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“Great job Microsoft”: Former id Software artist says the legendary dev has been “relegated to support studio size” after Xbox’s strategy of “nuking a team into the dirt”
A former id Software artist has publicly criticised Microsoft over the current state of the studio behind Doom and Quake, claiming the legendary developer has been “relegated to support studio size” following Xbox’s handling of its teams. The former staffer accused Microsoft’s strategy of “nuking a team into the dirt” and sarcastically remarked “great job…
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Ruf debuts new flat-eight engine at Goodwood
The German car maker Ruf has unveiled a new engine, the B8, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England, firing it up in public for the first time. The B8 is notable as a flat-eight design, marking a departure from the horizontally opposed six-cylinder engines Ruf has used in its Porsche-derived models, and it…
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1000xRESIST Switch 2 Rating Appears Online
An ESRB rating for the acclaimed narrative game 1000xRESIST has appeared online specifically for the Nintendo Switch 2, hinting that a version for the new console may be in the works. The listing, spotted on the ESRB website and highlighted by @Wario64 on Bluesky, is notable because it is separate from the existing Switch and…
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Blizzard is already patching Diablo 4 Season 14 after players proved Mythics got screwed up, update coming next week will address complaints
Blizzard has confirmed it is preparing a patch for Diablo 4’s Season 14 after players demonstrated that Mythic Unique item drop rates were not working as intended. The developer acknowledged the community’s findings and said a fix would follow, signalling that data-driven player feedback prompted a swift response to a launch-period problem. According to the…
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Microsoft Layoffs Threaten Elder Scrolls 6 Development as Bethesda Morale Plummets
Microsoft’s latest round of Xbox workforce reductions has reached Bethesda Game Studios, with multiple staff members confirming that key personnel were terminated in the cuts. The layoffs have intensified concerns about
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Bombshell interview with Tyler Robinson’s trans lover to finally be played in court as Erika Kirk begs for entire video to be seen by world: Live updates
Charlie Kirk’s family has formally asked a Utah court to play in full the recorded testimony of Lance Twiggs — the transgender roommate and partner of murder suspect Tyler Robinson — after a judge ruled that around 15 minutes of the video could be redacted. The family, including Kirk’s widow Erika and his parents Robert…
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Meta says its new AI model is ready to compete on coding
Meta has released Muse Spark 1.1, a new in-house AI model it says is capable of competing on software coding tasks, and has opened it up to developers through a new Meta Model API. The move matters because it marks Meta’s push to turn its heavy AI spending into a product that can rival offerings…
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Sony brings back the superzoom RX10 with a stacked sensor and a high price
Sony has announced the RX10 V, reviving its RX10 superzoom line after a gap of nearly nine years since the RX10 IV. The headline change is a new 20.1-megapixel 1-inch stacked sensor that enables up to 30fps blackout-free continuous shooting, up from 24fps, making it better suited to action, sports and wildlife photography. However, it…
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Xbox layoffs have likely killed another Perfect Dark reboot from the hollowed-out id Software, as well as a John Wick-style gun fu game
It’s not even clear what kind of games the newly-carved up id Software can make.
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Elder Scrolls 6 developers worry layoffs could trigger further delays and hurt morale
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