<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[games - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest games news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:58:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[House of the Dragon season 3 fans are disappointed by episode 5, especially since the season is only 8 episodes long]]></title><description><![CDATA[House of the Dragon season 3 got off to an explosive start with the Battle of the Gullet and Rhaenyra finally taking King's Landing, but the Game of Thrones spin-off's pace dropped considerably in the aftermath &ndash; and episode 5 is concerning fans. One person took to Reddit to lay out their concerns about how the show is playing out, saying, "I honestly enjoyed the new episode quite a bit, but I'm growing incredibly concerned about the show's pacing moving forward."Are we 100% sure they know]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/house-of-the-dragon-season-3-fans-are-disappointed-by-episode-5-especially-since-the-season-is-only-8-episodes-long/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/house-of-the-dragon-season-3-fans-are-disappointed-by-episode-5-especially-since-the-season-is-only-8-episodes-long/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palworld has been "life-changing," lead says as Pocketpair's survival game hits almost 1 million concurrent players on Steam]]></title><description><![CDATA[Less than two weeks after launching into 1.0, people are still piling into Palworld. The monster-collecting hit came within spitting distance of a huge milestone, attracting more than 950,000 concurrent players over the weekend.Numbers gleaned from SteamDB have the survival game's recent peak at 961,897 concurrent players, while SteamCharts give a slightly different read out at 956,613. There are always slight variations for these things, but the point is, Palworld almost brought in over one mil]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/palworld-has-been-life-changing-lead-says-as-pocketpairs-survival-game-hits-almost-1-million-concurrent-players-on-steam/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/palworld-has-been-life-changing-lead-says-as-pocketpairs-survival-game-hits-almost-1-million-concurrent-players-on-steam/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Bethesda boss Todd Howard praises Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5's "incredible" tech team, fans aren't convinced Creation Engine 3 is a good idea: "Gonna release in an absolute buggy mess"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not everyone is feeling optimistic about The Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5 following Bethesda's confirmation that both are being developed using the studio's proprietary Creation Engine, albeit an updated version.Last week, Bethesda dropped a slew of information, including confirmation that Fallout 5 is in pre-production, that Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters are in the works, and that Obsidian Entertainment is teaming up with the studio on a whole new Fallout game. Amongst all that was the ann]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/as-bethesda-boss-todd-howard-praises-elder-scrolls-6-and-fallout-5s-incredible-tech-team-fans-arent-convinced-creation-engine-3-is-a-good-idea-gonna-release-in-an-absolute-buggy-mess/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/as-bethesda-boss-todd-howard-praises-elder-scrolls-6-and-fallout-5s-incredible-tech-team-fans-arent-convinced-creation-engine-3-is-a-good-idea-gonna-release-in-an-absolute-buggy-mess/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Avengers: Doomsday synopsis teases the Multiverse's "final chapter" that will "lay the foundation for the future" of the MCU]]></title><description><![CDATA[As movie theaters prepare for their sites to be crashed by Marvel fans trying to buy Avengers: Doomsday tickets, one chain has posted a brand-new synopsis. The new Doomsday synopsis, as per Fandango, reads, "Universes collide and the Multiverse Saga begins its final chapter in Marvel Studios' Avengers: Doomsday. Beloved heroes from three distinct universes will be set on a deadly collision course and ultimately face an existential threat unlike anything they've ever encountered. This epic film w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/new-avengers-doomsday-synopsis-teases-the-multiverses-final-chapter-that-will-lay-the-foundation-for-the-future-of-the-mcu/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/new-avengers-doomsday-synopsis-teases-the-multiverses-final-chapter-that-will-lay-the-foundation-for-the-future-of-the-mcu/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Bethesda pushes ahead with The Elder Scrolls and Fallout, "professional lurker" Todd Howard returns to Reddit to say "you'd be surprised how many great ideas I get" here]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bethesda Game Studios boss Todd Howard has revealed he's constantly lurking on Reddit and claims the team is consistently taking that feedback on board. In a thread on r/Games, Howard chimed in with his first Reddit post since the launch of Starfield &ndash; well aside from reacting to one post six months ago that modded a cardboard cutout of him into Fallout 4 as the immortal snail &ndash; saying "Hey Reddit. I&rsquo;m a professional lurker and read your comments all the time." And given