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Deceive Inc Is Getting Community Servers So It Never Shuts Down
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.
AI Hits a Third of Steam Releases as Netflix Counts 300 AI Shows
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.
AI Clone Beat Freya Holmer's Tetris Prototype to Market in a Day
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.
Glen Schofield, Dead Space Co-Creator, Reported to Be Retiring
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 Cuts Monster Hunter Wilds Base Price, Kills Off Deluxe Bundles
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.
Cat Mail Co. Turns Sorting Cat Parcels Into a Cosy Management Hit
Belgian indie Maracas Studio's cosy postal sim Cat Mail Co. has landed on Steam sitting at 90% Very Positive, with physics-based parcel sorting, a moonlit mystery, and 4-player co-op. Here's what's real and what's marketing.
Palworld Hits 1.0 With 72 New Pals, No Price Hike, and 850K Players
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.
League of Legends Classic Lands July 29 With Player-Voted Patches
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.
◆ BREAKINGHalo Multiplayer Project Ekur Reportedly Cancelled, Never Officially Revealed
An 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.
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Launches on PS5 July 9
Ubisoft's pirate-era remake gets a date. Black Flag Resynced lands on PS5 on 9 July 2026 with reworked parkour and combat, new scenes from original writer Darby McDevitt, and ray tracing across all modes.
Assassin's Creed Hexe Loses Game Director, Second Departure in Two Months
Benoit Richer, game director on Assassin's Creed Hexe, has left Ubisoft. His departure follows the project's creative director exiting two months earlier, leaving Ubisoft's next major Assassin's Creed entry without two of its senior leads.
Resident Evil Requiem Hits 7 Million Sales, Fastest in Franchise
Capcom's Resident Evil Requiem has shifted 7 million units in roughly two months since its February 26 launch, making it the fastest-selling game in the franchise's history. RE4 Remake needed a full year to hit a similar milestone.