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Orbitals is developer Shapefarm’s first original IP game, with the goal of making a “retro anime experience for two,” as said by creative director Marcos Ramos, Orbitals’ pedigree is exceptionally promising. Jacob Lungden, Orbitals’ game director, worked as level designer and senior level designer on Hazelight’s A Way Out, It Takes Two, and Split Fiction–all well-liked two-player co-op games.

Burnout creator Criterion has been re-branded as "A Battlefield Studio", but we should never forget its 30-year legacy of making phenomenal racing games.

Obsidian, the legendary RPG studio behind The Outer Worlds, Avowed, Fallout New Vegas and other acclaimed games, is losing about a quarter of its workers. That is according to a new Kotaku report, citing sources familiar with the matter. Read more

Yesterday, we officially heard what has been rumoured for the past few weeks: Microsoft is set to lay off thousands of people from its Xbox division, losing four game studios and making its remaining studios pivot to tried-and-tested franchises, all as part of a big 'reset' overseen by newly-appointed Xbox leader Asha Sharma. Read more

Moths are better than butterflies, change my mind.

Asha Sharma cuts back Microsoft's gaming operation and drops studios including Double Fine and Ninja Theory while pointing the finger at Phil Spencer

Here's hoping the expected price drop isn't just wishful thinking.

Arc Raiders update 1.36.0 is finally changing matchmaking, so players can PvP in trios and still find friendly lobbies in solos.

Sony's decision to stop producing physical video games is fueled by a desire to increase profits from a shrinking consumer base

State of Decay 3, the once first-party Xbox game, may not launch into Game Pass after all. The game's developer, Undead Labs, is among the studios Microsoft is parting with following its decision to lay off 3200 workers from across the Xbox division. Read more

John Romero has commented on the layoffs that have impacted Microsoft-owned id Software as part of sweeping cuts to the Xbox business.

As the games industry grapples with Xbox laying off 3200 workers and dropping five studios, more voices are surfacing to tell tales about corporate fumblings in the past. Read more

Is that a mouse in your pocket or do you need to see a doctor?

The total number of Game Pass subscribers has dropped back down to 30 million, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. This is a loss of around 4 million compared to publicised 2024 numbers. Read more

Dell's stock price has risen significantly since his investment.

Transporter 3 is now free on Tubi, making now the perfect time to revisit one of Jason Statham's most underrated action movies.

This is no way to treat the heir of Rattay.

Staff at Obsidian Entertainment are reportedly concerned about the studio’s future projects after it was hit hard by Microsoft’s Xbox layoffs.

The first LEGO Pokémon set to include minifigures, featuring Professor Oak and Red, will debut later this year, images have revealed.

The first LEGO Pokémon set to include minifigures, featuring Professor Oak and Red, will debut later this year, leaked images have revealed.

I'm sure this is great for morale.

This fun-sized sidekick touchscreen monitor isn't exactly a value proposition, but it's still kinda fun.

That's about $100 worth of space in the current memory crisis.

Obsession star Inde Navarette has revealed she recently met with X-Men reboot director Jake Schreier, and Marvel fans are already discussing which member of the mutant team she's likely to play.

Xbox is cutting 3200 jobs between now and the end of financial year 2027, with studios like Undead Labs and Compulsion Games going independent as others also try to navigate an uncertain future. Moreover, ZeniMax's entire division - which includes all of Bethesda's big studios - is facing major layoffs, even if no studios are being shut down for now. Now, we're hearing id Software has been hit particularly hard just as Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations prepares to launch later today. Read more

Former PlayStation leader Shawn Layden has given more context to comments he made recently about how Sony shouldn't have made PlayStation Vita - but instead made PlayStation Portable 2. Read more

Evo - the largest fighting game tournament in the world - announced Evo Locals last week. This new initiative will feature both a directory of smaller grassroots events around the world, and an eyebrow-raising $1m annual fund to support said events. Read more

The United Videogame Workers union (UVW-CWA) has launched a new fund to help laid off workers across the US and Canada. The Game Worker Hardship Fund, as it's called, is available to anyone who's been laid off from January 2024 to the present day. Read more

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has admitted Game Pass has failed to grow as Microsoft had expected, with reports indicating it is tens of millions of subscribers short of previous targets.

Nintendo has confirmed its plans to continue selling Switch 1, after yesterday announcing that sales would be suspended in Europe.