Microsoft raises the price of the Xbox again in Europe and Japan while a rumor arises that Xbox will have a disc to digital program where people can insert a disc and play a digital copy of it after downloading it form Xbox Live. Meanwhile Sony doubles down on their stance for not producing disc games for Playstation starting in 2028. Lastly, EA announces the completion of being acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners.

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It's a Brand New Day on this week's Moviecast. Spider-Man: Brand New Day sets records at the box office. The MCU's X-Men cast is coming into focus. Wonder Man gets cancelled. Dave Bautista may be the new TV Kratos.

God of War Laufey is confirmed to be releasing in February of 2027 while Sony Santa Monica also confirms that a Kratos-led God of War game will be coming afterwards. Sony apparently isn't satisfied enough to take away physical discs but they might be taking away physical controller buttons according to a new Playstation controller patent. Double Fine announces they have to lay off 25% of their staff after divesting from Xbox.

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We take a look at the biggest news from San Diego Comic Con on this week's Moviecast. Black Panther III, MCU Ghost Rider, Avengers: Doomsday, and DC's Lanterns all share news. Meanwhile, Atari licenses out a bunch of its franchises for film adaptations, there's a secret animated Spawn movie, a Dungeons and Dragons sequel is in the works, and a new G.I. Joe movie is also coming soon. Plus we look at some potentially huge box office numbers for The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

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This week Jason Schreier says Xbox studio leaders hate Game Pass for destroying the value of their games specifically as well as games in general, while Bethesda lays out a general roadmap of what games they are focusing on in the next few years. Warner Bros announces a DC fighting game for mobile which puts into question if Injustice 3 is happening or not. Lastly, its revealed that only 7 Playstation games have sold over 100,000 copies so far this year, though we argue it's devoid of context and comparison. 

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The box office shows life on this week's Moviecast. The Odyssey opens stronger than anticipated, while Avengers: Doomsday and Spider-Man: Brand New Day have huge presale numbers. Meanwhile, the WB/Paramount merger gets paused, and so does the release of The Batman Part II. On the TV side, Daredevil: Born Again's third season improves its turnaround time, and a Robocop TV series is coming from Blumhouse.

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Ubisoft was the latest company to do layoffs but talks about losing key talents and skills is a big danger for the, to the surprise of no one but themselves. Supposedly Bungie could be working on a single-player Destiny type game with an open world. Rumors form of an Xbox program to convert your physical games to digital copies which further presents the death of physical media for video games. Bethesda union workers are protesting mass layoffs.

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We take a look at the future on this week's Moviecast. We get some rumored castings for both Professor X and Magneto in the MCU's version of the X-Men. Man of Tomorrow will bring the DCEU Blue Beetle actor into the DCU. In other news, the live action Moana flops, Michael makes a billion, and some states try to fight the Paramount-WB merger.

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We cover more animation on this week's Moviecast. X-Men 97's second season kicks off, but is the rumor of Sadie Sink joining the show as Rachel Summers true? Avatar Studios is due to make another project. Star Wars Visions: The Ninth Jedi will bring the anime-style Star Wars shorts to a full series. In other news,  Peter Dinklage is set to star in an action movie written by John Wick's creator and directed by The Furious' director.

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This week we're hearing more about imminent layoffs from Microsoft across multiple studios, going as far to even impact partner studios like IO Interactive, where they pulled funding from Project Fantasy and forced IOI to lay employees off. Rumors are saying Arkane Studio is being sold or closed along with their Blade project. Meanwhile, Circana numbers for May 2026 are out and there's some slight growth year over year with the success of Switch 2 outpacing the decline of PS5 and Xbox. 

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