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Vampire Survivors' new spin-off has hooked me (and Combolands could, too)
Plus: Krafton up, Xbox down, Roblox down, CCP left... and a PowerWash dev comment from 2021 that was suddenly relevant this week.
10 hrs ago • Stephen Totilo
Sonic movie producers are psyched about Tomb Raider, a Streets of Rage film.. and a Planet of Lana one?
PLUS: Encouraging words from Capcom about Pragmata's future, and from Niantic about Pikmin Bloom's present. All of this from iicon in Las Vegas.
Apr 30 • Stephen Totilo
Sony clarifies recent PlayStation DRM update
TLDR: Digitally-purchased games will be accessible long-term, after one early online check.
Apr 29 • Stephen Totilo
EA CEO: AI is ‘augmenting’ people's jobs at EA, not really displacing them
A dispatch from iicon, the new game industry event run by the organizers of E3. It kicked off this morning.
Apr 28 • Stephen Totilo
22 uneven hours with Saros
A review of the PS5's latest exclusive from bullet hell specialists Housemarque. PLUS: A new twist in the Subnautica 2 legal saga, this time about the…
Apr 26 • Stephen Totilo
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Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year
Oct 8, 2025 • Stephen Totilo
Nintendo warns it may brick Switch systems whose users “bypass, modify, decrypt, defeat, tamper with” their games and services
May 9, 2025 • Stephen Totilo
Halo co-creator says ICE’s Halo-themed recruitment ad “makes me sick”
Oct 28, 2025 • Stephen Totilo
Who killed Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II’s 'Restored Content DLC' for Switch? Disney lawyers.
Dec 8, 2025 • Stephen Totilo

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Interview transcript: Game File x Xbox's Asha Sharma and Matt Booty
Our 28-minute conversation.
Apr 24 • Stephen Totilo
'The big things that we're thinking about'
In an exclusive interview with Game File, new(ish) Xbox boss Asha Sharma and Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty explain their vision for Microsoft’s…
Apr 24 • Stephen Totilo
Gamers sue Nintendo over tariff refunds, saying consumers should get the money back [Update]
A messy situation gets messier
Apr 22 • Stephen Totilo
Microsoft lowers Game Pass prices, drops Call of Duty from day-one offerings
A savings of $84/year, offset by the delayed offering of a $70 annually-released game.
Apr 21 • Stephen Totilo
The amazing mail sent to a video game publisher
An old Activision idea from the 1980s has led to some incredible things in the 2020s for Panic, the publisher of Despelote, Arco and Time Flies: “The…
Apr 20 • Stephen Totilo
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