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Xbox CEO Lays Out Post-Layoff Priorities For Ambitious Growth After A Terrible Year
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma outlined growth priorities following a challenging year that included significant studio layoffs across Microsoft's gaming divisi…
Microsoft Adds ‘Seems Like AI Slop’ Button To LinkedIn After Just Spending $41 Billion On AI
Microsoft has added a "Seems Like AI Slop" button to LinkedIn, enabling users to flag AI-generated content they deem low-quality or unhelpful. The mov…
EA Says Saudi Takeover Deal Is Set To Close Next Week
Electronic Arts will return to private ownership next week following approval from all required regulators. The Saudi Arabian government-led investmen…
Bethesda’s New Logo Looks Like It Actually Belongs To A Video Game Company
Bethesda Softworks revealed a redesigned logo to mark four decades in the industry. The new mark ditches the company's dated visual identity for a sle…
Saudi Arabia's $55 billion takeover of Electronic Arts will happen next week
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) will complete its $55 billion acquisition of Electronic Arts next week, the publisher confirmed. All regul…
Here’s How Microsoft’s CEO Spoke About Xbox A Year Ago Vs. Now
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's public stance on Xbox has shifted dramatically over the past year, reflecting the company's broader strategic pivot away…
Xbox Revenue Dropped $1.7 Billion Last Year
Microsoft's gaming division reported a $1.7 billion revenue decline in the last fiscal year, marking a significant contraction for Xbox. The drop refl…
Studio Ghibli's worst movie returns to theaters for its 20th anniversary next month
Studio Ghibli rereleases Tales of Earthsea in theaters next month to mark the film's 20th anniversary. The 2006 fantasy feature, directed by Goro Miya…
Anonymous Persona 5 fans send Sony’s CEO a calling card with a clear message: we’re stealing back power for the players
A group of anonymous Persona 5 fans has sent a theatrical message to Sony's leadership, mimicking the game's iconic calling card mechanic as protest a…
The ‘story is far from over’: Wuchang: Fallen Feathers lead set to return and direct a sequel after studio’s collapse
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers director is returning to helm a sequel after developer Leenzee Games collapsed. The original Soulslike launched to mixed rece…
Two years on from taking the role, Wizards of the Coast's president is stepping down
John Hight is stepping down as president of Wizards of the Coast after two years in the role. The move, confirmed via SEC filing on July 27th, takes e…
BioWare Lost The Knowledge Needed To Remaster Dragon Age, Former Producer Says
Mark Darrah, former producer of the Dragon Age series, revealed that BioWare has lost the institutional knowledge required to remaster the original tr…
As Destiny 2 is laid to rest, Warframe is experiencing 'massive growth,' studio boss says
Bungie's decision to wind down Destiny 2 development has created a vacuum in the looter-shooter space, and Warframe is capitalizing. Digital Extremes …
'Only the survival of our studio would make us consider such a painful action': Tim Schafer announces Double Fine layoffs just 3 weeks after Xbox cut it loose
Double Fine Productions laid off 23 employees this week, three weeks after Microsoft ended its publishing partnership with the studio. Studio head Tim…
Double Fine lays off 23 after leaving Xbox Game Studios
Double Fine Productions has cut 23 employees following its departure from Xbox Game Studios, founder Tim Schafer announced. The studio behind Psychona…
That evil Car Park Capital tycoon game is only getting more evil with MicroProse as publisher, but it still looks gorgeous
Car Park Capital, the darkly comedic tycoon simulator from solo developer Hilko Janssen, has secured a publisher in veteran label MicroProse. The game…
Ex–Dragon Age Producer Calls EA A ‘Hedge Fund With A Video Game Hobby’
A veteran producer who worked on Dragon Age has publicly criticized Electronic Arts, calling the publisher a "hedge fund with a video game hobby" rath…
EA is 'a hedge fund with a videogame hobby,' former Dragon Age boss says, and that's why he reckons the series is probably dead and buried
Mark Darrah, former creative director of Dragon Age at BioWare, delivered a scathing assessment of EA's priorities, characterizing the publisher as a …
Splatoon Raiders' Pudyin Den is one of Nintendo's toughest boss fights of all time
Splatoon Raiders introduces Pudyin Den, a boss fight that ranks among Nintendo's most punishing encounters. Despite the character's diminutive stature…
Warren Spector’s Thick As Thieves Ends Support After Two Months
Warren Spector's Thick As Thieves is shutting down official server support just two months after launch. The stealth game, developed by Spector's stud…
Multiple Meccha Chameleon Steam Workshop Maps Got Infected With Malware And Its Discord Server Was Hacked
Mecha Chameleon's Steam Workshop suffered a security breach that exposed the game's community to malware distribution. Multiple custom maps uploaded t…
Bethesda Addresses Concerns That The Elder Scrolls 6 Will Be Impacted By Xbox Layoffs And Claims ‘The Roadmap Is Unaffected’
Bethesda has responded to industry concerns about The Elder Scrolls 6's development timeline following Microsoft's recent layoffs across Xbox Game Stu…
Ubisoft Boss Has A Hot Take On Sony Killing Game Discs
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot backs Sony's decision to phase out PS5 game disc production by January 2028, arguing the shift toward digital-only distribu…
The Next God Of War Is In Development, Stars Kratos, Will Tie Directly To Laufey
Sony Santa Monica Studios confirms active development on the next God of War installment. The sequel maintains Kratos as the protagonist and directly …
Is PSN Down? It Was For Hours Today, But It’s Back Up Now
Sony's PlayStation Network suffered a widespread outage on July 24 that knocked out core services for hours before coming back online. The outage affe…
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