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Hades II impressions, Pokémon's night-time royale and a Microsoft-Israel update.
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A rare c-suite reality check on AI in game development, as Embracer CEO warns of potentially 'soulless' results
“We're committed to being transparent with players about how, where we use AI in our dev process.”
Sep 23 • 
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Sep 20 • 
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The Sucker Punch interview
Ahead of PlayStation’s biggest release of 2025, Ghost of Yotei, I chatted with Sucker Punch studio co-founder Brian Fleming: talking Ghost, Sony deals…
Sep 19 • 
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7 new charts that help explain Capcom
Game File crunches 25 years of sales data from one of the world's top gaming companies. The results tell a story about Resident Evil, Street Fighter…
Sep 18 • 
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Nintendo warns it may brick Switch systems whose users “bypass, modify, decrypt, defeat, tamper with” their games and services
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Exclusive: Fortnite’s longtime lead creator Donald Mustard speaks about his epic run and what's next
Apr 22, 2024 • Stephen Totilo
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EA CEO’s pay is up, as EA worker median income drops [Update]
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Scoop: Netflix shuts down 'AAA' Team Blue gaming studio, amid gaming shake-up
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Another 46 hours with Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which I was sort of playing wrong
Ubisoft undermined their own excellent work on Shadows, but I have a tip to address that.
Sep 15 • 
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Nintendo revives the Virtual Boy, its most infamous flop, at a luxury price on the Switch
Today's jam-packed showcase from Nintendo demonstrated a bevy of games--and showed no fear from the company that consumers will slow down their Nintendo…
Sep 12 • 
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Ubisoft’s curiously low-key Assassin’s Creed announcement in Saudi Arabia
Exclusive: What the company's CEO recently revealed about AC Mirage in Riyadh, internal pushback earlier this year from Ubisoft workers over Saudi ties…
Sep 10 • 
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My twins’ unexpected Switch 2 favorites
Plus: A Silksong status update
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PlayStation's year-long war on counterfeiters
PLUS: Intriguing Subnautica 2 [redactions], what happens when a company pulls its digital sales data from the U.S.' top video game sales-tracking firm…
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