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A freelance writer on Game Rant with three years of experience writing academic essays and fantasy stories, including the Encyclopaedia Marix and Fear of the Dead. The former is an encyclopaedia ...

The video game industry has changed dramatically over the last two decades, especially as independent developers have gained easier access to publishing tools, digital storefronts, and global ...

How many people came up with the idea to launch a Squid Game video game after the Korean TV show broke Netflix records in 2021? The answer, with one glance at the cursed depths of mobile game stores, ...

The relentless grind of studio layoffs has not paused in 2026, and opinion pieces on the demise of AAA games are a dime a dozen. Proclamations on how to turn things round routinely call for embracing ...

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Jake Valentine is a Contributor at DualShockers with more than two decades of experience covering the video game industry. Since 2004, he has written about games across news, reviews, guides, lists, ...

Vlad Mazanko is Ukraine-based gaming enthusiast, writing about the industry since 2013 and covering everything from games and studios to movies and TV shows. He joined the Valnet family back in 2021, ...