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July 16

• Valve silently removes incest and slave adult games from Steam
  Valve has seemingly been pressured by payment processors such as Visa and Mastercard to remove a specific type of game from the Steam Store. Continue reading at TweakTown
• Paranoid about AI? You won't like new Windows 11 feature that lets Copilot peer at your desktop
  If you want to enlist the AI to help you with any task, you can now share your desktop via Copilot Vision - though this is just in testing for now. Continue reading at TweakTown
• GTA 6 to make $7.6 billion in two months, gaming venture capitalist Konvoy predicts
  One gaming VC expects Grand Theft Auto 6 to make a combined $7.6 billion in 60 days after launch through game sales, GTA+ subscriptions, and GTA Online. Continue reading at TweakTown
• BBC segment on retro gaming puts NES game in SNES, sparking online reactions
  A segment on the rise of retro gaming on the BBC will now be forever remembered for putting a NES cartridge for Super Mario Bros. in a SNES. Continue reading at TweakTown
• Hundreds of GIGABYTE motherboards affected by BIOS vulnerability, updates are available
  Hundreds of older Intel-based GIGABYTE motherboards are affected by a UEFI firmware vulnerability that requires a BIOS update to resolve. Continue reading at TweakTown
• Need for Speed: Underground RTX Remix mod just got a stunning update
  Need for Speed: Underground RTX Remix is an impressive new mod for the classic racer and it just got a huge update as part of the RTX Remix Mod Contest. Continue reading at TweakTown
• DLSS 4 arrives in RoboCop: Rogue City and the Marvel Rivals Season 3
  Marvel Rivals Season 3, War Thunder, and RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business make up the PC games getting DLSS 4 support this week. Continue reading at TweakTown
• Seagate's new Exos M and IronWolf Pro 30TB drives are built for on-premises AI
  Seagate Exos M and NAS-ready IronWolf Pro 30TB drives are available with a $599.99 MSRP, unlocking mass storage capacity for on-premises AI. Continue reading at TweakTown
• Nintendo explains why Donkey Kong Bananza can't launch on the original Switch
  The developers behind Donkey Kong Bananza have revealed that the game was first developed for the original Switch but encountered roadblocks. Continue reading at TweakTown
• You can now play Xbox-only console games on PC
  Microsoft's 'Stream your own game' feature is coming to the Xbox PC app and it includes the ability to play console-only games previously unavailable. Continue reading at TweakTown
• Call of Duty Black Ops 7 details leak ahead of official reveal at Gamescom 2025
  Details for Call of Duty Black Ops 7 have been leaked by an insider ahead of the official unveiling scheduled for Gamescom 2025 in August. Continue reading at TweakTown
• Nintendo confirms Donkey Kong Bananza was made by the Super Mario Odyssey team
  Nintendo has confirmed that the team behind Super Mario Odyssey was tasked with developing Donkey Kong Bananza and innovating the character. Continue reading at TweakTown
• Cyberpunk 2077 to receive massive update from CD Projekt Red very soon
  CD Projekt Red has teased it will be doing a deep dive into a significant update headed to Cyberpunk 2077 in a livestream scheduled for July 16. Continue reading at TweakTown
• Microsoft replaces fired workers with AI that the former employees built
  Microsoft has been accused of replacing recently fired workers with artificial intelligence tools that the former employees built. Continue reading at TweakTown
• Avowed patch 1.5 adds new early game uniques, new ranger and fighter abilities
  Obsidian makes good on its Avowed roadmap and releases Patch 1.5, a new update that adds new passives/abilities, items, and fixes a ton of issues & bugs. Continue reading at TweakTown
• NVIDIA and Microsoft could reduce VRAM consumption in games by up to 90%
  NVIDIA and Microsoft are collaborating to address the VRAM issue with graphics cards, and a new solution has recently been tested. Continue reading at TweakTown
• 4K-ready Nintendo 64 FPGA Analogue 3D console delayed slightly, company affected by tariffs
  Analogue has delayed the release of its Analogue 3D console to August, and buyers still express criticism of the company's FPGA-based Nintendo 64 analog. Continue reading at TweakTown
• The future of gaming is 'Roblox-like platforms with AI prompts,' former Square Enix exec says
  Former Square Enix exec and Genvid CEO discusses how AI will affect gaming, predicting that the future will be AI-driven prompts driving custom gameplay. Continue reading at TweakTown

July 15

• New Resident Evil film director Zach Cregger has replayed Resident Evil 4 'again and again'
  Barbarian horror film director Zach Cregger expresses his love for the Resident Evil games, especially RE4, which he's 'looped' time and time again. Continue reading at TweakTown
• Acquire, makers of classic ninja PlayStation series Tenchu, are working on new original games
  Acquire, the Japanese game developer behind the iconic Tenchu series on PlayStation, has teamed up with Red Dune Games to make all-original new games IP. Continue reading at TweakTown
• PowerColor updates its Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB card: new design, launches this month
  PowerColor updates its Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB graphics card design, launches later this month with Navi 48 GPU and 32GB of GDDR6 memory. Continue reading at TweakTown
• Zuckerberg confirms multiple GW AI clusters: Prometheus in 2026, 5000MW+ Hyperion in the future
  Mark Zuckerberg says that Meta's plans for 'Multi-GW' AI clusters are coming, titan clusters cover a significant part of portion of Manhattan. Continue reading at TweakTown
• NVIDIA's new China-specific RTX 6000D rumored, expected to ship 2 million units in 2025
  NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang visits China with reports of the new RTX 6000D AI GPU expected to launch this year, estimated to sell 2 million units in 2025. Continue reading at TweakTown
• Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition launches on Apple Silicon Macs this week, requires M1 minimum
  Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition launches on Apple Silicon this week, requires 16GB RAM minimum, so the base M1 and M2 with 8GB RAM won't work. Continue reading at TweakTown
• New rumor suggests foldable iPhone could be priced as low as $1,800, but we're not buying it
  The rumor, that is - though we won't be buying the smartphone either - as others still indicate this will be a pricier premium effort from Apple. Continue reading at TweakTown
• Elder Scrolls 6 core gameplay is 'playable' despite having no release date, says insider
  The Elder Scrolls 6 is reportedly in a 'quite playable' state, following the start of production in 2023, despite there being no official release date. Continue reading at TweakTown
• Billion-dollar company caught rigging Steam Reviews for its new game
  A billion-dollar company has been caught attempting to manipulate the Steam Reviews section of their recently released game, sparking a response. Continue reading at TweakTown
• Rumor suggests Elder Scrolls VI is in a 'quite playable' form - so could it arrive in 2026?
  According to the rumor mill, Elder Scrolls VI might be in a reasonably playable state now - which is fuel to the fire for those hoping for a 2026 release. Continue reading at TweakTown
• Developers react to sudden MMORPG cancellation: 'Microsoft took our future'
  The developers behind the Microsoft-cancelled MMORPG have claimed that the company has stolen the future of the creators and the community. Continue reading at TweakTown
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 confirmed for worldwide reveal at Gamescom 2025
  The next Call of Duty game, Black Ops 7, will get an official worldwide reveal at Gamescom Opening Night, scheduled to take place on August 19. Continue reading at TweakTown