During the last major Steam sale, I made the somewhat ill-informed decision to buy both God of War Ragnarök and Stellar Blade at the same time. They were good deals, I make no excuses. I installed ...

There was a time when almost every game would eventually be re-released as a budget title, and we desperately need it back. Come, children, and sit at great-grandfather’s feet as I tell you about a ...

Big budget games have nearly killed the gaming industry. It finally seems that people are waking up to the reality of unsustainably massive video game budgets, but it’s sadly a decade too late. In a ...

For most of the 2010s, PC success followed a predictable pattern: massive budgets, cinematic scope, and blockbuster launches. By 2025-2026, that model is no longer holding. On PC, mid-budget games are ...

Looking to check out some recent games from 2025 and 2026 that may have slipped past? It happens all the time when big games come out. Players can often go for the big new shiny AAA experience and ...

Concord. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Star Wars Outlaws. Final Fantasy 16. The list of big budget video game failures is growing longer each month, with triple-A publishers struggling to ...

Daniel Trock is a Contributor at DualShockers specializing in PC games, lists, and reviews. He has been writing professionally since 2018 and covering games since 2020, with previous work spanning ...