Savvy CEO Brian Ward steps down | Sony argues you don't own your digital games | Nexus Mods acquires SteamDB

Brian Ward steps down as Savvy Games Group CEO

Sony says ‘reasonable consumers’ know they don’t own the digital games they buy

Nexus Mods acquires the popular community site SteamDB

Numbers

• Gamescom 2026 attendance rose 6% to 368,000 visitors

• ‘GTA 6’ Extended Look Tops Netflix Charts With 31.1 Million Views in Four Days

News

• Sony Aims to Connect Advertisers to PlayStation Users With Launch of ‘Live TV on PS5’

• "It reflects the realities of a market that has changed profoundly" - Life is Strange creator Don't Nod responds to concern about impending layoffs

• Xbox CEO says next-gen Project Helix will be a “family of devices,” hinting at another Xbox Series S|X-style lineup

• The Long Dark will get new DLC again as studio shifts devs away from the sequel to survive an ‘uncertain’ industry: ‘We have to adapt to this’

• Acer's Project DualPlay Mini is a gaming handheld that becomes a tiny laptop

Industry Trends

• The Big Picture: What you need to know about the ongoing games industry reset

• Ubisoft's FOR HONOR will block SteamOS / Linux on September 10

• Graphics Card Prices Are Rising Fast (Again), and GeForce Is Taking the Biggest Hit

• Commission designates ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox under Digital Services Act

• ‘This is horrifying’: Nvidia’s controversial DLSS 5 AI filter leaks and players are inserting it into every game

Rumors

• Blizzard Could Sell StarCraft Development Rights to NEXON

• Xbox Is Reportedly Pitching Multiple Game Adapations To Hollywood In A 'Bulk Studio Deal'

• Massive Valve leak unearths 12TB of unreleased builds for games like Portal 2, alongside a whiff of Half-Life 2: Episode 3

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