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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced remake launches on 9 July
Ubisoft is releasing Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, a fully remade, next-generation version of its 2013 pirate-themed adventure, on 9 July 2026. The article frames it as one of the year’s most anticipated titles, notably because it is a remake rather than an entirely new game, arriving amid a busy year for gaming that also…
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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…
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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 preview audience of 6,000 keeps show leak-free
CD Projekt Red has publicly thanked the roughly 6,000 people who were given early access to Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 for not leaking any details before the anime’s release. The studio praised the group’s discipline, telling them “thank you so much for keeping your promise properly”, and highlighting how unusually well the advance audience kept the…
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Xbox layoffs gut ZeniMax Online as Microsoft prioritises biggest Bethesda franchises
Microsoft’s Xbox division has begun a major round of layoffs — 1,600 employees immediately and 3,200 in total by the end of its fiscal year — and the cuts have landed hard on ZeniMax Media and its subsidiary Bethesda Softworks. Most notably, ZeniMax Online Studios, the developer behind the long-running MMO The Elder Scrolls Online,…
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Kirby Air Riders shines at Summer Games Done Quick showcase
Kirby Air Riders made its debut at this year’s Summer Games Done Quick with a record-breaking performance.
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Miyazaki’s remarkable FromSoftware career is underrated, says veteran Tekken producer
Harada says the Souls series “was the result of everything Miyazaki and his team had built up through their previous titles.”
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Pitch Black fan pulls world’s first gold god pack in Pokémon TCG
A Canadian is the first to find a fully golden ‘God Pack,’ a pull so improbable, some TCG fans refuse to believe it’s real