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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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Former Dragon Age writer says AI could make gamedev ‘frustrating as hell’: ‘How are we going to train up the next generation of devs if we eliminate every entry-level task?’

Much has been said about the way generative AI is worming its way into game development pipelines, and David Gaider—former BioWare writer and lead writer on the first three Dragon Age games—recently spoke to GamesRadar about some of the dangers he foresees for future teams working with these tools. “It wouldn’t be so bad if…

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The best D&D videogame you’ve never played is one guy’s outsider art, personal Baldur’s Gate saga

Dungeon Master (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Dungeon Master, PC Gamer’s regular RPG column. This week, junior cadet RPG correspondent Ted Litchfield is taking over for Fraser while he shanks a goblin for a studded leather jerkin, iron shortsword, and four gold pieces. The ongoing Neverwinter Nights mod campaign, Swordflight, feels like the CRPG equivalent…

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