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The Roguelite Cull Hasn’t Happened Yet. The Data Already Decided It.
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Steam Next Fest June 2026: Communities Won It, AI Disclosure Lost It
The largest Next Fest ever ran 8,682 games. A quarter of the field disclosed AI use; one cracked the top ten. The winners entered with communities already built. The October clock is running.
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How China Turned 90-Second Soap Operas Into a Billion-Dollar Game Genre
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Congratulations, You Ignored the Chinese Games Market. Here's What You Lost.
The China Multiplier, and the studios already winning while Western publishers monitor the market
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What Steam Spring Sale 2026 Actually Proved
$92M before the discounts started, one third of sales from China, and four AI controversies that couldn’t stop $500M. Here's what the numbers actually prove.
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Far Far West didn’t win Steam Next Fest. It harvested what it had already grown.
How a Small French Studio Built 536,000 Wishlists Before the Game Was Finished
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The Studios That Won Steam Next Fest Won It a Year Ago
3,500 demos, a gameable metric, and why community health is the only number that can't be manufactured