Epic goes AI-first on its Disney game | Galactic Racer lead on dopamine fatigue | Nvidia Vera starts shipping

Epic Games Delays Disney Project, Asks Developers to Use More AI

After Burnout, Star Wars: Galactic Racer studio lead says “games should challenge players,” because have too many dopamine hits and “you start to tune it out”

Nvidia gears up to smash CPU hegemony as Vera starts shipping

Numbers

• Steam tops 43.5 million concurrent users, breaking previous record

News

• Xbox is launching a new film and TV division

• Microsoft reveals Xbox Labs, a team making cutting-edge gaming tech

• Richard Garriott is officially regaining control of the Ultima series

• Battlefield 6 Now Lets You Instantly Unlock All Guns At 100% Mastery For $30

• Mixtape wins three awards at Australian Game Developer Awards 2026, including GOTY

Industry Trends

• Funcom to lay off staff as it pivots to focusing solely on Conan Exiles and Dune: Awakening

• Bungie boss casually shares Destiny 1 running on PC at 60 FPS in 4K thanks to fan project – “Seems like a pretty game, wonder if it will do well”

• Developer who vibe-coded free Adobe clones reveals apps to take down Microsoft Office next — and says ‘there is no reason to save broken software’

Rumors

• Grand Theft Auto VI’s PC release is slated for Q1 2027

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