Video Game News 7/11/2026

Video Game News 7/11/2026

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#Software
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Update: id Software Issues Statement: “We still have the crew we need to build the games and tech we’re known for”

Id claims it has "the crew we need to build the games and tech we're known for" following mass layoffs

Doom studio id Software responds to Xbox layoffs reports

id Software provides proof of life, says it 'still has the crew we need to build the games and tech we're known for' after massive layoffs

id Software Issues Statement Following Xbox Layoffs, Says It's Back to the Size It Was When It Made 2016's Doom

Doom Maker id Software Pushes Back Against Concerns About Its Future: ‘We Still Have The Crew We Need To Build The Games And Tech We’re Known For’

#Creed
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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's standard edition is "is the full, complete experience", Ubisoft insist in response to Steam DLC furore

Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag Resynced Guide – How To Farm Money/Reales

Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag Resynced Guide – Inventory Crafting Upgrades

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced’s DLC Packs “Entirely Optional,” Says Ubisoft After Backlash

Ubisoft Barcelona Faces Layoffs After Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Launch

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Has Sold 2 Million Copies

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake Studio Faced with Layoffs Despite Successful Launch

Black Flag Resynced blows every other Assassin's Creed - and very nearly The Witcher 3 - out of the Steam waters

AC Black Flag Resynced Is A Hit, But People Are Particularly Upset About One Thing

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced sells 2 million copies in 1 day and achieves the 'highest concurrent player count ever recorded for an Assassin's Creed title' on Steam

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Sales Reach 2 Million on Day 1

'Additional Packs Are Entirely Optional': Ubisoft Responds to Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Microtransactions Backlash, as $60 Game Arrives With $85 of DLC

Ubisoft Says Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Is The ‘Full, Complete Experience’ As Negative Steam Reviews Pile Up Over Microtransactions

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Unit Sales Figures Are The First Ubisoft Has Released In Many Years

#RoadToGloryAndOnlineDynas
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EA College Football Mobile 27 brings America's game to mobile for the first time

Why Is EA SPORTS College Football 27 Such a Mess Right Now?

College Football 27 Removing Paid Progression Options From Road to Glory & Online Dynasty Tomorrow

Top 10 Stadium Entrances in College Football 27

Top 10 Most Fun Players to Use in College Football 27

EA College Football 27 to lose microtransactions in Road to Glory and Online Dynasty

College Football 27 Folds Under Pressure Over Microtransactions

EA Confirms Plan to Remove Paid Progression Options in EA Sports College Football 27 Following Community Backlash

#Bethesda
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Bethesda union confirms Xbox layoff protests: ‘We won’t quietly disappear’

"We mean business" - Bethesda union members to march in protest of sweeping Xbox job cuts

"They want us to accept this as a done deal and quietly disappear" – Bethesda union members organise protest in response to Xbox layoffs

Bethesda union staff to march outside studios over Xbox layoffs: 'The company wants us to accept this as a done deal and quietly disappear'

#FinalFantasyViiRevelation
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Why does Square Enix keep shutting down its mobile games?

Square Enix reveals traversal methods in Final Fantasy VII Revelation

Square Enix Kills Publisher that Brought Call of Duty to Japan

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Fans Are Still Being Terrorized By Glitched Chocobos Two Years Later

#Leak
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Leak reveals LEGO Donkey Kong Arcade Set

Donkey Kong Arcade Set Surfaces In New LEGO Leak, Here's A First Look

Here’s a look at the $200 LEGO Donkey Kong Arcade machine

The New Donkey Kong LEGO Set is a Game About a Game

#FairyEntirelySquareEnixFi
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The Adventures Of Elliot: The Millennium Tales Just Fixed One Of Its Most Divisive Problems

Adventures Of Elliot Patch Lets You Remove The Incessant Voice Support

Adventures of Elliot Version 1.1.0 allows you to turn off character support voice

Square Enix Finally Gives Up And Lets Players Turn Off Adventures Of Elliot’s Annoying Fairy Entirely

#WarLaufey
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Don't Worry, You'll Get to Own God of War Laufey on a PS5 Disc

