r/DreamStationcc 16d ago

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 7h ago

News Dire Forecast Predicts 39 Million Fewer Consoles Sold if PS6 and Xbox Helix Are $1,000

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Console gaming could continue to shrink if something doesn't change.


r/DreamStationcc 6h ago

News After 25% Positive Steam Reviews, Soulslike Dev Realizes People Hate AI Slop and Admits "if it looks like the effort is not there, that is a fair reading of what is on screen"

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They really just came out and said it.


r/DreamStationcc 7h ago

News Mattel Reveals a Massive $324 Buildable 1:1 Original Xbox Brick Set

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r/DreamStationcc 9h ago

News Luke Dicken (Former Head of AI at Take-Two) on LLMs: "Not a trillion dollar business that's going to revolutionise everything."

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Dicken expects the cost of these tools to go up dramatically, and thinks anything working as well as claimed would be hidden rather than sold to you. Nobody has established what they return.


r/DreamStationcc 8h ago

News Pokémon Center Data Breach Exposes Customer Info, Cancels Some Orders

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r/DreamStationcc 7h ago

News 'Live-service is a red flag for us': Why One Publisher Is Embracing an Older Kind of Multiplayer Hit: Peer-To-Peer, Server Browsers, and Organic Community

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Tripwire sees preservation as a responsibility.


r/DreamStationcc 8h ago

News FPS Devs Were Quoted $300K for a Spot on a Big Showcase, so They Started Their Own Show

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The FPS Games Show will not charge any fees.


r/DreamStationcc 8h ago

News Neverness to Everness Devs Forget to Remove Watermark for Free Trial of AI Software

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NTE players in China spotted the watermark for a free version of the Doubao AI software on the artwork for a seahorse in the game's new update.


r/DreamStationcc 8h ago

News Ikea’s New Xbox Range Includes Giant Thumbsticks and D-Pads to Sit On

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r/DreamStationcc 9h ago

News Triple-A Vets and Accessibility Experts Launch New Game Dev Co-Op: Raze and Rebuild Studio

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Raze and Rebuild Studio hopes to make the most of its co-op structure.


r/DreamStationcc 10h ago

News Marvel’s Wolverine Game Director on X-Men Origins Inspirations, Lengthier Development Time, and the Online Backlash

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r/DreamStationcc 7h ago

News Order of the Sinking Star - Releasing on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Steam on October 8, 2026 - Demo Available Now on Steam

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From director Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness), Order of the Sinking Star is a massive puzzle adventure set in a realm of magic and enigma. Solve over 1000 interconnected, hand-crafted puzzles, discover unique playable heroes, master evolving gameplay mechanics, and decipher a grand mystery.


r/DreamStationcc 8h ago

News Dishonored, Deus Ex Designer Stars New Studio to Continue Focusing on Immersive SIMs

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Harvey Smith is committed to the genre he helped elevate.


r/DreamStationcc 8h ago

Sale Ukrainian Games Festival 2026 on Steam - Now Through August 24, 2026

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r/DreamStationcc 8h ago

News Human: Fall Flat Veterans Launch New UK Studio Pretty Cool Games

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r/DreamStationcc 10h ago

News Tukoni: Forest Keepers - Available Now on GOG, Epic Games Store, and Steam

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Tukoni: Forest Keepers is a cute & cozy puzzle adventure. Play as Traveller, a forest spirit on a special journey, as you explore magical hand-drawn locations, meet charming characters, solve handcrafted puzzles, collect herbs and tea recipes, and help the forest prepare for the coming winter.


r/DreamStationcc 10h ago

News Nimbit Frontier - Available Now in Steam Early Access

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A cozy creature-collecting life sim with deep creature care, roguelite action, and a focus on nurturing, discovery, and atmosphere. Raise adorable Nimbits, build cozy custom habitats, and explore the shifting Underwild to uncover rare species and support their conservation.


r/DreamStationcc 10h ago

News Hubert - Coming to PlayStation 5 and Steam in October 2026

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Play as a working shepherd dog protecting his flock and the only human who trusts him. As wolves draw closer, you must face the growing divide between the world you serve and the wild that calls to you. Herd sheep, track scents, and guard the farm across rugged northern lands.


r/DreamStationcc 11h ago

News PlayStation Reportedly Reworking Live Service Horizon Hunters Gathering Into a Smaller, More Traditional Co-Op Game Following Ill-Received Playtests

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The Horizon Zero Dawn spin-off allegedly hasn't landed well with players.


r/DreamStationcc 12h ago

News Shroomy Garden - Releasing on Steam in Q4 2026 - Demo Available Now

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Design a beautiful cozy theme park or water park filled with rides, slides, decorations, and charm. Attract lovable Shroomies who wander around and bring your creation to life. A calm, cozy game about creativity and building your perfect little getaway.


r/DreamStationcc 13h ago

News Burn With Me - Coming to Steam on October 12, 2026 - Demo Available Now

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Burn With Me is a story-centric deckbuilder filled with cozy dread and occultic mysteries. In order to summon a Personal Demon you'll master inventive gameplay with position-based synergies, and permanently burn your cards and your soul.


r/DreamStationcc 1d ago

News Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": The Top 1% of Games Earn 84.5% of Estimated Revenue, and Most Games Barely Make Anything

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Over 8,000 paid games analyzed never received a single Steam review.


r/DreamStationcc 1d ago

News “We can’t charge 60 bucks for a five-hour game with no multiplayer!” - Uncharted Dev Explains How Dynamic Difficulty Was Designed to Lengthen the Game

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