Archive - Game File

A buffalo at the Met, and a video game about stealing African art held by western museums

The upcoming heist game Relooted is an Africanfuturist fantasy, and it has already garnered some surprising support.

Aug 1 •

July 2025

The big shock from Nintendo’s Switch showcase today was a campfire game (that's pretty good!)

PLUS: Conspicuous omissions from the Nintendo Direct, Microsoft’s PlayStation boast, an update on Take Two worker pay and more

Jul 31 •

Krafton plans for PUBG to be more than a battle royale, says Subnautica 2 drama proves its quality control is working

PLUS: SAG-AFTRA’s Darth Vader AI labor complaint is no more...and an unsolved Donkey Kong ratings mystery

Jul 29 •

Sony sues Tencent over "slavish clone" of Horizon games

PlayStation says Tencent repeatedly tried to license Horizon series from Sony

Jul 28 •

The three times my life intersected with Hulk Hogan’s

Plus: The bravest way to announce you were just acquired by Krafton, pressure on Microsoft and a preview of the week ahead

Jul 25 •

Crackdown on sex video games goes wide, alarming developers

Thousands of NSFW games currently can’t be found when searching the popular itch.io marketplace. [CORRECTION: Some award-winning titles not impacted as…

Jul 25 •

Nicole Carpenter

Even $85 Switch 2 controllers just flew off store shelves

New data highlights the scale of Nintendo's massive hardware launch

Jul 23 •

The makers of notoriously hard puzzle games have released a fantastic easier one

Kaizen: A Factory Story is one of two brainy PC games I'm currently hooked on

Jul 22 •

Ubisoft chief confronted in-person with questions about “woke” content and “stop killing games”

An extraordinary exchange at a Ubisoft shareholder meeting that also touched on AA games and the next Ghost Recon. PLUS: The company's aging workforce…

Jul 18 •

Subnautica founders say game got "high marks" from early players before Krafton "orchestrated" a delay to avoid a big payout

A lawsuit from the ousted heads of Unknown Worlds Entertainment offers one side of a $250 million dispute. PLUS: Big changes at Ubisoft involving the…

Jul 16 •

Sega may let some Roblox users make Like a Dragon spin-off games and split the revenue

The opportunity is part of a new Roblox licensing plan that also involves Squid Game, Twilight and Saw

Jul 15 •

The intensifying $250 million Subnautica 2 drama involves a developer known for radical transparency

Plus, a new Game File feature: This week's reporting brick walls.

Jul 11 •

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