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Newest: GTA 6 PC is still a hub question: date first, then the spec sheet

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Thursday Oct 29
05:29
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Valve admits Next Fest lets low-quality games through, and tells developers to out-build the AI clones

Valve offered no new screening and no AI rule in Busan, as reported by Inven Global, so the job of beating clones lands on the developers…

Valve admits Next Fest lets low-quality games through, and tells developers to out-build the AI clones
Wednesday Oct 21
16:44
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GOG pulled its store and launcher offline for “maintenance” on PHP patch day, and didn’t say why

Going dark on the day of a critical PHP fix may well have been the right call. Leaving customers to guess why wasn’t.

GOG pulled its store and launcher offline for “maintenance” on PHP patch day, and didn’t say why
Thursday Oct 15
19:05
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“No offense to Zelda”: Activision’s CMO says MW4 and GTA 6 are 2026’s two biggest games

Tyler Bahl says GTA 6 brings more eyeballs to Modern Warfare 4, while Circana's data shows Ocarina of Time's purchase intent is far higher per potential…

“No offense to Zelda”: Activision’s CMO says MW4 and GTA 6 are 2026’s two biggest games
15:11
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Crimson Desert’s boss says critics didn’t get enough time. Her company promised them a month

Pearl Abyss Europe's CEO blames the review window for Crimson Desert's 77 Metascore. The record says the real gap is between launch week and a summer…

Crimson Desert’s boss says critics didn’t get enough time. Her company promised them a month
Wednesday Oct 14
16:05
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Ubisoft proposes closing Trials studio RedLynx, cuts 70 in Singapore and opens German exit talks

Up to 52 roles at RedLynx, 70 at Ubisoft Singapore and about 100 across Düsseldorf, Berlin and Mainz are affected as Ubisoft's restructure reaches its support…

Ubisoft proposes closing Trials studio RedLynx, cuts 70 in Singapore and opens German exit talks
Tuesday Oct 13
15:25
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Funcom cuts staff to focus only on Dune: Awakening and Conan Exiles, and CEO Rui Casais steps down

The Tencent-owned studio is moving to live operations for its two survival games, with chief product officer Scott Junior taking over as CEO at the end…

Funcom cuts staff to focus only on Dune: Awakening and Conan Exiles, and CEO Rui Casais steps down
11:40
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House House won’t release Big Walk on Xbox while Microsoft is a BDS boycott target

The Untitled Goose Game studio says its co-op hit stays off Xbox "until Microsoft and/or Xbox have been removed as BDS boycott targets".

House House won’t release Big Walk on Xbox while Microsoft is a BDS boycott target
Thursday Aug 27
15:19
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Nvidia’s Q2 Earnings Blame Memory Prices for Slower PC Sales, and Gaming Isn’t Broken Out Anymore

Nvidia's fiscal second-quarter results, released Wednesday, put a company-confirmed number behind the memory crunch already hitting PC hardware: consumer PC sales were tempered by elevated memory…

Nvidia’s Q2 Earnings Blame Memory Prices for Slower PC Sales, and Gaming Isn’t Broken Out Anymore
07:10
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Six Weeks Later, Xbox Still Hasn’t Named Buyers for Ninja Theory or Undead Labs

Double Fine and Compulsion Games have already spun out as independent studios, but the two Xbox teams behind Senua and State of Decay 3 remain unsold…

Six Weeks Later, Xbox Still Hasn’t Named Buyers for Ninja Theory or Undead Labs
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