GTA 6 breaks Twitch and Netflix; EA's Iron Man leak gets a response

GTA 6's gameplay reveal drew 3.97 million peak concurrent viewers, enough to overwhelm both Twitch and Netflix simultaneously. The numbers put the scale of anticipation for Rockstar's next game in stark relief — and a separate report reveals the studio had considered giving the game four protagonists before worrying that spreading player time across that many characters would dilute each one's impact.

EA broke its silence following a leaked Iron Man gameplay clip, conceding 'well, that didn't go as planned.' The admission is notable given how carefully publishers typically guard unreleased footage. Xbox, for its part, is calling its next-generation hardware Project Helix a 'family of devices' but stopped short of committing on whether Elder Scrolls 6 will be exclusive to it. Gamescom also issued an official response to widespread reports of indie developers being robbed at the event.

Persona 4 Revival lost its entire original English voice cast when Atlus couldn't reassemble everyone, prompting the team to start fresh — a significant change for a game with a devoted fanbase. The Path of Exile 2 director, meanwhile, copped to overconfidence about development timelines, admitting to 'a lot of arrogance about how long we thought it would take.' And at Gamescom itself, early hands-on impressions of Alien Isolation 2 were strong enough to call it a highlight of the show for at least one attendee.