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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:  Summer Game Fest Wrap up!  Nintendo Direct June 2026: Every Game Announcement | IGN Everything Announced at Xbox Games Showcase 2026 | IGN Xbox pulls Gears video featuring a PS5 logo, 24 hours after announcing it as an exclusive | VGC  Everything Announced at Summer Gaame Fest 2026 | IGN PlayStation State of Play June 2026 roundup | Eurogamer.net Overall impressions DJ top 5 God of War Laufey Blood Message Kingdom Hearts 4 Dragons Dogma 2 Dark Arisen The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Sean top 5 God of War Laufey The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Stranger Than Heaven Kingdom Hearts 4 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin Savion top 5 God of War Laufey Control Resonant Wolverine phantom blade zero silent hill: townfall  Grade the shows 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:  PlayStation State of Play June 2026 roundup | Eurogamer.net Marathon adds PvE-focused mode tomorrow alongside free-to-play season 2 launch – Destructoid First gods we see are Mongolian (Buddhist), the purple light is S   New Modern Warfare 4 Map is 'Crazy' and Has Over 500 Possible Combinations - Insider Gaming  Quick Hits Dragon Age series producer says more games should be funded by product placement instead of live service | VGC Microsoft Announces Fable Delay, Now Launches 2027 | IGN Activision Files Trademark For Crash Bandicoot Motion Pictures - Insider Gaming A US Bill to Keep Games Playable After They Shut Down Has Passed Its First Vote | Insider Gaming 007 First Light is already IO’s fastest-selling game ever | VGC 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:  State of Play returns Tuesday, June 2 – PlayStation.Blog Sony Trademarks New Game Called 'Break In' Ahead of PlayStation State of Play | Insider Gaming Report: LittleBigPlanet and Dreams Developer Media Molecule Working on New IP With 'Open-World Content'  | MP1st 007 First Light - 88 Opencritic | 87 Metacritic The End Of ‘Destiny 2’: All Expansions Canceled, Maintenance Mode Incoming | Forbes Bungie Plans Layoffs After Ending ‘Destiny 2’ Development | Bloomberg The first, cinematic look at Marathon season 2 paints it as the horror game it always should have been | Rock Paper Shotgun  Major Xbox hires expand leadership team to strengthen console brand | VGC Xbox Reportedly Canceled The Family Game Pass Plan Because Of Pressure From Electronic Arts | Game Observer Quick Hits Hasbro is spending $1bn making video games, and none of them are games-as-a-service | The Game Business 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+  Baki's Yujiro Hanma is the perfect fit for the Tekken franchise | Polygon 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: Rockstar should raise GTA 6’s price for good of ‘the entire industry’, says Bank of America | VGC GTA 6 Needs To Sell Staggering Amount Of Copies To Meet Expectations | ScreenRant Rockstar games like GTA release on console before PC because that’s the ‘core consumer’, Take-Two CEO Zelnick says | VGC GameStop's Absurd Bid To Buy eBay For $56 Billion Sounds Bad | Kotaku Sony PlayStation Lawsuit Refund: How To Check Eligibility and Claim Your Money - Insider Gaming Sony Responds to PlayStation DRM Fears With Official Statement - Insider Gaming Subscriber plug Saros Is At The Center Of A Misinformation Campaign | Kotaku Microsoft's new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma overhauls leadership team | CNBC Valve just imported 50 tons of game consoles in two days | The Verge  Quick Hits Open-world anime RPG Neverness to Everness hits $14 million globally on day one, led by Japan and US  - AUTOMATON WEST Halo Studios is ‘actively developing’ remakes of Halo 2 and Halo 3, it’s claimed | VGC Injustice 3 in the Works at NetherRealm Studios, It's Claimed - Insider Gaming 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

Who’s excited to get griefed by a dude in a mickey mouse helmet while your trying to extract clubhouse tokens.. Epic and Disney are, Marathon is adding more to their extraction formula, and Xbox Game Pass may be changing….again Gaming News Epic Games is working on an Arc Raiders-like Disney extraction shooter slated to release by the end of the year | GamesIndustry.biz  Marathon Gets New Experimental Mode | IGN Marathon Reportedly Had a Budget of Over $200 Million — and While the Pressure Is on Bungie to Gain More Players, It Is Not Facing an Imminent, Concord-Style Shutdown | IGN Subscriber plug Xbox Game Pass ‘has become too expensive,’ says Microsoft’s new gaming chief in leaked memo | TheVerge Xbox Is Reportedly Considering a Return To Exclusive Games: "There Are Very, Very Big Discussions Internally," Insider Says | WccfTech Pete Hines says he quit Bethesda post-Xbox because ‘it’s part of something not genuine’ | VGC  ‘Bloodborne’ Video Game Getting R-Rated Animated Movie Adaptation From Sony | Variety Filming has wrapped with Legend of Zelda Quick Hits GTA Leak Raises Take-Two Interactive Stock Value By Over $1 Billion | Insider Gaming  007 First Light is Delayed on the Nintendo Switch 2 | Insider Gaming  No Man's Sky's adds Pokémon-inspired battles in major game update | Polygon The FAA wants gamers to apply for air traffic control jobs | BBC What We Been Playing Dj -Crimson Desert (Oh..this is Game of Thrones), Pokopia (playing Bob the Builder) Savion - Crimson Desert

