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Cygnus Cross' pixel-art blend of Diablo-style combat and Stardew-style town rebuilding gets an early access date and a frankly absurd voice cast, from Matthew Mercer to Doug Cockle.
◆ BREAKINGBethesda's surprise studio note confirms Fallout 5 in pre-production, remasters of Fallout 3 and New Vegas, and Obsidian back on Fallout. The workers' union says the timing smells like a layoff smokescreen.

A Wolverine trailer buried in disc protests, Mortal Shell 2's physical edition selling out, and GameStop's CEO calling physical games irrelevant: one day, three verdicts on Sony's 2028 disc phase-out.

Veteran Valve programmer Christopher Green answered an HLX question in his Reddit retirement Q&A with 'I think you know the answer to that'. Not confirmation, but the evidence pile keeps growing.

Sweet Bandits closed in December 2024, but Deceive Inc is being rebuilt for community-hosted dedicated servers, with a server browser, cross-platform joining and a public beta about a month out.

A three-year study of 53,600 Steam releases finds 30.8% now disclose AI use, on track for half by 2028. The same day, Netflix told shareholders about 300 AI-assisted productions in 2026.

An investigation relayed by Kotaku from 404 Media details how a 50-second indie prototype got cloned with AI tools within days. The bigger worry is studios turning knockoffs into an assembly line.

Reports point to Glen Schofield, the veteran behind Dead Space, Sledgehammer Games and The Callisto Protocol, stepping away after roughly 35 years in the industry. Here is what we can confirm and what still needs verifying.

Capcom is scrapping the Deluxe, Premium Deluxe, and Cosmetic DLC Pass bundles for Monster Hunter Wilds on August 4 and dropping the base game's MSRP for good. New Gold Edition and cosmetic bundles replace them, but no prices are confirmed yet.

Pocketpair took Palworld out of early access on July 10 with a monster of an update: two new regions, 72 new Pals, a level cap bump, and a frozen $29.99 price. Steam peaked above 850,000 players on launch weekend.

Riot revealed League of Legends Classic at the MSI 2026 Finals, a Season 3 throwback mode arriving July 29 with 60 champions, old runes and masteries, and community-voted balance patches modelled on Old School RuneScape.
◆ BREAKINGAn unannounced Halo multiplayer game codenamed Project Ekur has reportedly been scrapped. The claim came from insider Rebs Gaming and was backed by Windows Central's Jez Corden, but Microsoft has never confirmed the project existed.