Brutal Alice: The Hundred Day's War

An animator who worked on Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender posted an early version of a cut scene featuring some gruesome deaths.

Introducing Deepward, a high-speed first-person shooter roguelite set in the 1920s that lets you choose three distinct heroes from a roster of six, switching between any of the three of them on the fly during the brutal melee and gun-based action.

He sounded doubtful at first, but once the E-Day Direct got rolling, the Gears of War creator changed his tune.

In the wake of mass layoffs at Xbox and several studios exiting the company, Microsoft's gaming division has outlined it plans for growth. Some of these plans include a focus on its biggest IP, investing more in games like Minecraft, and removing several layers of management to streamline its studio model. One other major area of focus will be on Xbox hardware itself, as the company says its flagship console represents 80% of its current business. "In order to grow, we made a bunch of bets--and as we did that, we inherently didn't focus on the core business," Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said to Fortu

It's been a long time since Gears of War creator and original designer Cliff Bleszinski was guiding the franchise, but he eagerly watched the premiere of new footage of the latest game, Gears of War: E-Day, during the Xbox Games Showcase. And like a proud father, Bleszinski shared his enthusiastic response to what he saw. "Loved the struggle with that one Locust, but it's weird how the other ones (not the 'naked' ones) went down so easy," wrote Bleszinski on X. "The tough one didn't seem to be drastically armored different to show that it's a badass. Great rescue and reveal, though." Bleszinsk