Forever's Economy Is Under Fire
A world should probably have a functional economy. Let's take a look at what happened in Classic to see what kind of lunacy we have to look forward - and all new kinds of madness we're going to invent.
Loading Screen: The Demos You Can't Play Because AI Might Steal Them
The dilemma for indie devs. Release a demo and have your game stolen, or launch with poorer marketing?
Valve Wants To Make Sure You See The Right Sales... For You
With some weeks seeing over 700 new releases on the platform, its never been tougher for the middle of the pack to succeed on Steam.
Loading Screen: Vibecoding Caused Modding's Civil War
The vibecoding era is here, and some modders are not interested in accomodating it.
Epic Mandates "AI-First" Development
Resurrecting James Earl Jones from the dead to spout profanities in Fortnite was just the beginning. Tim Sweeney now wants end-to-end game development with AI tools first, humans second. ARC Raiders by way of Marvel x Star Wars? That's just the start!
Loading Screen: "When You Pay For A Game, You Should Own It" - US Congress Rep
We just saw the biggest move on game ownership rights yet at the US House of Representatives.
Somehow, Bobby Kotick Returned
After XBOX bought Activision Blizzard, we all hoped that was the last we'd seen of Bobby Kotick. The Ellisons have made sure that the games industry isn't done with him after all!
Loading Screen: Linux To Get Industry-Wide Anti-Cheat Support
System level anti-cheat was the one thing holding Linux back from hosting the world's biggest games. No longer.
The Questions WoW Forever Has To Answer ASAP
Forever's got some of the most insane hype we've ever seen. That's awesome. It ain't perfect, though. Beta has exposed more than a few cracks we ought to take a close look at.
The Patch Everyone Forgot
12.1.5 is out. Just before it launched, we realised something was up: Everyone seemed to have forgot about it. Something's not quite right...
Loading Screen: Sega's "Remaster" Problem Gets Creative Assembly In Trouble
Creative Assembly are in hot water with players for their latest release, but history suggests it might be Sega's fault.
Time To Celebrate... Microsoft Are Turning Off Your Cosmetics!
Sick of garish over-the-top visuals in your videogames? The Call of Duty team claim to have heard you! You can hide them in their latest. Of course we're bracing for the backtrack.