Palworld 1.0 Is Here. The Price Didn't Go Up. And the Game That Wasn't Supposed to Work Just Hit 40 Million Players.
The concept sounded ridiculous. Pokemon with guns. The internet argued over whether it should even exist. And now it has 40 million players, an Overwhelmingly Positive Steam rating, and the price didn't go up for the full release.
Palworld 1.0 Is Here. The Price Didn't Go Up. And the Game That Wasn't Supposed to Work Just Hit 40 Million Players.
The concept sounded ridiculous. Pokemon with guns. The internet argued over whether it should even exist. And now it has 40 million players, an Overwhelmingly Positive Steam rating, and the price didn't go up for the full release.
Xbox Just Cut 3,200 Jobs. Three Days Later the CEO Is Advising the Federal Reserve.
3,200 jobs cut. The internal memo published on Twitter. 64 cents lost on every dollar invested. 14 layers of management. And three days later the CEO who did it all is advising the Federal Reserve on jobs. You cannot make this up.
Hunger: The Extraction RPG That Might Finally Get It Right
The team that built Hell Let Loose is back with something completely different. Hunger is an extraction RPG set in Napoleonic Europe and from everything I've seen in the playtest it already looks ready for early access.
Moonlight Peaks Is a Vampire Farming Sim That Just Launched to 87% Positive on Steam. For $35.
You play as Dracula's kid who ran away from home to start a farm. You sleep in a coffin. You water crops with magic spells. 87% positive on Steam in two days. $34.99 and no nonsense.
Meccha Chameleon Sold 2 Million Copies in a Week. It Costs Six Dollars. One Person Made It.
One developer. Six dollars. Two million copies in a week. 132K concurrent players. It outsold Forza and Final Fantasy on the Steam charts. A game about painting yourself to look like a wall.
Sand Raiders of Sophie Playtest: I Played All Weekend. Here's Where It's At.
I've been following this game for over a year. Played the early alpha. The server slam this weekend was a completely different experience. When it worked it was fantastic. Here's where it's at.
Conquest of Azeroth: The Best New WoW Isn't From Blizzard
21 classes. 70 specs. 30K players per server. 10 hour queues on opening day. The best new WoW experience in years and Blizzard had nothing to do with it. Play it while you can.
Sony Is Killing Physical Games. Their Own Studio Just Trolled Them About It.
170,000 signatures. Six days of silence. Dominoes making memes. And Insomniac publicly confirming Wolverine gets a real disc while the parent company kills the format. Sony's silence is the statement.
Best Games Coming in July 2026: 5 Headliners and 5 Under the Radar
Two massive remakes drop on the same day. A DOOM expansion. A Splatoon game nobody expected. And enough indie picks to fill the gaps before September obliterates your wallet. Here's what's worth playing in July.
Steam Machine Costs $1,049 and Can Barely Keep Up With a PS5. We Called It.
We said the Steam Machine would be over $1,000. It's $1,049. It performs at PS5 levels. For the same money you can build something 60% faster. This is dead on arrival.
Steam Deck Prices Just Jumped 44%. Gaming's Pricing Bubble Is About to Pop.
A Steam Deck now costs more than a PS5. More than an Xbox. The 1TB model is $949. When a hobby costs too much, people find other hobbies. The industry hasn't figured that out yet.
Steam Controller Sold Out in 30 Minutes: Scalpers, Crashes, and What It Means
Sold out in 30 minutes. Store crashed. Scalpers at $300. Valve built a great product and fumbled the launch.
Bungie Just Cut Half Its Studio. 400 People Gone. What's Even Left?
Over 400 people on a single layoff call. Half the studio. Marathon can't hold an audience. Destiny is over. The studio that made Halo is heading toward extinction and nobody can explain what comes next.
Bungie Just Killed Destiny for a Game Nobody Wanted
Sony paid $3.6 billion. Destiny is dead. Destiny 3 doesn't exist. More layoffs are coming. And the developers who built the franchise are being funneled into a game that 10,000 people play.
Slay the Spire 2 Review Bomb: Stop Telling Consumers What Counts
Three review bombs in two months. 80,000 negative reviews. And the only debate anyone wants to have is whether or not it's fair. We're asking the wrong question.
Week of July 13–19, 2026