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.
Midnight Had Problems, And 12.1 Has Solutions
Here's a quick one: Every problem in Midnight that 12.1 promises to fix. Some of them you may have seen reported - but I'm betting most of them you haven't.
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...
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.
Are Indies An Afterthought For Valve?
What does Call of Duty and Steam have in common? The better you perform, the easier the devs make it for you to excel even further. What does that mean? Indies are getting left behind, or at least they were until Steam Labs stepped in...
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.
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!
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.
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.
XBOX's Studio Purge Has Begun
Double Fine, Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory and more are all under threat from Xbox leadership as of this week.
Gearing In 12.0.7 Needs A Guide... This One!
12.0.7 is gearing's final form. It's all over the place, but when I'm done explaining it, you'll see Blizzard's surprisingly simple vision.
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.