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• I Am Extremely Here For Story-Driven Virtua Fighter

  06-06-2026 00:40 via gamespot.com
  
  If there's one title that's defined my life in gaming, it's Virtua Fighter. I've adored the series since I was a young arcade-going teenager, and even now, 30 years later, I'm still going to fighting game events across the country to support my favorite game series of all time. My affection for the gameplay, the characters, and the overall design of Virtua Fighter has only grown over this time, but there's still one thing I've always wanted from VF: a proper focus on story. And now, it finally,
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Wants Minigames To Feel Like A Choice Again

  06-06-2026 21:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's minigames were polarizing when they were first introduced, and for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Square Enix has reworked how it will "deliver" them to players. One of the main complaints with Rebirth's minigames was the sheer volume of them and how completing them was mandatory to unlock rare Materia or Gold Saucer dates with certain characters.Speaking to GameSpot, series director Naoki Hamaguchi confirmed that while minigames will return, most of them will be
  
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• God Of War Laufey May Feature Gods Who Were Killed In The Previous Games

  06-06-2026 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Throughout the original God of War trilogy and its spin-offs, Kratos left a lot of dead gods in his wake. Some of those late deities may come back to haunt Kratos's wife, Faye, in the upcoming title, God of War Laufey. While Kratos is still among the living, Ariel Lawrence--the director of God of War Laufey--hinted that one of his first foes could return."We’ve been killing gods for a really long time," Lawrence told GameSpot. "So we’ve been thinking about this question. Since Ares d
  
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• Godzilla Is Apparently Not Afraid Of GTA 6

  06-06-2026 19:46 via gamespot.com
  
  With Rockstar's GTA 6 set to "blot out the sun" when it arrives on November 19, numerous developers are purposefully avoiding releasing their games near it. In fact, there are basically no other major games set for release in November at all as of now.Now, a report from the reputable leaker Dealabs Magazine says a remaster of Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee is releasing on November 3, just ahead of GTA 6.
  The report said Atari is bringing back the 2002 GameCube game for PS5, Xbox Series X|S
  
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• 007 First Light Budget Was Not $200 Million, Exec Says As Game Passes 3 Million Sales

  06-06-2026 19:12 via gamespot.com
  
  The new James Bond game, 007 First Light, has passed 3 million sales, according to IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak, who also pushed back against the claim that the game cost $200 million to develop.He told IGN that it's true that First Light is "by far" the most expensive entertainment product to ever come out of IO's home country of Denmark. However, $200 million covers much more than the game's development budget, including returning some money to developers in the form of bonuses.
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• Marvel 1943: Rise Of Hydra Delayed To 2027, Exec Explains Why It’s Taking So Long

  06-06-2026 18:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra has not been seen or discussed in some time, prompting people to wonder about its fate. And while it remains in development, it's not coming out this year as was expected.Shawn Kittelsen, a senior executive at the newly formed Paramount Games Studio, told IGN that the game is real ("it's on my hard drive right now") but it's taking so long because producer Amy Hennig is pushing for quality."We're continuing development on it, but Amy and the team have big ambitions for
  
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• Many Longtime Fortnite Players Just Woke Up To A Pile Of Free V-Bucks

  06-06-2026 18:08 via gamespot.com
  
  A lot of Fortnite players got an extremely pleasant surprise at the start of Chapter 7 Season 3, when they discovered they could get refunds, in V-Bucks, on a number of old skins they've had for years. If you've been playing Fortnite for a long time and have bought a lot of stuff from the item shop, you might be able to claim thousands of free V-Bucks. To check whether you're eligible for any of these new refunds, navigate to the Account and Privacy section of the Fortnite game settings, and cli
  
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• That’s No Moon’s Crossfire Aims To Evolve Cover Shooters

  06-06-2026 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Imagine the tension found in extractions shooters, but in a narrative cover based game.Video Notes: Crossfire is going to be a divisive game. The team behind it knows that and they're okay with it. And honestly, we're okay with it too. Because underneath that divisiveness, there is the potential to push the genre forward in a way that very few others are trying to do these days.
  
