Derek Strickland
Senior Gaming Editor - Florida, USA
Derek joined the TweakTown team in 2015 and has since reviewed and played 1000s of hours of new games. Derek is absorbed with the intersection of technology and gaming, and is always looking forward to new advancements. With over six years in games journalism under his belt, Derek aims to further engage the gaming sector while taking a peek under the tech that powers it. He hopes to one day explore the stars in No Man's Sky with the magic of VR.
Editorial Responsibilities: gaming news and reviews
Derek Strickland has written 10627 pieces of content
- June 2023
- Microsoft tried, and failed, to persuade Activision to put games on Game Pass
- Minecraft makes 4x more revenue on Switch than Xbox
- ZeniMax buyout used a sliding scale Neutrino Model to determine effects of platform exclusivity
- All future ZeniMax and Bethesda games may be Xbox exclusive
- Internal Microsoft doc hints advertisements could come to Xbox games or Game Pass
- Sony says it 'does not typically require subscription exclusivity' for games on PS Plus
- Microsoft may have significantly lowered Windows license prices for NVIDIA's GeForce Now
- Satya Nadella wants to remove all game exclusivity: 'I have no love for that world'
- Bobby Kotick indicates Activision games could come to subscription if the price is right
- Red Dead Redemption rated in Korea, could be RDR1 remaster
- FTC economist witness unprepared to illustrate size and scope of Activision's megaton games
- Sony's Jim Ryan: Kotick asked to negotiate Call of Duty to 'cover himself' if merger fails
- BioWare to focus exclusively on singleplayer games, new Mass Effect in pre-production
- Sony's Jim Ryan: 'I believe Microsoft will use Call of Duty to damage us'
- Xbox missed annual revenue forecasts by $780 million
- Microsoft wants Xbox to 'reach industry leadership' by 2030, plans to double Xbox revenues
- Microsoft's buyout consideration list included 100+ game devs: Bungie, CD Projekt, FromSoftware
- Xbox is a separate business unit where profit 'non-negotiable'
- Minecraft is the highest-earning Xbox game and it delivers 'significant profits'
- Xbox's Phil Spencer says he wouldn't use Sony's own exclusivity tactics against PlayStation
- Activision acquisition not expected to grow Xbox's console business
- Call of Duty negotiations likely to end mutually, Sony needs COD and Microsoft needs Sony
- Starfield exclusivity was the last straw for Microsoft, led to $7.5 billion ZeniMax buyout
- Xbox Cloud Gaming was specifically made to reach mobile players
- Only 100 out of Starfield's 1,000 planets have life, Bethesda offers 'magnificent desolation'
- Microsoft floated idea of buying Zynga, declined because they wanted bigger mobile player
- Elder Scrolls 6 may not be Xbox exclusive after all, Phil Spencer not ready to commit
- Xbox views PlayStation as a hostile competitor
- Xbox Game Pass revenues can be tied directly to player counts, engagement, and popularity
- Bethesda's Pete Hines explains the merits of platform exclusivity
- Xbox cloud streaming may never be uncoupled from Game Pass due to profitability concerns
- Microsoft still expects PS6, next Xbox by 2028
- Warzone 1.0 shutting down as Activision unifies Call of Duty infrastructure
- Microsoft explains why Xbox cloud game streaming is so costly
- Activision refused to bring Call of Duty to Xbox unless Microsoft went beyond 70-30 rev share
- Xbox's Phil Spencer has final say on game exclusivity
- Sony wouldn't share PS6 details with Activision following Microsoft acquisition
- MachineGames new Indiana Jones game was multiplatform before Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax
- Jim Ryan private emails show he doesn't think Call of Duty will be made exclusive to Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass: Next stages in the service's evolution cycle
- Why Microsoft isn't increasing price of Xbox Game Pass on PC
- Microsoft increases Xbox Game Pass price ahead of Activision merger
- Super Mario RPG remaster coming to Switch with upgraded visuals and same turn-based combat
- Mario turns into an elephant in Nintendo's wackiest wonderworld yet
- Console, PC gaming to make 27% of total U.S. gaming revenues in 2023, shrink to 23% by 2027
- Skydance could resurrect best parts of the cancelled Boba Fett and Visceral Star Wars games
- Microsoft downplays cloud as regulators use nascent tech as anti-merger lynchpin
- PlayStation's fledgling mobile business loses head executive
- Half-decade production cycles are the new norm for AAA games
- Ubisoft set up for a big comeback with new AAA game slate
- Hutts may be one of the crime syndicates featured in Star Wars Outlaws
- Dan Houser keeps things weird with new media startup Absurd Ventures
- Microsoft won't immediately raise Xbox Game Pass price if Activision merger is approved
- Activision will operate separately on a post-merger basis, Microsoft says
- Final Fantasy XVI day one patch confirmed, but it's not required
- Avatar Frontiers of Pandora has a cultural rites of passage storyline
- xQc signs $100 million deal with Kick, a new fledgling Twitch competitor
- Microsoft may abandon Activision merger if federal judge grants FTC request
- Sony not ready to disrupt virtuous cycle with day one first-party games on PlayStation Plus
- Twitch execs hold Q&A on new Partner Plus program
- Xbox One is done, Microsoft will now release games exclusively for Series X/S consoles
- Xbox first-party games find success in one of the most important KPIs of modern gaming
- Phil Spencer: 'I think of Xbox Game Pass as a content fund'
- Phantom Liberty director will lead Cyberpunk 2077 sequel's development
