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News - After 25 Years, Halo Is Finally On PlayStation
It's a big day for Halo, as Halo: Campaign Evolved launches today, July 23, in early access. Beyond the excitement that normally surrounds the launch of a new Halo game, the release is especially notable because today will also be remembered as the day Halo finally came to PlayStation after more than two decades of console exclusivity on Xbox.
The sci-fi series debuted in 2001 as a launch title for the original Xbox, and the franchise has been exclusive, at least on console, to Xbox ever since--until today.
Why is Halo now, after all these years, finally coming to PlayStation? According to developers, the aim is to "bring players back together" and help the franchise reach new audiences.
“There are people who have never been exposed to Halo. Maybe they’ve always been on Sony products, switched consoles at a certain point, or just missed it at the time. We want to bring players back together,” executive producer Damon Conn said.
Creative director Max Szlagor added that, “Halo is best played when we have a large, healthy community.” Releasing Halo: Campaign Evolved on PS5 is a “way to grow, expand, and reconnect the Halo community,” Szlagor said.
“We want to honor the Halo legacy on PlayStation, and we’re paving the way to expand our Halo universe–that’s how we see it,” Conn added. “And it’s not a small thing. We don’t, and we won’t, take it lightly. We definitely feel the weight of it.”
Also, money
That all may be true, but another factor at play here is money. Microsoft bringing Halo to PlayStation is also a way to make more money, and that's important for Xbox given how unhealthy the business is currently.
The pivot to releasing Xbox games on rival consoles came from the Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond days, and now that they are gone, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has suggested the company will return to more exclusives.
Halo veteran Brian Jarrard said in 2025 that Halo games will be on PlayStation going forward, so Campaign Evolved may not be the last Halo game on a Sony console. Whether or not Sharma and her team could change this, however, remains to be seen.
For more on Campaign Evolved, check out GameSpot's breakdown of how to play with your friends across platforms. Campaign Evolved's early access starts today for people who buy the game's $70 premium edition. The standard edition ($50) unlocks on July 28. Game Pass members get the game with their subscription, but they can buy a $20 upgrade to the premium edition to start playing today.
Campaign Evolved is a remake of the original Halo, with improved graphics and features. It also includes new prequel missions. However, there is no multiplayer.
[b]News - Resident Evil Actor Reveals His Inspirations For Leon Kennedy, And They Aren?/b]
Voice actor Nick Apostolides has revealed how he prepared to play Leon Kennedy in the recent Resident Evil remakes, and part of that preparation involved listening to some iconic bands.
In a Cameo video, Apostolides said he turned to some iconic metal and grunge bands. Specifically, he said Nirvana inspired his performance as Leon in Resident Evil 2 because the "grunge, rock energy" helped him get in a good headspace to play a young Leon.
He also called out Alice in Chains (and specifically the songs "Them Bones" and "Would") as his inspiration for Resident Evil 4. The actor then turned to "super heavy" Metallica to get in the groove for Leon in Resident Evil Requiem. He said Metallica's "Orion" is his favorite song of all time, and listening to it helped him prepare to play Leon in Requiem.
Apostolides has been praised for his performance in the Resident Evil series over the years, and now he's no doubt won over new fans by revealing his fantastic taste in good music.
News - Watch The Terrifying New Resident Evil Movie Trailer
A new trailer for Weapons and Barbarian director Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie has arrived, providing a new look at the scary video game adaptation.
In this new trailer, we see the medical courier Bryan (Austin Abrams) at a hospital where he takes on a new job where he must ferry organs to "Raccoon City General," a hospital "outside the zone."
The job pays double, so Bryan takes it. Then, well, everything goes badly as Bryan finds himself in a world of hell. Take a look:
Cregger's Resident Evil movie tells an "entirely original story" that takes place in the Resident Evil universe. Some fans have questioned this approach, saying they'd rather see one of the game's stories adapted and for the film to feature popular characters like Leon Kennedy or Jill Valentine.
That's not going to happen, though, and Cregger thinks fans of the game will be happy with what he creates.
"When you watch it, you'll be like, 'This is very Zach.' It's just [that] it takes place in the Resident Evil world. I don't think fans of the games are gonna be bummed," he told Entertainment Weekly.
The Resident Evil movie comes to theaters on September 18. It stars Abrams as an "idiot" medical courier named Bryan who gets mixed up in a horrifying adventure that Cregger says is akin to The Lord of the Rings.
