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Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM has issued redundancy or at-risk notices to up to 32 employees, two months after Zero Parades: For Dead Spies launched to strong critical acclaim but weak commercial performance. It's the studio's second round of layoffs since 2024.
PlayStation CEO Hideaki Nishino told investors AI is now a core pillar of Sony's PS6 strategy, already powering tools like the facial-animation system Mockingbird. Weeks earlier, Hideo Kojima said in a Washington Post profile that he isn't interested in AI making art. Together, the two moments capture where the industry's biggest players actually stand on AI right now.
HoYoverse detailed ZZZ's second-anniversary update in a July 17 Special Program. Version 3.1 'The Long Goodbye' arrives July 29 with new S-Rank Agents Remielle Dan and Sigrid, a permanent new mode, a free limited S-Rank of your choice, and a same-day launch on Xbox PC.
According to well-known Valve insider Tyler McVicker, Project HLX - long believed to be Half-Life 3 - has slipped, with 2026 possibly off the table. The reason, per the report, isn't trouble: Valve reportedly decided it simply wasn't good enough yet. As always with Valve, treat this as rumor until the company says otherwise.
Ubisoft's remake of the beloved 2013 pirate adventure is a runaway success: 2 million copies sold on day one, more than 3 million in its first week, a record concurrent-player peak on Steam, and the best reviews an Assassin's Creed has earned since the original Black Flag.
Nintendo's ink-soaked series takes a sharp turn: Splatoon Raiders is a single-player-focused, story-driven spin-off launching exclusively on Switch 2 on July 23, teaming you with Deep Cut to explore the Spirhalite Islands.
A year into its life, the Switch 2 is outrunning the PS5 quarter-to-quarter and dominating the US market - even as Sony's console keeps a commanding lifetime lead. And a Switch 2 price hike is now on the horizon.
Monolith Soft's beloved JRPG gets the Switch 2 treatment on July 30: 4K/60fps visuals, a new Rare Blade and quest, fresh Pyra and Mythra designs, amiibo support, and a new mode that lets you command your Blades directly in battle.
Nintendo is packaging its cozy life-sim Pokemon Pokopia with a Switch 2 console in a new bundle launching July 23. Play as a shape-shifting Ditto to rebuild a withered world and befriend Pokemon in a relaxing paradise.
Pocketpair's monster-collecting phenomenon has finally exited Early Access. Palworld 1.0 launched July 10 as a free update with a 27-page changelog - adding the long-teased World Tree, the Sky Islands, 20-plus new Pals, water-based building, reworked tower bosses, and a breeding-defining new system called Genetic Recombination.
Game PassThe full remake of the 2001 original lands July 28 on Xbox, PC and — for the first time in franchise history — PlayStation 5, packing a brand-new three-mission Master Chief arc and day-one Game Pass access.
Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.4 'In Ravages Does the Whistle Sound' launches July 15, 2026 on iOS, Android, PC and PS5. It debuts the new 5-star Fire Erudition unit Himeko - Nova, continues the Fate/stay night crossover with Rin Tohsaka and Gilgamesh from July 24, and stacks six reruns alongside the Planarcadia story finale against Lord Ravager Asat Pramad.