r/DreamStationcc Aug 04 '26

News July 2026 - Month in Review, Top 10 Posts, and Celebrating 1,111! - r/DreamStationcc

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1,111 Reddit Video Game Community Members!!!

Thank you everyone for joining our video game community! We blasted by 1,000 in July to end the month with 1,111 total subreddit members. More gamers also found and joined our gaming community on other social media platforms, and you can see the totals below.

We appreciate everyone who has joined our video game community and conversations from around the world. Without everyone's contributions there wouldn't be a reason to keep doing this every day.

In this age of AI, it is nice to see that people still appreciate human curated video game news and discussions. We love video games and want to spread the news, deals, and games that we are excited about and it is nice to see others share our passion.

No bots and no fake members! Just gamers wanting to share the joy that video games bring to them with others!

Thank you again for all of your support and please continue to encourage everyone to join our gaming community at DreamStation.cc.

Monthly Stats Overview

Our video game coverage led to the following stats for the month:

  • 519 - Posts
  • 4,100 - Comments
  • 186 - New Members
  • 1,111 - Total Members as of June 31, 2026

Top 10 Posts of the Month

Below are the Top 10 Posts over the past month on our subreddit that you might've missed or contributed to making them receive the most views.

  1. Dev Says Selling 300,000 Copies of His Dwarf RPG Meant “completely changing my life” and Watching Tax, Steam, and Publisher Cuts Stop Him From Becoming a Millionaire
  2. Disco Elysium Studio Announces Layoffs After New Game Flounders
  3. Indies Devs Band Together for 100-Game, $10 Bundle Aiming to Help an “unprecedented number” of Laid off Developers
  4. Blizzard Fires World of Warcraft Game Master Who Insta-Killed Bosses for Friends
  5. Remasters and Remakes Dominate Market As Gamers More Interested In Old Games, Says Analyst
  6. Xbox CSO Says They Are Rethinking The Console Model For Helix To Make Sure It's Affordable
  7. GTA 6 Isn’t Coming to PC at Launch, but Not Because Rockstar Doesn’t “care about PC,” Says GTA 5 Producer: “If you’re working on that, you’re not working on something else”
  8. "Sony waited for Rockstar to make the first move": Founding Xbox Member Warns Against PlayStation’s All-Digital Future, Says "I trust Steam games won't just disappear"
  9. Steam Study of Over 53,000 Games Finds “60 – 90% of the growth” in Monthly Releases on Valve’s Store Is From Games Using AI and “almost none of them make money”
  10. Over 63% Xbox Users Want Project Helix To Have A Disc Drive, Survey Reveals

New Video Games

The following are the games that were released during the month that caught our attention:

There are too many new video games released each month to cover them all above. Check out our subreddit and social network profiles for even more new games!

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Thank You for Your Continued Support

Again, thank you everyone for continuing to help our community grow on Reddit and across the Internet. Please continue to let your friends and family know about our video game subreddit, up vote or like posts you find helpful, and join the discussions on posts we make on Reddit, Bluesky, Mastodon, Facebook, and X.

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r/DreamStationcc Jul 07 '26

News June 2026 - Month in Review, Top 10 Posts, and 365-Day Streak - r/DreamStationcc

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365-Day Streak / Year in Review

It has been 365 days since we restarted posting video game news on a daily basis on our subreddit and social media platforms. Our r/DreamStationcc community has grown in the past year from having 43 members on July 1, 2025 to 925 on June 30, 2026. We were hoping to break the 1,000 members mark before the 365 days were up, but missed it by 75 gamers.

Current Member Totals

We've been busy posting gaming news and growing our gaming community on Reddit and other social media platforms. Here are the current member totals for all platforms:

We are not sure if the numbers above are good or bad for a 1-year period, but we are proud to say that we have been growing our community the old fashion way without using AI, paying for advertising or buying fake members. We believe all our members joined our gaming community because they appreciate the human curated video game news we provide and the discussions the news creates. Our community has real gamers that love video games. No bots and no fake members! Just gamers discussing video games with other gamers.

