<?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 23:10:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Former Valve writer says PlayStation killing physical discs is no conspiracy: "You, the consumer, have made your choice, and the choice is for digital"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Left 4 Dead writer Chet Faliszek hears you crying about PlayStation's decision to end physical game discs in 2028, and he's shoving your own fist in your mouth to make you stop. You caused your own suffering, he wants players to know."You, the consumer, have made a choice, and your choice is for digital," Faliszek says plainly in a new YouTube video on the subject. "I keep seeing this, like, 'Oh, they should do memory cards. They should do&hellip;' Right now, today &ndash; the games we are talki]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/former-valve-writer-says-playstation-killing-physical-discs-is-no-conspiracy-you-the-consumer-have-made-your-choice-and-the-choice-is-for-digital/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/former-valve-writer-says-playstation-killing-physical-discs-is-no-conspiracy-you-the-consumer-have-made-your-choice-and-the-choice-is-for-digital/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marvel boss Kevin Feige says he feels like a "gigantic loser and failure" for not making Blade reboot with Mahershala Ali]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kevin Feige says he feels like a failure for not being able to get Marvel's indefinitely delayed Blade reboot off the ground."I'm feeling very excited that we got Wesley back for a time in Deadpool &amp; Wolverine, and like a gigantic loser and failure that we didn&rsquo;t get off the ground with Mahershala [Ali]," Feige said in an interview with Josh Horowitz (via Variety).Here's the tea: a brand new movie based on the vampire hero Blade, famously portrayed by Wesley Snipes in the 1998 film tha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/marvel-boss-kevin-feige-says-he-feels-like-a-gigantic-loser-and-failure-for-not-making-blade-reboot-with-mahershala-ali/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/marvel-boss-kevin-feige-says-he-feels-like-a-gigantic-loser-and-failure-for-not-making-blade-reboot-with-mahershala-ali/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only 7 PlayStation games have sold over 100,000 physical copies in the US this year, says analyst, as commenters demand discs without buying them]]></title><description><![CDATA[PlayStation fans continue to demand physical game discs from the company after it announced it would stop making them in 2028, but actual sales numbers gathered by Circana industry analyst Mat Piscatella suggest that &ndash; as much as I hate saying this &ndash; Sony might be right. People are not buying physical games, though the 12,000 wailing comments under the latest Marvel's Wolverine trailer might confuse you into thinking you fell asleep and woke up in a physical media Eden. But &ndash; I]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/only-7-playstation-games-have-sold-over-100000-physical-copies-in-the-us-this-year-says-analyst-as-commenters-demand-discs-without-buying-them/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/only-7-playstation-games-have-sold-over-100000-physical-copies-in-the-us-this-year-says-analyst-as-commenters-demand-discs-without-buying-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kingdom Hearts made assembling Final Fantasy 10's dev team "difficult" after Tetsuya Nomura and other JRPG veterans were assigned to the Disney crossover, lead says]]></title><description><![CDATA[It turns out that getting a development team together for Final Fantasy 10 was trickier than you might expect, all because of a completely separate game &ndash; Kingdom Hearts 1. Final Fantasy 10 producer Yoshinori Kitase (who also directed Final Fantasy 7, 8, and more) discusses this in a recent interview to celebrate the JRPG's 25th anniversary. "First of all, assembling the FF10 team was difficult," he begins. "Tetsuya Nomura and I worked on FF7 and FF8 together, but then he was assigned to K]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/kingdom-hearts-made-assembling-final-fantasy-10s-dev-team-difficult-after-tetsuya-nomura-and-other-jrpg-veterans-were-assigned-to-the-disney-crossover-lead-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/kingdom-hearts-made-assembling-final-fantasy-10s-dev-team-difficult-after-tetsuya-nomura-and-other-jrpg-veterans-were-assigned-to-the-disney-crossover-lead-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spider-Man: Brand New Day director says the Insomniac games were a "great inspiration" for certain stunts in the upcoming Marvel movie]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton says Insomniac's Spider-Man games inspired some of the stunts in the new movie."I am not a gamer, but I've played the game, but I surrounded myself with people who were obsessive gamers," Cretton told Polygon, when asked if he referenced Insomniac's Spider-Man video games while making the film. "So a lot of the people in our stunt department loved playing those video games. So they would do screen grabs of their play and bring it in and sa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/spider-man-brand-new-day-director-says-the-insomniac-games-were-a-great-inspiration-for-certain-stunts-in-the-upcoming-marvel-movie/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/spider-man-brand-new-day-director-says-the-insomniac-games-were-a-great-inspiration-for-certain-stunts-in-the-upcoming-marvel-movie/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Castlevania: