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Developer House House and publisher Panic announced today that their co-op multiplayer puzzle/exploration/goof-around game Big Walk has achieved huge sales success in just under a week. In a post on Bluesky, Panic announced that Big Walk has already passed over one million units in sales. For small development teams and publishers, one million is a tremendous milestone–one that plenty of big commercial releases from major publishers often fail to reach.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has swung into theaters and shattered numerous records; everyone and their Aunt May went to see this film, it seems. And thankfully, it’s good! After a trilogy of Tom Holland movies that purposefully went in a different direction than what fans had come to expect of the character in prior adaptations–and to divisive results–Brand New Day ties up this iteration of Peter Parker in a much more familiar web.

Overwatch is making big changes to its battle pass as part of Season 4, with a new multi-track system that even gives players an option to swap out and replace a skin they don’t want. As explained in a new “Director’s Take” blog post by Overwatch product director Chris McCabe, Blizzard said it recognizes that due to Overwatch’s ever-expanding roster of 50+ heroes, not every battle pass will have rewards for the heroes a particular player is most excited about.

The removal of Rush from Battlefield 6 isn’t going over well within the game’s community, as developer Battlefield Studios confirms it’s exploring ways to bring it back. Playlists for the mode, along with several others like King of the Hill and Team Deathmatch, were removed with no real warning or fanfare from Battlefield 6 following its minor patch 1.4.1.5 update on August 4. The modes were also removed from custom searches, relegating the modes to Battlefield 6’s Portal custom games.

Out of all of Xbox’s studios (of which there are admittedly fewer now following mass layoffs and studio divestitures), Blizzard is reportedly the “top performing.” That’s according to a new report from Windows Central based on emails sent by Blizzard president Johanna Faries to staff last week.

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls launched last week, and its first patch is taking aim at the many technical teething issues on PC. Poor optimization appears to be one of the major issues, as many users online have reported it being demanding on their systems despite having moderate PC requirements. “We’ve been working on a number of fixes and improvements aimed at reducing performance issues, improving stability, and addressing some specific problems,” Arc System Works wrote in an update.

Following its reveal at Summer Game Fest earlier this year, 1666: Amsterdam quickly became my most anticipated game of 2026. While the entire world seems to be pining for Rockstar’s next big adventure in Vice City, after that showcase I found myself ensnared by Panache’s promise of a dark tale full of witchcraft and stunningly rendered cobblestone streets.

GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen might be ready to pull the plug on his ambitious plan to purchase eBay for $56 billion, a new report claims.

The Nintendo Switch version of Aliens: Fireteam Elite is now completely removed from sale and impossible to play for people who bought it. Developer Cold Iron Studios announced earlier this year that Fireteam Elite, a game that runs in the cloud and not locally, would be shut down on August 5, and now that day has come. The game was delisted on the Switch’s eShop earlier this year, along with other digital platforms. However, the game remains playable on other platforms in an offline state.

Jessica Cogswell is GameSpot's features editor and an avid fan of coffee, anime, dark fantasy-settings, RPGs, MTG (Orzhov forever), and repurchasing games she already owns on Switch. Everything she does is to make Tifa Lockhart proud.