"NBA 2K26 improves and streamlines the experience into a complete game - some virtual currency balancing issues hold it back, though."
- Stuart Cullen, TechStomper
O'Dell Harmon Jr. writes: "Before we say goodbye to 2025, let’s take a look back and see what were the most downloaded games of the year. It was a great time for sports, shooters, and some new PlayStation VR2 games. Sports favorites topped the charts in US/Canada and EU, with NBA 2K26 and EA Sports FC26, respectively.
Juggernaut GTA V found a home in the top three for both regions, with new 2025 release Battlefield 6 claiming second place in the US. Fortnite took top place for free-to-play games, and Beat Saber continues its PS VR2 success."
I think it shows how shortsighted it was for Sony to let go of Evolution and not get them to make some sort of competitor (open world Driveclub?) 10 years ago.
After Driveclub's reception, hard to say it would have done well enough to compete. It's easy to dream of such a thing, but to make it happen? It's taken how long for CoD to be dethroned? And it was dethroned by Hogwart's Legacy and has gained it right back just the next year.
It’s funny to watch the only games EU and USA agree on was Minecraft and back ops 7 both regions on 6 and 7 spot respectively other than that FIFA rules EU
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I would like to see a list that has both free to play and paid games together, but at least we have this.
To this day GTA5 is a top downloaded game and it makes me wonder if the industry is really ready for GTA6. I imagine almost nothing else will sell during that game's release window.
Azfar from NoobFeed writes: NBA 2K26 is a solid basketball sim that feels more like a pocket transition than a revolution. Hardcore players will notice the recycled flaws, but they are still limited to the minute details. It’s fun, it’s flashy, but it still has room to grow. All that being said, you know, for a basketball game, nothing can really go shoulder-to-shoulder with 2K’s juggernaut. So NBA 2K26 has once again slam dunked on its competition (there isn’t any) and on our wallets.
The Rockstar game is now coming November 19, 2026. We speak to Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick
What are you talking about? This same sequence of delays happened with GTA V and RDR2. They should know better by now lol
Strauss is a farkin liar, tell the truth, the game will not be out until October 2027 and you know it
I really don't understand the shock and surprise with this delay. this has literally been every single GTA release 😂
Maybe Gamers need to stop overreacting to delays. A little disheartening sure, but being upset or mad about it is just too much.
I don't understand why they felt the need to announce it so early, even with GTAV and RDR2 it was the same
GTA is massive, they could have waited until around Summer 2026 and then release it within a few months, it would have still sold super well. I understand new IPs needing time to establish themselves to gain hype but huge franchises like GTA shouldn't need that at all.
Bethesda had it right with Fallout 4, it was announced at E3 June 2015 and released within 4 months.
That is easy to answer, shareholders and investors. They are publicly traded company, once you become that your first and top objective is increasing shareholder value. Which is what this was. Since stocks depend on what shareholders believe and as long as you keep them confident, your stock will go up. And unlike gamers, shareholders actually do have power. If they believe company didn't do what is in their best interest, they can sue said company. Also they can cause shifts in management positions. Hence why they rather promise date, even if it won't be true or it is just wild guess and why then delays happen. Like as old saying goes, if things don't make sense, then just look at money flow and usually they will start making sense.
Also I would prefer Bethesda way of doing it too, where they announce it few moths before release. That way also all information they give are or can be accurate, instead of giving use hacked together segments of game that don't yet exist as game or just CGI trailers, both showing vision and not actual game with pinky promise this is what they will make.
