New report suggests that there are 3 million fewer PC gamers in Japan than 10 years ago, despite the market having at least tripled in size

New report suggests that there are 3 million fewer PC gamers in Japan than 10 years ago, despite the market having at least tripled in size

As reported by Automaton, Famitsu has released a preview of its annual Famitsu Game Hakusho, a survey of the games industry by Kadokawa ASCII Research Laboratories. One confounding takeaway from the data is that the games market in Japan is bigger than ever, with the PC space nearly matching consoles for economic impact, while there…

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Indie dev is delisting his AI game from Steam because his new girlfriend convinced him it’s evil: ‘The game existing in its current form is a disgrace to all game makers and players’

Our politics are shaped in many ways. Loss of employment might shift your feelings on labor politics. Moving to a walkable city might make you a public transit radical. Or, in the case of indie developer Rakuel, you might start dating a girl who helps you realize your game’s AI-generated art is a moral evil…

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A ‘vast medieval sandbox’ with a former Cyberpunk 2077 designer working on it may be revealed at Summer Game Fest, but there’s a twist: the studio is really into generative AI

While scanning the list of this year’s Summer Game Fest partners, I noticed an unfamiliar logo—an ‘R’ with a lightning bolt—and traced it to a Danish studio I’d never heard of: Raw Power Games, which says it’s making a “vast medieval sandbox.” We love a medieval sandbox at PC Gamer: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 recently…

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Hacker, dressed as the pink Power Ranger, takes down 3 white supremacist sites live on stage after scraping details with AI: ‘Maybe try mastering to host WordPress before world domination’

2025 was a rough year—industry layoffs, chaotic tariffs, promising games dropping like flies, and a whole zoo of AI nonsense. And while none of that’s given me much in the way of hope for 2026, I have, at least, had a smile put on my face by today’s news: A hacker, dressed as the pink…

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Paragon’s Monolith Update: A Whole New Game

About a year ago, we announced our MOBA Paragon at PlayStation Experience. Our goal: work with you to make Paragon the most immersive and competitive MOBA out there. Through Early Access in March and Open Beta in August, we’ve updated the game every week and released a new Hero #EveryThreeWeeks. This week, after a year…

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