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Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball believes one way to help revitalize gaming is through something most people do not care for: in-game ads. Speaking to The Game Business, Ball said there exists a “two-sided problem” in the modern gaming space. Development costs for many games are now “way too high,” and consumers do not want to pay more. Something has got to give, and one possible solution, as Ball sees it, is through advertising. He cited streaming TV as an example here, saying most of the growth for a variety of streaming platforms comes from ad-supported tiers. At the…

Here’s today’s “Developer caught using AI” story! Panache Digital Games, creators of high-profile action-adventure 1666: Amsterdam has taken to X to apologize after players discovered the game’s use of AI in its released prologue, and has promised to have it all replaced by human-created art “soon.” And around and around we go. “A number of people have raised questions or concerns to us about whether assets in our marketing and game use generative AI,” begins a post on Panache’s X account, following a swathe of players reacting furiously to the game’s prologue released to Steam shortly after its big reveal at…

It’s been nearly 15 months since Severance season 2 ended with a devastating cliffhanger, and there’s still no release date for season 3. Fans waited three years between the first and second seasons of Apple’s hit sci-fi show, but hopefully it won’t take another 21 months to get a third. Series star Adam Scott recently said that was too long and the Severance team is planning on releasing the new season sooner, but shooting hasn’t even begun yet. That means there won’t be more surreal stories about the employees of Lumon Industries until 2027 at the very soonest. In the…

The June 2026 State of Play showcase gave us a closer look at the upcoming Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, which serves as a (second) remake of the original 1996 Tomb Raider. As I watched Lara Croft flip, grapple, and swing her way through the release date trailer, one thought kept resurfacing in my mind: “Lara looks great.” But further investigation is starting to make me wonder if I’m the only person who thinks so. The State of Play livestream wasn’t the first time players have laid eyes on the new Lara–that happened back in December, when Crystal Dynamics debuted…

For years now, Xbox’s upcoming Fable reboot has never really felt like a real game to me. We’ve seen lots of trailers, snippets of gameplay, and other looks at the RPG reboot from the Forza Horizon developers at Playground Games. But none of it really convinced me that Fable was an actual video game I’d be playing one day. That changed today after watching a new 30-minute video showing extended, uncut sections of what players do in this open-world adventure. On June 10, Xbox and Playground Games uploaded a lengthy deep-dive with minimal edits to the official Fable YouTube channel.…

Some kids wanted to be firefighters, astronauts, singers, or movie stars. But when I was young, all I wanted to be was a pirate, and it was all thanks to a movie that probably wouldn’t exist without Steven Spielberg. With 35 directing credits to his name (including his latest film, the ’80s sci-fi throwback Disclosure Day), Spielberg boasts one of the biggest and most influential filmographies of all time. But he didn’t technically direct what many movie fans may argue is his greatest contribution to film. The Goonies was technically directed by Richard Donner (Superman, Lethal Weapon), but Spielberg’s influence…

Minecraft Dungeons 2 Deluxe Edition $50 | Releases September 29 Preorder at Amazon (PS5) View at other stores Preorder at Amazon (Xbox Series X) Preorder at Amazon (Switch 2) Preorder at Best Buy Preorder at Walmart With the main game as popular as ever and a live-action movie adaptation winning big at the box office, Minecraft is keeping that momentum going with a new spin-off arriving soon. Preorders are now live for Minecraft Dungeons 2, and this sequel is aiming to offer a deeper experience when it launches in September. It looks like only the physical Deluxe Edition is available to…

I don’t know anyone who had “Dragon’s Dogma 2 gets a whole expansion” on their Nintendo Direct bingo cards today. The game is over two years old, and Capcom hasn’t said or done anything to suggest it would be giving Dragon’s Dogma 2 the same loving treatment it did to the original Dragon’s Dogma with its Dark Arisen expansion. But it is, and it’s even also titling this new expansion “Dark Arisen” as either a joke, a nod, or a suggestion that this is going to be somewhat similar to the widely praised first game’s Dark Arisen expansion. I loved…

Updated  Jun 9, 2026, 1:54 PM EDT September is looking rather busy Image: The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios Polygon Summer Game Fest 2026 Live game reveals, world premiere trailers, and what’s next from 40+ developers, publishers, and hardware makers. Dive in→ Summer Game Fest 2026 is coming to a close, and whew, what a time it is to be a video game fan. There are so many new release dates for upcoming games, from the biggest AAA titles to up-and-coming indies and everything in between. Through the rest of this year and into the start of 2027, it’s time to update your…

Valheim developer Iron Gate Studios has just announced that the Deep North update–which will bring the game out of early access into version 1.0–will be released on September 9, 2026. The viking survival game is also coming to two new platforms, with PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2 versions coming soon. Deep North has been a long time coming for Valheim fans, who have been waiting for a new major update since Ashlands released over two years ago. The game has been in early access now for over five years, while Iron Gate slowly added new biomes and features to bring…