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Saudi PIF's $55 Billion EA Takeover Is Reportedly Set for Unconditional EU Clearance
Saudi PIF's $55 billion EA takeover is reportedly headed for unconditional EU clearance, putting the gaming giant close to private ownership.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-17
Marathon's Game Director Joe Ziegler Is Leaving Bungie Just 4 Months After Launch
Bungie's troubled extraction shooter Marathon just lost its second game director in a year, with Joe Ziegler walking out and Del Chafe III taking over.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-17
Bethesda Confirms Fallout 3 and New Vegas Remasters, While Fallout 5 Sits in Preproduction
Bethesda confirms Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters are in development today, while Fallout 5 remains in preproduction with no release dates yet.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-17
God of War Is Recasting Kratos After Ryan Hurst's On-Set Injury, and Four Finished Episodes Get Trashed
Prime Video's God of War is recasting Kratos after Ryan Hurst tore a bicep on set. Four completed episodes will be reshot as production resets for October.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-17
Final Fantasy Resonance Opens Preorders at $49.99 With a Visions System That Summons FF Heroes Into Battle
Final Fantasy Resonance hits PS5, Switch 2, Xbox and PC on October 22 at $49.99. The HD-2D RPG lets you summon Cloud, Zidane and Lightning into battle.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-13
Halo Studios Cancels Project Ekur Multiplayer, and Pierre Hintze Is at the Center of a Leadership Storm
Halo Studios cancelled multiplayer Project Ekur, and Windows Central says studio head Pierre Hintze faces multiple HR complaints over bullying behavior.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-13
TennoCon 2026 Unloads Warframe: Tau and Soulframe Warsongs, with Free Preludes Access
Digital Extremes shows Warframe: Tau's Fornax, Brysko and Portau, plus Soulframe's Warsongs, Vadagar Pact, mounts and open Preludes access today.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-12
SOMA Drops to $5.99 on Steam, and Frictional's Best Horror Story Still Deserves Your Weekend
SOMA is 80% off on Steam, putting Frictional Games' bleak underwater horror at $5.99 in the US. Here is why this 2015 classic still cuts deep today.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-12
Summer Games Done Quick 2026 Raises $2.4 Million for Doctors Without Borders Relief
Summer Games Done Quick 2026 closed with $2,408,701 for Doctors Without Borders, showing why speedrunning still makes charity feel like a shared event.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-12
Agefield High: Rock the School Sets August 12 PC Launch With a Bully-Style Open World and Console Plans
Agefield High: Rock the School launches on PC August 12 with a small open world, school schedules, 32 main missions, and consoles planned later.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-12
God of War: Laufey Will Ship on Disc as Sony's 2028 Cutoff Puts Its Launch Under a Clock
Santa Monica Studio confirms God of War: Laufey will ship on disc, a key detail as Sony prepares to end new physical game releases in January 2028.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-12
Tempest Rising's The Veti's Wrath Expansion Brings an 11 Mission Campaign Later in 2026
Tempest Rising's The Veti's Wrath expansion brings an 11 mission Veti campaign later in 2026, with two opening missions playable now on Steam.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-12
League Classic Revives Old League of Legends Builds in Patch 26.15 With Old Rift Rules
Riot is bringing League Classic to League of Legends in patch 26.15, restoring old Rift systems, forgotten builds, and the messy history modern LoL sanded away.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-12
Criterion Becomes a Battlefield Studio, Leaving Burnout and Need for Speed in EA's Rearview Mirror
EA rebranded Criterion as a Battlefield studio, ending its racing focus after 30 years of Burnout and Need for Speed history. Here is why fans are angry.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-11
RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business Drops Below $10 on Steam in a Fresh Weekend Deal
RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business is down to $9.72 on a GMG XP Offer, with a $11.99 US PS+ price and strong Steam reviews backing it.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-11
Sid Meier's Civilization VII Drops to $20 on PS5 as 2K's Strategy Game Gets a 50% Cut
Sid Meier's Civilization VII is down to $20 on Amazon for PS5, while Wario64 lists lower US prices on Xbox, eShop, and Steam for Firaxis' strategy game.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-11
Radiator Forever Is Free on Steam and Itch, but Valve Hides Robert Yang's Queer Games
Robert Yang's Radiator Forever bundles four queer experimental games for free, but Steam's adult-content filter hides it from most players today.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-10
Steam Generated $11.1 Billion in H1 2026 as Its Back Catalog Outpaced New Releases
Alinea estimates Steam generated $11.1 billion in H1 2026, but the sharper story is the back catalog: only 21% of revenue came from new releases.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-10
Epic Games Store Gives Away Nova Lands and Tattoo Tycoon Free Through July 16 on PC
Epic Games Store is giving away Nova Lands and Tattoo Tycoon through July 16, with a factory builder and tattoo studio sim waiting for PC players.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-10
Once Human Confirms PS5 and Xbox Series Launch on August 25 With New First-Person Mode and Full Crossplay
Once Human lands on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on August 25, bringing a new first-person mode, 4K visuals, and full crossplay support with PC players.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-10
GTA Online Gets Its First Major Heist in Six Years With The Kortz Center Update on July 14
GTA Online's Kortz Center Heist arrives July 14 with art museum robbery, forgery mechanics, weekly rotating paintings, and the Grotti Veleno GT supercar.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-09
Ubisoft Barcelona Is Laying Off 51 Staff Who Built AC Black Flag Resynced While the Game Breaks Series Records
51 Ubisoft Barcelona devs are being cut at the end of July, the same week AC Black Flag Resynced hit record Steam numbers and series-high review scores.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-09
Destiny 2 Is Now in Maintenance Mode After a 9-Year Run, and Bungie's Final Gift Is a Free Emblem Code for Everyone
Bungie issued Destiny 2's final patch and a farewell emblem this week, with the community lead confirming no more updates for the 9-year-old shooter.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-09
The Elder Scrolls 6 Is Still 2 to 3 Years Away According to Bloomberg, and Bethesda Has Nobody Left to Rush It
Jason Schreier reports The Elder Scrolls 6 is at least 2-3 years from release, pointing to a 2028-2029 window, nearly two decades after Skyrim launched.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-08