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Epic reports third-party game revenue on the Epic Games Store up 57% YoY in 2025 to $400M, total spend up 6% to $1.16B, and total player hours down 14% to 6.65B (Jon Hicks/GamesIndustry.biz)
Jon Hicks / GamesIndustry.biz:
Epic reports third-party game revenue on the Epic Games Store up 57% YoY in 2025 to $400M, total spend up 6% to $1.16B, and total player hours down 14% to 6.65B — Total player spend up by 6% to $1.16 billion, total player hours down 14%, free games deliver “uplift of 40% in Steam CCUs”
Xbox Game Pass February 2026 games include Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Madden NFL 26
Xbox Game Pass February 2026 lineup features a standout Avatar game, Madden NFL 26, High on Life 2, and more.
Millions of books died so Claude could live
When ChatGPT launched, in November of 2022, it started a race that almost immediately consumed the tech industry. OpenAI didn't invent the concept of AI, but most of the state-of-the-art technology was confined to research labs at companies and institutions around the world. Then, suddenly, it was everywhere. And better than anyone expected. So many […]
Orion, which has developed an AI platform meant to replace data loss prevention tools, raised a $32M Series A led by Norwest, bringing its total funding to $38M (Meir Orbach/CTech)
Meir Orbach / CTech:
Orion, which has developed an AI platform meant to replace data loss prevention tools, raised a $32M Series A led by Norwest, bringing its total funding to $38M — The Israeli company says its autonomous platform replaces legacy DLP tools with AI agents that track data in real time …
Nintendo's Switch 2 spring 2026 preview is looking stacked
Mario Tennis Fever, Super Mario Bros. Wonder DLC, and some Capcom hits anchor a strong spring 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2.