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The Drop: Week of July 27, 2026

This week: Master Chief finally lands on a PlayStation for the first time in franchise history, Diablo creator's company publishes a dark fantasy extraction game, and a Melbourne developer delivers a puzzle game built as a love letter to her grandmother.

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