Derek Strickland
Senior Gaming Editor
Derek joined TweakTown in 2015 and has since reviewed and played 1000s of hours of new games. Derek is absorbed with the intersection of technology and gaming, and is always looking forward to new advancements. With over six years in games journalism under his belt, Derek aims to further engage the gaming sector while taking a peek under the tech that powers it. He hopes to one day explore the stars in No Man's Sky with the magic of VR.
Derek, based in Florida, USA, has contributed 13,037 news posts, 43 reviews, 32 feature articles, and 1 guide to TweakTown since July 2015.
Editorial Responsibilities: gaming news and reviews
- June 2026
- Game Pass bled millions of subscribers after price hike, Microsoft says Xbox not in 'healthy place'
- Xbox promises 'reliable pipeline' of console exclusives in radical shift
- Nintendo Direct announced for June 9, new Zelda, Mario and more expected
- Xbox clarifies exclusive game strategy, confirms multi-platform live services
- Xbox confirms second console exclusive at summer gaming showcase
- Halo Campaign Evolved has guns from all Halo games, coming July 28 with three prequel missions
- Indie dev's new game coming to 40-year-old SEGA console
- Terror returns in Alien Isolation 2 with new atmospheric footage
- Xbox possibly selects first platform exclusive under new CEO Asha Sharma
- New mind-bending Star Trek game coming from renowned horror developer
- SEGA's new Virtua Fighter borrows Yakuza's explosive 3D combat
- Final Fantasy VII Revelation announced, coming spring 2027, launches simultaneously on all platforms
- Tupac Shakur stars in new Stranger Than Heaven video game coming early 2027
- Resident Evil Code Veronica remake announced by Capcom, coming 2027
- Capcom still has secret games planned for this year, and is thinking about turning Pragmata into a franchise
- Xbox will 'reset' in the next 100 days, CEO to focus on affordable products and smart investments
- Xbox 'must have exclusive content,' CEO Asha Sharma says exclusives to be selected on thoughtful case-by-case basis
- Valve reveals Steam Machine launch window, confirms easy compatibility with Steam Deck verified games
- Amazon clarifies statements on future James Bond games, says it has 'great relationship' with 007 First Light developer
- Elden Ring Tarnished Edition comes to Switch 2 in August, content will be sold as separate DLC on other platforms
- Analyst: Renewing expired contracts at inflated rates to blame for ultra-expensive consoles
- Europe's new Switch 2 model could drive up production costs even higher
- God of War Laufey will explore Odin's age-old question: What happens to gods when they die?
- Remedy's Control Resonant launches into a packed September lineup, PS5 gets exclusive 2-day early access
- New Onimusha Way of the Sword gets late-September release date, playable demo now live on PS5
- May 2026
- Call of Duty Warzone going dark on PS4 and Xbox One, being delisted in June and will be unplayable after October
- Halo Reach lead mission designer reveals details of second space combat section cut from final mission
- CD Projekt confirms mystery 'content' will release in 2026 to help meet profit incentive targets
- Minecraft Movie Squared sequel coming July 2027, Matt Berry and Kirsten Dunst join cast, Jack Black & Jason Momoa return
- New 3D Shovel Knight game is more than 50% complete, may be Yacht Club's next project after Mina the Hollower
- Game Pass price drop is a 'good first step,' CEO says subscribers are up and churn is down after $7 reduction
- Fable delayed to February 2027 so it can have its own 'moment to shine'
- Devil May Cry started off as a Resident Evil game for PS2, original RE2 director Hideki Kamiya says
- Witcher series breaks 90 million sales as CD Projekt prepares new Witcher 3 Songs of the Past expansion
- New James Bond 007 First Light game is a big success with 1.5 million sales in 24 hours
- GTA 6 to drive console sales despite hiked prices, Take-Two predicts
- Modern Warfare 4 depicts North Korean invasion in 'darker and more dangerous' campaign, offline play may be supported
- One year of PS Plus Premium is $108 in new PlayStation Days of Play sale
- Report: Subnautica 2 success triggers bonus clause, Krafton to pay up to $250 million to Unknown Worlds developers
- Rockstar has a 'lot of work to do' after GTA 6 launches, Take-Two expects GTA Online to continue its current performance
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 teaser footage shows rocket strike on Korean city
- Valve hikes Steam Deck price by up to $300 as chip shortages squeeze games hardware market
- CD Projekt stock plummets on Witcher 3 marketing blunder
- Witcher 3 PC requirements boosted ahead of new Songs of the Past expansion, now requires 12GB RAM, Windows 11
- Dragon Quest XII rebooted as Beyond Dreams, fans now have to wait 'a bit longer'
- New Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past coming 2027
- Sony rotates Destiny 2 into PlayStation Plus, including Final Shape expansion
- Halo Campaign Evolved offers fans a fresh start with new content and major level redesigns, including The Library
- New deal discounts Switch 2 to $400, but you have to act fast
- New Kingdom Come game release timing discussed by Warhorse Studios
- Future of Dragon Quest series to be revealed in new 40th anniversary stream, updates on Dragon Quest XII expected
