Video Game News 6/11/2026

#Valve
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Valve won't let retailers stock physical Steam gift cards anymore because "scammers have adapted" to whatever security measures they've tried

Valve to no longer offer physical gift cards due to scammers

Steam Will Stop Selling Physical Gift Cards After Years of Scam Abuse

Valve phasing out physical Steam gift cards to combat scammers

Valve Discontinuing Physical Steam Gift Cards Because of Scammers

Steam's tired of gift card scams, so it's killing them off for good

Physical Steam gift cards are being ended by Valve because scammers keep using them to trick people

Valve confirms it won't restock Steam Gift Cards

Steam Will No Longer Sell Physical Gift Cards Due to Scammers

Valve ends physical Steam gift cards due to widespread scams

Valve will stop selling Steam gift cards at retailers over scam concerns

Valve Is Killing Physical Steam Gift Cards In A Bid To Combat ‘Scammers’

#SummerGameFestPlayDays
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Capcom details the reason for Resident Evil Veronica’s new name, will be third-person

Resident Evil Veronica Will Only Have 1 Camera Option Unlike Trailer

Unlike Its Reveal Trailer, Resident Evil Veronica on PS5 Will Be Fully Third-Person

Preview: Resident Evil: Veronica Is Not A First-Person Game, Despite Its Teaser -SGF 2026

Wondering why Resident Evil Veronica has ditched the "Code" from the original's name? Capcom explains all

Despite its trailer, Capcom says its Resident Evil - Code: Veronica remake is third-person and taking its cue from Resident Evil 2

Capcom says Resident Evil Veronica will be a third-person game

Yes, Resident Evil: Veronica Is A Third-Person Game

How Will Capcom Address Alfred Ashford's Storyline in Resident Evil Veronica?

Resident Evil Veronica Is a Third-Person Game, Capcom Confirms

#Ubisoft
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Ubisoft is closing multiple studios, resulting in up to 380 job losses

Ubisoft Closing Two Studios, Up to 380 Jobs Could Be Cut

Ubisoft closing studios in Winnipeg and Belgrade and cutting publishing roles worldwide, 380 jobs at risk

Ubisoft closing Winnipeg and Belgrade studios and making further layoffs

Ubisoft Closing 2 More Studios Amid Further Cuts and Job Losses

Ubisoft Closing Two Studios And Cutting Up To 380 Staff As Tough Restructuring Continues

#Xbox
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Xbox is reportedly planning major layoffs, as Sharma tells staff: ‘We need to reassess our priorities’

Xbox Planning Major Layoffs Next Month, Could Involve a Studio Closure

Xbox Reportedly Planning Big Layoffs For Next Month

Xbox reportedly planning more layoffs as "CEO calls for "Xbox reset"

Xbox Will Reportedly Undergo Major Layoffs Next Month

#Switch2
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Onimusha: Way of the Sword Demo Hits 1 Million Downloads, as Producer Addresses Difficulty Concerns

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Switch 2 Upgrade Affects Torna Expansion

Any Worries I Had About Onimusha: Way of the Sword Have Evaporated

Onimusha: Way of the Sword Preview – Sharp as All Hell

Hands On: 'Xenoblade Chronicles' On Switch 2 Is A Nice Improvement Over 'X'

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna - The Golden Country Free Switch 2 Upgrade Confirmed

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Is Getting A Collector’s Edition

All Three Xenoblade Chronicles Switch 2 Editions Are Up For Preorder

Lies of P: Complete Edition Switch 2 Preorders Include Some Cool Collectibles

Onimusha: Way of the Sword PC Preorders Are Already Discounted

Onimusha: Way of the Sword is shaping up to be one of 2026's best

#SummerGameFest
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Alien Isolation 2 Has One Killer Change From the First Game

Round Up: Alien: Isolation 2 Previews Say It's More of the Brilliant, Terrifying Same

Round Up: The First Previews Are In For Alien: Isolation 2

‘We Wanted To Match the Original and Go Beyond’ – Alien: Isolation 2’s Director on Improving a Survivor Horror Icon

Hands-On With Alien: Isolation 2 – Survival Horror’s Greatest Stalker Is Back for More

Hands-On: Alien: Isolation 2 Remembers What Made The First Game Great

#PlaystationPlusGameCatalo
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Final Fantasy 16 headlines June’s PS Plus game catalog additions

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for June: Final Fantasy XVI, Sonic X Shadow Generations, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and more

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for June 2026 Headlined by Final Fantasy 16 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance

PS Plus Game Catalog Gets Some Big New Games This Month, Including Final Fantasy 16

#Fortune
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Xbox is exploring ‘radically different business models’ to make its next console affordable

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma teases "radically different business models", hints at potentially cheaper console to arrive this year

Xbox CEO Believes Consoles Are Too Expensive And “Radically Different” Plans Are Needed

Xbox CEO Warns About Next-Gen Console Gaming’s Cost Crisis: ‘We Will Start To See Radically Different Business Models’

