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Holiday Travel Risks Are Rising. New Data Shows When Drivers Face the Greatest Danger

As millions of Americans prepare for the first major travel periods of the year, new crash data reveals that several upcoming holiday weekends may pose higher roadway risks than many travelers expect.

Why 'Baldur's Gate 3' Broke the RPG Industry: The Player Choice Games Revolution

Why 'Baldur's Gate 3' Broke the RPG Industry: The Player Choice Games Revolution

Explore how "Baldur's Gate 3" transformed player expectations through innovative RPG evolution and meaningful player choice games mechanics.

If every Xbox game can hit Fable's apparent AAA quality — it's destined for a bright future

If every Xbox game can hit Fable's apparent AAA quality — it's destined for a bright future

Xbox might have shed exclusivity, but in a post-Roblox world, it absolutely had no choice.

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Mass Effect boss Michael Gamble is looking for a production director for the next game in the series: 'They’ll report to me and it’s gonna be awesome'

Things are happening.

Ubisoft Shares Plunge Over 30% Following Restructure Announcement

Ubisoft's stock craters following the controversy.

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WWE 2K26 Teases Point to Four New NXT Additions

Details are starting to flow now.

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What Happened to Extreme Sports Games?

Where art thou?

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Ubisoft hits "major reset" button, cancels 6 games including Prince of Persia remake, delays 7 more reportedly including Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake, and confirms 4 new IP

Ubisoft hits "major reset" button, cancels 6 games including Prince of Persia remake, delays 7 more reportedly including Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake, and confirms 4 new IP

Ubisoft also closed two studios in sweeping cost cuts

Painkiller's creator jokes that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's team of newbies has 'ruined' his worldview: 'I don't know what to believe anymore'

Painkiller's creator jokes that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's team of newbies has 'ruined' his worldview: 'I don't know what to believe anymore'

"There's an incredible amount of smart decisions that allow them to make a game that looks AAA."

34-year game dev veteran says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 "ruined" his worldview because Sandfall had a bunch of junior devs finding "shortcuts" to make an RPG that "looks AAA"

34-year game dev veteran says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 "ruined" his worldview because Sandfall had a bunch of junior devs finding "shortcuts" to make an RPG that "looks AAA"

For those who dev after

Palworld dev "couldn't believe" the state of publisher deals in games and wanted to be "much fairer" with devs: "The price you have to pay is someone else taking all your money for years and years"

Palworld dev "couldn't believe" the state of publisher deals in games and wanted to be "much fairer" with devs: "The price you have to pay is someone else taking all your money for years and years"

Pocketpair Publishing doesn't backload recoup terms

Wrestling World in Uproar as AI Puts AEW Belt on WWE Superstar Dominik Mysterio

Wrestling World in Uproar as AI Puts AEW Belt on WWE Superstar Dominik Mysterio

WWE Superstar Dominik Mysterio was seen wearing a title belt from rival promotion AEW in an AI-generated image at AAA's Fox premiere.

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Intrepid PC builder fights RAM crunch by building DDR3 system that runs Cyberpunk 2077 at 60 FPS — Core i7-4790K, RTX 2060 Super, and 32GB of DDR3 would cost just $300

Intrepid PC builder fights RAM crunch by building DDR3 system that runs Cyberpunk 2077 at 60 FPS — Core i7-4790K, RTX 2060 Super, and 32GB of DDR3 would cost just $300

Increasing DDR5 prices are leading buyers to buy "ancient" desktop platforms going as far back as the DDR3 era. YouTuber discovers 4790K powered system with an RTX 2060 Super and $40 worth of 32GB DDR3 memory can run games modern AAA games at 60FPS.

Tom’s Hardware

Meta isn't giving up on VR, but it just evaporated any goodwill it had left

Meta isn't giving up on VR, but it just evaporated any goodwill it had left

Meta laid off most of its first-party development studios and seemingly shuttered developer funding, leaving many to wonder what's next for the Quest.

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Uncharted and Last of Us director says Zelda: Wind Waker was the main inspiration for his new game's art style, because the devs wanted the graphics to "last the test of time"

You can definitely see the Wind Waker vibes in Coven of the Chicken Foot

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A Blink-and-You-Miss-It WWE 2K26 Tease Has Fans Buzzing

Hey, what's that!?

As Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 makes Split Fiction boss concerned about a AA takeover, former Assassin's Creed lead says don't worry, it's an "absolute wasteland" for mid-budget funding

The Ubisoft veteran responds to Hazelight's Josef Fares

"One major AAA release will be built with AI-generated assets as a core selling point and succeed" — ChatGPT's bold 2026 gaming predictions

I asked ChatGPT for a forecast about the video games industry in 2026, and it delivered some pretty shocking predictions

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Split Fiction director Josef Fares praises Nintendo, Rockstar and Naughty Dog for 'pushing the envelope of innovation with a AAA budget'

Split Fiction and It Takes Two director Josef Fares has commented on other AAA developers, saying that big-budget experiences can still be used to push innovation forward.

Rockstar, Naughty Dog, and Nintendo are "pushing the envelope of innovation with a AAA budget," says Split Fiction director: "You can do a big AAA title but also take innovative risks"

"People are more scared. It's understandable. But it's proven that you can do it"

"You can't do GTA for $10 million": Split Fiction director worries “AA games are taking over” after Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's success, as he “would not be able to live without a AAA title"

The industry should have Sandfall Entertainment and Rockstar Games

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Valve's Steam Deck suffers the same problem as the Xbox Ally, and the solution might be a modern manufacturing impossibility — Sony nailed it 16 years ago

Handhelds are a modern marvel, but they're getting way too big. Is the PSP Go an example of what we should have done, or is that space filled by smartphones?

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WWE 2K26 Has a Chance to Feel Truly Global Due to AAA's Presence

Wrestling globetrotters!

No Baldur’s Gate 3 on Switch 2 shatters gamers' hopes

It could have been the perfect fit for Nintendo's AAA ambitions for the console.

Former Assassin's Creed director discusses the folly of ballooning development budgets: 'You need to have people to coordinate the people coordinating'

Former Assassin's Creed director Alexandre Amancio says AAA studios 'mistakenly' try to 'solve a problem by throwing people at it'.

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