Loading Screen: Outsourcing's Darker Side
A harrowing report today of abuse, harassment and more at one of the outsourcing studios that's powered gaming's biggest hits of recent years, while the AAA companies that profit turn a blind eye.
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Loading Screen: Microsoft's QA Teams Threaten Strikes
Some of 2025's biggest releases could be under threat if Microsoft's QA teams don't have their unionisation demands met.
Nintendo's $80 Games
Nintendo's $80 games on Switch 2 have broken the back of many players, but this might not just be about greed.
Loading Screen: Nintendo Tells All On Switch 2
Today we go through everything Nintendo said (and didn't say) as part of the reveal of the Switch 2.
SAG AFTRA's Strike Has Caught Up To Games
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.