Catching up on a lot of stuff... - https://www.gamefile.news/p/valve-steam-machine-again - https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/valve-has-a-pretty-good-idea-of-what-steam-deck-2-is-going-to-be-but-its-not-ready-yet/ - https://www.gamefile.news/p/fall-guys-halloween - https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/as-one-of-the-largest-publishers-on-steam-xbox-boss-phil-spencer-welcomes-steam-machine-reveal/ - https://www.gamefile.news/p/metroid-prime-4-beyond-preview - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-13/ubisoft-delays-earnings-and-requests-share-trading-halt - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-06/-grand-theft-auto-vi-is-postponed-again-to-november-2026?itm_source=record&itm_campaign=Video_Games&itm_content=GTA_VI_Delayed,_Again-0 - https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/square-enix-makes-huge-western-cuts - https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/whats-going-to-stop-the-steam-machine - https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/we-interview-reggie-fils-aime-about - https://gamesbeat.com/playstations-japan-focused-state-of-play-packs-lots-of-game-announcements/ - https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/pokemon-legends-z-a-is-the-best-selling-physical-game-of-the-year-so-far-in-the-us/ - https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/capcom-readies-pragmata-as-original-ip-is-rated-in-south-korea/ - https://gamesbeat.com/gdc-salary-survey-average-salary-is-142k-but-24-have-been-laid-off-in-past-2-years/

Hey, late upload, but in this particular week, we take a look at Masahiro Sakurai-san, Z-A opening sales, Xbox and Firebreak, journalists leaving video games news coverage, and... street burgers. https://www.ign.com/articles/kirby-air-riders-direct-with-director-masahiro-sakurai-set-for-this-week-brace-yourself-for-60-minutes-on-the-upcoming-nintendo-switch-2-exclusive https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ive-thrown-everything-i-have-into-this-sakurai-says-kirby-air-riders-wont-get-dlc-or-a-sequel/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-manga-based-on-the-life-of-smash-bros-creator-masahiro-sakurai-is-out-next-month/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/pokemon-legends-z-a-sold-5-8-million-copies-in-its-first-week-making-it-the-fifth-best-pokemon-launch/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/were-seeing-people-evolve-way-past-that-xboxs-sarah-bond-says-the-idea-of-exclusives-is-outdated/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/remedy-ceo-steps-down-two-weeks-after-it-issued-a-profit-warning-due-to-fbc-firebreaks-weak-sales/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/more-than-1200-games-journalists-have-left-the-media-in-the-last-two-years/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/mcdonalds-japan-is-selling-street-fighter-themed-burgers/ #AnchInfinite #Anch #videogames #videogamenews

Hmm. Z-A... Hmmge... in retrospect, that price tag hurts.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-10-17/with-alabaster-dawn-the-makers-of-crosscode-follow-up-on-an-indie-hithttps://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/nintendo-has-generated-nearly-22https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nintendo-downplays-hack-claiming-no-leak-of-personal-development-or-business-informationhttps://www.gamesindustry.biz/pokemon-legends-z-a-critical-consensus

Late post... touring video game news at the beginning of Oct. https://www.gamefile.news/p/nintendo-mystery-babyhttps://www.gamefile.news/p/xbox-360-ps3-console-price-cut-warshttps://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/some-game-companies-continue-to-be https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/game-pass-users-in-some-regions-will-avoid-50-price-hike-as-long-as-they-stay-subbed/ https://www.gamesindustry.biz/unity-discovers-major-security-vulnerability-in-development-tool-dating-back-to-2017https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisofts-tencent-backed-subsidiary-now-has-a-name-vantage-studios https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switch-onlines-snes-library-gets-three-more-games-including-a-mario-games-first-ever-release-outside-of-japan/https://www.gamefile.news/p/ea-battlefield-6-launch #AnchInfinite #Anch #videogames #videogamenews

Just a scant two articles to talk about this week, one about EA, the other about XBOX game pass. Then ⁨@StreamingFalcon⁩ raided. Then we talked about EA and XBOX game pass again. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-10-03/ea-s-deal-to-go-private-could-be-good-for-investors-bad-for-employees https://gamesbeat.com/xbox-upgrades-game-pass-tiers-and-raises-the-ultimate-price/ #AnchInfinite #Anch #videogames #videogamenews

Hey, this week we check out a report on EA closing in on a deal to become private again, and otherwise peruse the newsletters and usual suspect websites. Links below. Oh, also, there was a Pokémon wrestling event in Mexico City to promo Z-A.https://www.inoreader.com/feed/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.giantbomb.com%2Ffeeds%2Fnew_releases%2Fhttps://www.ign.com/articles/ea-reportedly-closing-in-on-50-billion-deal-to-go-privatehttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-26/the-video-game-industry-has-a-problem-there-are-too-many-gameshttps://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-teamed-up-with-cmll-for-the-coolest-wrestling-crossover-event/1100-6535049/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2fhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sxgNmpY18Q&t=3shttps://www.ign.com/articles/sony-says-ps5-is-the-most-successful-playstation-generation-ever-making-136-billion-in-sales-so-farhttps://gamesbeat.com/insomniacs-wolverine-game-finally-gets-fall-2026-release-date-in-visceral-gameplay-reveal/https://www.gamefile.news/p/tencent-response-sony-horizon-lawsuit-chinahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9tLcD1r-6w&t=859shttps://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/are-video-game-companies-gettinghttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-rog-xbox-ally-and-ally-x-price-has-finally-been-confirmed/https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/lenovo-has-cancelled-some-pre-orders-of-its-1100-legion-go-2-saying-its-substantially-exceeded-expectations/

