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There used to be game console price cut wars

An unprecedented tally: 8 game industry price hikes in 6 months

One of the world’s biggest video game companies plans to sell to some of the world’s most powerful people

Tencent: Maybe Sony should sue Tencent over that alleged Horizon “clone” in China, not the U.S.

"He looks different"

A rare c-suite reality check on AI in game development, as Embracer CEO warns of potentially 'soulless' results

Quick correction

The Sucker Punch interview

7 new charts that help explain Capcom

Another 46 hours with Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which I was sort of playing wrong

Nintendo revives the Virtual Boy, its most infamous flop, at a luxury price on the Switch

Ubisoft’s curiously low-key Assassin’s Creed announcement in Saudi Arabia

My twins’ unexpected Switch 2 favorites

PlayStation's year-long war on counterfeiters

Google’s search AI repeatedly doled out false gaming tips

Naughty Dog vs. Naughty Cat

"To do nothing is to support Microsoft's actions”

Surprise: Nintendo's big 2025 game appears to be on track (and it's a Kirby game)

Blizzard’s approach to Diablo IV’s game credits: The more names, the better

How to explain a bad game launch

Microsoft game workers call out company over Israeli military ties

Palworld's special approach to game credits

Hunting for the staff credits in 2025’s top video games

The story behind Wildlife, EA's unreleased multiplayer animal combat game

Breaking: Microsoft stops development on Contraband

SALE TIME! 20% off annual Game File subscriptions!

A clever game about flies and brief lives encounters the limits of statistics

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

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

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

Sony sues Tencent over "slavish clone" of Horizon games

The three times my life intersected with Hulk Hogan’s

Crackdown on sex video games goes wide, alarming developers

Even $85 Switch 2 controllers just flew off store shelves

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

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

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

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

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

Mobile gaming's most outspoken CEO wants to take more risks

Comparing pay for Microsoft's boss and the company's workers

Nintendo plans to make (some) games more quickly

About Grounded 2 and all the people helping to make it

Microsoft slashes workforce, as scores of game-makers and major games are cut

Donkey Kong enters the Nintendo-craft Era

A sci-fi cleaning game about death? Here’s to Ambrosia Sky, a game from a team that’s taking a big risk

EA CEO’s pay is up, as EA worker median income drops [Update]

Sony is all-in on PlayStation Plus, says its most expensive tier is thriving

Aspiring game developers in Fortnite and Roblox keep suing each other

The best new feature in Capcom’s new Onimusha is not entirely obvious

Cloning game The Alters is very good. Cloning video game The Alters is something special. The Alters, a cloning game, is really good.

The best interview I’ve ever done about Pac-Man

Game publisher laments spoilers, sues man for $150,000 over stream of leaked game character

PlayStation’s annual headcount has declined for the first time since Sony began reporting it

Five unforgettable days in Los Angeles

I tried Microsoft’s newly revealed Xbox gaming handheld

James Bond is 26 in Io Interactive's upcoming 007 adventure

Quick thoughts about a lot of new(ish) games

Ubisoft CEO spent an hour defending his company’s tax breaks to French lawmakers

10 things I learned from playing Switch 2 for a day last week

An unexpected and possibly ground-breaking Switch 2 launch game

The unlikely path to Microsoft's landmark deal with ZeniMax workers

Nintendo’s most useful news, statistically speaking

Back on Thursday

You may have missed a terrific, new Katamari Damacy

Take Two removes praise for its LGBTQ efforts from its annual report, scrubs diversity references

A new Roblox gardening game is hotter than anything on Steam

Interview: Star Wars Outlaws' setbacks made its new expansion more interesting

AI Darth Vader curses in Fortnite, prompting Epic to rush some clean-up

Wait a minute. EA’s headcount rose significantly last year?!

