Game News Round-Up

Ghost Recon Wildlands gets free update adding Last Rites mission, 4K60 support and Predator content re-added (which was removed in 2020)

• Hundreds of in-game items are also now availabvle for free for the first time

An ‘extended look’ at GTA 6 is coming to Netflix on August 27th at 12pm PT / 3pm ET / 8pm BST. It will also launch on the Rockstar Games YouTube channel and the GTA 6 website six hours later, at 6pm PT / 9pm BT / 2am BST

PS5 beta firmware update replaces PSSR with PSSR 2.0 by default on PS5 Pro, even for games that don’t support 2.0

Quake: Dawn of the Machine update released. Full 19 map campaign, new soundtrack, and Deathmatch map added to Quake as a free update

BALL x PIT releases final free update with new characters and balls, and teases "the adventure isn’t over – keep an eye out for some big, exciting BALL x PIT news coming very soon"

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has already outsold its 3DS predecessor, Nintendo says, reporting it has sold over 8 million copies

Kudos Games Services expands leadership team with Testronic and Team17 execs. Michael Hanna appointed chief operating officer, Ann Hurley joins as board advisor

• Kudos provides scalable QA services and support to studios and publishers, including Bandai Namco, Warner Bros, Silver Lining Interactive, PQube, Curve Games, and Antstream

Devolver Digital intends to go private. The company says that its share price is not a true reflection of its value, shareholders will vote on the matter in September

Nintendo Financial Results

• For the three months ending June 30, 2026
• Net sales: ¥517.8 billion ($3.2 billion), down 9.5%
• Operating profit: ¥142.5 billion ($902.7 million), up 150.5%
• Ordinary profit: ¥206.1 billion ($1.3 billion), up 115.1%
• Net profit: ¥147.4 billion ($925 million), up 53.3%
• Nintendo Switch has reached 156.59 million units sold
• Nintendo Switch 2 has reached 23.68 million million units sold

Unity sells Supersonic publishing business to Tripledot for $40M. Tripledot says the acquisition will better position it in 'the age of AI in gaming' and give it access to talent in Israel