Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that ‘guns and football’ are in, ‘gay stuff’ is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop

The rumours have been swirling for a while, before today brought a major industry announcement: EA has struck a $55 billion deal to go private in a Saudi-backed buyout. It’s the biggest leveraged buyout in history, meaning that the new EA is instantly saddled with $20 billion of debt, and will face intense pressure to…

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Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser says he didn’t write any of GTA 6: ‘The world’s probably had enough GTA from me’

Grand Theft Auto 6 won’t just be the biggest game of 2026: it’s the first series entry since the departure of several Rockstar big-hitters who’ve been involved almost from the start. Things didn’t go so well for longtime GTA producer Leslie Benzies, whose studio Build A Rocket Boy released MindsEye earlier this year. That was…

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If you’re a House Flipper or PowerWash sicko you’ve gotta check out The Lift, a game about being a space-repairman in a spooky faux-Soviet research base

It’s odd, I think, that so few videogames focus on the tender process of repair. Restoration is satisfying in a way almost nothing else is. Taking something broken, shattered, discarded and, by careful work, returning it to purpose is inherently pleasing, like you’re reinstating a tiny bit of order in the world. I reckon that’s…

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