GAMES GAMES GAMES! We give our top 5 games from all of the announcements from All the showcases from Summer Game Fest, then grade and rank them! All this and more on Gamer’s Digest!

Gaming News:

1. Summer Game Fest Wrap up!
   1. Nintendo Direct June 2026: Every Game Announcement | IGN
   2. Everything Announced at Xbox Games Showcase 2026 | IGN
      1. Xbox pulls Gears video featuring a PS5 logo, 24 hours after announcing it as an exclusive | VGC
   3. Everything Announced at Summer Gaame Fest 2026 | IGN
   4. PlayStation State of Play June 2026 roundup | Eurogamer.net
   5. Overall impressions
   6. DJ top 5
      1. God of War Laufey
      2. Blood Message
      3. Kingdom Hearts 4
      4. Dragons Dogma 2 Dark Arisen
      5. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
   7. Sean top 5
      1. God of War Laufey
      2. The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
      3. Stranger Than Heaven
      4. Kingdom Hearts 4
      5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin
   8. Savion top 5
      1. God of War Laufey
      2. Control Resonant
      3. Wolverine
      4. phantom blade zero
      5. silent hill: townfall
   9. Grade the shows
   10. Rank the showcases?

Subscriber plug

What We Been Playing:

• Sean - 007
• Dj - Crimson Desert
• Savion - CD ( just doing side quests), Mixtape (pretty much done but didn’t finish) paused lego batman and chapter 10 missions for 007

On our plate for this week:

New God of War Laufey revealed at Playstation’s State of Play plus alot more, and call of duty is back with modern warfare 4 Kpop solider hunters

Gaming News:

1. PlayStation State of Play June 2026 roundup | Eurogamer.net
   1. Marathon adds PvE-focused mode tomorrow alongside free-to-play season 2 launch – Destructoid
   2. First gods we see are Mongolian (Buddhist), the purple light is S
2. New Modern Warfare 4 Map is 'Crazy' and Has Over 500 Possible Combinations - Insider Gaming

Quick Hits

1. Dragon Age series producer says more games should be funded by product placement instead of live service | VGC
2. Microsoft Announces Fable Delay, Now Launches 2027 | IGN
3. Activision Files Trademark For Crash Bandicoot Motion Pictures - Insider Gaming
4. A US Bill to Keep Games Playable After They Shut Down Has Passed Its First Vote | Insider Gaming
5. 007 First Light is already IO’s fastest-selling game ever | VGC
   1. Sold 1.5 million in 24 hours

What We Been Playing:

• Sean - 007
• Dj - 007
• Savion - CD ( just doing side quests), Mixtape (pretty much done but didn’t finish) paused lego batman and chapter 5 missions for 007

On our plate for this week:

State of Play is coming around the corner and its looking like a big one. Rumors swirling around a “Newish” game called Break-in and Media molecule making a open-world game??

Gaming News:

1. State of Play returns Tuesday, June 2 – PlayStation.Blog
2. Sony Trademarks New Game Called 'Break In' Ahead of PlayStation State of Play | Insider Gaming
3. Report: LittleBigPlanet and Dreams Developer Media Molecule Working on New IP With 'Open-World Content' | MP1st
4. 007 First Light - 88 Opencritic | 87 Metacritic
5. The End Of ‘Destiny 2’: All Expansions Canceled, Maintenance Mode Incoming | Forbes
   1. Bungie Plans Layoffs After Ending ‘Destiny 2’ Development | Bloomberg
   2. The first, cinematic look at Marathon season 2 paints it as the horror game it always should have been | Rock Paper Shotgun
6. Major Xbox hires expand leadership team to strengthen console brand | VGC
   1. Xbox Reportedly Canceled The Family Game Pass Plan Because Of Pressure From Electronic Arts | Game Observer

Quick Hits

1. Hasbro is spending $1bn making video games, and none of them are games-as-a-service | The Game Business
2. Take-Two CEO says it out loud: "The big tech companies who laid off thousands of people and said it was because of AI were not telling the truth" | GamesRadar+
3. Baki's Yujiro Hanma is the perfect fit for the Tekken franchise | Polygon
4. Forza Horizon 6 sells 4.9 million copies despite Xbox Game Pass "cannibalizing" revenue, says analyst | GamesRadar

What We Been Playing:

• Sean - Saros (Platinum)
• Dj - Crimson Desert, getting Hyped for 007
• Savion - CD ( just doing side quests), Mixtape (pretty much done but didn’t finish) on chapter 1? 2? of lego batman and prologue mission for 007

Did you really think GTA6 pre-orders were gonna drop today? Comment below! What we do know is no one getting GTA6 early to review.. NO ONE! And Xbox has rebranded to…… XBOX!!! All this and more on this episode of Press X to Start Gamer’s Digest

Gaming News: r/GTA6 on Reddit: Take-Two/Rockstar's patents for GTA VI are unreal. How is ANY of this running on a PS5? GTA 5 was made for 2005 consoles, and by a company with a much smaller budget and development time frame than they have now. We are not ready for GTA 6. This will be vastly beyond our wildest expectations. GTA 6 Review Copies Won't Be Distributed, It's Claimed - Insider Gaming Forza Horizon 6 immediately beats its predecessor's all-time Steam record with 130,000 concurrent players – and that's only counting people willing to pay $120 for early access | GamesRadar+ After a fan poll, Microsoft’s new games boss is rebranding Xbox, to ‘XBOX’ | VGC - Subscriber plug Marathon Reveals New PVE Mode and Big Plans for the Future | IGN Sony Sued by Gamers Over Allegedly Pocketing Millions in Illegal Tariff Windfall Sony Seems to Be Testing a New Feature That Reveals PS5 Player Counts to the Public PlayStation Plus Price Increase Announced - Insider Gaming

Quick Hits: Subnautica 2 Is Already Making Waves, Selling 2 Million Copies in Just 12 Hours Krafton Will Likely Have to Pay $250 Million Bonus for Subnautica 2 That It Tried to Avoid

What We Been Playing: Sean - Saros (beat)* Dj - Crimson Desert Savion - CD ( just doing side quests), Mixtape (pretty much done) preordered lego batman and 007

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Bank of America has thoughts on how much GTA6 should cost…. Who ask them.. Gamestop plans to buy Ebay.. with what money… Playstation have to payout to gamers… what in the upside down news?

