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Will GTA 6 be delayed again? No one knows for sure, but Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick publicly telegraphs the game will release in May 2026 as intended.

Rockstar and Take-Two aren't ready to entertain the possibility of another Grand Theft Auto 6 delay, especially now that company stock is up. In a recent interview with CNBC, company CEO Strauss Zelnick said that he's pretty confident that GTA 6 will keep its summer 2026 launch.

"My level of conviction is very, very high, obviously," Zelnick responded when asked what his conviction level was on GTA 6's current release date.

The Battlefield 6 open beta has directly translated to boosted pre-orders, with one analyst estimating over 600,000 people have bought the game ahead of time on Steam.

Battlefield 6 exploded onto the FPS market with a chaotically fun open beta, driving tons of buzz. The beta attracted half a million people on Steam, which is more peak players than any Call of Duty game in history.

BF6 is also currently the top #1 best-selling premium game on Steam right now. Battlefield 6 has actually kept this position for two weeks now.

The walls of gaming continue to fall as Xbox and PlayStation openly cooperate with game crossover content.

Helldivers 2 is coming to Xbox on August 26, and to celebrate, Sony dropped a new trailer for the game on the Xbox channel. After decades of fierce rivalry, where Microsoft even called Sony a "hostile" competitor, it still feels jarring to see a PlayStation logo on Xbox content.

Microsoft was the first to break exclusivity with Xbox games and to great effect; Xbox earnings are higher than ever. There's signs Sony may do the same with its own games, at least selectively. Sony is currently moving away from a hardware-oriented business, focusing more on engagement and users, leading them to bring their best-selling live service game Helldivers 2 to Xbox.

Cutting-edge carbon nanotube technology that was previously reserved for space-based missions has now made its way into the PC gaming market, and it's attempting to replace thermal paste as a premium option.

Carbon nanotube technology involves the use and manipulation of carbon nanotubes, which are extremely small cylindrical structures that are entirely made out of carbon atoms that are arranged in a hexagonal pattern.

The material offers some key characteristics that make it applicable for space-based missions, such as its exceptional strength of being about 100 times stronger than steel by weight, high electrical conductivity, excellent thermal conductivity, very lightweight, and flexible despite its strength.

A new Resident Evil horror movie is in development and it will tell a brand new narrative that's separate from the games--that means no Leon or Claire story arcs.

Zach Cregger, the director of acclaimed horror movies Weapons (2025) and Barbarian (2022), is lending his creative vision to a new Resident Evil movie. The film aims to capture the creeping dread from the original games, of which Cregger is a huge fan--especially RE4.

While we don't know official story details just yet, Cregger tells Inverse that it won't be another rehash of the games. This isn't an adaptation of a particular game, but of the series as a whole, set with macabre overtones.

Dataminers have uncovered what is believed to be evidence that Halo titles are making their way over to PlayStation.

The information is sourced from Grunt.api and RebsGaming, with RebsGaming being known for his information on the Halo Games and pointing to Grunt.api as a source in the past. As for credibility, in 2021, Grunt.api accurately predicted the release date for Halo Infinite's multiplayer mode. As for the new information, the dataminer looked into the Application Programming Interface (API) of Halo and found, "new Halo title with PlayStation compatibility is listed in the API".

Additionally, the same title was discovered in PlayFab last Monday, which is a backend platform that assists in cross-platform matchmaking, progression, and unified online services. Furthermore, a new beta title, along with a second new Halo title with PlayStation compatibility, were discovered within the API, but the dataminer said there isn't much information on either of these titles.

A gaming handheld packing an NVIDIA RTX 4090 graphics card sounds improbable, but an eye-opening DIY effort has achieved just this - and it boasts some seriously nippy frame rates while staying impressively cool.

As Notebookcheck picked up (via TechRadar), this is the work of Qingchen DIY on Bilibili, as showcased by NITTRX on YouTube (see this video clip).

It's a 12.5-inch handheld PC - obviously stretching the definition of portable to some extent - which comes with an RTX 4090 of the mobile variety with 16GB of VRAM (it's not like it would ever be a desktop GPU, of course). That's partnered with an Intel Core-i9 14900HX laptop CPU (with 24-cores), and the display is a 4K affair with a 60Hz refresh rate.

FBC Firebreak, the new multiplayer shooter from Max Payne and Alan Wake studio Remedy, has fallen flat for the Finnish developer.

Remedy's first self-published game hasn't found success, at least at launch. The company today acknowledged the commercial disappointment of FBC Firebreak's launch, especially on Steam, where the game "underperformed."

Interestingly enough, FBC Firebreak helped boost year-over-year sales. Remedy also saw an uplift from Firebreak's launch via direct game sales and earnings from subscription deals made with PlayStation Plus and Xbox Game Pass.

Max Payne 1 & 2 Remake is currently in development by Remedy Entertainment and Rockstar Games, according to a new report.

