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Game security, anti-cheat systems, platform integrity and the wider gaming industry. Reporting and analysis on how games stay fair and where they break.

Amazon Luna Kills Game Ownership, $0 in Refunds [2026]

Amazon has spent the past three months quietly dismantling the one feature that used to separate Luna from every other cloud gaming service: the ability to actually own…
By Dr. Heinrich Vogel · Jul 18, 2026

Embracer Group Splits in Two, Profit Craters 68% [2026]

Embracer Group confirmed on May 20, 2026 that it will break itself into two independently listed companies, spinning off a new entertainment business called Fellowship Entertainment onto Nasdaq…
By Dr. Elena Marchetti · Jul 17, 2026

Xbox Shipments Sink 22%, Head Toward Zero by 2027 [2026]

Global console shipments are on track for their steepest single-year drop of this hardware generation, and Xbox is absorbing the worst of it. A new forecast from S&P…
By Marcus Bell · Jul 17, 2026

Legion Go vs Steam Deck: $599 vs $789, 4x the Pixels [2026]

Two of the handhelds that defined the modern PC gaming category launched within weeks of each other in late 2023: the Lenovo Legion Go on October 31, and…
By Dr. Heinrich Vogel · Jul 17, 2026
PlayStation controller beside stacked gold coins symbolizing rising PS Plus subscription prices

PS Plus Jumps to $19.99 as Sony Eyes a Third Hike [2026]

Sony has raised PlayStation Plus subscription prices for the second time in three years – and the company is already signaling that a third increase could follow. The…
By Marcus Bell · Jul 17, 2026

Atlas Menu Hack Exposes 63,926 GTA, CS2 Cheaters [2026]

A cheat-selling operation built its entire pitch around “secure authentication” and “advanced encryption techniques.” In May 2026, a hacker proved otherwise. Atlas Menu, a paid mod-menu service that…
By Dr. Heinrich Vogel · Jul 16, 2026

Terraria Server Setup: 255 Players, 12 Steps [2026]

Terraria has outlived just about every multiplayer sandbox game released alongside it, and the January 2026 launch of update 1.4.5 gave the fourteen-year-old game its biggest content drop…
By Ryan Cole · Jul 16, 2026

DuckStation Setup: 512KB BIOS in 12 Steps [2026]

DuckStation is a free PlayStation 1 emulator built almost single-handedly by a developer known as stenzek, and it has become the default recommendation for PS1 emulation on PC…
By Priya Anand · Jul 15, 2026

ROG Xbox Ally vs Ally X: $599 vs $999, 47% Faster [2026]

ASUS currently sells three handhelds with “ROG Ally” in the name, and two of them launched on the exact same day. The ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox…
By Dr. Heinrich Vogel · Jul 15, 2026

PS6 Cost Leak Hits $960 as Sony Delays to 2028 [2026]

Sony has not confirmed a PlayStation 6. It has not named a release date, has not set a price, and has not shown a single official image of…
By Ryan Cole · Jul 14, 2026

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