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• There’s One Big Change To Sephiroth In Final Fantasy 7 Revelation

  06-06-2026 17:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Sephiroth is up to his old tricks in Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, but one thing that has changed about the enduring villain is his voice. Tyler Hoechlin previously voiced the One-Winged Angel in Final Fantasy 7 Remake and its first sequel, Rebirth, but Revelation features anime veteran Travis Willingham as the voice of the antagonist.
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  Following an interview with game director Naoki Hamaguchi, streamer Maximilian Dood co
  
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• Anger Shows That Fans Care, And God Of War Laufey’s Director Hopes They Come Along For The Journey

  06-06-2026 16:26 via gamespot.com
  
  God of War Laufey marks the first time in the franchise that you'll be playing as anyone other than the Ghost of Sparta, Kratos. Instead, you'll play as Faye, his late wife whose death kicked off the events of the God of War reboot in 2018. It's a big change for the series that has rubbed some fans the wrong way, but Laufey's director sees that as a good thing.GameSpot spoke to God of War Laufey's director, Ariel Lawrence, who explained why fans who are skeptical of the new direction, and even t
  
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• The Best Trailers Of Summer Game Fest Live: Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, And More

  06-06-2026 16:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Geoff Keighley's annual showcase of new game trailers and reveals has come to a close, and this year's edition of Summer Game Fest Live was easily one of the best so far. Focused purely on video games--we're hoping the Muppets Statler and Waldorf will return to heckle Keighley in December--Summer Game Fest Live was firing on all cylinders last night. If you missed out on the lengthy event and you want a highlight reel of its best trailers, we've compiled them into a digestible video below for yo
  
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• The Best Trailers Of Summer Game Fest Live 2026: Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, And More

  06-06-2026 16:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Geoff Keighley's annual showcase of new game trailers and reveals has come to a close, and this year's edition of Summer Game Fest Live was easily one of the best so far. Focused purely on video games--we're hoping the Muppets Statler and Waldorf will return to heckle Keighley in December--Summer Game Fest Live was firing on all cylinders last night. If you missed out on the lengthy event and you want a highlight reel of its best trailers, we've compiled them into a digestible video below for yo
  
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• Control Resonant Is Proving Remedy Can Do More Than Shooters

  06-06-2026 16:00 via gamespot.com
  
  If you watch the latest Control Resonant gameplay footage, you'll see a game that takes the fascinating supernatural world of Control and melds it with the exhilarating and fast-paced melee combat of a character-action game.It's new territory for Remedy Entertainment, a studio that has primarily made games where protagonists shoot guns, but that genre experience wasn't evident in what I played. The combat felt satisfying and weighty, and the dynamic between unique weapons and powers created a th
  
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• How Best To Use The New Sprites In Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3

  06-06-2026 04:03 via gamespot.com
  
  In Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3, the sprites are back! These lovable little spirits, which we first met back in Chapter 6 Season 1, have returned to the Battle Royale island following the cataclysmic confrontation between the Ice King and the Foundation in the Shattered live event. Now, there's a lot more of them than there used to be, and they're about to become a lot more pivotal to the Fortnite Battle Royale experience than ever before, because they're Season 3's central gameplay mechanic
  
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• God Of War Laufey’s Combat Was Inspired By The Original Greek Trilogy

  06-06-2026 03:35 via gamespot.com
  
  Until now, Kratos was the primary star of every God of War game. However, his late wife, Faye, is taking the spotlight in God of War Laufey. But when Faye picks up her sword, veteran God of War fans may recognize the influence that the original Greek trilogy had on her fighting style.
  "I think that because we started with the idea, like we knew it was going to be a Faye game, we had a Faye model. We couldn't just put Kratos animations on her," God of War Laufey director Ariel Lawrence told GameS
  
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• Day Of The Devs: Summer Game Fest Edition 2026 – Everything Revealed

