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Splatoon Raiders gives Nintendo's ink shooter a single-player systems test

Nintendo's Switch 2 exclusive turns Splatoon's movement and ink combat into a treasure-hunting action game, testing whether the series can grow beyond competitive matches.

4 min to readAug 10, 2026 · 05h

Neon-lit open-world game city streets representing a major upcoming video-game launch.

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GTA VI’s next extended look turns a game trailer into a streaming event

Rockstar and Take-Two are preparing Grand Theft Auto VI’s next extended look for a Netflix-first premiere on August 27, showing how blockbuster game marketing is becoming a cross-platform entertainment launch.

5 min to readAug 9, 2026 · 17h

First-person shooter multiplayer gameplay scene with tactical movement and a heads-up display.

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Call of Duty NEXT turns Modern Warfare 4's beta into a live product test

Activision's August 21 Call of Duty NEXT showcase will lead directly into the Modern Warfare 4 beta, giving Infinity Ward a public runway to demonstrate multiplayer systems and absorb player feedback before launch.

5 min to readAug 9, 2026 · 05h

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GTA VI's Netflix-first extended look turns a trailer into a launch event

Rockstar's decision to premiere a Grand Theft Auto VI extended look on Netflix before YouTube shows how game marketing is borrowing the release logic of film and streaming television.

4 min to readAug 8, 2026 · 17h

Colorful open-world survival game landscape representing Palworld's 1.0 launch and subscription distribution.

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Palworld 1.0 tests Game Pass as a launch platform

Pocketpair’s full Palworld launch through Xbox Game Pass turns a long early-access cycle into a test of how subscriptions can widen a game’s second act.

4 min to readAug 8, 2026 · 05h

Gears of War E-Day gameplay scene from the official Xbox showcase.

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Gears of War: E-Day uses an open beta to turn nostalgia into a live test

The Coalition's Gears of War: E-Day opens a pre-release test on August 6, giving Xbox, PC, cloud, and Steam players an early look at the franchise's return before its October launch.

4 min to readAug 4, 2026 · 05h

Master Chief moving through a rebuilt Halo campaign environment.

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Halo: Campaign Evolved puts a modernized Combat Evolved on Game Pass

Xbox's remake of Halo: Combat Evolved combines rebuilt visuals, new prequel missions, updated controls, and optional Skulls in a July 28 Game Pass release.

5 min to readAug 3, 2026 · 17h

Battlefield 6 Season 4 Top Gun crossover with fighter jets and an aircraft carrier.

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Battlefield 6 turns Season 4 into a test of land, sea, and air live-service design

Battlefield 6’s Season 4 combines naval warfare, a new Pacific map, a dynamic wave system, and an August Top Gun crossover as EA tries to make seasonal content feel like a new combat sandbox rather than a cosmetic drop.

4 min to readAug 3, 2026 · 05h

Star Wars Zero Company key art featuring its Clone Wars squad.

Gaming

Star Wars Zero Company makes tactical decision-making the next Clone Wars spectacle

EA and Bit Reactor are framing Star Wars Zero Company as a character-driven turn-based tactics game where squad relationships, customization, and campaign choices carry as much weight as the firefights.

4 min to readAug 2, 2026 · 17h

Video game controller beside a console and television in a dark room

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PlayStation’s disc decision turns game ownership into a platform strategy test

Sony’s plan to end physical-disc production for new PlayStation games in 2028 is more than a format change: it tests trust, preservation, pricing, and the value of a platform ecosystem.

4 min to readAug 2, 2026 · 05h

Xbox Series consoles and controller displayed beside digital game storefront pricing

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Xbox's August price hike turns console hardware into a platform-economics warning

Microsoft's reported August 1 Xbox Series price increases show how memory costs, hardware margins and subscription strategy are colliding in gaming.

3 min to readAug 1, 2026 · 17h

PlayStation console and game library imagery representing the shift from discs to digital games

Gaming

PlayStation disc cutoff turns game ownership into a platform trust test

Sony's plan to end physical-disc production for new PlayStation games in 2028 makes digital access, preservation and retailer economics part of the 2026 platform fight.

