gaming articles published July 2, 2025

July 2 articles

• Of the 9,000 workers let go in Microsoft's layoff blitz, less than half were at Xbox specifically
• EA Sports and 2K hint at revival of college basketball video games
• Diablo 4 has finally given dungeons their teeth back and the loot hunt has never been more satisfying
• Today's Dune: Awakening patch notes are as long as a sandworm, with more than 300 changes, bug fixes, and squashed exploits
• Why I Want More Games to Rip Off My Favorite Movies
• "Phil is not retiring anytime soon": Xbox responds to rumors Phil Spencer is leaving after Microsoft's next console launch
• Blizzard ends new content development for Warcraft Rumble and lays off staff: Former employee says 'most' of the team has been let go
• The Best Gaming Laptops for 2025
• EA reportedly expects Battlefield 6 to bring in 100 million players, a number that even DICE devs don't think is feasible
• I Love Survival Crafting Games, but I Can't Bring Myself to Play Another
• Dying Light dev Techland has reportedly chucked two more cancelled games into today's river of bad news
• Quiz time! Can you guess which games these 10 ridiculous patch notes are from?
• The Elder Scrolls Online director Matt Firor, who helped launch ZeniMax Online Studios in 2007, is leaving the company
• After 18 years, Elder Scrolls Online director and studio head Matt Firor is leaving the company amid Microsoft layoffs: "There are many more stories to be told, adventures to be had"
• Madden NFL 26 Game Updates Revealed
• I blinked and Hades 2 has another patch out, but here's the real news: Supergiant says it "will likely be our final patch before our v1.0 launch"
• The best story games 2025 - video game stories that are unforgettable
• You Only Have Until July 7 to Grab Some Rare First Chapter Lorcana Cards
• Underrated PS4 Action Game Is 70% Off on PS Store
• Madden 26 franchise mode revealed: 'Biggest update in over a decade'
• 3 Games Where Your Choices Actually Matter
• The Best Gaming Monitors for 2025
• Microsoft cancels the Perfect Dark reboot that blew us away last year, closes developer The Initiative
• Unannounced MMO From The Elder Scrolls Online Dev Canceled, Veteran Studio Head Steps Down Amid Microsoft Layoffs
• Perfect Dark reboot canceled amid heavy Xbox layoffs, with developer The Initiative shuttered and Forza developer Turn 10 reportedly losing half its staff
• Next Big PS5 Pro System Update Further Detailed by Sony
• Video Game Publication Kotaku Acquired by Gizmodo Owner Keleops
• The Best Gaming PCs for 2025
• Best horror games: the scariest titles to play in 2025
• 'Instantly lost all desire to even start': Mecha Break's Steam rating lands at an early 'Mixed' as players realize the beta's customization options have been turned into MTX fodder
• Microsoft Scraps ‘Perfect Dark’ Reboot, ‘Everwild’ and Other Games, Closes Studio The Initiative
• Battlefield 6 has reportedly cost over $400 million to make and led to developers taking up to 9 months off due to burnout
• Ohio gamers—GameStop might owe you money. See if you qualify in $4.5 million settlement
• WWE 2K25 has the biggest game file size on Switch 2, and is releasing as a code in a box despite advertising a game key card in its trailer
• Rare's Everwild has been cancelled amidst Microsoft's enormous cuts to staff and studios
• After 7 years of development, Elder Scrolls Online developer's new MMO is reportedly canceled amid wider Xbox layoffs
• Palworld's Terraria update lands it back in Steam's Top 10 with over 120,000 players coming back, but its community manager is just waiting for people to brand it a 'dead game' again
• 'It's not like we applied for the award ourselves': Dave the Diver director reminds people that 'there's nothing indie' about his game and the controversial indie nomination was out of his control
• Persona offers a new contender for silliest JRPG villain with Persona 5: The Phantom X and its "Subway Slammer," who declares "the whole subway's mine for the slammin'!"
• Dune: Awakening review: Sun’s out fun’s out
• Dark and Darker update plunges the game into negative Steam reviews, director blames his "inconsistent decisions and shallow responses to feedback" and says "we're not particularly good at developing games" by chasing "successful formulas"
• The PC game releases we're most excited about in July
• Deus Ex devs say they weren't trying to make a statement when they made one of the most political games of all time: 'What I think is the right future for humanity is irrelevant. It's all about what each player thinks'
• Asus ROG Azoth X review: "a top-tier mechanical deck with the price tag to match"
• PS5 architect Mark Cerny is preparing for "the next generation of consoles" but doesn't expect to talk about hardware for a few years
• Videogames on the scale of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 could be on the way for other World of Darkness TTRPGs, including Mage: The Ascension and Changeling: The Dreaming
• Final Fantasy 14 is fast-tracking one of my most-anticipated fixes, releasing an entire month earlier than expected
• Asked about concerns Switch 2 game-key cards could turn off players and third-party publishers, Nintendo president says the controversial cards were introduced since file sizes have gone up
• The best SD cards for Switch in 2025: the perfect way to expand your Nintendo game collection