Reddit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/as-bethesda-pushes-ahead-with-the-elder-scrolls-and-fallout-professional-lurker-todd-howard-returns-to-reddit-to-say-youd-be-surprised-how-many-great-ideas-i-get-here/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/as-bethesda-pushes-ahead-with-the-elder-scrolls-and-fallout-professional-lurker-todd-howard-returns-to-reddit-to-say-youd-be-surprised-how-many-great-ideas-i-get-here/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Odyssey beats The Dark Knight Rises to score Christopher Nolan's biggest opening weekend ever]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Odyssey has had a massive opening weekend at the box office. As well as opening bigger than any Christopher Nolan movie to date, topping The Dark Knight Rises, the movie scored the second-biggest IMAX opening weekend ever, coming in behind only Avengers: Endgame.Debuting to an enormous $264m worldwide ($124.5m domestic), The Odyssey blew past initial projections, powered by extremely positive word-of-mouth (it achieved an A Cinemascore), sold out round-the-clock IMAX 70mm showings, and a nea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/the-odyssey-beats-the-dark-knight-rises-to-score-christopher-nolans-biggest-opening-weekend-ever/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/the-odyssey-beats-the-dark-knight-rises-to-score-christopher-nolans-biggest-opening-weekend-ever/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marvel puts ominous twist on regular Fantastic Four clip to tease Avengers: Doomsday]]></title><description><![CDATA[The wait for Avengers: Doomsday is getting more agonizing as Marvel releases an ingenious &ndash; and ominous &ndash; new tease for the film. Every week since last August, the Fantastic Four Twitter account has put out a video of Pedro Pascal's Reed Richards saying, "We make a point to do family dinner every week. Sunday at seven, on the dot, no matter what." But, this most recent Sunday (July 19), the video changed for the very first time. A glitch switches the video to black, and we hear Sue S]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/marvel-puts-ominous-twist-on-regular-fantastic-four-clip-to-tease-avengers-doomsday/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/marvel-puts-ominous-twist-on-regular-fantastic-four-clip-to-tease-avengers-doomsday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to watch the World Cup final, live stream for free around the world]]></title><description><![CDATA[How to watch the World Cup Final for freeUS | YouTube TV (10 day free trial)UK | BBC iPlayer, ITVXAUS | SBS On DemandWatch anywhere: Norton VPN (60 day money back guarantee)If you want to know how to watch the World Cup Final, everything that you need to know is right here. England's hopes of another World Cup victory were dashed on Wednesday in a rather bad-tempered battle with Argentina, with the Argentinian team winning 2-1 to go through to the final. That will see them face off against Spain]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/how-to-watch-the-world-cup-final-live-stream-for-free-around-the-world/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/how-to-watch-the-world-cup-final-live-stream-for-free-around-the-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced lead begs fans to "please play us when when GTA 6 comes out" as he teases post-launch support plans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced game director, Richard Knight, hopes people are still playing his remade pirateventure by the time GTA 6 comes out this November. Modern Assassin's Creed games have typically had surprisingly long legs with Ubisoft supporting titles such as Assassin's Creed Shadows and Odyssey for months or sometimes even years after their initial release dates. There aren't any concrete plans for a Black Flag Resynced roadmap just yet - at least, not one that's been made pub]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-lead-begs-fans-to-please-play-us-when-when-gta-6-comes-out-as-he-teases-post-launch-support-plans/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-lead-begs-fans-to-please-play-us-when-when-gta-6-comes-out-as-he-teases-post-launch-support-plans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Final Fantasy 10 leaned into the fantasy genre after devs "learned that The Lord of the Rings was in production" and thought it would be "the next big global trend"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Final Fantasy 10's developers chose to move away from sci-fi after finding out that The Lord of the Rings was being adapted into a big-screen trilogy, and hoping they could be a part of the "next big global trend."Square Enix is now celebrating 25 years since the original Final Fantasy 10 first launched, and in an effort to stop fans crumbling into dust, the company released an interview between Takashi Tokita (of Chrono Trigger and Parasite Eve fame) and series producer Yoshinori Kitase about t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/final-fantasy-10-leaned-into-the-fantasy-genre-after-devs-learned-that-the-lord-of-the-rings-was-in-production-and-thought-it-would-be-the-next-big-global-trend/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/final-fantasy-10-leaned-into-the-fantasy-genre-after-devs-learned-that-the-lord-of-the-rings-was-in-production-and-thought-it-would-be-the-next-big-global-trend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After GTA San Andreas' Hot Coffee debacle, Rockstar makes a "huge effort" to wipe