💿 Less discs, more pitchforks
Sony’s physical-disc phaseout continues to trigger backlash
🎮 PlayStation plans to stop manufacturing discs for newly released games beginning in January 2028. Retailers, preservation advocates, players, and Kojima are objective over resale rights, ownership, pricing, and long-term access.
📈 Topping the charts
Palworld officially reaches version 1.0
🌱 Version 1.0 release this past Friday sparked its biggest resurgence since launch, reaching 855,525 concurrent Steam players on Sunday and potentially surpassing 1 million total players when PS5 and Xbox Game Pass users are included.
steamdb - 7/13/2026
🦜 Back to plunder
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced launches to positive reviews
⚓ Ubisoft’s updated adventure arrived July 9th with an overhauled engine, gameplay changes, added content, and significant modernization.
Other news
🏢 Microsoft announces its largest Xbox restructuring yet
🔨 Obsidian begins new Fallout game development
🕹️ Id Software loses roughly half of its workforce
🦸♀️ Marvel Rivals Season 9 delivers a systems overhaul, releases Jubilee
💗 Summer Games Done Quick raises more than $2.4 million
Recent and upcoming dates of patches and releases
2026 Game Calendar
Attack on Titan 3 — (July 2)
Rhythm Heaven Groove — (July 2)
Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations (DLC) — (July 7)
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced — (July 9)
Backyard Baseball — (July 9)
Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game — (July 23)
Splatoon Raiders — (July 23)
Everquest Legends — (July 28)
Halo: Campaign Evolved — (July 28)
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls — (August 6)
Madden NFL 27 — (August 13)
Mortal Shell II — (August 20)
Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 — (August 27)
Star Wars Zero Company — (August 27)
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy — (August 27)
Onimusha: Way of the Sword — (September 4)
Valheim 1.0 — (September 9)
Marvel’s Wolverine — (September 15)
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave — (September 17)
Control Resonant — (September 24)
Minecraft Dungeons II — (September 29)
Rayman Legends Retold — (October 1)
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve — (October 2)
Gears of War: E-Day — (October 6)
Star Wars: Galactic Racer — (October 6)
Planet Zoo 2 — (October 13)
Final Fantasy Resonance — (October 22)
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort — (October 22)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 — (October 23)
Grand Theft Auto VI — (November 19)
The Duskbloods — (Date TBA)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake — (Date TBA)
Pokémon Winds and Waves — (Date TBA)
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