Krafton grew quarterly revenue 94.9 percent and still posted a net loss of 29.9 billion won. The company attributes it to non-operating losses from the acquisition that produced the hit. A lesson in reading a record.
Microsoft has brought original Xbox games to PC and Windows handhelds, and a leaked developer document points to Xbox 360 titles on PC and Project Helix from 2027 to 2028. Publishers opt in and keep control of pricing.
Electronic Arts expects its 55 billion dollar take-private to close at the close of trading on 4 August 2026. Saudi Arabia's PIF takes 93.4 percent, Silver Lake 5.5 percent and Affinity Partners 1.1 percent.
Lightspeed LA confirmed about 80 layoffs and a change of direction on Last Sentinel. Bloomberg reported six years and hundreds of millions. The gap between the two accounts is the lesson.
Xbox prices rose across Europe on 1 August. The entry Series S went up 42.9 percent and the flagship Series X 33.3 percent, which is what a memory shock always does - it lands hardest on the cheapest machine.
EA told the SEC on 30 July that every approval is in and its 55 billion dollar buyout closes 4 August. Brussels asked two questions. Neither was yours.
Apple Services revenue slipped to 30.74 billion dollars from 30.98 billion, the first sequential fall since 2022. Kevan Parekh named mobile gaming and App Store rule changes in three markets.
EA's own filing credits its chief executive with setting AI adoption targets and driving usage. The metric that got paid was usage, not outcome. Why that matters to buyers.
Xbox revenue fell for a fourth straight quarter and Microsoft guides it down again. Meanwhile the parent grew 18 per cent. What that means if you sell through a platform.
Double Fine got its catalogue, its culture and transition funding back from Xbox. Twenty-two days later it cut about a quarter of its staff. Good exit terms are not a cost base.
Halo: Campaign Evolved shipped on PlayStation 5 at 49.99 dollars and on Game Pass day one, with cross-progression. Exclusivity just got repriced.
Xbox's outage blocked disc-based and backwards-compatible games because the licence check failed. What a launch-time phone-home costs you under EU rules.
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One considered note on infrastructure, governance, and measurement, most mornings. No theory.