- Outriders still has not made a profit, developer confirms
- Bulletstorm developer People Can Fly secures big contract for new Xbox game
- PS5 games coming to PlayStation Plus Premium cloud streaming
- FTC secures restraining order temporarily prohibiting Microsoft-Activision merger from closing
- Outlaws looks like one of the most authentic Star Wars games ever made
- Xbox has been engaged with Starfield's development since early 2022
- FTC seeks federal court orders to stall Microsoft-Activision merger
- Embracer to restructure games empire, layoffs, studio closures, game cancellations imminent
- Diablo IV ignites market with $666 million game sales revenues in 5 days
- Avatar Frontiers of Pandora channels Far Cry with FPS bow combat and slick traversal
- Game Pass and Xbox are profitable, Phil Spencer reiterates
- Phil Spencer explains why Japanese games skip Xbox
- Bethesda may change forever after The Elder Scrolls VI, Todd Howard indicates
- Phil Spencer on new mid-cycle Xbox upgrade: Right now we're pretty set on the hardware we have
- Skyrim is one of the best-selling games of all time with 60 million copies sold
- Starfield 30FPS console perf confirmed, 4K 30FPS on Series X, 1440p 30FPS on Series S
- Final Fantasy XVI PS5 demo drops tomorrow June 12
- Square Enix's new CEO is a gamer who grew up playing Final Fantasy
- Fable's first new footage stars IT Crowd's Richard Ayoade in hilarious take on fairy tales
- Xbox Series S 1TB model announced for $349
- PC Game Pass Ultimate titles coming to NVIDIA GeForce Now devices
- Xbox expects to make over $1 billion from PC in 2023
- Starfield will have a photo mode to capture over 1,000 planets and worlds
- Starfield confirmed for a 2023 release date
- Ubisoft's new Star Wars Outlaws game announced, coming in 2024
- Jefferies analyst: Microsoft-Activision merger has a less than 50% chance being approved
- Xbox 2023 showcase: Hopes, dreams, and predictions
- Activision updates shareholders on its union negotiation efforts
- 10 years ago, PlayStation's marketing team won two consecutive console generations
- Digital-only AAA games to become the standard by 2028, analyst predicts
- Fallout designer Tim Cain loved New Vegas: 'It felt like OG Fallout'
- Tim Cain reveals the books, films, games & real-life influences that inspired the first Fallout
- Zelda movie reportedly in the works from Nintendo and Illumination
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth ships on 2 discs, coming early 2024
- NetherRealm originally wanted Mortal Kombat to be 'Jean-Claude van Damme the video game'
- Fortnite made nearly $6 billion from in-game purchases in 2021
- Spider-Man 2 release date announced alongside new Venom details
- Friday the 13th game to be delisted in December, but a new F13 game is in development
- Resident Evil Village hits new sales milestone days after big Street Fighter 6 debut
- GameStop board fires CEO, stock plummets overnight
- Microsoft or Activision may have withdrawn confidentiality waiver from CMA in merger case
- CMA met with FTC 26 times to discuss Microsoft-Activision merger, CEO Sarah Cardell says
- Worlds collide as McFarlane Toys signs deal to make Diablo and Warcraft action figures
- Street Fighter 6 is already a hit with 1 million sales, pushes total series to 50 million sales
- Arkane's Raphael Colantonio briefly worked on Ken Levine's new game Judas
- Western Digital launches affordably-priced Xbox Series X/S SSD expansion memory cards
- Capcom franchise sales updates: Resident Evil breaks 142 million, Monster Hunter at 92 million
- Diablo IV sets new record for early access sales, gamers have spent 93 million hours so far
- Ken Levine reveals why he stopped making BioShock games: 'I trapped myself'
- Hideo Kojima impressed with Apple's gaming tech, will bring future games to Mac
- Apple Vision Pro: No controllers, $3499, coming in 2024
- Fallout 2 originally had a Library of Alexandria run by wasteland monks
- Why Fallout creator Tim Cain left Interplay: Pay disputes, burn out, and crunch
- Mobile leads Take-Two revenues, physical sales made less than 5% of earnings
- Sony may use proprietary AI to augment PlayStation cloud gaming
- Cyberpunk 2077 sequel Project Orion begins R&D phase in 2024
- Ken Levine shares insight on BioShock's creative storytelling
- New Final Fantasy VII Rebirth details revealed by Square Enix
- Aspyr cancels KOTOR II DLC plans, offers free games as apology
- Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is Nintendo's magic ticket to Minecraft-like UGC
- U.S. House opens probe into FTC, Chair Lina Khan accused of 'abuses of power'
- Activision could pull out of UK in order to merge with Microsoft
- EA's new monetization tactic may include Nike's FOMO lootboxes
- GTA 6 expected to make $1 billion sales in first week
- Capcom asks gamers what the next Resident Evil remake should be
- Redfall originally had a robust microtransaction model
- BioWare experimented with AI-powered story and dialog, but it ended in disaster
- Report: ZeniMax pressed its studios to add microtransactions to games May 2023
- Comcast could enter the $200 billion video games market, analysts speculate
- U.S. spent more on games than China in 2022, analyst firm reports
- Microsoft pledges to be 'determined' and 'creative' to get ATVI merger clearance
- Activision almost bought Time Warner: 'We'd turn their IP into games'
- Activision CEO responds to harassment allegations, comments on labor unions
- PlayStation may not be console-only, but it's still console-first
- CMA allegedly only spent 4 weeks out of its 32-week investigation on cloud
