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🍪 Analyxyz: Borderlands 4 and the $300M Gaslight

Game Cookies Analyxyz artwork on Borderlands 4 and the $300M performance controversy

Hello there frame-rate fighters, performance defenders. Today we dive into the Borderlands 4 disaster, Randy Pitchford’s Twitter meltdown, and why AAA studios keep treating optimization like it’s optional. 💥 A $300M Dumpster Fire Borderlands 4 was supposed to be the…

🍪 Acclaim’s Comeback, Ubisoft in Court, Roblox Goes Wild

Game Cookies newsletter illustration on Acclaim’s comeback, Ubisoft’s legal troubles, and Roblox community controversies

⚖️ Hello there, industry watchdogs and culture builders. Today we’ve got comebacks, controversies, and concurrent chaos. Let’s break it down. 🎮 Acclaim Rises from the Ashes Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. just dropped a signal: it’s officially back, teasing the PlayAcclaim Showcase…

🍪 Special: Future Games Show @ gamescom

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Hello there, fellow stealth-stabbers, roguelite grinders, and mil-sim radio-checkers — pull up a chair; we baked a hot tray of Future Games Show goodness. 🍪 David Hayter and Maggie Robertson hosted a brisk showcase packed with reveals, firm dates, and…

🍪 Payment Wars, $14M From Fans, and Crap Dungeon

Game Cookies newsletter artwork on payment wars in gaming, $14M fan funding, and Crap Dungeon controversy

Hello there, fellow censorship skeptics and accidental dungeon divers. In today’s Game Cookies, we’ve got Valve tangled in payment processor politics, a dev studio raising millions directly from its fans, a Minecraft porting veteran expanding, Arkane union workers calling out…