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Amazon cancels Stargate, and got our hopes up for nothing once again
Industrie

Amazon cancels Stargate, and got our hopes up for nothing once again

Amazon MGM cancels Martin Gero's Stargate series after rejecting three other projects. The franchise is alive on paper, dead in practice. We believed in the comeback again, and we were wrong again.

Alexandrosse
3 juin 2026·8 min
Star Citizen, one billion dollars and still no game: what this number says about our industry
Industrie

Star Citizen, one billion dollars and still no game: what this number says about our industry

On May 24, 2026, the official Roberts Space Industries counter displayed $1,000,732,962. Fourteen years of development, 6.5 million registered players, a $5,000 ship sold the same day. And still no release date.

Alexandrosse
2 juin 2026·8 min
Fable (2026): six years of waiting, a PS5 announcement, and the question that still has no answer
Industrie

Fable (2026): six years of waiting, a PS5 announcement, and the question that still has no answer

Six years after the announcement, Fable releases in autumn 2026 on Xbox, PC and PS5 day one. Playground Games built something ambitious. The real question is whether we'd have preferred a sequel in the lineage of Fable 2.

Alexandrosse
28 mai 2026·8 min
Quantic Dream shuts down Spellcasters Chronicles after 83 days: 800 players at launch, 54 at the end
Industrie

Quantic Dream shuts down Spellcasters Chronicles after 83 days: 800 players at launch, 54 at the end

Quantic Dream, the studio behind Heavy Rain and Detroit, launched a MOBA hero shooter that nobody saw coming and almost nobody played. 83 days after launch, servers close June 19. The postmortem is brutal.

Alexandrosse
20 mai 2026·8 min
Amazon's Lord of the Rings MMO is cancelled, and we were maybe the last ones to believe in it
Industrie

Amazon's Lord of the Rings MMO is cancelled, and we were maybe the last ones to believe in it

Amazon just confirmed the cancellation of its Lord of the Rings MMO. Breakaway, Crucible, New World on its deathbed, two failed LOTR attempts: the track record of a studio that should never have touched this franchise.

Alexandrosse
19 mai 2026·9 min
Subnautica 2 launched despite Krafton, and it's the first time buying a game feels like a political act
Industrie

Subnautica 2 launched despite Krafton, and it's the first time buying a game feels like a political act

Krafton tried to cheat its devs via an illegal plan advised by ChatGPT, lost the lawsuit, and Subnautica 2 launched in Early Access anyway.

Alexandrosse
17 mai 2026·10 min
The head of Game Pass says Game Pass is too expensive. Thanks, we'd noticed.
Industrie

The head of Game Pass says Game Pass is too expensive. Thanks, we'd noticed.

Asha Sharma, Xbox's new boss, admitted in an internal memo that Game Pass has become too expensive for players. A brave statement. About six months late.

Alexandrosse
17 avril 2026·8 min
Industrie

Nacon's silent unease: chronicle of an industry under strain

Behind the official press releases and stated ambitions, a more fragile, more human, and above all more troubling reality is taking shape around Nacon. A chronicle of a European player caught between growth and its limits.

Alexandrosse
13 avril 2026·7 min