Went over some of the boring stuff, the not so boring stuff, and stumbled into Acclaim. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/heres-everything-announced-during-todays-nintendo-direct/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/hideo-kojima-says-job-interviews-are-a-place-where-lies-meet-lies/ https://gamesbeat.com/acclaim-returns-with-1st-showcase-for-indie-gaming-lineup/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/hideo-kojima-says-job-interviews-are-a-place-where-lies-meet-lies/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendos-switch-mario-galaxy-collection-will-retail-for-70/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/new-pokemon-spin-off-pokemon-pokopeia-is-coming-from-koei-tecmo/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/pokemon-legends-z-a-is-getting-paid-dlc-featuring-mega-raichu/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-12/-silksong-the-long-awaited-successor-to-hollow-knight-was-worth-the-wait https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-finally-confirms-metroid-prime-4s-release-date-along-with-new-motorbike-sections/https://www.gamefile.news/p/virtual-boy-nintendo-switch https://gamesbeat.com/nintendo-direct-the-big-announcements-like-the-super-mario-galaxy-movie/ https://gamesbeat.com/probablymonsters-1st-game-storm-lancers-debuts-on-nintendo-switch-today/https://www.gamefile.news/p/virtual-boy-nintendo-switch

Hey, this week we take a high level view of the news... Final Fantasy Tactics, Perfect Dark, Playstation's "War on Counterfeiters", and... actually most interestingly, amirsatvat.comhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-05/remastering-final-fantasy-tactics-was-much-harder-than-it-seemedhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-02/-perfect-dark-developer-lays-off-staff-after-funding-deal-falls-throughhttps://www.gamefile.news/p/playstations-vs-counterfeiters-illinois-lawsuithttps://amirsatvat.com/

Hey, this week we take a look at a whole array of stuff either coming out of gamescom, or being inspired by gamescom chatter.https://www.gamesindustry.biz/at-gamescom-it-felt-like-the-industry-now-has-a-plan-make-games-quicker-opinionhttps://www.gamesindustry.biz/with-the-waves-of-layoffs-the-way-that-people-are-overworked-everyone-agrees-that-there-is-a-systemic-problemhttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/hollow-knight-silksong-is-coming-out-in-two-weeks/https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/yoshi-p-reveals-positive-discussions-over-nintendo-switch-2-final-fantasy-14-port/https://www.ign.com/articles/how-shigeru-miyamoto-influenced-donkey-kong-bananzas-sound-and-movementhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-21/why-silksong-team-cherry-s-sequel-to-hollow-knight-took-so-long-to-makehttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-20/take-two-guts-bioshock-studio-after-a-decade-of-developmenthttps://www.gamefile.news/p/kirby-air-riders-sakurai-scheduling-surprisehttps://www.gamefile.news/p/blizzard-diablo-iv-game-creditshttps://gamesbeat.com/evo-gets-a-new-owner-and-new-partners-in-international-expansion/https://gamesbeat.com/playstation-5-prices-increase-in-the-u-s/https://gamesbeat.com/sony-ai-and-audiokinetic-enable-audio-to-audio-and-text-to-audio-search-for-devs/https://gamesbeat.com/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-is-coming-to-switch-2/https://gamesbeat.com/sekiro-shadows-die-twice-is-getting-an-anime-adaptation/https://gamesbeat.com/90-of-games-devs-are-using-ai-in-workflows-google-cloud/https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/will-battlefield-6-boot-stomp-call

A collection of articles this week. Devcom views on AI, learning from Firebreak's launch, Poker on Steam, Vamp Survivors coming to board game (and with a kickstarter), Marathon's expected within Sony's fiscal year, and some survey results from G2M's annual video game survey.Also, Vivrato, Adam Boyes' new consulting company, has staffed up with many industry veterans with varying backgrounds in games, business, technology, and so on. They will also have a new podcast called "Solutions Series", which will "share best practices and insights from inside the gaming world."Otherwise, gamescom is next week.Devcom speaker survey highlights mixed attitudes towards AI: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/devcom-speaker-survey-highlights-mixed-attitudes-towards-aiHow to explain a bad video game launch: https://www.gamefile.news/p/fbc-firebreak-remedy-launch-resultsZynga Poker comes to Steam: https://gamesbeat.com/zynga-poker-launches-on-steam-with-crossplay-enabled/Vampire Survivors board game in the works: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/a-vampire-survivors-board-game-is-in-the-works/1100-6533967/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2fMarathon expected within the fiscal year, says Sony: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/marathon-expected-to-launch-within-this-fiscal-year-following-indefinite-delay-says-sonyG2M annual video game survey reveals Discoverability is the top challenge according to respondents: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/discoverability-is-the-industrys-achilles-heel-marketing-survey-finds