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Sony Factory Will Still Have Significant PS5 Disc Manufacturing Capacity After Physical Media Deadline
Production will decline by 10%, not to 10%. An Austrian report published alongside confirmation that Sony will cease manufacturing physical discs in January 2028 suggested it would cut its production capacity to just 10%. The quote, attributable to Sony DADC’s Dietmar Tanzer, said: Read the full...
How ARC Raiders devs managed rollercoaster of hyper growth, player declines — and then slow cooked a major update | Aleksander Grøndal interview
ARC Raiders has been a rare success in new gaming intellectual properties. Wedged in between the launches of Battlefield 6 last fall and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, the game from Nexon’s Embark Studios launched on October 30, 2026, and it found its audience in joyful gamers like The Burnt Peanut, a...
Viral ‘Oreogate’ mom drama was a paid AI ad and its creator won’t say if it was real
The viral Oreogate mom saga was a paid Suno partnership, but its creator has declined to confirm whether the explosive group chat was authentic.
That Odd Yoniq Dual-Screen Handheld Now Has A Possible "Launch Date"
A few days ago, I was emailed by a company called Yoniq, informing me of their upcoming products and inviting me to swing by their booth at Gamescom this year (which is happening right now). Unfortunately, I had to decline as I am not attending, but after looking through their
Analysts predict massive sales drop for next-gen Xbox and PlayStation
Ampere Analysis has issued a new forecast warning that next‑generation consoles from Sony and Microsoft could see sales drop by as much as 40% over their first five years. The decline would be driven primarily by expected price hikes, with analysts increasingly anticipating launch prices above...
Four changes Pokémon Pocket must make to save itself
Earlier this month DeNA, the mobile games company behind Pokémon Pocket, posted figures that do not paint a rosy picture for the future of the app. The game's active userbase has declined rapidly, with Pocket starting out 2025 with 39 million users and ending it with 24 million. Read the full story...
We almost had Matthew McConaughey in HBO’s The Last of Us but he had a strong reason to decline
We almost had Joel all right, all right, all right-ing in the post-apocalypse. The post We almost had Matthew McConaughey in HBO’s The Last of Us but he had a strong reason to decline appeared first on Destructoid.
Pearl Abyss Q2 earnings decline as impact of Crimson Desert's launch period subsides
Pearl Abyss reported a weaker second quarter as the initial impact of Crimson Desert's March launch has tapered off. Read more
GTA 6 Could Have Had An Even Higher Price, As $100 Edition Proves Popular
Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick has acknowledged that the company could have charged more for Grand Theft Auto 6, but it declined to do so to ensure pricing felt fair. He also shared new insight into how GTA 6 preorders are going so far, saying they're skewing toward the $100 edition early on....
Remedy reports revenue declines in Q2 and H1 as it prepares for Control Resonant launch
Remedy reported revenue declines in the first half and second quarter of 2026 while increasing marketing efforts for Control Resonant. Read more
Remedy’s Q2 Revenue Sinks 40%, But CONTROL Resonant Wishlists Cross 1.5 Million and Alan Wake 2 Sells 3 Million Units
Independent Finnish developer Remedy Entertainment reported a sharp revenue decline in its H1 2026 financial report released today, but the studio says early demand signals for its upcoming sequel, CONTROL Resonant, remain strong ahead of its September 24 launch. Remedy's second-quarter (April–June...
Blizzard was reportedly Xbox’s top-performing studio last year
Without Activision Blizzard, it is highly likely that Xbox would have been in a steep decline over the last couple of years, with games like Call of Duty and Candy Crush contributing heavily to Xbox's financials. As it turns out, Blizzard itself has been the top-performing studio under Xbox over...
Roblox shares plummet by 70% after the company reports persistent decline in player numbers, and of course the solution involves AI
The company's earnings outlook for the remaining year has "changed considerably."
Otome Visual Novel ‘Captured by the Wedding Veil’ Rejected From Steam, Will Release via JAST USA
Developer Moto Kumakko Works has announced that its otome visual novel Captured by the Wedding Veil has been rejected for release on Steam following roughly a month of communication with the platform. The game will instead be released through JAST USA. Steam declined to accept the game despite...
Investors hate Roblox’ new direction – but a reversal may be impossible | Opinion
When Epic Games announced major layoffs back in March, it become clear that Fortnite – once regarded as holding a near-unassailable market position – was facing a serious slump, if not a lasting decline. One common response was to claim that the dream of the ever-evolving metaverse-like “forever...
'They call us old stupid farmers, you know, but we’re not': Family declines $26 million offer to convert their farmland into an AI data center
AI companies may have the cash to throw around, but some can't be bought so easily.
Switch 2 Sales Slowed Last Quarter But Nintendo Isn’t Concerned
Nintendo Switch 2 sales decline despite major title launches and upcoming price increase.
Massive Pokémon TCG Pocket player base decline, DeNA promises improvements
It’s been more than a year and a half since Pokémon TCG Pocket was released to much fanfare, but the game’s active users have been falling drastically in recent times, as of August 2026. DeNA (the devs behind the game) have reported their company’s April-June quarter financial numbers, and it’s...
Roblox shares fall 70% following lower-than-expected monetisation during Q2
Roblox shares have declined 70% after second quarter results showed monetisation was 2% below company guidance, which impacted overall bookings. Read more
Roblox's string of bad luck persists as player numbers continue to plummet and the company's stock price with it
Roblox has published earnings for its second financial quarter, revealing a significant decline almost across the board. The company's disappointing quarter caused its stock price to drop by more than a quarter - nearly 27 percent - since the announcement on 31st July. Read more
King declines collective bargaining agreement with Swedish unions
Candy Crush developer King has rejected a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with Swedish trade unions Unionen and Sveriges Ingenjörer. Read more
Candy Crush maker King has declined staff's collective bargaining agreement
The Microsoft-owned studio says its current benefits are 'in line with, or exceed' what the agreement would offer.
Feature: As Physical Media Rides Off Into The Sunset, MiSTer FPGA Is Helping Me Value My Collection More Than Ever
Disc-cuss. I'm sure I don't need to make you aware of physical media's continued decline within the world of gaming. Most players now purchase their games digitally, and hardware manufacturers are even going as far as to pull support for discs in their current and future consoles as a result of...
"We will not live on past successes or be trapped by past failures" – Xbox CEO outlines priorities to turn platform around in FY27
Asha Sharma has outlined key priorities to help Xbox recover after it reported a $1.7 billion decline in revenue last year. Read more
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