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Resident Evil Requiem’s $500M Franchise Record Proves Discounts Beat Movie Hype
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Resident Evil Requiem’s $500M Franchise Record Proves Discounts Beat Movie Hype

Resident Evil Requiem blew past $500 million in gross revenue this week, faster than any game in the franchise has ever gotten there. That's the headline. It's also, honestly, the…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 26, 2026
Control Resonant’s Day-One Patch Just Created Two Versions of the Same Game
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Control Resonant’s Day-One Patch Just Created Two Versions of the Same Game

Control Resonant leaked a full day before launch and the gaming internet responded with a shrug. Good. That was never the story. The story is the hotfix Remedy pushed alongside…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 25, 2026
Bethesda Says Obsidian Stays Distinct. The Org Chart Says Otherwise.
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Bethesda Says Obsidian Stays Distinct. The Org Chart Says Otherwise.

Obsidian Entertainment officially reports to Bethesda now. Matt Booty confirmed the move on Xbox Wire Tuesday as part of a wider Xbox reshuffle, and by Wednesday Bethesda president Jill Braff's…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 24, 2026
Xbox Cuts 268 More Jobs, and Halo Now Belongs to Activision
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Xbox Cuts 268 More Jobs, and Halo Now Belongs to Activision

Yesterday's memo from Matt Booty landed with the usual corporate softness: 268 roles gone, studios reshuffled, a "reset" that's apparently three-quarters complete. Read past the press-release language on Xbox Wire…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 23, 2026
Bungie’s Destiny 2 Unvaulting Is an Admission of Failure, Not Generosity
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Bungie’s Destiny 2 Unvaulting Is an Admission of Failure, Not Generosity

Six years ago Bungie deleted the Red War, Io, Titan, and a chunk of a game people had already paid for, then told everyone it was for the good of…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 22, 2026
Wolverine’s Bathroom Sign Was Never AI, and That’s Somehow Worse
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Wolverine’s Bathroom Sign Was Never AI, and That’s Somehow Worse

Marvel's Wolverine has been out for less than a week, and its first genuine controversy is a bathroom sign. Not the combat or the story. A coed restroom decal with…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 21, 2026
Wolverine Sold 1.9 Million Copies in 3 Days Despite a 77 on Metacritic
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Wolverine Sold 1.9 Million Copies in 3 Days Despite a 77 on Metacritic

Marvel's Wolverine sold an estimated 1.9 million copies in its first three days on PS5, pulling in roughly $130 million. That already beats Death Stranding 2's entire PS5 lifetime revenue.…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 20, 2026
Marvel’s Wolverine Reviews Punish Insomniac for Not Making Spider-Man Again
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Marvel’s Wolverine Reviews Punish Insomniac for Not Making Spider-Man Again

Marvel's Wolverine landed on PS5 yesterday with a 77 on Metacritic, Insomniac's lowest aggregate in a decade. After a full launch-day session and far too many review threads, my verdict…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 16, 2026
Valve’s $1,059 Steam Frame Is a PC VR Headset in Standalone Clothing
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Valve’s $1,059 Steam Frame Is a PC VR Headset in Standalone Clothing

Yesterday Valve finally put a price on the Steam Frame: $1,059 for the 256GB model and $1,299 for 1TB, with sign-ups for a reservation lottery open until September 17 at…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 15, 2026
BlizzCon 2026 Sold Confidence Instead of Gameplay, and It Might Work
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BlizzCon 2026 Sold Confidence Instead of Gameplay, and It Might Work

BlizzCon 2026 gave us three dates and not one second of gameplay. A StarCraft open-world shooter for Spring 2030. Diablo V for Spring 2029. World of Warcraft: Forever in November,…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 14, 2026
WoW: Forever Is the Real Star of BlizzCon 2026, Not Diablo 5
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WoW: Forever Is the Real Star of BlizzCon 2026, Not Diablo 5

BlizzCon's opening ceremony on Saturday ended with two teaser trailers and a hall that genuinely didn't know how to react. Diablo V is coming in Spring 2029. A StarCraft open-world…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 13, 2026
Rockstar Put a Mole in a Union Discord. Now It’s on Trial in Glasgow
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Rockstar Put a Mole in a Union Discord. Now It’s on Trial in Glasgow