- PlayStation patent shows ads, generative AI creations on loading screens
- The strongest creature on earth, Baki's Yujiro Hanma, comes to Tekken 8 as a playable fighter in 2027
- Star Citizen breaks $1 billion in funding from less than 7 million players
- Take-Two CEO ponders future of games industry with experimental AI 'engagement on the fly' model
- Take-Two boss explains why AI hasn't reduced game budgets
- GTA 6 to sell 40 million copies in 4 months, Morgan Stanley predicts
- Petition asking Sony to develop Destiny 3 reaches 122K signatures
- Grand Theft Auto franchise revenues reach $10.58 billion as series rakes in a strong $800 million ahead of GTA 6
- Red Dead Redemption 2 beats Wii Sports, becomes third best-selling video game of all time
- Deus Ex, Legacy of Kain, Saints Row are 'underleveraged brands' that will be 'activated,' IP rightsholder says
- Nintendo to produce 20 million Switch 2s in FY27, exceeding sales forecast by 21%
- GTA 6 physical disc release re-confirmed by Take-Two CEO
- Destiny 3 not in development, Bungie to hold more layoffs following Destiny 2's retirement
- Fallout 4 mod storage increases to 100GB on Xbox Series X/S and 15GB on PlayStation consoles
- GTA 6 expected to help drive record $8.1 billion earnings for Take-Two
- Take-Two CEO reiterates GTA 6's November release date in latest earnings report
- Subnautica 2 hits 4 million sales in 5 days, now makes up more than 21% of total franchise sales
- Destiny 2 exits active development, final update set for June 9
- PS Plus Premium and Extra also got price increases, not just Essential tier
- Ubisoft reports loss of 1.3 billion Euros on costly game cancellations and delays
- PlayStation State of Play returns June 2, will showcase 1 hour of footage including Marvel's Wolverine
- Ubisoft to release new Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Ghost Recon games by March 2029
- Xbox hires analyst who predicted GTA 6 may cost $100 to lead gaming strategy
- Kingdom Come dev Warhorse working on new Lord of the Rings Middle-earth RPG
- Adding PS5 Pro's upgraded PSSR into 007 First Light was 'remarkably smooth,' dev IO Interactive says
- Fate of Metro,Tomb Raider, Lord of the Rings, Kingdom Come and more now in the hands of new Fellowship Entertainment spin off
- Forza Horizon 6 breaks player records on PC, premium edition copies achieve platinum sales
- Fortnite back on App Store after missing out on billions during Epic v Apple court case
- Nintendo's new Pictonico app gamifies digital photos, coming May 28
- Lords of the Fallen 2 can now launch on Steam as CI Games and Epic terminate exclusivity deal
- Marathon will get new PVE modes to bring in new players following underperforming launch
- Infamous Borderlands art swap cost $50 million to pull off, Take-Two CEO says
- Xbox launches new Player Voice direct feedback program
- Sony first-party singleplayer games to stay PlayStation console exclusive, no longer release on PC
- Sony raises PS Plus price after making $5 billion from network services last year
- Physical media still going strong at PlayStation with 70 million game discs sold last year
- Resident Evil hits 200 million sales as franchise celebrates 30 years of horror
- Final Fantasy XI celebrates 24th anniversary with unlimited free trial, new content, major discount sale
- Arc Raiders hits 16 million sales, helps drive record revenue and profits for Nexon
- PC beats console as Capcom's top sales platform for the past three years in a row
- Capcom sets new profit records for 9th consecutive year thanks to winning strategy
- Capcom sells record 59 million games in FY25, wants to sell a staggering 65 million this year
- Forza Horizon 6 has made at least $20 million from advanced access on Steam alone
- Rumor: Next-gen Xbox may get disc-to-digital option to convert physical media into virtual games
- Sony expects PlayStation to break new profit records even while it invests in PS6
- PlayStation to deliver 32% returns this year, Sony predicts
- New Xbox cloud and Elite controllers leaked as Microsoft teases cloud-native games, tests free streaming
- Subnautica 2 is a mega hit with 2 million sales in 12 hours
- Sony has enough PS5 stock for 2026, but consoles could face 'big impact' to price if trends continue
- PS5 shipments dwindle to all-time generational low as Sony braces for console profit impacts
- Tekken's Katsuhiro Harada opens new VS Studio for longtime fighting game rival SNK
- eBay rejects GameStop's buyout offer, says deal is 'not credible'
- SEGA cancels ambitious Super Game idea, free-to-play no longer so important
- Crimson Desert made $179 million revenue on 4 million sales, Pearl Abyss confirms
- Nintendo moves into new less profitable console generation with boosted Switch 2 sales and restricted margins
- Capcom's Pragmata has now sold 2 million sales in 16 days, publisher is on a roll for 2026
- Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen ROMs made $80 million for Nintendo, Pokopia a Switch 2 system seller at 4 million sales
- Xbox Discord crossover: Game Pass gets Nitro, and vice-versa, in new subscription partnership
- Switch 2 sales hit 19.86 million, selling faster than Switch 1, but impacting Nintendo profits
- Xbox-funded Project Fantasy not cancelled and is 'still in a healthy place,' IO Interactive CEO says
- Eve Online dev CCP Games changes name to Fenris Creations, teams up with Google DeepMind AI
