I’ve told my children that they’re not allowed to say “insider gaming”
04.03.2026 21:11 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I’ve told my children that they’re not allowed to say “insider gaming”
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Sometimes I get email replies to Game File newsletters that are clearly spam.
And sometimes I tell myself they're real.
Like the one I got today that said: "you have remained a constant source of strength and encouragement."
Thank you! (And you're welcome)
It matters when thinking about who is playing games globally and where companies (Chinese ones in particular) find success.
But the idea of this chart is to think about who is left, when you cut those few factors out: all the big publishers in Japan, U.S., Europe, etc.
Those last three are puzzle games that it's taking all of my willpower to avoid playing more of. Gotta wait for the final release!
04.03.2026 14:31 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The recent Steam Next Fest was great. So many wonderful demos for games I hadn't heard of.
In the latest Game File, I highlighted 6 that still have PC demos up:
- Froggy Hates Snow
- Enter the Chronosphere
- Wanderburg
- Deg
- Sokogram
- Clover's Quadrants
www.gamefile.news/p/one-key-ch...
A bleak report about the games industry made the rounds a couple of weeks ago. Then, last week, this dire chart was added to it
What it shows: Game industry revenue growth in 2025, excluding China, Roblox, hardware and console services (Game Pass, etc) was near 0
www.gamefile.news/p/one-key-ch...
Yes. But you'll need to play it for 100 hours and write letters of apology to the developers of those other games.
03.03.2026 17:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Riot Games co-founder Brandon Beck has donated two seminal issues of Captain America (issues 1 and 46, published in 1941 and 1945, respectively) to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the museum announced today
The museum credits that 1st issue with challenging isolationist views in the US
For months, @jacksonwryan.com has been looking into why so many video games sites have become full of gambling and casino stories, unusual author images, and, most recently, the use of AI. We've connected these sites to Clickout Media. Here's what we've learned.
02.03.2026 15:22 — 👍 893 🔁 425 💬 8 📌 4From the filings...
02.03.2026 16:06 — 👍 21 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0From the filing...
02.03.2026 16:03 — 👍 21 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Your game is blowing my mind. And fascinating my kids. Well done
28.02.2026 16:59 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0You can thank Vice City Subs
27.02.2026 23:56 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NEW: We've got a new sales figure for...Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories?
In an effort to block someone's attempt to trademark "Vice City Subs", Take Two's lawyers said VCS sold over 7 million copies since launch. (Prior disclosed number was 4.5m)
Item 2: www.gamefile.news/i/189381015/...
(MLB also felt like the "zone" part might be confusing, because of, you know "strike zone")
27.02.2026 22:51 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
NEW: Major League Baseball took issue this week with the name of Call of Duty's "World Series of Warzone" esports series, citing potential brand confusion
Activision then bailed on the WSoW trademark
I'd be surprised if they try using "World Series" again
www.gamefile.news/p/world-seri...
My favorite is Game File (www.gamefile.news). The guy who runs it is an inspiration.
26.02.2026 23:59 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Time for Netflix to pivot and buy Xbox
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NEW: Inside the failure of Highguard, which flopped so badly that developer Wildlight laid off most of its staff just two weeks after release.
Here's the story behind why people loved working at Wildlight, why Tencent pulled funding, and how it all fell apart: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
A tough read, but one I'm so glad to see @adashtra.bsky.social cover for us
26.02.2026 15:45 — 👍 97 🔁 27 💬 1 📌 0
Anyone discover any great demos in the current Steam Next Fest?
I've played (and enjoyed) Titanium Court and Australia Did It.
I'm downloading tons more. But there are 3,404 demos overall, so suggestions are welcome!
Well now...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Also in this:
- Sharma picks an Xbox vet (and former start-up colleague) for her chief of staff
- And some key Xbox what-ifs regarding a division that launched a $300 console without a killer game and used to have Roblox as a console exclusive
Fun fact: Asha Sharma's appointment as CEO of Xbox is her second time working on Microsoft's gaming brand
A Microsoft rep confirmed to me that she did some Xbox work back during her initial 2011-2013 Microsoft stint but didn't specify what she worked on
www.gamefile.news/p/xboxs-new-...
It took decades, but I'm now RE-pilled.
As I played the Leon parts of the game... it hit me. I had reached a moment in my life when it could actually be useful to distinguish my Kennedys from my Redfields, my Birkins from my Spencers, my T-virus from my G-Virus.
REVIEW: I liked Resident Evil Requiem so much that I took a break while on review deadline to play RE2 Remake through for the first time... a game I'd say is mandatory for this one
Requiem, you see, is an excellent Resident Evil game about Resident Evil games
www.gamefile.news/p/resident-e...
Checking to see if the old USB drive I found has room for some screenshots I need to transfer
25.02.2026 15:11 — 👍 27 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Feels like you could do a whole ass career in the games industry and never ship a single game.
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