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Web entrepreneur and 20+ year SEO consultant, Charles "Grimtag" Ronchain is the founder of Pro-Gamer.gg, Retrocharting.com and Gamescharting.com. A veteran competitive gamer, streamer, and video game collector, he has consulted across the international gaming market for over 15 years, including with top price comparison engines.
Driven by data analytics, AI tools, and gaming economies, he delivers direct insights on Pro-Gamer.gg covering video game careers, digital monetization models (streaming, esports, content creation), and benchmarked hardware with hands-on field expertise.
Following the monumental breakout of Palworld and its massive player base of over twenty-five million survivors across PC and consoles, most mainstream publishers would have predictably jumped on the current industry bandwagon: transforming the survival sandbox into an all-encompassing metaverse hub. Pocketpair is taking the exact opposite route. John "Bucky" Buckley, lead of publishing and...
The countdown is officially underway on the PlayStation Store for PS5. In the updated "Last Chance to Play" tab, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Rockstar Games have confirmed the imminent departure of Grand Theft Auto V and its multiplayer counterpart GTA Online from the service. The deadline is set for Tuesday, November 17, 2026. Once that...
An explosive investigation published by Jason Schreier for Bloomberg has sent shockwaves through the video game industry. Epic Games has made the controversial decision to delay its unannounced multiplayer shooter combining the Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars universes to enforce an aggressive, top-down transition toward entirely AI-accelerated development. An internal mandate banning hand-written code Originally...
Epic Games has rolled out an ambitious overhaul of its desktop software. Now accessible in preview at launcher.epicgames.com, the new Epic Games Launcher has been rebuilt completely from scratch. What makes this refresh stand out is how openly Epic is handling its development. The company relied heavily on artificial intelligence to generate and review the...
In 1994, right when the Super Nintendo was at its peak, British developer Software Creations wrapped up development on MotoX, an isometric motocross racer packed with fast arcade action. Just as the cartridge was ready for manufacturing, publisher Trimark Interactive pulled the plug at the last minute to pivot toward interactive video on CD-ROM. After...
The creative minds who shaped Revachol have officially resurfaced, and they have no intention of living in the shadow of their past masterpiece. Summer Eternal, the worker-owned cooperative founded by key Disco Elysium writers and developers including Argo Tuulik and Dora Klindžić, has officially unveiled its debut title: Red Rooster. An Incendiary Physics-Based RPG Forging...
The long wait is finally coming to an end for survivors of the Moscow tunnels. Developer 4A Games and publisher Deep Silver have officially opened pre-orders for Metro 2039. The next major installment in the acclaimed survival FPS franchise will launch worldwide on February 4, 2027, across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via...
In the high-stakes world of corporate video games, informing the chief executive of a publicly traded giant that their marquee product needs another delay takes serious courage. Speaking about the grueling production journey of Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar Games developers recently pulled back the curtain on a legendary internal moment: the exact second Take-Two...
The video game industry has lost one of its most imaginative and rebellious pioneers. Richard Gray, known throughout gaming history by the iconic handle "Levelord," has died at the age of 68. The news was shared publicly by publisher Apogee Entertainment, company founder Scott Miller, and confirmed by his wife and close family. His passing...
For more than a decade, Steven Ogg maintained a firm distance from the video game industry. The man who brought Trevor Philips to life in Grand Theft Auto 5, later seen in The Walking Dead and Better Call Saul, consistently told fans that he never touched consoles or played video games. Whenever questions arose regarding...