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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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Games industry union in North America launches fund to support laid-off workers
The United Videogame Workers union (UVW-CWA) has launched a new fund to help laid off workers across the US and Canada. The Game Worker Hardship Fund, as it’s called, is available to anyone who’s been laid off from January 2024 to the present day. Read more
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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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Rival studio ZeniMax Online reportedly cuts up to half its workforce
A second wave of massive Microsoft layoffs has reportedly hit Zenimax Online Studios, with some sources claiming “up to half” of the studio has been cut. Read more
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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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Saros PS5 trial locked behind PlayStation Plus Premium subscription tier
Housemarque has launched a new two-and-a-half hour trial for its acclaimed PS5 roguelike shooter Saros, the follow-up to 2021’s Returnal, announced via the studio’s official X account on Monday. The catch is that although the trial is free, it is only available to subscribers of PlayStation Plus Premium, the most expensive of Sony’s three subscription…
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Their Magic Is Limitless Secret Lair revives print-to-demand for women’s charity
Magic’s latest Secret Lair drop is a charity collaboration with Global Fund for Women, and it will be printed to demand.
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Two More Retro Arcade Collections Are On The Way To Switch
Featuring 16 Jaleco-developed titles each.If you played any of Jaleco’s arcade titles back in the day, you might be interested to hear it will be releasing two collections for the Switch (as well as PlayStation 5 and PC) with the help of Gravity Game Arise.Read the full article on nintendolife.com
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Nintendo Music Updated With More Mario Kart World ‘Free Roam’ Songs
Here’s every song included.The Mario Kart World soundtrack was added to Nintendo Music at the beginning of June, and since then, Nintendo has released multiple “Free Roam” song updates for it.The latest batch has now been made available, and this update adds songs based on Super Mario World, Super Mario Land, Super Mario Land 2…
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EVE Frontier developers say all player-made mod content will be canon
“It’s an easy thing to do when you build the answer to the question in the lore of the game.”