“Not that he’s stupid, but he’s not your typical game character, with no combat skills whatsoever and completely inept at survival. Bryan is very much an everyman who happens to be burdened with this kind of sacred mission that’s going to take him into the heart of everything. It’s kind of like Frodo going into Mordor," he said.
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News - I Wanted RoboCop: Rogue City 2 And All I Got Was This TV Series Announcement
Amazon MGM Studios has officially greenlit production on a new RoboCop TV series. Based on the classic 1987 movie directed by Paul Verhoeven, the series has already recruited Peter Ocko (Lodge 49) as its showrunner, while The Conjuring's James Wan will serve as one of its producers.
"I've been a massive fan of RoboCop forever, so getting to help bring this world to television is a dream," Wan said in a press statement (via Deadline). "What Paul Verhoeven created in 1987 was decades ahead of its time, and its questions about technology, identity, and who corporations really serve have only grown more urgent. With Peter's distinctive vision and bold approach to storytelling, and alongside Ed Neumeier, co-creator and our partners at Amazon MGM Studios, we're working to honor what made the original iconic and highlight its relevancy in this modern, tech-driven world, while building something unmistakably new for a global audience."
This isn't the first time that RoboCop has hit the streets of Old Detroit on TV, as following the release of the first film, an animated series debuted in 1988. Two more film sequels followed--and failed to recapture the magic of Verhoeven's first movie--and there was even a live-action series in 1994 that ran for 21 episodes. RoboCop would return in 1998 for the Alpha Commando animated series, and following the TV miniseries Prime Directives, the IP went dormant until the release of the underrated RoboCop remake in 2014, starring Joel Kinnaman as the exact philosophical opposite of Karl Havoc.
Other than a RoboCop guest fighter appearance in Mortal Kombat 11, the series was back on hiatus until the release of RoboCop: Rogue City in 2023. Developer Teyon produced a surprisingly faithful take on RoboCop, pulling inspiration from the first two movies in the series to recreate Old Detroit in all its dystopian glory. Reviews were generally warm, and while the game is a complete break from the fast-paced action games that currently dominate the first-person shooter genre, the attention to detail, downtime between missions, and satisfying gunplay make it a worthy successor to the RoboCop legacy.
In 2025, Teyon released a standalone expansion that pitted RoboCop against an army of mercenaries, and also included flashback missions that allowed players to step into the shoes of Alex Murphy before he was given a ballistics makeover.
As for Teyon, the studio's next game isn't a Rogue City sequel, but Hunter: The Reckoning - Deathwish. A new action game set in the World of Darkness, it was officially revealed during the Xbox March 2026 Partner Showcase. The game follows a team of hunters on a mission to take down a dangerous vampire, and it'll be out in 2027. A new RoboCop game might also be in jeopardy, as Nacon, the publisher of Rogue City, recently filed for insolvency.
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News - Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Beta – Start Time, Roster, And How To Get In
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls launches soon, but if you're impatient, then you can dive into the game's open beta this weekend. While fighting game betas aren't a novelty, the Marvel Tokon one is turning heads for the sheer amount of content that it's offering to players, ranging from a stacked roster of playable characters to multiple modes that you can try out. For a closer look at how long it runs for and how you can get in, you can check out all the details below.
This is the easy part, as you can grab the open beta client through the PS5 storefront, and on PC, through Steam and the Epic Games Store. No registration is required, and pre-downloading will be available two hours before the open beta goes live.
Is a PlayStation Plus subscription required for PS5 players?
While you will need an online connection for some social fisticuffs, you will not need to be a PS Plus member to access the open beta and its modes.
What is Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls?
The next fighting game from Arc System Works--the studio behind the popular Guilty Gear series and Dragon Ball FighterZ--Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls features a roster of playable heroes and supervillains from Marvel Comics.
A 4v4 tag-fighter with fresh visual spins on each character, the game features a deep combat system and comic book-inspired action sequences when special moves are successfully pulled off.