3 min to readAug 1, 2026 · 05h

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Xbox ad-supported cloud gaming turns access into a pricing experiment

Xbox's free ad-supported cloud streaming test asks whether players will trade preroll ads for access to owned games without another subscription.

3 min to readJul 29, 2026 · 17h

Gaming

Xbox gamescom slate turns platform trust into a comeback pitch

Xbox's gamescom 2026 plan puts 25 upcoming games and 140 stations in front of players just as digital-library reliability is under scrutiny.

5 min to readJul 29, 2026 · 05h

Master Chief standing between Xbox, PC and PlayStation launch screens

Gaming

Halo's PS5 launch turns Xbox exclusivity into a distribution experiment

Halo: Campaign Evolved launches July 28 across Xbox, PC, Game Pass and PlayStation 5, making Microsoft's flagship shooter a test of multiplatform reach.

5 min to readJul 28, 2026 · 17h

Xbox dashboard showing service status warning beside a digital games library

Gaming

Xbox outage turns digital game libraries into an infrastructure-risk story

A prolonged Xbox service disruption affecting sign-in, subscriptions and digital-game launches shows that gaming platforms are now judged by entitlement reliability as much as content calendars.

5 min to readJul 28, 2026 · 05h

Xbox game release lineup featuring action and adventure games

Gaming

Xbox's late-July slate shows remakes and Game Pass shaping release calendars

Xbox's July 27-31 release list puts Halo: Campaign Evolved beside smaller launches and Game Pass entries, showing how platform calendars now mix nostalgia, discovery, and subscription visibility.

4 min to readJul 27, 2026 · 17h

Warframe Tau expansion scene with sci-fi city, new playable frame and live-service roadmap elements

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Warframe Tau shows live-service games using expansions as platform resets

Digital Extremes used TennoCon 2026 to detail Warframe: Tau, a late-2026 expansion that adds a new system, noir city, Brysko and Portau, showing how mature live games reset scope without launching sequels.

4 min to readJul 27, 2026 · 05h

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Halo leads Xbox Game Pass into a post-restructuring retention test

Microsoft's late-July Game Pass wave, led by Halo: Campaign Evolved, tests whether franchise nostalgia, day-one access, and broader platform support can stabilize Xbox sentiment after restructuring.

4 min to readJul 26, 2026 · 17h

Master Chief standing on a rebuilt Halo landscape for a cross-platform campaign launch

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Halo: Campaign Evolved turns Xbox's oldest flagship into a cross-platform launch

Halo: Campaign Evolved began premium early access on July 23 and launches broadly July 28, putting a rebuilt Combat Evolved campaign on Xbox, PC, Steam, and PlayStation 5.

4 min to readJul 26, 2026 · 05h

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Xbox tests ad-supported cloud gaming as the console price wall gets higher

Microsoft's Xbox Insider test of free, ad-supported cloud gaming shows the company experimenting with a lower-cost path into owned games while hardware and subscription prices keep rising.

3 min to readJul 25, 2026 · 19h

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Xbox's ad-supported cloud test shows game subscriptions are borrowing the streaming-TV playbook

Microsoft is testing free ad-supported Xbox cloud sessions for Insiders, a sign that gaming subscriptions are searching for cheaper entry points after price pressure.

3 min to readJul 23, 2026 · 17h

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Microsoft bringing original Xbox games to PC turns backward compatibility into a preservation and Game Pass value test beyond the console box

The Verge reports that Microsoft is expanding Xbox backward compatibility to original Xbox games on PC, starting with four classics and Game Pass access.

4 min to readJul 23, 2026 · 09h

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Xbox Game Pass uses Halo: Campaign Evolved to turn July's catalog wave into a platform signal

Microsoft's second July Game Pass wave puts Halo: Campaign Evolved day one across cloud, console, handheld and PC, alongside several genre-spanning additions.

3 min to readJul 22, 2026 · 17h