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.
Discord IPO Stalls at $8.5B, Below Microsoft’s $12B [2026]
Discord filed confidentially for a U.S. initial public offering on January 6, 2026. More than six months later, the most-anticipated Discord IPO of the year still has no…
Palworld 1.0 Hits July 10: 32M Players, $30K Suit [2026]
After nearly 30 months in early access, Palworld 1.0 arrives on July 10, 2026, closing the book on one of the most improbable success stories in modern gaming…
Xbox Layoffs: 3,200 Jobs Cut, 4 Studios Divested [2026]
On Monday, July 6, 2026, Microsoft confirmed the deepest and most consequential round of Xbox layoffs in the platform’s 25-year history. New Microsoft Gaming chief executive Asha Sharma…
Roblox Age Verification Wipes $6.7B, Stock -18% [2026]
Roblox spent the first half of 2026 doing something almost no consumer platform ever does willingly: it built a wall in front of its own front door. Since…
Batocera vs RetroPie vs Recalbox: 200+ Systems [2026]
Retro gaming has never been bigger, and in 2026 the question is no longer whether you can turn a Raspberry Pi, an old laptop, or a modern handheld…
RAM Prices Up 89%: AI Memory Crunch Hits Gaming [2026]
The price of a single stick of RAM has quietly become the most volatile number in PC gaming. Over the past year, RAM prices have exploded – some…
Xbox Project Helix: Next Console Runs PC Games, 2028 [2026]
Updated July 6, 2026. Xbox turned 25 this year, and the birthday party told you everything about where the brand is headed. At its June 7 anniversary showcase,…
RetroArch: 100+ Cores in 12 Steps, 30 Min [2026]
RetroArch is the closest thing retro gaming has to a universal remote. Instead of juggling a dozen separate emulators — each with its own menus, its own controller…
EmuDeck on Steam Deck: 20+ Emulators, 12 Steps [2026]
The Steam Deck is the most capable emulation handheld most people will ever own, but out of the box it does not play a single Super Nintendo, PlayStation…
Legion Go S vs Steam Deck: $599 vs $789 OLED [2026]
For nearly two years, buying a handheld gaming PC meant buying a Steam Deck. Valve set the template, undercut every rival on price, and locked up the software…
