Author: Avinash

As you may have heard, Roblox is big—but the scale of the platform’s dominance over the attention span of a significant portion of the world’s populace can be hard to comprehend. Thankfully, a report on 2025 games industry trends from analyst Matthew Ball puts Roblox’s relative prominence in concrete terms.And that prominence is, well, terrifying. According to an early access release of Ball’s report, Roblox accounted for more of 2025’s games industry growth and player engagement than the combined totals from some of the world’s biggest gaming platforms. (Image credit: Epyllion)As has been the case since 2022’s descent from the…

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In what was a pretty dang great State of Play presentation, the gameplay trailer for Star Wars: Galactic Racer may have been one of the highlights, and in a recent developer interview, we’re picking up some really good vibes about this arcade racer’s direction. Watching the above video, it’s fairly easy to see the studio’s experience working on Burnout and Need for Speed shining through. Indeed, British developer Fuse Games has former Criterion Games staff leading the charge. In an interview with IGN, CEO and founder Matt Webster and creative director Kieran Crimmins reveal some pretty exciting details about the…

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After over 20 years at Xbox, Phil Spencer, the face of the brand for more than a decade, has announced he’s retiring from the company. Sarah Bond, the president at Xbox, is also out and Asha Sharma, the president of Microsoft’s CoreAI product, is taking over as CEO of Microsoft Gaming. It sounds bleak for Microsoft’s long-struggling gaming brand, though Sharma said in her initial email to employees that her goal was not to flood the Xbox ecosystem with “soulless AI slop.” Is that the truth or just something you say to placate your workers? Only time will tell, but…

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After his unexpected defeat to Jakub Mensik in Doha, Jannik Sinner remained composed as he reflected on the loss and looked ahead to the rest of the season. Mensik’s serving made the difference, particularly early on. “In the first set he served very well, almost 90% of first serves in. It was difficult to return and in the third I suffered a hard break,” Sinner said. “I made a couple of too many errors, but it can happen. I’m a little disappointed with how I handled some moments, but it can happen.” He pointed to the start of the deciding…

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Elina Svitolina defeated Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-7(13), 6-4 in a gripping semifinal at the Dubai Tennis Championships, to advance to her first WTA 1000 final in eight years. Svitolina was forced to save multiple break points at 4–4 in the deciding set before holding firm and eventually closing out the victory. Thus win marks her second win over Gauff this season and gives her a 3–2 lead in their head-to-head series. This will be Svitolina’s 24th WTA final, her sixth at the WTA 1000 level, and her third in Dubai, the first since 2018. It is also her first WTA…

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Favour Ofili is a Turkish sprinter who competes in the 100 m, 200 m and 4×100 m relay. Ofili made her Olympic debut in women’s 200m at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she finished sixth in the finals. In 2025, Ofili switched her sporting allegiance from Nigeria to Turkey. The dispute between Favour Ofili and Nigerian sports authorities has intensified following reports that the Nigerian Sports Commission is seeking to prevent her from representing Turkey at the 2028 Olympic Games. Officials reportedly argue that Ofili remains tied to Nigeria after receiving a training grant in early 2025 and must complete…

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