Microsoft must "think twice before ever attempting something like this again." Earlier this week, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced 3,200 job cuts impacting some of the most recognisable studios in the games industry. 1,600 of those cuts were effective immediately, with the remaining layoffs due to occur before the end of Microsoft’s current financial […]
A few of the things that have us hooked this week. Here’s another question: do you remember what you were playing last week? You don’t have to! The What We’ve Been Playing archive has you covered. Aside from some time spent exploring the Caribbean in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced for work this week, it’s
"Valve loves it when Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur's Gate 3 throw customisable genitals at you in the first five minutes, but of course I can't, because I actually have something to say about genitals!" If you’re wondering about that “ongoing” part, Yang also refers to his release model of choice as GaaS (Gay as a
"Zoom out over the last decade and things get really crazy." That’s according to estimates by number cruncher Alinea Analytics, and Rhys Elliott, the head of market analysis there, reckons there are myriad reasons why Steam’s doing so well. The prevalence of the Chinese market, higher prices on new releases, and third-party publishers returning to
"The DNA at Obsidian is the same as it always was." Brandon Adler, who’s currently directing an unannounced game at Obsidian, jumped onto LinkedIn to talk about how hard it was to “say goodbye to some amazing developers” and “some of my best friends”, particularly when people without inside knowledge “spread an enormous amount of
"Battlefield is our focus right now." This year marks Criterion’s 30th anniversary, presenting an opportunity to both look back at its past and look forward to its future. The company invited press and influencers to its Guildford offices to do so, providing some insight into how Criterion fits into the larger picture at parent publisher
As a rule, developer/publisher Ubisoft tends not to share much publicly about sales figures, which means we can’t reliably compare them to prior Assassin’s Creed games, let alone to its peers. Clearly, though, Ubisoft is very proud and making an exception for Black Flag Resynced. Ubisoft also wants you to know that it expects the
Microsoft has been instructed to restore the account within 15 days and pay $400 compensation for "moral damages". Redditor Ordo_Liberal first shared their ordeal three months back, revealing that after their Microsoft account was compromised, “support determined that it was indeed hacked and they can’t recover it. So they deleted my account, and now I
"It does come down to commercial and contractual freedoms." Sony’s shocking decision to end all physical media on PlayStation, including for games not published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, was announced on 1st July. All releases from January 2028 onwards will be digital-only, including code-in-the-box-style options at retail. In response to the news, the Don’t Kill
The roughly 30-minute trailer features a fly-by of all the planets in the games’ Origin system, where players have been present for the past 12 years, before showing off the Tau system. It then transitions to the ringed city of Fornax – which encircles one of Tau’s planets and acts as the setting for the
