The news of the week (#28 2026)

Are you in favor of restricting access to social networks for teenagers? This is the question that we ask you with the survey this week, and we do so following the words of Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, who after the summer will present a proposal to be applied throughout the European Union. We have received a couple more news from Brussels. On the one hand, there are new exceptions in the law that forces electronic device manufacturers to assemble easily replaceable batteries, and on the other Google has received two legally binding instructions to open Android to third-party AI assistants and share data from its search engine with the competition.

In games, prominence for Bethesda Game Studios. The Xbox subsidiary has confirmed the remasters of Fallout 3 and New Vegas and a new installment of the saga developed by Obsidian, announced that Starfield will receive more content and assured that The Elder Scrolls VI is its main project today. In another vein, we have welcomed Denshattack!, a game inspired by Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, SSX and Jet Set Radio, Modern Warfare 4 has discovered the Kill Block multiplayer experience that offers a modular battlefield, and Sony has delayed the launch of the FlexStrike arcade stick, which is now undated.

In technology we have the news about the disappearance of OnePlus, a manufacturer of smartphones that it will stop launching new products in Europe and the United States. Oppo, the parent company of OnePlus, will continue to operate as before. We finish with OpenAI, which according to the latest rumors is working on a smart speaker designed to be an AI assistant. If all goes as planned, this will be the first product in its hardware line.

Nintendo

Xbox
PlayStation

• Sony delays the launch of the FlexStrike arcade stick, which is left without a date.
• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Rise of the Ronin or the classic Psi-Ops among the games that join the PS Plus catalog.
• Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls details the content of the open beta, which will take place from July 24 to 26.
• The God of War series is looking for a new Kratos after Ryan Hurst’s injury.
• Joe Ziegler, director of Marathon, formerly Bungie.

PC/mobile
Multiplatform

• The EOL podcast #52: Sony PlayStation sends the physical format to hell.
• Warframe details the Tau update, content that will lead players to a new system.
• Summer Games Done Quick 2026 manages to raise $2.4 million.
• The Alters receive the Last Variable expansion, which follows the story of the Scientist Jan.
• Mouse: PI for Hire exceeds one million units sold.
• Dragon’s Dogma II: Dark Arisen will offer more than 25 hours of content.
• Dying Light: The Beast cancels the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions.
• The King is Watching will arrive on PS5, Xbox Series and Switch on July 29.
• Beast of Reincarnation details its combat system with a trailer.
• Glen Schofield, creator of Dead Space, retires.
• Rockstar Games is focusing on consoles first because it’s always better to start with limitations, says a former producer.
• Available Denshattack!, a colorful action game where trains do skate tricks.
• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves reveals the characters of the third season pass.
• Crimson Desert adds cross-save with its latest update.
• Hot Wheels Infinite Rush advances its release to September 10.
• Launch trailer for Heave Ho 2, a cooperative party game.
• The multiplayer shooter Gallipoli announces its release for August 20.
• Battlefield 6 details naval combat, the main novelty of season 4.
• Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced reaches 3 million copies sold.
• ZA/UM Studios lays off 32 workers due to poor sales of Zero Parades: For Dead Spies.

Technology/Internet