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E-Ink faceplates for the Steam Machine are coming, but not from Valve
E-Ink faceplates for Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine are on their way, but they will be produced by a third-party manufacturer rather than by Valve itself. The development points to an emerging accessory ecosystem forming around the console-style PC even before its release, giving owners a way to customise the device’s appearance with low-power, always-on displays.…
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Xbox needs to make a choice, says former PlayStation leader Shawn Layden: be a publisher or a platform, but you can’t be both
Shawn Layden, a former senior PlayStation executive who spent three decades at Sony and oversaw its 13-strong roster of first-party studios before leaving in 2019, has argued that Microsoft must decide whether Xbox is a platform or a publisher, because it cannot successfully be both. His comments, made to Eurogamer after a since-deleted LinkedIn remark…
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“We mean business” – Bethesda union members to march in protest of sweeping Xbox job cuts
Bethesda Game Studios union workers have announced plans to protest the recent mass layoffs impacting Microsoft’s Xbox division, telling members, “The company wants us to accept this as a done deal and quietly disappear. We won’t let that happen.” Read more
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Xbox CEO Joins Fed’s Task Force To Help With Price Stability And Employment After She Raised Xbox Prices And Laid Of Staff
Xbox chief executive Sarah Bond has reportedly been appointed to a US Federal Reserve task force focused on price stability and employment, according to the article’s headline. The move has drawn attention because it comes after she oversaw price increases on Xbox hardware and a round of staff redundancies at the company, an apparent irony…
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Prepare for GTA 6 by Robbing an Art Gallery in GTA Online on PS5 Next Week
Rockstar Games is set to release a new major update for GTA Online titled the Kortz Center Heist, arriving as early as 14th July on PS5 and PS4, with free next-gen upgrades already available. Positioned as a way for players to occupy themselves ahead of GTA 6’s release later this year, the heist tasks players…
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‘Additional Packs Are Entirely Optional’: Ubisoft Responds to Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Microtransactions Backlash, as $60 Game Arrives With $85 of DLC
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced has faced a stormy start on Steam, where the $60 game’s collection of optional extras totals $85.
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Xbox confirms there isn’t just “1 person left in Texas” working on id Software’s engine following mass layoffs, but “dozens” across “multiple locations”
Xbox has moved to reassure fans over the future of id Software’s technology following a wave of mass layoffs across Microsoft’s gaming division. The company confirmed that development of id Tech, the engine behind franchises such as Doom, is not being left to a skeleton crew, directly rebutting reports that only a single person remained…
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Hooded Horse spaceship RPG C-Beams isn’t just a riff on Blade Runner – it’s a “modern version” of one of my favourite childhood space sims
Rock Paper Shotgun reports on C-Beams, a forthcoming space action-RPG from developer Distant Light Games and publisher Hooded Horse. While the title nods to the “C-beams” line from Blade Runner’s famous “tears in rain” monologue, the writer argues its deeper inspiration is Ambrosia Software’s Escape Velocity, a beloved older space sim — a lineage the…
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Garfield Kart slams Nintendo over Mario Kart Tour shutdown, jokingly takes its place as the “better” racing game: “We will not randomly kill your game license”
The developer of Garfield Kart has publicly needled Nintendo following the news that Mario Kart Tour is being wound down, cheekily positioning its own feline-themed racer as the “better” alternative that will always remain playable. The jab plays on a wider frustration among gamers about publishers pulling the plug on live-service and mobile titles, and…
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‘This Is a Deeply Odd State of Affairs’ — Tech Experts Slam Activision’s ‘Low Effort’ Call of Duty: Black Ops PS5 Port
Activision’s ports of the much-loved Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 immediately raised eyebrows for their price, but they’ve come under fire for their disappointing graphics performance, too.