Wolverine leak, Xbox's cloud cap, and a week of big previews

Marvel's Wolverine hasn't released yet, but someone is already streaming it — a leak that will do little to ease the pressure on Insomniac Games as the title remains one of PlayStation's most anticipated exclusives. Sony is also in the news for a separate clarification: the company confirmed that disc production is dropping by 10 percent in 2028, walking back a misread figure suggesting output would fall to just 10 percent of current levels.

Xbox Cloud Gaming is drawing scrutiny after reports that the service's new hourly cap lands precisely at the point where Microsoft stops turning a profit — a detail that raises pointed questions about the program's long-term direction. Paradox Interactive, for its part, pushed back the next Hearts of Iron 4 expansion, citing a desire to reduce what it called 'mental overhead' for the development team.

A handful of previews are shaping up to be the day's most interesting reads. Onimusha: Way of the Sword earns a strong endorsement from PC Gamer, which calls its action combat some of the best of the decade once the slow opening gives way. Crazy Taxi: World Tour drew its own cautious praise from Eurogamer, which described it as feeling like classic arcade Sega despite ongoing generative-AI controversy surrounding the project. And Persona 4 Revival surfaced new details, with developers saying Marie will be woven into the story from the start rather than bolted on as she was in Persona 4 Golden.