Epic Games Store's Free Game This Week Is Foretales — Claim the $19.99 Card Adventure Before July 30
PS Plus Game Catalog July 2026: Rise of the Ronin and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Join — Global Rollout July 21
SEGA Summer Sale 2026: Persona 5 Royal 80% Off, Yakuza 8 Ultimate 70% Off Through July 29
Epic Free Games July 16–23: Psychological Horror 'Luto' and Retro RPG 'Echo Generation'
Path of Exile 3.29, Curse of the Allflame, launched July 24 at 20:00 UTC. Beyond its deep-sea challenge league, the update rewires core systems: socket colours are gone, Mercenaries become permanent, and Abyss and Legion get full reworks. It rolled out simultaneously on PC (Steam and Epic), PS4, PS5, and Xbox.
Halo lands on PlayStation for the first time. The UE5 rebuild entered early access July 23 with Metacritic scores of 84 on Xbox, 81 on PS5, and 77 on PC. Global launch and Game Pass day-one access both begin July 28, along with three new prequel missions and 4-player crossplay co-op.
Former PlayStation dev reveals Sony issued 'strictest ever' staff gag rules over the disc ban. 335K petition signatures; analysts say no reversal is coming.
The Epic Games Store is giving away Foretales, a narrative card adventure from French studio Alkemi, starting July 23. Normally $19.99, this marks the first time the title has ever gone free on Epic, and the claim window runs exactly one week — through July 30. It holds a 'Very Positive' (86%) rating on Steam and a 'Strong' score on OpenCritic.
The PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium Game Catalog lineup for July 2026 is rolling out in stages. Team Ninja's open-world RPG Rise of the Ronin landed first on July 15 in the US and UK, while Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Firefighting Simulator: Ignite, and two Premium classics (Psi-Ops and Indigo Prophecy) go live globally on July 21. For Extra and Premium subscribers, it's a meaty open-world and action-heavy refresh.
SEGA's Summer Sale is live on the PlayStation Store and Nintendo eShop through July 29, 2026, headlined by Persona 5 Royal at 80% off and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Ultimate Edition at 70% off. Persona 3 Reload drops up to 50%, while Sonic Racing CrossWorlds and Sonic x Shadow Generations Digital Deluxe editions each fall 50%. A tight window to close the biggest gaps in a SEGA or Atlus library.
Smilegate, alongside developer AIXLAB and co-publisher Thermite Games, has launched the Korean psychological horror game The Alley globally on Steam. In this first-person horror, players use a smartphone camera to distinguish supernatural 'Gwiheon' traces from explainable 'Heokkaebi' phenomena while escaping a maze-like alley. It costs $8.99, supports six languages, and was reworked after last year's domestic release.
Halo lands on PlayStation for the first time. The UE5 rebuild entered early access July 23 with Metacritic scores of 84 on Xbox, 81 on PS5, and 77 on PC. Global launch and Game Pass day-one access both begin July 28, along with three new prequel missions and 4-player crossplay co-op.
Disgaea Mayhem launched July 23 on Switch 2, Switch, PS5 and Steam, swapping the series' turn-based strategy for real-time action combat. You play as N.A., a mercenary who mows down Netherworld monsters for money across seven weapon types. Priced at $59.99 with Korean support on Steam, it has drawn mixed reviews — critics praise the flashy combat but flag a campaign that wraps in well under ten hours.
Path of Exile 3.29, Curse of the Allflame, launched July 24 at 20:00 UTC. Beyond its deep-sea challenge league, the update rewires core systems: socket colours are gone, Mercenaries become permanent, and Abyss and Legion get full reworks. It rolled out simultaneously on PC (Steam and Epic), PS4, PS5, and Xbox.
Riot's tag fighter 2XKO ships Patch 1.2.5 on July 23. The update overhauls the Fuse system — reworking Juggernaut and nerfing Freestyle — while trimming Ahri, Thresh, and Illaoi to shake up the meta. Riot has a console-crash workaround rather than an official fix, and two new skin megabundles arrive alongside the patch.
The Sims 4 shipped a cross-platform update on July 21. The long-requested AutoSave and Save Reminders arrive alongside Memory Boost, a performance feature that is on by default. AutoSave can be toggled in Save Settings (console players can only adjust frequency), while Memory Boost cannot be disabled at all. Versions: PC 1.126.58.1030, Mac 1.126.58.1230, Console 2.36.
Former PlayStation dev reveals Sony issued 'strictest ever' staff gag rules over the disc ban. 335K petition signatures; analysts say no reversal is coming.
The Avatar fighting game launched July 23 on PS5 and Steam, but the Xbox version was delayed hours before release. A developer with a 2020 harassment history was confirmed on the team.
Nintendo filed to dismiss a class-action lawsuit demanding it pass tariff refunds on to Switch and Switch 2 buyers, arguing each completed sale is a closed transaction with no retroactive obligation — even as the company simultaneously seeks those same tariff dollars back from the US government.