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Loading Screen: AC Boss Walks From Ubisoft's Tencent Subsidiary
Assassin's Creed's head honcho just walked from Ubisoft... only weeks after the franchise was taken over by the Tencent-backed subsidiary Vantage Studios
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Battlefield 6? It's Actually A "Good" Game
Under the shadow of one of the largest leveraged buyouts in history, EA needed Battlefield 6 to NOT repeat the mistakes of prior series entries. It seems on that front, they're safe, but that doesn't mean this "good game" made it to launch without a hitch!
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Loading Screen: No New Helldivers Content Till Performance Improves
Arrowhead are making a commitment to unhappy players. New content releases will be paused until the team can guarantee they won't break the game.
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Unity's Entire Post-'17 Library Of Games Are At Risk!
DOOM, Among Us, Hearthstone, and Elder Scrolls. All IP, and all with entries that were built on a fundamentally vulnerable engine... for the past eight years! There's a patch now, but what about the countless games that simply don't have anyone to fix them anymore? It's a problem.
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Loading Screen: The Devs Behind The Worst Game Of 2025 Are Suing Their Leaders
The devs of Mindseye have told all about their terrible working conditions, and with a little help, they're standing up against their bosses.
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Battlefield 6 Is A "Good Game"
The devs wanted "to make good game", and, despite all odds, they managed it. BF6 fixes everything 2042 broke. Including player trust.
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Stormgate's Sorry State
"Fully funded to release." After the ex-Blizzard alumni at Frost Giant had raised around $40 million to produce "StarCraft III" in all but name, that was their claim. Now, just over a year after its early access launch, it's hard not to question what the hell happened with Stormgate?!
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Loading Screen: NetEase Just Cut Off Another Developer's Funding
Another studio is at risk after NetEase lured devs to work with them with promises of support... only to change their minds halfway through development.
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Loading Screen: Activision Just Gave In to Players. Again.
For the second time in as many months, Activision just gave players what they'd been asking for. They might yet regret it.
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Game Pass Got 50% More Expensive!
In the space of two years, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate has doubled in price. That's not hyperbole, as it leapt by 50% just this month. The subscription that was once built around the "Play Day 1 On Game Pass" mantra is now $360 yearly. What is going on?!
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Electronic Arts, Soon To Be A Leading (Saudi) Arabian Publisher??
(American) Football with Madden, guns galore with Battlefield, and diverse livelihoods with The Sims. We could go on... but it could certainly be argued that EA's library represents the ideals of the American dream. The Californian-born publisher's natural new home, of course? Saudi Arabia...
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Loading Screen: 60% Of Players Buy Two Or Fewer Games Per Year
A staggeringly small number of you are apparently keeping every indie and AA developer afloat right now.