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Microsoft Layoffs Cut id Software’s Game Pitches, Including Perfect Dark Reboot and John Wick-Inspired Cyberpunk Title
Microsoft’s recent mass layoffs impacted id Software with approximately 136 job cuts, affecting the Doom developer as the team was finalising downloadable content for Doom: The Dark Ages. Prior to the redundancies, the s
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Doom studio id Software pitched new Perfect Dark and gun-fu game before layoffs
Following Microsoft’s mass layoffs that hit Doom developer id Software this week, a new report claims the studio had been weighing up several ideas for their next project before the cuts landed. According to Gamesbeat, the pitches under consideration included a new entry in the Perfect Dark series and an original “gun fu” game inspired…
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Meta Faces Privacy Backlash Over Opt-Out Consent Model for AI Content Generation Tools
Meta has launched Muse Photo and Muse Video, generative AI tools developed by its Superintelligence Labs that enable users to create photorealistic images and video content. The platform operates by allowing creators to
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Apple TV leads 2026 Emmys with 87 nominations as streaming records tumble
The 2026 Emmy nominations were announced, with Apple TV emerging as the clear frontrunner, securing 87 nominations from just 15 programmes in a result that highlighted the platform’s selective, quality-focused approach. The announcement matters because it saw several long-standing streaming and industry records broken, signalling a shift in how recognition is distributed across an increasingly…
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The Pitt earns 25 Emmy nominations, nearly doubling its debut haul
HBO Max’s medical drama “The Pitt” secured 25 Emmy nominations for its second season, nearly doubling the 13 it earned for its debut. The haul establishes the series as one of the year’s most recognised dramas and places it narrowly ahead of “Hacks”, which set a comedy-series record with 24 nods. The scale of the…
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New Fallout Game Is New Focus For New Vegas Developer Obsidian Entertainment – Report
The full article could not be retrieved — the supplied text was only a “Just a moment…” bot-verification page, and web access was not permitted — so this summary is based solely on the headline. According to the headline, a report indicates that Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind the acclaimed Fallout: New Vegas, has made…
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Fresh Fallout role-playing game reportedly under way at Obsidian as Avowed sequel is scrapped
A new Bloomberg report claims that Obsidian Entertainment, the Microsoft-owned studio behind Fallout: New Vegas, has begun work on a fresh Fallout role-playing game as part of a wider restructuring. The shift comes at a cost, however, with a planned Avowed sequel and other unannounced projects reportedly cancelled and around a quarter of the studio’s…
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Explosive report finds $230M in alleged K-12 education fraud amid Trump’s crackdown: ‘Especially hideous’
A coalition of state financial officers has published a report claiming to have identified roughly $225 million in alleged fraud across US schools over the past six years, spanning nearly 90 cases of embezzlement, fake invoices, inflated enrolment, bid-rigging and kickbacks. Obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital, the report by the State Financial Officers Foundation…
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Tyler Robinson’s lawyers fight DNA found on towel wrapping rifle in Charlie Kirk murder: Live updates
Lawyers for Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk, are contesting DNA evidence at pre-trial hearings in Utah. The evidence — presented by prosecutors seeking to establish probable cause to send Robinson to trial — allegedly links him to a towel wrapped around the suspected murder weapon, making the hearings a…
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OpenAI Launches GPT-Live-1 to Make ChatGPT Voice Mode Feel Like Talking to a Person
OpenAI has introduced GPT-Live-1, a new voice mode for ChatGPT engineered to simulate natural human conversation rather than feel like interacting with software. The upgraded system addresses previous interaction limitat