Loading Screen: He Wants To Save Video Games From His Old Boss
One man is trying to fix the damage that NetEase inflicted on the games industry. Because he set them up to do it.
12.0.7 Changes Leveling, And Hopefully Forever
Blizzard are starting to wise up to the issues we have with those dreaded last ten levels. 12.0.7 introduces the first of hopefully many changes to solve them.
Bungie's Value Has Plummeted In The Eyes Of Sony
Bungie convinced Sony that their output and staff were worth a combined $3.7 Billion a mere four years ago. Now? Sony has marked $765 Million as losses attributed to that same studio. Things are looking grim for the studio formerly behind Halo...
Blizzard Caught Scrubbing Vital Classic+ Evidence
Classic+ news is afoot, and Blizzard tried to cover some things up. By doing so, they may have revealed their hand. New elves, anyone?
Loading Screen: Sega Just Gave Up On Live Service, Cancelled The ¥100m "Super Game"
Pretty much everything Sega's done in the last five years has gone wrong for them, except the Sonic Movies, I guess.
GameStop Isn't Just Alive... It's Aiming To Consume eBay?!
$55.5 Billion for GameStop of ALL companies to buy eBay is truly absurd...
Loading Screen: Xbox Just Handed Forza To Pirates
An expensive mistake has just handed pirates the entirety of Forza Horizon 6, and Xbox can't do much about it.
We Now Know Where Steam's Hardware Vanished
It doesn't look like we're getting the new Steam Machines in the first half of the year as promised. Valve had been silent, but now we know why.
Loading Screen: Bungie Written Down By PlayStation For $765M
Marathon couldn't save Bungie from PlayStation's expectations. After being bought for $3.6 billion, perhaps nothing could.
No Winners Here As Nacon Butchers Their Own Dev Teams
Nacon are immune to good press. Selling pirated copies of games they have no rights to, laying off staff at solidly successful teams for their own failed book-balancing, and ignoring the business models that work for the teams they own. Yet they insist on limping on at others' expense. £#*% Nacon.
Loading Screen: "Sabotage", "Piss-Stinkers" and "Superfluous" Employees Striking At Union Dodging Publisher
Another French studio is facing layoffs under Nacon, and staff are happily airing their grievances ahead of strikes.
Loading Screen: Generative AI Copilot Dead On Xbox
Two months after an industry showcase, Xbox Copilot, as a generative AI tool, was killed by company leadership. But which leadership?