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Fishing Tower Defense codes
!(https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/fishing-tower-defense-0.webp?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp) Fishing Tower Defense is a Roblox(https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/roblox) game that combines two of the platform’s favorite things: fishing and tower defense. In it, you’ll go fishing and then deploy your catches in tower defense battles, all while upgrading your gear and filling out your bestiary. Read more(https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/roblox-fishing-tower-defense-codes)
Rintama High codes
!(https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/rintama-high-0.webp?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp) Rintama High is a Roblox(https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/roblox) roleplaying game set in an infamous high school that was once ruled by gangs. You might spend your time skateboarding around the massive map, roleplaying a peaceful school life with friends, or getting into fights with other students - it’s all up to you! Read more(https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rintama-high-codes)
Xbox's layoffs hit Halo Studios despite Campaign Evolved's success
Halo: Campaign Evolved saw huge success after its release last month, but that hasn't stopped its dev team from being impacted by layoffs.
Halo 4 Still Holds Up As The Best Halo Game Ever, 14 Years Later
Halo 4 is still the best game in the series, despite never getting the full reappraisal Halo games typically do in years after their release.
Halo On PS5 Is Off To A Slow Start, Expert Says
For the first time ever, a Halo game is available on PlayStation with Halo: Campaign Evolved. The game is having a "notably slow start" on Sony's console in terms of sales, however, according to gaming analyst Rhys Elliott(https://alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/julys-top-playstation-games-by-copies). He estimated that Campaign Evolved sold 351,000 copies on PS5 during July and 452,000 to date, generating nearly $28 million. By comparison, Elliott said Campaign Evolved has shifted 212,000 units on Steam and about 900,000 on Xbox across console and PC thus far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LimYD3Ycwo The analyst said the game's price point--$50--was partly to blame. "Fifty dollars for what’s essentially a graphical touch-up of a 2001 game was always going to be a hard sell, and players clearly weren’t having it," he said. Beyond graphical improvements, Campaign Evolved also features three new prequel missions via the Operation Meteorite story arc. Multiplayer is what Halo is perhaps best known for, but Campaign Evolved--as its name suggests--does not feature multiplayer support. Also in his comments, Elliott said the slow start for Halo on PS5 "stings even more" when compared to the success of the Black Ops 1 and 2 ports on PlayStation. Those games reportedly combined to sell more than 11 million units(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/black-ops-1-and-2-ports-sold-11-million-copies-combined-on-playstation-benefitting-both-xbox-and-sony/), generating hundreds of millions of dollars. Elliott went on to lament the slowing sales and diminishing profile of Halo as a franchise in general after the series peaked with Halo 3 and Halo: Reach years ago. "One can’t help wondering what could have been if Halo had kept the trajectory it had around Halo 3 and Reach. A remake of the game that started it all landing this softly on a new platform makes me pretty sad, as a Halo fan," he wrote. There are more Halo games in development, including one that's been described as "like Fortnite"(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/next-halo-game-may-be-like-fortnite-with-live-service-report/1100-6535547/) with regards to its live-service approach. Developer Halo Studios has said future Halo games will also be on PlayStation(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/halo-games-will-be-on-playstation-going-forward-says-microsoft/1100-6535712/), but those comments came before Asha Sharma became Xbox CEO and pledged to release more exclusive games for Xbox(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-clarifies-its-exclusivity-strategy-moving-forward-wants-you-to-buy-an-xbox/).
Halo remake isn't doing so hot on PS5 compared to Black Ops ports
Call of Duty: Black Ops and Black Ops 2 recently came to the PS4 and PS5, where they're dramatically outselling Halo: Campaign Evolved.
Xbox Version Of PlayStation Platinum Trophy Teased For Later This Year
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has teased that an Xbox version of PlayStation's Platinum(https://playstation.fandom.com/wiki/Trophies) trophy system could be coming to Xbox, and potentially soon. Replying to a social media user who asked when Xbox might get an "equivalent" to Platinum for Xbox achievements, Sharma said, "Team is working on something for later this year!" https://twitter.com/ashashar/status/2085043552837636502 Platinum trophies are awarded when players unlock all the other trophies. It's a badge of honor, of sorts, for some people. There is no equivalent on Xbox currently for when people unlock all achievements. While Xbox fans wait, the newest Xbox update is rolling out now(https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/08/05/xbox-insiders-october-2026-console-features/) with new improvements and features for the achievement system. Users can now sort games by name, completion percentage, Gamerscore earned, and number of achievements unlocked. The update is out now for Xbox Insiders and will be available to everyone else later. Sharma took over as Xbox CEO earlier this year and one of her first big moves was to "reset" the Xbox business to help it return to profitability and growth. This has involved mass layoffs, game cancellations, and studio divestitures(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-after-the-layoffs-studios-left-and-what-theyre-making/).
