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How indie studios are thriving while AAA games struggle

Major game publishers keep announcing layoffs, studio closures, and canceled projects. Meanwhile, small indie teams are ...

Why the subscription model will lose creatives in 2026

Blender, once the slightly eccentric cousin of the 3D world, has evolved into a full-blown powerhouse used by studios and ...
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Subtle magic of an itinerant statesman

Rasool is perhaps one of the few South African political figures able to articulate the global consequences of misused ...
Game Rant

ARC Raiders Players Want to Use the Tutorial Skin in the Rest of the Game

Mohsen Baqery is a Guide Staff Writer from Turkey. With a passion for gaming that borders on obsession, Mohsen thrives on guiding fellow gamers through the most challenging obstacles while exploring ...

Kristi Noem's 'New Face' Breaks The Internet, Plastic Surgeon Reacts To Botox Claims

Kristi Noem is facing intense online backlash after viewers were stunned by her appearance during a recent Fox News interview ...
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Amid The Game Awards hubbub, Xbox quietly announces a January Developer Direct featuring the Fable and Forza Horizon 6 studio

While The Game Awards 2025 soaked up all the attention in the gaming world, Xbox quietly announced that its annual Developer Direct showcase is returning next month, with Playground Games set to ...
IGN

See you on the Playground.

Microsoft has confirmed plans for a significant Xbox Developer Direct showcase in January 2026 after a relatively quiet The Game Awards. While Microsoft-owned Blizzard announced the next Diablo 4 ...
The Guardian

‘If we build it, they will come’: Skövde, the tiny town powering up Sweden’s video game boom

It started with a goat. Now – via a degree for developers and an incubator for startups – the tiny city is churning out world-famous video game hits. What is the secret of its success? On 26 March ...
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Xbox Confirms First 2026 Games Showcase With Huge Promise

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally circa 2010. If he was forced to pick a favorite ...
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343 Industries becomes Halo Studios, multiple Halo games in development on Unreal Engine 5

Xbox Game Studios subsidiary 343 Industries is changing its name to Halo Studios, and all future Halo projects will be built in Unreal Engine 5, including multiple new Halo games currently in ...
Rolling Out

What makes Clair Obscur the most awarded game of 2025

Photo screenshot: FRANCE 24 English YOUTUBE/ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 takes top prize at annual video games awards • FRANCE 24 English A French video game studio has made history at one of gaming’s ...
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After Game Awards no-show, there's fresh hope for Fable as Microsoft teases its developer for January showcase

We got lots of big reveals during The Game Awards, but there were certainly some notable absences. I can't honestly say I really expected to see Persona 6, but I was quietly hoping Fable would show ...