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Valve prices the Steam Machine at $1,049 | “This is going to be a niche device” – Analysts react to the $1,000+ Steam Machine price reveal
Rockstar Games Announces Pre-Orders for Grand Theft Auto VI
Games Revenue Hit a Record $201.6 Billion in 2025 — But Developers Keep Getting Laid Off
Sega Reveals Updated Sales for Metaphor: ReFantazio, Persona 3 Reload, SMT V: Vengeance and Persona 5 Royal
Meccha Chameleon Hits New Player Peak After Hitting Seven Million Sales
Grow a Garden 2: 300 Million Roblox Visits in Its First Week
EA Lays Off Unknown Number Of People Ahead Of Expected $55 Billion Sale To Saudi Arabia
Tencent plans to exit investments in Japanese studios like Story of Seasons developer Marvelous
“Clunky” Epic Games Launcher is getting a “Ground-up rebuild” that promises to be at least 5x faster
“One view of the future is that Roblox grows and eats gaming” - Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney delivers impassioned speech about the future of gaming
Sega Says Sonic Racing And Shinobi Sales Have “Fallen Short” Of Expectations
The U.S. game industry will hit a cyclical downturn in 2027 despite GTA VI launch
South Korean chip makers are being paid such massive bonuses it’s becoming a problem
Bungie to suffer a 50% staff reduction due to Marathon underperformance
Onimusha: Way of the Sword Release Date Seemingly Pushed Up by Capcom
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