• Researchers studying ChatGPT conversations surprised to find one power user churning out thousands of Doki Doki Literature Club pregnancy fics
• Microsoft announces 3200 layoffs and four studio departures
• Sony kills physical PS5 games
• PlayStation is deleting 551 movies from customers’ accounts
• Nintendo has detailed rollout plans for Switch 2 product revisions

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Steam Machine price revealed Sony deletes mention of PC from annual strategy report Epic Games Store is getting a big redesign Halo: Campaign Evolved PS5 players will require an Xbox account and gamertag to play Rockstar quietly gives us probably our best look at GTA 6's Vice City yet Ultima's creator Richard Garriott is planning to win back the rights to his legendary RPG from EA with an 50-year-old copyright quirk

This week's Gaming Flashback is Halo 3.

• Monster Hunter Wilds' latest patch makes online-only missions playable offline
• Bethesda yet again reassures fans that The Elder Scrolls 6's roadmap is unaffected by recent Xbox layoffs
• Atari signs deal with Universal Pictures to develop movies – Asteroids, Adventure, Berzerk, Breakout, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong, Yars’ Revenge
• PlayStation ‘blackout’ week is coming to protest Sony’s disc-Less future
• Dev: "Sony had the strictest social media guidelines they've ever seen issued"
• Xbox grants PC versions of select Ubisoft games to digital copy owners

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Gaming Flashback: Oxenfree

Quick News

• A cracked version of Marvel Tōkon is reigniting questions around DRM and its impact on PC games
• Paradox has been cooking up some Stellaris "summer experiments," from megastructure upgrades to a full espionage rework
• Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 9 gives server owners more control, stops mushrooms clipping through foxes, and fixes a strange Endermen issue.

Game News

• Riot is ending development of its 2XKO fighting game
• Former EA manager doesn't believe the next Mass Effect will survive Saudi takeover

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It's all GamesCom all the time. Some news, but mostly talking about the games of GamesCom 2026.

Gaming Flashback: Shaken But Not Stirred

News:

• FromSoftware has finally announced an Elden Ring Switch 2 release date
• Rayman Legends being remastered in full 3D
• PlayerUnknown's survival game is shutting down 6 months after launch
• Streets of Rage movie hires Sonic screenwriters
• State of Play 2026
• PC Gaming Show 2026
• Xbox Games Showcase
• Future Games Show
• Nintendo's finally developing replaceable batteries
• ROG Xbox Ally X20 announced with OLED display

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Quick News

• Wada feels Persona 1 & Persona 2 remakes are something 'we have to do'
• Supermassive Games announces layoffs impacting up to 75 employees

Game News

• Asha Sharma teases Elder Scrolls 6 Name
• Stop Killing Games has joined a lawsuit against Sony
• Saber Interactive denies replacing writer with ChatGPT
• Sean Murray suggests No Man's Sky follow-up Light No Fire is quite far along

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News:

• Tom Kane dies aged 64
• Steam Controller reservations are coming through
• Sony reportedly confirms it's ditching PC versions of its single-player PS5 games
• Forza Horizon 6 has already tripled the series' peak player count on Steam
• Sony announces price increase for new PlayStation Plus subscribers

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