- Nintendo explains why emulation is bad for gaming
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is officially coming to PC
- CD Projekt CEO squashes Sony acquisition rumors: 'CD Projekt is not for sale'
- Witcher 3 is now one of the top 10 best-selling games of all time, CDPR says
- Sony's Jim Ryan is confident the PS5 can sell at least 108 million units
- PC gaming is not yet substantial for PlayStation, but it's growing fast
- Bungie acquisition helped Sony become one of the top 20 publishers on PC
- Spider-Man 2 hype is explosive, gameplay trailer has more views than PS showcase
- Assassin's Creed Mirage is $50 and includes a free PS5 upgrade
- Konami's redemption arc continues with a one-two Metal Gear Solid punch combo
- Opinion: Some of Microsoft's merger appeal arguments aren't very strong
- Microsoft says the CMA was wrong to block the merger for these five reasons
- Pokemon franchise has sold over 480 million games to date
- PlayStation Project Q handheld reportedly has 3-4 hour battery life
- Last of Us multiplayer live game officially delayed, project team reduced
- Grand Theft Auto franchise revenues break $8.33 billion since GTA V's release
- PSA: Zelda TotK's dupe glitch fixed by new v1.1.2 update
- Bungie's new Marathon PVP game won't have a campaign, but it will tell a story
- Dragon's Dogma 2 is singleplayer-only, uses 'latest AI technology'
- Alan Wake 2 is a 'brutal and harrowing' game with many contrast points
- PlayStation's new live games lack connection or cohesion with PS brand
- Alan Wake II is digital-only, but is cheaper on all platforms as a result
- Sony reveals new PlayStation handheld, codenamed Project Q
- Bungie's first shooter Marathon is coming back as PVP extraction shooter
- 70% of PS Plus subscribers have not upgraded to Extra or Premium tiers
- PlayStation accessories are 'highly profitable' for Sony
- PS5 to become most successful and profitable console generation ever, Sony says
- PSVR2 launch sales significantly outpace PSVR despite $549 price tag
- Bungie helping Sony vet live service games with 'rigorous review process'
- Last of Us game sales increased 'dramatically' with every TV show episode
- Jim Ryan: We're always evaluating prices, willing to make price adjustments
- PlayStation planning 'aggressive and interesting' expansion into cloud gaming
- AI is a rising tide for interactive entertainment, Take-Two CEO says
- Intellivision Amico update: 'We can't solely depend on a console business model'
- Games market is 'certainly more challenging' now than in 2020-21, TTWO CEO says
- Ubisoft's new Star Wars game could launch this year
- Alan Wake actor spoils Alan Wake 2's release window
- Sony to spin off financial banking unit with IPO to raise investment capital
- Rockstar Games 'seeks perfection' with GTA 6
- Final Fantasy XVI is PlayStation exclusive because Sony made the best offer
- Zelda TOTK's best vehicle is very easy to make
- Microsoft makes good on cloud commitments, brings Xbox PC games to Boosteroid
- PlayStation's Jim Ryan on PC: 'I think more is better'
- EA says gamers are selectively buying blockbusters as inflation wracks economy
- Take-Two CEO says consumers are limiting game purchases and spending
- Overwatch devs always considered themselves as an MMO dev team
- Red Dead Redemption 2 breaks 53 million sales, Take-Two 'pleased' by performance
- GTA trilogy remaster sold less than 1 million copies last quarter
- GTA V has now sold 180 million copies, makes up 45% of total GTA franchise sales
- NetherRealm spent more time on Mortal Kombat 1 than any other Mortal Kombat game
- China approves Microsoft-Activision merger
- Microsoft offered 'several iterations' of its cloud remedy to the CMA
- CMA on Microsoft-Activision merger: 'We're not doing bidding of other agencies'
- Mortal Kombat hits 80 million sales, here's how it stacks up against competition
- Microsoft's 10-year GeForce streaming deal includes Epic Games Store purchases
- Mortal Kombat 1 confirmed, soft-reboot universe created by Fire God Liu Kang
- PlayStation 5 still the best-selling console in U.S. but Switch tops April sales
- Here's how Activision Blizzard King could fuel Xbox's next-gen ad platform
- GTA 6 could release in 2024 or 2025, Rockstar Games parent company indicates
- Saudi Arabia now holds $3.1 billion in EA stock
- PlayStation E3 summer show debuts May 24, will show off new PS5 games and new IP
- Tears of the Kingdom sells 10 million in 3 days, fastest-selling Zelda game ever
- Amazon's New World studio is making a Lord of the Rings MMORPG
- Final Fantasy XI turns 21, Square Enix says 'Vana'diel's not going anywhere'
- Ubisoft wants 2,800 people working on Assassin's Creed, six new titles in dev
- Activision made over $91 billion in 17 years, Call of Duty made 1/3rd of total
- SEGA still unsure about increasing game prices to $70
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was 'very surprised' CMA blocked Activision merger
- European Commission's Vestager comments on Microsoft-Activision merger approval
- CMA says it 'stands by decision' to block Microsoft-Activision merger
- Microsoft to stream all current and future Activision Blizzard games via cloud
- European Commission approves Microsoft-Activision merger
- Nintendo vs PlayStation: Hardware sales showdown
- Nintendo made $27 billion from first-party games across Switch's lifespan
- Nintendo hardware sales break 836 million worldwide
- Switch hits 1 billion game sales, helps Nintendo make $34 billion from software
- Nintendo Switch made $69 billion in total revenues
- Did Sony lead the FTC to create the High-Performance Console market designation?
