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Zenimax Online Studios leadership included in widespread Xbox job cuts, as concerns around Elder Scrolls Online’s longevity persist

379 developers in total are impacted across Zenimax. In a new report by Game File, 14-year studio veteran Joe Burba is leaving the company, after being appointed studio head last July following the last suite of layoffs. Joining him is Elder Scrolls Online executive producer Susan Kath, game director Rich Lambert, and production director Ala […]

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Against a backdrop of advancing Chinese production, TSMC announces another $100 billion worth of chipmaking will be invested in the US

TSMC, the world’s biggest chipmaker, has reportedly just announced it plans to invest another $100 billion in the US (via AP News) to expand its chip production in the country. ‘Another’, that is, on top of the $100 billion the company committed to last year. That previous $100 billion was in addition to the $65

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Modern Warfare 4 offers first look at Kill Block ahead of multiplayer gameplay debut this week

Though it might seem a little unusual to highlight a side mode the first time multiplayer gameplay is being shown – rather than offer a look at traditional modes, such as Team Deathmatch or Kill Confirmed – Kill Block is the experience that will be available for some this weekend. Sadly that only includes the

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League of Legends Classic players clash against old-school skin cosmetics, as the faithfulness of the new game mode is called into question

A largely on-rails (no pun intended) ‘train skateboarding game’, Denshattack! proposes one very simple question: what would happen if you made a skateboarding game, but with a train? The result is happily absurd; a pop-punk daydream of cel-shading, high-contrast art, eclectic music, and a surprisingly decent story. The whole thing balances humour and competence with

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League of Legends Classic players clash against old-school skin cosmetics, as the faithfulness of the new game mode is called into question

After several delays – it was meant to launch in 2022 at one point – and a worrying amount of silence from solo developer Replicant D6 at times, it’s been confirmed the game will release 11th August on PC via Steam. To celebrate the announcement, a new trailer full of silenced headshots, judo chops, and

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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced studio Ubisoft Barcelona goes on three-day strike in protest of layoffs

"Enough with the unjustified cuts!" Layoffs at Ubisoft Barcelona – which also supports the development of Rainbow Six Siege – were first announced in June, amid news of major restructuring at the publisher, and 51 workers at the studio are believed to be impacted. While layoffs have begun, negotiations are ongoing and the remaining developers

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Dead Space series co-creator and industry veteran Glen Schofield announces his retirement in emotional video

"Explore, experiment, enjoy, and don't forget that the most important thing is the idea." “After 35 years of making games and directing them, running teams, it’s time for me to officially retire from the day-to-day work,” Schofield said. “It’s been such an amazing career and I have so many people to thank for it, but

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“I don’t know how anyone remaining at Xbox Studios can feel safe” – New report reveals environment of uncertainty and fear, and a “staggering” loss of institutional knowledge

"Those that are left must be scrambling to pick up the pieces." Microsoft announced its Xbox restructuring last week, immediately laying off 1,600 people and slating a further 1,600 to be cut sometime between now and next summer. But no one yet knows who those jobs will belong to, meaning staff are working in fear

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HWMonitor now shows you thermal hotspot data for RTX 50-series graphics cards, so I thought I’d give one of ours a quick test

Hot off the news that repair shops have gained access to leaked internal Nvidia tools to gather RTX 50-series hotspot data, CPUID’s HWMonitor has added its own hotspot thermal tracking info in the latest update. Version 1.65 adds two hotspot sensor data rows within the graphics card column for RTX 50-series cards, right underneath the

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A SpaceX vet raised $65M to pull wire harnesses out of the Cold War era

When Senra CEO Jordan Black was a SpaceX engineer, he took on the job of scaling up the company’s wire harnesses to support production of Starship, the company’s next-generation rocket. Wire harnesses are what they sound like: the internal electrical cabling that runs through a rocketship, car, plane, or tractor and becomes increasingly important the

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