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According to recent leaks, Activision's upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will blend single-player campaign and multiplayer in an unprecedented way—the campaign's final mission will unfold in a 32-player online battle.

Continuing with past tradition, Xbox will make a strong presence at Gamescom 2025. Officials have revealed the full lineup for its two events on August 20th and 21st. Take a look!

Gears of War: E-Day, the third-person shooter co-developed by Xbox Game Studios and The Coalition, remains on track for a 2026 release.

According to the latest "2025 Famitsu Game White Paper" released by Kadokawa ASCII Research Institute, Japan's game market is projected to grow 3.4% year-on-year, reaching 2.396 trillion yen (approximately $16 billion).

With the decline of traditional gaming conventions like E3, Gamescom's role as a core global gaming event is growing. Organizers have confirmed that Gamescom 2025 will officially begin on August 20th, with an "Opening Night Live" event.

The first-person survival and psychological horror game "Haunted Bloodlines" will release in Q4 2025 on PC Steam and PS5. The official Gamescom trailer has also been released.

The Steam 4X Strategy Game Festival is here! The event page features hundreds of strategy and management simulation games. From interstellar conquest to historical battle reenactments, this week-long sale has something for every strategy player.

Recently, due to pressure from radical groups and to protect their own brand reputations, financial institutions such as Visa and MasterCard have put pressure on gaming platforms like Steam and itch.io. The platforms have been forced to compromise and remove numerous adult games

The latest Steam game sales charts for the week of 2025 are out (July 29, 2025 - August 5, 2025, excluding free games). This week's new release, "Grounded 2," tops the charts, surpassing the popular FPS "Battlefield 6," which peaked at over 520,000 during its beta test.

Nintendo's official announcement shows that its cumulative game console sales have exceeded 860 million units, and software sales have reached 5.9 billion units.

Publisher Kalypso Media recently announced the new strategy game "Disciples: Domination," a new entry in the dark fantasy turn-based strategy game "Disciples" series. This game is the sequel to "Disciples: Liberation," but the developer has changed. "Liberation" is developed by Canadian developer

Take-Two Interactive recently announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 (ending June 30, 2025). Net Bookings increased 16% year-over-year to $1.42 billion, significantly exceeding the company's previously guided range of $1.25 billion to $1.3 billion.

Despite owning one of the most popular and enduring video game franchises of all time, Take-Two Interactive remains cautious about the future. CEO Strauss Zelnick stated that even as they prepare for what could be the biggest game launch of all time, GTA 6

Microsoft recently announced that its new AI-powered game strategy assistant, Gaming Copilot, will enter preview testing. This new feature is only available to Xbox Insider PC Gaming Preview users, who can access it through the Xbox Game Bar.

Stardock Entertainment and Oxide Games recently announced Ashes of the Singularity II, the sequel to the real-time strategy game Ashes of the Singularity. The game is now available on Steam, and a new trailer and screenshots have been released. Come check it out!

Developed and published by The Farm 51 Studios, Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone has officially launched with a major update. Based on player feedback, the game will return to its original spirit. Stay tuned.

Recently, game distribution platforms including Steam and itch.io have been removing adult games from their platforms en masse, sparking industry shock and player protests. Recently, Zoom Platform, a prominent retro game distribution platform

RuneScape Classic, a classic game released in 2013 and published by Jagex Studios, has recently exploded in popularity, surpassing 240,000 concurrent players, setting a new record. The game has already received exceptional acclaim.

In May of this year, Rockstar released the second trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI and a host of other information, detailing the game's protagonists, urban and wilderness settings, and giving us a first glimpse into the world of GTA6. Recently, a portion of GTA6's storyline leaked online

The latest Steam game sales charts for the week of 2025 are out (July 22, 2025 - July 29, 2025, excluding free games). This week, the new game "Killing Floor 3" successfully topped the charts, surpassing the long-standing mountain climbing game "PEAK."

Recently, AI game company Anuttacon released a trailer for its new game, "Whispers From The Star," and announced that it will be released on Steam on August 15th for $9.99.

Recently, game distribution platforms including Steam and itch.io have been removing adult games from their platforms en masse, causing significant ripples in the gaming community. The underlying reason has been identified as pressure from payment processors. On August 1st, Itch finally relented

During CEDEC 2025 (Computer Entertainment Developers Conference), Sandfall Interactive, the developer of "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33," sat down with Automaton Japan.

Today, Level Infinite announced its participation in Gamescom 2025 (August 20th). Multiple games will be on display, providing a feast for both attendees and those tuning in to the "Into the Infinite Showcase" livestream.