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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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• Best Games of 2026 So Far

  15-06-2026 16:00 via gamespot.com
  
  From Mewgenics to 007 First Light, here are the must play games of 2026 so far.
  
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• Dead By Daylight Movie Finds Its Director In The Chilling Mind Behind The Damned

  15-06-2026 15:40 via gamespot.com
  
  The big-screen adaptation of Dead by Daylight just took another step forward, as Thordur Palsson has officially been chosen to direct the movie. The Iceland-born director is best known for his work on the 2020 Netflix series The Valhalla Murders, and in 2024, he made his directorial debut with the folk-horror movie The Damned. Palsson will direct from a script penned by Alexandre Aja and David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, writers who have worked on projects like The Conjuring 2 and the remake of T
  
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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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• 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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• Forza Horizon 6 Signals A New Peak For Open World Driving Games

  15-06-2026 01:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Few games have generated as much momentum this year as Forza Horizon 6. The latest entry in Playground Games' acclaimed racing series has earned widespread critical praise, including a fantastic 8/10 review from GameSpot, while also setting new player engagement records across the franchise. For a series that has consistently defined the open-world racing genre, it's another major achievement — and one that reinforces Forza Horizon 6's place as one of the biggest games in the industry righ
  
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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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• 5 Zelda Characters I’m Excited To See In The Ocarina Of Time Remake (And 5 That Need To Stay Away)

  12-06-2026 22:53 via gamespot.com
  The original Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time occupies a similar space in my heart as The Black Cauldron, The Last Unicorn, The Neverending Story, The Dark Crystal, and all of the other fantastical experiences of the '80s and '90s in that, while fundamental to creating who I am today, they were also extremely dark. Though Majora's Mask is (understandably) referred to as the darkest Legend of Zelda game, it's crucial to remember that Ocarina of Time had its fair share of creepy content, too. Part
  
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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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• All The Free Fortnite Cosmetics Available To Unlock Right Now

  12-06-2026 21:03 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite is known as much for its paid cosmetics as it is for having arguably the best Battle Royale modes around. But these days, Fortnite offers so many free cosmetics at any given time that it's easier than ever to enjoy it without dropping a penny on skins, emotes, or other cosmetics. In Chapter 7 Season 3, there are free items to unlock for every Epic-created mode, so you don't have to give up on collecting Fortnite cosmetics even if you're feeling the pain caused by the V-Buck price incre
  
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• Mina The Hollower Spoiler Interview: Sequel Talk, Chrono Trigger Homages, And That Ending

  12-06-2026 20:47 via gamespot.com
  Mina the Hollower is full of secrets to discover, and for a game based on classics like Link's Awakening, it's surprisingly story-rich. Yacht Club has a bona fide hit on its hands with 500,000 copies sold. Now that fans have had time to dig in--and even discover a secret ending--we're publishing a spoiler portion of our interview with Yacht Club's David D'Angelo.In the below portion we talk openly about the full story of Mina the Hollower, including its standard canonical ending. If you'd rather
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Director Says Streamers Might Be Contributing To RPG “Crisis”

  12-06-2026 20:27 via gamespot.com
  
  Over the years, there's been plenty of speculation as to why RPGs--and turn-based RPGs in particular--aren't quite as popular as they once were. While there's no one right answer to as to why this is the case, what is clear is this is particularly bad news for companies like Square Enix. Though the studio has diversified its portfolio over the years and has been keen to add modern twists to its old formulas, it's no secret that even its blockbuster titles aren't performingas well as the company
  
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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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• Alien Isolation 2 Is Custom-Building Your Next Heart Attack

  12-06-2026 17:06 via gamespot.com
  
  Alien Isolation was a masterclass in horror when it first launched, pitting players against a perfect organism hellbent on their destruction. With Alien Isolation 2 on the way, developer Creative Assembly is looking to place players in the ultimate cat-and-mouse game once again as they break free from the tight confines of the Sevastopol and navigate the planet of LV-921. While the game will feature cramped corridors to explore via the planetside Weyland-Yutani outpost, Kurosaki Statio
  
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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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• Empulse is the Splitgate Team’s Take on Titanfall 2

  12-06-2026 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Jean-Luc got hands-on with 1047's latest game Empulse, and spoke with the CEO about how the failure of Splitgate 2 informed their choice to not go free-to-play.
  
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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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• Summer Games Week: The Biggest Reveals, Interviews, And Features

  12-06-2026 16:29 via gamespot.com
  
  We're officially in the afterglow of Summer Games Week, the successor to E3, and now is the perfect time to catch your breath. While this time of the year is always loaded with livestreams full of reveal trailers and updates to upcoming games, this year felt especially busy. Whether you were tuning in for Sony's State of Play, looking to see what Geoff Keighley had up his sleeve for Summer Game Fest, or sitting down to enjoy the Wholesome Direct, you were spoiled for choice.Once again, the GameS
  
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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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• 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 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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