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Loading Screen: Everything Worth Knowing About The Game Awards 2025
Everything that was good about gaming in 2025, and everything to come in 2026, all in one place.
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Netflix Is About To Own WB Games, And They Simply Don't Care...
WB Games staff have produced some exceptional, successful titles over the years. The same cannot be said for their management. Now, amidst yet another multi-billion-dollar corporate merger, they're left wondering: Which new bosses might be LESS terrible?
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Loading Screen: Call of Duty “Has Not Met Your Expectations”
Call of Duty's having problems after the latest launch, but the rot seems to have set in years before now.
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Creative Assembly Finally Unveiled Total War's Future
After a turbulent few years, Creative Assembly chose to pump the breaks and take stock of their future. Now we're starting to see that future begin to take shape... will returning to Medieval times be enough to reshape their fortunes, and what else do they have planned?
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Loading Screen: Xbox's Cuts Couldn't Stop These Developers
Xbox's difficulty is someone else's opportunity, as two separate projects cancelled in the last few months have gotten surprise revivals.
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Discord's "New Commerce Experience"
You will not escape microtransactions. Discord won't let you.
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Loading Screen: Square Enix Targeted By Activist Investor
Per a new investor, Square Enix is in trouble. But they can be saved, if they'll only listen.
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Are The Video Games You Buy Actually Getting Cheaper?
All the headlines over recent years regarding game prices have been fixated on shrinkflation, or that first $70, now $80 being the new $60... but amidst all of it, something has flown under the radar. The average player has been getting more of their games, cheaper?! Make it make sense? Let's begin.
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Loading Screen: Netflix Now Owns The Nemesis System... And WB Games
Mortal Kombat and more could be coming to a screen near you, via your Netflix subscription.
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Valve Just Sent This Indie Dev To The Glue Factory
Earlier this year, we blamed the Credit companies for muscling in on Steam and dictating what constituted "art". We weren't wrong then, but with a ban being brought down upon arthouse indie horror game HORSES, we now know Valve's "judgment" is pretty terrible too!
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Loading Screen: The Russian Government Vs Video Games
Two examples of the Russian government putting their thumb on the scale of game availability today, as platforms and publishers try to navigate regional laws.
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Bungie Already Did... Now It Seems Players Have Given Up On Destiny
Last year, Bungie gave Destiny players an exit ramp... and most players took it! They've been scrambling to recover since, amidst the chaotic apparent non-starter that's been Marathon. All the while, even Sony has given up on them to the tune of $240 million!