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As layoff controversy continues, Rockstar union has ‘more members than ever before’, meaning it could force mandatory recognition

News by Connor Makar Staff Writer Published on July 23, 2026 19 comments Follow Grand Theft Auto VI The Rockstar Game Workers Union (RGWU), which was formed earlier this year in response to the Grand Theft Auto 6 developer’s massively controversial job cuts, now has “more members than it ever had before”. According to a

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will very soon offer three different matchmaking systems, and you’d be right to be confused

“Over the past year, we’ve continued to learn a lot about multiplayer matchmaking through player data and community feedback,” the announcement said. “We’re also excited to see all the recent love for Black Ops and Black Ops 2, which reinforced that there are many elements of those experiences that players appreciate.” As such, Black Ops

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“The smallest severance pay possible” – Bethesda union vows to fight as studio employees reel from “bare minimum” payout following mass Xbox layoffs

That’s according to Bethesda workers union OneBGS, which made the claim on social media Bethesda reportedly notified employees in Montréal of their termination on 17th July, detailing an exit package OneBGS calls “the smallest severance legally possible without bargaining with the union.” The union also claims this contradicts what employees were told in a video

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Star Wars Zero Company is a 30-40 hour linear game with no New Game+, and I’m totally OK with this

As someone who frequently finds themselves embroiled in gargantuan, branching RPGs and spends far too much time in live service romps, I really appreciate a game I don’t need to dedicate my life to—a nice palette cleanser that’s one and done. And it looks like Star Wars Zero Company falls into that category. In a

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Star Wars Zero Company won’t have official mod support, confirms Bit Reactor, but it has ‘a lot of respect for the modding community’

Star Wars Zero Company developer Bit Reactor is made up of former XCOM veterans, a series which has a pretty lively modding scene, especially XCOM 2, which supports modding with official development tools. It’s even had its fair share of Star Wars mods over the years that completely transport it to a galaxy far, far

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Stalker 2 developer refutes claims by studio founder that Xbox paid more than game’s development cost to make it exclusive

According to Grygorovych, Microsoft paid the Ukrainian studio more than it cost to develop the game in order to release it on Xbox, and not PlayStation. “It paid for itself before the first day,” Grygorovych said, via machine translation. GSC has now itself responded to those claims, saying they don’t paint an accurate picture. In

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You won’t need an emulator to play Pikmin on your phone or PC

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Decompiling a game is typically a prerequisite for it to be (unofficially) ported to modern platforms, allowing people to play it without using an emulator. The decompilation process takes plenty of time and effort, but we’ve already seen a few GameCube titles reaching

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Marvel Tōkon beta start time and everything you’ll be able to play

I’m not usually a fighting game person, but Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is my jam. Partly because it’s superheroes, partly because it looks absolutely beautiful. And with the Marvel Tōkon beta dates coming up, our chance to finally play it is almost here—the previous playtest was exclusive to PS5, the greedy buggers. Below, I’ll go

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The Elder Scrolls Online is already feeling the impact of Xbox’s layoffs, ironically hurting the cash shop

Earlier this month, Microsoft gutted The Elder Scrolls Online, with 379 staff across ZeniMax gone. And this is the second time it’s happened in two years. As Harvey and I put it a few weeks ago, ESO’s developers deserved better. The developer, now claiming to be the same size it was 10 years ago (similar

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