  06-06-2026 02:06 via gamespot.com
  
  Each year, Day of the Devs hosts a showcase around Summer Game Fest to highlight some of the wildly creative indie games in development around the world. The organizers of Day of the Devs revealed to GameSpot that the non-profit received over 1,700 submissions for this year's Summer Game Fest showcase. That massive list of submissions was ultimately narrowed down to 20 titles, diverse in genre and developers, that make up the showcase.
  Titles included range from a Yooka-Laylee racing game to a h
  
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• Super Yooka-Laylee Kart Recalls The Glory Days Of Retro Mario Kart

  06-06-2026 01:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Just like Mario and Donkey Kong before it, the Yooka-Laylee franchise is expanding to a new genre: kart racing. Playtonic Games announced Super Yooka-Laylee Kart during the Summer Game Fest as part of Day of the Devs 2026. A debut trailer showed off the racer, which looks very similar in style to classic kart racers like the original Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart 64, and Mario Kart: Super Circuit. That means pixel-art character sprites racing on 3D tracks for a cool retro style. Within that
  
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• Fortnite’s Chapter 7 Season 3 Map May As Well Be Brand New

  06-06-2026 01:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Epic Games is pulling an extremely surprising move to start Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3, by mixing up the existing Battle Royale island so extensively that it feels like a totally new one. It's a pretty unprecedented situation, but it's also an exciting one, because we like new things.The new island is called Shattered Coast, and it's sort of a remix of the previous version of the Chapter 7 island, with most of the old POIs being remixed into something new, and the landscape between each spot be
  
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• Fortnite Servers Are Down – When Will Fortnite Come Online For Chapter 7 Season 3?

  06-06-2026 01:30 via gamespot.com
  
  The end of a Fortnite Battle Royale season is a bittersweet thing, as we get lots of new toys and and a new battle pass, but we also have to say goodbye to a gameplay meta most of us only just got finally comfortable with. But the worst part is the wait for the new season to start while Fortnite is down for maintenance. Now that the Shattered live event has wrapped up and we've seen the end of the battle between the Ice King and Dwayne "The Foundation" Johnson, Fortnite has gone offline to deplo
  
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• Everything New In Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3

  06-06-2026 01:27 via gamespot.com
  
  With Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3, summer has officially arrived in the metaverse. If you thought Epic's constant shakeups to the Battle Royale meta in Season 2 were wild, just wait 'til you get a load of this update, which adds a major new core gameplay mechanic and introduces a nearly entirely new map in the middle of the chapter. It's gonna be a lot to process, so let's dive right in.A new map in the middle of a chapter??Apparently so! The new map is called Shattered Coast, and features remixe
  
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• What The Hell Do You Name The Follow-Up To N++?

  06-06-2026 01:25 via gamespot.com
  
  N++ is an absolutely stellar game. I even like the unconventional name and appreciate developer Metanet Software's continued embrace of the N name first used for its original Flash creation more than two decades ago. But it's also a name that comes with some issues, perhaps best demonstrated by the game's name on Steam being followed by "(NPLUSPLUS)." So what do you do when you're making a multiplayer follow-up and need to come up with a name?"It's always been hard for us to name these things,"
  
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• How Do You Follow The Perfect Platformer? N+ Devs Think They Have The Answer

  06-06-2026 01:25 via gamespot.com
  
  Mario will forever be the preeminent face of the platformer genre, but for as much as I've loved the series, there's no doubt about what one platformer I'd pick to be stuck with on a desert island: N++. The definitive 2015 version of the long-running N series was a true accomplishment; it's staggering both in terms of the quality and depth of its platforming action, and the sheer scope of the game itself, featuring thousands of hand-crafted levels, plus a level creator. When I first heard t
  
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• Stellar Blade Follow-Up Blood Rain Announced, Trailer Has Some Eye-Opening Moments

