Video Games

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1161+ words) Ipsos collected the data on behalf of Video Games Europe. The report draws on GameTrack (39,371 respondents aged 6-75), actual GSD sales (physical and digital copies, as reported by publishers), and the EGDF industry report. ❗️In 2025, Video Games Europe expanded its coverage…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1673+ words) September 20 marks George R. R. Martin’s 78th birthday. The American author was born on September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey, and sold his first professional short story back in 1970. A few decades later, he created a world that made him one of the most…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (586+ words) Intorqa’s modeled estimate dwarfs Twitch revenue as Activision’s Team Ricochet banned 293,000 accounts ahead of Modern Warfare 4’s October launch Two revenue layers make up the cheat economy: subscription software and a sprawling network of adjacent services. Intorqa’s Cheatonomics analysis modeled…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (384+ words) OpenAI describes the scale of ChatGPT's adoption in its official account of how people are putting ChatGPT to work. Its August 6, 2026 post says that more than 1 billion people are using the service. OpenAI later reinforced that reach across consumer and…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (443+ words) 51% of studios face a drop in player retention or revenue due to cheaters, and 88% of developers plan to increase spending on combating them in the next 12 months. Cheaters are becoming an increasingly serious problem for multiplayer games, affecting not only…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (199+ words) Published September 15, 2026 More than 40% of U.S. gamers have recently cancelled subscriptions to services like Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation Plus Essential, and Nintendo Switch Online, according to recent data released by Circana, a portal that tracks video game consumer data. Out of…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (305+ words) What percentage of people cancel Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation Plus, or Switch Online because of cost?Over 40% of people who canceled these services cited cost as a primary reason, according to Circana’s Future of Insights for Video Games Consumer Survey,…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (292+ words) More than 40% of US players who recently cancelled Xbox Game Pass Essential, PlayStation Plus Essential or Nintendo Switch Online identified cost as a primary reason, data from Circana has revealed. Half of those who recently cancelled Nintendo Switch Online said…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (198+ words) Financial concerns are increasingly cited by gamers as the reason for canceling subscriptions to Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation Plus, and Nintendo Switch Online. A survey conducted by Circana reveals that cost is an escalating factor behind American users dropping Xbox…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (331+ words) The staggering number reveals both OpenAI's massive reach and its equally massive retention problem as the company prepares for a potential IPO OpenAI official logo (public domain, Wikimedia Commons) — CryptoBriefing brand treatment Roughly 1 to 1.5 billion people have given ChatGPT a…...