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“This is not how I imagined it would end”: Ubisoft to lay off Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced devs at its Barcelona studio, with one calling the remake’s release “bittersweet”

Ubisoft is set to lay off members of the team behind Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, the recently released remake of its 2013 pirate-themed adventure, at the company's Barcelona studio. The redundancies have prompted emotional reactions from developers who worked on the project, with several sharing their feelings…

Xbox’s Halo and Fallout strategy shows signs of following Marvel

• Xbox reset favours big franchises over smaller studios, risking Marvel-style oversaturation.
• July memo cites lower profit margins, not lack of money, as the reason.
• Reported Obsidian Fallout game unlikely to align with the hit show's schedule.

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has announced a company reset, laid out in a 6 July memo, that pairs thousands of layoffs with a promise to reinvest resources into ventures the company believes will boost revenue. In this opinion piece, Polygon argues the strategy — funnelling investment away from…

Palworld Finally Launches in Full Today on PS5, and the Patch Notes are Colossal

• Palworld hits full 1.0 launch on PS5 today.
• Update adds 72 new Pals, new area and reworked story.
• Price stays the same at u00a324.49.

Palworld, the survival, crafting and monster-collecting game from developer Pocketpair, has left early access and reached its full 1.0 release on PS5 today, 10th July 2026. Having been playable on the console since September 2024, the title has now received an enormous update that overhauls large portions of…

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced’s standard edition is “is the full, complete experience”, Ubisoft insist in response to Steam DLC furore

• Ubisoft says Black Flag Resynced's standard edition is complete, nothing held back.
• Nine mostly cosmetic day-one DLCs sparked negative Steam reviews.
• Publisher calls the extra packs entirely optional, not required to finish.

Ubisoft has publicly defended the standard edition of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced after some Steam users left negative reviews over the number of purchasable extras available at launch. Responding directly to the criticism, the publisher insisted that the base game is "the full, complete experience", with every…

Indie developer says Steam did them a solid by fixing their unbootable game to beat the Next Fest deadline

• Steam staff fixed an indie developer's unbootable game before the deadline.
• The fix let the game make Steam Next Fest in time.
• Developer praised Valve for the unusual hands-on help.

An indie game developer has publicly praised Valve after Steam staff stepped in to fix a game that would not boot, allowing it to make the deadline for the platform's Next Fest showcase. According to the developer, the store's team intervened directly to get the unbootable build working…

“This time, we pay tribute to a true icon” – Ayaneo teases the OG Game Boy Advance remake I’ve been waiting for

• Ayaneo has teased a handheld inspired by the original Game Boy Advance.
• It revives the landscape design of Nintendo's 2001 classic.
• Full specs, price and release date are not yet confirmed.

Handheld maker Ayaneo has teased its next retro-styled device, a tribute to Nintendo's original Game Boy Advance, according to GamesRadar+. The company, known for turning classic consoles into modern PC and Android handhelds, appears set to recreate the landscape-oriented design of the 2001 original, which the author has…

Valve’s Steam Frame launch looks imminent, with new ‘Great on Frame’ category spotted

Valve appears to be nearing the launch of its Steam Frame VR headset, following the appearance of a new "Great on Frame" category within the Steam ecosystem. The spotting of this label — which would signal to users which games are well-suited to the device — suggests that…

KTC 25M1 review

The supplied text for this PC Gamer review of the KTC 25M1 monitor does not actually contain the review itself. Instead, the captured content consists entirely of the website’s navigation menus, membership sign-up prompts, newsletter forms and the underlying JavaScript that controls the site’s pop-up behaviour, meaning none…

10 Greatest Examples of Video Games as Art

• Collider lists ten games celebrated as genuine works of art.
• Picks span indie and AAA titles across many genres.
• Each entry blends striking visuals with strong emotional themes.

This Collider feature by Dawson Nyffenegger rounds up ten titles it considers the finest examples of the "video games as art" movement, in which developers treat their games as an art form with carefully crafted visuals and an emotional or philosophical message. The piece argues the approach spans…

10 Best Video Games To Play While Waiting for ‘GTA 6’

• Collider lists ten games to play before GTA 6 launches.
• GTA 6 is over four months away at publication.
• Picks range from 2026 releases to older GTA-like classics.

This Collider article, written by Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck and published on 10 July 2026, offers a countdown of ten video games to enjoy while awaiting the release of Grand Theft Auto VI. The piece frames GTA 6 as the most anticipated game of all time, noting that more than…