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Xbox Makes First Game Pass Lineup Announcement Following Layoffs — and CEO Asha Sharma's Admission That Microsoft's Gaming Strategy Failed to Work Out

Xbox Makes First Game Pass Lineup Announcement Following Layoffs — and CEO Asha Sharma's Admission That Microsoft's Gaming Strategy Failed to Work Out

July 7, 2026

What we've been playing -

What we've been playing - "As a result, I lost all my best clothes and my Switch 2"

July 4, 2026

Virtua Fighter Crossroads Producer Says the Game Was Inspired by HBO's Watchmen Series

Virtua Fighter Crossroads Producer Says the Game Was Inspired by HBO's Watchmen Series

July 1, 2026

Valheim 1.0 won’t update the survival game’s sparse oceans, reveal devs Iron Gate, who add it’s

Valheim 1.0 won’t update the survival game’s sparse oceans, reveal devs Iron Gate, who add it’s "too soon to say" how long post-release updates will continue

July 2, 2026

Upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Games: Release Dates for 2026 and Beyond

Upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Games: Release Dates for 2026 and Beyond

July 7, 2026

Undead Labs Reportedly Won't Be Required to Bring State of Decay 3 to Xbox Game Pass After Microsoft Sale

Undead Labs Reportedly Won't Be Required to Bring State of Decay 3 to Xbox Game Pass After Microsoft Sale

July 6, 2026

The Most OP Players in Football Game History

The Most OP Players in Football Game History

July 2, 2026

The Elder Scrolls Online Has Reportedly Lost 'As Much as Half' of Its Development Team as Its Roadmap Is Being Re-Evaluated

The Elder Scrolls Online Has Reportedly Lost 'As Much as Half' of Its Development Team as Its Roadmap Is Being Re-Evaluated

July 6, 2026

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered’s Physical Switch 2 Release Comes on a Cartridge – Here’s Where You Can Preorder It

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered’s Physical Switch 2 Release Comes on a Cartridge – Here’s Where You Can Preorder It

July 6, 2026

The Complicated History of GTA Controversies

The Complicated History of GTA Controversies

July 3, 2026

The Blood of Dawnwalker: 8 Minutes of Quest Gameplay | IGN First

The Blood of Dawnwalker: 8 Minutes of Quest Gameplay | IGN First

July 1, 2026

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Developers Wanted to Quit the Industry After the Game Was Released

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Developers Wanted to Quit the Industry After the Game Was Released

July 3, 2026

Subnautica 2 Developer's Entire Staff Get Their Bonuses After Krafton Agrees to Settlement, but CEO Steps Down

Subnautica 2 Developer's Entire Staff Get Their Bonuses After Krafton Agrees to Settlement, but CEO Steps Down

July 1, 2026

Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown Reveals the Unusual Way She Plays Grand Theft Auto Games — and That She Can't Wait for GTA 6

Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown Reveals the Unusual Way She Plays Grand Theft Auto Games — and That She Can't Wait for GTA 6

July 1, 2026

Sony still has to ration attachable disc drives sales to

Sony still has to ration attachable disc drives sales to "1 per order" due to "high demand" despite plans to end production of physical discs for PlayStation games

July 4, 2026

Sony kills game ownership and says it's all your fault

Sony kills game ownership and says it's all your fault

July 2, 2026

Sony Is Killing Discs. Who Owns Your Games Now?

Sony Is Killing Discs. Who Owns Your Games Now?

July 2, 2026

Sony Confirms PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for July 2026, Headlined by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Sony Confirms PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for July 2026, Headlined by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

July 1, 2026

Sony assures developers they can still order some games on disc after 2027 – but there's a catch

Sony assures developers they can still order some games on disc after 2027 – but there's a catch

July 5, 2026

Silent Hill: Townfall Continues To Revitalize the Series in New, Horrifying Ways | IGN Preview

Silent Hill: Townfall Continues To Revitalize the Series in New, Horrifying Ways | IGN Preview

July 2, 2026

'Significant' Pay Rises Offered by Professor Layton Studio — if You Correctly Answer Quizzes About the Company's Games

'Significant' Pay Rises Offered by Professor Layton Studio — if You Correctly Answer Quizzes About the Company's Games

July 3, 2026

Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely continues its mobile investment spree with Umamusame: Pretty Derby director's new company Studio AuKnow

Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely continues its mobile investment spree with Umamusame: Pretty Derby director's new company Studio AuKnow

July 3, 2026

Resident Evil Requiem Has Dropped to Its Prime Day Price at Best Buy – Hurry To Grab It for $56

Resident Evil Requiem Has Dropped to Its Prime Day Price at Best Buy – Hurry To Grab It for $56