- FTC Chair Lina Khan denies CMA collusion, says accusations are 'flatly untrue'
- Switch hits 125.62 million sales, can it beat the Nintendo DS?
- Report: Next-gen Switch won't launch until April 2024 at the earliest
- CMA has knowledge of Microsoft's next-gen Xbox consoles
- FTC's Khan on Microsoft-Activision merger: 'We have to protect nascent markets'
- Sharp making LCD panels for new console: Is it PlayStation Q-Lite or Switch 2?
- Elden Ring sales break 20.5 million, FromSoft plans to 'prolong lifespan' of IP
- NetherRealm warps time, MK12 is actually a reboot called Mortal Kombat 1
- Report: Modern Warfare 3 coming November 10 with campaign, multiplayer, zombies
- Nintendo prioritizing smooth transition between Switch and next-gen hardware
- Here's why regulators exclude Nintendo and focus on PlayStation vs Xbox
- Diablo IV utilizes deeply layered engagement mechanics with 3 battle passes
- Capcom may not raise game prices to $70, wants to sell 100 million games a year
- European Commission expected to aprove Microsoft-Activision merger on May 15
- EA: Game IP is like comic books, lots of opportunities to grow across decades
- EA indifferent on Activision merger: 'We'll still be Xbox's #1 publisher'
- Nintendo: $11.84 billion sales, down $3bn YoY, still beating pre-pandemic levels
- Report: Assassin's Creed Mirage possibly delayed to October 2023
- Activision CEO Bobby Kotick to earn $185 million if Microsoft merger closes
- Payday 3 still coming in 2023, Starbreeze close to paying back debt
- Nightdive on joining Atari: 'They're on the rise again'
- Xbox's Phil Spencer: Activision Blizzard is an accelerant for our strategy
- Cloud gaming providers respond to CMA's Microsoft-Activision merger block
- Jedi: Survivor was made in only 3 years, and during the pandemic no less
- Dragon Age writer David Gaider felt newer-age BioWare resented its writing team
- New Skywind footage breathes colorful new life into Morrowind's Molag Mar
- Counter-Strike sets new 1.8 million peak players record
- Microsoft hires top appeals lawyer to fight CMA's merger block
- Activision CEO says Amazon Luna has the most game streaming customers
- Xbox doesn't need to outsell Nintendo or PlayStation to innovate and compete
- Xbox Series X/S expansion SSDs get significant price drop
- Destiny 2 season pass price increases after Sony acquires Bungie
- Hogwarts Legacy breaks 15 million copies, Switch version expected to be huge
- New Superman game hinted by Warner Bros. Discovery boss
- Xbox's ethos seems platform agnostic, Phil Spencer reiterates gaming vision
- Xbox Advanced Technology Group helping optimize Starfield's performance
- Microsoft-Activision merger approved in up to 9 regions so far
- Ukraine becomes seventh jurisdiction to approve Microsoft-Activision merger
- Phil Spencer won't force Xbox devs to make sequels, believes in creative freedom
- Publishers reveal how expensive games are to make, discuss AAA game budgets
- Report: Redfall's development and release were outside Xbox's purview
- Capcom expects Street Fighter 6 to be its best-selling Street Fighter game ever
- First-party PlayStation PC games contributed to $2.5 billion earnings
- Xbox Direct is 'the day gamers have been waiting for,' Microsoft promises
- PlayStation 5 to overtake PS4 in launch aligned sales by March 2024
- New refer a friend program offers free 14-day PC Game Pass trials
- Xbox's first $70 game gets ridiculed by gamers
- Nintendo ordered to testify before FTC in Microsoft-Activision Merger case
- Report: PlayStation 5 Pro devkits being sent out this year
- Dead Island 2 Review: The Deader the Better
- PlayStation live service games to deliver variety with emphasis on quality
- Sony reduces investment budget to allocate more cash for PlayStation gaming
- PlayStation delivers record $26.9 billion revenue, operating profit drops 40%
- Google named as second main opponent of Microsoft-Activision merger
- Pulling out of UK would significantly harm Activision April 2023
- Gamers disapprove of $70 AAA game price, but it's unlikely to change
- Mario movie makes $1 billion, supercharges Nintendo's transmedia business
- Sony made $8.3 billion via hardware in FY22, over $3 billion more than last year
- New $69.99 price may negatively impact PS5 game unit sales, data suggests
- PlayStation 5 hits 38.4 million shipments as Sony sets new console sales record
- Activision games would come to cloud if Microsoft merger doesn't pass, CMA says
- FTC responds to Activision CEO, says it 'absolutely did not collude' with CMA
- Armored Core VI gameplay trailer heralds triumphant return of the mech series
- Activision achieves best Q1 in last 14 years, milestone thwarted by merger block
- Activision merger may 'seriously harm competition,' multiple companies tell CMA
- Activision stock dives as UK blocks Microsoft merger
- Activision's heated response to CMA merger block: 'UK is closed for business'
- Microsoft to appeal CMA's decision to block $68.7 billion Activision merger