Playable characters
When it comes to fighting games, open betas typically give you a handful of characters to play as. In the case of Marvel Tokon, players will have access to 15 of the game's 20 playable characters, including the legendary Daywalker himself, Blade. Developer Arc System Works has also released several gameplay guide videos for these heroes and villains, and we've linked them in their character names to help you brush up on your homework before you start fighting. Here's the full list of playable characters:
Six stages inspired by Marvel locations will also serve as the arena for some superpowered beatdowns:
Knowhere
Marvel's New York (Day)
Marvel's New York (Night)
Savage Land
Wakanda
X-Mansion
Playable modes
Online casual and ranked matches will be the big draw of the beta, but Arc System Works is also offering several modes to try out. You can sit down for some couch co-op with the local Versus Mode, test your skills out on a PC dummy in Practice Mode, and explore the Open Lobby social space between bouts. This hub will allow you to choose from one of 16 unique avatars, meet other players, chat with them, and start a match by sitting down at an arcade cabinet in this zone.
In case you missed out on the previous beta, you can learn the ropes with Start Up Battle, an interactive tutorial that'll get you up to speed quickly. This mode will teach you everything you need to know about Marvel Tokon's 4v4 matches, team-based skills, and advanced combos before you challenge players.
Marvel Tokon's Episode Mode offers a chunk of the story to play through
Players can also try out the first three chapters of the Amazing Guardians storyline in Episode Mode, the story mode of Marvel Tokon. This story focuses on Spider-Man as he assembles a team to help fight back against the Champion, and it features illustrated comic book panels that blend directly into the gameplay.
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Roster – Every Character Revealed (So Far)
News - Starfield Remains “Important” To Bethesda, New Content Coming In 2027
As part of Bethesda's big announcements today about its future and what's coming next, the company also gave an update on Starfield. In its statement, Bethesda said, "Starfield remains an important part of our future."
Starfield released in September 2023, so the game is now going into its third year. Bethesda said it will continue to expand the game with "new stories, targeted gameplay improvements, and additional updates." There will be "new Starborn content" coming to the game in 2027, Bethesda added.
Starfield fans are getting more Starfield in 2027.
The game reached more than 17 million people, but it hasn't sold that many copies, as it's also available on Xbox Game Pass.
Starfield got an expansion called Shattered Space in 2024, and the game expanded further from there with a PS5 release in 2026. An update called Free Lanes arrived in April 2026, along with a new story expansion called Terran Armada.
Bethesda's other updates today included the announcement that Fallout 5 has entered pre-production and that remasters of Fallout 3 and New Vegas are in the works. Additionally, Bethesda gave an update on The Elder Scrolls 6, saying, "We’re where we planned to be, loving how it looks, and playing it every day."
Bethesda made these announcements amid a tumultuous time at studio owner Xbox. The company laid off 1,600 people recently, with another 1,600 set to lose their jobs in the next year. Microsoft also confirmed plans to divest studios as part of a plan to "reset" the business.
News - Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Dev Is Tired Of People Calling Gunny An AI Cha
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 lead studio Infinity Ward has addressed claims that the game features an AI assistant. After retired Call of Duty leaker TheGhostOfHope labeled the Gunsmith assistant "Gunny" as an AI chatbot, Infinity Ward responded by saying that the virtual helper is a "hand-crafted" creation by the studio.
"Wrong (again.) Gunny is hand-crafted by our developers, not AI. It recommends builds based on the attachments you've unlocked for each weapon. It helps make quick loadout changes between matches," Infinity Ward wrote online. Like previous games, the Gunsmith mode in this year's Call of Duty is designed to help players fine-tune their loadouts for various combat scenarios, whether that be equipping a weapon with quick-snap optics for close-quarters or outfitting a sniper rifle for maximum accuracy over extreme distances.
In an online post, one user showed off some footage of Gunny in action, and how it provided recommendations to the player while reminding them to keep grinding so that they could unlock more attachments. As you might surmise from Infinity Ward's response to TheGhostOfHope, there's no love lost between the studio and the leaker, who has prompted several Call of Duty studios to respond to their reports and dismiss them for being inaccurate.
This all came to a head in March this year, when Activision demanded that TheGhostOfHope stop leaking information, as they were causing problems even when they were proven to be inaccurate. TheGhostOfHope agreed and now keeps a watchful eye on Call of Duty with their comments. While Gunny doesn't appear to be an AI creation, Call of Duty has experimented with generative AI in the past. Last year, Activision admitted to using AI as a means to "help develop some in-game assets," and the controversial technology has been used in Modern Warfare 3's Yokai's Wrath DLC and holiday-themed content for Black Ops 6.
Activision claims that while AI tools were also used in the development of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, humans handle the creative process, and that none of that content made it into the game.