July 1, 2026

Pokémon TCG: Full Release Schedule for 2026 and Beyond

Pokémon TCG: Full Release Schedule for 2026 and Beyond

July 2, 2026

PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium's announcements of monthly new games are being changed in some territories, and players aren't happy about it

PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium's announcements of monthly new games are being changed in some territories, and players aren't happy about it

July 1, 2026

Onimusha: Way of the Sword Release Date Moved Forward

Onimusha: Way of the Sword Release Date Moved Forward

July 2, 2026

Obsidian Reportedly Cancels Avowed 2 to Focus on a New Fallout Game

Obsidian Reportedly Cancels Avowed 2 to Focus on a New Fallout Game

July 8, 2026

Nintendo President Says The Pokémon Company Will 'Take Measures' to Respond to Widespread Card Scalping Issues

Nintendo President Says The Pokémon Company Will 'Take Measures' to Respond to Widespread Card Scalping Issues

July 3, 2026

Nintendo Brain Training Professor Explains Why Driving a Manual Transmission Car Is Better for Your Brain Than an Automatic

Nintendo Brain Training Professor Explains Why Driving a Manual Transmission Car Is Better for Your Brain Than an Automatic

July 3, 2026

Next Metroid Game for Switch 2 Reportedly Leaked in Age Rating From Brazilian Government

Next Metroid Game for Switch 2 Reportedly Leaked in Age Rating From Brazilian Government

July 1, 2026

Neuroscape Is the *Other* Cyberpunk TCG, and So Far It’s Quite Fun | IGN Preview

Neuroscape Is the Other Cyberpunk TCG, and So Far It’s Quite Fun | IGN Preview

July 2, 2026

'Meh': Ex-PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida weighs in on Valve's Steam Machine after a few hours with it

'Meh': Ex-PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida weighs in on Valve's Steam Machine after a few hours with it

July 2, 2026

Meccha Chameleon tops another milestone, selling 15 million copies in less than 30 days

Meccha Chameleon tops another milestone, selling 15 million copies in less than 30 days

July 5, 2026

Meccha Chameleon Hits an Astonishing 15 Million Sales, Teases Collaboration With Famous Japanese Star — and Fans Have Theories for Who It Might Be

Meccha Chameleon Hits an Astonishing 15 Million Sales, Teases Collaboration With Famous Japanese Star — and Fans Have Theories for Who It Might Be

July 6, 2026

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is blocked in 132 countries due to Sony's controversial PSN linking requirement – but its Steam page is still visible to blocked players

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is blocked in 132 countries due to Sony's controversial PSN linking requirement – but its Steam page is still visible to blocked players

July 5, 2026

Marvel Tokon Blocked in 132 Countries, and It Looks Like PSN Requirements Are to Blame

Marvel Tokon Blocked in 132 Countries, and It Looks Like PSN Requirements Are to Blame

July 5, 2026

Marvel Rivals Fans Think the New Captain America Skin Is a Mod, But It's Actually Just His Rod

Marvel Rivals Fans Think the New Captain America Skin Is a Mod, But It's Actually Just His Rod

July 3, 2026

Love and Deepspace Fans Tearfully Hold 'Funeral' for Valko at Infold HQ After Company Suddenly Drops Character

Love and Deepspace Fans Tearfully Hold 'Funeral' for Valko at Infold HQ After Company Suddenly Drops Character

July 1, 2026

id Software Was Reportedly 'Toying With' Pitches for a New Perfect Dark, a John Wick-Inspired Game, and More Before Layoffs

id Software Was Reportedly 'Toying With' Pitches for a New Perfect Dark, a John Wick-Inspired Game, and More Before Layoffs

July 9, 2026

Hideo Kojima Warns of 'Frightening' Digital Future After PlayStation Reveals Plan to End Physical Disc Production

Hideo Kojima Warns of 'Frightening' Digital Future After PlayStation Reveals Plan to End Physical Disc Production

July 5, 2026

HEAVYDELIC is a hand drawn, VHS tape and comic art infused platformer from an alternate timeline with roots in Slavic mythology

HEAVYDELIC is a hand drawn, VHS tape and comic art infused platformer from an alternate timeline with roots in Slavic mythology

June 23, 2026

Halo: Campaign Evolved really, really wants you to know you can get a physical disc even if you buy it on PS5

Halo: Campaign Evolved really, really wants you to know you can get a physical disc even if you buy it on PS5

July 5, 2026

GTA 6 Would Probably Run on the Steam Machine

GTA 6 Would Probably Run on the Steam Machine

July 2, 2026

Ground Branch, a first-person tactical shooter from an original Rainbow Six dev, is finally hitting v1.0 after eight years in early access

