Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Game News Round-Up
Daily curated games-industry news digest for 16 July 2025.
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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 dev says it’s removing a cheeky Guitar Hero reference and ‘investigating’ how it happened - Easter egg was a Guitar Hero World Tour-style box was placed prominently in a bin. Neversoft (developers of classic THPS) were the developers of Guitar Hero World Tour. Fans have taken the easter egg as a mean spirited jab at Neversoft
Free-to-play MOBA Predecessor follows Fortnite with return to original Paragon map Agora
Cyberpunk 2077's delayed 2.3 update is being revealed today
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby players are sending massive amounts of ryegrass to a retired Japanese race horse. Haru Urara, depicted as a lighthearted pink-haired horse girl in Uma Musame: Pretty Derby, didn't win a single race IRL, which is reflected in-game with career goals focused on gaining fans rather than taking home trophies. The character in-game has quickly become a fan-favourite and fans have been showing their appreciation by sending the real horse ryegrass
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Xbox Game Pass titles for July
- Arriving:
- High On Life (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- RoboCop: Rogue City (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series S/X) – July 17
- My Friendly Neighborhood (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 17
- Back to the Dawn (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 18
- Abiotic Factor (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series S/X) – July 22
- Wheel World (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series S/X) – July 23
- Wuchang: Fallen Feathers (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series S/X) – July 24
- Grounded 2 (Game Preview) (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series S/X) – July 29
- Farming Simulator 25 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 1
- Leaving:
- Gigantic (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Turnip Boy Robs a Bank (Cloud, Console, and PC)
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