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Xbox Went Down For 15 Hours; New CTO Calls Outage “Unacceptable” | The PSN outage made PS5 games unplayable, even in single-player
Electronic Arts buyout by Saudi Arabia’s PIF is cleared by European regulators
Atari Signs Deal With Universal To Turn 10 Iconic Games Into Movies
Capcom’s Ninth Straight Record Year: New IP Pragmata Tops 2.5M, RE Requiem Hits 8M
Call of Duty Black Ops PS5 Ports Sell 7 Million Copies Despite Physical Disc Boycott
God of War Laufey Launches February 16, 2027, New Kratos-Led God of War Game Announced
Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game for Xbox Series delayed to September 3
EA Sports FC 27 Has A New $150 Edition, Because Ultimate Wasn’t Ultimate Enough
Minecraft system requirements raised for the first time in 17 years, Microsoft now recommends 16GB of RAM and a 2020s or newer CPU to run the Java Edition
Xbox Is Asking Customers to Volunteer to Test Ad-Supported Game Streaming | Amazon Luna cloud gaming platform now added to Prime Video in the US and UK
After half a decade of job losses, there is no “business as usual” | Opinion
Ubisoft CEO says ditching physical games “helped” PC gaming, and PlayStation ending discs won’t “disturb” the industry much anyway
Miyamoto believes gamers are no longer looking at console specs
Resident Evil remakes allow Capcom to release yearly games in the series and invest money back into new games like Pragmata, producer says
Dragon Age creator says a Mass Effect-style remaster trilogy won’t happen as “no one understands” the games’ unique game engines
Rumour: Microsoft takes a loss of $150 for each Xbox Series S/X
Nintendo & Monolith Soft Appear To Have Acquired The Xenosaga IP From Bandai Namco
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