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Loading Screen: "most of the Destiny team" Laid Off As Bungie Gutted
A "reduction in force" at Bungie means that most of the studio is being axed in the wake of Destiny 2's end of service.
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Loading Screen: GTA VI Just Locked Game Prices At $80
An $80 price tag for GTA means the rest of the industry has no choice. Game price hikes past $70 will be very hard to justify.
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The Steam Machine Is Here - At What Cost?
Where some thought the Steam Deck would kill Nintendo's Switch plans, so too did many believe that Valve had a console killer on the horizon. The Steam Machine of 2026 is here, it's an excellent piece of kit, but PlayStation won't be quaking in their boots anytime soon...
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Loading Screen: From Software Threatened By Activist Investor
The people who thought it should cost 99 cents to make Mario jump want to control Elden Ring and Armored Core.
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Loading Screen: "a tough year for us and for the gamers."
A new $1800 handheld PC comes with a warning: things don't look like they're going to get better in the hardware space.
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Why Does GenAI Keep Getting Used By Devs In Spite Of Backlash
It doesn't make sense. Every time a dev is caught with their hand in the GenAI jar, the backlash is LOUD. Surely they should get the message by now? Not if they're getting an entirely different message from across the globe!
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Loading Screen: How An Indie Studio Dies A Month After Release
An international web of legal action, financial distress and absurd publisher behaviour is one way to kill a studio.
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Loading Screen: Europe Won't Stop Killing Games
No new laws for EU games publishers, but it's not over yet for Stop Killing Games.
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Loading Screen: Steam Workshop's Malware Timebomb
Today, we've got reports of more malware on Steam, on one of the most played games on the service.
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2026's Games Scheduling Bloodbath... There Are No Good Solutions!
No (new) game is brave or stupid enough to face GTA VI when it launches this November. That being said, all the games that were supposed to launch across November & December of 2026 need to launch sometime... how does all at once sound?!
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Loading Screen: EA's In Game Ads To Monetise Freeloaders
Advertising "designed to enhance, not disrupt, the player experience" will soon be rolling out to EA's games, because you're not paying enough.
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The Fight To Keep XBOX's Studios Alive
Ninja Theory, Double Fine, Compulsion Games, and more are all under threat of closure from the XBOX Reset.