Belmont's Curse was made to enlighten players who "love Metroidvanias" but have "never played a Castlevania game," Konami lead says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Castlevania: Belmont's Curse producer Tsutomu Taniguchi explains that he proposed the development of a new game in the series after reading comments from Metroidvania fans who'd never played a Castlevania game.Castlevania may be the one half of the genre name, but according to Taniguchi, many self-professed Metroidvania fans admit they've never played any games from the franchise. In an interview with Famitsu, he speaks about how development of Castlevania: Belmont's Curse began from this revela]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/castlevania-belmonts-curse-was-made-to-enlighten-players-who-love-metroidvanias-but-have-never-played-a-castlevania-game-konami-lead-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/castlevania-belmonts-curse-was-made-to-enlighten-players-who-love-metroidvanias-but-have-never-played-a-castlevania-game-konami-lead-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GTA 6 probably won't include any cut content, says GTA 5 producer, even though Rockstar snuck "unannounced" game's missions into GTA 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rockstar probably isn't planning to slip any sneaky cut content from its previous games into GTA 6, says GTA 5 producer John Ricchio, though the developer has done it before. Ricchio tells Kiwi Talkz about Rockstar's approach to cut content in a recent interview, "If the tech is fundamentally the same, or similar enough, you can sometimes plop it in as like, 'Hey, let's just see how this works.'" Ricchio specifically remembers Rockstar adding "some" missions from a cancelled, unannounced game in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/gta-6-probably-wont-include-any-cut-content-says-gta-5-producer-even-though-rockstar-snuck-unannounced-games-missions-into-gta-4/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/gta-6-probably-wont-include-any-cut-content-says-gta-5-producer-even-though-rockstar-snuck-unannounced-games-missions-into-gta-4/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5 fans might dread the return of Creation Engine, but New Vegas lead Josh Sawyer once called it "incredibly easy" to work with, even if it is "buggy and unstable"]]></title><description><![CDATA[As some fans are filled with dread following Bethesda's confirmation that both The Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5 are being developed using the shiny new Creation Engine 3, words from New Vegas lead Josh Sawyer from six years ago might provide some reassurance. Since Bethesda's flurry of news last week about its upcoming projects, there have been many concerns raised about the studio using Creation Engine 3 &ndash; an updated version of its proprietary engine &ndash; for the two biggest RPGs on i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/elder-scrolls-6-and-fallout-5-fans-might-dread-the-return-of-creation-engine-but-new-vegas-lead-josh-sawyer-once-called-it-incredibly-easy-to-work-with-even-if-it-is-buggy-and-unstable/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/elder-scrolls-6-and-fallout-5-fans-might-dread-the-return-of-creation-engine-but-new-vegas-lead-josh-sawyer-once-called-it-incredibly-easy-to-work-with-even-if-it-is-buggy-and-unstable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Path of Exile co-creator Chris Wilson says hardcore Diablo 2 players want "arbitrary" speed breakpoints because they can't resist ARPG optimization]]></title><description><![CDATA[What constitutes worthwhile evolution in RPG design is a contentious subject. For every player who prefers the action-oriented route of modern Final Fantasy games, you've got those who want a return to the turn-based days of yore. The same is true for Diablo and action-RPG fans, as Path of Exile co-creator Chris Wilson explains how more modern, intuitive character progression is less fun to genre diehards.Wilson went through the logic in a new YouTube video. He says the key problem for ARPG play]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/path-of-exile-co-creator-chris-wilson-says-hardcore-diablo-2-players-want-arbitrary-speed-breakpoints-because-they-cant-resist-arpg-optimization/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/path-of-exile-co-creator-chris-wilson-says-hardcore-diablo-2-players-want-arbitrary-speed-breakpoints-because-they-cant-resist-arpg-optimization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night gets an unofficial PC port thanks to fan recompilation project, but it might not be the version you'd expect]]></title><description><![CDATA[An unofficial Castlevania: Symphony of the Night PC port has finally emerged from its crypt, but it's based on the Xbox 360 edition of the game rather than the original.Recompilation efforts have made a big wave in the industry over the last few years, and so far &ndash; a few outliers like Sonic Unleashed and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 notwithstanding &ndash; have mostly focused on the fifth generation of consoles, with most of the all-time N64 classics having brilliant PC versions available