#Dragon
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Capcom says Dragon’s Dogma 2’s expansion was built ‘based on wide feedback to the main game’

Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch 3.1 Out Now, Big Improvements Prepare for Dark Arisen DLC

Dragon's Dogma 2 gets first of 2 major updates ahead of Dark Arisen DLC

Don’t Nerf One Of Dragon Dogma 2‘s Best (Worst) Features, You Cowards

#FinalFantasyViiRevelation
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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation could get DLC

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Will Address Rebirth's Excessive Minigame Problem

Final Fantasy VII Revelation DLC will come if demand is there

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director confirms that Midgar is back, but smaller

#SwordArtOnline
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Demo for Sword Art Online Game Echoes of Aincrad Confirmed

Preview: Early Echoes of Aincrad Does Feel Like an SAO MMORPG

Echoes of Aincrad Preview — Don’t Forget, You’re Here Forever

Play the Most Ambitious Sword Art Online Game to Date with a PS5 Demo Next Week

Echoes of Aincrad Preview – SAO Sans Kirito

#Playstation5
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Halo: Campaign Evolved Finally Showcases Extensive Wraith Gameplay (and Its Longest Mission)

Halo: Campaign Evolved’s New 3rd Person Perspective Lets You Experience Missions “Like Never Before”

Halo: Campaign Evolved Is Another PS5 Disc That Requires a Download to Actually Play

I went into Halo: Campaign Evolved thinking it didn't need to exist, but after playing two levels I want full remakes of the original trilogy and Reach

Halo 1 Remake Lets You Play In Third-Person, And It Looks Great

Halo: Campaign Evolved – 9 Minutes Of 3rd Person Gameplay | The Silent Cartographer

Halo: Campaign Evolved – 28 Minute Gameplay Demo | Assault on the Control Room

Halo: Campaign Evolved – The Final Preview

#SummerGameFest
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Wonky witch fable 1666: Amsterdam is the kind of sexy nonsense I want from Assassin's Creed: Hexe

1666: Amsterdam Preview

1666: Amsterdam dev addresses gen-AI accusations, claiming AI assets were an 'oversight'

#2026GamesIncludeBigSurpri
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PS Plus Extra, Premium June 2026 Games Include Big Surprises

8 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Announced for June 2026

Here are our PS Plus Premium and Extra games for June

#TheElderScrollsVi
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XBOX gives rare update on The Elder Scrolls VI after years of silence

'It Looks Amazing and It's Coming Along Well': The Elder Scrolls 6 Is Making Progress

Microsoft Comments on Yet Another The Elder Scrolls 6 No-Show

#StreetFighter
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Street Fighter 6 Has Been Trying to Get Tifa for 3 Years

Capcom Explains How Tifa From Final Fantasy 7 Came to Be a Street Fighter 6 DLC Character

How Street Fighter 6 Landed Tifa And Why She’s Not The Start Of A Flood Of New Guest Characters

#Them
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'It's So Sad They're No Longer Around': Fumito Ueda Would Have Liked to Remake ICO with Shuttered Sony Studio Bluepoint

Ico and Shadow of the Colossus creator Fumito Ueda would like to see his old games on PC someday, too

Shadow of the Colossus Director Fumito Ueda Laments Bluepoint Games Closure

#MonumentOfTriumphDestiny
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Destiny 2's final update sees the MMO hit its highest Steam playercount in two years

Destiny 2’s final update brings a huge number of Guardians back with the aptly-named Monument of Triumph

All 26 new catalysts in Destiny 2's final update

#VampireSurvivors
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Every detail of Blood Dungeon looks slapdash, but its mix of platformer and Vampire survivors gets my heart thumping

JUJUTSU KAISEN RUMBLE SURVIVATON Announced by Vampire Survivors Developer Poncle

#Badger
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Mario Rabbids creator’s Bradley the Badger signed by Focus Entertainment

Bradley the Badger gets new publisher Focus Entertainment

#FinalFantasy16
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Ben Starr reveals he auditioned for James Bond in 007 First Light but he’s ‘so happy I didn’t get it’

'I'm So Happy I Didn't Get It': Ben Starr Auditioned for 007 First Light's James Bond

#OnePiece
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One Piece: Grand Gourmet lets you run Sanji’s restaurant, chaos included

Everything we know about One Piece: Grand Gourmet

#June
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Daily free Monopoly Go dice links (June 2026)

Monopoly Go Free Rolls – June 2026 Links

#SaysNewBusinessModel
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XBOX CEO Says New Business Model is Needed “Rather Than Premium, High-Performance” Consoles

Xbox CEO says RAM crisis means radical new business models needed for Project Helix

#Atlas
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gen ATLAS Name Has Many Layered Meanings, Says Fumito Ueda

"It's not just one definition or meaning" - legendary designer Fumito Ueda says Gen Atlas, the title of his new game, means more than you might think