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“You Can’t Work for Somebody Who Doesn’t Exist”: The Decline of Games Journalism and the Rise of Independent Gaming News

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Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media

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Abstract

Games and Culture, Volume 21, Issue 4, Page 704-723, June 2026.
Despite the continued growth of the gaming sector, media conglomerates have recently begun a disturbing trend of downsizing their gaming-oriented publications, leading many journalists to pivot towards independence. This paper analyses the current moment ...