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Live service, gacha and freemium games are among the top-earning in the industry. With the likes of Fortnite and Roblox especially popular among children, international regulation boards have begun crafting new ways to stymie predatory monetization practices. Last week, the EU announced it will be taking actions against ten specific companies, including Activision, Riot and…

Social media has exploded with wacky video game mods that combine titles the public never thought they’d see together. People are driving Mario Kart vehicles in Call of Duty Zombies, fighting Elden Ring bosses with Minecraft characters, and even swinging around Batman’s Gotham City as Spider-Man.

It does not take a huge amount of insight to know thatXbox is in turmoil. Frommanagement changes to studio realignments to sliding sales to an identity crisis tomass and continuing layoffs, the division has spent the last few years lurching from one disaster to the next. This unavoidable fact should form the basis of any…