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.
PlayStation Portal vs Steam Deck: $199 vs $789 [2026]
Sony’s PlayStation Portal has kept its US price frozen at $199.99 since launch, while Valve raised Steam Deck OLED prices by roughly 42 percent in May 2026, pushing…
GameStop Calls Games ‘Irrelevant’ in $55.5B eBay Bid [2026]
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen told Bloomberg television on July 16, 2026 that physical video game sales are “totally, totally irrelevant” to his company’s future, just hours after confirming…
Steam Deck OLED Jumps 46% to $949, Tops PS5 Pro [2026]
Valve has raised the price of the Steam Deck OLED by as much as 46%, ending nearly four years of the handheld’s reputation as the affordable option in…
Switch 2 OLED Rumor: 75% Probable, Price a Hurdle [2026]
Nintendo is reportedly evaluating whether to build an OLED version of the Switch 2, according to a July 13, 2026 report from the Korean outlet ZDNET Korea, which…
GOG Galaxy Setup: 9 Platforms in 12 Steps [2026]
GOG Galaxy has spent more than a decade as the odd one out among game launchers: free, DRM-agnostic, and conspicuously absent from Linux. That changed on July 28,…
Steam Machine vs PS5: $400 More, Fewer FPS [2026]
Valve’s living-room PC finally has real reviews, real benchmarks, and a real price tag attached to it, and none of the three are quite what the “6x Steam…
Mario Kart Tour Shuts Down After 7 Years, No Refunds [2026]
Nintendo has confirmed that Mario Kart Tour will end service on September 29, 2026 at 11:00 p.m. Pacific time – roughly 8:00 a.m. CEST on September 30 –…
God of War Laufey Dated for 2027, Kratos Sequel Next [2026]
Sony Interactive Entertainment turned a routine San Diego Comic-Con panel into the biggest God of War news cycle since Ragnarök‘s 2022 launch. On July 24, 2026, Santa Monica…
Halo Campaign Evolved Scores 81, Lowest in 25 Years [2026]
Halo: Campaign Evolved has settled into an 81/100 on Metacritic, the lowest aggregate score any mainline Halo campaign has posted in the franchise’s 25-year history. The remake’s review…
Xemu Setup: 80% Xbox Compatibility, 12 Steps [2026]
The original Xbox launched in November 2001 and Microsoft stopped making it in 2005, but the console’s library is more playable today than at almost any point since.…
