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PaydayTomb Raider
Payday 2 is leaving Xbox Game Pass on June 30 after spending nine years in the catalog. Seven more games are leaving the service the same day, including Slay the Spire, Unpacking and two Tomb Raider titles.
Call of Duty
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 have appeared in a new PlayStation port leak. Activision has not announced either re-release yet.
Steam
Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron have been named in a California federal lawsuit alleging RAM price fixing. The case lands while memory shortages are already pushing up PC hardware costs, including Valve's Steam Machine plans.
PlayStation 5Steam
A new PS6 hardware cost claim says Sony's next console could be much more expensive than earlier estimates. Sony has not announced PS6 pricing, specs or a release window.
Steam
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth has reached 109,557 concurrent Steam players more than 11 years after launch. The spike lands while the roguelike is discounted by 90% on Steam.
Industry
Twitch has responded to complaints about longer ad breaks, saying it has not changed creator-set ad timing even as users share examples of multi-minute breaks.
Diablo
Diablo 4's Season 14 patch notes include a broad Paladin balance pass after the class fell behind in endgame play. Oaths, core skills and several class Uniques are getting stronger on June 30.
League of Legends
Riot Games has teased League of Legends Classic, a possible throwback mode based on older versions of the long-running MOBA. More details are due during the MSI Finals on July 11.
Dead by Daylight
Dead by Daylight reached 164,364 Steam players in Gamers Now's latest evening reading as the Black Banquet anniversary event and new Survivor Shane Wiigwaas arrived.
Resident Evil
A new rumor claims Resident Evil Veronica and the still-unannounced Resident Evil Zero remake will connect back to Resident Evil Requiem. The claim frames those links as a development overlap, not a master plan to remake the whole series.
Industry
Tencent is reportedly reassessing several Japanese game studio investments, with Marvelous among the companies named. The report suggests some minority stakes could be sold back even at a loss.
Steam
Everything is Crab has returned to Steam's top 100 most-played games ahead of its first major post-launch update. The June 25 patch will add new evolutions, balance changes, quality-of-life fixes and Twitch Extension support.