- CMA blocks Microsoft-Activision merger
- Report: Microsoft to defy FTC and close Activision merger if EU, UK approve deal
- Xbox Game Pass almost made $1 billion in revenues in Q3
- This Dead Island 2 build will carry you through most of the game
- Xbox console sales down 30%, hit lowest revenues since Xbox Series X/S launch
- Dead Island 2 is a huge success with 1 million copies sold in 3 days
- ZeniMax Workers United union begins bargaining phase with Microsoft
- SEGA of America workers vote to unionize and form labor union
- Nintendo very unlikely to get full $10 million restitution from Bowser
- FTC seeks info on Microsoft's 10-year Call of Duty deal with Nintendo
- South Africa likely to approve Microsoft-Activision merger
- Nintendo asks FTC judge to dismiss testimony subpoena in Activision merger case
- Blizzard wants you to help slam its Diablo IV servers in second beta test
- HiFi Rush exceeded expectations, Xbox executive fact checks recent reports
- Meta lays off 1/3rd of Ready at Dawn, the devs that made The Order 1886
- Important Xbox sharing feature now gone, likely due to Elon Musk's Twitter
- Cliffy B hopeful for Lawbreakers revival, but Nexon owns the rights
- Atari looks to the past for its future, buys up more than 100 classic games
- PS5 driving US console market gains, breaks new PlayStation monthly sales record
- Halo dev leads Netflix's push into prime AAA gaming
- CMA to deliver final decision on Microsoft-Activision merger next week
- Capcom shares hit all-time high following Monster Hunter Now mobile game news
- Analysis: Five reasons why SEGA is buying Rovio
- SEGA to buy Angry Birds developer Rovio in $771 million deal
- Zelda Tears of the Kingdom has goofy mech battles, rockets, and classic bosses
- Ubisoft+ more expensive than Game Pass Ultimate on Xbox consoles
- Final Fantasy XVI playable demo coming to PS5 in June, save data carries over
- Final Fantasy XVI's Ifrit seen dealing 2 million damage in epic monster battle
- Steam Deck to break 3.47 million unit sales in 2023, analysts predict
- Halo made $6 billion from games and multimedia, 343 Industries says
- Longtime Halo dev Frank O'Connor may have left 343 Industries
- Super Mario Bros. movie hits $500 million, tops all 2023 films to date
- SEGA to buy Angry Birds maker Rovio for $1 billion
- U.S. Senator calls Sony anti-competitive, asks for all exclusivity documents
- Suicide Squad delayed to 2024 only to polish, not to change game mechanics
- New Xbox prototype spotted once again on Phil Spencer's shelf
- Nintendo hunting Zelda leaker, subpoenas Discord to provide leaker's identity
- Chinese gamers criticize Tencent, NetEase and miHoYo for using 'cheap' AI art
- Konami worker attempts to murder boss after being power harassed
- Half of the world's population, or 3.7 billion people, now play video games
- Xbox hit with new game performance controversy as PR fire rapidly spreads
- Sony might be making a big mistake with PlayStation Plus
- Gamer's Lawsuit takes second shot at blocking Microsoft-Activision merger
- Sony has produced documents for plaintiffs in gamer's lawsuit
- PlayStation VR2 launch sales may be outpacing original PSVR1 headset
- Candy Crush downloaded 3 billion times, remains big target for Microsoft buyout
- Sony's Jim Ryan: Call of Duty downgrade would irreparably harm PlayStation
- Microsoft cracks down on emulators on Xbox Series X, removes RetroArch app
- Sony cites Starfield, Redfall exclusivity as evidence of Microsoft's real plans
- Sony identifies 4 errors with CMA's data model, says data is off by at least 70%
- Microsoft says it won't withhold or degrade any Activision games on PlayStation
- Sony patents new thermally-reactive and ultra-sensitive PlayStation controller
- New PlayStation handheld: Not Vita 2, remote play only, no dedicated gaming
- Opinion: Xbox Game Pass is indeed disruptive, and that's not a bad thing March 2023
- Japan approves Microsoft-Activision merger without conditions
- Judge orders Microsoft, Activision to comply with FTC document requests
- RTX 3080 Ti GPUs reportedly bricking while playing Diablo IV beta
- Counter-Strike 2 announced: new sub-tick rate update, all CSGO items carry over
- Remedy's Control made €62 million in profit with over 3 million game sales
- Amazon mass layoff continues with 9,000 more job losses, Twitch affected
- CD Projekt may have rebooted new Witcher multiplayer game
- Twitch CEO Emmett Shear resigns, will now stay on as advisor
- Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy coming to Steam to help spark PC game sales
- Square Enix's NFT game will only let 3 people play the last mission
- Nuclear blast from the past: Toxic Crusaders beat-em-up coming from AVGN dev
- Microsoft reveals how much Tencent, Apple, and Google make from mobile games
- Microsoft keeps making smart business deals to get Activision merger passed
- If Switch 2 is on the way, Nintendo hints at backwards compatibility support
- Sony ships 25,000 pounds of devkits overseas, is it the PS5 Pro?