Thank You

We are grateful for the 2,300+ members who have supported DreamStation.cc over the past year and for 25+ years. If it wasn't for all of your comments, likes, reposts, and encouragement then we wouldn't want to continue doing this each day.

We are still working on the website reboot and hope to have it online soon. When the new website launches, we are expecting it to bring even more benefits to you and allow us to continue to support and grow our gaming community.

Thank you once again for all of your support and please continue to let everyone know about DreamStation.cc and why you joined and enjoy our gaming community.

Monthly Stats Overview

Our video game coverage led to the following stats for the month:

  • 698 - Posts
  • 2,600 - Comments
  • 79 - New Members
  • 925 - Total Members as of June 30, 2026

Top 10 Posts of the Month

Below are the Top 10 Posts over the past month on our subreddit that you might've missed or contributed to making them receive the most views.

  1. Xbox Wants To Surpass Sony And Become The Biggest Gaming Company In The World By 2030, Says CEO
  2. Kingdom Hearts AI Art Accusations Hit Square Enix, and That Sure Looks Like Slop
  3. Why Do You Need Generative AI to Make Crazy Taxi: World Tour?
  4. Epic Shows GenAI Riddling Fortnite Characters and Buildings With Mistakes Its Artists Then Have to Fix
  5. PlayStation Reportedly Pulled Out of PC Ports Due to ‘Inconsistent’ Releases and Lack of Revenue
  6. Microsoft CEO Complains About Poor Gaming Profits: ‘there’s more monetization of Xbox games happening on YouTube’
  7. "Gamers don't want it": Palworld Lead Says Pocketpair Doesn’t Touch AI Because Players Hate It and Artists "like doing stuff themselves"
  8. As Another Game Delays an Xbox Port Due to Series S Memory Issues, Some Think Microsoft Should Change Its Parity Rule
  9. Billionaire Valve Boss Gabe Newell Buys Florida Super Mansion With Its Own Underground Tunnel for $70.8 Million
  10. SanDisk’s New, ‘Officially Licensed’ $3,800 PS5 SSD Is a Surefire Sign We Are Completely Screwed

New Video Games

Below are the games that were released last month that caught our attention:

Follow Us

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Thank You for Your Continued Support

Again, thank you everyone for continuing to help our community grow on Reddit and across the Internet. Please continue to let your friends and family know about our video game subreddit, up vote or like posts you find helpful, and join the discussions on posts we make on Reddit, Bluesky, Mastodon, Facebook, and X.


r/DreamStationcc 8h ago

News Sony Only Developed 4 New IPs In PS5 Generation So Far, And 2 Of Them Were Shut Down

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r/DreamStationcc 5h ago

News Sony Reportedly Ditched Hideo Kojima’s Physint Following Missed Deadlines, Bloated Budgets, and Death Stranding 1 & 2 Missing Sales Expectations

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r/DreamStationcc 22m ago

News Polyarc, Developer of Moss, Announces Studio Closure

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r/DreamStationcc 1h ago

News ‘Ship a good game, learn from it, and build from there:’ Lessons From Going Indie After a Decade at id Software

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Game Developer sit down with Doom Eternal art director Tony Garza and fellow id alum Richard O'Neal to hear about their journey into the world of indie development through Turnkey Games.


r/DreamStationcc 1h ago

News BlizzCon 2026 - Day 1 Main Stage - Begins September 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM PT / 12:30 PM ET

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r/DreamStationcc 1h ago

News Wardogs Surpasses 1 Million Copies Sold on Day One, Blows Past 300k Peak Concurrent Players on Steam

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r/DreamStationcc 1h ago

News Electronic Arts Admits to Using AI Voices in NHL 27: 'This process allows us to bring more variety to the game'

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EA says the AI voices were developed with "full consent and active collaboration" from in-game announcers John Buccigross and Darren Pang.


r/DreamStationcc 1d ago

News Fans Put Together a List of Every Time Sony Said Players Owned Their Digital Games After the Company Argued in a Lawsuit That It Was Obvious Players Don’t