  06-06-2026 01:23 via gamespot.com
  
  This year’s Summer Games Fest brought a surprise in the form of a reveal of the next game from Stellar Blade developer Shift Up much sooner than. The game is Stellar Blade: Blood Rain and looks to continue on the high octane action delivered by the highly popular 2024 game.The game revealed in a highly stylized and action packed trailer shows a new protagonist exploring a dystopian cyberpunk world fighting grotesque monsters with Stellar Blade’s signature stylish flair. While the fir
  
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• After Mixtape, Cheerful Music Game Mr. Records Is A Day Of The Devs Standout

  06-06-2026 01:15 via gamespot.com
  
  A lot of fantastic-looking indie games were featured at 2026's Day of the Devs: Summer Game Fest Edition showcase this year, but Mr. Records from developer Neil Broadhead and publisher Wired Productions was a particular standout in a post-Mixtape world.Mr. Records is about an old man named George who runs a vinyl record shop and can transport himself to another world when he listens to music. In a Moonlighter-like setup, players must manage the record shop during the day, matching music to custo
  
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• The Wolf Among Us 2 Finally Reappears Alongside Remastered Original

  06-06-2026 01:03 via gamespot.com
  
  Bigby Wolf is huffing, puffing, and blowing the figurative doors off of Summer Game Fest. At long last, The Wolf Among Us 2 has re-emerged after eight years of almost-uninterrupted silence.The sequel is due out in 2027, and the new version of Telltale Games has revealed that a remastered version of the original Wolf Among Us is coming later this year, sure to introduce the game to a new generation.Beyond the trailer for each, not much else was shown or mentioned, but if you've been waiting nearl
  
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• Tifa Is Coming To Street Fighter 6’s Season 4 Roster

  06-06-2026 01:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Street Fighter 6 has unveiled its new roster of fighters for its fourth year during Summer Game Fest 2026, and Final Fantasy 7's Tifa is joining the fight. Also announced in the roster are three all-new characters in the series, Bosch, Yasmine and Arjun, which will make this season's roster the first with no returning characters.
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• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Gets Its First Trailer At Summer Game Fest

  06-06-2026 00:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Square Enix has officially unveiled Final Fantasy Revelation at Summer Game Fest 2026. The final chapter in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy takes an open-world approach that has you flying the Highwind airship all over the planet.In the months leading up to its reveal, Square Enix and the team working on the game had begun to tease players with new ideas and locations for the threequel. A trip to Wutai is on the cards--and maybe even space--is on the cards, snowboarding is making a return, an
  
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• A Great Sonic Game Is Getting A Weirdly Unexpected Crossover

  06-06-2026 00:46 via gamespot.com
  
  A new Sonic Racing: Crossworlds trailer has unveiled some unexpected crossovers, including with classic anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. All 52 users who have written Sonic/Eva fanfiction on the hosting website Archive Of Our Own took a collective breath in.The brand deal was revealed as part of a Sonic 35th anniversary hype reel at Summer Game Fest 2026. The trailer showed other, perhaps more predictable collaborations like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem, upcoming fighting game Avatar
  
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• Palworld 1.0 Is Launching Sooner Than You Expect

  06-06-2026 00:45 via gamespot.com
  
  After multiple years in early access, the legally distinct Pokemon-like game Palworld is getting its 1.0 version very soon.
  Palworld 1.0 will launch on July 10, developer Pocketpair announced during Summer Game Fest today."We would like to express our deepest gratitude to our passionate community who has stayed with us through this journey. We are fully committed to delivering a deeper, more evolved, and definitive Palworld experience worthy of a full launch," the developer said.
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• 007 First Light Is Getting A New Story Mission, But It Features Its Worst Character

  06-06-2026 00:27 via gamespot.com
  
  I loved 007 First Light when I reviewed it a few weeks ago, but I was glad Bawma, the pirate portrayed by Lenny Kravitz, didn't get much screen time. Unfortunately, he's getting more screen time soon, as IO Interactive has announced during Summer Game Fest that a new story mission is on the way, and it focuses on the surprisingly rizz-less Bawma.https://twitter.com/summergamefest/status/2063022230255374414
  IO didn't mention whether the new mission comes with a price tag, though sitting through m
  
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