God Of War: Laufey Will Launch Before January 2028, Confirms Santa Monica

God of War Laufey Physical Disc Release Confirmed, Suggesting 2027 Launch

God Of War Laufey Promises Physical Disc Version, All But Confirming 2027 Launch

#NerfsList
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Marvel Rivals Season 9: Complete Hero Buffs and Nerfs List

Valve fix up Marvel Rivals on SteamOS / Linux with Proton Hotfix

Marvel Rivals Season 9 – Jubilee, Team-Up Overhaul And A New Mystery Begin

#SteamMachineVerified
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Steam Beta adds Steam Machine Verified information to the interface

Steam Machine Verified medals appear on games' store pages overnight, as if left by the Compatibility Fairy

E-Ink faceplates for the Steam Machine are coming, but not from Valve

#RadiatorForever
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"Compliance-in-advance is never enough to appease a zealous censor": Robert Yang on the current challenge of bringing experimental gay games to Steam

"Just too gay" - Robert Yang is battling censorship to launch a collection of his award-winning games on Steam and Itch, and it's completely free

‘Gay As A Service’ Game Bundle Impossible To Find On Steam Because ‘Compliance-In-Advance Is Never Enough To Appease A Zealous Censor’

#JohnCarmack
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Id Software co-founder John Carmack "can’t muster anger or outrage" over Xbox gutting the Doom studio, but does say it'll "dampen the mood of the founder reunion"

Id Software founder John Carmack mourns layoffs: "Games need to succeed, not just be beloved"

"My 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well" - id Software co-founder John Carmack speaks out after devastating Xbox layoffs

#AnniversaryLiveStreamEven
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No New Game Will Appear at Star Ocean 30th Anniversary Live Stream

Square Enix to Host Star Ocean 30th Anniversary Live Stream Event on July 19, No New Game to be Announced

Star Ocean 30th anniversary live stream set for this month

#Homecoming
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Arknights: Endfield Homecoming Update Launches July 16

Arknights: Endfield Celebrates Six Months Of Factories And Ziplines During It’s Next Update

Arknights: Endfield’s Homecoming Update Adds New Wuling Maps and Operators on July 16

#AnimeExpo2026
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Everything We Played at Anime Expo 2026 – Hands-On Impressions

Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2, Ghost in the Shell, and 11 more major Anime Expo 2026 reveals

Anime Expo 2026 Concludes 35th Edition

#FeaturesAndVehiclesTransp
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Transport Fever 3 devs showcase new Features and Vehicles

Transport Fever 3 ‘First Look’ Shows Off Features & Vehicles

#Rockstar
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Rockstar have stayed mum on GTA 6 multiplayer, but they might be hedging their bets with a new GTA Online heist that boasts a "unique new level of replayability"

Prepare for GTA 6 by Robbing an Art Gallery in GTA Online on PS5 Next Week

#Windows
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LDPlayer 14 Android emulator updates its Android base and Hyper-V support

LDPlayer 14 Updates Android Base and Hyper-V Compatibility for PC Mobile Gaming

#EscapeFromUmbra
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Escape From Umbra launch trailer – survival escape room game hits Nintendo Switch

Escape From Umbra Wants To Make You Fear The Dark

#MegaManStarForceLegacyCol
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Capcom explains why Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection uses RE Engine

Capcom on why it used RE Engine for Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection

#PikminBloom
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Garfield Kart Takes Aim at Nintendo Following Mario Kart Tour Shutdown

Garfield Craps On Mario Over Upcoming Mario Kart Game Shutdown

#WaitForThisStormToPass
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Analyst Says Sony Won't Reverse Decision to End Physical PlayStation Games

Sony Will Not Reverse Physical Games Decision And Will “Wait For This Storm To Pass,” Says Analyst

#Splatoon
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Splatoon 3 Splatoon Raiders Splatfest Starts Today

Fighting Style Splatfest start & end time, rewards - Splatoon 3

#Switch2
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Digimon Story: Time Stranger Switch 2 Port Was Worth the Wait

Digimon Story Time Stranger Now Available on Nintendo Switch Consoles

#TalkingPoint
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Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 641

Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (11th July)