The news of the week (#25 2026)

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By Rita Ora

Week marked by the memory and storage crisis, which has been cited in up to three news items. The first is the price of the Steam Machine, which will be available on June 29 from 1,039 euros; the second is about Xbox Series, which will increase its sales price between 100 and 150 dollars; and the third is carried out by Apple, which has announced a price increase for multiple products including Mac, MacBook, iPad, Apple TV 4K and HomePod. Continuing with the bad news, Bungie is undergoing a new restructuring that will take away most of the team dedicated to Destiny and a part of the team in charge of Marathon.

This has also been Grand Theft Auto VI week. Rockstar Games has launched reservations, discovering that the physical edition includes a code and not a disc and that the price of the standard edition is 79.99 euros. On the other hand, we have welcomed Dark Scrolls and Star Fox for Nintendo Switch 2, while Lords of the Fallen II has announced that its release is delayed until the first quarter of 2027. We also have new details and a new image of OD, Hideo Kojima’s horror game for Xbox.

In technology we have seen the Pocket Nova portable console, a model with a 4:3 OLED panel and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor that ships from $229, and the Pocket Micro 2, which equips a 3.5-inch screen with 960×640 resolution, Snapdragon 865 and a 3,950 mAh battery for $269. We also discussed the efforts of Valve and AMD to bring FSR 4 to the Steam Machine, attended the presentation of Jalapeño, an inference processor designed by OpenAI and Broadcom, and the debut of GPT-5.6, a model with three variants whose availability currently depends on the US government.

Nintendo

Xbox

  • Kojima shows a new image of OD and assures that it is a terrifying game.
  • Nicolas Cage will appear in season 4 of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.
  • Xbox Series increases its sales price between $100 and $150.

PlayStation
PC/mobile
Multiplatform

  • Launch trailer for Dark Scrolls, an action platformer with a fantasy theme.
  • Sales of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and Shinobi: Art of Vengeance do not meet Sega’s expectations.
  • Hell Maiden, a survival and deck-building game, will be available on July 16.
  • The FPS Cultic will go on sale on July 23 for PS5, Xbox Series and Switch 2.
  • THQ Nordic will be holding an event on August 7.
  • Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 offers the first details about the setting and combat system with a trailer.
  • Launch trailer for Deer & Boy, a cinematic platform game.
  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide welcomes the Skitarii class.
  • 34BigThings is independent from Embracer Group.
  • Lords of the Fallen II delays its release to the first quarter of 2027.
  • Frostpunk 2 receives the Breach of Trust content with a new plot set in New Edinburgh.
  • Universa and The Immortal will join Invincible VS on June 30.
  • Grand Theft Auto VI reveals the retail price and content of the Ultimate Edition.
  • Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader sells 2 million copies and announces a physical edition for PS5 and Switch 2.
  • Ratatan delays its release to October 15.
  • Survival action RPG Enshrouded will be available on October 15 for PS5 and PC.
  • Cooperative FPS Abyssus debuts on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series.
  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance II exceeds 6 million units sold.
  • [ur=https://www.elotrolado.net/noticias/juegos/monster-hunter-stories-3-historia-secundaria-adicional]Monster Hunter Stories 3[/url] receives additional content and the Royal Monsters update.
  • Dragon’s Dogma II details what’s new in the Dark Arisen expansion.
  • Persona 3 Reload exceeds 3 million copies.

Technology/Internet

  • Steam Machine will go on sale on June 29 from 1,039 euros.
  • Valve talks about the price of the Steam Machine and acknowledges that it is higher than expected.
  • Valve is working with AMD to bring FSR 4 to the Steam Machine.
  • OpenAI presents Jalapeño, its first AI processor.
  • Valve shows off the Steam Machine unboxing and a getting started guide.
  • Retroid reveals the Pocket Nova portable console, with a 4:3 OLED panel at 120 Hz and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 from $229.
  • Apple raises the price of Macs and iPads.
  • Ayaneo announces the Pocket Micro 2 laptop, with a 3.5-inch screen, Snapdragon 865 and 3,950 mAh battery.
  • OpenAI presents GPT-5.6, a model supervised by the US that stands out in coding, biology and cybersecurity.