<?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>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><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><item><title><![CDATA[Controversial Disco Elysium studio plans 32 layoffs after latest RPG's underwhelming "commercial performance": "Our artistic standards remain unchanged"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM has announced layoffs impacting up to 32 of its employees after new RPG Zero Parades: For Dead Spies suffered from disappointing sales. Disco Elysium fans are not surprised."Talented passionate workers, evil inept ownership," says one reaction to ZA/UM's announcement on Bluesky. In the years since adored RPG Disco Elysium launched in 2019, ZA/UM has managed to earn several lifetimes' worth of bad karma: it canceled a Disco Elysium sequel in 2022 and other Disco-rela]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/controversial-disco-elysium-studio-plans-32-layoffs-after-latest-rpgs-underwhelming-commercial-performance-our-artistic-standards-remain-unchanged/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/controversial-disco-elysium-studio-plans-32-layoffs-after-latest-rpgs-underwhelming-commercial-performance-our-artistic-standards-remain-unchanged/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything Bethesda just announced about the future of Fallout and The Elder Scrolls]]></title><description><![CDATA[Behold, the terrifying march of time: Skyrim came out in 2011 and Fallout 4 launched in 2015, yet both games still bookend their respective series. Bethesda hasn't released a new mainline installment for its two best-known RPG series in over a decade, and Starfield didn't scratch quite the same itch for many. So, today's motherlode of Fallout and The Elder Scrolls news, unceremoniously dropped online this morning, was a welcome release from years of waiting, rumors, silence, and more waiting. He]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/everything-bethesda-just-announced-about-the-future-of-fallout-and-the-elder-scrolls/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/everything-bethesda-just-announced-about-the-future-of-fallout-and-the-elder-scrolls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Don't fall for it": Union says Fallout 5 and Elder Scrolls 6 news shouldn't distract you from huge Bethesda layoffs as Xbox CEO praises the series' "remarkable" achievements]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bethesda just announced a whole lot of news about the future of Fallout and The Elder Scrolls, and if you find the timing of it all a bit suspicious, you're not alone. United Videogame Workers-CWA says the announcement is an "intentional" distraction from the layoffs happening at Bethesda."The timing of this kind of press is intentional," UVW-CWA says in a Bluesky post. "How are they going to make these games when Bethesda and Obsidian collectively laid off hundreds? Don&rsquo;t fall for it."UVW]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/dont-fall-for-it-union-says-fallout-5-and-elder-scrolls-6-news-shouldnt-distract-you-from-huge-bethesda-layoffs-as-xbox-ceo-praises-the-series-remarkable-achievements/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/dont-fall-for-it-union-says-fallout-5-and-elder-scrolls-6-news-shouldnt-distract-you-from-huge-bethesda-layoffs-as-xbox-ceo-praises-the-series-remarkable-achievements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marathon just lost its game director: Joe Ziegler is Bungie's latest high-profile departure]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marathon game director Joe Ziegler has stepped down and left Bungie a short two months after the developer announced its final update for fellow FPS Destiny 2. His last day at the company was July 17. Former Destiny 2 design lead Del Chafe III will take over as game director with help from Marathon's current creative director Julia Nardin. Ziegler writes in a Twitter announcement, "Both of them have been operating in a strong leadership capacity for the team and are ready to guide Marathon into]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/marathon-just-lost-its-game-director-joe-ziegler-is-bungies-latest-high-profile-departure/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/marathon-just-lost-its-game-director-joe-ziegler-is-bungies-latest-high-profile-departure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diablo 4 players are accidentally trashing their best items due to an "objectively misleading" recipe, and it's the best argument I've seen for yellow paint in games]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another day, another Diablo 4 stir-up. This time, however, I'm not sure how much blame can be reasonably placed on developer Blizzard, as a big part of the issue stems from some very important &ndash; and not even very fine &ndash; print that's just not being read.I'm always cautious to throw up a shield around Blizzard when disgruntled Diablo 4 players come a-knockin', but in this case, the root of the controversy can be pretty evenly divvied up between legitimately confusing precedent set by a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/diablo-4-players-are-accidentally-trashing-their-best-items-due-to-an-objectively-misleading-recipe-and-its-the-best-argument-ive-seen-for-yellow-paint-in-games/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/diablo-4-players-are-accidentally-trashing-their-best-items-due-to-an-objectively-misleading-recipe-and-its-the-best-argument-ive-seen-for-yellow-paint-in-games/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nintendo of America was so poor in the '80s that it was "bartering" for 2am TV commercials while employees had to dodge "snakes and rats in the bathroom"]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Famicom was already a success in Japan by the time Nintendo considered bringing it worldwide as the NES, but in the wake of the Atari crash, its fortunes in the US were by no means assured. While Wikipedia shows that the NES launched in the US in 1985, that was effectively just for a test market in New York City, and Nintendo of America was fighting hard against its own budget to get the console off the ground.Last year, a handful of Nintendo of America's earliest employees joined a panel at]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/nintendo-of-america-was-so-poor-in-the-80s-that-it-was-bartering-for-2am-tv-commercials-while-employees-had-to-dodge-snakes-and-rats-in-the-bathroom/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/nintendo-of-america-was-so-poor-in-the-80s-that-it-was-bartering-for-2am-tv-commercials-while-employees-had-to-dodge-snakes-and-rats-in-the-bathroom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MTG reveals three new sets for 2027, including one that's basically Pacific Rim with mechs vs. monsters]]></title><description><![CDATA[MTG has revealed three new sets for 2027, featuring both fan-favorite and unfamiliar settings that will arrive alongside as-yet unnamed Universes Beyond products.Revealed as a part of Magic Con 2026, these three new sets will launch between February and October of next year. They divide attention between long-requested ideas like an underwater setting and the return of beloved realms &ndash; in this case, Kamigawa and Zhalfir. Fans of the best card games will likely recognize the latter two as t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/mtg-reveals-three-new-sets-for-2027-including-one-thats-basically-pacific-rim-with-mechs-vs-monsters/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/mtg-reveals-three-new-sets-for-2027-including-one-thats-basically-pacific-rim-with-mechs-vs-monsters/</guid></item></channel></rss>