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GOG has confirmed that it is actively developing Linux support for its Galaxy launcher, responding to one of the most common requests from its community. The company has not announced a release date, testing schedule or detailed feature list. Development is still at an early stage, and GOG says the work will require major changes to the launcher’s architecture, tools and development standards. GOG

Double Fine Productions has laid off 23 employees as the Psychonauts developer adjusts to life as an independent studio following its separation from Microsoft. Studio founder Tim Schafer said the reductions were necessary to protect the company’s future. Double Fine employed around 80 people before the cuts, meaning the layoffs affected close to 30 percent of its workforce. The studio became part of Xbox

AMD has released its Adrenalin Edition 26.7.1 graphics driver with support for the new Radeon RX 9050, the upcoming Gears of War: E Day multiplayer beta and the open world survival game Out of Control Evolution. The update also fixes several problems affecting Radeon RX 7000 and RX 9000 series graphics cards. These include crashes in Blender, missing interface elements in Fortnite and incorrect

Nvidia has released the GeForce Game Ready 610.88 WHQL driver with support for Halo: Campaign Evolved, the upcoming Gears of War: E Day multiplayer beta and the dark fantasy extraction game Mistfall Hunter. The update is recommended for anyone playing Halo: Campaign Evolved on a GeForce graphics card, particularly those using the RTX 50 series. It includes a fix for crashes that could occur

Microsoft has confirmed that a failure in a shared licensing service caused the widespread Xbox outage that disrupted games, accounts, the digital store and mobile services on July 27, 2026. The affected service operated outside the Xbox division but was required for several important functions. When it began failing, some players could no longer sign in, launch games or confirm ownership of purchased content.

Ubisoft has reportedly cancelled Project Maverick, an extraction shooter set in the Far Cry universe, while continuing development on a mainline sequel and a separate open world project. Project Maverick had been in development for several years and was reportedly rebooted in 2025. It was expected to combine Far Cry’s shooting and survival systems with an extraction format, where players enter dangerous areas, collect

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl will receive a major free update on August 20, 2026, alongside the release of its Cost of Hope expansion. The update will move the game to Unreal Engine 5.5.4 and introduce additional content and improvements to the base experience. The game will also advance to version 2.0, marking one of its largest updates since launch. The developer has not

Microsoft’s plan to make Xbox Helix compatible with PC games could create a difficult pricing problem as the company prepares its next generation gaming hardware. The original concept presented Helix as a console and PC hybrid that could offer access to external stores while remaining easy to use in a living room. That level of openness would give players more choice, but it could

Final Fantasy XIV’s upcoming Bastion job has renewed discussion about how World of Warcraft handles tank classes. Bastion is being introduced with the Evercold expansion and uses two large shields as both defensive tools and weapons. The job can block attacks, strike enemies with claws attached to its shields and transform those shields into arm cannons that fire powerful energy blasts. Its design gives

The shift towards digital games has made buying and managing large libraries more convenient, but recent outages across Xbox and PlayStation have exposed a serious weakness in that model. When account, licensing or store services fail, players can temporarily lose access to games they believe they own. Two major Xbox disruptions and a separate PlayStation outage occurred within a short period. During the Xbox

Building your own gaming PC has long been treated as the better choice for performance, value and upgradeability. That view is becoming harder to defend as prebuilt systems improve their component quality, cooling, cable management and pricing. Many older prebuilts deserved their poor reputation. They often used restrictive cases, proprietary motherboards, weak power supplies and unnecessary software. Some also charged a large premium despite

Tomb Raider: Catalyst may now be planned for 2028, although Amazon has stopped short of confirming an official change to the game’s release schedule. Amazon Gaming head Jeff Gattis referred to a 2028 launch while discussing the company’s upcoming projects and its wider plans for the Luna cloud gaming service. However, Amazon later said it had no new timing information to share and that

Capcom wanted to revive Onimusha long before it approved Onimusha: Way of the Sword, but the company struggled to assemble a development team while its largest franchises required more staff and resources. Director Satoru Nihei said the growing demands of modern game development made it difficult to move the project forward. Teams were already committed to major series such as Monster Hunter, Resident Evil

Amazon has softened its position on the future of the James Bond game series after earlier comments suggested that 007 First Light developer IO Interactive might not return for a sequel. Jeff Gattis, general manager of Amazon Luna and Amazon Game Studios, now says it would be reasonable for IO Interactive to develop another Bond game if a sequel moves forward. He also stressed

Bethesda Game Studios says it remains fully responsible for the Fallout franchise, even as Xbox changes how the series is managed and communicated across its wider group of studios. The clarification follows a difficult period inside Microsoft’s gaming division. Xbox plans to cut 3,200 jobs by July 2027, and several teams under its ownership have already been affected. Bethesda Game Studios was among the

Bloodborne remains limited to PlayStation 4 more than a decade after its original release, and even former PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida says he does not understand why Sony has not brought the game to newer platforms. During a keynote session at CEDEC 2026, Yoshida discussed several important games from his 30 year career at PlayStation. Bloodborne was among the titles he highlighted, alongside Demon’s

SharpEmu has reached an important early milestone in its attempt to emulate PlayStation 5 games on PC. The developing emulator can now boot Demon’s Souls Remake and progress as far as the character creation screen. This does not mean the game is close to being fully playable. SharpEmu still lacks several important systems required to render and run modern PlayStation 5 software correctly. However,

CD Projekt Red will show the first footage from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt expansion Songs of the Past during Gamescom Opening Night Live on August 25, 2026. The presentation will give players an early look at the new adventure before its planned release in 2027. The expansion was confirmed in May after months of reports and speculation. CD Projekt Red is developing the

Splatoon Raiders takes Nintendo’s colourful shooter series in a more focused direction. Instead of combining competitive multiplayer, story missions, cooperative defence and other modes in one package, this spinoff centres on raid based combat, equipment upgrades and repeated battles against Salmonids. The narrower approach works because the core action remains enjoyable. Weapons feel responsive, movement through ink is fast, and the steady supply of

Midgar Studio, the French developer behind Edge of Eternity and the upcoming action RPG Edge of Memories, has closed after efforts to find a buyer failed within the required legal timeframe. Studio founder Jérémy Zeler-Maury confirmed that a court had ordered the company’s liquidation. The team had continued searching for an acquirer after financial problems affecting its parent publisher placed the studio at risk.