Press X to Start

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February 18, 2026 Gamers Digest 2026-1 - Will GTA6 Be The BIGGEST GAME in 2026?
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Happy New Year! We got a list of all the big games and predictions for 2026, Playstation 5 has been Jailbroken but it will cost you more than a PS5 to do it, and Microsoft wants you to stop calling AI AI slop…no… All this and more on this episode of Press X to Start Gamer’s Digest
Gaming News:
What is Happening in 2026 (The Biggest Games Coming in 2026 | IGN)
- Playstation:
HighGuard - Jan 26 (Will this be the next Concord?)
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties - Feb 12
Resident Evil Requiem - Feb 27
Crimson Desert - March 19
Marathon - March 2026
Pragmata - April 24
Saros - April 30
007 First Light - May 27
Insomniac’s Wolverine - Fall 2026
GTA6 November 2026 (Will it release in 2026 and Price tag)?
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls - TBD
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra - TBD
Onimusha: Way of the Sword - TBD
- Nintendo:
Pokemon Gen 10 (+ 30th Anniversary)
New 3D Mario Platformer?
New 3D Zelda?
25th Anniversary of Super Smash Bros…
- Microsoft:
Fable 2026 or Cancelled?
Halo Campaign Evolved (revive Halo or another Infinite)
25th Anniversary of Halo Combat Evolved (Halo Multiplayer mode in 2026 too?)
Gears of War E-Day (20th Anniversary)
Bethesda Softworks (40th Anniversary) Something Fallout? (Fallout Season 2 out in 2026)
Starfield or South of Midnight on PS5?
Other Anniversaries
40th Anniversary FromSoftware (Armored Core 6 or Elden Ring DLC or DuskBlood info)
Ubisoft (40th) Assassin Creed Black Flag Resync
NO Hardware upgrades or announcements?
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RAM Price Increases Could See Next-Generation Console Releases Delayed | Insider Gaming
PlayStation 5 Jailbreak Rumors Have Caused A Star Wars Game to Increase 1000% in Price | Insider Gaming
The Witcher 3 is reportedly getting a surprise new expansion this year | VGC
Microsoft CEO Says People Need To 'Get Beyond' Calling It AI Slop | Kotaku
Quick Hits:
Nvidia GeForce Now’s Time Limit Will Stop Gamers After 100 Hours Each Month | PCMag
What We Been Playing:
Sean - BF6,
Dj - Skate Story, DnD

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February 18, 2026 PX2S 9.50 - Our Favorite 5 of 2025!
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Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and all of the above, we are ending the year with talking about our Favorite 5 of 2025 (Games that is), but unfortunately, not all is good, the industry got hit with some terribly sad news. All this and more on this episode of Press X to Start Gamer’s Digest
Gaming News:
Vince Zampella, video game developer behind 'Call of Duty,' killed in Ferrari crash
Video Game Physical Software and Hardware Sales Just Had the Worst November in the U.S. Since 1995 - IGN
Nintendo Switch 2 Hardware Hit by 41% Price Jump in DRAM, NAND Up 8% | TechPowerUp
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Sucker Punch Productions Co-Founder Brian Fleming Passes the Reins to the Next Chapter of Creative Leadership
Report claims Naughty Dog recently ordered employees take on "mandatory" overtime | GamesIndustry.biz
Zoë Quinn and multiple game writers come forward about Larian's hiring practices ("unpaid writing tests you have to make playable") News | ResetEra
Quick Hits
Sony’s legal battle against Tencent’s Horizon ‘clone’ is already over | The Verge
Bethesda reportedly held a secret Starfield event to showcase an upcoming update that will add faster loading times and technical improvements to the Creation Engine, along with a PS5 port that will be announced in 2026 | TechRadar
What We Been Playing:
Sean - Battlefield 6
Dj - Returnal, Battlefield 6, Where WInds Meet
Favorite 5 of 2025:
DJ:
Expedition 33
Ghost of Yotei
Battlefield 6
Dispatch
Monster Hunter Wilds
Sean:
Expedition 33
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Ghost of Yotei
Battlefield 6

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1h 8min
February 18, 2026 PX2S 9.49 - The Divinity Trailer Broke the Internet at the Game Awards?
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The Game Awards, had big winners, big trailers, and a ton of announcements! Bungie’s Marathon is back and turning heads! All this and more on this episode of #PressXtoStart Gamer’s Digest.

