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🔺 Polygon
Cataclysm Arcade exclusive TCG previews reveal 3 new Endlings cards
Ahead of the June 2 launch of Cataclysm Arcade’s Kickstarter, Polygon can offer an exclusive reveal of three new cards and lore about the Endlings….
⭐ GameSpot
Don’t Have a Switch 2 To Play Star Fox? Try This Upcoming PS5 And Xbox Game Instead
If you’re yearning for a modern reinterpretation of Star Fox’s rail-shooter gameplay but don’t own a Switch 2 to play the upcoming remake, then you’ll want to consider playing Wild Blue Skies. Develop…
⭐ GameSpot
Another Vital Figure Has Left Bandai Namco
Bandai Namco’s Tekken team has had several high-profile departures over the past year. First was assistant director Yohei Shimbori in August of 2025, followed by Executive Director and the “face of Te…
🇪🇺 Eurogamer
Modern Warfare 4 developer Infinity Ward has been firing off episodes of its quasi-documentary series, From the Ward, at a rapid pace since the game’s reveal last week. The show, filmed at the studio,…
📡 GamesRadar+
Return of the Ancients is seeing a popular, but shaky, launch for the Diablo 4 rival…
📰 Notable Stories
- ⭐ GameSpot — Monopoly Go Is Crossing Over With The Simpsons For A Battle Of The Billionaires
- 📡 GamesRadar+ — 10 years after launch, Steam icon Factorio gets its “last major update” as devs reveal plan to “conclude the active gameplay development”
- ✂️ Rock Paper Shotgun — Factorio’s next major update will be a swansong, as Wube Software “shift the focus onto long term support” and new projects
- ⭐ GameSpot — StarCraft 2’s Biggest Update In Years Will “Shake Up Everything”
- ⭐ GameSpot — Arc Raiders Could Be Getting A PvE-Only Mode
- ⭐ GameSpot — Baldur’s Gate 2 (And Probably The Original) Reportedly Getting Remakes
- 🟠 IGN — Factorio Set for Its Last Major Update, a Decade After Launch
- 🇪🇺 Eurogamer — As Path of Exile 2 player numbers surge, Grinding Gear Games promises it won’t forget about Path of Exile 1
- 🇪🇺 Eurogamer — Blizzard surprises with meta-shaking StarCraft 2 update after years of quieter support and fixes – “Some of these changes are wild”
- 🇪🇺 Eurogamer — We may learn the Steam Machine launch date very soon, as Steam’s backend just got updated with a welcome tour
⚡ Quick Bits
- 🇪🇺 The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition continues to cause headaches as Obsidian somehow botches free upgrade deployment on consoles (Eurogamer)
- 🟣 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Promises No More ‘Clowny’ Skins: ‘No Lady Gaga, No Omni-Man, No Teletubbies, No SpongeBob’ (Kotaku)
- ✂️ This week in PC games: Summer Game Fest, the Gothic remake, and the policing of furry Chicago (Rock Paper Shotgun)
- 🔺 5 SGF game announcements that haven’t had updates in years (Polygon)
- 🤖 Marathon adds PvE-focused mode tomorrow alongside free-to-play season 2 launch (Destructoid)
- 🟠 Fortnite Fans Are at War Over a Controversial Streamer’s Inclusion, and the Toxic Backlash It’s Created (IGN)
- 🖥️ Minecraft’s 3rd game drop of 2026 has been revealed, and its new biome automatically makes it the best one yet (PC Gamer)
- 🇪🇺 Matt Berry won’t tell us who is he playing in the A Minecraft Movie sequel, but at least the film has an official release date (Eurogamer)
- 📡 Palworld lead calls Factorio “one of the most influential games” on Steam, and “can’t imagine” how different the gaming landscape would be without it (GamesRadar+)
- 📡 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 boss promises transparency over SBMM: “All will be revealed soon” (GamesRadar+)
📊 Sources: Polygon (2) · GameSpot (6) · Eurogamer (6) · GamesRadar+ (4) · Rock Paper Shotgun (2) · IGN (2) · Kotaku (1) · Destructoid (1) · PC Gamer (1)
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