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A Future With No More Gamers
The future of gaming is not gamers. It's not even on consoles or PCs. The next generation prefers phones and experiences. What does that mean for the games you love?
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All This Has Happened Before... Can It Really Happen Again?
A multibillion-dollar industry rose & collapsed back to barely a few hundred million in the space of a year. That began in 1983, and ever since the question has remained... will it happen again? Can it? Three consecutive years of record industry layoffs would suggest it may have already begun.
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Capcom Couldn't Maintain The Illusion Any Longer
For a decade, Capcom have had it all. They couldn't bear to let their streak fade, and Monster Hunter Wilds took the hit. Negative reviews, player backlash and investor frustrations all flooded in just as sales of the game slowed to a trickle! Can Capcom's latest recover? Does it deserve to?
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PlayStation Vs Tencent: Plagiarism On The Horizon
For publishers like Tencent, a little bit of plagiarism here and there is par for the course. Ordinarily, they at least try to change things up a bit, but not so with their "homage" to Horizon: Zero Dawn. Sony have taken note and gone to court!
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Solutions To The Payment Providers' Overreach
Collective Shout pushed the snowball down the hill, but this story is an avalanche that's still collecting size and speed. Responses are being heard globally, and both Presidential & Congressional orders are being brought into play. Why all this fuss when the solution already exists?!
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Valve & Itch Speak Out As Your Banks Decide What Games You're Allowed To Play!
What defines art? Collective praise? Personal preference? Your credit card provider?! Cultural traditions? If one of those doesn't sound right to you, you're not alone, but it's what's been happening globally. Small activist groups shouldn't be dictating global art, or stores like Steam & Itch.io!
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Can Battlefield Possibly Live Up To EA's 100 Million Player Bet?
100 Million Players. A feat that took Call of Duty 13 months, and over 2 years for runaway shadowdrop success, Apex Legends to hit. At last count, Ubisoft's RB6: Siege has barely made it over 80% there after a successful decade. Why the hell then does EA think Battlefield 6 can reach it?
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For Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft's About Family
Founded by Yves Guillemot and his brothers Christian, Claude, Gérard, and Michel, Ubisoft has, for nearly 40 years (30 post-IPO), maintained its family-led structure. After dodging forced privatisation, they've just doubled down with some blatant nepotism. What could go wrong?
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Xbox's $80 Price Hike Is Dead On Arrival
The Outer Worlds was supposed to be Microsoft's wedge. If Obsidian's latest launched at $80, then of course, the next Call of Duty, Halo or Diablo from Xbox could follow suit. That wedge just broke; the $80 floodgate is staying shut, for now.
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Splitgate Just Unlaunched... Again!
May '19, Splitgate: Arena Warfare arrived on Steam in early access. August '21, Splitgate entered indefinite Beta as focus shifted to a sequel. May '25, Splitgate 2 arrived in Open Beta, launched June '25, unlaunched into indefinite Beta July '25. How fast will round 3 cycle?!
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Riot Games Have Officially Embraced Gambling
10.7 BILLION USD. That's how much money is generated by eSports gambling associated with Riot Games' Valorant & League of Legends... as such, morals be damned, Riot wants a cut.
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Valve Changed Their Rules And Lost Control
When it comes to Steam, Valve have always had a fairly hands-off approach. They act when forced to... yet usually, whether a game stays on Steam is up to them. Not this time, as 100s of games vanished from Steam, all at the behest of Valve's newest rulemakers.