Did you really think GTA6 pre-orders were gonna drop today? Comment below! What we do know is no one getting GTA6 early to review.. NO ONE! And Xbox has rebranded to…… XBOX!!! All this and more on this episode of Press X to Start Gamer’s Digest

Gaming News: r/GTA6 on Reddit: Take-Two/Rockstar's patents for GTA VI are unreal. How is ANY of this running on a PS5? GTA 5 was made for 2005 consoles, and by a company with a much smaller budget and development time frame than they have now. We are not ready for GTA 6. This will be vastly beyond our wildest expectations. GTA 6 Review Copies Won't Be Distributed, It's Claimed - Insider Gaming Forza Horizon 6 immediately beats its predecessor's all-time Steam record with 130,000 concurrent players – and that's only counting people willing to pay $120 for early access | GamesRadar+ After a fan poll, Microsoft’s new games boss is rebranding Xbox, to ‘XBOX’ | VGC - Subscriber plug Marathon Reveals New PVE Mode and Big Plans for the Future | IGN Sony Sued by Gamers Over Allegedly Pocketing Millions in Illegal Tariff Windfall Sony Seems to Be Testing a New Feature That Reveals PS5 Player Counts to the Public PlayStation Plus Price Increase Announced - Insider Gaming

Quick Hits: Subnautica 2 Is Already Making Waves, Selling 2 Million Copies in Just 12 Hours Krafton Will Likely Have to Pay $250 Million Bonus for Subnautica 2 That It Tried to Avoid

What We Been Playing: Sean - Saros (beat)* Dj - Crimson Desert Savion - CD ( just doing side quests), Mixtape (pretty much done) preordered lego batman and 007

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Bank of America has thoughts on how much GTA6 should cost…. Who ask them.. Gamestop plans to buy Ebay.. with what money… Playstation have to payout to gamers… what in the upside down news?

Gaming News:

1. Rockstar should raise GTA 6’s price for good of ‘the entire industry’, says Bank of America | VGC
   1. GTA 6 Needs To Sell Staggering Amount Of Copies To Meet Expectations | ScreenRant
   2. Rockstar games like GTA release on console before PC because that’s the ‘core consumer’, Take-Two CEO Zelnick says | VGC
2. GameStop's Absurd Bid To Buy eBay For $56 Billion Sounds Bad | Kotaku
3. Sony PlayStation Lawsuit Refund: How To Check Eligibility and Claim Your Money - Insider Gaming
   1. Sony Responds to PlayStation DRM Fears With Official Statement - Insider Gaming

Subscriber plug

1. Saros Is At The Center Of A Misinformation Campaign | Kotaku
2. Microsoft's new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma overhauls leadership team | CNBC
3. Valve just imported 50 tons of game consoles in two days | The Verge

Quick Hits

1. Open-world anime RPG Neverness to Everness hits $14 million globally on day one, led by Japan and US - AUTOMATON WEST
2. Halo Studios is ‘actively developing’ remakes of Halo 2 and Halo 3, it’s claimed | VGC
3. Injustice 3 in the Works at NetherRealm Studios, It's Claimed - Insider Gaming
4. Reggie Fils-Aimé Says Nintendo Stopped Selling To Amazon After Being Asked To Break The Law | Kotaku

What We Been Playing:

• Sean - Saros
• Dj - NTE, Crimson Desert (Got to the actual Crimson Desert)
• Savion - CD (finally got the kuku pack, starting faction quests), Mixtape

On our plate for this week: Housemarque makes its returnal to the spot light with Saros, Ubisoft brings back the best of Assassin Creed with Black Flag REsynced, and is the Playstation DRM story a big deal?

Gaming News:

• Saros Reviews Round Up | OpenCritic
• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Showcase Confirms Lack of DLC And Multiplayer - Insider Gaming
  • Assassin's Creed Hexe Loses 50 Developers as Game Targets 2027 Release | Insider Gaming
• PS5 and PS4 Digital Games May Require 30-Day DRM Check-In or Risk Losing Access | MP1st

Subscriber plug

• The new vampire RPG from ex-Witcher developers finally has a confirmed release date | Polygon
• ‘Their favourite games were already built with AI’: Google exec says almost every big studio uses AI, but not all disclose it | VGC
• "Xbox will be where the world plays": Microsoft confirms Xbox is once again looking into acquisitions, huge manifesto for the future detailed | Windows Central

Quick Hits

• Crimson Desert Has Sold So Well Developer Pearl Abyss Has Reportedly Given Every Employee a $3,400 Bonus | IGN
• Marathon Was One Of March's Best-Selling Games In The U.S. | Kotaku
• Resident Evil Requiem was already the fastest-selling game in the series, so for 7 million copies sold in under 2 months, Capcom had to break out the cake
• Final Fantasy 14 Is Coming To Switch 2, But With An Annoying Caveat | GameSpot
• Troy Baker Is Ready to Swap Voice Acting for Game Development | IGN

What We Been Playing:

• Sean - Pragmata (Finished)
• Dj - Crimson Desert (Got to the actual Crimson Desert)
• Savion - CD (finally got the kuku pack)

On our plate for this week:

GamePass is finally coming down in price but with a catch? Are you ready for the new God of War? And Ubisoft is bringing back the best Assassin Creed…

