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The Game Awards 2025 - List of Nominees - NintendoFuse
Geoff Keighley announced the nominees for The Game Awards 2025, highlighting Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Ghost of Yotei with multiple nominations across various categories including Game of the Year. The full list of nominees for categories like Best Performance, Best Ongoing Game, and Best Mobile Game has been revealed, with the Player's Voice award nominees to be announced later. The article also mentions Steve as the Senior Editor of NintendoFuse.
Steam Vs Epic Game Store
This analysis compares Steam and the Epic Games Store, highlighting Steam's dominance in PC gaming with its vast user base and extensive features. Epic Games is challenging Steam through exclusivity deals and offering weekly free games, aiming to capture a significant share of the market despite Steam's established ecosystem and customer loyalty.
Is Gaming A Cheap Hobby?
This analysis explores whether gaming is an affordable hobby by comparing its entry costs to other leisure activities. It details the expenses for setting up consoles like the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, including the cost of games, and contrasts this with the long-term value and per-hour entertainment cost of gaming compared to hobbies like skydiving or traveling.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and What's Next For Xbox | Let's Chat - The Game Fanatics
The article discusses Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and speculates on Xbox potentially becoming a multi-platform creator. It also touches on the growing popularity of mobile and cloud gaming, and briefly mentions other games like Fortnite and Six Days in Fallujah.
Are Subscription Services Like Xbox's Game Pass Good for Developers? - The Game Fanatics
This article discusses the impact of subscription services like Xbox Game Pass on game developers, questioning whether the benefits for consumers outweigh potential negative effects on creators. It explores how these services influence game accessibility and developer revenue streams, inviting reader discussion on the topic.
How Fortnite Hurt The Gaming Industry - The Game Fanatics
Fortnite's transition to a battle royale model and its subsequent massive success has significantly impacted the gaming industry, leading many companies to chase its formula. This pursuit, coupled with overestimations of profits post-COVID, has contributed to industry layoffs and studio closures, though the author anticipates a resurgence of AA games with unique experiences.
Is The MCon The Best Smart Phone Controller Yet? - The Game Fanatics
The MCon controller from Ohsnap aims to improve upon existing mobile gaming solutions like the Backbone and Razer Kishi. It features larger Hall effect thumbsticks, ergonomic flip-out handles, and magnetic attachment to the phone, addressing common pain points for mobile and cloud gamers. The product has successfully surpassed its Kickstarter goal.
Xbox Insiders: Try Highlight Reels on the ROG Xbox Ally X Starting Today!
Microsoft and ASUS are rolling out a new highlight reels feature for the ROG Xbox Ally X handheld device, accessible through the Xbox PC app's Game Highlights (Preview). This feature allows players to easily capture and share short gameplay clips, with an initial selection of games including Forza Horizon 5 and Overwatch available for Xbox Insiders to test.
Call Of Duty players are 66 times more likely to cheat than Battlefield 6 fans
A study by Surfshark reveals that Call Of Duty players are 66 times more likely to search for cheats than Battlefield players. The analysis, based on global search volume, also highlights Rocket League and Rainbow Six Siege as games with high interest in cheating. The study suggests that robust anti-cheat software may deter players from searching for hacks, and warns that high search volumes for cheats can pose cybersecurity risks.
Fortnite's Chapter 7 loot pool is a blueprint for battle royale going forward: balanced, lethal, and flexible
Fortnite's Chapter 7 loot pool is praised for its balanced and flexible design, featuring improved SMGs like the Holo and Flex, alongside other viable weapon options. While most weapons are now competitive, the Lock On assault rifle is criticized for its perceived unfairness. The article suggests this curated selection sets a positive direction for future battle royale titles.
How the video games industry will finally destroy itself - Reader's Feature
This reader's feature argues that the video game industry is unsustainable due to a financial system that disincentivizes innovation and leads to conservatism and consolidation. The author suggests that increasing costs, reliance on finance capital over productive labor, and the rise of AI threaten the industry's long-term survival, potentially leading to a crisis similar to broader economic issues.
Fortnite's no-aim-required lock-on assault rifle is an all-time stinker, and I hope Epic vaults it into oblivion
This opinion piece argues that Fortnite's Lock On assault rifle is a poorly designed weapon that should be removed from the game. The author believes it is too weak for new players and frustrating for experienced ones, encouraging unfair playstyles and diminishing the thrill of skillful engagements.
Marathon outsells Arc Raiders in launch week as Bungie's latest is not a flop
Bungie's Marathon has seen strong interest during its free Server Slam playtest, performing well on Steam's top sellers list and Twitch viewership, surpassing Arc Raiders in concurrent players. Despite a tumultuous development, the extraction shooter's early performance indicates positive player engagement ahead of its March 5 launch.
Console gaming is growing much quicker than mobile as EA named top publisher
A new industry report indicates that console gaming is experiencing significantly faster growth than mobile gaming, with PC and console revenue rising by 13% compared to a 1% increase for mobile. Electronic Arts was named the top publisher for console and PC in 2025, despite Microsoft spending the most on advertising. The report highlights that high advertising spend does not guarantee success, as evidenced by Microsoft's underperforming releases despite significant marketing investment.
LEGO’s New Fortnite BrickHeadz Require $400 Spend to Unlock
LEGO has announced that new Fortnite BrickHeadz featuring Beef Boss and Skye will not be sold directly but are exclusive to the LEGO Insiders program. To obtain these collectibles, users must earn 2500 points, which requires spending approximately $400 on other LEGO products. This move has drawn criticism from fans due to the high spending barrier for characters popular within the Fortnite community.
Silent Hill’s James Sunderland and Pyramid Head Coming to Fortnite
Fortnite is collaborating with the Silent Hill franchise, bringing characters James Sunderland and Pyramid Head to the battle royale. This unexpected crossover is seen as a strategic move by Epic Games to leverage horror content and by Konami to promote upcoming Silent Hill projects like the Silent Hill 2 Remake. The collaboration is expected to drop in the coming weeks and could pave the way for other horror franchises to appear in Fortnite.
StableRonaldo Calls Out Fortnite Over Skin Distribution Drama
Popular Fortnite content creator StableRonaldo has publicly criticized Epic Games regarding the distribution process for custom in-game skins. The controversy arose when another creator, Tung Tung Tung Sahur, received a skin before StableRonaldo, sparking debate about Epic's criteria for creator partnerships and recognition within the game's ecosystem.
Fortnite’s New Resident Evil Crossover Skin Has Players Divided Over Grace Ashcroft
A leaked image of a new Fortnite x Resident Evil crossover skin featuring Grace Ashcroft has divided the player base, with some criticizing the character model's appearance while others welcome the continued collaboration. The reveal also hints at the upcoming release of Resident Evil 9, also referred to as Requiem.
Fortnite x Solo Leveling Crossover Brings Sung Jinwoo to Battle Royale
Fortnite has officially launched its highly anticipated crossover with Solo Leveling, introducing the character Sung Jinwoo to the battle royale island starting February 20, 2026. The event, which also features skins for Cha Hae-In and Igris, is a limited-time offering available until March 2, 2026, and serves as a strategic promotion for Netmarble's mobile game, Solo Leveling: Arise.
Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.0 brings a new world, and a Fortnite collaboration
Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.0, titled 'No Aha at Full Moon,' launches February 13 and introduces the new planet Aha's Planarcadia, featuring new characters General Yao Guang and Sparxie. The update also includes a collaboration with Fortnite, adding skins for Kafka and Blade to the Fortnite Item Shop starting February 26.