ri]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/castlevania-symphony-of-the-night-gets-an-unofficial-pc-port-thanks-to-fan-recompilation-project-but-it-might-not-be-the-version-youd-expect/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/castlevania-symphony-of-the-night-gets-an-unofficial-pc-port-thanks-to-fan-recompilation-project-but-it-might-not-be-the-version-youd-expect/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything announced at MagicCon Amsterdam 2026, from new sets to returning favorites]]></title><description><![CDATA[MagicCon Amsterdam 2026 had a lot to say, to the point that I'm still reeling. Between announcements for brand-new sets in 2027 and a host of Secret Lair drops, it was a flurry of reveals that didn't stop hitting across the weekend. Fans of the best card games were eating well, let's just put it that way.Because so much was unveiled, and keeping up with it all is something of a headache, I've rounded up the biggest news from MagicCon Amsterdam 2026 (an annual celebration of Magic: The Gathering]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/everything-announced-at-magiccon-amsterdam-2026-from-new-sets-to-returning-favorites/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/everything-announced-at-magiccon-amsterdam-2026-from-new-sets-to-returning-favorites/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avengers: Doomsday trailer: our 5 biggest questions ahead of the new Marvel movie]]></title><description><![CDATA[The official trailer for Avengers: Doomsday has arrived, and while we get some pretty sick action scenes, a better understanding of the plot, and our first snippet of Robert Downey Jr.'s accent as Victor Von Doom... we have even more questions than we did before.The two-minute trailer sees the Avengers, New Avengers, Fantastic Four, and X-Men all face off while the looming presence of Doctor Doom hangs over them. But you might be wondering how the X-Men and the Avengers even meet, or how the Fan]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/avengers-doomsday-trailer-our-5-biggest-questions-ahead-of-the-new-marvel-movie/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/avengers-doomsday-trailer-our-5-biggest-questions-ahead-of-the-new-marvel-movie/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canceled Kingdom Hearts spin-off's intro apparently leaks online and not even veteran fans understand what's going on: "Why does it look like Pacific Rim but with Keyblades"]]></title><description><![CDATA[After the game was unceremoniously canceled last year, the opening cinematic of Kingdom Hearts: Missing-Link has apparently leaked online. The video contains several hallmarks of the unreleased project and plenty of Tetsuya Nomura-isms besides, lending credence to its legitimacy and providing some hints about what we might see in Kingdom Hearts 4.Versions of the short film made their way around the information superhighway before a full upload landed on YouTube. The first half contains a massive]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/canceled-kingdom-hearts-spin-offs-intro-apparently-leaks-online-and-not-even-veteran-fans-understand-whats-going-on-why-does-it-look-like-pacific-rim-but-with-keyblades/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/canceled-kingdom-hearts-spin-offs-intro-apparently-leaks-online-and-not-even-veteran-fans-understand-whats-going-on-why-does-it-look-like-pacific-rim-but-with-keyblades/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GameSir's latest software will teach you handy pro controller jargon you've been too scared to ask about, and you now won't need to reinstall it every time there's an update]]></title><description><![CDATA[GameSir has issued an update to its Connect software, which removes a big point of friction for people who regularly use the app to customize their PC controllers, but the update could also be really helpful if you've never been up to speed on your controller terminology. The GameSir Connect app is what you'll use to personalize the GameSir G7 Pro 8K PC model as well as a few of the other more recent GameSir products. Until now, we've been forced to uninstall each obsolete version of the applica]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/gamesirs-latest-software-will-teach-you-handy-pro-controller-jargon-youve-been-too-scared-to-ask-about-and-you-now-wont-need-to-reinstall-it-every-time-theres-an-update/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/gamesirs-latest-software-will-teach-you-handy-pro-controller-jargon-youve-been-too-scared-to-ask-about-and-you-now-wont-need-to-reinstall-it-every-time-theres-an-update/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Divinity can wait: Baldur’s Gate 3 boss Swen Vincke “not expecting anyone” at Larian’s Barcelona studio to show up following Spain’s World Cup win]]></title><description><![CDATA[Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity boss Swen Vincke says he doesn't expect any of the staff at Larian's Barcelona studio to show up for work following Spain's win at the 2026 World Cup final. While it wasn't exactly a great match by any means, the final of the FIFA World Cup 2026 took place last night and saw Spain win its second title after going 1-0 against defending champions Argentina. It felt like &ndash; as far as social media was concerned &ndash; everyone was in Spain's corner, and after an