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Microsoft Lays Off Hundreds in Xbox Restructuring, Including Gears of War Director Before Launch

  • Xbox’s restructuring has cut 268 World’s Edge jobs.
  • An apparent new project was reportedly cancelled.
  • Microsoft’s gaming layoffs could reach about 3,200.

Microsoft’s latest Xbox restructuring has reportedly led to 268 redundancies, including senior staff at World’s Edge, the studio overseeing the Age of Empires franchise. The cuts, linked to the studio’s transfer from Xbox to Activision, have reportedly affected almost half of World’s Edge’s workforce and may have involved…

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All crafting materials in Graveyard Keeper 2 and where to find them

  • Most materials are found across the map or produced at specific workstations.
  • Some resources like Ink require multiple components crafted at different stations.
  • Marble is the only resource that cannot be found in the player's base.

Graveyard Keeper 2's crafting system requires various materials scattered across the map, divided between easily obtainable resources and those requiring specific production methods or unlocked workstations. This guide identifies the best sources for each material to ensure players maintain adequate supplies for construction and crafting. - Firewood: crafted…

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2007 Was the Best Year for Gaming, and These 10 Classics Prove It

  • 2007 produced multiple gaming masterpieces across diverse genres with lasting cultural impact.
  • Key titles included Crysis, Lego Star Wars, God of War II and Rock Band.
  • The year's combination of quality and variety remains unmatched in gaming history.

This article argues that 2007 was the greatest year for video games, showcasing landmark titles that exemplified quality, originality and variety across multiple genres. - Crysis: A revolutionary action game featuring nanotech suit combat and sandbox gameplay, but primarily remembered for setting an impossibly high graphical benchmark that…

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3 Years Ago, Matthew Mercer Faced His Ultimate Critical Role Test

  • Bells Hells avoided danger by pretending to film pornography.
  • Mercer embraced the cast’s wildly improvised plan.
  • The episode highlighted player agency and collaborative storytelling.

Three years ago, Critical Role’s Bells Hells faced suspected enemies in a basement and chose an outrageous alternative to fighting or fleeing: they stripped off and pretended to be filming pornography. The scene tested Dungeon Master Matthew Mercer’s ability to improvise, but became a memorable example of the…

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Dark Souls 2 seamless co-op mod is out now in alpha form, paving the way for more boss battering with mates

  • Dark Souls 2 now has unrestricted co-op for up to six players.
  • Campaign progress and NPC dialogue remain synchronised.
  • The alpha release may contain bugs and requires Scholar of the First Sin.

A seamless co-op mod for Dark Souls 2 has launched in alpha, allowing players to complete the game together with friends without the usual multiplayer restrictions. Created by modder Yui after more than a year of development, it matters because it could make the entire campaign playable cooperatively,…

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Age of Empires studio World’s Edge reportedly lose nearly half their staff and a new game project in mass Xbox layoffs

  • World’s Edge reportedly lost nearly half its staff.
  • Its next game was allegedly cancelled during the Activision move.
  • Cuts are part of Microsoft’s wider gaming reset.

World’s Edge reportedly lost just under half its staff during Microsoft’s restructuring of Xbox’s games business, with creative director Adam Isgreen among 268 employees made redundant. The transition of the Age of Empires studio from Xbox’s direct control to Activision also allegedly led to the cancellation of its…

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Fortnite Fans Only Have Limited Time to Play the Toy Story 5 Map and Get all the Collectibles

  • Toy Story characters are missing across Fortnite islands.
  • The map is available only until 5 October.
  • Collectibles unlock abilities, XP and Battle Pass progress.

Epic Games and Disney have launched The Great Toy Rescue, a limited-time Fortnite Creative Map inspired by Toy Story 5. Players must rescue Buzz Lightyear, Forky, Hamm, Jessie, Rex and Woody after they disappear through a rift, making the map a collectathon set across Bonnie’s room and other…

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Gears of War: E-Day narrative director laid off before launch

  • Gears of War: E-Day’s narrative director was laid off before launch.
  • Microsoft cut 268 Xbox-related jobs.
  • Several major studios were reorganised or downsized.

Juan Vaca, the narrative director of Gears of War: E-Day, was laid off by Microsoft less than two weeks before the game’s 6 October release. Vaca had worked on the project for more than four years and announced his departure days after celebrating that it had gone gold,…

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Resident Evil movie review – the best video game adaptation of playing a video game

  • Captures the chaotic reality of playing a horror video game.
  • Bryan bumbles through Raccoon City’s T-virus outbreak.
  • Campy horror-comedy makes this adaptation unusually enjoyable.

Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil film succeeds by capturing the panic, mistakes and accidental bravery of actually playing a horror game, rather than presenting gaming as a straightforward power fantasy. It follows Bryan, an ordinary medical courier caught in Raccoon City’s T-virus outbreak, through a fast-moving series of familiar…

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Undead Labs becomes worker-owned amid redundancies after Xbox split

  • Undead Labs separated from Xbox and became independent, worker-owned studio
  • Studio announced significant job losses alongside the independence transition
  • State of Decay 3 development continues, staying on Game Pass across multiple platforms

Undead Labs, developer of State of Decay, has become an independent, worker-owned studio following its separation from Microsoft's Xbox division during the company's latest restructuring. The separation comes with significant downsides, however, as the studio announced redundancies affecting "a significant number" of employees whilst asserting that independence would…

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