- Halo 3 remake in development, possibly releasing in 2027 to coincide with game's 20th anniversary
- EA made a record $8 billion in net bookings, spiked by $500 million deferred revenue
- Microsoft scraps Copilot on Xbox consoles in new business reorientation
- Former Instacart, CoreAI exec to lead Xbox's subscription and cloud business
- GameStop offers to buy eBay for $56 billion in half-cash, half-stock deal
- Take-Two CEO explains why GTA 6 isn't launching on PC
- Activision confirms new Call of Duty will not release on PS4
- Bank of America believes GTA 6 will cost $80 and introduce new base price for games
- EA opens battle pass pre-orders, creates new metric to gauge demand
- GameStop wants to buy eBay, prepared to make offer
- WoW fans repulsed by new $75 player housing cosmetic bundle
- Is Rockstar priming GTA 6 for user-generated content? New GTA Online mission creator opens up Roblox-like custom play
- Xbox hiring new bean counter to manage first-party studio expenses
- April 2026
- Elder Scrolls Online created to rival World of Warcraft, original ZeniMax Online founder says
- EVE Online studio buys independence for $120 million, 8 years after being acquired for $225 million
- Xbox has made progress expanding margins, new CEO says
- Console-like Xbox Mode comes to Windows 11 PCs, offers glimpse at new Project Helix hybrid UI
- Resident Evil movie director Zach Cregger shares how RE2 inspired new film
- Koei Tecmo sells 14 million games in FY25 due to Pokopia, NiOh 3 success, sales up 84% over last year
- Xbox earnings down -$380 million in latest quarterly decline
- French game studio Spiders confirms liquidation, will shut down and cease operations
- Xbox hardware revenue drops to record low of Gen9 Xbox Series generation
- Sony delivers official statement on 30 day DRM for PlayStation Store digital purchases
- Xbox CEO telegraphs stalled gaming growth after $70 billion Activision buyout
- Bungie dev comments on scrapped Halo Reach global battles prototype
- Former PlayStation exec on Jim Ryan's live service plans: 'It hasn't worked out, Sony now has to readjust'
- South Korean prime minister praises Crimson Desert's success, says game 'opens new chapter for K-content'
- Steam Controller price leaked in accidental embargo slip-up
- Clair Obscur Expedition 33 hits 8 million sales in first year, shows AA gaming is stronger than ever
- Forza Horizon may never be Xbox exclusive again as FH5 hits impressive sales on PS5
- New Helldivers 2 Exo Experts warbond adds two upgraded mechs, including EXO-55 Breakthrough with nifty ballistics shield
- Capcom's Resident Evil 9 breaks another sales record as publisher continues winning streak
- Assassin's Creed Resynced is the #1 top pre-ordered game on 8 separate global PlayStation Stores
- Xbox Discord partnership leaked, Nitro includes access to Game Pass 'starter edition'
- Xbox focusing on same target as Roblox, Fortnite, and other major live games
- Xbox to 'reevaluate approach to exclusivity,' new CEO Asha Sharma says as Microsoft prepares to launch Halo on PlayStation
- Microsoft Gaming officially changed back to Xbox as brand evolves under new CEO
- Sony beats Xbox, Nintendo on US game charts with 5 out of top 20 best-sellers
- Marathon was the #4 best-selling game in US in March by revenue when digital sales of two big games are excluded
- Xbox mobile store still planned, ongoing Epic v. Google lawsuit pauses rollout
- Hideo Kojima seen holding mysterious Xbox in a box, could it be a next-gen cloud device or Sebile direct-to-cloud controller?
- Devil May Cry TV show season 2 premieres on Netflix May 12 as Capcom prepares new DMC5 Devil Hunter Edition for Switch 2
- Halo TV show producer Kiki Wolfkill leaves Xbox transmedia team
- Mass Effect TV producer says he was never told to rewrite show for non-gamers
- Game Pass Ultimate drops to $22.99 per month, Call of Duty will no longer launch day one
- Xbox hiring reputation manager to uplift gaming brand
- Starfield was #1 best-earner in US following PS5 release, includes both digital and retail sales
- Pokopia, NiOh 3 sales success causes Koei Tecmo to raise entire fiscal year profit forecast by 16%
- Take-Two boss says AI meets company's business tenants, reiterates tech won't replace creatives and artists
- Capcom's Pragmata is a new IP hit with 1 million copies sold in 2 days
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 takes place in Age 1000 with new Great Saiyan Squad heroes
- Live action Elden Ring movie coming early 2028, shot in high-end 'Filmed for IMAX' spec for superior quality
- New indie hit pirate sim Windrose sells 1 million copies in 6 days, attracts 205K players on Steam
- Xbox CEO 'would love to chat' with ex-PlayStation boss Shawn Layden about Game Pass
- Metro 2039 isn't just a game, it's an experience, says book series author Dmitry Glukhovsky
- Blizzard shuts down another private WoW Classic server, TurtleWoW and Stormforge to shut down in May
- GTA Online celebrates 420 with hilarious psychedelic Stoner Survival event and mind-altering peyote plants
- Blizzard is helping with Fable's cinematics in an expression of Xbox's cross-team synergy
- Take-Two, 2K Games using GTA+ as unique version of Game Pass subscription
- Capcom launches new Capcom Town Store to sell PC games
- Opinion: Game Pass tier with first-party games won't fix the subscription's biggest problem
