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Square Enix announced on PlayStation’s Sept. 3 State of Play that Final Fantasy VII Revelation, the Remake trilogy finale, launches April 8, 2027 across major platforms.
#finalfantasyvii, #finalfantasy, #gaming, #squareenix
ArenaNet’s preview of Guild Wars 3 highlights movement-heavy combat, cleaner HUD, PC and PS5 plans and a buy-to-play model; first beta slated for fall 2027.
#guildwars3, #arenanet, #mmorpg, #gaming
Take-Two filed federal DMCA subpoenas as new alleged Grand Theft Auto VI clips spread online days before Rockstar's Aug. 27 'Extended Look'.
$TTWO, #gta6, #take-two, #rockstar, #dmca, #gaming
Activision sets Call of Duty: NEXT for Aug. 21; Modern Warfare 4 Early Access beta runs Aug. 21–25, Open Beta Aug. 28–Sept. 1. Preloads start Aug. 20.
#callofduty, #gaming, #activision, #mw4
Netflix is closing Night School Studio in Los Angeles and planning to shut Helsinki-based Moonloot as it reorganizes its games business.
$NFLX, #netflix, #gaming, #video-games, #layoffs
A Saudi-led consortium completed a $55 billion acquisition of Electronic Arts, taking the publisher private and delisting EA from Nasdaq.
$EA, #ea, #gaming, #acquisition, #pif
Microsoft released Halo: Campaign Evolved on July 28 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC — the first official Halo release on PlayStation, a ground-up remake focused on the single-player campaign.
$MSFT, #halo, #microsoft, #gaming, #playstation
Santa Monica Studio announced God of War: Laufey will launch on PS5 Feb. 16, 2027, and said a separate Kratos-led follow-up is planned but no details were given.
$SONY, #godofwar, #playstation, #santamonica, #gaming
EU regulators cleared the PIF-led $55B takeover of Electronic Arts, lifting a major antitrust obstacle though foreign-subsidy and U.S. reviews remain.
$EA, #electronicarts, #pif, #merger, #gaming
CD Projekt Red will show the first public look at The Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past during Gamescom Opening Night Live on Aug. 25 in Cologne.
#thewitcher3, #cdprojektred, #gamescom, #gaming
Xbox will cut roughly 3,200 jobs through fiscal 2027 and shift from a broad studio-and-subscription model to concentrate on established franchises.
$MSFT, #xbox, #microsoft, #layoffs, #gaming, #gamepass
CWA and CWA Canada say Microsoft cut hundreds of union Xbox jobs on July 6 without required bargaining; Microsoft says it has begun effects bargaining.
$MSFT, #xbox, #microsoft, #unions, #layoffs, #gaming
FromSoftware published dates and registration details for a closed August network test of The Duskbloods on Nintendo Switch 2; applications open July 22.
#gaming, #nintendoswitch2, #fromsoftware, #theduskbloods
Riot Games will launch League of Legends Classic on July 29: a Season 3-inspired 'greatest hits' mode with 60 champions, classic items and modern tech.
#leagueoflegends, #riotgames, #gaming, #gamelaunch
Texas WARN filing shows 136 id Software layoffs tied to Microsoft's Xbox cuts, removing much of the studio's public headcount and raising concerns about lost technical knowledge.
$MSFT, #gaming, #layoffs, #microsoft, #idsoftware
