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Some of 2025's biggest releases could be under threat if Microsoft's QA teams don't have their unionisation demands met.

Some of 2025's biggest releases could be under threat if Microsoft's QA teams don't have their unionisation demands met.
After years of trying to rush success, EA wants to do things right for a change. With Dead Space, Skate, The Sims & now Battlefield, they've involved players in testing far earlier. With that player involvement, leaks obviously come. In response? EA are taking lessons from Valve!
Nintendo's $80 games on Switch 2 have broken the back of many players, but this might not just be about greed.
Today we go through everything Nintendo said (and didn't say) as part of the reveal of the Switch 2.
It's getting worse. We'd already seen the sludge of GenAI work getting layered into AAA titles like Call of Duty, but now we're seeing it end-to-end. At GDC, ARK's developers were celebrating the absolute CREATIVE TRAVESTY that is their latest expansion's trailer. This is just the start.