- Nintendo stock up +3.5% on strong Tomodachi Life demand
- Pearl Abyss stock drops -3% on Crimson Desert sales milestone news, investors may expect more sales from hit game
- Microsoft to invest more into Xbox than ever before, new CEO Asha Sharma tells employees
- Report: New Sony live game Fairgames to have extraction shooter mode
- Halo Campaign Evolved 'looks like a game from 2017,' original Bungie dev says
- Starfield's revenue estimates may expose big flaw in Xbox's business model
- Pirate adventure game Windrose is an early access hit, #1 best-seller on Steam with nearly 100K concurrents
- Starfield's debut PS5 sales may be as low as 140K, analyst estimates show
- Crimson Desert sells 5 million copies in less than a month
- PS5 price hike triggers panic buying, Sony's console now at record sales for the year
- Silent Hill 2 remake dev working on 7 new games as it expands executive leadership
- Report: Xbox exclusives being discussed internally at Microsoft, some form of game exclusivity may return
- Analyst: Xbox will start relying more heavily on ads for indirect monetization
- Metro 2039 will be a haunting and dark singleplayer experience, more harrowing than previous games
- Rockstar hack adds $4 billion to Take-Two's market cap, surges share price by over 4%
- Starfield gaining sales momentum on PS5, breaks into top 5 PlayStation Store best-sellers across North America, Europe, Japan
- GTA Online bookings at $5 billion as total franchise breaks $10.38 billion since GTA V
- GTA Online makes $4.4 million per week on PS5, platform rakes in 53% of all GTAO weekly bookings
- Keizaal Online turns Skyrim into a multiplayer roleplaying server set across a 'synchronized and persistent Tamriel'
- 'Game Pass is too expensive for players, we need a better equation,' Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says
- Report: Hackers price stolen Rockstar data at $200K, but it may only be metrics-related info
- Gamer playing Red Dead Redemption 2 at 4FPS goes viral, took 12 hours to beat the opening segment
- Starfield struggling on PS5 and PS5 Pro, uncapped FPS and PSSR causes crashing, users seek refunds on PS Store
- Metro 2039 reveal officially set for April 16, new teaser site launched
- Call of Duty may stop launching into Game Pass, Xbox possibly rethinking strategy
- 007 First Light, Pragmata, and Invincible VS top PlayStation Store pre-orders as PS5 owners anticipate new games
- Rockstar confirms data breach, says infiltration was 'non-material' to company data or gamer info
- Pete Hines left Bethesda because the studio is now part of something that isn't 'authentic or genuine'
- New Crimson Desert features revealed by Pearl Abyss: Boss rematches, new skills, difficulty slider, and more
- Arc Raiders shooter with Disney characters coming to Fortnite as part of 3-game deal
- GTA 6 may have robust Roblox-like UGC economy or even SixM support from Cfx: Rockstar hiring four Creator Platform roles
- Amazon reveals big changes to Luna cloud game streaming, key features being shut down
- Report: Bungie and Sony spent $200 million on Marathon's budget
- Elden Ring on Switch 2 is an $80 Game-key Card and fans are not happy
- PS6 gen may have 3 systems: PS6S, PS6, and PS6 handheld with prices ranging from $350 to $1000
- Borderlands F2P mobile game gets surprise release for 'limited test'
- Metal Gear Solid movie in development at Sony's Columbia Pictures
- Report: Nintendo interested in Luigi's Mansion movie adaptation
- Cyberpunk 2077 gets three PS5 Pro modes and PSSR support, PlayStation Plus version included
- Nintendo's new free-to-play Pokemon Champions battler has its own $50 yearly subscription
- Report: Halo Campaign Evolved coming in July with 5-day early access deluxe edition
- No Man's Sky adds alien Pokemon space battles in new Xeno Arena update
- Starfield faces steep competition on PS5, doesn't break into top 10 best-sellers on US PlayStation Store
- Fourth Call of Duty game coming to Game Pass Premium this month, Xbox further reveals conversion strategy for franchise
- OG YouTuber Angry Video Game Nerd turns 20, releases lost AVGN episode to celebrate
- Sony to put fans in first-party PlayStation games as part of new Playerbase program
- French consumer watchdog sues Ubisoft over The Crew software discontinuation controversy
- New Netflix Playground app offers kid-friendly games without extra purchases or ads
- Saudi Arabia ups stake in Capcom, now owns $670 million worth of stock or 6% of shares
- Super Mario Galaxy movie beats expectations with $370 million in opening week
- Illumination reveals secret to Mario's movie success
- MLB The Show 26 tops March PS5 game downloads in North America, beats Pearl Abyss's breakout hit Crimson Desert
- Nintendo movie cameos based on fun and 'what feels right' to Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto
- New Mass Effect show may not get full series order, Prime Video boss requires script rewrites
- PlayStation aims to be best place to play and publish games, Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki says
- New Crimson Desert update caters to fans by quadrupling storage, but nerfs aerial flight trick
- Easy PS5 blue light of death BLOD fix: Check disc drive screws before changing liquid metal
- New PS5 SDK update may hint at portable PS6 handheld, PlayStation Smart Delivery option reportedly discovered
- Nexon will bring Overwatch to Korean PC gamers this year, still no word on rumored new StarCraft project
