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2025: The Year Valve's Decade-Long Plan Came To Fruition
Steam OS and Steam Machines. Everything Valve's been working towards for a decade. If only the rest of the world would let them get on with it.
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Loading Screen: Santa Ragione's Pyrrhic Victory For Horses
Steam denying them a platform won't stop Santa Ragione from paying their contributors. But it might stop them making another game.
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Call Of Duty Has Finally Been Humbled
Call of Duty and record-breaking success are like bread and butter. They just go together. It's been that way for 18 years now... or it was! It seems CoD's success came of age and got hit by the harsh realities of adulthood: Activision have admitted they have a problem!
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Loading Screen: Larian CEO -"Holy fuck guys we’re not 'pushing hard' for or replacing concept artists with AI."
Larian's CEO has harsh words for his critics, but a transcript of his controversial interview reveals more to the story.
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Loading Screen: "Larian has been pushing hard on generative AI"
After Baldur's Gate 3, it seemed Larian could do no wrong. Until today.
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Loading Screen: Microsoft Takes Down Counter-Strike/Halo Mods
Want to play Counter-Strike 2 with Halo maps and weapons? Microsoft says no.
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Will Discord's Latest Scheme Actually Pay Off?
Across a decade, Discord has entrenched itself as a vital piece of gaming infrastructure. Not only on PC, but across the gamut of platforms. Until now, though, Discord had failed again and again to actually make money from this massive success... Things have changed.
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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.