Ghost of Yōtei Has Sold About 5.4 Million Copies, Alinea Analytics Estimates; Sony Hasn’t Confirmed
Alinea Analytics estimates Ghost of Yōtei has sold about 5.4M copies for $407M, versus nearly 7M and $418M for Tsushima at the same point.…
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More Games Have Hit Steam in 2026 Than in All of 2025, SteamDB Data Shows
By Oct. 16, Steam had logged 21,388 new games in 2026, topping 2025's full-year 21,248, per SteamDB figures cited by Kotaku.
Timothy Zahn Is Off GalaxyCon St. Louis After Sponsor Rift
Timothy Zahn was pulled from GalaxyCon St. Louis after a dispute with his sponsor ComicSketchArt. Both sides now say it was a miscommunication.
Drunken Goddess Reflux Cancels Its Demo Over AI Clone Fears
Alliance Arts has scrapped the Oct. 19 public Steam demo for Drunken Goddess Reflux, worried the game could be copied with AI tools before…
Activision QA Testers Working on Modern Warfare 4 Vote to Authorize a Strike
Activision's QA union voted to authorize a strike after two years without a first contract, as Modern Warfare 4 enters early access.
DC Held Comic-Store Market Share Lead in Q3 2026
ICv2's ComicHub POS data shows DC at 33.6% of comic-store dollars in Q3 2026, ahead of Marvel's 29.8%, with Titan cracking the top 10.
Steam Achievement Sets Protect Your 100% Completion
Valve's Steam Client beta groups achievements into sets so DLC and seasonal trophies no longer wreck your completion percentage on games that support them.
Jagex Cancels RuneScape Reignited After Backlash
Jagex has scrapped RuneScape Reignited less than two weeks after RuneFest, keeping the December membership trial and promising plugins on October 19.
Netflix Cuts About 1,000 Jobs; One LinkedIn Post Shows Its Games Studio Next Games Was Hit
Netflix is cutting about 1,000 jobs, or 6% of staff. A single LinkedIn post from a Next Games HR worker is so far the…
French Court Clears the Way for a New Angoulême Festival
A court in Angoulême has rejected claims by Association FIBD and 9e Art+, clearing the way for a new international comics festival in the…