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A day-long Xbox outage stopped digital games, and then it stopped disc-based and backward-compatible ones too. The plastic did not save anybody.
US hardware spending fell 62% year-over-year to $383 million in June, driven by the impossible comparison with Switch 2's 2025 launch, even as Xbox Series spending doubled.
Microsoft begins an ad-supported cloud streaming test for Xbox Insiders, offering free access to owned games with pre-roll ads.
Atlus released a new character trailer for Persona 4 Revival, introducing Chie Satonaka voiced by Anne Yatco, ahead of the remake's February 2027 launch.
Bandai Namco confirms the physical release of The Blood of Dawnwalker contains the full game on disc and is playable offline, despite a planned day-one update.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 was pulled from Game Pass days before launch. Microsoft confirms a licensing snag, and the likely culprit is the legendary soundtrack.
Hamster's Arcade Archives has revived Syvalion, Taito's 1988 dragon shooter from Bubble Bobble creator Fukio Mitsuji, its first re-release in about 20 years.
Truxton Extreme, the first new entry in Toaplan's legendary shmup series in 38 years, launches July 30 on PS5, Switch 2, Xbox, and PC, led by original creator Masahiro Yuge.
Geppy-X, a 1999 Japan-only PS1 shmup built like a 70s super-robot anime, gets a fully localized global remaster today, its cutscenes restored from the original Betacam masters.
QUByte's Plungeez is a 16-bit Metroidvania with no combat, just a plunger and a sewer full of puzzles. It launches on Switch, PC, PlayStation, and Xbox on August 13.