Lenovo Legion Go 2 is 2 High 2 Buy, or is it? Did we just get an Uncharted 5 tease, and Playstation 6 may unfortunately be sooner than we expected. All this and more on this episode of Press X to Start Gamer’s Digest! Gaming News Best Buy Lists Lenovo Legion Go 2 at Twice the Price of the ROG Xbox Ally X | Windows Report Uncharted 5? Fans Believe Cryptic Naughty Dog Dev Post Is Teasing The Game | GameSpot 'PlayStation 6 Is Not Many Years Away': Leaks Suggest Sony Is Working On Imminent Generational Transition With Handheld Support and 'PlayGo' Smart Delivery | WccfTech AMD Wouldn't Waste Resources Doing Validation If They Thought The PlayStation 6 Could Be Delayed, Leaker Claims | WccfTech Last Of Us Online Was ‘80 Percent’ Done When It Was Canceled | Kotaku Subscriber plug Super Mario becomes the only animated movie series to open globally at more than $350 million twice | VGC EXCLUSIVE: Eidos Montreal Cancels 7+ Year In-Development Title That Cost Hundreds of Millions | Insider Gaming US patent office revokes Nintendo’s patent on summoning characters to make them battle | VGC PlayStation Games on PC Took 3 Years to Earn $300M | Insider Gaming PlayStation Studios Removes Nearly All PC References From Websites | Game Observer Quick Hits The Google Pixel 10 can now play Steam games, thanks to the latest GameNative release | Android Police What We Been Playing: Sean - Bayonetta 3 Dj -Crimson Desert, Pokemon Pokopia If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell. Every little bit helps! Join/Follow Us: Discord: https://pressx2start.com/discord  YouTube: https://pressx2start.com/youtube  Be good to each other, Peace!

Playstation is demanding more money from us before their big titles hit, Nintendo is bring a certain Space Fox, and Crimson Desert continues to sell… Gaming News The PS5 Price Hike Was Inevitable, But What Comes Next? | GameSpot  Sources: Nintendo is planning a new Star Fox and a major Zelda remake this year, but no 3D Mario | VGC As Crimson Desert nears 5 million sales, Pearl Abyss CEO says it’s looking into a Switch 2 port | VGC Crimson Desert Main Development Team Moves to Next Title | Insider Gaming  Subscriber plug Xbox Games Showcase 2026 Followed by Gears of War: E-Day Direct Airs June 7 - and Xbox Fanfest Returns | Xbox Wire Xbox Game Pass “TRITON” shows up with only first‑party games, sparking questions about whether Microsoft is preparing a major shake‑up to its subscription model | Windows Central Xbox Announces 14 Titles Coming To Game Pass At March's Partner Preview Showcase | PureXbox   Quick Hits ‘We are in it for the long haul’: Bungie says Marathon will be steadily improved for ‘many years’ | VGC After Almost 25 Years, An Unreleased Dreamcast Game Cancelled In The Wake Of 9/11 Has Just Been Brought Back Online | Time Extension What We Been Playing: Sean - N/A Dj -Crimson Desert Crimson Desert Patch Notes Version 1.01.00  If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell. Every little bit helps! Join/Follow Us: Discord: https://pressx2start.com/discord  YouTube: https://pressx2start.com/youtube  Be good to each other, Peace!

Crimson Desert is finally out, and the internet is at odds with how to feel about the game...and well… how to play it. Insomniac wants to give you even more reason to pre-order Wolverine later this spring, and Stranger than Heaven will headline Xbox’s Partner Preview this Week!.... Gaming News Crimson Desert Patch 1.00.03 Makes The Game Easier and Fixes Huge Concerns | Insider Gaming  Sold 2 million copies in 24 hours Steam reviews are leaning toward positive after the patch  Pearl Abyss Addresses Crimson Desert AI Art Scandal: 'We Apologize For These Oversights' - Insider Gaming Insomniac 'Wants To Show More' Wolverine Before Opening Pre-Orders - Insider Gaming Sega’s Stranger Than Heaven will headline an Xbox Partner event this week | VGC   Minecraft Dungeons is getting a sequel this year, and it’s coming to PS5 and Switch 2 | VGC  Ubisoft announces layoffs and the cease of game development at Red Storm Entertainment | GamesIndustry.biz Saudi Arabia Just Spent Over $6 Billion Buying Up More Of The Video Game Industry  | Kotaku   Quick Hits Slay the Spire 2: One of the best indie Steam launches of all time |  Alinea Analytics Microsoft Reportedly Offering Up to 50% Off Xbox Series X/S to Select Xbox One Users | Twisted Voxel Sony Removes Over 1,000 Low-Quality Games From PlayStation Store | MP1st What We Been Playing: Sean - Yakuza 3 Kiwami: Dark Ties side story Dj -Crimson Desert, Pokemon Pokopia If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell. Every little bit helps! Join/Follow Us: Discord: https://pressx2start.com/discord  YouTube: https://pressx2start.com/youtube  Be good to each other, Peace!

