Tag: gaming industry

Steam Week in Review: 4 Backrooms games released on Steam last week, joining a list of over 500 cash-ins, parodies and legitimate contenders

Steam Week in Review:…

With this week’s theatrical release of A24’s The Backrooms adaptation, I was expecting an avalanche of new Backrooms-themed videogames…
The Stop Killing Games movement hits another major milestone as a game preservation bill passes California State Assembly vote

The Stop Killing Games…

The California State Assembly has passed a new bill detailed by Stop Killing Games, in another major step forward…
There’s one game Don’t Nod narrative designer Nina Freeman won’t ever uninstall from her PC, because it’s banned on Steam: ‘It’s tragic, because everyone should play this game’

There’s one game Don’t…

Disk Cleanup Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come…
Mass Effect and Metal Gear actor Jennifer Hale calls on studios to take responsibility for their AI use: ‘Ain’t nobody making you do it’

Mass Effect and Metal…

As part of an interview sampled in the 2026 GDC Trends Report, prolific voice actor Jennifer Hale once again…
The Mortal Kombat 2 movie doesn’t come out until next year, but Mortal Kombat 3 is already confirmed because the studios are ‘convinced there’s a giant fanbase waiting for it’

The Mortal Kombat 2…

As reported by Eurogamer and Deadline, a third entry in the new trilogy of Mortal Kombat movies has been…
Backrooms to triple previous A24 opening weekend record at $85+ million

Backrooms to triple previous…

As reported by Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter, Backrooms is big. How big? Bigger than Jesus The Beatles The…
Backrooms to triple previous A24 opening weekend record at $85+ million

Backrooms to triple previous…

As reported by Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter, Backrooms is big. How big? Bigger than Jesus The Beatles The…
Traffic to DuckDuckGo’s proudly ‘No AI’ search page has tripled since latest Google AI search update

Traffic to DuckDuckGo’s proudly…

Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has announced that its opt-in, generative AI-limiting “No AI” search page has received three times…
Game Pass success story: It turns out that when you make things cheaper, more people will buy them

Game Pass success story:…

Sometimes, if you want people to buy more of something, lowering the price can be an effective way of…
Balatro publisher Playstack could soon belong to the same private equity firm that owns Fandom and GameSpot

Balatro publisher Playstack could…

Playstack, publisher of some of the most acclaimed indie games in recent years—games like Balatro, Abiotic Factor, and The…