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5 dispatches on game-releases.
Capcom Spent Six Years and Two of Them Just Getting a Dead Actor's Face
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is the first new entry in the series since 2006. Here's what Capcom actually built — and what every design decision reveals about how they approached the return.
Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game Launches Today — A Franchise-Wide Brawler Built to Actually Compete
Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game launches July 23 with a 12-character roster spanning both animated series, hand-drawn 2D animation, proprietary rollback netcode, and full cross-play. Here's what the discourse says about whether it can compete in a stacked fighter market.
Squanch Games Brings High on Life 2 to Switch 2 — Bugs Patched, Skateboard Intact
High on Life 2 hit Nintendo Switch 2 on July 1, arriving months after a technically troubled multiplatform launch. Here's what the port says about the sequel, the studio, and Switch 2's third-party moment.
Palworld's 1.0 Arrives July 10 With 27 Pages of Patch Notes. Now Comes the Hard Part.
Palworld exits early access on July 10 with a massive 1.0 update—new regions, new Pals, overhauled systems, and 27 pages of changes. The real question: can it reconvert the millions who made it a phenomenon back in 2024?
Into the Void: How Frostpunk 2's Breach of Trust Turns a Dead Release Week Into a Capture Moment
Frostpunk 2's Breach of Trust expansion lands June 23 in gaming's slowest month of 2026. That's not a coincidence—it's a playbook that live-service and expansion-driven games are quietly perfecting.