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Venture Capitalist ‘Shocked And Sad’ About How Much Gamers Hate AI

Folks with money tied in Anthropic and Nvidia blame job losses for low approval

By Zack Kotzer Published March 14, 2026

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Egg Adventures, Trash Bandits, And Waking Nightmares: 5 Neat Indies You Definitely Missed This Week

From a more modest cleaning simulator to a DOS-inspired monster brawl, a round up of brand new gems from the indie world

By Zack Kotzer Published March 14, 2026
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Meet The Guy Who’s Saving The Super Nintendo’s Infamously Inferior Version Of Doom

Turns out, it's the same guy who made it in the first place

Aidan Moher Published March 14, 2026
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Slay The Spire 2 Promises To Patch Out 1 Billion HP Exploit As It Sells A Whopping 3 Million Copies In Just One Week

The game is doing gangbusters and it's still only in Early Access

By Ethan Gach Published March 14, 2026
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This New Games Showcase Just Featured 15 Of The Coolest, Weirdest Games Out There

Noclip's Computer Worlds showcase was full of indie releases you should be paying attention to

Bee Wertheimer Published March 14, 2026

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Arc Raiders Has Started Replacing AI Voices With Human Ones Which CEO Admits Are Better

Embark's CEO says 'most' of the in-game voice lines are now recorded by real actors

By Zack Zwiezen Published March 13, 2026
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Let Them Eat Skins: Fortnite Players Are Calling For A Boycott Over V-Buck Price Hikes

No one's buying Epic's defense of shrinkflation

Bee Wertheimer Published March 13, 2026
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Pokopia Fans Are Making Other Pokémon Games’ Iconic Landmarks

The Mystery Dungeon series lives on in Pokopia players’ islands

By Kenneth Shepard Published March 13, 2026
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Marathon Rolled Out A Change, Everyone Got Mad, Bungie Admits They Messed Up

Update 1.0.0.4 made gunshots much louder and that has made the game deadlier for many

By Zack Zwiezen Published March 13, 2026
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FBI Investigating Malware On Steam After A Bunch Of Indie Games Were Revealed To Be Hiding Malicious Files

The games were removed from Valve's storefront earlier this year but concerns remain

Lewis Parker Published March 13, 2026

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Overwatch Fans Are Apologizing To The Kiriko And Mercy Mains They’ve Bullied

Ex-director Jeff Kaplan’s story about the pressures the team faced has put some things into perspective

By Kenneth Shepard Published March 13, 2026
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Amazon Prime Removing 4K Streaming Access, Locking Behind It New Extra Paywall

Want to watch The Boys or Fallout in 4K? You'll need to pay Amazon an extra $5 a month on top of your Prime subscription

By Zack Zwiezen Published March 13, 2026
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Forza Horizon 6′s Tokyo Is So Big It Has Its Own Development Team

Also: Someone from the Doom movie reminds us it sucked, Crimson Desert has pre-launch issues, and a new roguelike shooter looks good

By Zack Zwiezen Published March 13, 2026
CultureNews

Street Fighter Pro Detained By ICE Is Coming Home

Ludovic Mbock will have a follow-up hearing in May

By Kenneth Shepard Published March 13, 2026
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Indie Game All Will Rise Is Returning Microsoft’s Funding In Support Of ‘No Games For Genocide’ Boycott

'We are hopeful if enough developers and studios are moved to participate this could be a genuine tipping point,' the studio said in a statement

Lewis Parker Published March 13, 2026

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Pokémon Pokopia Players Are Finding Ways To Make Their Towns Run Themselves

Laser sensors are a game changer in the life sim

By Kenneth Shepard Published March 13, 2026
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Pokémon Copycat Pickmon Accused Of Ripping Off Fan Artists’ Designs

Fans are accusing the game of stealing their designs for Mega Ceruledge and Mega Meganium

Lewis Parker Published March 13, 2026
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Xbox Is Marching Forward With AI Features But Says It Wants To Protect Content Creators

The company outlined its ongoing ambitions around gaming copilot

By Ethan Gach Published March 12, 2026
CultureGame Diary

I Fell In Love With Highguard And Now It’s Gone Forever

RIP to a real one

By Ethan Gach Published March 12, 2026
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Pokémon Pokopia Fan Artists, Are Y’all Okay?

The life sim has Pokémon artists getting real angsty on the timeline

By Kenneth Shepard Published March 12, 2026

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