The last time we heard about the Max Payne 1 & 2 Remake was in Remedy's last financial report, where it said development was moving along at a steady pace, with the game entering full production in 2024. The financial report revealed that production on the two Remakes is still in "full production," with the team at Remedy building on the steady momentum from earlier in the year.

Moreover, the statement revealed, "Collaboration with Rockstar Games remains close and productive, ensuring alignment as the project advances toward its next major phase." The statement revealed that Remedy and Rockstar have teamed up for the remake, but it still remains unclear what the share of the development work is, and more specifically, what level of involvement Rockstar has in the project. Despite the unknown, it's great to know that development is continuing for the Max Payne 1 & 2 Remake.

The first open beta weekend for Battlefield 6 was a massive success with more than 500,000 players jumping into the action-packed game on Steam, with thousands more across other platforms. The chaos doesn't stop there, as weekend two is coming up.

The second weekend of the open beta will usher in some new changes, such as the inclusion of new maps and game modes for players to enjoy. The news was announced by Daniel Cambrand, an Environmental Artist at EA DICE, and a current member of the Battlefield development team. Cambrand took to his personal X account to share his thanks for the massive reception of the first open beta weekend, and added that in the upcoming beta weekend, players will be able to jump into Rush and Squad Deathmatch.

In addition to the new modes, Cambrand revealed there would be a new map, Empire State. Moreover, the new modes and map will be on top of the already included maps and modes within the beta, which, for those who can't remember or don't know what they are, are Liberation Peak, Siege of Cairo, and Iberian Offensive, as for modes, Conquest, Closed Weapon Conquest, Breakthrough, Domination, and King of the Hill.

Roblox has threatened to sue a "predator hunter" named "Schlep" who makes videos on exposing child predators on Roblox who are attempting to groom children.

Lawyers representing The Roblox Corporation have banned Schlep and all of his accounts following a cease and desist letter being sent to the YouTuber, who has more than 640,000 subscribers. Schlep posted a recent video explaining the letter from Roblox, which claims the YouTuber is "engaging in simulated child endangerment conversations, sharing or soliciting personally identifiable information (PII), [and] directing users to move conversations off-platform."

Notably, Schlep claims to have directly influenced the arrest of six predators using the Roblox ecosystem for participating in nefarious grooming activity. Moreover, Schlep says during the video that he experienced grooming by an individual when he was younger, and that his motivation behind his vigilante activities on Roblox is to prevent what happened to him from happening to other children using the platform.

Ubisoft seems to have accidentally revealed there is work being done on a Far Cry TV show over at FX, the television network owned by Disney, and the creators of the hit TV show Fargo.

The accidental reveal of the TV show was done by none other than Ubisoft itself, which posted a news article about the show on its own website over the weekend. The post was quickly removed, but not before it was noticed by Redditors who shared it to the /r/Far Cry subreddit. The post has since been removed from the Far Cry subreddit, but not before publications captured its details. According to Eurogamer, the new TV show will be an "anthology drama" where "each season will be set in a new world with a different cast of characters."

According to the report, the show is being produced by Noah Hawley, the creator of the Fargo series for FX, as well as Alien: Earth, a new show that released just this week. Additionally, the Far Cry TV show is being co-executive produced and will star Rob McElhenney of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It should be noted that Ubisoft has been known to be working on numerous alternative media adaptations of its IP that haven't yet, and perhaps never will see the light of day.

A Battlefield 6 clip that has since attracted more than 42 million views has now resulted in the creator being banned by Twitch.

The above clip has gone viral on the social media platform X with the streamer and VTuber RileyCS posting it to their X account with the caption, "the most locked in catgirl you'll ever see in battlefield 6". The clip is a montage of Riley playing the Battlefield 6 open beta and absolutely decimating the competition with various guns. The problem is the video appears to showcase Riley using cheats, specifically aimbot, as many are now accusing the Twitch streamer of using.

With the popularity of the clip, thousands of people have accused Riley of using cheats, with many pointing to a lack of over/under aiming on targets, flat horizontal movement from target to target with no height deviation, and a seemingly uncanny ability to switch perfectly. Riley responded to these claims and shared more footage of them playing, but this time with a handcam, a dedicated camera angled at their desk, showcasing their hand on the mouse, making these movements.

Although FSR 4 is the latest and greatest version of AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution technology, it's currently exclusive to the company's new RDNA 4 desktop GPUs. And with that, it's great to see that FSR 3 is still getting updated, as seen with the release of FSR 3.1.4 covering Super Resolution, Frame Generation, and more.

AMD notes that FSR 3.1.4 includes several fixes and improves FSR 3's upscaling image quality by reducing ghosting, while also paving the way for FSR's future. One of the key new features of the update is the "easily upgradable DLL," which allows FSR 4 and future versions of the technology to update in a way that is "more straightforward than ever before."

