// GAMINGARTICLES
Release news, guides, opinion, and deep dives from the CriticalPixel community.
Overwatch Quietly Drops an $35 Ultra Skin Tier and the Community Is Telling Blizzard to Stick a Kunai In It
Blizzard introduced a new Ultra skin tier in Overwatch Season 3 with Nyan Cafe Kiriko and Sierra skins priced at $35 each. Players are pushing back hard.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-24
Sony Just Pulled 140+ Afil Games Off the PlayStation Store and Cut Off Future Releases
Sony's stricter PlayStation Store guidelines just claimed their biggest scalp: Afil Games confirmed all 140+ of its games are being removed from PSN.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-24
Star Fox Switch 2 Remake Lands 81 on Metacritic and 8/10 at IGN Ahead of June 25 Launch
Velan's Star Fox Switch 2 remake lands 81 on Metacritic and 8/10 at IGN ahead of its June 25 launch. Critics praise the visuals, soundtrack, and Challenge mode.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-24
GTA 6 Priced at $79.99 Standard and $99.99 Ultimate as Rockstar Opens Pre-Orders June 25
Rockstar priced GTA 6 at $79.99 standard and $99.99 Ultimate Edition. Pre-orders open June 25 ahead of the November 19 launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-24
EVR Studio Goes Bankrupt, MUDANG: Two Hearts Is Cancelled, Xbox's 'Korean Splinter Cell' Is Dead
EVR Studio, the South Korean developer behind the Xbox Showcase 2025 hit MUDANG: Two Hearts, has been declared bankrupt by the Seoul Bankruptcy Court.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-24
Marathon Locks In Vault Breaker PVE Mode for July 21, and Your Loot Stays Behind When You Exfil
Bungie's Marathon locks in Vault Breaker, a solo-friendly PVE mode set in Cryo Archive, for July 21. Here is what the loot rule means for extraction fans.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-23
Netflix's Unhinged Stars Kravitz, Sink, and Baker in a Horror Game You Play With Your Phone
Netflix and Night School Studio announce Unhinged, an immersive horror game starring Zoe Kravitz, Sadie Sink, and Troy Baker. Plays June 30 on Netflix.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-23
Lords of the Fallen 2 Drops to Early 2027 as CI Games Walks Away From a Stacked Fall Window
CI Games confirms Lords of the Fallen 2 is now targeting Q1 2027, dodging a brutal fall 2026 lineup and GTA 6. Here is what the delay means for Hexworks.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-23
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 Drops Gameplay Trailer at Summer Game Fest, Confirms 2027 Launch Window
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 dropped its first gameplay trailer at Summer Game Fest, with a 2027 release on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S confirmed.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-23
Tencent Is in Talks to Offload Marvelous and Other Japanese Game Studios, Says Bloomberg
Bloomberg reports Tencent is in talks to sell back stakes in Japanese game studios. Marvelous Inc. is named, FromSoftware and PlatinumGames stay.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-23
French Gaming Union Calls Industry-Wide Strike for June 25 as Quantic Dream Cuts Reach 115 Jobs
France's STJV union has called for an industry-wide gaming strike on June 25, citing Quantic Dream's 115 planned layoffs and years of abuse across the industry.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-22
Lord British Is Taking Ultima Back From EA Using a Copyright Law That Was Always in His Favor
Richard Garriott plans to use Section 203 of the Copyright Act to take back Ultima from EA in 2027, the year the 35-year transfer window expires.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-22
Ori Creator Thomas Mahler: Xbox Game Pass Failed Because Its Studios Shipped Mediocre Games
Moon Studios CEO Thomas Mahler breaks down why Xbox Game Pass bled subscribers: Xbox rewarded studios for mediocre filler instead of must-play exclusives.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-22
Meccha Chameleon Hits 7 Million Copies in Two Weeks and the Solo Dev Is Already Shipping New Maps
Solo developer Lemorion sold 7 million copies of Meccha Chameleon in 13 days, a hide-and-seek painting game priced under $7 with a Japan map arriving next.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-22
Obsidian Is Facing a Wage Class Action, and the Complaint Covers Years of Systematic Violations
A class action against Obsidian alleges systematic failures to pay overtime, provide meal breaks, and reimburse California employees under state wage laws.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-21
Halo: Campaign Evolved on PS5 Requires an Xbox Account, and a Blog Error Briefly Made Things Worse
Halo on PS5 requires a Microsoft Xbox account to launch. A blog error briefly claimed PS Plus was needed for couch co-op - corrected by Halo Studios.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-21
Nagoshi Studio Is Collapsing as Developers Move to Capcom and NetEase Abandons Gang of Dragon
Developers from Nagoshi Studio have left for Capcom and LightSpeed Japan as NetEase reportedly cuts funding for Gang of Dragon, the studio's debut game.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-21
Control Resonant Hands-On: Remedy Brings Dylan Faden to a Hiss-Ravaged Manhattan
Remedy's Control sequel swaps the Oldest House for Hiss-ravaged Manhattan and a genre-shifting hack-and-slash action-RPG starring Dylan Faden.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-20
Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Has Died in a Plane Crash in France at 69
Claude Guillemot, one of five brothers who co-founded Ubisoft in 1986, died June 19 in a Cessna 421 crash near La Baule, France. He was 69 years old.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-20
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Bobby Prince, the Composer Behind Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Duke Nukem 3D, Has Died at 81
Bobby Prince, composer of Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Duke Nukem 3D, died at 81. His legendary soundtrack joined the US Recording Registry weeks before he passed.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-19
Grounded 2 Arrives on PlayStation 5 on August 11 Alongside the Into the Abyss Update
Obsidian's survival game Grounded 2 launches on PS5 on August 11, the same day the Into the Abyss update opens the pond biome across all platforms.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-19
PlayStation Killed Its Single-Player PC Ports Program and Marvel's Wolverine Is Not Coming to PC
Hermen Hulst confirmed PlayStation is done porting single-player games to PC. Marvel's Wolverine and future first-party exclusives stay on PS5 only.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-19
TBH: Task Bar Hero Climbed to Half a Million Concurrent Players and Then Started Banning Them
TBH: Task Bar Hero is a free idle RPG living in your taskbar with 500K Steam players, but its anti-cheat is permanently banning innocent accounts.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-19
Valve's Steam Controller 2 Is So Popular That New Reservations Won't Ship Until 2027
Valve's Steam Controller 2 launched last month to demand so high that new reservations now won't ship until 2027. Here is what you need to know about the queue.
CriticalPixel · 2026-06-19