- Control Resonant was built by the biggest gameplay team in Remedy history, devs are buzzing over gravity-shifting traversal
- State of Decay 3 alpha playtest starts in May with 4-player co-op, new resource strategies, and 'tons of combat'
- Starfield supports PSSR on PS5, targets 60FPS in performance mode, uses DualSense lightbar and haptics
- Sony buys machine learning firm behind volumetric 3D images to level-up PlayStation tech
- Last of Us Online live game was 80% done, says ex-Naughty Dog dev who worked on project for 7 years
- Leaker reiterates 2028 window for Steam Deck 2, but the date is still iffy
- New findings reinforce why Sony may leave PC behind and release new first-party singleplayer games on PlayStation instead
- Sony starts new fiscal year by taking over Xbox store, PlayStation has more games on best-sellers list than Microsoft
- New Diablo 2 FPS footage released by modder, shows Countess' Forgotten Tower area with blizzard and ice blast spells
- Report: Eidos-Montreal cancels new game that it spent hundreds of millions of dollars to produce
- Shinji Mikami's new studio Unbound acquired by ShiftUp, Korean publisher to fund new 'fairly large game'
- Switch 2 boosts third-party sales by $1 billion, analyst firm estimates WB Games, Bandai, & EA earned $100 million+
- March 2026
- Capcom wants to launch Mega Man games more consistently, ideally rotating between new games and legacy collections
- Halo Campaign Evolved won't have cosmetic skin store, developer confirms
- SEGA wants to transform into a 'data-driven' business to fight industry volatility
- TD Cowen: Nintendo likely to raise price of Switch 2 following Microsoft's and Sony's lead
- Sony files trademark for new Mimic gun controller with haptic feedback, possibly for PlayStation 5 or PSVR2
- Super Mario Galaxy movie expected to make $350 million globally in first week
- Deus Ex dev Eidos-Montreal hit with new layoffs, studio head departs after 19 years with company
- Starfield's $70 premium edition tops PlayStation Store pre-orders at #1, Xbox has 4 out of the top 10 spots
- Starfield is an SSD storage hog, even on PlayStation 5 where it clocks in at 120GB+
- Starfield on Switch 2 'might get cancelled', Bethesda reportedly having a hard time with port
- Crimson Desert hits 276,000 players after new patch, fans ecstatic about tweaks and changes
- Epic laid off cancer patient who then lost their life insurance, CEO Tim Sweeney confirms Epic will make it right
- Gemini AI chatbot to help stumped Dragon Quest X players, Square Enix confirms Gemini-powered Chatty Slimey coming to MMORPG
- CD Projekt hits record-breaking 60% profit margin for 2025 calendar year
- Final Fantasy 9 Remake still in limbo as Square Enix doubles down on FF7 Remake part 3
- Bethesda delists Elder Scrolls game from all platforms, and will take it offline in June
- Nacon seeks buyer for French RPG studio Spiders as it conducts insolvency process
- Next-gen PS6, Project Helix may cost $1,000 at launch, analysts warn
- As PS5 Pro hits $900, analyst believes Xbox and Switch 2 could also get future price hikes to combat shortages and inflation
- Pearl Abyss more interested in boosting Crimson Desert's sales than making DLC or mod support as game nears 5 million sales
- Ocarina of Time remake coming to Switch 2 later this year, reports indicate
- Sony raises PS5 prices worldwide, Pro now $900 in US
- CD Projekt using AI efficiency tools to assist developers: 'Our games are, and will continue to be, created by humans'
- Kid-friendly Nex Playground video game console increasing price to $299, still requires $90 subscription to play all games
- Activist investor now has 11% of FromSoftware parent shares, may shake up Kadokawa's business through pressure
- Report: PlayStation 5 to increase by €100 in Europe, PS5 Pro now €900
- Newly shut down PlayStation studio Dark Outlaw wasn't making a live service game
- Pearl Abyss stock finally rebounds, up +23% following Crimson Desert sales announcement
- PlayStation shuts down another first-party studio as games industry shies away from risk
- Nintendo price adjusts new Switch 2 games in US region, digital to be cheaper and physical more expensive
- Classic 1999 EverQuest is officially coming back with the help of modders
- FromSoftware may get pressured by new activist investor that just purchased 10% stake in parent Kadokawa
- Marathon has sold 1.2 million copies on all platforms, analyst firm estimates
- Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters says Xbox is still figuring out how to make Game Pass work for Microsoft
- Report: Xbox's new CEO wants to reduce price of Game Pass and is exploring new tier options
- Crimson Desert reaches 3 million sales in 5 days, strong sales for a new IP
- Bethesda has no plans to slow down on paid mods, Todd Howard says he wants to get Creations 'in front of more people'
- Battlefield Hardline will be delisted and taken offline on consoles in May, will remain indefinitely on PC
- Xbox partner preview announced, will show off Yakuza studio's new game Stranger Than Heaven and other titles
- Crimson Desert's sales blitz has yet to meaningfully boost Pearl Abyss stock
- CD Projekt wants to grow its net profit by $270 million every 4 years
- Nintendo to make new Switch 2 model with removable battery for EU, will new revision impact hardware profit margins?
