Faha Games Studio — Industry NotesReporting and analysis on game launches, delays, dev histories, and the business of the industry — from Faha Games Studio.https://fahagames.com/en-caSilksong at eight months: what $20 actually bought, and what it costhttps://fahagames.com/blog/silksong-eight-months-twenty-dollar-math/https://fahagames.com/blog/silksong-eight-months-twenty-dollar-math/Silksong's $20 crashed Steam, hit 7M copies in three months, and lost GOTY to a game it outsold. What the math actually says about Team Cherry's price.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTsilksongteam-cherryindiemarketingpost-mortemMarathon two months in: the delay saved the game, but maybe not the businesshttps://fahagames.com/blog/marathon-two-months-delay-product-vs-business/https://fahagames.com/blog/marathon-two-months-delay-product-vs-business/Marathon shipped in better shape than its alpha. Sales are modest, retention has dropped 59%. The delay saved the game; the business is another question.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTmarathonbungiepost-mortemlaunch007 First Light is IO Interactive's biggest test outside Agent 47https://fahagames.com/blog/007-first-light-io-interactive-bond-test/https://fahagames.com/blog/007-first-light-io-interactive-bond-test/Hitman gave IO Interactive total creative latitude. James Bond does not. Three weeks before 007 First Light launches, the question is whether the studio's craft survives a fixed character, a licensed tone, and the decades of fan expectations attached to the 007 number.Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT007-first-lightio-interactiveupcomingForza Horizon 6's two bets: Japan, and PlayStationhttps://fahagames.com/blog/forza-horizon-6-japan-and-playstation/https://fahagames.com/blog/forza-horizon-6-japan-and-playstation/Forza Horizon 6 launches May 19 with the franchise's first Asian setting and its first PlayStation release. Both break a pattern that has worked for fourteen years. Both have asymmetric upside — and structural risk Playground hasn't tested before.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTforza-horizon-6playground-gamesupcomingmarketingWhy GTA 6's PC delay is strategy — and the bet Take-Two is makinghttps://fahagames.com/blog/gta-6-pc-delay-strategy/https://fahagames.com/blog/gta-6-pc-delay-strategy/Take-Two's own numbers say PC is half its major-title sales. Rockstar owns the largest GTA modding ecosystem. And PC players still have to wait twelve to eighteen months for GTA VI. The math has a logic — but it's narrower than the public framing suggests.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTgta-6rockstar-gamespc-gamingmarketingTwelve months without a GTA 6 trailer: the May 21 earnings call is the testhttps://fahagames.com/blog/gta-6-twelve-month-silence/https://fahagames.com/blog/gta-6-twelve-month-silence/Rockstar hasn't released a new Grand Theft Auto VI trailer in twelve months. Take-Two's May 21 earnings call will reveal whether the silence is strategy — or a stall.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTgta-6rockstar-gamesmarketingupcoming