anything cut from its game to avoid accidentally shipping it, ex-dev says]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former Rockstar Games producer says the famed studio is careful to scrub cut content from its game files in an effort to avoid accidentally shipping anything it doesn't want the public to lay eyes on, and we can thank the GTA San Andreas Hot Coffee scandal for that.For context, more than two decades ago, GTA San Andreas and Rockstar Games found themselves in the middle of a scorching scandal. The open-world game maker at one point developed a sexually explicit minigame for 2004's San Andreas,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/after-gta-san-andreas-hot-coffee-debacle-rockstar-makes-a-huge-effort-to-wipe-anything-cut-from-its-game-to-avoid-accidentally-shipping-it-ex-dev-says/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/after-gta-san-andreas-hot-coffee-debacle-rockstar-makes-a-huge-effort-to-wipe-anything-cut-from-its-game-to-avoid-accidentally-shipping-it-ex-dev-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced required devs to "rebuild" the 2013 game because Ubisoft couldn't "use the code from the original"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ubisoft developers had to rebuild most of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag entirely from scratch to make this year's swashbuckling remake, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, because the original 2013 code was largely unusable for a 2026 game.Black Flag Resynced is a pretty faithful reconstruction of one of the best Assassin's Creed games ever made, but even though the remake sticks to the original's story and open-world structure very closely, the team at Ubisoft were still essentially making a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-required-devs-to-rebuild-the-2013-game-because-ubisoft-couldnt-use-the-code-from-the-original/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-required-devs-to-rebuild-the-2013-game-because-ubisoft-couldnt-use-the-code-from-the-original/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xbox exec tells fans not to "overly fixate on single-player" games becoming console exclusives because it's not "carved in stone"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Figuring out which upcoming Xbox games will be console exclusive hasn't been totally clear so far, but in an interview with GamesRadar+, CCO Matt Booty says fans shouldn't expect all single-player games to be locked down either.After slowly shipping many of its formerly exclusive games across the multiplatform pond, Xbox recently announced a return to exclusivity. Gears of War: E-Day will only be available on Xbox Series X|S and PC when it launches later this year, as will Clockwork Revolution w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/xbox-exec-tells-fans-not-to-overly-fixate-on-single-player-games-becoming-console-exclusives-because-its-not-carved-in-stone/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 16:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/xbox-exec-tells-fans-not-to-overly-fixate-on-single-player-games-becoming-console-exclusives-because-its-not-carved-in-stone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Steam Machine's $1,000+ price tag is unlikely to come down anytime soon as Valve says the memory crisis is "still getting worse"]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Steam Machine's price tag is already scarily expensive and downright unaffordable for your everyday player - starting at $1,049 for the cheapest 512GB model without a controller - but that eye-watering price is unlikely to come down anytime soon. Valve and, seemingly, the rest of the industry are bracing for the worst.As AI data centres continue to swallow up memory chips and storage and a bunch of other components used in consumer devices, prices for PC gamers and hardware manufacturers hav]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/the-steam-machines-1000-price-tag-is-unlikely-to-come-down-anytime-soon-as-valve-says-the-memory-crisis-is-still-getting-worse/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/the-steam-machines-1000-price-tag-is-unlikely-to-come-down-anytime-soon-as-valve-says-the-memory-crisis-is-still-getting-worse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GTA 5 dev "can only imagine the size of GTA 6" &ndash; "It must be monstrous"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rockstar Games' open-world adventures almost always try to one-up their predecessors, at least in terms of sheer size, and that's not a pattern one former GTA 5 developer anticipates will change when GTA 6 finally blasts onto the scene. John Ricchio, a former producer on everything from GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption to Max Payne 3, was recently asked about whether he'd even want to be part of the studio ahead GTA 6's imminent launch. "I think the fact that every single time they do a GTA, it's l]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/gta-5-dev-can-only-imagine-the-size-of-gta-6-ndash-it-must-be-monstrous/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/gta-5-dev-can-only-imagine-the-size-of-gta-6-ndash-it-must-be-monstrous/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Jennifer English pulls out of fantasy RPG Tides of Annihilation: "Recently, I've found myself needing to slow down"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 star Jennifer English is