Industry Analysis
18 articles · no PR · no bullshit
Gamescom Let Indie Devs Get Robbed. Then Blamed Them. SHAME!
Multiple indie studios had hardware stolen from their Gamescom 2026 booths, including demo builds and company data. Gamescom's first response was to point at the terms and conditions. CD Projekt Red did more for the victims than the organizers whose actual job was security.
7 Sept 2026 · 5 min
Gaming Needs a New Category. The Industry Is Too SCARED to Create It.
Expedition 33 won Best Indie Game with 412 credits and $10M budget. Balatro was one person. They should not share a category. The AA label needs to exist.
25 May 2026 · 10 min
How Mixtape Got a 10/10 With Only 285 Players - It's not even a game!
IGN gave Mixtape a 10/10. 285 people were playing it three weeks later. Press kit nobody disclosed, the review mechanism, and the Ellison connection.
25 May 2026 · 17 min
How Sony WASTED $1 Billion on Bungie
PlayStation reported a $765 million impairment loss on Bungie in 2026, on top of a $204 million write-down the year before. Nearly a billion dollars in 18 months. Bad games, studio politics, a talent exodus, and a pitch Sony should never have believed.
14 May 2026 · 10 min
Mixtape: 79% on Steam, 66% From English Speakers
Mixtape has an 86 on Metacritic and 285 concurrent players. English speakers rate it 66% positive. The data behind 2026's biggest review score controversy.
13 May 2026 · 8 min
GTA 6: Everything We Know. And Why November 19 Feels Like a Lie.
GTA 6 launches November 19, 2026. Two trailers. Seventy official screenshots. Zero gameplay footage. Zero price. Zero PC date. Zero Trailer 3. The most anticipated game in history is six months from launch and Rockstar has gone completely silent. Here's everything confirmed, everything speculated, and why the silence is starting to feel deliberate.
6 May 2026 · 12 min
Nintendo Switch 2 Broke Every Launch Record. Now It's in Trouble.
The Nintendo Switch 2 broke every launch record in gaming history. Then Nintendo cut production by 33%, sued the US government over tariffs, and floated another price hike. Here's what happened.
4 May 2026 · 8 min
Saudi Arabia Just Bought EA for $55 Billion. Here's What Happens Next.
The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia is acquiring EA for $55 billion. They've done this before with Scopely. Here's what the track record actually shows, and what it means for Battlefield, The Sims, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age.
4 May 2026 · 9 min
WOKE Sony Replaces Male Leads and Wonders Why Numbers Drop
The God of War Faye spinoff rumour isn't the issue. The issue is a pattern Sony keeps repeating: take a beloved male character, sideline him, and act surprised when gamers notice. Here's the track record.
1 May 2026 · 9 min
Pragmata Made Men Want to Be Dads. Critics Hate It.
Capcom's Pragmata is one of the best games of 2026. It also made a lot of male gamers feel something unexpectedly wholesome. The discourse that followed says more about the critics than the players.
1 May 2026 · 8 min
Hades Is NOT a Roguelike. Calling It One Misses the Point.
Hades is the most acclaimed roguelike of the last decade. It is also not really a roguelike in any meaningful sense. The distinction matters because it explains why nothing else can replicate what Supergiant built.
24 Apr 2026 · 9 min
Game Pass Killed the Mid-Budget Game. Microsoft Doesn't Give a F*ck.
Hi-Fi RUSH won every award. Microsoft shut down the studio that made it eight months later. This is not a coincidence. It is what Game Pass does to the games that don't generate subscriptions.
24 Apr 2026 · 9 min
The Elden Ring Difficulty Discourse Is Exhausting. Everyone Is WRONG.
Every time FromSoftware releases a game, the internet spends two weeks arguing about whether it should have an easy mode. Both sides of this argument are tedious. Here's the actual take.
23 Apr 2026 · 10 min
The Last of Us Part II Is Better. The 2020 Backlash Was EMBARRASSING.
The Last of Us Part II is a more ambitious, more technically accomplished, and more thematically complex game than the original. The online backlash against it in 2020 was one of the ugliest things gaming has produced.
23 Apr 2026 · 9 min
The Witcher 3 Is OVERRATED. There, I Said It.
The Witcher 3 is not the greatest RPG ever made. It is a very good open world game buried under 100 hours of filler, a mediocre combat system, and a fanbase that will not hear a word against it.
23 Apr 2026 · 8 min
Cozy Games Are Exploding. Gamers Are DONE With AAA Stress.
The average gamer is in their mid-30s. They have jobs, families, and limited time. Cozy games exist for them. Here's why the genre is exploding and what it means for indie developers.
17 Apr 2026 · 8 min
Balatro Was Made by ONE Person. That's Still Insane.
One developer, 2.5 years, expected ten sales. Balatro sold 5 million. Why solo-dev constraints produce better games than hundred-person studio budgets.
17 Apr 2026 · 11 min
AAA Is Collapsing. And IDGAF.
EA, Ubisoft, and Microsoft closed 30+ studios since 2020. The machine is breaking. The games getting better because of it aren't coming from publishers.
17 Apr 2026 · 8 min