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Why Should You Bother With Your Steam Wishlist Anymore?
Wishlists used to make or break games on Steam. Recently, though, not so much... Valve wants that to change.
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Australia May Soon Decide What Games You (& Your Kids) Can Play?!
You may not realise it, but the government "Down Under" has been consistently redefining our industry in big ways over the years. Sometimes it's for the better - Steam's refund policy says hi! Otherwise? They're taking responsibility away from parents worldwide!
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The Datacentre Crisis Will Leave No Survivors
Apple is selling MacBooks built from iPhone scraps, Xbox is desperately trying to remember how to make money, and Sony has no idea when they'll be able to start production on the PS6... the impact of the datacentre crisis is hitting everywhere!
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Replaced With GenAI, Then Mocked For Not Staying Quiet
Fired, a writer of a newly revealed game believed she'd been replaced with GenAI. CEO of Space Marine 2's Saber insisted they hadn't, despite leaning heavily on GenAI for the project! But that's not all. . . Somehow, Randy & the Medieval Times USB stick returned.
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They Want Developers To Be Disposable
Claiming credit for one of the best licensed games of recent times was a bold move. True on a technicality, Delphi Interactive deserve more credit for pushing some of the worst practices of the industry's past back into the spotlight!
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With Yet More Layoffs, It's Obvious Halo Studios Hasn't Evolved
Celebrating 25 years of Halo and XBOX, the recently rebranded Halo Studios dropped a nearly-good remake of Halo: Combat Evolved. No multiplayer, some very bizarre design changes, and now they've ditched more of the staff who brought it to life. Not layoffs, though - on a technicality!
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Roblox Is In Freefall
After having morality forced upon it by regulators, Roblox's value and number of paying players are plummeting. Investors are furious, but what comes next?
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Has Steam Become A Safe Haven For Malware?!
Blending innocently into the background, trying not to be discovered until it's too late... no, we don't speak of the paint-covered stars of Meccha Chameleon. Rather, the malware that was hiding under the surface of the Steam Workshop platform that game, and so many others, avail themselves of!
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As The EA Saudi Deal Closes, Who Really Wins?
$20 billion in debt to clear and new owners who favour literal corruption, abuse and murder over human rights and the global rule of law? Nothing could possibly go wrong for Electronic Arts in the months and years to come...
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Creative Assembly Want You To Know They're Trying
Total War had quietly become an annual franchise by the late 2010s. Nearly 3 years after the last, Pharaoh, we don't even have a release window for their next project, 40K. Medieval III is being built across streams for all to see; it's nowhere near launch. Will this creative reset work?
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The State Of AI Games On Steam Today
“Steam is checking. Steam is catching it.” That's on AI usage within player-facing dev work on Steam games. So the disclosure is needed... so it's a good time to find out that those games disclosing AI usage are consistently performing worse on almost every metric. Success for genuine creativity?
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Amidst The Hardware Crisis, Could Cloud Gaming Thrive?
Cloud gaming has been repeatedly raised up by executives across the industry as "the future" for nearly TWO decades (remember Gaikai?!). Now, with hardware prices skyrocketing, can cloud gaming "platforms" find a path to carving out a meaningful corner of the industry?