- Lords of the Fallen is now profitable for CI Games after 2.5 million sales
- Pearl Abyss promises to fix Crimson Desert's awkward controls, new patch on the way
- Crimson Desert is a success with 2 million copies sold in first day
- Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group to acquire TikTok-maker's games unit Moonton for over $6 billion
- CD Projekt has 'established the foundations' of new IP codenamed Hadar
- CD Projekt's multimedia strategy has generated an extra $46 million in revenue across Witcher, Cyberpunk 2077
- Rainbow Six creator Red Storm Entertainment will stop making games after 25 years
- New update gives players more control over Xbox's best feature
- PearlAbyss shares down 30% after Crimson Desert's launch
- Interstitial ads in full-priced games would be unfair, Take-Two CEO says
- Starfield comes to PS5 on April 7 for $50, new story DLC Terran Armada launches same day
- Creation Engine 3 is helping Bethesda test Elder Scrolls 6 builds more consistently than ever before
- Bethesda gives script extender creators early preview access of new game updates to prepare FOSE & SKSE tools
- Capcom CEO believes PC will become the 'world's leading gaming platform,' also promises to invest in movies
- Saudis buy even more Capcom stock, this time via a second company
- Krafton loses court case, Subnautica 2 dev team reinstated and gets fair shot at hitting $250 million performance target
- WB Games hit with layoffs ahead of potential Warner Bros - Paramount merger
- Destiny 2 player counts drop to lowest point ever on Steam
- Genie 3's AI-generated worlds fall apart after a few minutes, Google admits
- $30 and below is the sweet spot for PC game prices, analyst firm Newzoo finds
- Wedbush: Switch 2's new mega-hit Pokopia will be established as a 'legitimate console seller'
- Slay the Spire 2 is a big hit with 3 million copies sold in just a week
- Super Mario Galaxy movie expected to make $160 million in opening ticket sales
- Nintendo's market cap surges, adds $14 billion thanks to Pokopia's Switch 2 success
- Fortnite V-Bucks price increase 'directly correlated to rise in operating costs,' Epic reiterates
- New Fallout project from Xbox Game Studios team may have been scrapped
- Lineage, Guild Wars dev NCSoft promises to ease pay-to-win microtransactions while investing big into casual mobile games
- Pokemon Pokopia sells 2.2 million copies in 4 days
- Xbox consoles will 'always be around,' says Microsoft hardware VP
- PlayStation LEGO set leaked, coming in Holiday 2026 with $160 price tag
- Xbox teases 'new ways to play' some of its most iconic classic games
- Xbox targeting 'future of play' and believes platforms no longer define identities of gamers
- Xbox Mode coming to all Windows 11 PCs starting in April
- Valve responds to New York Attorney General's lawsuit alleging lootboxes are gambling
- Project Helix will enter alpha testing in 2027, Microsoft says
- Xbox VP: Project Helix's GPU can generate its own workloads in real time, delivering massive uplift in performance
- Report: Sony testing 'elastic pricing' on PlayStation Store, same games will cost more or less for different users
- Nintendo has created a 'negative margin situation' with Switch 2 sales in Japan, analyst says
- Epic Games raises price of Fortnite V-Buck bundles, gamers now get less currency for same price
- Capcom teases new content for Resident Evil 9 Requiem: photo mode, new mini-game, and a story expansion confirmed
- Fallout 3 remastered mentioned in McFarlane Toys product list
- Xbox will continue 'extending' out beyond AAA games on consoles, Microsoft CEO says
- Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami making AAA game set in new IP for mystery studio
- EA lays off Battlefield staff ahead of $55 billion buyout deal, despite record franchise sales
- Microsoft's new Project Helix next-gen Xbox console was 10 years in the making
- Resident Evil 9 Requiem is a huge success with 5 million sales in less than a week
- Knights of the Old Republic is 'still in development,' Saber Interactive says
- NetEase cuts off funding to Nagoshi Studio, new Yakuza-inspired game Gang of Dragon in jeopardy along with group's future
- SEGA says high-quality, well-reviewed games don't always sell tons of copies
- Steam Machine possibly delayed by RAMpocalypse, Valve says 'we hope to ship in 2026'
- Steam Machine, Frame, and Controller updated to 'coming soon' release date status by Valve
- Nintendo sues US government over tariffs, seeks refunds with interest
- Marathon launches with 88,000 peak players on Steam
- Next-gen Xbox called Project Helix, confirmed to play both console and PC games
- Capcom sold 19.1 million PC games in 9 months, PC now accounts for 55% of total sales
- Tencent can't access international Clash of Clans player data, mobile giant Supercell says
- Ubisoft gives updates on new Assassin's Creed games, Hexe, Invictus, and Black Flag confirmed
- Marathon has forced seasonal wipes, Bungie confirms roadmap for new PvPvE extraction shooter
- Paramount expected to make $16 billion in cuts to WB if deal approved, WB Games may be affected
