Gaming

Kotaku reports layoffs at Psychonauts 2 studio Double Fine as it separates from Xbox, with the number of affected workers and roles still unclear.

PlayStation Plus members get Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition, Big Walk, and Signalis from August 4 through August 31.

GOG says it has a Linux specialist on board and is exploring how to approach GOG Galaxy support on Linux, with no timeline or release plan yet.

Resident Evil 2 remake has reached 19.75 million copies, moving past Resident Evil 5’s 19.01 million and taking the franchise sales lead after 15 years.

OtherSide Entertainment says Thick As Thieves will receive no further content updates, with peer-to-peer servers planned to preserve solo and co-op play.

The European Commission approved the $55bn Electronic Arts acquisition by Saudi Arabia PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners after finding no competition concerns.

Project Zomboid Build 42.20 will move to the stable public branch on July 29, 2026, with Build 41 and Unstable 42.19 saves kept on separate beta branches.

Valve updated Steam Wishlists on July 22, 2026 with custom categories, filtered share links, demo alerts, and connected gifting improvements including guest checkout for games.

Microsoft launched Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC in early release on July 22, 2026, covering four original Xbox games on Windows 11 PCs and supported handhelds.

Japan Patent Office kept Nintendo and The Pokemon Company application No. 2026-019762 rejected, with a 2013 Pokemon Generations video still used against inventive step.

Grim Dawn: Fangs of Asterkarn launches on Steam and GOG on July 23 at 10AM EDT for $18.99, while the Xbox release is delayed and likely moving to August.

The FBI arrested a 21-year-old Florida resident after investigators alleged fake Steam-listed games infected about 8,000 PCs and helped steal at least $220,000 from roughly 80 crypto wallets.