at]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/divinity-can-wait-baldurs-gate-3-boss-swen-vincke-not-expecting-anyone-at-larians-barcelona-studio-to-show-up-following-spains-world-cup-win/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/divinity-can-wait-baldurs-gate-3-boss-swen-vincke-not-expecting-anyone-at-larians-barcelona-studio-to-show-up-following-spains-world-cup-win/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can now play SNES Doom with modern dual analogue controls thanks to Blueretro dev]]></title><description><![CDATA[SNES DOOM might not be the closest thing to the OG MS-DOS boomer shooter, but it has evolved. Its modern metamorphosis arguably kicked off with the arrival of FX3 carts, a souped-up version of the original cartridges featuring a turbocharged Super FX that enhances performance and allows for more levels, but the creator of my favorite open-source retro controller adapter firmware has also made dual analogue stick support a thing.A few weeks ago, Jacques Gagnon announced on BlueSky that they'd fin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/you-can-now-play-snes-doom-with-modern-dual-analogue-controls-thanks-to-blueretro-dev/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/you-can-now-play-snes-doom-with-modern-dual-analogue-controls-thanks-to-blueretro-dev/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nintendo will soon provide battery replacement kits for its revised Joy-Cons to further comply with EU regulations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nintendo is dishing out not just a new model of the Nintendo Switch 2, but even the older original Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers are receiving revised models in Europe to comply with the new EU regulations regarding e-waste. However, the eagle-eyed X (Twitter) user OatmealDome discovered (via VGC) that the brand is also planning to provide battery replacement kits for those eager to tinker around with the revised Ninty gamepads.The official Nintendo Support section of the brand's website i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/nintendo-will-soon-provide-battery-replacement-kits-for-its-revised-joy-cons-to-further-comply-with-eu-regulations/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/nintendo-will-soon-provide-battery-replacement-kits-for-its-revised-joy-cons-to-further-comply-with-eu-regulations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Todd Howard considered retirement before being inspired by Bethesda devs working on RPGs like Fallout 5 and Elder Scrolls 6]]></title><description><![CDATA[Todd Howard warns he is no longer thinking of retiring, he will persist until the end of days, asking you to buy Skyrim - and to release a few more games, we imagine.Todd Howard has been at Bethesda Game Studios since 1994, when it was creating Terminator games, making a massive splash on the studio's popularity after taking on the director's role for The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind, the game that established the Bethesda RPG for years to come. Since then, he's directed Fallout 3, 4, Skyrim, and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/todd-howard-considered-retirement-before-being-inspired-by-bethesda-devs-working-on-rpgs-like-fallout-5-and-elder-scrolls-6/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/todd-howard-considered-retirement-before-being-inspired-by-bethesda-devs-working-on-rpgs-like-fallout-5-and-elder-scrolls-6/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xbox pledges to help anyone who's lost their account to hackers "as quickly as possible" after one fan went viral for almost losing thousands of euros' worth of games]]></title><description><![CDATA[After someone almost lost all their games and everything in their OneDrive due to Microsoft's data protection policies, Xbox is now actively helping others who've had their accounts compromised. The company has put out an open call for anyone who's somehow locked out of their library to reach out for a potential remedy.Just last week, streamer Joshua Khane found himself in an extremely frustrating position. He contacted Microsoft over unauthorized access to his information, and the official resp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/xbox-pledges-to-help-anyone-whos-lost-their-account-to-hackers-as-quickly-as-possible-after-one-fan-went-viral-for-almost-losing-thousands-of-euros-worth-of-games/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/xbox-pledges-to-help-anyone-whos-lost-their-account-to-hackers-as-quickly-as-possible-after-one-fan-went-viral-for-almost-losing-thousands-of-euros-worth-of-games/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Upgrading to a gaming laptop for college? I've tested over 60 rigs to find the best options]]></title><description><![CDATA[The start of a new school year can mean upgrade time for many, so if your old rig has finally given out and you're looking to invest in something for both work and play it's time to take a look at the world of the best gaming laptops. Of course, $5,000+ monsters aren't going to be too suitable here. In fact, I wouldn't recommend anything above maybe an RTX 5070 Ti for hybrid work / play use. Besides the fact you simply won't be getting your money's worth, more premium machines designed to take f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/upgrading-to-a-gaming-laptop-for-college-ive-tested-over-60-rigs-to-find-the-best-options/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/games/upgrading-to-a-gaming-laptop-for-college-ive-tested-over-60-rigs-to-find-the-best-options/</guid></item></channel></rss>