- Report: Sony to stop releasing first-party singleplayer PlayStation games on PC
- New physical game spending hit all-time low in 2025, analyst says
- Highguard officially shutting down on March 12, less than two months on the market
- New Black Ops Royale mode: 100-player quads in Warzone, no Gulag, buy stations, or loadouts
- Highguard's dev team consists of less than 20 people after funding was pulled
- New Xbox CEO may have hinted more cloud-native games are on the way
- Robocop, Terminator game publisher delays showcase amid financial turmoil
- Xbox hiring new marketing managers following disastrous 'This is an Xbox' ad campaign
- February 2026
- Report: Xbox employees put at ease by Sarah Bond's departure from Microsoft
- New Xbox CEO looking at 'lifetime value' of the brand, is focused on the long road approach
- New Microsoft Gaming CEO re-commits to Xbox consoles following worst holiday sales in 12 years
- Report: Ex-Xbox president Sarah Bond led 'this is an Xbox' marketing campaign
- Xbox CEO Phil Spencer retires, Sarah Bond resigns, Microsoft AI exec now leads
- Arc Raiders boss promoted to executive chairman of Nexon following high-level success
- Sony shuts down Demon's Souls remake developer Bluepoint Games
- Starfield to be supported for the long haul: 'We see it continuing for a while'
- Bethesda not interested in writing Starfield's big comeback story, no major overhauls planned
- Majority of Bethesda working on Elder Scrolls 6, Todd Howard says release is 'a while yet'
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- Tencent funded failed FPS Highguard, has a seat on The Game Awards advisory board
- Nintendo mulling Switch 2 price hike in 2026, inside sources say
- Report: PS6 may be delayed to 2028 or 2029 due to 'parabolic' rise in chip demand
- Diablo 2's new Warlock class is so broken it only needs a weapon and no other gear
- Xbox retiring Social Clubs because not enough people used them
- Saudi-owned Savvy Games Group poised to buy another mobile games giant
- Metal Gear Solid 4 finally breaks PS3 exclusivity, coming to Xbox in new collection
- New 2D Castlevania game Belmont's Curse announced, set decades after Castlevania III on NES
- Marathon server slam stress test begins February 26 on PS5, Xbox, and PC, open to all players
- Dead or Alive 7 announced by Koei Tecmo: 'The dawn of a new chapter awaits'
- Death Stranding 2 coming to PC with unlocked FPS, ultrawide, and DualSense support
- Assassin's Creed franchise 'overperforms' for second quarter in a row
- Jason Momoa to star in Sony's new feature-length Helldivers movie, coming Holiday 2027
- More Diablo 2 expansions possible, Blizzard will use Reign of the Warlock to gauge interest
- Report: Next-gen Xbox PC is not locked in for 2027 launch
- Diablo 2 gets loot filters, stash tabs, and built-in holy grail tracker in new $25 expansion
- Diablo 2 gets new playable class after 25 years, Warlock confirmed in new $25 expansion
- Disney's new CEO wants to premiere movies in Fortnite
- Binding of Isaac dev's new game Mewgenics is currently the #1 best-seller on Steam
- Remedy isn't using generative AI to make Control Resonant, the studio confirms
- Remedy wants to keep FBC Firebreak alive indefinitely despite the game's poor performance
- Remedy delivers good news after Firebreak miss, as earnings skyrocket +46% over holidays
- Remedy's new CEO vows to 'protect what makes the studio special'
- Ghost of Yotei contributed greatly to Sony's Q3, made up over 25% of first-party game sales
- Discord will soon require proof of age to access 18+ servers and content
- Sony believes AI is a tool that can empower artists and creators, not replace them
- Arc Raiders has been 'very profitable' for creator Embark Studios
- Sony exec: 'We promote the use of AI, especially in game production'
- New Diablo 2 content confirmed, updates will be revealed in Diablo 30th anniversary stream
- MachineGames intends to 'finish the Wolfenstein trilogy,' but still won't confirm sequel
- Baldur's Gate 3 TV series ordered at HBO, showrunner reaches out to Larian for thoughts
- Nintendo may be willing to make less Switch 2 profit in order to grow unit sales
- No Switch 2 price hike on immediate horizon, RAM shortage didn't impact Nintendo Q3 profits
- Sony reveals Horizon Hunters Gathering, a new 3-player co-op live game with roguelike looting
- Sony has made at least $2.3 billion selling first-party games on PC and Xbox
- PS5 hits 92.2 million sales with 8 million PS5s sold over holidays, yet still lags behind PS4
- Take-Two CEO expects Rockstar to support current iteration of GTA Online after GTA 6's release
- Valve 'not confident' enough on Steam Machine pricing or release date, need more time to decide
- Grand Theft Auto series has made $10.38 billion since GTA V's release, Take-Two data shows
- GTA V reaches 225 million sales, total Grand Theft Auto series now at 465 million
- Take-Two CEO on user-generated content: 'We see it as an interesting opportunity'
- Did Outer Worlds 2's underperformance lead to a write-down at Xbox?