Gaming News:
Here’s everything announced at The Game Awards 2025 | VGC
Divinity: Original Sin 2 Is Getting a Free Upgrade for PS5, Xbox Series, and Nintendo Switch 2 | IGN
Director denies Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic could be more than 4 years away | VGC
Resident Evil Requiem’s Leon brings ‘adrenaline-pumping action’ to complement ‘scaredy-cat’ Grace, says director | VGC
DJ big announcements
- Divinity
- New Mega Man
- Phantom Blade
Sean big announcements
- Control Resonant
- Gang of Dragon
- Saros
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Bungie's Marathon Resurfaces With $40 Price Tag And A March 2026 Release Date | Kotaku
Xbox Games Studio Boss on 'Call of Duty' Movie, Dev Direct Plans | Variety
Ubisoft acquires Amazon Games Montreal team, marking the return of Rainbow Six Siege’s director | VGC
Quick Hits
Dispatch dev says there's one super-rare game-state no one's got yet | Eurogamer.net
What We Been Playing:
Sean - BF6, Pragmata Demo
Dj - BF6, Where Winds Meet

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February 18, 2026 PX2S 9.48 - ALL THE LEAKS for 2025 Game Awards
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1h 13min
February 18, 2026 PX2S 9.47 - Something Big Happening At The Game Awards?
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Geoff Keighley latest post regal.inspiring.thickness and picture got the rumor mill buzzing, Control: Resonant got Remedy fans buzzing, and we may have finally have the closest thing to a pricetag for the Steam Machine. All this and more on this episode of Press X to Start Gamer’s Digest
Gaming News:
Those TGA Teasers Are Apparently Not For God Of War, Cory Barlog Reveals | TheGamer
A trademark for Control: Resonant appears to have been filed by Remedy | VGC
Steam Machine could cost around $700, build analysis estimates | VGC
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Rumour: Dead Rising Sequel Will See Frank West Take on a Deranged Director in Hollywood | Push Square
Nintendo makes a rare acquisition, buying the studio originally behind Metroid Prime 4 | Polygon
CD Projekt Still Plans to Launch All 3 Games in the New Ciri-fronted The Witcher Trilogy Within a 6-Year Period | IGN
Quick Hits:
Where Winds Meet Arrives on Mobile Next Week, Surpasses 9 Million Downloads on PC and PS5
Hollow Knight: Silksong Creators Confirm DLC Is Coming - GameSpot
What We Been Playing:
Sean - BF6, Pacific Drive
Dj - Where Winds Meet

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February 18, 2026 PX2S 9.46 - Microsoft has Cursed Call of Duty!
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Did Call of Duty Black Ops 7 beat COD Modern Warfare 3 as the worst-selling COD game? Xbox is getting even MORE expensive, and Where Winds Meet is big, weird, and filled with stuff to do! All this and more on this episode of #PressXtoStart Gamer’s Digest
Gaming News:
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 EU Launch Sales Fall Short of Battlefield 6's Launch by 63%
Battlefield 6 Just Had the Best Month of Sales in the U.S. of Any Game in the Last Three Years - IGN
‘They didn’t plan at all’: Xbox reportedly warning of yet another potential price increase | VGC
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Tides of Annihilation: Extended Cut of the New Boss Fight Trailer + New Screenshots - IGN
PlayStation Has Made Over $1 Billion On Steam, Firm Claims | Insider Gaming
Ubisoft's Tencent deal goes through | GamesIndustry.biz
Ubisoft Reveals 'Teammates' Playable GenAI Experience as Its CEO Says GenAI Will Transform the Industry Like 3D - WccfTech
Quick Hits
EXCLUSIVE: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake Set to Launch Before March 31 | Insider Gaming
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Demo Now Available At Switch 2 Kiosks (US) | Nintendo Life
Naughty Dog’s Intergalactic is reportedly skipping The Game Awards and won’t release next year | VGC
Ghost of Yotei New Game + mode is live!
What We Been Playing:
Sean - BF6
Dj - BF6, Where Winds Meet is big and weird

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1h 4min
February 18, 2026 PX2S 9.45 - Where Winds Meet Blows on PS5 | Arc Raiders Blows Up Competition on Steam
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Where Winds Meet launched better on PC than PS5, ARC Raiders is the little engine that's dominating, and we need to talk about the Game Award nominations and why people are upset! All this and more on this episode of Press X to Start Gamer’s Digest
Gaming News:
Open world action RPG Where Winds Meet tops 2 million players in its first weekend, with a concurrent peak of 190,000 on Steam alone as it rakes in Very Positive reviews
ARC Raiders beats Battlefield 6’s Steam concurrent for the second weekend as its player count continues to grow | VGC
Clair Obscur and PlayStation leads The Game Awards 2025 nominations | VGC
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THIS WEEK IN AI GAMING!!!
U.S. Congressman Blasts Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Alleged AI Images: 'We Need Regulations That Prevent Companies from using AI to Eliminate Jobs' - IGN
Krafton CEO allegedly asked ChatGPT to help him find a way out of paying Subnautica 2 devs their bonuses because he wanted to avoid the 'professional embarrassment' of being seen as a 'pushover' | PC Gamer
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
Capcom says it’s confident Resident Evil Requiem won’t suffer from Monster Hunter Wilds-style PC performance issues | VGC
Dispatch dev says "there was no glitch" causing a bad ending, it's just you
Quick Hits
Microsoft Announces Xbox Partner Preview Showcase, Airing This Week - IGN
Welp, says Sony, sure looks like buying Bungie didn't work out | PC Gamer
DEATH STRANDING ISOLATIONS (WORKING TITLE) STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON DISNEY+ | Kojima PRoductions
Nintendo Issues First Official The Legend of Zelda Movie Photos Showing Link and Zelda In Costume - IGN
People are playing fewer games and new releases are "struggling", say Ubisoft UK, warning of falling revenues | Rock Paper Shotgun
What We Been Playing:
Sean - BF6
Dj - Where Winds Meet, Dispatch (beat), BF6 Redsec