- Square Enix may have spent over $100 million on Forspoken
- Slow PS5 downloads? This trick could double PlayStation 5 download speeds
- Square Enix indicates it will continue making exclusivity deals with PlayStation
- Forspoken's low sales presents 'considerable downside risk' to Square Enix
- Microsoft clarifies where 150 million more Call of Duty players figure came from
- Microsoft used FTC's anti-Nintendo market definition to make Sony seem bigger
- Video recording of Microsoft's merger press conference in Brussels has surfaced
- Sony can't tell us why the 10-year Call of Duty deal is bad for PlayStation
- Sony has $5.1 billion left to spend on strategic investments and acquisitions
- New Sony president believes PSVR2 will outsell original PSVR
- Sony is confident the PS5 can break 60 million sales
- New Suicide Squad live game delayed, core gameplay not expected to change
- Discord goes all-in on AI, will use OpenAI to upgrade Clyde chatbot and AutoMod
- Epic Store makes $820 million in 2022, mostly from first-party games
- PlayStation 5 now supports 1440p Variable Refresh Rate displays
- Sony's Jim Ryan: 'I don't want a Call of Duty deal, I want to block your merger'
- Sony claims Microsoft may deliberately downgrade Call of Duty on PlayStation
- Starfield release date officially confirmed alongside Starfield Direct showcase
- Sony buying Take-Two Interactive rumors now seem even more dubious
- Meta prepares Quest Pass VR game subscription to better engage HMD owners
- Xbox chief reiterates game plan: 'We want gamers to play everywhere'
- Take-Two executes $50 million 'cost-reduction program' with company layoffs
- Minecraft has 'maybe 120 million active players,' Xbox's Phil Spencer says
- Report: Counter-Strike 2 reveal imminent with a beta coming soon
- New Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi revealed, DBZ expected to hit $1bn this year
- Final Fantasy XVI's exclusivity deal gave direct access to PS5 engineers
- Analysis: Will Square Enix's new president make more deals with Xbox?
- Original Diablo devs wanted to sell small expansion discs for $5 a piece
- Dead Island 2's crazy combos cause catastrophic chaos
- Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda to retire, investors to vote on replacement
- Nintendo Switch six years of success: Sales milestones, earnings, and more
- 10-year ABK deal should include Steam to make full impact
- Microsoft meets with CMA to defend against antitrust concerns & explore remedies
- European Commission now likely to approve Microsoft-Activision merger
- FTC judge orders Sony to mostly comply with Microsoft subpoena
- Hitman developers at IO Interactive are now making their dream game
- European Commission delays Activision merger decision deadline February 2023
- Elden Ring nears Call of Duty levels of sales success
- Miyamoto says Nintendo spirit will live on after his departure
- Square Enix re-absorbs Final Fantasy 15, Forspoken dev Luminous Productions
- European Commission chief Margrethe Vestager comments on Activision merger
- Final Fantasy XVI PC news: Yoshi-P isn't sure when it will happen
- Final Fantasy XVI's new feature could revolutionize RPGs
- Game Pass, the so-called multi-game subscription leader, expands to more regions
- Activision merger block won't destroy Xbox business, Phil Spencer says
- It's official: FromSoft is working on a new Elden Ring expansion
- Report: Microsoft may sell Xbox if Activision merger fails
- Steam gamers downloaded over 44 billion gigabytes of data in 2022
- Valve's Steam Deck handheld PC celebrates its first birthday
- Microsoft needs to release Call of Duty on current-gen Switch to honor pledge
- Microsoft's 10-year deals with Nintendo, NVIDIA were masterfully planned
- Microsoft sees 'clear path' towards regulatory approval of Activision merger
- Nintendo skipping E3 2023: 'The show didn't fit into our plans'
- Dragon Age Dreadwolf to deliver ambitious power fantasy with meaning and choice
- Baldur's Gate 3 is coming to Xbox too, Larian officially confirms
- Warner Bros Discovery's David Zaslav spoils Mortal Kombat 12's reveal
- PS Plus March 2023 free games: Battlefield 2042 leads the lineup
- Take-Two Interactive lawyers to appear in FTC's Microsoft-Activision merger case
- Call of Duty 2024 aka Cerberus may release on PS4 and Xbox One
- Valve's legendary FPS gleams in new Half-Life raytracing mod
- Valve hires legal counsel to appear in FTC's Microsoft-Activision merger case
- Microsoft opposed to 'carving up' Activision as divesture strategy
- Sony reveals new State of Play as Microsoft makes big moves in Activision merger
- Never worry about Chrome memory usage with Corsair's new insane 192GB RAM kits
- Microsoft to bring all Xbox games to GeForce Now, wins NVIDIA's merger support
- Antec's new P20C case sports a massive mesh panel for superior cooling