- Take-Two CEO comments on GTA 6 digital-only rumor: 'That's not the plan'
- Nearly 25% of Nintendo's total 6 billion lifetime game sales were made on the Switch
- Switch beats DS to become Nintendo's best-selling video games hardware of all time
- Nintendo scores $5.1 billion net sales and 19% margin through Holiday 2025
- Switch 2 sales already beat Wii U with 17.37 million shipments
- Raccoon City falls in new harrowing live action Resident Evil 9 teaser
- GOG admits it used AI to create controversial New Year Sales banner
- New Tekken 8 characters revealed, Bandai Namco takes straightforward approach with Season 3
- Morrowind doesn't 'stand the test of time' for a remake, Skyrim lead designer says
- Blizzard QA testers reach agreement with Microsoft, ratify new union contract
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- New Dragon Ball Age 1000 may deliver Xenoverse-style gameplay with a Dragon Ball Online story
- Digital-only made up 66% of Xbox sales in 2025 amid console price hike
- Konami confirms a new Silent Hill is in development, is separate from Silent Hill 1 remake
- Xbox margins hit by mysterious impairment charge
- Xbox console revenue hits 12-year low over holiday 2025
- Xbox earnings 'well below expectations' in holiday 2025, revenue down -$600 million
- Original Diablo 2 creators reveal Darkhaven, a new APRG with dynamic, destructible worlds
- New version of Final Fantasy 7 on PC announced by Square Enix
- Ken Levine's new game isn't an FPS, it's a 'Judas simulator'
- Zombies can use chainsaws in Resident Evil 9, Capcom explains with Day of the Dead movie logic
- Two indie games have cancelled their Xbox versions
- Master Chief voice actor Steve Downes says AI 'can deprive an actor of his work'
- Xbox may now be more selective in which games get greenlit
- Remedy denies reports that Control Resonant launches in Q2 2026
- Report: GTA 6 is digital-only at launch to avoid leaks, spoilers
- Blizzard announces new showcases for World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, and Hearthstone
- Master Chief actor Steve Downes pushed back against Halo 5's infamous misleading marketing
- PlayStation 6 to be delayed 'longer than expected,' analyst predicts
- Microsoft reiterates why it broke Xbox game exclusivity, promises to be 'more consistent'
- New Fable game removes feature core to franchise's DNA
- Remedy defends Epic Games publishing deal against criticism from Baldur's Gate 3 dev
- Battlefield 6 was the #1 best-selling game in US
- Witcher 3 dev 'designed and implemented' Fable's slick and fast combat'
- Fable has a 'living population' with over 1,000 named NPCs that can be interacted with
- Xbox reveals new Fable release window, coming to Xbox, PS5, and PC at launch
- Report: Beyond Good and Evil 2 not cancelled in Ubisoft's business reset
- Ubisoft open to selling more minority stake bids similar to $1.2 billion Tencent deal
- Mobile apps made $3.8 billion more than games in 2025
- Xbox app now available on Arm laptops, growing the borders of Microsoft's games empire
- Ubisoft announces 'major portfolio reset,' cancels 6 games including Prince of Persia remake
- Ubisoft reboots business with Creative House plan, reveals future of its biggest franchises
- Switch 2 price increase to $499 coming in 2026, analyst predicts
- Wizened Bethesda 'loremaster' had wild plans for Elder Scrolls 6
- Sony spins off TV business in new deal giving TCL 51% stake
- Arc Raiders sells 12 million copies in less than 3 months, thwarts Call of Duty's success
- Assassin's Creed franchise has sold over 230 million copies, Ubisoft confirms
- Monopoly Go made $6 billion faster than any other mobile game in history
- Call of Duty sales down by over 60% in 2025, former Activision CEO says
- EA delivers 5 games on PlayStation's top downloads list ahead of $55 billion privatization deal
- Black Ops 7 not in PS Store top 5 downloads, breaking 10-year streak for Call of Duty franchise
- Ubisoft loses The Division executive producer Julian Gerighty to EA's Battlefield team
- Rockstar testing 32-player lobbies for GTA 6 online, new court documents reveal
- Report: Blizzard's new Starcraft shooter may be shown at Blizzcon 2026
- Fable and Forza Horizon 6 headline new Xbox Developer Direct showcase
- Xbox cloud gaming comes to Hisense TVs as Microsoft reportedly readies free streaming with ads
- Fallout TV show season 2 sparks surge in Fallout game popularity on Steam
- Report: Wolfenstein 3 now in development at MachineGames
- Teyon, the dev behind the Terminator and Robocop FPS games, is hiring for a new action RPG
- Todd Howard praises Fallout London team: 'That is so hard to pull off'
- Bethesda's Todd Howard shares views on AI: 'We want to protect human artistry'
- Elder Scrolls Online studio founder confirms that he left because Microsoft cancelled his MMO
- Limited Run Games CEO to step down, says company 'could benefit from new leadership'
- As Katsuhiro Harada says goodbye to Tekken, Bandai promises 'more fights, more updates' in 2026
- Lionsgate exec teases new AAA games based on owned IP, mentions Saw and John Wick
- Final Fantasy 14 on Switch 2? Yoshi-P says: 'Please wait while looking forward to it'
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The Wolf Among Us 2 is coming in 2027 and Telltale is also bringing a remaster of the original this holiday season
Game Pass bled millions of subscribers after price hike, Microsoft says Xbox not in 'healthy place'
Xbox promises 'reliable pipeline' of console exclusives in radical shift
Xeron debuts at Computex 2026, showcasing an extensive stylish line-up of PC hardware
Nintendo Direct announced for June 9, new Zelda, Mario and more expected
INNO3D showcases new GeForce RTX GPU designs, with one including Founders Edition-style cooling
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