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A newsletter for people who are curious about the business and culture of video games, from a reporter who has been on the beat for 20 years.

In our house, the new Zelda is a great multiplayer game

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An ambitious competitor to The Sims is in the works, for some personal reasons

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Ubisoft in crisis mode (again)

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Valve tells judge, not the public, why it dropped Steam’s forced arbitration clause

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How Astro Bot's iconic PlayStation bots were made

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New law will change how always-online games are sold, at least in California

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A brief Star Wars Outlaws Endgame Q&A [Spoilers]

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What they're fixing in Star Wars Outlaws, and why

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The perfect video game for 2024

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The divisive return of Flappy Bird, and the untold, decade-long chase to claim the game's name

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Nintendo and the Pokémon Company sue Palworld maker Pocketpair [Update]

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A new game publisher is all about brain-breaking PC strategy games (and making them easier to get into)

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EA isn't making The Sims 5, as it 'disrupts the sequel model'

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My kids’ first PlayStation game

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Microsoft to cut 650 more gaming jobs [Update]

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Sony PlayStation’s headcount was flat this year, snapping three years of growth

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Sony to sell a more powerful $700 version of the PS5

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Hands-on with Nintendo’s next bold Zelda game

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Star Wars Outlaws really clicked for me in hour 11, or maybe it was hour 17

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How the hideous beauty of an unusual Capcom game came to be

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What's new is old, as remakes fill Nintendo's newest showcase

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Sony’s new game Concord has an unexpectedly lovely map

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New Madden’s lack of launch week review scores was partially by EA’s design

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Microsoft's Indiana Jones twist: It's back to being a PlayStation game, too

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Epic’s Tim Sweeney: Fighting Apple and Google has cost Epic about $1 billion

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I'm really enjoying Arco, a gorgeous pixel-art western

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It’s video game delay season. And release date season, too.

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The surprises that followed Animal Well’s near-perfect launch

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A cat role-playing game, reviewed by my twins (age 7 1/2)

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This fall's push for a video game industry code of ethics

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Saving Game Informer: The effort to protect gaming history after GameStop's shutdown

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Two video game previews that almost got away

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Bungie's deep job cuts were in the works prior to Destiny's most recent release, sources say

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Playing Pokémon by ear

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Arranger is a smart new puzzle game that’s free, if you have Netflix

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Video game actors to go on strike over AI

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Kamala Harris’ weird video game cameo

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The average age of video game makers keeps going up

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This was 2024’s best week of new video games

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Take Two warns investors that review bombings can hurt profits

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Nintendo puts more women in charge in Japan, but is not chasing a 'specific target'

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Ubisoft fine print reveals small CEO pay bump, a nixed Driver show and more

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What to make of Microsoft’s Game Pass overhaul

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A former Fallout artist on life after the game industry

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My kids’ favorite games of 2024, so far

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How PlayStation engineered its next great game

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A few things I learned about Star Wars Outlaws

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In New York, experts wonder how games can help save the world

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An extraordinary Netflix-backed game turns sign language into gameplay

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Exclusive: Palworld’s lead creator on his wild 2024, biggest dream for the game, and more

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Playing Elden Ring, two years late

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One of 2024’s coolest gaming secrets has been hiding in plain sight

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Nintendo's Next Zelda Game Lets You Play As Zelda [Update]

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Some Made-Up Summer Game Fest Awards

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Two (or is that 51?) fascinating new video games about...video games

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows developers talk Animus, Yasuke backlash and more

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No newsletter today, but...

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New Gears of War game will be somber, linear and very detailed

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Xbox focuses on impressive games, not the elephants in the room

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The story behind a head-turning billboard mourning game studio shutdowns

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Five Nights At Freddy’s creator made $26 million in series’ first two years, records show

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