NVIDIA is throwing AI filters on your favorite games, Xbox is installing AI Clippy 2.0 on your console, and PC will overtake consoles in 2 years! So sound the alarm bells! Gaming News Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, Injecting Even More AI Into Games - IGN  Gaming Copilot coming to current-gen Xbox consoles in 2026 | GamesIndustry.biz PC will overtake console revenue by 2028, says Newzoo | GamesIndustry.biz Pokopia is already one of the best-selling Pokémon spin-offs, after just four days | VGC Crimson Desert Estimated to Have Already Reached $20M in Pre-Order Revenue With Nearly 400K Copies Sold on Steam Alone Arc Raiders Has Started Replacing AI Voices With Human Ones Which CEO Admits Are Better Arc Raiders, The Finals Dev Embark Studios Parts Ways With Co-founder Following Misconduct Allegations - IGN Quick Hits The Neowsletter - March 2026 | Mega Crit Games Marathon has likely sold close to 2 million copies in the first week | Reddit Marathon is rolling out an "experimental duo queue" | Eurogamer Saudi Arabia Buys Another 5 Percent Of Capcom As Resident Evil Requiem Sells 6 Million Copies | Kotaku What We Been Playing: Sean - Yakuza 3 Kiwami, Ghost of Yotei Legends Dj -Ghost of Yotei Legends, Pokemon Pokopia If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell. Every little bit helps! Join/Follow Us: Discord: https://pressx2start.com/discord  YouTube: https://pressx2start.com/youtube  Be good to each other, Peace!

We got all the details on Ghost of Yotei’s Multiplayer mode dropping tomorrow, the internet was wrong about Marathon, Slay the Spire 2 has been slaying Steam, and Sony is done with PC support… well kinda! Gaming News: Ghost of Yōtei Legends: everything you need to know about the online co-op multiplayer mode | Playstation Blog Marathon is already the top-selling new game on Steam, dethroning Resident Evil Requiem | Games Radar Bungie Responds Quickly to Marathon Microtransactions Backlash, First Patch Will Make the Game Slightly Easier | IGN Marathon Steam Charts | SteamDB Slay The Spire 2 Already Has 97% Positive Reviews As It Explodes | Kotaku Slay the Spire 2 dev "totally blown away" as the roguelike enters Steam's top 20 most-played games ever with over 573,000 concurrent players: "We'll getcha one day Silksong" | Games Radar PlayStation is reportedly moving away from PC ports | The Verge Sony has made at least $2.3 billion selling first-party games on PC and Xbox | Tweaktown 'Sony Finally Understands': Over 70% of PS5 Fans Agree with Decision to Scrap PC Ports | Push Square Sony's PlayStation Store has been testing dynamic pricing on games | Polygon Xbox Project Helix could cost $999 to $1,200, report suggests | VGC Nagoshi Studio reportedly facing closure, after NetEase ‘pulls Gang of Dragon funding’ | VGC Quick Hits: GTA 6 Pre-Orders and Price Could Surface Soon Based on New PlayStation Data - Insider Gaming New Gran Turismo In Development - Insider Gaming An AI-generated review of Resident Evil Requiem, written by a fake 'iGaming and sports betting analyst', briefly hit Metacritic What We Been Playing: Sean - Yakuza 3 Kiwami  Dj - Pokemon Pokopia If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell. Every little bit helps! Join/Follow Us: Discord: https://pressx2start.com/discord  YouTube: https://pressx2start.com/youtube  Be good to each other, Peace!

Pokemon Wind/Waves has a surprise release date, Marathon Server slam had some players surprised, and big surprise we have a new studio to blame for Sony’s shutting down Bluepoint Studio! Gaming News: News and Updates from the Pokémon Day 2026 Pokémon Presents Marathon duo queue requests "heard" by Bungie, as Server Slam concludes with a bang | Eurogamer.net Sony was ready to approve a Bloodborne remake, but FromSoftware turned it down | PC Gamer New York sues video game developer Valve, says its 'loot boxes' are gambling | Reuters Resident Evil Requiem currently has the highest user score of all time on Metacritic | VGC skate. developer Full Circle announces layoffs - Gematsu Quick Hits: GTA 6 Pre-Orders and Price Could Surface Soon Based on New PlayStation Data - Insider Gaming New Gran Turismo In Development - Insider Gaming An AI-generated review of Resident Evil Requiem written by a fake 'iGaming and sports betting analyst' briefly hit Metacritic What We Been Playing: Sean - Vampire Crawlers Demo, Yakuza 3 Kiwami, Dj - Marathon Server slam If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell. Every little bit helps! Join/Follow Us: Discord: https://pressx2start.com/discord  YouTube: https://pressx2start.com/youtube  Be good to each other, Peace!