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1h 5min
February 18, 2026 PX2S 9.44 - Valve's New Hardware and Horizon New MMO Steel Frontiers
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On our plate for this week: Valve finally dropped their next big hardware, should Xbox be worried? We finally got details on the long rumored Horizon MMO, and Playstation dropped a State of Play geared toward Japan and boy was it Japanese. All this and more on this episode of Press X to Start Gamer’s Digest .
Gaming News:
Valve's new Steam Machine is a SteamOS-powered mini PC over six times faster than a Steam Deck | PC Gamer
Steam Hardware Announcement
Sony is making a Horizon MMO — here’s the video and details | The Verge
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State of Play Japan November 2025: all announcements | PlayStation.Blog
16 game announcements, 9 DLC announcements, and a new 27” Gaming monitor with a DualSense Charging hook
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie's Rosalina Will Be Voiced by Brie Larson - IGN
GTA 6 Is Delayed Again Until November 2026 | IGN
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra Delayed 'Beyond Early 2026' | IGN
Insomniac only earned $567 USD with Sunset Overdrive, an Xbox exclusive | LevelUp
Quick Hits
New Ratchet & Clank Game Announced, But It's A Mobile Shooter Thing | Kotaku
Arc Raiders Has Now Had The Fourth-Best Steam Launch Of 2025 | The Gamer
What We Been Playing:
Sean - BF6, Dispatch
Dj - BF6 Redsec, Dispatch

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1h 22min
February 18, 2026 PX2S 9.43 -Battlefield 6 RedSec Is Breaking Records AND Getting Review Bombed?!
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RedSec Battlefield 6’s battle royale mode is making me feel things, Animal Crossing New Horizon is coming to the Switch 2 as an update…, and a new leak has a big update coming to PS Portal! All this and more on this episode of #PressXtoStart Gamer’s Digest.
Gaming News:
Battlefield 6 RedSec Review Bombing Makes No Sense | The Gamer
Rumored RedSec hit around 20 million players
Casual Mode Added to Battlefield 6 with 32 Bots in Each Match | Insider Gaming
Battlefield 6 Reaches 10 Million Copies Sold, But Won't Be Enough To Topple Call Of Duty, Analyst Says - GameSpot
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and a huge free update | VGC
PS Portal Adding Highly Demanded Game Streaming Feature, Leak Suggests | PlayStation LifeStyle
Former Sony boss says the industry's obsession with the 'mirage' of live service games is futile: 'The highway is littered with people wanting to take on Fortnite' | PC Gamer
Reason: Former Bends Studios employee said the live service project was canceled | Reddit
'It's Funny That People Think About the Console-PC as Two Different Things' — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Drops Biggest Hint Yet That the Next Xbox Is Basically a PC | IGN
Quick Hits:
Japan Patent Office rejects Nintendo patent for its Pokémon capture mechanic | GamesIndustry.biz
US patent office director orders re-examination of Nintendo’s patent on summoning characters to make them battle | VGC
Monster Hunter Wilds’ post-launch sales continue decline in latest Capcom results | VGC
Amazon making ‘significant’ cuts to games business, moving away from MMOs | VGC
What We Been Playing:
Sean - Ghost of Yotei (finished), BF6, Dispatch
Dj - Ghost of Yotei 100% completed, BF6 RedSec

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1h 11min
October 30, 2025Level 9.42 - Master Chief Is Storming The Shores Of Sony
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This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ & Sean talk about Halo potentially ending the console war, The White House dropping game related AI slop, Xbox flailing through its' profit woes, Ghost of Yotei's nigh impossible boss and much more!
Gaming News - Time code: 2:10
Halo is officially on PS5 and hell's starting to look real chilly; We take a look at Xbox's profit woes and how they're navigating them; The White House releases yet another terrible AI image of Tr*mp, this time dressed as Master Chief; Pokemon Legends Z-A closes its' launch week out at 5.8 million copies sold; EA confirms the free-to-play BF6 battle royale release is imminent; PUBG's publisher jumps feet first into AI with a 70 million dollar investment; AC Shadows officially coming to the Switch 2; Remedy's CEO steps down after FBC: Firebreak's abysmal launch; TheGamer hemorrhages its' editorial wing with mass layoffs.
What Have We Been Playing - Time code: 46:19
DJ & Sean talk more Ghost of Yotei, especially DJ who has met Takezo The Unrivaled.
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1h 2min

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