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

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…

🍪 Spending Habits, Joseon Magic, and Courtroom Comebacks

Hello there, fellow number-crunchers and lore-lovers. Today’s Game Cookies From Newzoo’s deep dive into Western gaming wallets, to a magical Joseon-era adventure reveal, to Epic winning another antitrust battle — today’s mix is as global as it is varied. We’ve…

🍪 Independence, Layoffs, Lawsuits, and Year-Long Heroes

Hello there, independent grinders and Friday lovers — today’s lineup is all about breaking free, holding on, and fighting back. From Digital Foundry taking the indie plunge, to Marvel heroes that take a year to be born, to lawsuits, layoffs,…

🍪 AI Blunders, NSFW Backlash & the JRPG Comeback

From Nintendo’s grip on speedrun events to Riot’s awkward AI anniversary slip, today’s newsletter captures a gaming industry caught between control, chaos, and quiet rebellion. Let’s break it all down. 🚫 Nintendo Tells Charity Speedruns: Ask First RTA in Japan,…