The Latest Breaking News from AAA

As the Chinese game industry flocks from mobile to AAA blockbusters, Phantom Blade Zero's director says the quiet part out loud: 'Good games are good. It's not 'big games are good.''

"Good creators can make smaller games or big games."

PC Gamer · Jul 29, 2025

Former The Last of Us artist says "ultra realism slows everything down" when it comes to game development, and "chasing" it has "negatively affected many"

Makes sense when you look at how long Naughty Dog games are taking

GamesRadar · Jul 29, 2025

"We do not design and produce games for everyone": Space Marine 2 publisher "didn't believe" it would reach 7 million players and says niche games made for specific people are the future, AAA mass appeal be damned

Space Marine 2 and RoadCraft have more in common than you'd think

GamesRadar · Jul 29, 2025

Doom co-creator John Romero says games like Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 are the future, because they "make AAA studios go, 'Wait a minute, we need to start doing this'''

Despite the challenges facing the industry, Romero remains optimistic

GamesRadar · Jul 22, 2025

Asus ROG Flow Z13 review: great on-the-go gaming, but at a cost

The Asus ROG Flow Z13 is an excellent 2-in-1 gaming laptop/tablet, but there are a few flaws that prevent it from being perfect.

TechRadar · Jul 15, 2025

“The warm wash of top-class tone we experienced from both these guitars was impossible to resist”: Fenech VT Camphor Laurel Auditorium and VT Professional Blackwood Dread D78 review

An Australian brand with a burgeoning reputation down under steps into the limelight with a pair of hand-built acoustics that incorporate premium tonewoods and a sharp eye for design

Guitar World · Jul 15, 2025

Higher Yields Without Junk Bonds: Reckoner's New ETF Offers New Spin On CLOs

Alternative credit expert Reckoner Capital Management on July 9 introduced the Reckoner Leveraged AAA CLO ETF (NYSE:RAAA), the industry’s first ETF providing leveraged exposure to AAA-rated collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).

Benzinga · Jul 14, 2025

I don't know folks, I think game dev might be kind of broken: slick Soulslike RPG Lords of the Fallen has passed 5.5 million players but still isn't profitable

Don't worry, though, it's "very close"

GamesRadar · Jul 11, 2025

Video game voice actor strike secured anti-AI protections—now it’s time to push the tech out of the industry as a whole

Video game voice actors will have it easier with AI, but we need the thing gone for good.

Destructoid · Jul 10, 2025

An Arkane Studios AAA game entered production at the end of 2024, meaning Marvel's Blade might not be as far along as we all hoped

Stand down, Dishonored fans

GamesRadar · Jul 10, 2025