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Jennifer English Leaves Tides of Annihilation, and Eclipse Glow Has Already Recast Gwendolyn
Shadowheart voice actress Jennifer English exits Tides of Annihilation, citing health reasons, as Eclipse Glow Games recasts the lead ahead of Gamescom.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-19
Emberville Pixel RPG Lands Steam Early Access October 27 With a Stacked Voice Cast
Emberville, the pixel-art action RPG from Cygnus Cross, lands on Steam Early Access October 27 with a stacked voice cast led by Ben Starr and Jennifer English.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-18
Dead Space Creator Glen Schofield Retires After 35 Years, and His Goodbye Is Quietly Devastating
Glen Schofield, the producer who brought Dead Space to life, has retired after 35 years in games. We trace his career and the industry he left.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-18
Battlefield 6 Season 4 Sends the Fight to the Pacific With Tsuru Reef on July 21 and a Top Gun Crossover on August 18
EA returns Battlefield 6 to the Pacific with Tsuru Reef opening July 21, Wake Island on August 18, plus a full Top Gun crossover built around Rooster and Bob.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-18
ZA/UM Lays Off Up to 32 Staff After Zero Parades Sales Fall Short Two Months After Launch
ZA/UM lays off up to 32 staff after Zero Parades sales fall short, two months after the Disco Elysium studio's big return. Cuts hit every department.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-18
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