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Happy New Year! We got a list of all the big games and predictions for 2026, Playstation 5 has been Jailbroken but it will cost you more than a PS5 to do it, and Microsoft wants you to stop calling AI AI slop…no… All this and more on this episode of Press X to Start Gamer’s Digest
Gaming News:What is Happening in 2026 (The Biggest Games Coming in 2026 | IGN)- Playstation:HighGuard - Jan 26 (Will this be the next Concord?)Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties - Feb 12Resident Evil Requiem - Feb 27Crimson Desert - March 19Marathon - March 2026Pragmata - April 24Saros - April 30007 First Light - May 27Insomniac’s Wolverine - Fall 2026GTA6 November 2026 (Will it release in 2026 and Price tag)?Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls - TBDMarvel 1943: Rise of Hydra - TBDOnimusha: Way of the Sword - TBD- Nintendo:Pokemon Gen 10 (+ 30th Anniversary) New 3D Mario Platformer?New 3D Zelda?25th Anniversary of Super Smash Bros…- Microsoft:Fable 2026 or Cancelled?Halo Campaign Evolved (revive Halo or another Infinite)25th Anniversary of Halo Combat Evolved (Halo Multiplayer mode in 2026 too?)Gears of War E-Day (20th Anniversary)Bethesda Softworks (40th Anniversary) Something Fallout? (Fallout Season 2 out in 2026)Starfield or South of Midnight on PS5?Other Anniversaries40th Anniversary FromSoftware (Armored Core 6 or Elden Ring DLC or DuskBlood info)Ubisoft (40th) Assassin Creed Black Flag ResyncNO Hardware upgrades or announcements? - Subscribe to the ChannelRAM Price Increases Could See Next-Generation Console Releases Delayed | Insider GamingPlayStation 5 Jailbreak Rumors Have Caused A Star Wars Game to Increase 1000% in Price | Insider GamingThe Witcher 3 is reportedly getting a surprise new expansion this year | VGC Microsoft CEO Says People Need To 'Get Beyond' Calling It AI Slop | Kotaku
Quick Hits:Nvidia GeForce Now’s Time Limit Will Stop Gamers After 100 Hours Each Month | PCMag
What We Been Playing:Sean - BF6, Dj - Skate Story, DnD
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Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and all of the above, we are ending the year with talking about our Favorite 5 of 2025 (Games that is), but unfortunately, not all is good, the industry got hit with some terribly sad news. All this and more on this episode of Press X to Start Gamer’s Digest
Gaming News: Vince Zampella, video game developer behind 'Call of Duty,' killed in Ferrari crash Video Game Physical Software and Hardware Sales Just Had the Worst November in the U.S. Since 1995 - IGNNintendo Switch 2 Hardware Hit by 41% Price Jump in DRAM, NAND Up 8% | TechPowerUpSubscribe to the ChannelSucker Punch Productions Co-Founder Brian Fleming Passes the Reins to the Next Chapter of Creative LeadershipReport claims Naughty Dog recently ordered employees take on "mandatory" overtime | GamesIndustry.biz Zoë Quinn and multiple game writers come forward about Larian's hiring practices ("unpaid writing tests you have to make playable") News | ResetEra
Quick HitsSony’s legal battle against Tencent’s Horizon ‘clone’ is already over | The VergeBethesda reportedly held a secret Starfield event to showcase an upcoming update that will add faster loading times and technical improvements to the Creation Engine, along with a PS5 port that will be announced in 2026 | TechRadar
What We Been Playing:Sean - Battlefield 6Dj - Returnal, Battlefield 6, Where WInds Meet
Favorite 5 of 2025:DJ:Expedition 33Ghost of YoteiBattlefield 6DispatchMonster Hunter Wilds
Sean:Expedition 33Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in HawaiiDeath Stranding 2: On the BeachGhost of YoteiBattlefield 6
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The Game Awards, had big winners, big trailers, and a ton of announcements! Bungie’s Marathon is back and turning heads! All this and more on this episode of #PressXtoStart Gamer’s Digest. Gaming News: Here’s everything announced at The Game Awards 2025 | VGC Divinity: Original Sin 2 Is Getting a Free Upgrade for PS5, Xbox Series, and Nintendo Switch 2 | IGN Director denies Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic could be more than 4 years away | VGCResident Evil Requiem’s Leon brings ‘adrenaline-pumping action’ to complement ‘scaredy-cat’ Grace, says director | VGC DJ big announcements- Divinity- New Mega Man - Phantom Blade Sean big announcements - Control Resonant- Gang of Dragon- Saros-- Subscribe to the ChannelBungie's Marathon Resurfaces With $40 Price Tag And A March 2026 Release Date | KotakuXbox Games Studio Boss on 'Call of Duty' Movie, Dev Direct Plans | VarietyUbisoft acquires Amazon Games Montreal team, marking the return of Rainbow Six Siege’s director | VGC
Quick HitsDispatch dev says there's one super-rare game-state no one's got yet | Eurogamer.net
What We Been Playing:Sean - BF6, Pragmata DemoDj - BF6, Where Winds Meet
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Geoff Keighley latest post regal.inspiring.thickness and picture got the rumor mill buzzing, Control: Resonant got Remedy fans buzzing, and we may have finally have the closest thing to a pricetag for the Steam Machine. All this and more on this episode of Press X to Start Gamer’s Digest
