Opinion
Upcoming Games: A Knockout November
The hits keep coming as the year starts to draw to a close, so don't miss out on any of the biggest (or smallest) cool games to come.
Conor Caulfield
I cover everything Not Warcraft - Expect wider games industry coverage, analysis, and as much commentary as I can get away with
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Loading Screen: Players Just Killed Runescape's Business Model
100,000 players just made Runescape change their entire business model.
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Loading Screen: Nintendo Loses Patent Battle, Continues War
Nintendo and Pokémon just lost their first Patent fight to Pocketpair and Palworld. And they have Ark: Survival Evolved to thank.
Reports
Steam Wants To Fix Game Marketing
In a year where we've got more good games than ever, Steam wants to make sure you don't miss your next favourite.
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Loading Screen: Amazon Kills New World, MMO Development
It's the end of New World as we know it, and Amazon feels fine.
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Loading Screen: EA's Cosiest Creators Just Rebelled
Many The Sims Creators just walked away from EA, because they will not support the new owners at the cost of their own beliefs.
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Loading Screen: Xbox Denies "Mandate" On Generative AI Tech
Xbox's CEO says they're not forcing staff to use generative AI to make games. The devil might be in the details.
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Loading Screen: Valve Just Deleted $3 Billion From CS Players
Chaos reigns as with a single update to Counter Strike 2, Valve have wiped out nearly $3 billion in player inventory values.
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Loading Screen: Microsoft Asked Xbox To Do The Impossible
Microsoft asked Xbox to proportionally make as much profit as Nintendo, and three times as much as PlayStation. And then they started cutting.
Reports
The European Pushback On MTX Regulation
In April, the EU tried to regulate in-game monetisation. Six months later, the EU games industry is trying to warn just how badly it could go.
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Loading Screen: Payday 2 Just Came Back From The Dead. Again.
Two years after the last patch, twelve years after launch, Starbreeze just handed the keys to Payday 2 to a bunch of modders.
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Loading Screen: The 11.3 Billion Dollar Secret Behind The Latest Viral Hit
The latest viral hit on Steam looks like another quirky indie riff on a popular genre. It's not quite that simple.