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YouTube Makes More Money Off Xbox Than Microsoft Does
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella dropped a brutal admission during a live podcast event: YouTube is making more money off Xbox games than Microsoft is.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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Mountain Dew Now Has Its Own Stadium in College Football 26
EA has formalised its in-game advertising push with a new platform called EA Advertising, and one of its launch partners already has a custom stadium, mascot, and playable team experience in College Football 26.
EA Sports3 min read
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Xbox Game Studios Loses Its Head as Sharma's Reset Rolls On
Craig Duncan and Louise O'Connor are both out at Xbox Game Studios, just days after Asha Sharma's internal letter outlined an aggressive reset of the entire Xbox division.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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$3M for a Sticker: Super Mario Bros. Shatters Record
A 40-year-old sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. Just sold for $3 million at Heritage Auctions, doubling the previous record. The difference between this and a garage sale find? A tiny gloss sticker.
Super Mario Bros.3 min read
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No Talking to Strangers in Fortnite Under New UK Law
The UK government's sweeping social media ban for under-16s doesn't stop at TikTok and Instagram. It explicitly targets stranger communication and livestreaming in online games, and nobody seems sure how it'll actually work.
Fortnite4 min read
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Sonic Producer Compares AAA Gaming to Disney's Flops
Takashi Iizuka draws a direct line between Disney's expensive box office disappointments and the AAA game industry's ballooning budgets, arguing both should be learning from smaller, scrappier creators.
Sonic the Hedgehog3 min read
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Horror's Most Brutal Clown Slashes Into Dead by Daylight
Art the Clown, horror cinema's most gleefully sadistic villain, is joining Dead by Daylight's roster this November. He might be the most uncomfortable addition the game has ever made.
Dead by Daylight2 min read
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From Terrifier to Scooby-Doo, DBD's Year 11 Is Unhinged
Behaviour Interactive's 10th anniversary stream revealed a Year 11 lineup so tonally wild it spans Art the Clown ripping through survivors and Scooby-Doo characters showing up in The Fog.
Dead by Daylight4 min read
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Two Years Later, Dragon's Dogma 2 Axes Its MTX
Capcom is finally removing the progression-skipping microtransactions that dogged Dragon's Dogma 2 from day one, two years after players made their feelings clear.
Dragon's Dogma 22 min read
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8 Years After Its Teaser, Elder Scrolls 6 May Finally Move
Xbox's new CEO wants Bethesda's biggest franchises moving faster. Eight years after that teaser, Elder Scrolls 6 might actually be a priority now.
The Elder Scrolls 63 min read
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FF6 Remake in "Better Hands" Without Me, Says Hamaguchi
After nearly a decade steering the FF7 Remake trilogy, Naoki Hamaguchi thinks someone else at Square Enix should tackle FF6.
Final Fantasy3 min read
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Down $500M in Five Years, Xbox Fast-Tracks Fallout
Microsoft's gaming division has lost nearly half a billion in annual revenue over five years. Now Xbox is rushing its biggest franchises to market while the company quietly considers whether to spin off or sell the whole operation.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Ocarina of Time Remake Won't Play Like Breath of the Wild
A hidden description on Nintendo's official site describes the Ocarina of Time remake as featuring "timeless gameplay," strongly hinting the classic structure stays intact.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time2 min read
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A Dead Mobile Game Is Now Key to Kingdom Hearts 4
Kingdom Hearts 4's trailer is full of characters from Union X Dark Road, a mobile game that no longer exists. Square Enix still hasn't offered any way to experience its story.
Kingdom Hearts 42 min read
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$5 Hide-and-Seek Game Outsells Forza and Destiny 2
Meccha Chameleon, a $5 hide-and-seek game where you paint yourself to blend into the environment, has already crossed one million sales and climbed to second on Steam's global top sellers list.
Meccha Chameleon3 min read
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Dying Light 2's Prologue Butchered by Its Own Developers
Dying Light 2's Breach update was supposed to be about modding and UGC. Instead, Techland's decision to gut the prologue and remove Spike has tanked the game's Steam reviews to Mixed.
Dying Light 23 min read
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A Prepaid Electric Card Is Townfall's Wildest Puzzle
Silent Hill: Townfall replaces occult puzzle logic with a prepaid electricity card you top up at the local newsagent. It's the most mundane horror game puzzle ever designed, and it's already splitting opinion.
Silent Hill Townfall3 min read
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Black Flag Resynced Kills Instant-Fail Tailing Missions
Ubisoft's latest deep dive into Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced confirms that the remake's tailing missions won't instantly fail you for being spotted, alongside new Blackbeard missions and rebuilt quest design.
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced3 min read
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Onimusha on Switch 2 Locked to 30fps, Half Other Platforms
Capcom's Onimusha: Way of the Sword will cap at 30fps on Switch 2 while PS5, Xbox, and PC target 60fps. A variable mode pushes it to 40fps, but the gap is hard to ignore.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword4 min read
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803K Wishlists Make RE Veronica SGF's Biggest Win
Capcom's Resident Evil Veronica didn't just win Summer Game Fest, it lapped the field, pulling 803,000 Steam wishlists and outpacing the next closest reveal by over 300,000.
Resident Evil Veronica4 min read
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Quick Resume May Be Nuking Forza Horizon 6 Save Files
One of Xbox's signature convenience features may be the culprit behind Forza Horizon 6's devastating save wipe bug, and Playground Games is scrambling to push fixes across all platforms.
Forza Horizon 64 min read
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Valor Mortis Date Was Already Wrong When Xbox Aired It
The September 24 release date shown during the Xbox Games Showcase was already dead by the time it aired. One More Level knew it was moving Valor Mortis to October 13 before the showcase even started.
Valor Mortis3 min read
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A 4/10 Campaign Killed Early Access. MW4 Brings It Back
Campaign early access quietly disappeared from Call of Duty after Modern Warfare 3's single-player scored a 4/10. Now MW4 is betting it can revive the perk.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 42 min read
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Two CoDs Ducked It, but MW4's Campaign Ships a Week Early
Campaign early access is back for Call of Duty after a two-year gap. Digital pre-orders unlock MW4's story mode on October 16, a full week before launch.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 42 min read