Gaming
Epic Games Wins Reversal of Stay in App Store Fee Legal Battle
The Fee That Wouldn't Die: What Epic Games' Latest Court Win Really Settles Apple spent five years arguing it was a fair toll-keeper. A federal appeals court just said, again, that it isn't — and now the question isn't whether Apple can charge a fee, but who gets to name the price.
A 19-Year-Old in Ukraine Just Exposed Roblox's $3.6 Billion Blind Spot
Three individuals were arrested by Ukrainian police in Lviv after compromising more than 610,000 Roblox gaming accounts and selling access to them for a total profit of $225,000. The ringleader was 19 years old. He was from Drohobych — a mid-sized city in western Ukraine — and he didn't use anything close to sophisticated nation-state tooling. He used stolen cookie files: technical data that remembers a user in a system and allows logging into an account without re-entering a password. Bleeping ComputerMezha
League of Legends Patch 26.9: New Skins, System Changes & Gameplay Updates
Riot Games has rolled out Patch 26.9 for League of Legends, bringing a wide range of updates across champions, items, systems, and game modes. The patch introduces new gameplay mechanics, reworks to role quests, and fresh content as part of Season 2: Pandemonium, signaling a continued focus on evolving gameplay and player experience.
VALORANT Patch Notes 12.08: Skirmish Ascension, Map Rotation & Premier Return
Riot Games has rolled out Patch 12.08 for VALORANT, bringing a mix of competitive updates, gameplay changes, and bug fixes. The highlight of this patch is the introduction of Skirmish: Ascension, a new experimental ranked mode, alongside a fresh map rotation and the return of Premier for PC players. The update reflects Riot’s continued push toward competitive innovation and player engagement.
In Kiln, “Weird Little Guys” Matter More Than Censorship
A Sandbox Built for Strange Expression
Resident Evil’s Leon Was Named After a 1994 French Action Film
A Cinematic Nod Hidden in Plain Sight
Diablo 4’s Cow Level May Finally Appear in Lord of Hatred
A Running Joke That Refused to Die
Yoshi-P Wants to Make a Single-Player Final Fantasy XIV. The Problem? He Needs Himself to Do It.
In January 2024, Final Fantasy XIV crossed 30 million registered accounts. That figure makes it the second-largest subscription MMO on the planet, sitting just behind World of Warcraft in a genre that many industry analysts had written off as a relic by the late 2010s. For a game that launched in 2010 to catastrophic reviews and had to be entirely rebuilt and relaunched three years later, it is one of the most improbable commercial turnarounds in gaming history. And the man who pulled off that miracle — producer and director Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida — just told the press he wishes he could make a game that abandons everything that makes Final Fantasy XIV what it is.
Xbox Project Helix Is Caught in AI's Shadow — and Microsoft's New CEO Just Said So Out Loud
Data centres don't play video games. But they are increasingly deciding when — and at what price — you get to. The three major memory manufacturers — Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron — have made a calculated business decision: prioritise high-margin AI chips for data centres over consumer electronics. Dataconomy The consequences of that decision are now landing squarely on Microsoft's next-generation console ambitions. And for the first time, the company's new leadership is saying so publicly.
Xbox's $1,000 Bet That Consoles Were Never the Problem
The person running Xbox right now has never shipped a game. She holds a second-degree black belt in taekwondo, came from Microsoft's CoreAI division, and only started playing video games after getting the job — under the gamertag AMRAHSAHSA, her own surname in reverse, as if she needed a reminder of how exposed she is.
PlaySimple Files DRHP for ₹3,150 Cr OFS-Only IPO
A Liquidity Event, Not a Capital Raise
Assassin’s Creed Actor Wants Role in TV Adaptation
A Familiar Voice Eyes the Screen
Capcom 2026 PC Games Heavily Discounted, Including Pragmata
Major 2026 Titles Get Early Price Cuts
Under-Appreciated Schwarzenegger Film Gets 4K Steelbook Release
A Cult Favorite Gets Premium Treatment
Diablo 4 Uniques Become a Wild Card in Lord of Hatred
A Shift in Item Philosophy
All Ships in Windrose and How to Unlock Them
How Ship Progression Works in Windrose
Xbox Lowers Game Pass Prices but Removes Day-One Call of Duty Access
Xbox Game Pass will see price reductions across select tiers, but with a notable trade-off: day-one access to Call of Duty titles will no longer be included. The change marks a meaningful pivot in Xbox’s long-running effort to position Game Pass as the definitive value proposition in console gaming.
Miyamoto Says Peach’s Galaxy Movie Backstory Will Shape Future Mario Games
Nintendo rarely treats its cinematic projects as isolated side stories. According to Shigeru Miyamoto, Princess Peach’s expanded backstory in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will have implications beyond the big screen. The character development introduced in the film is expected to influence how she appears in future Mario games. That acknowledgment signals a tighter feedback loop between Nintendo’s film adaptations and its core game franchises. From Archetype to Character
Pragmata Embraces Player Mistakes — And That’s a Good Thing
Not in the “reload instantly and try again” way that most modern titles tolerate, but in a design-forward way that builds failure into the experience. That decision may sound minor. It isn’t.