Tariffs may increase PS5 prices, but unlikely to result in U.S.-made consoles, Sony says

How a Nintendo lawsuit changed Palworld… and what might come next

A plan for more writers at Game File

Some very short origin stories for some excellent video game names

Nintendo warns it may brick Switch systems whose users “bypass, modify, decrypt, defeat, tamper with” their games and services

Remedy's next big game is being made for less money, but can still be great, CEO says

385 days to go...Rockstar shows GTA VI for the first time since December 2023

Tim Sweeney wants the Epic Games Store on consoles, but isn't going to sue over it

$80 video games are about to become the new normal

Epic offers Fortnite 'peace proposal' to Apple, after searing court ruling against iPhone maker

Nintendo told me (14 years ago) why their new system doesn't use achievements

Ziff Davis lawsuit alleges (among other things) that OpenAI is wrong about Red Dead Redemption 2 cheat codes

How Cyberpunk 2077 is taking shape on Nintendo's Switch 2

Nintendo wants an unrepentant streamer to pay up for his pre-release Paper Mario stream

Frostpunk 2, a radical sequel, is ready for an update

A Brazilian solo dev is trying something different for his next horror game: making it funny

Behind the scenes of Avowed's beautiful world

The Game File chain interview: Featuring Riot, Blizzard, Shuhei Yoshida and more…

A bleak stat about new video games is, upon further review, slightly less bad

30 years of playing PlayStation games early

‘It wasn’t overly challenging’ - Three Switch 2 developers on making games for Nintendo’s new console

Video game industry group expects Trump tariffs to have dire effects

My Switch 2 hands-on impressions

Nintendo Switch 2 details: June 5 launch, Mario Kart, Donkey Kong, From Software exclusive and more [UPDATE]

Netflix’s ambitious gaming boss wants to “make history,” says recent cuts weren’t to save money

PlayStation’s extraordinary effort to preserve its game-making history

Nintendo’s weird news day

Pronunciation guide: How to say "Balatro"

Hasbro preps an edgy Snake Eyes adventure, hires a Dragon Age dev, and teases Transformers, as it ramps up its games strategy

Ubisoft took an unconventional approach for Assassin's Creed Shadows reviews. So did I.

A union yell, a Baldur's Gate tease, Star Wars feelings and a man who definitely did not make Balatro

Review: 47 hours with the astounding Assassin’s Creed Shadows

The inside story of Saber, Embracer and a scuttled Saudi deal that changed everything

Some easy questions for Insomniac's Ted Price, and some hard ones

Scoop: Netflix’s first gaming boss exits, following 2024 leadership shift

Three thumbs up for Split Fiction

Indiana Jones and the illusion of creating an even bigger game

Blizzard feels the pressure to keep Diablo players happy

Monster Hunter Wilds is not great for newcomers, though it seems pretty cool

You interviewed the world’s best video game designers (Well, at least some of you did!)

Warner Bros. axes three studios ahead of update to investors

Let’s close some tabs, including one about Dino Crisis

In an industry earthquake, NetEase plans to cut more all-star game studios

Microsoft’s divisive new gaming AI uses years of players’ gameplay data

Sony pushes back hard against Bungie veteran's wrongful termination lawsuit

Interview: Riot Games still wants to make an MMO (and just a few other things)

The game industry's 52 problems, and one amazing ruler

"They disagree that we are making things better for Americans, so they’re trying to end it.”

How Saber got so big

The developer of a game called Blue Prince knew exactly what to say to me

The brand-new Civilization VII could be a lot better, and probably eventually will be

My surprise trip on a gaming CEO's private jet

The PS4 generation isn’t over quite yet–but it’s finally getting close.

My favorite game of 2025 (so far) lets you climb monsters, but that's not the best part

Trump’s newest tariff threat could hit gaming hard, if it's for real

200 minutes with Assassin's Creed Shadows, including 11 extra-important ones

New Doom dropped multiplayer so developers could make a deeper solo game

U.S. agency that goes after banks also wants to protect gamers from theft and fraud

Marvel Snap goes offline in the U.S., following TikTok removal

My kids’ first meeting with Nintendo

Switch 2 to release in 2025, bigger Mario Kart en route

“You are not good at gaming”: My very silly meeting with Keita Takahashi

Game File, one year in...

The games that help us remember

The fate of Ubisoft is one of 2025’s biggest video game stories

Call Of Duty on trial: Activision's remarkably detailed defense to a school shooting lawsuit

Call of Duty's massive development budgets revealed: $700 million for Black Ops Cold War

Exclusive: How Sony improved the PS5 dashboard

The 23 games I played with my kids last year (And the 87 I played without them)