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Loading Screen: Somehow, Splitgate Returned
One of 2025's worst disasters might just redeem itself before the year is out, as Splitgate's devs try to convince players to return.
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There's No Way Battlefield Dethroned Call Of Duty... Right?
Call of Duty Vs Battlefield, a rivalry that's spanned two decades, yet before this year? It wasn't ever, truly, a competition. With a truly gargantuan first month of sales, DICE have finally found themselves in the running... but even with a weak and wounded CoD, can they truly topple the incumbent?
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Loading Screen: Valve Just Doomed An Indie Developer
Valve says this award-winning indie dev can't release their game on Steam. They made a decision two years ago, and won't change it. Now the studio might shut.
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Turns Out Riot Didn't Kill Hytale!
A decade after Riot first invested, 5 years after they bought the studio, June's "Difficult Update" made one thing clear. Work on Hytale was ending. It was cancelled. Hopeful musings from co-founder Simon seemed like wishful thinking... yet, just 5 months later, Hytale is back, about to launch...?!
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Loading Screen: Rockstar's Union Busting Allegations, Explained
Reporting from inside Rockstar might have given us a new lead on why 34 staff were fired from GTA VI.
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Loading Screen: Ubisoft Thinks These Bots Are The Future Of Single-Player Games
Mechanics from 2008, to achieve a dream from 2013. Ubisoft's newest experiment wants to bring them both to reality via AI tech.
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Fired Subnautica Developers Vs Krafton
The Subnautica lawsuit is underway, but Krafton's changing allegations have already caused chaos.
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When GenAI Slop Gets Noticed!
Catfishing in Call Of Duty? It's 100% not what you think! We mean fishing, with catfish, as creatively robbed from Studio Ghibli. If this makes no sense, you're not alone. GenAI is rampant in its nonsense, but it's not just Activision spewing slop anymore! Even Anno & Expedition 33 took part...
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Loading Screen: Why Did Ubisoft Hide Their Results For A Week?
Were they acquired? Did Assassin's Creed: Shadows flop? Are the Guillemots leaving? The speculation has been rife. Now we know.
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The UK Government Responds To Stop Killing Games
Nearly 200,000 players across the UK spoke up, and not only did they get the Government to respond, they forced a meaningful debate out of them too! Major change may not be happening immediately, but Stop Killing Games is making itself heard.
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Loading Screen: Battlefield 6 Is The Best Selling Game Of The Last Three Years*
Hell has frozen over. Pigs are flying. And Battlefield might be outselling Call of Duty. No one is more shocked than me.
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Loading Screen: The Indie Developer Who Turned Down A Game Award
A beloved, successful indie dev just turned down an award... because he doesn't think he deserves it.