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ARTISAN GOD LOKI PROVES HOT TOYS' MOST DIVISIVE LINE CAN STILL LAND

The Artisan line has taken heat for glue stains and shaky QC, but the DX41AE God Loki shows what happens when Hot Toys nails the brief.

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PALWORLD'S 1.0 WIN ISN'T SALES. IT'S FINALLY BEING ALLOWED IN THE ROOM

The Early Access-to-1.0 sales bump is mostly a myth, but July 10 hands Palworld something more durable: the legitimacy the industry withheld for two and a half years.

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▶ news·Jul 6, 2026

GOOGLE RATIONING GEMINI TO META ISN'T A BUBBLE POPPING. IT'S WORSE.

When Google can't sell one of its biggest clients enough compute, the real story isn't oversupply. It's that the crunch gets worse before it gets better.

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▶ history·Jul 4, 2026

THE DEATH OF OWNERSHIP: HOW PHYSICAL MEDIA'S DECLINE HANDED PRESERVATION TO PIRATES

Physical media is fading fast, and the collapse of ownership means the only reliable way to access much of gaming's past is now legally gray.

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▶ news·Jul 2, 2026

SONY IS KILLING NEW GAME DISCS IN 2028. THE PROBLEM ISN'T NOSTALGIA, IT'S ACCESS

Sony's move to an all-digital future for new PlayStation games makes business sense, but the people it hurts most are the ones with the least room to absorb it.

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▶ news·Jun 26, 2026

GTA VI WILL SHIP WITHOUT A DISC, AND THAT'S A PROBLEM BIGGER THAN ONE GAME

Rockstar's 'physical' edition of GTA VI is just a code in a box, and the most anticipated game ever is about to make digital-only the industry default.

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▶ news·Jun 22, 2026

EXCLUSIVITY'S WEIRD COMEBACK: GREAT FOR FANBOYS, WORSE FOR EVERYONE ELSE

Xbox just reversed two years of going multiplatform, locking Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution to its own hardware. Exclusivity isn't dead. It's back on both sides, and that tells you what it was always for.

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