pulling out of upcoming fantasy RPG Tides of Annihilation due to personal health reasons, and is handing her role over to another yet-unnamed actor while working as an advisor on the project.Jennifer English has been involved in some of the best RPGs of recent years, lending her vocal chords to Baldur's Gate 3's Shadowheart, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Maelle, Elden Ring's Latenna, and much more. While Tides of Annihilati]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/baldurs-gate-3-and-clair-obscur-expedition-33s-jennifer-english-pulls-out-of-fantasy-rpg-tides-of-annihilation-recently-ive-found-myself-needing-to-slow-down/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/baldurs-gate-3-and-clair-obscur-expedition-33s-jennifer-english-pulls-out-of-fantasy-rpg-tides-of-annihilation-recently-ive-found-myself-needing-to-slow-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Odyssey's Himesh Patel says he was surrounded by bees for his Cyclops scene, but it helped the "visceral reality" of Christopher Nolan's epic]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you didn't know any better, you would think the cast of The Odyssey risked life and limb to bring Homer's epic to life on the big screen. Waves crash around its actors, armor is lugged up hilltops, and &ndash; for one final sting in the tail &ndash; they were some ferocious cameos during the movie's feted Cyclops sequence.For Himesh Patel, who plays Odysseus' second-in-command Eurylochus, that sense of peril only enhanced his performance &ndash; aided by the trust of director Christopher Nola]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/the-odysseys-himesh-patel-says-he-was-surrounded-by-bees-for-his-cyclops-scene-but-it-helped-the-visceral-reality-of-christopher-nolans-epic/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/the-odysseys-himesh-patel-says-he-was-surrounded-by-bees-for-his-cyclops-scene-but-it-helped-the-visceral-reality-of-christopher-nolans-epic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["A prequel story to Fallout 3" is one of Bethesda's most exciting announcements in ages, and it's coming next year to Fallout 76]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bethesda unceremoniously dropped a cache of news about its upcoming games today as the wait for The Elder Scrolls 6 drags ever closer to 10 years. In a lengthy Twitter post, we learned that Fallout 5 is in pre-production, Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas remasters are in the works, and buried in the middle of the reveal blitz is the next Fallout 76 expansion, titled Raven Rock."Fallout 76 continues to be home to millions of players exploring Appalachia together," reads Bethesda's announcement. "]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/a-prequel-story-to-fallout-3-is-one-of-bethesdas-most-exciting-announcements-in-ages-and-its-coming-next-year-to-fallout-76/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 02:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/a-prequel-story-to-fallout-3-is-one-of-bethesdas-most-exciting-announcements-in-ages-and-its-coming-next-year-to-fallout-76/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As PlayStation declares nobody wants physical discs anymore, Gen Z is helping fuel a 16% surge in US music CD sales]]></title><description><![CDATA[While it seems likely that the next-generation of video game consoles will eschew physical discs entirely judging by PlayStation's recent announcement about physical media, other industries are watching the pendulum swing the other way. A new report suggests that physical music CDs are surging in popularity, thanks in part to a new generation of fans."In a much-discussed physical-media pivot, CD sales surged 16% to 16.3 million units in the first half of 2026, vastly outpacing vinyl's modest 2.4]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/as-playstation-declares-nobody-wants-physical-discs-anymore-gen-z-is-helping-fuel-a-16-surge-in-us-music-cd-sales/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/as-playstation-declares-nobody-wants-physical-discs-anymore-gen-z-is-helping-fuel-a-16-surge-in-us-music-cd-sales/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long before the Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake leaks, ex-Nintendo marketing leads were "scared straight" to keep the company's secrets, feared they would "ruin the company"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nintendo is famously protective over its IP, but even some of its most closely held secrets, like the recently revealed Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, have been leaked ahead of their official announcements. That's despite the fact that, according to two of the company's former marketing leads, you were almost sure to lose your job if you were found to have mishandled confidential information.Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang, the ex-Nintendo marketing heads behind the popular Kit &amp; Krysta podcast, s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/long-before-the-zelda-ocarina-of-time-remake-leaks-ex-nintendo-marketing-leads-were-scared-straight-to-keep-the-companys-secrets-feared-they-would-ruin-the-company/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/long-before-the-zelda-ocarina-of-time-remake-leaks-ex-nintendo-marketing-leads-were-scared-straight-to-keep-the-companys-secrets-feared-they-would-ruin-the-company/</guid></item></channel></rss>