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Loading Screen: The Scheduling Bloodbath Coming For Gaming
The end of 2026 is going to be a bloodbath for game releases, as major games compete for very few launch windows.
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Indies Can't Be Our Industry's Saviours...
...But They're Sure As Hell Gonna Try!
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Loading Screen: The Games Industry Is Living In The Past
New updates for decade-old games. The games industry's solution to a growing problem is here.
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Discovery On Steam Is "More Broken Now Than" It's Ever Been
More and more fantastic games are being released every year, and as such, it's increasingly difficult to stand out from the crowd. Many thought Steam was supposed to have all the answers, but it's buckling under the weight of the industry's expectations!
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Loading Screen: Stop Killing Games Think They've Stopped Killing Free-To-Play Games
Selling a costume could be very expensive for new games, as SKG think they have F2P in their sights.
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Upcoming Games: A Joyous June
June is for kicking back and enjoying some really cool-looking games, from the biggest AAAs like Star Fox, to AA oddities like Fatekeeper, all the way to the weirdest-looking indies like Denshattack!
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Loading Screen: The Games Industry Doesn't Need "long-term job security"
Per one CEO, "We've been a little bit too romantic" about long-term jobs in the games industry, but the cost to games might be dear.
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SEGA Have Abandoned Their 'Super' Live Service Games Plan
Post-Pandemic lockdowns, SEGA had a plan. They were going to make 'SUPER Games', everyone would buy into these live games, and profit would be plentiful. HYENAS was the first of these projects and died. 5 years later, the whole initiative is dead.
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Loading Screen: Game Discoverability is "more broken now than I’ve ever seen it"
According to the man who helped build Steam Labs, there's just no good way for you to find games and buy them.
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Stop Killing Games Has To Keep Beating The ESA To Truly Win
Third time's the charm? Not quite for the SKG movement as their Californian efforts continue inching towards a legal reality, fending off repeat efforts from the ESA to foil their efforts there. It's a marathon, not a sprint.
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This Truly Was The Final Insult...
Marathon stumbled out of the gate, Destiny's latest expansion was delayed and then outright scrapped... where do the once-prolific developers behind Halo, Destiny & Marathon go from here if Sony will even give them another chance!
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Loading Screen: Indies Will Not Save The Games Industry
With thousands of layoffs, we should be in a golden age for indie developers thriving. So why aren't we?