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Xbox cuts strike id Software, roughly half of staff lost amid Doom expansion
Xbox is cutting 3200 jobs between now and the end of financial year 2027, with studios like Undead Labs and Compulsion Games going independent as others also try to navigate an uncertain future. Moreover, ZeniMax’s entire division – which includes all of Bethesda’s big studios – is facing major layoffs, even if no studios are…
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Sony should have made a PSP 2 instead of Vita, says Shawn Layden
Former PlayStation leader Shawn Layden has given more context to comments he made recently about how Sony shouldn’t have made PlayStation Vita – but instead made PlayStation Portable 2. Read more
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Ten flawless sci-fi video games worth playing through completely
From Metroid Prime to Mass Effect 2, these sci-fi games are the very definition of perfection, offering experiences unlike anything else in the genre.
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Fallout studio Obsidian reportedly loses about a quarter of its staff in Xbox layoffs
Xbox laid off around 1600 people yesterday, July 6th, as mass cuts accompanied by the decision to part ways with five studios were set in stone. This substantial upheaval’s also had plenty of consequences for the studios staying under the Microsoft banner, including a more concerted push to get remaining staff working on Xbox’s most…
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Elder Scrolls Online roadmap shifts two days before Season One launch after Xbox cuts
Yesterday brought the news that Microsoft were cutting 1600 staff, spinning out four studios, and finding a further 1600 jobs to cut in the year to come. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said in an email to staff that she was “making reductions” and “shifting investment to focus on higher priority projects”.Today, we’re starting to learn…
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Hatsune Miku returns in Starry Party co-op game for Switch 2 and PC
Good Smile Company has announced Hatsune Miku: Starry Party, a new “party action” game featuring chibi-style designs of the virtual singer and her friends, due on Nintendo Switch 2 and PC via Steam. The announcement matters as the latest video game outing for Hatsune Miku, a long-running cultural phenomenon, and appears aimed at the growing…
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Amazon revives Lara Croft across two games and a Sophie Turner series
Amazon is expanding its investment in the Tomb Raider franchise with two new video games and a live-action television series, part of a broader push into classic British characters following its James Bond game “007 First Light”. The move matters because it revives one of gaming’s most iconic heroines, Lara Croft, across multiple formats, with…
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Xbox restructure to scale back Game Pass day-one first-party releases
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has announced a sweeping restructure of the company via a publicly distributed staff memo, involving 3,200 layoffs, the divestment of four or five studios, and significant management changes over the coming year. Although Game Pass — Xbox’s flagship subscription service and central strategy since the pandemic — was barely mentioned, the…
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Microsoft cuts about 3,200 Xbox jobs and spins off four studios
PC Gamer has published a piece gathering reactions from across the games industry to the latest round of layoffs at Microsoft’s Xbox division, framing the cuts as evidence of a significant shift in the sector. The report matters because it signals that the redundancies are not being treated as an isolated event but as part…
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Xbox to cut 3,200 jobs and close four studios in major restructure
Microsoft’s Xbox division has announced what its CEO Asha Sharma called “the most significant restructure in Xbox history”, cutting 3,200 jobs and closing four studios — Compulsion Games, Double Fine Productions, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs. In a memo to staff, Sharma said the business was “not healthy”, operating at margins three to ten times…