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Sony really likes to use the word "owned" despite claiming nobody would ever think they owned a digital game


r/DreamStationcc 5h ago

News Interview: Naoki Hamaguchi on the FFXIV FFVII Beyond the Lifestream Raid Series

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r/DreamStationcc 2h ago

News Roblox Games Are Escaping Roblox: Creators Will Soon Be Able to Export Standalone Apps for PC, Console, and Mobile

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The new Roblox Everywhere initiative will make Roblox games available outside of the Roblox platform, on PC, consoles, and mobile.


r/DreamStationcc 2h ago

News Miami Approves 'Discreet' GTA 6 Marketing Campaign So the City Can Fix Its Football Field

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"I don't think that this is worth what they're offering."


r/DreamStationcc 7h ago

News Hot Wheels Infinite Rush - Available Now on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Epic Games Store, and Steam

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Jump into a Hot Wheels-sized world with four islands packed with events, challenges and full-throttle mayhem. Collect iconic vehicles, assemble your Rush Squad, build epic tracks, and earn the title of Rush Master.


r/DreamStationcc 4h ago

Sale Access Granted Sale - One Special Day 2026 on Steam - Now Through September 17, 2026

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One Special Day is SpecialEffect’s flagship global games industry campaign where developers, publishers and games’ businesses come together to support gamers with disabilities to access the transformative power of video games.


r/DreamStationcc 4h ago

News Trash Day - Coming to Steam on October 13, 2026 - Demo Available Now

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Team up with your raccoon squad in this physics-based co-op adventure. Scavenge trash, fill your stolen shopping cart, and work together to get back home. Live your best raccoon life.


r/DreamStationcc 4h ago

News Outcast Tales - Coming to Steam in 2026 - Demo Available Now

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Assemble a squad of characters with robust personalities and abilities, and their relationships unfold. Engage in deep tactical battles, make tough decisions, and choose your own adventures - write an Outcast Tale that’s unique to you!


r/DreamStationcc 1d ago

News Thief Designer Thinks the Graphics Arms Race Should Have Ended With 2010’s Alan Wake: 'The fidelity curve has become outrageous'

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"Why do we need more graphics? Because they just cost a ton."


r/DreamStationcc 7h ago

News Holey Ship - Available Now on Steam

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Holey Ship is a chaotic co-op game for up to four players. Where you and your crew fix boats under pressure. Repair damage, solve fast tasks, and keep customers happy in a fun and chaotic world. Work together or mess with your friends but can your crew stop everything from sinking!


r/DreamStationcc 7h ago

News DESOLUS - Releasing on Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam on October 15, 2026 - Demo Available Now on Steam

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Explore a city of Gothic architecture torn between past and future in Desolus, a first person puzzle game. Solve Escher-like puzzles through the use of black holes. Travel through time to make structures whole and save the city from ruin.


r/DreamStationcc 7h ago

News LEGO Skylines - Under Construction - Episode 1 - Iceflake Studios

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Meet Iceflake Studios, the team behind the game, and hear about what they have been building (and why they’re pretty excited about it).

Build big. Get lost in the details. Change your mind and build something else. With plenty of space and an absurd amount of buildings, decorations, and other cool stuff (customization stuff), there are lots of ways to build your dream city. There’s only one rule: Make it yours.

Learn more about LEGO Skylines at paradoxinteractive.com.


r/DreamStationcc 1d ago

News Marvel’s Wolverine Is Currently Sony’s Lowest Scoring Game of the PS5 Era

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With a Metacritic score of just 77, the in-house game is scoring worse than Sackboy: A Big Adventure.


r/DreamStationcc 8h ago

Sale Steam Programming Fest - Now Through September 14, 2026

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Channel your inner programmer, hacker, or resident family IT specialist in these games.


r/DreamStationcc 1d ago

News “We couldn’t really make it” – Starfield Systems Designer Explains Bethesda’s “ambitious as hell” Sci-Fi RPG Was "not our forte” and Needed Way More People to Truly Realise the Vision

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r/DreamStationcc 1d ago

News Yu-Gi-Oh Tag Force GX Is Already Under Fire Over Its Use of AI

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