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Microsoft reportedly add Arkane and their Blade game to the potential shuttering pile
There’s a lot of whispers about studios shutting down around Microsoft and Xbox at the moment. They’ve been primarily fluttering between Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Compulsion, but this week has now seen State of Decay developer Undead Labs added to the list of “companies Xbox bought to build up Game Pass but are ultimately…
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Disassembling the Steam Machine suggests Valve are protecting its precious RAM by burying it under a dozen other parts
I, uh, completely took apart a Steam Machine by accident. What began as merely wanting a closer look at its RAM setup ended up as a more-or-less full teardown, the heavily layered, almost Russian Doll-like structure of Valve’s teeny-tiny PC demanding a component be removed for a component to be removed for a component to…
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IO Interactive look set for layoffs as their external partner for Project Fantasy pulls out
Update: Bloomberg have reported that IO’s external partner on Project Fantasy was indeed Xbox. Sigh. It’s another one of those days, as layoffs are essentially imminent yet again, this time at 007 First Light and Hitman developer IO Interactive. The studio shared a post earlier today regarding their as-of-yet not formally revealed Project Fantasy, in…
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I attended a Tomb Raider and Horizon developer’s boss design masterclass and came away both weary and enchanted
The following sparkling insights about boss battle design are from Marcin Matuszczyk, principal gameplay designer on Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, and a former developer of Outriders and Horizon Forbidden West. He was speaking to an audience of budding Bowser-builders and Sephiroth-sculptors during a presentation at Digital Dragons this year. That said, gamedev panels can…
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The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered’s physical Switch 2 release has the full game on a cartridge, and we’ve finally got a release date, too
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered was one of 2025’s biggest hits after a sudden shadow drop, especially in the United States, which is encouraging news if you (like me) are still waiting for Fallout 3 and New Vegas refreshes. Before that happens, though, there’s a Switch 2 port of the massive Cyrodiil-set RPG in…
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Nivalis has a new name and a release date that will make your autumn backlog even bigger
It’s looking like autumn will be a nice little season for the cyberpunk genre. There’s the long awaited Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, which got a lush looking trailer earlier this week. And now, Cloudpunk developer Ion Lands are here with a concrete release date for Nivalis, and a slightly new game for the futuristic restaurant managing…
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Ground Branch, a first-person tactical shooter from an original Rainbow Six dev, is finally hitting v1.0 after eight years in early access
I don’t want to call Adam Smith lazy, but since first writing about Ground Branch’s Kickstarter campaign back in 2012, he’s not given a single update on the tactical shooter’s development. He’ll say that he’s not got a moment to spare, what with being the writing director over at Larian, but I say it’s just…
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Surprising no one, GTA 6 is at the top of the PlayStation Store in practically every country in the world
Grand Theft Auto 6 is topping the PlayStation Store charts across nearly every regional version of Sony’s digital store. Since pre-orders went live on 25th June, the game has shot to the top of the various PS Stores worldwide. Read more
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Modern Warfare 4 Facebook ads want to make sure everyone understands this year’s Call of Duty won’t be on Xbox Game Pass
I know we’re all thinking about GTA 6 right now, but chances are Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 – releasing on 23rd October – will be massive, too. Regardless, Xbox and Activision are planning ahead in an attempt to avoid Black Ops 7’s stumbles, and it seems the publisher and platform holder are putting…
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GTA 6 developers at Rockstar Games pushing to pursue official union recognition following 2025 sackings: “The union is now stronger than ever”
Grand Theft Auto 6 has finally locked its 19th November release date and pre-orders are now open. It should be cause for celebration, but with the lack of a proper physical release and after the firing of employees last year (a move considered to be “union-busting” by former and current staff), Rockstar Games is getting…