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Nasdaq-listed GDC plans to buy Bitcoin and TRUMP memecoin for $300M
13.5.2025
GD Culture Group (GDC), a Nasdaq-listed holding company focused on livestreaming, e-commerce and artificial intelligence-powered digital human technology, plans to raise up to $300 million for a cryptocurrency treasury reserve.In a May 12 statement, GDC and its subsidiary, AI Catalysis Corp....
How 'Do No Harm' grossed ~$500k in Month 1 on Steam!
22.4.2025
Also: key GDC talks now up for free, our new sponsorship, and lots of news
4 great graphs - and 1 new feature - from Steam's GDC presentations
25.3.2025
Also: a 2D zombie game that's taking off, and lots of news
5 key platform & discovery takeaways from GDC 2025
21.3.2025
Also: the week's big Steam releases analyzed for Plus/Pro subscribers
Only 8 Percent Of PC Gaming Time Was Spent On New Games Last Year, Report Claims
20.3.2025
There are more folks spending more time playing PC games than ever before, but they’re increasingly spending their time playing older stuff. A new report by market research firm Newzoo estimates that only 8 percent of PC gaming hours in 2024 were spent on games that came out in that same year....
No One Was Around To Collect Life Is Strange: Double Exposure's Award For Social Impact Following Layoffs
20.3.2025
Life Is Strange: Double Exposure was a divisive sequel to a beloved narrative-driven adventure series. It ended up winning the Social Impact award at the Game Developers Choice Awards last night, but following mass layoffs at developer Deck Nine Games last year, it was also one of the only games...
Pokémon Lawsuit Took Palworld Team By Surprise, Says Dev
18.3.2025
It’s been six months to the day since Nintendo and The Pokemon Company announced they were suing Pocketpair, the developer behind the “Pokemon with guns” survival game Palworld. After months of controversy surrounding the game’s various alleged Pokemon knock-offs a lawsuit seemed inevitable,...
What are the surprise hits of 2025 so far on Steam?
14.3.2025
Also: much game news & a reminder re: our GDC Plus/Pro meetup
Monster Hunter Wilds went... how big, how unoptimized?
28.2.2025
Also: a game attracting wishlists, lots of news, and our GDC Plus meetup
5 Big Takeaways From The Newest Developer Survey On The State Of Gaming
22.1.2025
Ahead of the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) in March, the organization behind the event released its latest annual survey of creators on the state of the industry. The feedback showed that gaming has been rocked by layoffs over the last 12 months, but also pointed to some silver linings for...
Someone Dumped $400,000 Worth Of Stolen Playdate Gaming Handhelds At A Random Restaurant
31.5.2024
Earlier this year, Panic, the company behind the whimsical Playdate gaming handheld, revealed that a shipment containing more than a thousand of the devices had been stolen. Several months and a lot of sleuthing later, the rogue shipments have been discovered after seemingly being dumped on...
How user reviews affect your game's Month 1 sales
1.5.2024
Also: GDC Vault recommendations & lots of news
Baldur’s Gate 3 Becomes First Game To Win Every Major GOTY Award
12.4.2024
If it seems like Baldur’s Gate 3 can’t stop winning Game of the Year awards, you aren’t wrong. Just this week, Larian’s ambitious 2023 Dungeons & Dragons RPG took home yet another prize during the video game portion of the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs). While it is impressive alone to take...
Some Publishers Reportedly Not Sure Why They Should Keep Supporting Xbox
26.3.2024
Reportedly, some third-party video game publishers aren’t sure why they should keep making and supporting games for Xbox consoles due to poor sales in Europe. Read more
Exclusive: the numbers behind Epic's 12% store cut
25.3.2024
Also: lots of post-GDC discovery news, folks
How Balatro hit 1 million sales in less than a month!
18.3.2024
We talk to the folks behind it. Also: lots of discovery news & some GDC bingo
Video Game Conventions Are Still Hotbeds Of Sexualized Abuse
8.6.2023
Just days after the March 2023 Game Developer Conference came to a close, disturbing allegations started making the rounds on social media: The ultra-popular conference for game developers, held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center and attended by an estimated 28,000 people, was rife with sordid tales...
Shrapnel wows at GDC, Undead Blocks hot take, Second Trip: Web3 Gamer
30.3.2023
First-person shooter Shrapnel blows gamers away at GDC, Otherside’s Second Trip vs Fortnite, Callan gets killed by zombies over and over
Ex-Sims Dev Says Men Lie About How They Play Game Out Of Embarrassment
28.3.2023
You know that new-age internet saying, “all women do is eat hot chip and lie?” Well, now we’ve got a new gamer saying for men. And no, has nothing to do with them chugging Monster energy drinks and punching holes in the wall when they lose in Warzone, because all men do is “play The Sims and lie,”...
Sadly, Kirby Will Not Turn Into A Hot Man If He Swallows A Hot Man
28.3.2023
Kirby’s whole thing is that he has a huge mouth, and anything he swallows he either absorbs their powers or transforms into. If he swallows Mario in a Smash fight he gets a red hat. In more recent times, if he puts a car in his mouth, he turns into a car.Read more