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Loading Screen: Did "Illegal" Minecraft Servers Just Kill SKG USA?
"Illegal" Minecraft community servers might not have killed SKG's California dream, but they sure didn't help.
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Loading Screen: PlayStation Want To "revitalise the market" for Live Service Games
PlayStation's CEO wants more live service, even as he halves the company's biggest live service developer.
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EA Games... Ads In The Game
With the likes of EA Sports FC (formerly FIFA), Madden & The Sims, EA might have some of the most popular games on the market, but they're not happy with how much they're earning from that success. Inspired by the commercialisation of their real-world counterparts... the Ads are coming!
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Stop Killing Games Finds Itself Stuck In EU Traffic
Despite finding success in other parts of the globe, the Stop Killing Games movement has just been hit with a fairly large setback... the EU are turning to the industry to encourage self-regulation. The initiative isn't giving up just yet!
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Loading Screen: Hardware Price Hikes Will Not Stop
An extra $150 for an Xbox Series X is just the latest in a never-ending line of hardware price hikes.
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Loading Screen: "most of the Destiny team" Laid Off As Bungie Gutted
A "reduction in force" at Bungie means that most of the studio is being axed in the wake of Destiny 2's end of service.
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Loading Screen: GTA VI Just Locked Game Prices At $80
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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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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Loading Screen: From Software Threatened By Activist Investor
The people who thought it should cost 99 cents to make Mario jump want to control Elden Ring and Armored Core.
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Loading Screen: "a tough year for us and for the gamers."
A new $1800 handheld PC comes with a warning: things don't look like they're going to get better in the hardware space.
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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!
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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.