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“My ‘Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand’ statement isn’t aging well” – id Software co-founder John Carmack speaks out after devastating Xbox layoffs
John Carmack, co-founder of id Software — the studio behind Doom and Quake — has publicly responded to sweeping layoffs at his former company following a major restructuring at Microsoft’s Xbox division. New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced an initial 1,600 job losses, with a further 1,600 expected over the coming year, affecting numerous studios…
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This $8 Marvel Super Heroes MTG combo creates infinite creatures and card draw
Polygon has highlighted an affordable, high-powered combo made possible by Magic: The Gathering’s latest set, Marvel Super Heroes, which continues the game’s blending of original (“Universes Within”) and licensed (“Universes Beyond”) cards. The pairing brings together Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) and the existing card The Locust God in an Izzet (red-blue) deck to generate, in…
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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Remake Studio Faced with Layoffs Despite Successful Launch
Publisher Ubisoft is cutting jobs at its Ubisoft Barcelona studio, many of whose staff worked on the newly released remake Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced. Although the redundancies were planned and announced some time ago, the story has resurfaced now that the well-received remake has launched, highlighting the contrast between a successful project and the…
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Id Software co-founder John Carmack “can’t muster anger or outrage” over Xbox gutting the Doom studio, but does say it’ll “dampen the mood of the founder reunion”
Aw shucks. That’s a bummer. I’m not angry about it, though. Surely this had to happen, just like the execs said it did. I’m paraphrasing quite facetiously, but that is the basic gist of id Software co-founder John Carmack’s reaction to the studio cutting 136 workers as part of Microsoft’s mass layoffs earlier this week,…
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How to find the Salt Lagoon treasure in Black Flag Resynced
This GamesRadar+ article is a guide explaining how to locate the Salt Lagoon treasure in Black Flag Resynced, the remastered version of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. It is aimed at players who want help completing this specific collectible or buried-treasure objective within the game. The retrievable article content, however, consists almost entirely of website…
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Nintendo is hunting for a Switch 2 engineer who could help bring VRR to TV mode and next-gen consoles
Nintendo is searching for a Switch 2 display engineer, and the job description suggests it could be planning to add VRR support to TV mode.
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Feature: PS Plus Members Have Early Access to Select PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store’s Summer Sale
Sony has opened early access to its upcoming PS Store Summer Sale for PlayStation Plus subscribers, ahead of the sale going live for all users on 15th July. Members on any PS Plus tier can browse and buy a selection of discounted PS5 and PS4 titles ahead of everyone else, while the separate July Savings…
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Steam Machine Verified medals appear on games’ store pages overnight, as if left by the Compatibility Fairy
Valve has quietly switched on Steam Machine compatibility ratings on Steam store pages, roughly two weeks after the console’s release. Until now, games could earn a Verified, Playable or Unsupported rating for the Steam Machine, but the results were not displayed publicly, meaning titles that had passed testing could not show it. Overnight, the information…
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‘There’s a Lot of Elevating It Because It’s Old’ — The Odyssey Director Christopher Nolan Set Out to ‘Do Away’ With ‘Cultural Prejudice’ Around How We View the Ancient World
Christopher Nolan has defended his creative approach to The Odyssey, telling Channel 4’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy that he deliberately set out to strip away the “cultural prejudice” that leads audiences to view the ancient world in overly formal or elevated terms. The director argued that Homer’s poem is in fact “earthy and grounded and accessible”, and…
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5 best stealth games like Assassin’s Creed’s older games
With a new Assassin’s Creed release stirring the perennial debate over whether the series is best as tight stealth-action or sprawling open-world role-playing, Polygon has rounded up games that recapture the feel of the franchise’s earlier era. The piece is prompted by Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, a remake of 2013’s Black Flag now out…