7 Games Launching This Year That Will Have A Physical Disc, Unlike GTA 6
Topics: List, GTA 6, Grand Theft Auto, Xbox, PlayStation, PC
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Topics: List, GTA 6, Grand Theft Auto, Xbox, PlayStation, PC
Grand Theft Auto VI physical editions will not come with a disc in the box. It’ll be a download code instead.
Gamers understandably have a lot to say about this so while Rockstar Games figures something out here are some AAA titles launching later this year that do come with a disc.
Physical media is forever folks.
Insomniac Games is momentarily moving away from Spider-Man in favour of the toughest mutant around, Wolverine. Worry not though Spidey fans, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is getting its first DLC since launch later this month.
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Logan’s years prior to joining the X-Men will be explored in this r-rated action adventure game, with plenty of cameos and surprise appearances from beloved heroes and villains.
While promoting Marvel’s Wolverine on X one fan asked if physical copies of the game will be a code-in-box deal, to which Insomniac replied: “The physical version will include a disc in box.” Now that’s a hero.
Capcom is on a generational run this year with the likes of Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata bound to walk away with a couple of trophies come game award season.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is next on the studios’ release schedule though and it’s shaping up to be a diabolical action game, which you can try for free right now.
Like the rest of Capcom’s 2026 releases you can expect the physical version to come with a disc included.
After so many years the legendary Edward Kenway is making his grand return, in the first official Assassin’s Creed remake no less.
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is an exciting title that’ll take players on another tour around the Caribbean, for a swashbuckling adventure that’s never known as an equal.
While Ubisoft tends to omit discs from its collector’s editions, a bogstandard copy of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced will see one included in the packaging.
Keeping on the topic of remakes we have Halo: Campaign Evolved, a ground-up recreation of Halo: Combat Evolved with three extra prequel missions slapped on for good measure.
Alpha Halo has never looked better and while some of the modern inclusions like sprinting haven’t been everyone’s cup of tea we’re still excited to relive the story that started it all.
Halo: Campaign Evolved will also be another first-party Xbox game that’ll launch on PlayStation 5, making physical copies a historic and treasured addition to any gamer’s collection.
Following Halo: Campaign Evolved, Xbox plans to release Gears of War: E-Day, a prequel taking place at the earliest point in the Gears of War timeline which you can pre-order now.
Marcus Phoenix and Dom Santiago will share the screen once again as they kick-off their war with the Locust.
Like the rest of Xbox’s first-party line-up for 2026 physical copies will contain a disc in the box.
In a galaxy far, far away gamers will take part in the ultimate thrillride, a galactic racing tournament.
Star Wars Galactic Racer was one of the best games we played at Summer Game Fest. It already feels like podrace perfection and we’re dying to play more.
You wouldn’t expect a landspeeder to not have a steering wheel, just like how you wouldn’t expect a physical box to not have a disc. Star Wars Galactic Racer has both.
Since GTA VI locked in its launch date of November 19 a staggering amount of new releases have decided they’ll release in September to avoid the competition.
Not Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Remastered though. As King of the Monsters Godzilla yields to no one, and will go head-to-head with the new Grand Theft Auto game come November.
The fighting game lacks a sprawling open-world and gripping narrative, but it beats GTA VI every day of the week in terms of gigantic monsters and discs in boxes.
