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Survey: U.S. gamers are mostly adults, who mostly don’t call themselves “gamers”
Plus: GTA VI slides to fall 2025, an Assassin's Creed breakthrough, and a questionable CEO quote
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Facing skepticism, The Entertainment Software Association says it is for game preservation
Plus: PlayStation preps for two big years, and Ubisoft reports major workforce shrinkage
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Nintendo, Microsoft, Square welcome us to the era of fewer big video games
Data shows that Nintendo was ahead of the curve on this one.
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Exclusive: Fortnite’s longtime lead creator Donald Mustard speaks about his epic run and what's next
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A new PS5 epic does smart, little things to respect its player’s time
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What Nintendo’s late president Satoru Iwata told me, a long time ago
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Microsoft's Phil Spencer on Xbox growth, recent job cuts and the future of games on discs
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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom programmers share some of their amazing feats
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Exclusive: The making of the PlayStation Portal
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Animal Well is a great and shockingly tiny video game
Plus: Capcom surges, Roblox tumbles, and Sega focuses on three key pillars.
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Nintendo, long overseen by men, wants to add three women to its board of directors
Plus: Microsoft’s controversial studio closures, a Switch 2 update and Nintendo’s 20-million sellers
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Some of the world's biggest gaming storefronts still don't credit who made the game
Plus: Helldivers II's dramatic weekend and Hades II's surprise launch
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The U.S. video game industry's unemployment rate is likely far higher than the national average
Plus: 10,000 new negative reviews of Helldivers II, and 6 fascinating indie games set for release on the same day
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For PlayStation and Xbox, the unthinkable is now the norm
Putting games on more devices is paying off. But console exclusivity might not be all that is holding a key Final Fantasy back.
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Nintendo’s innovative, ingenious, nearly extinct StreetPass games
An unusual blend of single- and multiplayer that Nintendo never brought to the Switch.
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Stellar Blade kicks high
40 hours with Stellar Blade, PlayStation’s new game of monster combat and sexy dress-up
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