Steam Controller breaks Steam | Roblox unveils Hybrid Architecture | CoD ditches last-gen
GIES W20 | Friday, May 8, 2026
Valve’s hardware comeback hit a new mark this week as The Steam Controller sold out in 30 minutes, utterly breaking Steam in the process.
Roblox raised the platform stakes with Introducing the Roblox Hybrid Architecture: Democratizing Photorealistic, Multiplayer Gaming.
Activision closed an era: Call Of Duty Will No Longer Release On Last-Gen Consoles.
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News
GameStop Makes $56 Billion Bid for eBay, Four Times Its Size
Supercell to fully acquire Merge Mansion maker Metacore amid restructure, with 160 jobs at risk
Microsoft Xbox CEO overhauls leadership amid sinking sales: ‘We need to evolve how we work’
Hero shooter Last Flag halts production just 2 weeks after launch, but vows to “make sure that the game doesn’t disappear”
The Sims 4 Is Getting A Massive (And Desperately Needed) Overhaul
Industry Trends
Don’t Expect Product Placement in GTA 6, the CEO of Take-Two Says It Won’t Do Real World Brand Partnerships Because ‘All the Brands Are Made Up’
Anti-cheat incompatibility on Linux is unacceptable from game developers and publishers, and Rocket League just proved why
“If people are saying ‘dead game,’ that means our game is alive:” how Apex Legends is winning back players
62% of hardcore players no longer buy full-price games, survey suggests
Rumors
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