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Xbox has a new boss. She's very different to the old boss.
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The Liadrin Animation Was Exactly What Warcraft Needs
This is what Warcraft desperately needs. Conflict. A heavier tone. Pain without immediate resolution.
Remedy Gambled On An Ex-EA Exec To Save Them
Despite a failed foray into the multiplayer, live game space, Remedy are firmly known for their auteurist sensibilities. Great gameplay mixed with rich, personal-feeling narratives. So why the hell is their new CEO a sports and gambling specialist?!
The Hubris of Riot
League of Legends saw a spinoff 2D fighter receive 100% Recommend by Critics on OpenCritic, the FGC got hands-on and loved it, yet Riot just fired half its dev team. . . BTW, did you all know it launched a month ago?!
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Five years of development, and nothing to show for it. PlayStation wasted one of gaming's best studios.
Highguard Layoffs Show The Industry's New Standard
Irrespective of its perceived quality, Highguard still managed to pull in thousands of reviews and daily players. But now, most of the devs behind it have been laid off! Is this just how the games industry of 2025 works?!
Loading Screen: "insane pathological narcissists" - Ashes Of Creation Legal Showdown
The knives are out, and so are the legal filings. Time to find out what caused Ashes of Creation's implosion.
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As audiences discover their "secret" involvement in Highguard, is Tencent to blame for 2026's most prominent disaster?
Discord Want Your Face... NOW
You'd think by now, Discord would have realised that its users have no good reason to trust them with their personal data, right? That's not stopping them. They're coming for your face!
Loading Screen: "Consumer electronics will see a large number of failures" - The Impact Of AI Datacenters
The cost of the datacenter crisis is vanishing Steam Decks, delayed console releases and hard drives sold out through 2026.
Loading Screen: The Indie Laying Off Founders Before Launch
They made an incredible indie debut. Now they're laying off founders with no release date for the follow-up.
Leveling In WoW Is Still Broken
Midnight is Blizzard's perfect chance to make the IP as gigantic as they wanted. Unfortunately, leveling the way they want new players to is a completely broken experience.
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Want to complain about game performance on Steam? Just tell everyone what your rig looks like first...
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AI Demands Are Wrecking Valve's Steam Machine Plans
2026 was supposed to be Valve's year. A wave of new hardware capitalising on Steam Deck's successes, and who knows, maybe a tease of new Half-Life? Instead, the AI bros have been hoarding all the cool components, putting their plans in jeopardy...
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Loading Screen: Sixteen Days Before Layoffs For Highguard
Highguard couldn't break through. Now, almost all the developers are paying the price.
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Overwatch 2 Is Dead, Long Live Overwatch
Blizzard are no strangers to relaunching Overwatch... this time around though? They may just have succeeded!
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Age verification is coming for Xbox players, and they are not ready.
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Blizzard Just Killed Overwatch 2
Overwatch 2 had to die so Overwatch could live. And now it's thriving.
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4 Months in Early Access. 1 Month since launch. 30 Minutes notice on layoffs.
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Xal'atath Just Revealed Her Past
Finally, we get a proper Midnight animation. This one's all about Xal'atath.
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Microsoft Flinched, Will Windows Fall?
Microsoft have been the de facto owner of THE personal computing operating system. That's not news. After years of diminishing returns and bug-ridden updates amidst a terribly executed AI strategy, that dominance is for the first time at genuine risk. Can they be toppled?
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Loading Screen: Discord Wants Your Faces... All Of Your Faces
It started in the UK and Australia. Now it's going global. Age verification on Discord comes for you.
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The Downfall Of Windows
Microsoft has lost their power users, their hold on gaming and now even the confidence of their investors. They want to change.
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Monster Hunter Finally Embarks On The Road To Recovery
Nearly a year after its horrendously unacceptable launch on PC and limp beginnings on PS5, Capcom's latest Monster Hunter is finally showing signs of life. They've put in the work - work that should have been done pre-launch, admittedly. Sentiment is changing, but is it too little too late?