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2026-07-29 16 stories

• Xbox Promises to Investigate Reports of Service Outage Preventing Players From Accessing Physical Games 4 sources
• The Simpsons Return To Fortnite This Week With John Wick 3 sources
• XBOX Revenue Fell 10% In Latest Microsoft Earnings 2 sources
• Xbox Could Still Lose Money On Series X|S Console Sales Despite Price Hike, Sources Claim 2 sources
• Valve Releases Steam Machine CAD Files Under Creative Commons License - Is the GameCube Handle Finally Possible? 2 sources
• Xbox Players Can Now Claim Free PC Versions Of These Ubisoft Games
• Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Gives Optimistic Outlook Despite Grim Fiscal Earnings Report
• Xbox Back-Compat for PC: New Patch Fixes Most Issues - but Frame Pacing Problems and Other Limitations Remain
• The next game on GOG's preservation list would be your favourite ARPG if it hadn't released the same year as Diablo 2, and it's on sale now
• Switch 2 Has Reportedly Already Surpassed GameCube's UK Sales
• Steam Machine reservation queue should be caught up by the end of 2026, Valve says
• Say goodbye to the most influential coming-of-age anime of the century leaving Netflix
• Quote of the day by Phil Spencer: "A future where every screen is an Xbox" — Halo: Campaign Evolved on PS5 proves why Asha Sharma had to abandon a flawed plan
• PSA: Xbox FanFest Sign-Ups Close Soon Ahead Of Gamescom 2026
• Proving Doom can actually run on anything, one programmer has made a working build for Commodore 64
• One of Steam's Biggest New RPGs Is Officially Getting a PS5 Version

2026-07-23 30 stories

• Xbox version of Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game delayed by over a month, less than 24 hours before launch 6 sources
• Microsoft Brings Ads To Xbox In A Big New Way, Promises No Gameplay Interruption 6 sources
• Halo Remake Players On Xbox Who Paid More To Play Early Can’t 6 sources
• Amazon Luna cloud gaming platform now added to Prime Video in the US and UK 6 sources
• Steam's latest update finally brings order to the chaos of your wishlist, and might even nudge people into buying you some new games 3 sources
• Dragon Ball Sparking Zero Super Limit-Breaking Neo DLC Release Date Revealed 3 sources
• Xbox Is Adding A New Feature To 'Optimise' Download Speeds For Games 2 sources
• NASCAR 26 Release Date Confirmed, Features Dynamic Track Surfaces, AI DNFs 2 sources
• Google hit with $1bn EU fine for Play Store and search shenanigans 2 sources
• Xbox's new backwards-compatible games on PC are "already Xbox 360 games" — and that changes everything about what's next
• Valorant Mobile Exceeds 100 Million Downloads in China Alone
• These Are The Final Two Xbox Game Pass Additions To Finish Off The Week (July 23)
• The biggest anime event of 2026 is officially streaming on Netflix
• Splatoon Raiders Added To Nintendo Music As A 'Special Release'
• Sony Knew Killing Discs Would Be 'An Enormous PR Issue' and Had 'Strictest' Guidelines to Gag Staff From Commenting on Controversy, Former God of War Dev Claims
• PSA: Splatoon Raiders' Tank Limiter Not Working? You May Be Pressing The Button Wrong
• Physical Game Fans Won't Like This New Data About US PS5 Sales
• Oblivion Remastered's lengthy patch drought could end with its Switch 2 release, which Bethesda say includes "optimisations" they hope to bring to PC
• NVIDIA pushes out a hotfix driver that you'll want to grab before playing Halo: Campaign Evolved
• New PS5 Update Is Out Now, Makes Reading Easier
• New PS5 Firmware Update Is Available to Download Now, Here's What It Does
• Indie open worlder Future? No Thanks! gets last minute delay after Steam content mods allegedly demand a "watch the sex scene" button
• Horizon PS5 Remaster Updated for Probable PS6 Handheld Support
• Halo: Campaign Evolved Comparison Shows Difference Between Xbox Series X And Series S
• Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (July 23-27)
• Epic Games Store's new free PC game revealed
• Disgaea Creator Slams Sony for Scrapping Discs, Says PlayStation Might as Well 'Go All the Way' and Scrap Consoles Too
• Delisted critically acclaimed mobile game Poinpy is back, and is completely free
• After 25 Years, Halo Is Finally On PlayStation
• 'Maestro' Has You Conducting Music With Your Joy-Con, And It Looks Wild

2026-07-22 4 stories

• Disgaea Creator Says Sony May As Well Scrap PlayStation Consoles If It’s Killing Game Discs 2 sources
• Can You Play Big Walk For Free? PS Plus Availability, Explained
• A Kinect game that debuted in 2013 has been revived in the year of our lord 2026
• 80+ Ubisoft Games Have Suddenly Been Added To The Xbox Store On PC