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GTA VI WILL SHIP WITHOUT A DISC, AND THAT'S A PROBLEM BIGGER THAN ONE GAME

Rockstar's 'physical' edition of GTA VI is just a code in a box, and the most anticipated game ever is about to make digital-only the industry default.

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EXCLUSIVITY'S WEIRD COMEBACK: GREAT FOR FANBOYS, WORSE FOR EVERYONE ELSE

Xbox just reversed two years of going multiplatform, locking Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution to its own hardware. Exclusivity isn't dead. It's back on both sides, and that tells you what it was always for.

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▶ news·Jun 21, 2026

CRISIS AVERTED: HALO CAMPAIGN EVOLVED WON'T LOCK SPLIT-SCREEN BEHIND TWO PS PLUS SUBS

Halo Studios has walked back the wording that suggested both PS5 players needed PlayStation Plus for local co-op, and that correction matters more than the original panic.

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▶ reviews·Jun 20, 2026

PRAGMATA WAS WORTH THE WAIT, AND THE HACKING GRID IS WHY

Six years and several delays later, Pragmata's real-time hack-and-shoot mechanic is the rare new idea that actually rewires how you play a third-person shooter.

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▶ history·Jun 18, 2026

A DELAYED GAME ISN'T A BROKEN PROMISE. A MISSING ONE IS.

Delays sting in the moment, but the real damage isn't the wait, it's the silence that turns a wait into a question mark.

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▶ news·Jun 17, 2026

GAMESTOP'S COLLECTIBLES BET IS NOT A TURNAROUND. IT'S A NOSTALGIA TRADE.

GameStop's pivot to Pokémon cards and pop-culture figures is generating real revenue, but mistaking a nostalgia economics play for a genuine retail reinvention misreads what the company is actually doing.

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▶ collectibles·Jun 17, 2026

THE HOT TOYS RESALE MYTH: WHY FIRST-TIME 1/6 BUYERS MISREAD THE SIDESHOW QUESTION

Collectors swear Hot Toys holds value and Sideshow doesn't, but the consensus hides the one variable that actually decides whether your figure appreciates or rots in a closet.

⏱ 7 min read

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