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Loading Screen: EA's Open Source Battlefield Gamble
It turns out the secret weapon for BF6 won't be anything EA builds. It'll be what you end up building for them.
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Xbox's $80 Price Hike Is Dead On Arrival
The Outer Worlds was supposed to be Microsoft's wedge. If Obsidian's latest launched at $80, then of course, the next Call of Duty, Halo or Diablo from Xbox could follow suit. That wedge just broke; the $80 floodgate is staying shut, for now.
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Upcoming Games: An Alluring August
August sees the return of legendary game series like Gradius and Shinobi, alongside new titles from the developers behind Journey and the Oblivion Remake. Let's check it out!
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Splitgate Just Unlaunched... Again!
May '19, Splitgate: Arena Warfare arrived on Steam in early access. August '21, Splitgate entered indefinite Beta as focus shifted to a sequel. May '25, Splitgate 2 arrived in Open Beta, launched June '25, unlaunched into indefinite Beta July '25. How fast will round 3 cycle?!
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Loading Screen: Only 5% More Sales For MH: Wilds Since Launch
477,000 sales mean that Monster Hunter: Wilds has hit a wall, as the total copies sold only increased by 5% since February.
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Loading Screen: EA Aren't Selling $80 Games
As the tide shifts in an industry hungry for more revenue, EA aren't willing to risk selling $80 games. They don't seem to think they need to.
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Riot Games Have Officially Embraced Gambling
10.7 BILLION USD. That's how much money is generated by eSports gambling associated with Riot Games' Valorant & League of Legends... as such, morals be damned, Riot wants a cut.
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Loading Screen: "Slavish Copy" Sees PlayStation Sue Tencent
Tencent asked PlayStation if they could make a Horizon game. PlayStation said no. Tencent made a game that looked like Horizon. PlayStation asked them to stop. Tencent said no. Now the lawyers are out for blood.
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Valve Changed Their Rules And Lost Control
When it comes to Steam, Valve have always had a fairly hands-off approach. They act when forced to... yet usually, whether a game stays on Steam is up to them. Not this time, as 100s of games vanished from Steam, all at the behest of Valve's newest rulemakers.
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Loading Screen: Collective Shouting Continues
Collective Shout claim responsibility and duck from blame, itch.io prove the slope is VERY slippery, and we might maybe have a solution to work towards. What a week! What do you mean it's only Monday?
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Loading Screen: Toxicity Was Almost Solved*
Alt title: How Putin Stopped One Team From Saving Multiplayer Games Forever. I'm not kidding!
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Loading Screen: Itch.io Was Next On Their List
First, they targeted Steam, and now the payment processors have been directed at Itch.io. A whole generation of independent games and media has just been censored.