Ground Branch, a first-person tactical shooter from an original Rainbow Six dev, is finally hitting v1.0 after eight years in early access

June 30, 2026

Get Everything in Assassin's Creed Games with One Month of Free IGN Guides Checklists

Get Everything in Assassin's Creed Games with One Month of Free IGN Guides Checklists

July 1, 2026

Garfield: Escape from Monday Is a 3D Platformer That's All About Lasagna…and Nightmares | IGN Preview

Garfield: Escape from Monday Is a 3D Platformer That's All About Lasagna…and Nightmares | IGN Preview

July 8, 2026

Final Fantasy 15, and others, could come to Nintendo Switch 2 –

Final Fantasy 15, and others, could come to Nintendo Switch 2 – "it's not entirely impossible"

July 5, 2026

Fans Mourn Starfield Amid Xbox Layoffs, With Bethesda Now Seemingly Focused on Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake

Fans Mourn Starfield Amid Xbox Layoffs, With Bethesda Now Seemingly Focused on Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake

July 6, 2026

Fable's Genius Is Rooted in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion's Ground-Breaking NPCs

Fable's Genius Is Rooted in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion's Ground-Breaking NPCs

July 1, 2026

EVE Vanguard Reinvented Its Gameplay With Some Notes from Battlefield 6 | Hands-On Preview

EVE Vanguard Reinvented Its Gameplay With Some Notes from Battlefield 6 | Hands-On Preview

July 7, 2026

ESRB Leaks Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Master Crafted Edition for PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2

ESRB Leaks Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Master Crafted Edition for PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2

July 2, 2026

Epic Games settles a court case against former contractor accused of leaking Fortnite collaborations

Epic Games settles a court case against former contractor accused of leaking Fortnite collaborations

July 5, 2026

Echoes of Aincrad Review

Echoes of Aincrad Review

July 8, 2026

Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations Review So Far

Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations Review So Far

July 8, 2026

Disney Lorcana TCG: Attack of the Vine! Set First Impressions

Disney Lorcana TCG: Attack of the Vine! Set First Impressions

July 6, 2026

Destiny 2 Players Get One Last Surprise from Bungie, Developer Reveals Limited Support Plans

Destiny 2 Players Get One Last Surprise from Bungie, Developer Reveals Limited Support Plans

July 8, 2026

Danganronpa 2x2 delayed to 2027

Danganronpa 2x2 delayed to 2027

July 5, 2026

Crossfire Is Being Built by One of Gaming’s Best Design Duos

Crossfire Is Being Built by One of Gaming’s Best Design Duos

July 2, 2026

Crimson Desert Update 1.13.00 is live – here's what's new

Crimson Desert Update 1.13.00 is live – here's what's new

July 5, 2026

College Football 27 Review So Far

College Football 27 Review So Far

July 2, 2026

Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2's Leaked PS5 Trophy List Indicates Some Content May Be Missing

Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2's Leaked PS5 Trophy List Indicates Some Content May Be Missing

July 7, 2026

Bond and Hitman Developer Closing a Studio and Laying Off Staff After Xbox Pulls Funding

Bond and Hitman Developer Closing a Studio and Laying Off Staff After Xbox Pulls Funding

July 7, 2026

Bibidi Bibidi! is a wizardly card battler with real magic in its veins

Bibidi Bibidi! is a wizardly card battler with real magic in its veins

July 5, 2026

Battlefield 6 is an FPS where 'the guy obsessed with metas is having the least fun', and it's free-to-play for a week

Battlefield 6 is an FPS where 'the guy obsessed with metas is having the least fun', and it's free-to-play for a week

July 1, 2026

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Steam Pre-Orders Have Already Beaten Skull & Bones' Lifetime Sales, Analyst Claims

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Steam Pre-Orders Have Already Beaten Skull & Bones' Lifetime Sales, Analyst Claims

July 7, 2026

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Global Release and Preload Times Confirmed

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Global Release and Preload Times Confirmed

July 3, 2026

After Sony Kills PS5 Discs and GTA 6 is Just a Code in a Box, Xbox Is Using Halo: Campaign Evolved's Physical Disc as a Selling Point

After Sony Kills PS5 Discs and GTA 6 is Just a Code in a Box, Xbox Is Using Halo: Campaign Evolved's Physical Disc as a Selling Point

July 3, 2026

'A Great Foundation for Our Upcoming Projects in This Universe' — CD Projekt Hails Cyberpunk 2077 as It Hits an Incredible 40 Million Copies Sold

'A Great Foundation for Our Upcoming Projects in This Universe' — CD Projekt Hails Cyberpunk 2077 as It Hits an Incredible 40 Million Copies Sold

July 3, 2026