This Week in Gaming
Weekly digest of what actually mattered. We read everything so you don't have to.
Mortal Shell 2 Looks Incredible. And It's Being Made by 30 People.
Cold Symmetry left AAA in 2017 with four developers. Mortal Shell sold 2 million copies. Now Mortal Shell 2 has 60+ handcrafted dungeons, an open world, firearms, and a team of 30. This is how indie gets it right.
"It Was Just a Placeholder." The Gaming Industry's Favorite AI Excuse Has Become a Script.
Three studios. Three apologies. The same sentence. The problem isn't AI in development. It's that nobody disclosed it until players caught them. The pattern is undeniable.
While Everyone Else Squeezes You for More, Valve Just Quietly Made Gaming Cheaper for Half the Planet
Sony raises console prices. Publishers push $70 as the new normal. Valve responds by building tools to make games more affordable in 35 currencies. The contrast tells you everything about where the industry is right now.
Crimson Desert Is Already Breaking Records and It Hasn't Even Launched Yet
Crimson Desert Is Already Breaking Records and It Hasn't Even Launched YetThree million wishlists. Four hundred thousand pre-launch copies sold on Steam alone. Over $20 million in revenue before a...
Everwind Just Launched on Steam With Nearly 1 Million Wishlists. Hytale Skipped Steam Entirely. That Might Be the Whole Story.
Everwind Just Launched on Steam With Nearly 1 Million Wishlists. Hytale Skipped Steam Entirely. That Might Be the Whole Story.A 20-person Polish studio just walked through the biggest front door i...
Nakwon: Last Paradise Is Genuinely Impressive. But It's Made by Nexon. So Now What?
Nakwon: Last Paradise Is Genuinely Impressive. But It's Made by Nexon. So Now What?I can't believe I'm about to say this, but Nexon might be cooking.Nakwon: Last Paradise just dropped its Closed...
Marathon's First Week Tells a Story Bungie Doesn't Want You to Read Yet
Marathon's First Week Tells a Story Bungie Doesn't Want You to Read YetFive days. That's how long Marathon has been out. And somehow, in those five days, we've gotten delayed reviews, a battle pas...
Marathon's Server Slam Is Over. Now the Real Test Begins.
Marathon peaked at 143K players and lost half in two days. Can Bungie's extraction shooter survive a 50/50 reception and find its place alongside Arc Raiders?
Resident Evil Requiem Is the Best RE Since 4. And It's Not Even Close.
Resident Evil Requiem is a masterclass in survival horror. Two protagonists, jaw-dropping visuals, real scares, and Leon at his absolute best. This is it.
20 Things You Need to Know Before Playing Marathon
Marathon launches March 5 and Bungie is not holding your hand. Here are 20 essential tips, tricks, and pro strategies every Runner needs before dropping into Tau Ceti IV.
ARC Raiders vs Marathon: The Extraction Shooter War Nobody's Talking About
ARC Raiders dropped Shrouded Sky two days before Marathon's Server Slam. Same price. Same genre. Completely different philosophies. The extraction shooter war is here, and someone's going to blink first.
Phil Spencer Is Out and Xbox Just Handed the Keys to an AI Executive
Phil Spencer is out after 38 years. Sarah Bond walked away the same day. And the person Microsoft chose to replace them has never worked a single day in the gaming industry. This is either the boldest move in Xbox history or the beginning of the end.
Sony Just Shut Down The Best Remake Studio In Gaming. One Week After Announcing A Remake.
Sony bought Bluepoint Games. Forced them off remakes. Put them on a live-service God of War game nobody asked for. Cancelled that game. Left them in limbo for a year. Shut them down today.
Marathon Is About to Surpass Everyone's Expectations
Bungie took the L. Then they cooked. Marathon is about to surprise everyone.
Ashes of Creation Collapse: How 200+ Devs Got Shafted by Private Equity
52 days from Steam launch to total collapse. $100+ million raised. 200+ developers allegedly left without paychecks. And a private equity takeover nobody saw coming. The Ashes of Creation disaster is worse than you think.
This Week in Gaming: Palworld Drama, Nintendo Direct Leaks, More
Everything that actually mattered this week in gaming. Palworld's legal battles, the biggest Nintendo Direct leaks, and why that AAA announcement flopped.