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Loading Screen: Discord Wants Your Faces... All Of Your Faces
It started in the UK and Australia. Now it's going global. Age verification on Discord comes for you.
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The Downfall Of Windows
Microsoft has lost their power users, their hold on gaming and now even the confidence of their investors. They want to change.
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Monster Hunter Finally Embarks On The Road To Recovery
Nearly a year after its horrendously unacceptable launch on PC and limp beginnings on PS5, Capcom's latest Monster Hunter is finally showing signs of life. They've put in the work - work that should have been done pre-launch, admittedly. Sentiment is changing, but is it too little too late?
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Loading Screen: The Country About To Functionally Ban Gaming
The latest in a global wave of regulation could see a whole country lock out platforms like Steam.
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Will Ash Be All That Remains Of Intrepid Studio's MMO?
Ash of Creation remains the most successful Kickstarter within its Massive genre. Despite that, combined with a Steam launch into Early Access a mere 2 months ago? The studio has shuttered, the game has been delisted, and now it seems only a matter of time until the servers ping their last...
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Loading Screen: Steam Machine Announcements Delayed By Hardware Drought
Valve would love to tell you when their new hardware is releasing. Just as soon as the memory crisis stops.
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Loading Screen: Devs Vs Corporate On Generative AI
An auteur developer just proudly proclaimed his publisher had no interest in AI. Turns out they really did...
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Can Highguard Withstand The Siege?
The internet's loudest were out for blood from the moment "Concord 2" aka Highguard was revealed. Launch was a crash-laden PR disaster, too. However, now that the dust is settling, we maybe shouldn't count out developer Wildlight just yet!
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Loading Screen: Private Equity Wrecked Another Game
Is it a gaming disaster without the grasping claws of Private Equity involved? We go deeper into the Ashes of Creation story.
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Highguard's Gamble
Highguard's launch was messy, but it revealed that there really is no surefire way to sell your indie game in 2026.
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Upcoming Games: A Fabulous February
Big games like Resident Evil Requiem and Nioh 3, indies like Mewgenics and Menace and what could be our first viral game of the year. February looks great.
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Loading Screen: "Nintendo's" Indie Game Censorship
Nintendo are taking the blame for a hit indie being censored, but the truth might not be so simple.