- Red Dead Redemption 2 breaks 50 million sales, total RDR franchise at 74 million
- Grand Theft Auto franchise has made over $8 billion since GTA V's release
- Tencent, the largest games company in the world, supports the Activision merger
- Labor unions tell Euro regulators why Microsoft-Activision merger should pass
- Sony takes 'discounted margin' on Call of Duty sales and earnings on PlayStation
- New Civilization sim game in development as Firaxis president leaves studio
- Meta lost at least $26 billion on the metaverse so far
- Tencent bails on VR and scales back metaverse plans due to economic pressures
- FTC allows Sony more time to prepare documents for Microsoft-Activision merger
- Diablo IV open beta: Act, level cap, and release timeline revealed
- Google, NVIDIA, Valve and EA to attend Microsoft-Activision merger hearing
- Five new Lord of the Rings games will release by March 2024
- PlayStation first-party game sales break records with new yearly high
- PlayStation's physical game revenues surge to new four-year high in holiday 2022
- Microsoft could divest Blizzard for Activision merger approval, analyst suggests
- Saints Row sales bomb has changed how Embracer greenlights new projects
- Sony injects tremendous value into PlayStation Plus with new games lineup
- Will Sony unlock Bluetooth audio for PS5 when new PlayStation earbuds ship?
- Activision merger: Microsoft and Sony to face off at European Commission hearing
- Game Pass consistently reduces game sales, CMA finds substitution effects
- Nintendo Switch platform has generated nearly $67 billion in lifetime revenues
- PlayStation to break 6 billion game sales by mid-2023
- PlayStation MAUs surge by 10 million as Sony sets new holiday growth record
- PS Plus subscribers stabilize at 46.4 million through PlayStation's record Q3
- Big 3 market share: PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo slightly fluctuate in 2022
- After chasing horror, PUBG parent Krafton delves deeper into mythical fantasy
- Nintendo confirms not all new Switch games will cost $69.99
- CMA finds Activision is open to adding games to subscriptions sans merger
- Microsoft having tough time acquiring Sony's records in Activision merger case
- Report: Call of Duty 2023 will be a full game set in Modern Warfare universe
- Satya Nadella believes Activision merger could help Xbox compete in Japan
- United Kingdom may represent less than 5% of global video games market revenues
- Microsoft-Activision merger: Sony now refuses to communicate with Microsoft
- CMA has been 'co-opted by FTC ideology,' says Activision CEO Bobby Kotick
- Nintendo vs PlayStation hardware sales: All consoles and handhelds ranked
- It's official: Nintendo is now charging $69.99 for first-party games
- PlayStation beat Xbox cloud gaming users in 2021, new CMA data indicates
- CMA may require Microsoft to sell Activision or Call of Duty for merger approval
- CMA list possible remedies for Microsoft-Activision merger approval
- Microsoft-Activision merger news: CMA gives update on investigation findings
- PlayStation made $8.8 billion more than Xbox in 2022
- PlayStation boss Jim Ryan accused of lying to European Union regulators
- After years of scarcity, Sony plans to flood the market with PlayStation 5s
- Sony has sold 585 million PlayStation consoles and handhelds
- Dragon Age 4's opening act may show the downfall of the Grey Wardens
- Dragon Age 4 may recreate one of Mass Effect Andromeda's worst mistakes
- PS5 sales hit 32 million as Sony makes over $3 billion in Q3 hardware sales
- PlayStation makes history with record $8.8 billion earnings in Holiday 2022
- E3 2023 loses Big 3 as Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony will not attend in any capacity
- Sony shutting down one of the best PlayStation Plus bonuses
- EA cancels new Titanfall Legends singleplayer game to help save $140 million
- EA cuts costs by $140 million to stay slim in worrisome economy January 2023
- EA says Apex is a 10-year franchise: 'There's a lot of new things we can do'
- EA delays Jedi Survivor by a few weeks, now launching in April
- Xbox 360 classics being delisted, this might be your last chance to buy them
- DualSense Edge controller battery is 33% smaller than the $70 PS5 DualSense
- Sony denies PSVR2 production cut, PS5 headset to have ample supply for launch
- Report: Embracer leases Tomb Raider franchise to Amazon in $600 million deal
- Xbox earnings drop by $684 million during critical holiday period
- Report: Ubisoft has split new Far Cry into two separate games
- Xbox is finally beating PlayStation, but only in one way
- Electronic Gaming Monthly is the latest casualty in games media shutdown
- Redfall to offer in-game purchases, may include cosmetic microtransactions
- Attention game devs: Now seems like a bad time to make a new live service game
- Woke Xbox: Republicans try to rope Xbox into politics and fail spectacularly
