" to keep out the ongoing Terminid menace.It's up to the Helldivers community to help deploy what Super Earth Command has billed as a "flawless, updated, and entirely safe Terminid Control System wall" that will "permanently quarantine" the "fascist" Terminids. The Helldivers are tasked with defending construction sites, gathering necessary resources for the campaign, and holding th
  
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