Director of Research & Insights at Niko Partners. I analyze the video games market in Asia & MENA. I tweet insights about gaming + more.

London, England
Some personal news: I’m now the Director of Research & Insights at Niko Partners. I’ve been at Niko Partners for almost 7 years and will be taking on this new role to lead and further develop our entire syndicated research and insights subscription line of business.
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A game where you design and sew your own dresses broke into Steam's top 10 best-selling games It has a 96% positive rating and beat out bigger titles like Diablo 4 and Control Resonant before dropping back down
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They unbanned Discord in the Philippines after ONE day cause they forgot the entire law enforcement runs on it
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Credit where credit is due: Roblox has added a meaningful new parental safety feature to Roblox. Each week, Roblox now sends a summary of what your kids have been playing. More platforms (like YouTube!) should do this and they do not
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Trump’s FCC chair was a longtime member of a sex cult that sexually assaulted and exploited teenage girls. This is just more expected behavior from Trump’s Epstein administration. theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i…
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I know we are all numb but here’s the sitting president threatening to do war crimes to 90 million people in front of the entire UN
Trump to the UN: "Do I annihilate the Islamic Republic, and do it quickly? Do I drive them into hell?"
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As part of our ongoing reset, Matt Booty just sent an email to our team covering role reductions, a reorganization of several of our studios, and updates on our divestitures. See full email here: news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/09/…
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"Unfortunately, two separate agreements for Ninja Theory fell through. We will now begin consultation with employees on a proposed closure while continuing to explore other paths forward. Consultation with Arkane remains underway and is expected to continue through the end of the year."
Xbox - "Continuing Our Reset" - 'First, we are eliminating 268 roles across Halo Studios, other first-party studios, and the XGS management and central functions layer.' Activision will expand its remit to World’s Edge, as well as Rare. Activision will also be developing the next Halo title, led by a new, purpose-built team that is separate from ongoing development and plans for Call of Duty. A small team at Halo Studios will continue supporting the Halo community and games in-market. Bethesda will expand its remit to include Obsidian, which will continue its current projects, including Grounded, as well as the new Fallout project made in collaboration with Bethesda Game Studios. King will expand its remit to include Microsoft Casual Games, uniting our two global leaders in casual game design and live operations. Playground and Turn 10 will come together as one studio focused on the Forza and Fable franchises. These two studios have been creative and franchise partners for over a decade, and today’s changes will formally move their work into one team. news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/09/…
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Activision will develop the next Halo title, led by a "new, purpose-built team that is separate from ongoing development and plans for Call of Duty" ➡️ news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/09/… #Xbox #Halo
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The Information: 'Xbox is planning to lay off hundreds of employees this week in its second major staff reduction this year, according to someone briefed on the plans. The Microsoft-owned firm also plans to consolidate several of its game studios, this person said.' theinformation.com/briefings…
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We got Destiny’s entire life, death, and revival before GTA 6.
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I just checked this on a woman I'm writing about and indeed she is no longer showing up in the system. This is insane.
🚨NEW from @AP: ICE is now electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
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Koei Tecmo really said “Would you like to fight Lu Bu in 3 of our different releases for 2026?” 💀😂
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The Next Chapter for Bungie: ▪️Studio understands player disappointments, must earn back trust ▪️Public outcry over Destiny 2 "made a real impact" ▪️"Bringing vaulted Destiny 2 campaigns, destinations, and raids back into the game, where they will be available to all Destiny 2 players" ▪️That will take time as changes since Beyond Light require updates to lighting, encounters, combatants, systems, etc ▪️First step to "lay the foundation" for new stories and games ▪️Evolve Marathon "beyond the genre constraints we placed on it", expand it to a deeper survival experience ▪️"We have to find a way back to making games that we want to play, but with you at the center" ▪️"Increase transparency around development priorities" ▪️"Communicate more consistently, especially when plans change" Video ➡️ piped.video/watch?v=asnrQ1Uo… Blog ➡️ bungie.net/7/en/News/Article…
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Silent Hill: Townfall | Reviews 9 - PSLS 9 - Slant 9 - GameSpew 9 - GamesRadar 9 - Dualshockers 9 - GAMINGbible 8 - IGN 8 - Digitec 8 - PSX Brasil 8 - Gamespot 8 - TechRaptor 8 - MonsterVine 7 - GameGrin 7 - Screen Rant 7 - Push Square 6 - VGC 6 - DayOne MC: 82 OC: 80
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‘Resident Evil’ opens to $108.3M at the global box office 🧟‍♂️ • Best start ever for the franchise • Zach Cregger‘s biggest start as a filmmaker • Production budget was $75M
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US bombers are either heading for Iran or Yemen. Iranian military is on high alert. As are all US embassies in the region. Whether the US strikes Iran or Yemen, it only confirms the continuation of the escalation cycle rather than the winding down of the war and debunks the Trump's stated strategy.
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It’s an endless loop of “finding out”.
Young Chinese AI researchers have long admired their US counterparts. But now they’re starting to see things as a giant anti-China plot. This will deepen distrust and make AI cooperation harder. Brilliant piece by Irene Zhang for ChinaTalk chinatalk.media/p/how-anthro…
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Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered demo launches September 24 gematsu.com/2026/09/dynasty-…
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U.S. Republicans are pushing a bill that would block foreign piracy websites nationwide. Sites found to illegally distribute movies, TV shows, anime, sports, books, software and more could become inaccessible across the US, even through a VPN.
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Zach Cregger's ‘RESIDENT EVIL’ has earned $26.3M in the film's domestic opening day. • Biggest opening day of the franchise • Biggest opening for Zach Cregger's career
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