The business and culture of video games, from a reporter with 20 years on the beat.
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The chart atop this article is not Game File’s tallest chart ever.
It’s the short version, crunched down for you to see the latest comparison of the compensation earned by Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson vs. the average EA worker.
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PlayStation’s big tariff refund
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Sony estimates it will have received ¥80 billion ($508 million) in tariff refunds from the United States government, in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling in February that the global levies imposed by the Trump administrat...
It’s been a great year for black-and-white video games
Helix Descent N Ascent. Screenshot: Badass Mongoose, captured by Game File
I guess I don’t need color in my video games, because I’ve been dazzled this year by a trio that’s in black and white.
All are out now and well worth a look…
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A complicated game
Order of the Sinking Star. Screenshots of OotSS in this post: Thekla Inc, captured by Game File from the game’s Steam demo.
Early last month, while playing the Switch 2 version of the big, upcoming puzzle game Order of the Sinking Star, I...
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Video game reporter at Game File (formerly Axios, Kotaku and MTV News). Runner. Father of twins. New Jersey dweller. Quoted KRS-One in my high school yearbook.
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