As studios like Arc Raiders maker Embark embrace AI for non-essential game elements, gamers worry that AI squeezes the art out of games, amid industry job cuts
Sources: Nvidia delays the release of its incremental gaming GPU upgrade, codenamed Kicker, marking the first year in three decades without a new GPU for gaming
Nvidia won't release a new graphics chip for gamers this year due to a deepening global shortage of memory chips …
Microsoft Q2 gaming revenue fell 9% YoY, including a 32% drop in Xbox hardware revenue and a 5% decline in Xbox content and services, which includes Game Pass
and Microsoft's own first‑party lineup is the culprit, raising tough questions for 2026, but PC and cloud is upJesse ‘Doncabesa’ Norris /XboxEra:Xbox down YoY in both hardware and Content & Services f...
EU officials and policymakers say the EC will intensify its enforcement of the DMA and DSA in 2026, a move expected to renew clashes with US Big Tech and Trump
Challenges to Google, Meta, Apple and X will test Brussels' willingness to stick with digital rule book X: @florian4gamers . Bluesky: @wavesblog . Forums: r/EU_Economics X: Florian Mueller / @florian4...
A look at France-based indie game studio Sandfall Interactive, whose critically acclaimed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 had a sub-$10M budget and sold 5M+ copies
which includes a close estimate on what it really took (and cost) to make the game. https://www.nytimes.com/... Marcel / @guru_xd : Good games don't need absurd budgets Clair Obscur expedition 33 was ...
A look at New Save Collective, a group of gamers and activists roleplaying ICE raids in Fortnite and GTA 5 to prepare for real-world situations
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Steam hit a record 41.6M+ concurrent users on October 12, up from 37M+ users in August 2024, after the releases of Battlefield 6 and Hollow Knight: Silksong
41,666,455 million PC gamers were online and on Steam on October 12, 2025, setting a new CCU (concurrent user) record for the platform.
Microsoft raises its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription price from $19.99/month to $29.99/month, rebrands Xbox Game Pass Core and Standard plans, and more
so GameStop claps back with this price-freezing deal Moz Farooque / TheStreet : Microsoft's harsh decision frustrates gamers Pure Xbox : ‘Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody’ Says Xbox Exec Defe...
Microsoft plans to raise Xbox Series X price by $50 to $649.99 and Series S by $20 to $399.99 starting Oct. 3, citing “changes in the macroeconomic environment”
second price increase of 2025 comes as shifting tariffs continue to plague tech prices Vikki Blake / Eurogamer.net : U.S. Xbox fans hit with another hardware price hike just four months after the last...
Over 100K Nepali citizens regularly met on Discord to nominate an interim leader, after protests sparked by a social media ban led to the government's collapse
“The Parliament of Nepal right now is Discord,” a user said of the platform popular with video gamers, where tens of thousands are debating the nation's future.