Black Ops 1 And 2 Ports Sold 11 Million Copies Combined On PlayStation, Benefitting Both Xbox And Sony
The recently released ports of Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 for PlayStation sold more than 11 million combined copies, generating nearly half a billion dollars, according to industry analyst Rhys Elliott(https://x.com/superhys/status/2084775534874231037?s=46). The games, which were developed by Iron Galaxy, were shadow-dropped on PS4 and PS5 on July 9, featuring campaign, multiplayer, and Zombies. The games were not remakes with improved graphics or new features, but instead "straight 1080p ports," as Elliott put it. Technical experts found that the ports feature barely any noticeable improvements at all(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-new-playstation-black-ops-ports-feel-like-the-bare-minimum/), and that was the whole point for many. Fans wanted the OG experience, made available on modern systems. According to Elliott, the $40 games sold so exceptionally well due to massive pent-up demand (the games are available to PS Plus subscribers for $20 until August 6). Previously, the only way to play the games on PlayStation was to find an old PS3 and go from there since they were never made available via backwards compatibility on PS4 or PS5. "As per our estimates, Black Ops 2 sold 8.2M copies on PlayStation (93% on PS5, 7% on PS4) for about $325M, while Black Ops 1 sold 3.0M (94% via PS5) for $110M. Combined, that’s $435M on PlayStation in under a month," Elliott said. !(https://www.gamespot.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/blackops-1.webp) The Black Ops ports were hugely popular. Microsoft and Activision are the big winners here, and so is Sony--its 30% cut works out to about $130 million "for doing basically nothing" but hosting them, Elliott said. "Basically zero marketing or ongoing development costs are eating into that check. That single month of cataloge CoD sales on a rival platform effectively funds a massive slice of Xbox’s quarterly first-party operational overhead," Elliott explained. "And the combined $435M is already nearly as much as Forza Horizon 6 has made via base game sales all year." Elliott described the move to release the Black Ops ports as a "low effort, low risk, high reward catalogue mining." Activision also released $30 DLC bundles for both games, featuring many multiplayer maps. He added that the success of the Black Ops ports further demonstrates that Microsoft is not going to make Call of Duty exclusive to Xbox--there is simply too much money to be made by having Call of Duty on PlayStation. Elliott went on to say that the success of the ports also demonstrates that a "proper" reboot of Black Ops "would do absolute gangbusters." The next new Call of Duty game is this October's Modern Warfare 4. A multiplayer beta for the game goes live later this month(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-beta-dates-revealed-heres-how-to-get-in/).
Game Freak Planning 'Series Of Continuous Updates' For Beast Of Reincarnation, Starting With Story Pacing And Text Size
!Beast of Reincarnation PlayStation 5 PS5 Xbox Series X/S PC Game Freak Fictions(https://gameinformer.com/sites/default/files/styles/bodydefault/public/2026/07/31/ec7018b0/borscreenshot4.jpg.webp) Beast of Reincarnation(https://gameinformer.com/product/beast-of-reincarnation), the action-RPG from Pokémon developer Game Freak, hit PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC yesterday, on August 4, and players are running into various issues from performance to story pacing to subtitle text size being too small (and unadjustable), and more. Game Freak posted on its X account(https://x.com/GAMEFREAKinfo/status/2084899001086922900?s=20) that it is planning a "series of continuous updates" for Beast of Reincarnation based on player feedback, and the first patch is coming soon. !Game Informer News(https://gameinformer.com/sites/default/files/styles/bodydefault/public/2026/07/31/1cdb0ec4/borkeyart4k.jpg.webp) "Thank you for playing Beast of Reincarnation," the Game Freak post reads. "We take your feedback to heart and are currently planning a series of continuous updates." Here are the updates expected to arrive in the next patch, which Game Freak says will hit within a week: - Camera adjustments - Increased text size - Story pacing improvements (ongoing adjustments planned) - Changing the default setting from Cinematic to Performance mode - Other bug fixes Game Freak says the contents of this patch are subject to change, and asks players to continue sharing feedback at the form here(https://support.fictions.com/hc/en-us/categories/42992376012691-Beast-of-Reincarnation). In the meantime, read Game Informer's Beast of Reincarnation review(https://gameinformer.com/review/beast-of-reincarnation/boring-world-beguiling-combat), and then check out our list of the top 10 RPGs to play right now(https://gameinformer.com/2026/07/31/top-10-rpgs-to-play-right-now). Have you played Beast of Reincarnation? Let us know what you think of it so far in the comments below!
Moonlighter is free on Steam for a limited time
Moonlighter, the acclaimed roguelite that mixes dungeon crawling with shopkeeping, is free to keep for a limited time.
Beast of Reincarnation: Chapter Two walkthrough
!(https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/sightless-golem-bor.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp) After tackling the trials of the Ogouchi Buffer Zone in Chapter One(https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/beast-of-reincarnation-chapter-one-prologue-walkthrough) of Beast of Reincarnation(https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/beast-of-reincarnation), Emma and Koo can't afford to rest in their Cleanse Walker. A bevy of new opponents in another ruined sector of the post-apocalyptic Kanto Region awaits them. This time, they'll need to find some generators to power a gate while chasing after yet another out-of-control Nushi. There's also much more verticality at play in Chapter Two's map, meaning that you'll need to master the unique traversal skills that Emma possesses thanks to her Blight-infused hair. Read more(https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/beast-of-reincarnation-chapter-two-walkthrough)
X-Men Finally Solves a 33-Year-Old Mystery — and Changes the Meaning of an Iconic TV Episode
Who is the X-Ternal in X-Men '97? The answer goes back more than three decades.