{"id":74111,"date":"2026-08-03T15:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/players-choice-vote-for-july-2026s-best-new-game\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T15:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:00:25","slug":"players-choice-vote-for-july-2026s-best-new-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/players-choice-vote-for-july-2026s-best-new-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Players\u2019 Choice: Vote for July 2026\u2019s best new game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"\">Last month was filled with adventures big and small, sports action, and spiritual battles! Some big new releases included Assassin\u2019s Creed Black Flag Resynced, Denshattack, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game, and more. Which game was your favorite?<\/p>\n<hr class=\"ps-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<p class=\"\"><strong>How does it work?<\/strong> At the end of every month, PlayStation Blog will open a poll where you can vote for the best new game released that month. After the polls close we will tally your votes, and announce the winner on our social channels and PlayStation.Blog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>What is the voting criteria?<\/strong> That\u2019s up to you! If you were only able to recommend one new release to a friend that month, which would it be? Note: re-released games don\u2019t qualify, but remakes do. We define remakes as ambitious, larger-scale rebuilds such as Resident Evil 4 (2023) and Final Fantasy VII Remake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>How are nominees decided?<\/strong> The PlayStation Blog editorial team will gather a list of that month\u2019s most noteworthy releases and use it to seed the poll.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-crowdsignal wp-block-embed-crowdsignal\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/static.polldaddy.com\/p\/17315137.js\"><\/script><noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/poll.fm\/17315137\">View Poll<\/a><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2026\/08\/03\/players-choice-vote-for-july-2026s-best-new-game\/\">Go to Source (PlayStation.com)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month was filled with adventures big and small, sports action, and spiritual battles! 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