- Macabre vampire game Redfall would make Stephen King proud
- DOJ and U.S. states seek to dismantle Google's ad monopoly
- Diablo 2 is getting 8 new runewords, but they're not so great
- FTC trying to use Microsoft-Activision merger to 'reset merger policy'
- Bungie's new change makes Destiny much more rewarding
- Google, NVIDIA give key evidence to FTC relating to Microsoft-Activision merger
- The Last of Us is HBO's latest mega-popular show, pulls over 10 million views
- Games media suffers more layoffs, high-profile games sites affected
- Report: 343 Industries no longer making Halo games, is now franchise gatekeeper
- Ubisoft CEO dials back controversial comments in attempt to assuage developers
- Avengers content updates to end as Crystal Dynamics shifts focus to Tomb Raider
- Nintendo boosts Switch production as next-gen Super Switch 4K looms
- Rockstar Games under fire for GTA Trilogy's poor performance on Steam
- Ex-Halo 5 dev says 'Microsoft set Halo up for failure'
- Microsoft's contractor policy could disrupt Activision's game development
- Halo game dev 343 Industries hit hard by recent Xbox studio layoffs
- Returnal PC specs are here: RTX 2070 Super needed for 1080p 60FPS High settings
- Microsoft to fire 10,000 employees including Xbox game developers
- Ubisoft CEO damages worker morale, now its Paris studio may go on strike
- PC spec requirements for Square Enix's new fantasy game are quite surprising
- NetEase rejects deal with Activision, Blizzard games getting pulled in China
- Europe prepares statement of objections against Microsoft-Activision merger
- Love King's Field? Then you need check out this indie game
- New Xbox showcase connects players directly to devs, removes filler and fluff
- Check out Lies of P running in 8K at Ultra resolution on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
- Metal Gear Solid MGS1 PS5 remake may be announced soon by Konami and Sony
- The unofficial Oblivion remaster you've been waiting for releases in 2025
- YouTuber solves mystery that has plagued Morrowind players for 22 years
- Sony's PlayStation Store is getting some much-needed help
- Ubisoft drops earnings target by 105 million Euros as games miss expectations
- It's official: Wizards will not charge royalties in new DnD OGL
- It's time for Ubisoft to give up on NFTs and crypto
- Ubisoft stock crashes as company prepares 500 million Euro loss for 2022
- Ubisoft may sell game franchises to reduce costs
- Ubisoft delays Skull and Bones for a sixth time as it faces dire economic trials
- Sabrent creates the perfect Steam Deck dock with up to 4K 60Hz output
- Naughty Dog's next game may take cues from Elden Ring
- Jedi: Survivor requires non-optional patching on PC, full PC specs revealed
- Jedi Survivor developed 'on Ryzen, for Ryzen' with AMD FSR & FreeSync support
- Microsoft could cut game dev jobs if/when Activision-Blizzard merger closes
- GeForce Now RTX 4080 GPU upgrade: 64 TFLOPs power, 240 FPS, sub 40ms latency
- NVIDIA may use AI to tweak graphics drivers and squeeze out more performance
- AMD explains why it can't replace faulty RX 7900 XTX graphics cards just yet
- Best Buy has good news and bad news for consumers
- Twitter's new update will ignore the entire point of Twitter
- Intel's peak 13th Gen mobile chip is a 24-core 5.6GHz monster
- Sony's new smartcar lets you play PS5 games, but it has a very strange name
- Inflation hits gaming hard, 2022 global games revenues drop over $8 billion
- Microsoft-Activision merger timeline: FTC, CMA, and EC final decision calendar
- Microsoft drops controversial argument against the FTC's Activision merger block
- NetEase acquires Halo Infinite and Fallout 76 developer Skybox Labs
- ASUS Raikiri Pro Xbox controller has unique trigger locks and OLED strip
- How the CMA's decision delay could affect the Microsoft-Activision merger
- CMA delays Microsoft-Activision merger final report deadline
- Sony's new Project Leonardo controller opens up PS5 gaming to everyone
- Sony gives new PlayStation 5 sell-through numbers, December was PS5's best month
- The Last of Us franchise breaks 37 million sales, overtakes Spider-Man duology
- Microsoft prepared to defy FTC and face a federal merger trial
- Square Enix's aggressive crypto gambit seems too risky for investors
- Square Enix's global aspirations hindered by PlayStation exclusivity
- Payday reveal: OVERKILL confirms 2023 is the year of Payday 3
- System Shock remake finally has a confirmed release schedule
- World's first 100% wireless 4K OLED TV spotted at CES
- Embracer Group has spent $2 million on its video game preservation archive
- New Alienware Concept Nyx: The RGB Steam Controller of the future
- FTC holds first pretrial hearing in Microsoft-Activision merger
- FTC sets public prehearing conference for Microsoft-Activision merger
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