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For Operation Flashpoint's 25th anniversary, Bohemia Interactive released the GPL source code to Arma: Cold War Assault, plus a remastered demo.
Atari Legacy, a new quarterly about Atari history, went on sale June 23. The catch: it's typeset on an accelerated Atari Falcon030 using period design software.
Two specialist retailers say they won't carry GTA 6 because its physical edition is a download code in a box, not a disc, reviving the physical media fight.
US physical game spending rose 3% to $1.6 billion in the year to May 2026, its first annual growth since 2009, driven almost entirely by the Switch 2.
Microsoft is raising Xbox Series prices worldwide from August 1: $100 more for 512GB models, $150 for 1TB, and the 2TB model is discontinued entirely.
Dolphin release 2606 finally emulates the GameCube's Game Boy Player, a feature requested over 16 years ago, plus fixes and the last unplayable Triforce game.
The original 1994 arcade version of Tekken arrives on PS5, Xbox Series, and Switch 2 on June 25 via Hamster's Arcade Archives 2, the line's first Namco System 11 title.
iam8bit's new $99.99 physical Genesis cartridges of Sonic 1 and Sonic 2 have drawn heavy fan backlash, since the originals are among the cheapest, most common carts around.
Take-Two has confirmed GTA VI's physical edition ships with no disc, just a download code in the box. The $80 game arrives November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series.
For the N64's 30th, 8BitDo revealed Wave Blue gear: a Retro 87 keyboard ($99.99) and Ultimate 2 controller ($59.99), both aimed at PC and mobile, not Switch.