Gaming News: Time code: 00:00 Game Pass Gets Price Drop, New Call Of Duty Games No Longer Included - GameSpot God of War Faye Spin-Off Claimed to Feature Tyr and Multiple Mythologies | MP1st Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced Releases July 9, 2026 - Insider Gaming Subscriber plug Arc Raiders studio contacted by crime scientist "intrigued by how players are interacting," dev says only 30% of players focus on PvP: "It kind of blew the whole extraction shooter open" | Games Radar ‘Elden Ring’: Alex Garland’s A24 Video Game Movie Reveals Full Cast, 2028 Release Date and It’s Being Shot for Imax | Variety ‘Call of Duty’ Movie Gets Mission Ready With Summer 2028 Release Date Variety Quick Hits #CrimsonDesert has sold through over 5 million copies worldwide! | Pearl Abyss YT channel All-New IP PRAGMATA Surpasses One Million Units Sold in Two Days!– Highly innovative and original gameplay earns strong reception from players around the globe – | Press Release | CAPCOM Fallout: New Vegas dev says don't expect a remaster, argues Bethesda doesn't have the source code or 'the engineering knowhow' | PC Gamer Shuhei Yoshida Says Jim Ryan Fired Him From PlayStation Studios "Because I Didn’t Listen to Him" | This Week in Video Games PlayStation Starts Following UK Laws On Age Verification | Gameranx

What We Been Playing: Sean - Pragmata Dj - Crimson Desert (Oh..this is Game of Thrones) Savion - CD

Who’s excited to get griefed by a dude in a mickey mouse helmet while your trying to extract clubhouse tokens.. Epic and Disney are, Marathon is adding more to their extraction formula, and Xbox Game Pass may be changing….again

Gaming News

• Epic Games is working on an Arc Raiders-like Disney extraction shooter slated to release by the end of the year | GamesIndustry.biz
• Marathon Gets New Experimental Mode | IGN
• Marathon Reportedly Had a Budget of Over $200 Million — and While the Pressure Is on Bungie to Gain More Players, It Is Not Facing an Imminent, Concord-Style Shutdown | IGN

Subscriber plug

• Xbox Game Pass ‘has become too expensive,’ says Microsoft’s new gaming chief in leaked memo | TheVerge
• Xbox Is Reportedly Considering a Return To Exclusive Games: "There Are Very, Very Big Discussions Internally," Insider Says | WccfTech
• Pete Hines says he quit Bethesda post-Xbox because ‘it’s part of something not genuine’ | VGC
• ‘Bloodborne’ Video Game Getting R-Rated Animated Movie Adaptation From Sony | Variety
  • Filming has wrapped with Legend of Zelda

Quick Hits

• GTA Leak Raises Take-Two Interactive Stock Value By Over $1 Billion | Insider Gaming
• 007 First Light is Delayed on the Nintendo Switch 2 | Insider Gaming
• No Man's Sky's adds Pokémon-inspired battles in major game update | Polygon
• The FAA wants gamers to apply for air traffic control jobs | BBC

What We Been Playing Dj -Crimson Desert (Oh..this is Game of Thrones), Pokopia (playing Bob the Builder) Savion - Crimson Desert

Lenovo Legion Go 2 is 2 High 2 Buy, or is it? Did we just get an Uncharted 5 tease, and Playstation 6 may unfortunately be sooner than we expected. All this and more on this episode of Press X to Start Gamer’s Digest!

Gaming News

• Best Buy Lists Lenovo Legion Go 2 at Twice the Price of the ROG Xbox Ally X | Windows Report
• Uncharted 5? Fans Believe Cryptic Naughty Dog Dev Post Is Teasing The Game | GameSpot
• 'PlayStation 6 Is Not Many Years Away': Leaks Suggest Sony Is Working On Imminent Generational Transition With Handheld Support and 'PlayGo' Smart Delivery | WccfTech
  • AMD Wouldn't Waste Resources Doing Validation If They Thought The PlayStation 6 Could Be Delayed, Leaker Claims | WccfTech
• Last Of Us Online Was ‘80 Percent’ Done When It Was Canceled | Kotaku

Subscriber plug

• Super Mario becomes the only animated movie series to open globally at more than $350 million twice | VGC
• EXCLUSIVE: Eidos Montreal Cancels 7+ Year In-Development Title That Cost Hundreds of Millions | Insider Gaming
• US patent office revokes Nintendo’s patent on summoning characters to make them battle | VGC
• PlayStation Games on PC Took 3 Years to Earn $300M | Insider Gaming
  • PlayStation Studios Removes Nearly All PC References From Websites | Game Observer

Quick Hits

• The Google Pixel 10 can now play Steam games, thanks to the latest GameNative release | Android Police

What We Been Playing:

• Sean - Bayonetta 3
• Dj -Crimson Desert, Pokemon Pokopia

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Playstation is demanding more money from us before their big titles hit, Nintendo is bring a certain Space Fox, and Crimson Desert continues to sell…

Gaming News

• The PS5 Price Hike Was Inevitable, But What Comes Next? | GameSpot Sources: Nintendo is planning a new Star Fox and a major Zelda remake this year, but no 3D Mario | VGC
• As Crimson Desert nears 5 million sales, Pearl Abyss CEO says it’s looking into a Switch 2 port | VGC
  • Crimson Desert Main Development Team Moves to Next Title | Insider Gaming

Subscriber plug

• Xbox Games Showcase 2026 Followed by Gears of War: E-Day Direct Airs June 7 - and Xbox Fanfest Returns | Xbox Wire
• Xbox Game Pass “TRITON” shows up with only first‑party games, sparking questions about whether Microsoft is preparing a major shake‑up to its subscription model | Windows Central
• Xbox Announces 14 Titles Coming To Game Pass At March's Partner Preview Showcase | PureXbox

Quick Hits

• ‘We are in it for the long haul’: Bungie says Marathon will be steadily improved for ‘many years’ | VGC
• After Almost 25 Years, An Unreleased Dreamcast Game Cancelled In The Wake Of 9/11 Has Just Been Brought Back Online | Time Extension

What We Been Playing:

• Sean - N/A
• Dj -Crimson Desert
  • Crimson Desert Patch Notes Version 1.01.00

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