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The collapse of a promising indie today highlights the real cost of game development, and it's far higher than what some may think.
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Mindseye: The Worst Game Of 2025
Mindseye may be the worst game of 2025 so far, but the real mess is behind the scenes.
Loading Screen: SIE Games Are Finally Region Free On PC*
Over 170 countries now have access to PlayStation-published PC games, as one of the most bizarre restrictions in gaming comes to an end.
Saving Democracy Just Made FOMO Cool Again!
FOMO has the worst rep in the industry. Where once players simply wanted to be involved in updates they might miss, now it's associated firmly with predatory engagement and monetisation practices. Arrowhead flipped the script. The fight for Super Earth? You had to be there...
Loading Screen: PlayStation's Future: Live Services, "Efficiency" and Expanding Platforms
Marathon's still coming, but PlayStation have learned lessons. Lessons they hope to take advantage of as PlayStation expands.
Splitgate's Second Coming Put Its Worst Portal Forward
Splitgate 2 should have been the explosive, successful return of one of the pandemic-era's breakout successes. Instead, it's become mired in stacked controversies and apologies. Can 1047 Games recover, or will it need to be 3rd time's the charm for Splitgate?!
Loading Screen: The Voice Actors Won
The voice-actors union has finally wrested a deal from Activision, Epic and more. But is it too late for some members?
This Cult Deserves To Keep Preserving Video Games
There's no use denying it, physical games as we knew them are in their final stage of dying. We could mourn them, of course, but the better option could be to platform ventures like Lost in Cult, who aim to bring them back in a fascinating manner!
Summer Game Fest's Weird Vibes
The vibes were off at Summer Game Fest, as audiences wondered quite where all the biggest games were. The answer is in the last four years.
Loading Screen: The Human Price Of PlayStation's Live Service Cancellations
One-third of Bend Studio's staff have been laid off, as PlayStation's decisions of five years ago come back to bite the staff.
Loading Screen: GOG Want Classic Mods To Be Easy
GOG are rolling out yet another scheme, this time to make playing mods for games as easy as buying them.
The Addon Slaughter Starts In Midnight
Ion subtly revealed - by saying one thing and not another - that the firing squad comes for combat addons much sooner than any of us expected.
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From Software’s New Game Is Divisive
Elden Ring Nightreign might not be for everyone, but it's a great sign for From Software's future.
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Sorry CEOs, But Gamers (Mostly) Hate GenAI!
Every major AAA publisher is pushing AI, especially GenAI, at every opportunity. Almost unanimously, players are rejecting it. Now, though, to coincide with their latest push within Unreal Engine, Epic may have found the wedge to gaslight players into accepting the tech, cost-cutting warts and all!
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Loading Screen: SteamOS Competitor Revealed By Xbox
Xbox wants to prove their handheld PC systems can be just as good as SteamOS. By taking inspiration from SteamOS.
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Splitgate 2's Very Bad Weekend
"Make FPS Games Great Again" - Spligate 2's developers shortly before revealing a $34 Cosmetic portal. Not a great look.
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Valve Just Approved Blatant War Propaganda On Steam!
Straight from the headlines, Steam users globally can hop online and grab themselves a tactical experience steeped in... officially sanctioned modern Russian war propaganda?! That might sound far-fetched, but Squad 22: ZOV is far from the first game of its kind on Steam. Will it be the last?
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Loading Screen: Borderlands' 17% Positive Review Score
The Borderlands series is being review bombed on Steam, but, for once, it's not because of anything Randy Pitchford did.
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Loading Screen: PlayStation's New Live Service Got People Hype
After so many cancellations, after dramas with Marathon and Concord, I can't believe everyone is getting hype for another PlayStation live service game.
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EA Tossed Its Future Creative Efforts Off A Cliff
Behind the scenes, EA had been doing everything "right" with its upcoming licensed title. Sadly, while carefully building a single-player focused successor to the Middle-earth: Shadow of... games and their Nemesis system was a goal for '2020 EA'? '2025 EA' is far too impatient and cowardly!
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Loading Screen: Epic Wants The Future Of Games To Be Unreal
Gorgeous open worlds paired with pathetic chatbot tech. That's what Epic want for the future of games.
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Helldivers Just Proved FOMO Can Be Great
FOMO cosmetic sales? Nah, Helldivers just reminded us that FOMO is about giving people a reason to play, not pay.
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Loading Screen: Another In-Game Advertising "Error"
Another month, another monetisation debacle for Call of Duty. This time? They're advertising to players inside the customisation menus.
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Loading Screen: Zenimax Union Wins Against Xbox
Better wages, layoff protections and AI safeguards. Zenimax's QA union just showed Xbox that their staff won't stop fighting.