Gaming News:

1. Rockstar should raise GTA 6’s price for good of ‘the entire industry’, says Bank of America | VGC
   1. GTA 6 Needs To Sell Staggering Amount Of Copies To Meet Expectations | ScreenRant
   2. Rockstar games like GTA release on console before PC because that’s the ‘core consumer’, Take-Two CEO Zelnick says | VGC
2. GameStop's Absurd Bid To Buy eBay For $56 Billion Sounds Bad | Kotaku
3. Sony PlayStation Lawsuit Refund: How To Check Eligibility and Claim Your Money - Insider Gaming
   1. Sony Responds to PlayStation DRM Fears With Official Statement - Insider Gaming

Subscriber plug

1. Saros Is At The Center Of A Misinformation Campaign | Kotaku
2. Microsoft's new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma overhauls leadership team | CNBC
3. Valve just imported 50 tons of game consoles in two days | The Verge

Quick Hits

1. Open-world anime RPG Neverness to Everness hits $14 million globally on day one, led by Japan and US - AUTOMATON WEST
2. Halo Studios is ‘actively developing’ remakes of Halo 2 and Halo 3, it’s claimed | VGC
3. Injustice 3 in the Works at NetherRealm Studios, It's Claimed - Insider Gaming
4. Reggie Fils-Aimé Says Nintendo Stopped Selling To Amazon After Being Asked To Break The Law | Kotaku

What We Been Playing:

• Sean - Saros
• Dj - NTE, Crimson Desert (Got to the actual Crimson Desert)
• Savion - CD (finally got the kuku pack, starting faction quests), Mixtape

On our plate for this week: Housemarque makes its returnal to the spot light with Saros, Ubisoft brings back the best of Assassin Creed with Black Flag REsynced, and is the Playstation DRM story a big deal?

Gaming News:

• Saros Reviews Round Up | OpenCritic
• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Showcase Confirms Lack of DLC And Multiplayer - Insider Gaming
  • Assassin's Creed Hexe Loses 50 Developers as Game Targets 2027 Release | Insider Gaming
• PS5 and PS4 Digital Games May Require 30-Day DRM Check-In or Risk Losing Access | MP1st

Subscriber plug

• The new vampire RPG from ex-Witcher developers finally has a confirmed release date | Polygon
• ‘Their favourite games were already built with AI’: Google exec says almost every big studio uses AI, but not all disclose it | VGC
• "Xbox will be where the world plays": Microsoft confirms Xbox is once again looking into acquisitions, huge manifesto for the future detailed | Windows Central

Quick Hits

• Crimson Desert Has Sold So Well Developer Pearl Abyss Has Reportedly Given Every Employee a $3,400 Bonus | IGN
• Marathon Was One Of March's Best-Selling Games In The U.S. | Kotaku
• Resident Evil Requiem was already the fastest-selling game in the series, so for 7 million copies sold in under 2 months, Capcom had to break out the cake
• Final Fantasy 14 Is Coming To Switch 2, But With An Annoying Caveat | GameSpot
• Troy Baker Is Ready to Swap Voice Acting for Game Development | IGN

What We Been Playing:

• Sean - Pragmata (Finished)
• Dj - Crimson Desert (Got to the actual Crimson Desert)
• Savion - CD (finally got the kuku pack)

On our plate for this week:

GamePass is finally coming down in price but with a catch? Are you ready for the new God of War? And Ubisoft is bringing back the best Assassin Creed…

Gaming News: Time code: 00:00 Game Pass Gets Price Drop, New Call Of Duty Games No Longer Included - GameSpot God of War Faye Spin-Off Claimed to Feature Tyr and Multiple Mythologies | MP1st Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced Releases July 9, 2026 - Insider Gaming Subscriber plug Arc Raiders studio contacted by crime scientist "intrigued by how players are interacting," dev says only 30% of players focus on PvP: "It kind of blew the whole extraction shooter open" | Games Radar ‘Elden Ring’: Alex Garland’s A24 Video Game Movie Reveals Full Cast, 2028 Release Date and It’s Being Shot for Imax | Variety ‘Call of Duty’ Movie Gets Mission Ready With Summer 2028 Release Date Variety Quick Hits #CrimsonDesert has sold through over 5 million copies worldwide! | Pearl Abyss YT channel All-New IP PRAGMATA Surpasses One Million Units Sold in Two Days!– Highly innovative and original gameplay earns strong reception from players around the globe – | Press Release | CAPCOM Fallout: New Vegas dev says don't expect a remaster, argues Bethesda doesn't have the source code or 'the engineering knowhow' | PC Gamer Shuhei Yoshida Says Jim Ryan Fired Him From PlayStation Studios "Because I Didn’t Listen to Him" | This Week in Video Games PlayStation Starts Following UK Laws On Age Verification | Gameranx

What We Been Playing: Sean - Pragmata Dj - Crimson Desert (Oh..this is Game of Thrones) Savion - CD