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Control Resonant Left the Building, and the Reviews Noticed
Remedy's sequel landed at 84 with critics.
The Best Game of Launch Week Was Made by One Person
Well Dweller opened at Metacritic 91, two days before Control Resonant and Silent Hill: Townfall - and it launched on the subscription Xbox is still paying into while it cuts studios.
Undead Labs Got Its Name Back. Here's What Independence Cost.
The State of Decay studio left Xbox as an employee-owned indie on September 22 - and said goodbye to a 'significant' number of developers the same day.
KO_OP's Layoffs Show Worker Ownership Can't Beat the Market
A worker-owned indie studio and IGN laid off staff on the same day - and the casualty pattern points at the mid-tier budget range, not at any one business model.
Tokyo Game Show 2026's Real Story Is the Release Calendar
Xbox, Capcom, and Square Enix's Tokyo Game Show slate isn't a coincidence of dates - it's release-calendar chess played around the one game nobody wants to launch next to.
Dragon Quest's 100 Million Is a Remake Story, Not an Anniversary Story
Square Enix's 40th-anniversary milestone is being sold as a birthday, but nearly all the recent momentum behind it came from HD-2D remakes, not new games - and that's the actual lesson.
Warcraft III's New Campaign Dodges the Reforged Question
Blizzard announced Warcraft III's first new campaign in 20+ years at BlizzCon - and quietly avoided saying whether it redeems or abandons the 2020 remaster.
Valheim 1.0 Is Out. What Does 'Done' Mean for a Live Game?
Valheim hit 1.0 with the Deep North update, full crossplay, and a console launch.