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Sonic boss says AAA studios should take notes from indie devs (and honestly, he's not wrong)Industry

Sonic boss says AAA studios should take notes from indie devs (and honestly, he's not wrong)

Sonic producer Takashi Iizuka says AAA developers have real lessons to learn from how indie studios operate - a surprisingly self-aware take from deep inside the corporate gaming world.

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Valve really wants you to stop calling the Steam Machine a consoleIndustry

Valve really wants you to stop calling the Steam Machine a console

Valve is drawing a hard line in the sand - the Steam Machine is a PC extension, not a console. Too bad the price tag is already loading up for a boss fight against the PS5.

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Xbox nerfed Game Pass prices but yanked Call of Duty from day-one - and apparently it's our faultIndustry

Xbox nerfed Game Pass prices but yanked Call of Duty from day-one - and apparently it's our fault

Microsoft has cut Game Pass prices after admitting the service got "too expensive" - but new Call of Duty titles are no longer included on day one. Classic one hand giveth, one hand taketh away.

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Sega's ghost console rises from the dead - the cancelled Neptune is finally real thanks to FPGA wizardryIndustry

Sega's ghost console rises from the dead - the cancelled Neptune is finally real thanks to FPGA wizardry

The GF1 Neptune is an FPGA-based remake of Sega's cancelled all-in-one console, and it's now near completion - running Genesis, Master System, and even 32X cartridges.

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Sony pulls the plug on PS3 and PS Vita stores - press F to pay respectsIndustry

Sony pulls the plug on PS3 and PS Vita stores - press F to pay respects

Sony has confirmed the PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita will shut down globally by July 2027, giving legacy platform owners a final window to grab digital titles before the servers go dark for good.

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Treyarch loses its final boss: studio head Mark Gordon exits after 22 yearsIndustry

Treyarch loses its final boss: studio head Mark Gordon exits after 22 years

Treyarch studio head Mark Gordon is stepping down after an incredible 22-year run, with two new co-studio heads set to take over leadership of the Black Ops developer.

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'Hard to recommend' - Shuhei Yoshida throws some friendly shade at Valve's Steam MachineIndustry

'Hard to recommend' - Shuhei Yoshida throws some friendly shade at Valve's Steam Machine

Former PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida has shared his hands-on impressions of Valve's Steam Machine, calling it hard to recommend at its current price point - which is a pretty brutal respawn message for the new hardware.

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Fallout: New Vegas 2 was actually in the works before Obsidian's dreams got VATS-sniped into oblivionIndustry

Fallout: New Vegas 2 was actually in the works before Obsidian's dreams got VATS-sniped into oblivion

A senior Obsidian designer has confirmed Fallout: New Vegas 2 was a real plan at one point - before it evaporated, and a revival reportedly won't happen for at least six years, if ever.

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Valve tried to kill it for 'progress' and now it's dominating Steam's charts - oopsIndustry

Valve tried to kill it for 'progress' and now it's dominating Steam's charts - oops

A game Valve sidelined in the name of progress has respawned at the top of Steam's charts. Turns out players don't just quietly accept a game over screen.

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Google just deleted Doki Doki Literature Club from the Play Store and players are NOT okayIndustry

Google just deleted Doki Doki Literature Club from the Play Store and players are NOT okay

Google has removed Doki Doki Literature Club from the Play Store over alleged terms of service violations, leaving Android players unable to download the cult classic psychological horror visual novel.

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2K pulls a 'respawn failed' at 31st Union as Project Ethos gets hit with layoffsIndustry

2K pulls a 'respawn failed' at 31st Union as Project Ethos gets hit with layoffs

2K has laid off staff at 31st Union, the studio developing free-to-play shooter Project Ethos, raising serious questions about the game's future despite upbeat corporate messaging.

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Microsoft hits Xbox with massive price hike and nukes the 2TB model because components are apparently made of gold nowIndustry

Microsoft hits Xbox with massive price hike and nukes the 2TB model because components are apparently made of gold now

Microsoft is raising Xbox prices by up to $150 and pulling the 2TB model starting August 2, blaming a components crisis around storage and memory. Non-US pricing has not yet been confirmed.

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Switch 2 is speedrunning console sales records - but the final boss is tariff economicsIndustry

Switch 2 is speedrunning console sales records - but the final boss is tariff economics

The Switch 2 is already one of the fastest-selling consoles ever, but incoming price hikes and economic pressures could throw a serious wrench into Nintendo's victory lap.

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Sony wants to scan your face and put it in Gran Turismo 7, no this isn't a creepypastaIndustry

Sony wants to scan your face and put it in Gran Turismo 7, no this isn't a creepypasta

Sony has launched 'Playerbase,' a new initiative to find its biggest fans, scan their faces, and drop them into PlayStation Studios games - starting with Gran Turismo 7.

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European publishers are speedrunning their own collapse - but here's why that might be fine actuallyIndustry

European publishers are speedrunning their own collapse - but here's why that might be fine actually

Ubisoft and Embracer both had rough financial showings this week, but one opinion piece argues Europe's gaming future isn't about saving the big boys - it's about backing a more diverse field of players.

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Xbox respawns out of IOI's Project Fantasy and now the Hitman devs are taking damageIndustry

Xbox respawns out of IOI's Project Fantasy and now the Hitman devs are taking damage

Xbox has pulled its funding from IO Interactive's online fantasy RPG Project Fantasy, according to Eurogamer, triggering layoffs at the studio behind Hitman and the upcoming 007 First Light.

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RGG Studio is putting Tupac in Stranger Than Heaven and yes, you read that correctlyIndustry

RGG Studio is putting Tupac in Stranger Than Heaven and yes, you read that correctly

RGG Studio, the devs behind Like A Dragon, are putting a digitally resurrected Tupac Shakur in Stranger Than Heaven to explore what his life could have looked like if he were still alive today.

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Plot twist: the first Unreal Engine 6 game is Rocket League, not FortniteIndustry

Plot twist: the first Unreal Engine 6 game is Rocket League, not Fortnite

Epic has revealed the first game running on Unreal Engine 6, and it's not Fortnite - it's Rocket League. Yes, the car-soccer game is leading the charge into next-gen engine territory.

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Jensen Huang wants AI agents to run your PC, and apparently R2-D2 is involved somehowIndustry

Jensen Huang wants AI agents to run your PC, and apparently R2-D2 is involved somehow

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI agents running your PC autonomously are the future of personal computing - and somehow R2-D2 is his evidence.

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