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An $80 price tag for GTA means the rest of the industry has no choice. Game price hikes past $70 will be very hard to justify.
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Midnight Had Problems, And 12.1 Has Solutions
Here's a quick one: Every problem in Midnight that 12.1 promises to fix. Some of them you may have seen reported - but I'm betting most of them you haven't.
The Steam Machine Is Here - At What Cost?
Where some thought the Steam Deck would kill Nintendo's Switch plans, so too did many believe that Valve had a console killer on the horizon. The Steam Machine of 2026 is here, it's an excellent piece of kit, but PlayStation won't be quaking in their boots anytime soon...
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The people who thought it should cost 99 cents to make Mario jump want to control Elden Ring and Armored Core.
Are Indies An Afterthought For Valve?
What does Call of Duty and Steam have in common? The better you perform, the easier the devs make it for you to excel even further. What does that mean? Indies are getting left behind, or at least they were until Steam Labs stepped in...
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A new $1800 handheld PC comes with a warning: things don't look like they're going to get better in the hardware space.
Why Does GenAI Keep Getting Used By Devs In Spite Of Backlash
It doesn't make sense. Every time a dev is caught with their hand in the GenAI jar, the backlash is LOUD. Surely they should get the message by now? Not if they're getting an entirely different message from across the globe!
Loading Screen: How An Indie Studio Dies A Month After Release
An international web of legal action, financial distress and absurd publisher behaviour is one way to kill a studio.
Loading Screen: Europe Won't Stop Killing Games
No new laws for EU games publishers, but it's not over yet for Stop Killing Games.
XBOX's Studio Purge Has Begun
Double Fine, Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory and more are all under threat from Xbox leadership as of this week.
Gearing In 12.0.7 Needs A Guide... This One!
12.0.7 is gearing's final form. It's all over the place, but when I'm done explaining it, you'll see Blizzard's surprisingly simple vision.
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Today, we've got reports of more malware on Steam, on one of the most played games on the service.
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2026's Games Scheduling Bloodbath... There Are No Good Solutions!
No (new) game is brave or stupid enough to face GTA VI when it launches this November. That being said, all the games that were supposed to launch across November & December of 2026 need to launch sometime... how does all at once sound?!
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Loading Screen: EA's In Game Ads To Monetise Freeloaders
Advertising "designed to enhance, not disrupt, the player experience" will soon be rolling out to EA's games, because you're not paying enough.
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The Fight To Keep XBOX's Studios Alive
Ninja Theory, Double Fine, Compulsion Games, and more are all under threat of closure from the XBOX Reset.
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Microsoft Are Collateral For Valve's Legal Woes
Valve are no stranger to legal battles in recent years. Now, however, one of their fights has put XBOX in the crosshairs... as a co-conspirator!
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The days of screaming English kids on voice chat in your games could come to an end if the UK Government has their way.
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Battlefield Fixed Their Live Service
Turns out that you can turn around any flagging live-service. You just need devs, money and time.
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Xbox's Latest "Reset" Is Going To Cause A LOT Of Pain
It's been mere days since Xbox's Summer Showcase. They'd almost convinced general audiences they'd changed, that "XBOX" was back. With layoffs looming, it's the same old Microsoft Gaming with a new lick of paint...
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Loading Screen: Is Pokémon Go Powering Military Drones?
Huge claims today, as a Dutch outlet links Pokémon Go to Military Drone operations.
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Loading Screen: XBOX Is About To Be Gutted By XBOX
100 Days after taking office, XBOX's CEO is already preparing layoffs to mark her bold new era. Just like the last four years.
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The Wowhead Video.
Wowhead has just been victim to some serious layoffs. So, we took a look through their past... to see where their future lies.
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Loading Screen: "Scammers Have Adapted", So Will Valve
The end of an era, as scams and money laundering force Valve to take action.
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Video Games Are Learning Even More Wrong Lessons From Hollywood
The plans some leadership within the biggest employers in video game development have are simply going to "drive career professionals from the traditional, professionalized side of the games industry." That will be bad for all of us, the players.