- IOC have unanimously voted for the Olympic Esports Games (with backing from the Saudi Government). FPS/Shooters will not be included. Likely games included: League of Legends, Rocket League, Street Fighter, Tekken, iRacing, NBA2K, EA Sports FC and mobile games.
- Humble Games, the publishing arm of Humble Bundle, has announced layoffs with the loss of 36 jobs.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023) is coming to Xbox Game Pass for Console/PC/Ultimate members tomorrow. (24th). Black Ops 6 will release on Game Pass Day 1 on October 25th.
- While not confirmed, VALORANT‘s console release is set to be released on July 26th on Xbox and PS5.
- Additionally, Xbox are looking to add new Game Pass tiers, including a Cloud-only subscription.
- The “biggest update yet” for Helldivers 2 is coming next month titled: ‘Escalation of Freedom’ which includes: larger enemy outposts, new bots, returning bugs, fresh mission objectives and a new difficulty level: Combat Rating 10. Trailer
- Capcom has announced that while 90% of the game sales are now digital, they will not stop producing physical games.
- Ubisoft have released a statement regarding Assassin’s Creed Shadows around the discourse of Yasuke, the protagonist. Full statement
- Ubisoft’s Skull and Bones is coming to Steam on August 22nd.
- Warner Bros has acquired the studio behind MultiVersus Player First Games for an undisclosed sum ahead of Season 2 launching this week.
- Bioware have revealed the voice cast for Dragon Age: The Veilguard
- Rook’s played by Alex Jordan (CP2077, Gumball), Bryony Corrigan (Baldur’s Gate 3, Good Omens), Erika Ishii (Apex Legends, Destiny 2) and Jeff Berg (Battlefield 1 and NCIS)
- Harding, played by Ali Hillis (Mass Effect 3, Final Fantasy 13)
- Davrin, played by Ike Amadi (Mass Effect 3, Halo 5, Spider-Man)
- Bellara, played by Jee Young Han (Perry Mason, Unprisoned)
- Neve, played by Jessica Clark (True Blood, Pocket Listing)
- Taash, played by Jin Maley (Star Trek: Picard, Silicon Valley)
- Emmrich, played by Nick Boraine (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Black Sails)
- Manfred, voiced by Matthew Mercer (Critical Role, Fallout 4 and god knows what else lol)
- Lucanis, voiced by Zach Mendez (Horizon Forbidden West, Married Alive)
- Solas, played by Gareth David-Lloyd
- Varric, played by Brian Bloom.
- Rook’s played by Alex Jordan (CP2077, Gumball), Bryony Corrigan (Baldur’s Gate 3, Good Omens), Erika Ishii (Apex Legends, Destiny 2) and Jeff Berg (Battlefield 1 and NCIS)
- Heihachi Mishima is coming to Tekken 8
- Terry Bogard gameplay trailer has been released for Street Fighter 6 – Trailer
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