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College Football 27 to Remove Single Player Microtransactions After Fans Threatened Boycott

  • EA is pulling all single-player microtransactions from College Football 27.
  • Fans threatened a boycott after finding paid progression boosters.
  • Players could pay up to $100 to speed up progress.

EA Sports has agreed to remove all single-player microtransactions from College Football 27 following a strong fan backlash that included threats of a boycott. Players had been dismayed to discover paid progression boosters in the game's Dynasty and Road to Glory modes, the sim's principal solo content, which…

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Steam has raked in an estimated $11.1 billion gross revenue so far this year, says market analyst—its ‘biggest-ever six months’

  • Steam reportedly earned an estimated $11.1 billion gross in six months.
  • An analyst calls it Steam's biggest-ever half-year period.
  • The figure is an external estimate, not official Valve data.

Steam, Valve's dominant PC gaming platform, is reported to have generated an estimated $11.1 billion in gross revenue during the first six months of the year, according to a market analyst who describes it as the platform's biggest-ever six-month period. The figure underlines Steam's continued grip on PC…

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Everything revealed for Warframe and Soulframe at TennoCon 2026

  • Digital Extremes reveals Warframe and Soulframe plans at TennoCon 2026.
  • Sign up by 12 July to join Soulframe: Preludes.
  • Expedition 33 actors Ben Starr and Jennifer English join Soulframe.

Digital Extremes is holding its annual TennoCon 2026 event in London, Ontario, revealing upcoming plans for its games Warframe and Soulframe both onstage and via a Twitch stream that fans can watch from home. Polygon is compiling the announcements as they emerge, with a Soulframe Devstream already concluded…

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You can play Soulframe for free right now

  • Soulframe: Preludes is free to try during TennoCon.
  • Sign up on the website before 11:59 PM ET on 12 July.
  • PC-only pre-alpha; no 1.0 release date confirmed.

Digital Extremes is once again opening up its fantasy multiplayer RPG Soulframe to new players as part of its annual TennoCon celebration. Anyone who signs up on the Soulframe website is guaranteed access to the current Soulframe: Preludes build, a closed pre-alpha version in which players help playtest…

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs were told that “no one” would like one of the RPG’s best systems before it launched, lead says: “We didn’t care”

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's developers rejected pre-release warnings that their hybrid turn-based/action combat system would fail with players
  • The game became only the second ever to win all five major Game of the Year awards, proving industry sceptics wrong
  • Creative director credits the team's decision to disregard conventional wisdom about game design as vital to their success

But the devs knew their idea was "cool," Guillaume Broche says

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Fantasy action-RPG Soulframe is open to all players for a limited time, with a new dark progression path, wolf mounts, and a Warsongs origin quest on the way

  • Soulframe opens access for limited time with new Vadagar progression path and Warsongs origin quest
  • Vadagar class lets players adopt antagonist faction perspective with goop-based abilities and mounts
  • Game emphasises non-rigid morality system and animal welfare in its design philosophy

Soulframe, the fantasy action-RPG from Warframe creators Digital Extremes, is getting wolf mounts, a Warsongs quest, and a new Vadagar progression path or "Pact" that transforms your "Envoy" character into the lovechild of Soulcalibur's Ivy and Tim Curry's Hexxus from Fern Gully. Unfamiliar with both of those? Think…

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College Football 27 to remove microtransactions after player backlash, though EA maintains they were only added to ‘give players more choice’

  • EA Sports will remove paid progression options from College Football 27's Road to Glory and Online Dynasty modes following community backlash
  • Players objected to purchasable advancement mechanics in a single-player mode on a $70 game
  • Content creator Bordeaux's #CFBPlayDontPay campaign succeeded in pressuring the company to reverse the decision

The goal for CFB 28 is "greater transparency and communication."

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Universal Tower Defense Z Tier List [🕷️UPD4🃏]

  • Universal Tower Defense Z tier list reworked for the UPD 4.0 update.
  • Units ranked S/A/B across Hybrid, Hill, Ground, Support and Farm roles.
  • Spider-Man and Gogeta Synchro fusions rated the top damage dealers.

This is a regularly updated guide from Destructoid, written by Gordan Perisic and refreshed on 11 July 2026 to incorporate all the new units from the game's UPD 4.0 update, which prompted a complete rework of the rankings. The piece rates units in the Roblox-style game Universal Tower…

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Total War Warhammer 40,000’s gameplay reveal will make you wonder if your PC can handle it

  • First extended Total War: Warhammer 40,000 gameplay shown at Bilibili World 2026 in Shanghai.
  • Demo pitted Astra Militarum against Orks, ending in an orbital Lance Strike.
  • No release date yet; coming to PS5, PC and Xbox Series X.

Creative Assembly and Sega have shown extended gameplay footage of Total War: Warhammer 40,000, offering the first substantial look at how the strategy title will play. The reveal, made at the Bilibili World 2026 event in Shanghai, presents the game as the spectacle-driven revival of the real-time strategy…

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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced opens to 2 million sales on launch day

  • Black Flag Resynced sold two million copies on launch day
  • Hit a record 99,451 concurrent Steam players for the series
  • Some players criticise cosmetic microtransactions in the single-player game

Ubisoft has reported that Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, a reworked version of the 2013 pirate-themed original, sold two million copies on its launch day, describing the debut as a "strong start". The disclosure is notable because Ubisoft rarely shares sales figures publicly, making direct comparisons with earlier…

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