Gaming
Game security, anti-cheat systems, platform integrity and the wider gaming industry. Reporting and analysis on how games stay fair and where they break.
Xbox Exclusives Return as Hardware Revenue Sinks 33% [2026]
On June 7, 2026, at its annual Games Showcase, Xbox did something it had spent more than two years telling players it would never do again: it promised…
33 Years On, 3DO’s Comeback Collapses in Days [2026]
In late June 2026, a British-Turkish entrepreneur named Işık Şekercigil announced on LinkedIn that his newly relaunched publisher, Empire Interactive, had acquired “the trademark and select intellectual property…
Lutris Setup: 8 Stores in 12 Steps, 30 Min [2026]
Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, Battle.net, the EA app, Ubisoft Connect, Humble Bundle, and Amazon Prime Gaming: PC gamers who buy from more than one storefront now juggle…
PC Gaming vs Console Gaming: $11.1B vs -19% Drop [2026]
Two numbers sum up the state of gaming hardware in mid-2026. Steam just posted $11.1 billion in gross revenue for the first half of the year, its best…
Rockstar Games Hit: ShinyHunters Steal 78.6M Records [2026]
Rockstar Games has confirmed a data breach after the extortion group ShinyHunters claimed to have stolen 78.6 million records from the Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption…
Steam Posts Record $11.1B, Old Games Drive 79% [2026]
Valve doesn’t publish official Steam financial statements, but independent analytics firm Alinea Analytics estimates the platform generated $11.1 billion in gross revenue during the first half of 2026…
Xbox Game Pass vs PlayStation Plus: $22.99 vs $19.99 [2026]
Microsoft and Sony have spent the past nine months on parallel journeys: both raised prices sharply, both faced subscriber backlash, and both ended up walking part of it…
Azahar Setup: 3DS Emulation After Citra, 12 Steps [2026]
Type “citra emulator” into Google today and you’ll get over 22,000 searches a month in the US alone – more than triple the volume of the tool that…
DualSense Edge vs Xbox Elite: $199 Each, 40h vs 8h [2026]
Sony’s most customizable PlayStation pad and Microsoft’s flagship Xbox controller now cost exactly the same amount for the first time in their history. As of July 2026, both…
Bungie Settles $200M Suit as Marathon Sheds 92% [2026]
Christopher Barrett, the former director of both Destiny 2 and Marathon, has settled his $200 million wrongful-termination lawsuit against Bungie and Sony Interactive Entertainment. The announcement landed on…