Former Sony boss says the industry's obsession with the 'mirage' of live service games is futile: 'The highway is littered with people wanting to take on Fortnite'

Former Sony boss says the industry’s obsession with the ‘mirage’ of live service games is futile: ‘The highway is littered with people wanting to take on Fortnite’

One thing I’m at least reasonably confident that we at the good ship PC Gamer share with you lot is the fact we’re all a little sick of live service games. As fellow PCG writer Ted Litchfield put it in the article I just linked, “Surely we’ve seen enough to know that trying to retrofit…

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“Go Tell Nintendo” – Ex-Blizzard President Responds After Xbox Calls Exclusives “Antiquated”

“Nintendo has continually dominated with outstanding games”. Xbox has been making headlines recently with the news that Halo: Campaign Evolved would be making its way to the PS5 in addition to Xbox Series X|S. Halo had always seemed like the last bastion of exclusivity for Microsoft’s platform, and now that it’s going multi-platform in 2026,…

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Battlefield 6 dataminers claim mysterious ‘granite’ files related to this week’s patch could be a shadowdrop for its battle royale mode

The Battlefield 6 leaker and dataminer community was all in a tizzy late last week—see, we’ve known that BF6 is getting a battle royale mode for a while, just not when. Well, turns out ‘when’ could be as soon as tomorrow, per a group of known Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty leakers. X account…

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“The Whole Notion Of Crypto Gaming Was Flawed” – Peter Molyneux Denounces The Game That Raised $54 Million

“I don’t stand by it”. Peter Molyneux’s career is packed with genre-defining hits such as Populous, Theme Park, Black & White and Fable, but there’s one game he’s seemingly keen to forget – yet ironically, it’s reportedly one of his most successful in terms of pure revenue generated. Launched back in 2023, Legacy was billed…

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This Dig Dug & Bomberman-Inspired Indie About A Bomb-Pooping Rabbit Is Making The Hop To NES

‘Murtop’ first launched on Nintendo Switch & Steam back in 2023. A version of the Dig Dug & Bomberman mashup, Murtop, is currently in the works for the Nintendo Entertainment System, according to its developer, hiulit. Initially released in 2023 across Nintendo Switch and PC, the indie arcade-style throwback — which sees players take control…

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