Gaming
PlayStation Stops Pressing Discs in 2028
Sony will stop pressing discs for new PlayStation games from January 2028. The real story is the quiet end of ownership, resale, and your customer's exit.
Gaming
Gaming
A Hostile Bidder Does Not Need Your Board's Consent
GameStop's Ryan Cohen withdrew a 35 billion dollar pay award on 23 June 2026 to focus on a hostile 55.5 billion dollar bid for eBay, going straight to shareholders after the board said no. The lesson: a hostile bidder does not need your board's consent.
Gaming
Tencent Will Sell a Studio Back to Founders at a Loss
Tencent is negotiating exits from Japanese studio stakes including Marvelous, willing to sell back to management even at a loss to fund its AI and UGC pivot. The lesson for owners: strategic money can become a forced seller when the thesis changes.
Gaming
Xbox Is Cutting Back After Its Biggest Bet
Xbox told staff on 10 June it cannot continue as it is and began a 100-day reset with July layoffs. Even after the Activision deal, the biggest studio owner is shrinking.
Gaming
5.9 Million Switch 2s Meet a 26-Year PlayStation Low
Circana's May 2026 US data shows a console market splitting in two: Switch 2 is the second fastest-selling system ever tracked while PlayStation and Xbox post record lows at record prices.
Gaming
Bungie Cuts and the Live-Service Limit
Sony is cutting 292 jobs at Bungie after ending Destiny 2 development. The real story is the live-service model reaching its structural limit, and what European studios should do.
Gaming
The Storefront Writes Your AI Law
Valve's Steam requires AI-content disclosure; Epic requires none. For any studio, where you launch now encodes how much AI you admit to, at a measurable cost.
Gaming
PEGI Now Age Rates Your Business Model
Since June 2026 PEGI classifies paid random items at a minimum of PEGI 16 and blockchain mechanics at 18. Why Europe's age-rating system just became a regulator of game business models.
Gaming
Ubisoft Barcelona Goes On Strike
Workers at Ubisoft Barcelona began a three-week strike on 30 June over 51 proposed layoffs. Record industry revenue, mass job cuts and the first organized pushback at a major European studio.
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