We're not done with 2026 yet.

So exclusives were walked away from in varying degrees because they weren't providing enough return and now the multiplatform strategies aren't providing enough return so we're going back to the exclusives that weren't doing enough and when these exclusives again don't provide enough return we'll...

Gateshead and the greatest escape in English football history Manager Rob Elliot reveals how his side pulled off the most remarkable of comebacks

The wildest tale in English football this season is easy: Gateshead and the greatest escape of all.

Manager Rob Eliott walked me through the miracle.

inews.co.uk/sport/footba...

Voice of Luigi in upcoming Super Mario movie Charlie Day was asked who his favorite Luigi’s are, and he said Luigi Mangione

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"Manage all business operations functions for PlayStation PC group, helping the unit grow from $0-300M in Net Revenue for Sony in 3 years" (2021-2023)

I've been thinking about this video all day.

it's so funny that anyone thinks epic is actually interested in breaking monoplies re: apple/steam vs them just wanting the monopoly for themselves but failing to take them like please think instead of listening to the corporate memos

Most people do, for obvious and valid reasons.

Wow, Absolute Batman #12 was brutal

Luddites!

Oh, and 66 percent of players view Steam in a language other than English, so don't forget to localize your store page.

"Localization is probably one of the top pieces of advice we share with developers."

Over 50 percent of active Steam users in 2025 played on more than one machine, so Valve encourages devs to consider configuring their video games for Steam Cloud.

Case in point: Valve says daily deals improved dramatically in 2025 by offering more devs time in the spotlight.

8.2M customers bought a daily deal in 2025

Valve says more titles are finding success on Steam than ever before, despite concerns of over-saturation on the storefront.

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

"...our hardware sales strategy can be adjusted flexibly, and we intend to minimize the impact of the increased memory cost on this segment going forward by prioritizing monetization of the install base"

Very interesting. Going to try and goose the ARPU even more - but how is the question.

This bit in the From Russia With Love game made me laugh out loud. You've got a fairly grounded, low key fight based on the one in the movie, then the most video game looking fucker of all time slides into frame.

A baffling decision

So, shift in strategy from market expansion and revenue growth to margin protection.

Younger and less affluent players aren't going to leave their established games and low barrier of entry platforms, and dedicated PC players will just play other things.

But sure, higher margin % on lower revs.

Capcom says PC sales account for approximately 50% of total unit sales and they expect this ratio to increase. They will also further strengthen their PC development framework.

www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/d...

Starmer's ability to find the exact sweetspot which pisses off everyone is extraordinary. He's a savant.

Sony’s Bluepoint Pitched ‘Bloodborne’ Remake Before Closure The inside story of why PlayStation closed its beloved subsidiary

NEW: Last year, Bluepoint Games pitched a Bloodborne remake. Sony didn't turn it down... but FromSoftware did.

Inside the tragic closure of Bluepoint, what they've been doing for the last five years, and why the studio was shut down: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Paddington at the BAFTAs, but he’s doing Tony Montana’s ‘bad guy’ bit from Scarface.

Sorry but I couldn't help myself #AKotSK #F&F7

ABSOLUTE BATMAN 20 cover. Get ready.
@nickdragotta.bsky.social @dc.com

Reads like an Ace Combat monolog

WHAT

Final Fantasy 7 Remake director explains why Part 3 being multiformat won’t compromise performance | VGC Naoki Hamaguchi says PC is considered the lead platform and even the PS5 Pro version is optimised…

Final Fantasy 7 Remake's director has explained in detail why making Part 3 multiplatform won't compromise its quality.

Naoki Hamaguchi says PC is the the lead development platform, and that even PS5 Pro is a "mid-range" system needing optimisation.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/final-f...

Wish Steam Chat was a smidgen better, would be such a no brainer

Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.

Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.