Gaming News:Those TGA Teasers Are Apparently Not For God Of War, Cory Barlog Reveals | TheGamerA trademark for Control: Resonant appears to have been filed by Remedy | VGC Steam Machine could cost around $700, build analysis estimates | VGCSubscribe to the ChannelRumour: Dead Rising Sequel Will See Frank West Take on a Deranged Director in Hollywood | Push Square Nintendo makes a rare acquisition, buying the studio originally behind Metroid Prime 4 | PolygonCD Projekt Still Plans to Launch All 3 Games in the New Ciri-fronted The Witcher Trilogy Within a 6-Year Period | IGN
Quick Hits:Where Winds Meet Arrives on Mobile Next Week, Surpasses 9 Million Downloads on PC and PS5 Hollow Knight: Silksong Creators Confirm DLC Is Coming - GameSpot
What We Been Playing:Sean - BF6, Pacific DriveDj - Where Winds Meet
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Did Call of Duty Black Ops 7 beat COD Modern Warfare 3 as the worst-selling COD game? Xbox is getting even MORE expensive, and Where Winds Meet is big, weird, and filled with stuff to do! All this and more on this episode of #PressXtoStart Gamer’s Digest
Gaming News:Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 EU Launch Sales Fall Short of Battlefield 6's Launch by 63% Battlefield 6 Just Had the Best Month of Sales in the U.S. of Any Game in the Last Three Years - IGN ‘They didn’t plan at all’: Xbox reportedly warning of yet another potential price increase | VGC- Subscribe to the Channel -Tides of Annihilation: Extended Cut of the New Boss Fight Trailer + New Screenshots - IGN PlayStation Has Made Over $1 Billion On Steam, Firm Claims | Insider GamingUbisoft's Tencent deal goes through | GamesIndustry.biz Ubisoft Reveals 'Teammates' Playable GenAI Experience as Its CEO Says GenAI Will Transform the Industry Like 3D - WccfTech
Quick HitsEXCLUSIVE: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake Set to Launch Before March 31 | Insider GamingMetroid Prime 4: Beyond Demo Now Available At Switch 2 Kiosks (US) | Nintendo LifeNaughty Dog’s Intergalactic is reportedly skipping The Game Awards and won’t release next year | VGC Ghost of Yotei New Game + mode is live!
What We Been Playing:Sean - BF6Dj - BF6, Where Winds Meet is big and weird
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Where Winds Meet launched better on PC than PS5, ARC Raiders is the little engine that's dominating, and we need to talk about the Game Award nominations and why people are upset! All this and more on this episode of Press X to Start Gamer’s Digest
Gaming News:Open world action RPG Where Winds Meet tops 2 million players in its first weekend, with a concurrent peak of 190,000 on Steam alone as it rakes in Very Positive reviews ARC Raiders beats Battlefield 6’s Steam concurrent for the second weekend as its player count continues to grow | VGC Clair Obscur and PlayStation leads The Game Awards 2025 nominations | VGC - Subscribe to the ChannelTHIS WEEK IN AI GAMING!!!U.S. Congressman Blasts Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Alleged AI Images: 'We Need Regulations That Prevent Companies from using AI to Eliminate Jobs' - IGN Krafton CEO allegedly asked ChatGPT to help him find a way out of paying Subnautica 2 devs their bonuses because he wanted to avoid the 'professional embarrassment' of being seen as a 'pushover' | PC Gamer ‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC Capcom says it’s confident Resident Evil Requiem won’t suffer from Monster Hunter Wilds-style PC performance issues | VGCDispatch dev says "there was no glitch" causing a bad ending, it's just you
Quick HitsMicrosoft Announces Xbox Partner Preview Showcase, Airing This Week - IGNWelp, says Sony, sure looks like buying Bungie didn't work out | PC Gamer DEATH STRANDING ISOLATIONS (WORKING TITLE) STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON DISNEY+ | Kojima PRoductions Nintendo Issues First Official The Legend of Zelda Movie Photos Showing Link and Zelda In Costume - IGN People are playing fewer games and new releases are "struggling", say Ubisoft UK, warning of falling revenues | Rock Paper Shotgun
What We Been Playing:Sean - BF6Dj - Where Winds Meet, Dispatch (beat), BF6 Redsec
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On our plate for this week: Valve finally dropped their next big hardware, should Xbox be worried? We finally got details on the long rumored Horizon MMO, and Playstation dropped a State of Play geared toward Japan and boy was it Japanese. All this and more on this episode of Press X to Start Gamer’s Digest .
Gaming News:Valve's new Steam Machine is a SteamOS-powered mini PC over six times faster than a Steam Deck | PC Gamer Steam Hardware AnnouncementSony is making a Horizon MMO — here’s the video and details | The VergeSubscribe to the ChannelState of Play Japan November 2025: all announcements | PlayStation.Blog 16 game announcements, 9 DLC announcements, and a new 27” Gaming monitor with a DualSense Charging hookThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie's Rosalina Will Be Voiced by Brie Larson - IGN GTA 6 Is Delayed Again Until November 2026 | IGN Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra Delayed 'Beyond Early 2026' | IGN Insomniac only earned $567 USD with Sunset Overdrive, an Xbox exclusive | LevelUp
Quick HitsNew Ratchet & Clank Game Announced, But It's A Mobile Shooter Thing | KotakuArc Raiders Has Now Had The Fourth-Best Steam Launch Of 2025 | The Gamer
What We Been Playing:Sean - BF6, DispatchDj - BF6 Redsec, Dispatch
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