Marathon players are amassing way too much loot in Season 2, and the primary cause is a mystery: ‘We’re still unravelling the source’

Season 2 of Marathon kicked off earlier this month, and thus far it’s been a season of ups and downs. Things started badly, with Bungie’s traditional launch woes undermining its free-to-play week. But new features like the Night-time Dire Marsh map and its Sponsored Survival quickly proved hits popular with the community. A few weeks…

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Atari 7800: What Went Wrong?

During the early days of home consoles, Atari absolutely dominated the market, with its popular Atari 2600 VCS and a slew of games. Five years after the 2600’s release, Atari tried to mirror that success with its next-generation console, the 5200. Unfortunately, a number of factors, not the least of which was a lack of…

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The videogame market is as big as ever, with PC leading growth—global games revenue surpassed the $200 billion mark in 2025

The gaming industry’s in a bit of a state, defined these days by extreme consolidation, massive waves of layoffs as the pandemic boom fades into memory, and skyrocketing hardware prices we’re calling the RAMpocalypse. But that doesn’t mean less money’s going around: quite the opposite, in fact. A quarterly Global Games Market Report was published…

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