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Another 46 hours with Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which I was sort of playing wrong
Ubisoft undermined their own excellent work on Shadows, but I have a tip to address that.
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Stephen Totilo
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Nintendo revives the Virtual Boy, its most infamous flop, at a luxury price on the Switch
Today's jam-packed showcase from Nintendo demonstrated a bevy of games--and showed no fear from the company that consumers will slow down their Nintendo…
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Stephen Totilo
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Ubisoft’s curiously low-key Assassin’s Creed announcement in Saudi Arabia
Exclusive: What the company's CEO recently revealed about AC Mirage in Riyadh, internal pushback earlier this year from Ubisoft workers over Saudi ties…
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Stephen Totilo
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My twins’ unexpected Switch 2 favorites
Plus: A Silksong status update
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Stephen Totilo
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PlayStation's year-long war on counterfeiters
PLUS: Intriguing Subnautica 2 [redactions], what happens when a company pulls its digital sales data from the U.S.' top video game sales-tracking firm…
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Stephen Totilo
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August 2025

Google’s search AI repeatedly doled out false gaming tips
The tech giant's AI confidently misled players seeking help in the indie game Trash Goblin, to the consternation of the game's developers, who called it…
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Stephen Totilo
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Naughty Dog vs. Naughty Cat
And other odds and ends involving Ubisoft, Bungie, and a jam-packed stretch of new game releases.
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Stephen Totilo
"To do nothing is to support Microsoft's actions”
An interview with one of the Microsoft game developers behind an open letter criticizing the company’s Israeli military ties
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Stephen Totilo
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Surprise: Nintendo's big 2025 game appears to be on track (and it's a Kirby game)
Masahiro Sakurai's recent work schedule was not quite what it seemed. PLUS: A new Nintendo game director, a shake-up at the studio making the next…
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Stephen Totilo
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Blizzard’s approach to Diablo IV’s game credits: The more names, the better
Ex-Diablo GM Rod Fergusson told Game File that the studio has tried to balance giving people credit while not giving angry gamers targets to harass
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Stephen Totilo
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How to explain a bad game launch
Or, at least, how Remedy’s CEO just explained FBC: Firebreak’s rough start
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Stephen Totilo
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Microsoft game workers call out company over Israeli military ties
“We think it’s our responsibility, as tech workers, to raise the alarm, and to ensure that our technologies are used to make the voices of the oppressed…
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Stephen Totilo
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