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Reggie Fils-Aimé says Amazon once asked Nintendo to break the law

Way back in the DS days, Nintendo decided to stop selling to Amazon. During a recent lecture at NYU, former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé said it was because Amazon was seeking preferential treatment that would have hurt its relationship with other retailers, and potentially broken the law. The two sides have since made […]

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Playing Esoteric Ebb is like rolling the dice with a great DM

It took me a while to get into Esoteric Ebb, a new CRPG from developer Christoffer Bodegård. The elevator pitch is basically Disco Elysium, but in the fantasy style of Dungeons & Dragons: You play as a cleric wandering around a small town who’s trying to figure out, among other things, the mystery of why […]

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This accessory can snap a Steam Controller to your phone — or almost anything else

Valve’s new Steam Controller goes on sale on Monday for $99, and accessories-maker Mechanism will be ready. As far as we know, Mechanism’s new Basegrip is the very first way to attach a Steam Controller to your phone – as well as Mechanism’s lineup of accessories, including mounts for hanging handhelds and gamepads on the […]

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Roblox’s daily users continue to drop as age-checks slow growth

Roblox’s daily active users continued to slip last quarter due in part to its rollout of age checks on its platform. According to its latest earnings report, Roblox currently has 132 million daily active users globally, down from 144 million at the end of last year, which was a drop from 152 million in Q3 […]

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Microsoft’s Xbox mode is now available for all Windows 11 PCs

Microsoft is now rolling out its Xbox mode to all Windows 11 PCs. The new Xbox mode adds a full-screen interface to the Xbox PC app, much like Steam’s Big Picture Mode, and originally debuted as the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) with Asus’ Xbox Ally devices. “Some players in select markets will be able […]

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With Saros, Housemarque makes a case for doing next-gen games differently

It is generally frowned upon to care too much about appearances. We have a lot of little aphorisms discouraging this – books and their covers, beauty being skin deep, style over substance, that sort of thing. Vanity is a risk. Should one put a disproportionate effort into how a thing looks, then said work may […]

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Xbox owners can now disable Quick Resume for specific games

Microsoft has released a new Xbox update that adds a bunch of new features, including the ability to disable Quick Resume for individual games. Quick Resume, which lets you swap between your games with minimal wait time, is one of the best features on the Xbox Series X / S consoles. But it can also […]

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Microsoft’s DLSS competitor is now available on the Xbox Ally X handheld

Microsoft is starting to test its Automatic Super Resolution (Auto SR) feature with the Xbox Ally X. Auto SR first debuted on some Copilot Plus PCs nearly two years ago, improving visual quality and frame rates in select games. Now, Microsoft is testing it for docked play on the Xbox Ally X, allowing the 7-inch […]

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Subnautica 2 launches soon after lengthy legal dispute

After some protracted legal drama, Subnautica 2 is finally about to launch. The game, which is currently Steam’s most-wishlisted title and was caught up in a dispute between top executives at developer Unknown Worlds and its owner, Krafton, will be available in early access on PC and Xbox Series X / S starting May 14th. […]

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The rise of platform-led games and why 2025 marked a shift

For a long time, games and the platforms they lived on were treated as separate layers. One was the product. The other was distribution. That distinction is becoming less relevant. Across the industry, there are signs that engagement is no longer driven by the game alone, but by the broader system around it. Features that […]

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