gaming articles published July 1, 2025
July 1 articles
- 25 years later, Diablo 2 director still hasn't gotten over how much the stamina bar sucks: "It's like a newbie tax almost"
- 'Patient gaming' only gets more attractive when $70 games get heavy Steam sale discounts just months after launch
- In a massive shakeup, Subnautica creators and Unknown Worlds co-founders have been replaced by The Callisto Protocol studio CEO months before Subnautica 2's early access launch
- I Already Sold My Switch 2 and I Don’t Regret It
- 25 years after launch and 15 years after its last Evo appearance, the legendary Marvel vs Capcom 2 is back on the big stage and we're set for "the largest MvC2 tournament of all time"
- Destiny 2 just got weird: Launch trailer leans hard into time travel and looks more like a Control crossover
- A new WoW event boosts ultra-rare item drop rates tenfold, which admittedly isn't a huge difference when the starting number is 0.5%
- Hey Blizzard, the best part of Diablo 4 Season 9 isn't even in the patch notes: a new wardrobe quality-of-life feature that changes the true endgame – fashion
- Minecraft is finally making copper useful with a new tier of tools bridging the gap from stone to iron, and a long-lost mob returning as the automatic item sorter fans have wanted for years
- Elden Ring Nightreign players are using an extremely rare Legendary sword to juice their stats to the moon, stacking thousands of HP and even one-hitting final bosses
- PlayStation Store Update Worldwide July 1, 2025
- I'm diagnosing survivors of a zombie apocalypse and only occasionally mistaking cold symptoms for the zombie plague in this military base management sim
- 'It makes me cringe every time': 25 years after Diablo 2 reshaped the RPG landscape, Diablo creator David Brevik still thinks its stamina bar sucks
- Prime Day Started Early With Deals on Gaming Laptop and Desktop PCs
- Get 3 Beloved PS4 Open-World Shooters Bundled For 80% Off on PS Store
- Red Dead Redemption 2's Strange Tales of the West Update Brings Cryptids to Multiplayer
- WWE 2K25 On Nintendo Switch 2 Gets A Release Date
- PS6 to ‘Push the Boundaries’ of Video Game Graphics
- Nintendo pulls Switch 2 from Amazon. Here's why, when it's back in stock online
- FromSoftware ruins my entire week by announcing Elden Ring Nightreign's next Everdark boss fight is the bug duo that frankly already sucks
- "A new low": The Final Fantasy 14 cash shop just got a $42 outfit set, more expensive than anything that's come before and even pricier than the MMO's latest expansion
- I have 464 games on my Steam wishlist, 23 games in my Steam Summer Sale shopping cart, and I can feel my already overstuffed library giving me the side-eye
- I'm a Nintendo Expert and TV Calibrator. Here's What's Wrong With the Nintendo Switch 2 Screen
- I'm a Nintendo Expert and TV Calibrator. Here's What's Wrong With the Nintendo Switch 2 Screen
- 'Give me more of that': Monster Hunter Wilds players have discovered its returning monsters got hands, and they're thrilled to be getting clobbered
- Neglected Rockstar Game Getting Surprise New Free Missions
- RedMagic Astra review: "small form factor, big potential"
- Phoenix and Blade headline the new Marvel Rivals season, and it starts next week
- I played Elden Ring Nightreign for goofy co-op shenanigans, but wound up punched in my feelings by the Revenant's remembrance questline
- Best gaming console in 2025: every major system tested and ranked
- Sega president says "reviving" the Sonic maker will be "the greatest achievement in my career," despite also working on the first PlayStation and helping make Kingdom Hearts happen
- 'It took a while to get there, but now we feel we're in a good place': Fatshark's design director talks doing years of repair work on Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
- Upcoming PSVR 2 Games: New PlayStation VR2 games for 2025 and beyond
- Best Laptop Deal of the Day: $1,200 Savings on a Killer HP Gaming Rig
- The best SSD for PS5 in 2025: top storage expansion options tested and ranked
- PlayStation 6? Sony and AMD's Plan to Power Next Gen Consoles With AI
- The PlayStation 6 Will Probably Be Powered By AI
- MAME 0.78 Has Arrived With Overhauled Sound Emulation
- My best friend is a gaming mouse: An ode to the finest rodent around, the Logitech G Pro X Superlight
- All the best PS5 controllers we recommend shopping for during Black Friday this week
- After having spent nearly a month playing Nintendo Switch 2, I’ve settled on the very best Switch 2 games to play right now
- Get an entire tabletop role-playing library for the price of one book, thanks to what might be the most impressive bundle of RPGs I've ever seen in my 22 years in the hobby
- Want to know what the best Xbox controllers are this Black Friday? These are the ones we recommend above all else
- Deus Ex was a hard sell because, among other things, the Thief devs thought 'if you give players a gun, they won't sneak'
- Nintendo relents, confirms Donkey Kong Bananza is being made by the Super Mario Odyssey team after weeks of fans guessing just that
- Nintendo to revise hardware, game, and membership pricing in Canada amid changing market conditions — Switch 2 remains unaffected, change slated for August 1
- Dying Light: The Beast will "hint at the future of the series," which is why it's doing away with Dying Light 2's narrative choices
- Red Dead Online Fans React With Surprise and Delight as Rockstar Releases New Missions, Sparking Even More Speculation About Red Dead Redemption 2
- Fortnite's newest mode is a frantic dopamine machine that lives up to the hype—and I hope it's a new-player gateway to more considered battle royales
- All the best PC controllers I recommend if you're looking to buy a new gamepad for desktop