The most revealing GTA 6 document of 2026 isn't a trailer. It's a stack of tribunal filings at the Glasgow Tribunals Centre. On September 10, the final hearing opened between…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 12, 2026
Sony Cancelled Physint in June and Hoped Nobody Would Notice
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Sony Cancelled Physint in June and Hoped Nobody Would Notice

The strangest part of Physint landing at Xbox isn't that it happened. It's when. Hideo Kojima says PlayStation Studios handed Kojima Productions an unexpected cancellation notice in mid-June. Sony then…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 11, 2026
Metroid Ravenous and Kirby’s Open World Both Run on Hunger
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Metroid Ravenous and Kirby’s Open World Both Run on Hunger

Nintendo's September Direct ran about 45 minutes and mostly played like a status update. Then the last ten minutes happened. Metroid Ravenous and Kirby and the World Beyond closed the…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 10, 2026
Ocarina of Time Remake Footage Proves Nintendo Chose Safety Over Ambition
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Ocarina of Time Remake Footage Proves Nintendo Chose Safety Over Ambition

After months of leaks promising something bold, the Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct gave us twenty minutes of Ocarina of Time remake gameplay and confirmed the one thing leakers were wrong…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 9, 2026
Onimusha Didn’t Sell a Million Copies on Nostalgia Alone
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Onimusha Didn’t Sell a Million Copies on Nostalgia Alone

Twenty years is long enough for a franchise to die properly. Onimusha got a quiet funeral, a couple of remasters as flowers at the service, then nothing. On Friday it…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 8, 2026
A Million Copies in Three Days: Dawnwalker Didn’t Need a Perfect Launch
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A Million Copies in Three Days: Dawnwalker Didn’t Need a Perfect Launch

We're a site that normally spends its week covering local celebrity drama and the occasional Hollywood Walk of Fame star, so a Polish vampire RPG topping a million copies was…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 7, 2026
September 2026’s Release Deluge Is Less a Gift Than a Scheduling Crisis
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September 2026’s Release Deluge Is Less a Gift Than a Scheduling Crisis

Four major releases in twenty-two days. The Blood of Dawnwalker landed September 3, Onimusha: Way of the Sword followed a day later, Marvel's Wolverine arrives September 15, and Silent Hill:…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 6, 2026
GTA 6’s Netflix Premiere Was Appointment Television by Design
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GTA 6’s Netflix Premiere Was Appointment Television by Design

Rockstar didn't hand the GTA 6 Extended Look to Netflix because it needed reach. A plain YouTube drop would have pulled tens of millions of views anyway. The six-hour Netflix…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 5, 2026
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s 8-Player Update Is Nintendo’s Weirdest Gift in Years
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s 8-Player Update Is Nintendo’s Weirdest Gift in Years

Nintendo shipped the strangest, most delightful update of the week with zero buildup. No Direct, no trailer, not even a tease. Version 4.0.0 of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe went live…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 3, 2026
GTA 6’s Netflix Premiere Topped the Charts and Briefly Broke Netflix
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GTA 6’s Netflix Premiere Topped the Charts and Briefly Broke Netflix

Thirty-one million people watched a gameplay trailer on Netflix last week. Not a film, not a new season of a flagship drama, a 27-minute slice of Grand Theft Auto VI,…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 2, 2026
GTA 6’s 30fps Lock Isn’t the Scandal Everyone Thinks It Is
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GTA 6’s 30fps Lock Isn’t the Scandal Everyone Thinks It Is

Rockstar dropped 26 minutes of Grand Theft Auto VI footage on Netflix last Wednesday, confirmed the game runs at 30fps on every console including the PS5 Pro, and somehow the…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 1, 2026
GTA 6’s Extended Look Was a Love Story Disguised as Gameplay
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GTA 6’s Extended Look Was a Love Story Disguised as Gameplay

"Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look" ran 26 minutes on Netflix on August 27, exclusive to subscribers for six hours before landing free on Rockstar's YouTube channel and the…
Posted by Mark Grantt August 29, 2026
GTA 6 Is Trading Chaos for Intimacy, and the Leaks Can’t Stop It
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GTA 6 Is Trading Chaos for Intimacy, and the Leaks Can’t Stop It

Today is the day Netflix gets its six-hour exclusive on Grand Theft Auto VI, but yesterday's exclusive preview is what actually moved the needle. After poring over the developer interviews…
Posted by Mark Grantt August 27, 2026
Nostalgia Carried Gamescom 2026 While Eastern Studios Quietly Reshaped the Show
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Nostalgia Carried Gamescom 2026 While Eastern Studios Quietly Reshaped the Show

Geoff Keighley and Sjokz took the stage in Cologne last night for Gamescom Opening Night Live, and within minutes the official stream made one thing obvious. This was never going…
Posted by Mark Grantt August 26, 2026
The Witcher 4’s 2028 Target Runs Straight Into Sony’s Disc Production Cutoff
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The Witcher 4’s 2028 Target Runs Straight Into Sony’s Disc Production Cutoff

CD Projekt Red finally put a year on The Witcher 4 yesterday, and my first reaction wasn't excitement. It was a calendar. On August 24, joint-CEO Michał Nowakowski shared a…
Posted by Mark Grantt August 25, 2026
CyberLeek’s GTA VI Leaks Are a Grift With a Manifesto Attached
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CyberLeek’s GTA VI Leaks Are a Grift With a Manifesto Attached

For five days, an anonymous leaker calling himself CyberLeek has drip-fed Grand Theft Auto VI onto the internet like a subscription service. Watermarked clips, the full Leonida map, one drop…
Posted by Mark Grantt August 23, 2026
The Save Our Devs Rallies Are Fighting a Deadline, Not Just Xbox
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The Save Our Devs Rallies Are Fighting a Deadline, Not Just Xbox

More than 800 unionized game workers and allies rallied outside Xbox studios on Tuesday, August 18, waving red flags everywhere from Redmond to Montreal. It was the second round of…
Posted by Mark Grantt August 22, 2026
The Latest GTA 6 Leaks Prove Fans Mapped Leonida Correctly and Rockstar Is Furious
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The Latest GTA 6 Leaks Prove Fans Mapped Leonida Correctly and Rockstar Is Furious

I've been tracking the GTA 6 mapping community for years, watching fans stitch together satellite comparisons and trailer breadcrumbs to chart a state that Rockstar Games still treats like a…
Posted by Mark Grantt August 21, 2026
Mortal Shell II Launches Today, but the Real Battle Is the 72-Hour Paywall
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Mortal Shell II Launches Today, but the Real Battle Is the 72-Hour Paywall

August 20, 2026, was supposed to be the day Mortal Shell II went live for everyone. Instead, it's the day Cold Symmetry proved that a global launch is now optional.…
Posted by Mark Grantt August 20, 2026
Phantom Blade Zero Promises Wuxia Greatness If You Ignore the Chat Spam
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Phantom Blade Zero Promises Wuxia Greatness If You Ignore the Chat Spam

Nearly twenty minutes of uninterrupted gameplay should have been a victory lap for S-Game. Instead, the August 17 State of Play for Phantom Blade Zero became a case study in…
Posted by Mark Grantt August 19, 2026
Oblivion Remastered on Switch 2 Is a Messy Triumph That Bethesda Needed
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Oblivion Remastered on Switch 2 Is a Messy Triumph That Bethesda Needed

Oblivion Remastered landed on Switch 2 last week and already sold out its physical cartridges across multiple retailers. That is not normal for a twenty-year-old RPG. The launch has become…
Posted by Mark Grantt August 18, 2026
Kingdom Hearts 4 Is Finally Letting Go of Sora
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Kingdom Hearts 4 Is Finally Letting Go of Sora

I've watched the extended D23 trailer enough times to know what Square Enix is actually selling here. The Coco world looks gorgeous, and skeleton Donald and Goofy fighting in the…
Posted by Mark Grantt August 17, 2026

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