“Gabe really had a great vision”: Steam became a PC gaming cornerstone because Valve built a community with “stickiness,” says Nightdive chief who worked on GameStop’s Steam competitor April 2, 2026 / admin / retro news “What Steam did better than anybody else was to create a community” Read More 2019
Frodo actor Elijah Wood says he regularly gets mistaken for fellow ’00s movie icon Tobey Maguire: “Hey, Spider-Man!” April 2, 2026 / admin / retro news Tobey Maguire played Spider-Man and Elijah Wood played Frodo, but fans regularly mix them up Read More 2019
Sony buys machine-learning company to help “enhance gameplay visuals, improve rendering techniques, and unlock new levels of visual fidelity” in PlayStation games April 2, 2026 / admin / retro news The AI tech will be used to “deliver richer, more immersive gameplay experiences” Read More 2019
Elijah Wood appears to confirm Aragorn recasting rumors in Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum: “Those are tough boots [to fill]” April 2, 2026 / admin / retro news Leo Woodall, anyone? Read More 2019
“Fortnite’s cultural moment is starting to fade,” games analyst says amid mass layoffs, and its downturn is part of the “erosion of American leadership” in video games April 2, 2026 / admin / retro news “It’s in the nature of empires to destroy themselves” Read More 2019
It took 3 years for PlayStation to earn $300 million in PC sales according to former manager, which makes the platform less than half as lucrative as the PS4 and PS5 April 2, 2026 / admin / retro news No wonder it’s reportedly ditching PC Read More 2019