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Microsoft staff who wish to remain anonymous to protect their careers told IGN that employees had braced themselves for the layoffs, fearing the worst. One gamer makes a really weird discovery in their Nintendo Switch dock and takes to social media to ask the community for help. Xbox’s recent ‘restructuring’ outright led to the cancellation of many games, but it has done little to offer relief for other projects like Fable.
Windows Central reports that Perfect Dark developer The Initiative will close as part of the reductions sweeping the company, and its revival of the 2000 first-person shooter game has been canceled. “We continue to implement organizational and workforce changes that are necessary to position the company and teams for success in a dynamic marketplace,” Microsoft spokesperson Jeff Jones told WIRED. The company says that although gaming is impacted, it does not make up the majority of layoffs, and these cuts will affect people in different regions, tenure, and teams. Following rumors of reductions that first began last week, Microsoft is set to lay off more than 9,000 employees worldwide Wednesday, including some in the Microsoft Gaming/Xbox division.
The day before a national holiday, Nintendo’s Canadian branch announced that there will be a pricing change for the original Switch hardware lineup, along with accessories and Switch Online memberships. The actual changes apparently won’t be announced until August 1st, but the prices are being adjusted “based on market conditions,” which is something Nintendo has had to contend with recently. 11 Bit Studios has taken to social media to explain how gen-AI wound up in its survival base-builder The Alters. According to the company’s explanation, gen-AI was used for placeholder text for a single graphical asset and to translate in-game movies into languages other than English. Fans found out because in some places, bits of the AI-prompt remained in the final text. Stay ahead of the curve with our comprehensive coverage of gaming events, conferences, and expos.
Arrowhead Game Studios has announced that the Sony-published Helldivers 2 is officially coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S next month. I had a great time slashing my way through the mystery of the Soulless Army, but a few gameplay flaws prevent Raidou Remastered from cementing itself as an Atlus classic. Ridgeline Studios, the original team on the campaign, allegedly shut down with “nothing left” for other studios to build upon. Before The Edge of Fate arrives on July 15th, Bungie is letting all players run through previous content and reap the rewards. Developers from veteran support studio Virtuos have spoken about the successful, record-breaking launch of the Nintendo Switch 2. Something has changed in terms of Red Dead Online – or at least that’s what players are hoping for after the first trailer for a new update in years.
Whether you’re a hardcore gamer or a casual player, we have something for everyone. Last week, it was rumored that Microsoft was getting ready for a major round of layoffs within the Xbox team. Bloomberg is now reporting that employees in the company’s gaming division were informed of job cuts Wednesday morning. The PC giant has been on a cost-cutting mission lately, announcing it would let go of 3 percent of its global workforce earlier this summer, and announcing a further 9,000 job cuts on Wednesday. “I recognize that these changes come at a time when we have more players, games, and gaming hours than ever before,” Spencer wrote.
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Helldivers 2 is finally coming to Xbox, but fans shouldn’t get their hopes up that this means more PlayStation exclusives are on their way. Wordle is a simple daily word game that has taken the internet by storm. With only 6 chances to get the right answer, players may need a little help. Everwild would have been Rare’s first brand-new release since Sea of Thieves, which launched in 2018.
The world’s largest event for computer and video games and Europe’s most comprehensive business platform for the games industry will once again be held in Cologne in 2025. Mario Kart World has been confirmed as the headline launch title for the Nintendo Switch 2. As previously teased when we first got a look at the game in January, Mario Kart World will feature 24 characters per race across 7 new cups. With a stacked grid, the game will feature a load of new playable characters to the racing franchise, including Hammer Bros, Lakitu and the Cow from Moo Moo Meadows. The original Silent Hill is the next game in Konami’s survival horror series to get the remake treatment. The Japanese developers are once again teaming up with Bloober Team to remake the 1999 PlayStation 1 classic.
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While some other European gaming offices are also cutting, US units are reportedly being informed later Wednesday. As more about Microsoft’s cuts have come to light, we’ve learned that it has cancelled Rare’s Everwild, an MMO project from ZeniMax Online, and the Perfect Dark reboot. The studio behind that reboot, The Initiative, has been closed, and there have also been layoffs at Blizzard and Forza studio Turn 10. The cuts come hot on the heels of Microsoft’s confirmation that it plans to release next-gen Xbox consoles, and has a strong presence at video game show gamescom. Mobile gaming is a behemoth in terms of annual revenue, and our gaming news coverage includes iOS, Android, mobile web and more, including companies like Netflix trying to get a foot in the door. We also report on the AAA gaming studios, which are increasingly a target for acquisitive giants like Microsoft and Sony.
The revenge flick is being developed by a single developer, and is coming to Steam next year. The legends at Capcom have shown a new trailer for the Onimusha reboot, dubbed Way of the Sword. It looks absolutely fantastic, with tight hack n’ slash combat, and a 2026 launch window for Xbox and PC.
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