Loading Screen: Valve's Monopoly Problem

Valve has a monopoly problem. 72% of their developers think that's what they are.

The Pokémon Company's Patent Tomfoolery Is Striking Out

Each time we've covered the back-and-forths between Nintendo's patent lawyers and Palworld devs, Pocketpair, the foregone conclusion has been that the Big N's legal eagles would come out on top overall... Not so this time, with pressure mounting on both sides of the Pacific!

Let's Talk About Hearthsteel, WoW's New Premium Currency

Blizzard are monetising the housing store using a premium currency. That's... something.

Loading Screen: How Arc Raiders Extracted From Its Own Genre

Arc Raiders' staggering success seems to have opened up the extraction genre for more players... by changing what the genre means.

Right Now, Runescape's Future Is In Its Players' Hands

Runescape kept making headlines for its corporate movements and egregious MTX practices. Now, Jagex have offered something to their players that most other studios wouldn't even consider... The chance to decide whether those MTX should still exist at all! Over 100,000 players have spoken.

Capcom's Behemoth Really Did Peak Early

Its launch propelled it towards being one of 2025's biggest successes, but then came the reviews, the bugs, the backlash. Now? Capcom's latest is its least successful major title of the past six months. We try to make it make sense!

Loading Screen: Rockstar Wrecked The Industry's Plans. Again.

Rockstar just caused the entire industry to scramble by delaying GTA VI again. But the damage might go far beyond what we can see.

As GTA VI Finally Nears Release... Rockstar Accused Of Union Busting

GTA V has become one of the most profitable games of all time. 13 years later, it's finally getting a follow-up, but not before leadership at developer Rockstar sneaks in a caring bout of (alleged) union-busting within the ranks of its teams. Can't have the poor(er) developers organising!

Loading Screen: Now You Can Buy Your Cosmetics Via Discord

Leaks suggest Discord is going to sell you in-game cosmetics... outside the games you're playing.

The Midnight Pruning Is VERY Real

We calculated how bad (or good!) the pruning is across every single spec. Here are the results.

Loading Screen: Please Buy Our Game, Say Laid-Off Indie Developers

These indie devs may have been fired, but they still want you to buy Possessor(s) on launch, because layoffs aren't quite so simple at that scale.

Amazon Just Abandoned Their Biggest Game

It might seem laughable, but for "15+ years", Amazon have been trying, and failing, to challenge Steam. Now, after having their first moderate in-house success with their MMO New World, they're throwing it all away, for yet another directional pivot. Oh, and a GenAI Snoop Dogg chatbot! Seriously.

Lore

Blizzard Are On A Mission To Save The Lore

Blizzard are leveraging Midnight to, at long last, save the lore.

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Loading Screen: US Backtracks On Pokémon Patent

Nintendo's controversial US patent on summoning Pokémon is under new scrutiny... from the people that just approved it.

Warcraft Videos

We Have A Pre-Patch Date

We have a pre-patch date. Not official, but it might as well be. Also, ElvUI won't be joining us in Midnight. RIP. But at least Blizzard saved Housing!

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Loading Screen: Rockstar's "Union Busting" Allegations

More than 30 devs fired from Rockstar, and the union they were working with are claiming foul play.

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.

News Videos

Making Sense Of Duckov's Eggstravagant Success

A title that sounds like a parody meme. Military-themed, but everyone's a duck. One of Steam's fastest-selling games. Let's try to make that last point make sense... and consider how far gone the days of Steam being an effectively Western-only platform are in the process.

News Videos

Valve Wants To Revitalize Games Marketing

None of us needs reminding that Steam is the de facto home of PC gaming, but with that, and the 30% cut they take in mind, Valve has taken it upon themselves to attempt to fix one of PC gaming's largest issues... actually getting new games noticed without shedloads spent on marketing. Will it work?

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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.

News Videos

Payday 2 Is Gearing Up To Keep Heisting

Two years after its "Final Update", Payday 2 not only received a notable patch, but a brand new (small) dedicated dev team. With Payday 3 still undergoing a major rework, we try to make sense of Starbreeze's rationale behind renewing work on their 12-year-old Heister...

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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.