The update also arrives with new Unreal Engine 5.6 plugins to make FSR 3.1.4 and AMD Radeon Anti-Lag 2 easier to integrate in a game or project. Last, and certainly not least, this update paves the way for FSR Redstone, which is still on track for release later this year. This is exciting because FSR Redstone will see AMD finally catch up, capability-wise, with NVIDIA and its full suite of DLSS technologies.

Sony may not raise prices on PlayStation 5 hardware in the United States, unlike its competitor who just hiked the Xbox Series X by $100.

In a recent Q1'25 earnings call with analysts, Sony management says that it is unsure whether or not it will raise prices of PS5 consoles. The global tariff situation is unfolding and changing on what seems to be a monthly basis, and Sony says that it intends to "flexibly decide" on prices to reflect market conditions. Based on what was said, it's possible that Sony could absorb any potential hits from tariffs and not raise prices on consoles sold in the US--at least from now through the holiday season.

Then again, it's also possible Sony could just raise prices anyway.

At one point, BioWare floated the idea of remastering the original Dragon Age games into a trilogy collection, not unlike the Mass Effect Legendary Edition.

According to previous BioWare executive producer Mark Darrah, BioWare had lots of interesting ideas and pitches for Dragon Age projects, including a remastered trilogy of the first three games. Ultimately, though, the project wasn't greenlit by EA, and BioWare didn't have the extra budget to allocate for this kind of remaster trilogy.

In a recent interview with YouTuber MrMattyPlays, Darrah revealed some of BioWare's ideas that never took off. Darrah says that one of the things that the team thought about doing was a "Champion's Trilogy" of the first three Dragon Age games, referring to each of the title's respective mythical heroes.

Sony's PlayStation games division makes history with the best Q1 earnings that the company has ever seen.

Sony's Q1'25 results show an incredible performance from its gaming segment. In the Q1 period, PlayStation generated a record-breaking $6.47 billion in total revenue, principally driven by strong third-party game sales and PlayStation Plus subscriptions. This is the highest-ever revenue that the PlayStation platform has achieved in a Q1 range.

The substantial spike in revenue also helped surge PlayStation's profits. Company management cleared the runway for boosted profit by paying down the $3.7 billion Bungie acquisition, reducing expenses (facilitated partly through layoffs), and strategically pinpointing investment points (which has also led to game cancellations).

When the Nintendo Switch 2 was unveiled, it was revealed that the new console utilizes a form of upscaling technology, which was later confirmed to be NVIDIA's Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) tech. However, neither Nintendo nor NVIDIA confirmed which version of the software was present in the Switch 2.

That has seemingly just changed as a developer known for specializing in porting games over to the Nintendo Switch 2 has posted on BlueSky claiming the Switch 2 uses DLSS 3.1. That developer is LynxByte Games, which shared an image containing all of the "unique features" within Nintendo's latest console.

The full list includes DLSS 3.1, ray tracing, 4K HDR (TV), 120Hz handheld, GameChat (voice/video), new Joy-Cons w/ mouse mode, improved sticks, Pro Controller w/ extra buttons + jack, Full backward compatibility, Bluetooth 5.1, Wi-Fi 6, HDMI 2.1, LAN, USB-C cam, and MicroSD card. The only feature listed there that wasn't already publicly announced was the DLSS version. Notably, this news hasn't been confirmed by NVIDIA or Nintendo, so you should definitely take it with a grain of salt.

Former Bungie CEO Harold Ryan shares his thoughts on live services and how companies have to chase experiences, not business models.

Harold Ryan oversaw Bungie through Destiny's launch, a pivotal MMO-FPS mashup that transformed gaming. Ryan also technically ran Bungie when microtransactions were introduced in Destiny 1, permanently changing the game's funding model (although he did leave shortly after in January of the next year).

We don't often hear from Harold Ryan or Bungie CEOs in general, but this has changed thanks to a recent GamesIndustry.biz interview. The once-CEO of Bungie says that publishers and developers should be careful about the games they choose to make. Games-as-a-service, aka one of the most diabolically competitive models on the market, isn't one size fits all.

Sony's gaming profitability has improved as the company pays down the $3.7 billion Bungie acquisition, reduces SG&A costs, and enjoys boosted earnings from third-party games and network services like PS Plus.

PlayStation's profit margins are now back to pre-pandemic levels. The company's latest Q1'25 results saw PlayStation deliver a hefty 16% profit margin throughout the period, with operating income up +127% year-over-year to over $1 billion, which is a second all-time record high for a Q1 period. This is the first quarter to deliver such high margins since Q1-Q2'FY20, which delivered a significant 20-21% margin on an astronomical $1.152 billion in operating income, all during the height of the pandemic.

More importantly, though, Sony has telegraphed that it has re-stabilized its PlayStation business after COVID-19's radical disruption. The last time PlayStation specifically had a 16% margin was during Q1'2019, which predates the pandemic.