Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Recapping July 2025 FPS news stories, top new FPS games and upcoming FPS games.

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UPCOMING/DEMOS
TEXNOPLAZM store.steampowered.com/app/2527710/TEXNOPLAZM
HORDELORD store.steampowered.com/app/3676260/Hordelord
VOID/BREAKER store.steampowered.com/app/2615540/VOIDBREAKER
WRACK REMAKE store.steampowered.com/app/3709080/Wrack_Remake
KOOK store.steampowered.com/app/2329690/KOOK
RUNEBLIGHT store.steampowered.com/app/3714270/Runeblight
ADRENALINE OVERDRIVE store.steampowered.com/app/3339570/Adrenaline_Overdrive
BENEATH store.steampowered.com/app/1593230/Beneath

OTHER CHANNEL VIDEOS
System Shock 2 Remastered Review youtu.be/MwjwXvEQX3k
Robocop Rogue City Review youtu.be/j5sldx6z388
Project Warlock 2 Review youtu.be/w-0_Sjv95XA
DOOM 2016 Review Retrospective youtu.be/hMd029zo0oE
DOOM The Dark Ages Review youtu.be/rTWCVj6HO7w

TIMECODES

00:00 - Microsoft layoffs
2:29 Romero Games defunded
3:48 Ready or Not Censorship
5:24 Splitgate 2 struggles
6:53 Hellraiser Revival announced
7:57 Battlefield 6 announced
9:08 Fallout Bakersfield trailer
10:37 Wolfenstein TV series
12:11 RELEASES
16:19 UPCOMING Titles and Demos

---NEWS SOURCES---

MICROSOFT LAYOFFS

cnbc.com/2025/07/02/microsoft-laying-off-about-9000-employees-in-latest-round-of-cuts.html

cnbc.com/2025/04/30/microsoft-msft-q3-earnings-report-2025.html

https://80.lv/articles/here-s-everyone-affected-by-xbox-s-massive-layoffs

reuters.com/business/world-at-work/microsoft-lay-off-many-9000-employees-seattle-times-reports-2025-07-02

wpr.org/news/wisconsin-video-game-developer-layoffs-microsoft-cuts

ROMERO GAMES DEFUNDED

gamesradar.com/games/romero-games-is-not-closed-after-reports-of-layoffs-caused-by-microsoft-romero-games-says-it-did-lose-funding-but-has-now-heard-from-several-publishers-interested-in-helping-us

pcgamer.com/games/call-of-duty/call-of-duty-ww2-pulled-from-pc-following-reports-of-remote-code-exploit-trolling-players-with-notepad-pop-ups-pc-shutdowns-and-desktop-wallpaper-of-a-lawyer

gamesradar.com/games/fps/the-games-industry-is-so-broken-even-fps-legend-john-romero-and-his-studio-are-struggling-with-funding-and-now-former-staff-say-its-microsofts-fault-our-whole-studio-is-being-let-go-because-of-the-layoffs

READY OR NOT CENSORSHIP

gamerant.com/ready-or-not-censorship-controversy-explained-review-bombing-console-ports

pcgamer.com/games/fps/ready-or-nots-review-bomb-campaign-may-have-been-short-lived-as-player-count-subsequently-doubles-on-steam-and-it-tops-playstations-pre-order-list

kotaku.com/ready-or-not-censorship-update-console-mod-uncensored-1851786403

ign.com/articles/ready-or-not-console-release-tops-1m-sales-despite-censorship-controversy

SPLITGATE 2 STRUGGLES

ign.com/articles/splitgate-2-will-go-back-to-beta-to-undergo-a-massive-rework-amid-more-layoffs-and-splitgate-1-shutdown

kotaku.com/splitgate-2-maga-refunds-reboot-beta-season-3-servers-1851786742

kotaku.com/splitgate-2-skin-bundle-prices-call-duty-maga-hat-1851784073

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/splitgate-2-developer-1047-games-announces-round-of-layoffs

reddit.com/r/Splitgate/comments/1l576z1/splitgate_2s_ingame_store_is_a_masterclass_in

ign.com/articles/splitgate-2-director-refuses-to-apologize-for-make-fps-great-again-hat-then-apologizes-anyway

HELLRAISER REVIVAL ANNOUNCED

blog.playstation.com/2025/07/22/announcing-clive-barkers-hellraiser-revival-horror-that-doesnt-hold-back

BATTLEFIELD 6 ANNOUNCED

kotaku.com/bf6-battlefield-6-leak-october-launch-early-access-beta-1851786824

gamerant.com/battlefield-6-leaked-gameplay-footage-destruction

reddit.com/r/Battlefield/comments/1m9q2ll/looks_like_dice_finally_brought_their_battlefield

reddit.com/r/Battlefield/comments/1m8v9x6/finally_a_leaked_gameplay_from_somebody_who

insider-gaming.com/25-minutes-of-battlefield-6-tank-gameplay-has-leaked

tweaktown.com/news/106718/battlefield-6-gameplay-leak-shows-incredible-levels-of-destruction/index.html

FALLOUT BAKERSFIELD TRAILER

kotaku.com/doom-mod-fallout-bakersfield-boomer-shooter-trailer-pc-1851786757

WOLFENSTEIN TV SERIES

variety.com/2025/tv/news/wolfenstein-tv-series-amazon-kilter-patrick-somerville-1236469609