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"After an all-time low, we've started to return to growth" - Asha Sharma touts Xbox turnaround after drastic restructuring and many hundreds of layoffs
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has reportedly told the company that Xbox has "started to return to growth" following wide-ranging restructuring that has reorganised the gaming division and resulted in more than 1,800 job losses.
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Xbox restates plans for next-gen Project Helix to be a "family of devices", stressing "many players will be on the go"
Microsoft has reportedly reiterated its plan to have multiple Xboxes - of some description - for the next and 10th generation of consoles. The suggestion being that there's a main console accompanied by some kind of portable, on-the-go games machine.
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Xbox denies reports it's acquired exclusive GTA 6 game-streaming rights, deflating hopes of playing it on PC
Xbox has denied reports suggesting it obtained exclusive game-streaming rights for Grand Theft Auto 6 . The initial suggestion came from a report on The Verge , which cited an all-hands meeting in which CEO Asha Sharma allegedly told staff that Xbox plans to do something "no other platform holder is doing" around GTA 6.
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Someone's modded Diablo 2 for VR, and seeing the world through your character's eyes brings a whole new dimension to the series
Of all the games I thought I'd see converted to virtual reality, the Diablo games weren't among them, for some reason. But one industrious modder has set about changing that, converting probably the most well-liked Diablo game, Diablo 2 .
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"Keep it family friendly" - Sega's official Sonic Discord swarmed by 50,000 people in six hours, as understandably strict moderation is put in place
Sega has invited chaos upon itself by launching an official Sonic the Hedgehog Discord channel. Unsurprisingly, it's proven immediately popular, and strictly locked down. There is no fan art channel as of writing.
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"Horrible day to be a Shion main" - Overwatch fans aren't happy about five new China-exclusive skins not coming to the rest of the world
Earlier this week, Blizzard released a new trailer for an upcoming event in Overwatch . Called 'Defiled Anthem', the event features skins and cosmetics for Shion, D.Mon, Kiriko, Reaper, and Emre, with the highlight of the whole activation culminating in a transforming 'Evolution' skin that changes sound effects and visual effects as the match goes on. The…
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Xbox Elite Series 3 controller leaks and appears to offer better analogue sticks, advanced haptics, d-pad choices and more
The unannounced but consistently leaked Xbox Elite Series 3 controller has, well, leaked again. Details ranging from analogue stick technology to rumble motors and more were dug up from the backend of Xbox's own Design Lab website that lets customers create and order custom controller designs.
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I spent an hour playing Switch Sports Resort and my favourite mini-game involves the Switch 2's least-loved gimmick: mouse controls
This feels like the kind of admission that's liable to make Miyamoto cross me off his Christmas card list, but my favourite game in Nintendo Switch Sports Resort was the one that required absolutely no energetic prancing at all. A desk yes, which might be a problem in some living rooms, but gleeful flailing, no. Skateboarding is, however, just one of a…
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Gears of War: E-Day studio finds a way to get more performance from Xbox Series S - one that other Xbox games could probably use
As a first-party Xbox title, Gears of War: E-Day is under pressure to look good and run well on Xbox consoles. This is especially challenging to do on Series S, due to the console's limited computing power compared to Series X. But developer The Coalition has discovered a clever way of circumventing the Series S' limited memory pool.
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CD Projekt Red outlines which Witcher 3 Remastered fixes are coming next, but there's still division about the changes
CD Projekt Red has let The Witcher 3 community know its work isn't done patching the newly-released Remastered edition of the game.
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Supermassive Games suffers layoffs as more than 70 developers seem to have left the company this week
Supermassive Games - the developer behind games such as Directive 8020 and the original Until Dawn - seems to have lost over 70 staff today as part of widespread layoffs at the company.
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Tarae: The Unbound seems to get what makes a good ARPG, but crunchy combat aside, can it rise to the likes of Diablo and Path of Exile?
Who doesn't love a good top-down ARPG; a solid dungeon-crawler with visceral action and real punchy combat that sticks in your teeth like toffee? Aside from Diablo and Path of Exile , there aren't as many out there as I'd like. But Tarae: The Unbound, from South Korean studio Boundary and publisher Krafton, might help change that. I had a chance to get my…
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"This is Call of Duty's definitive extraction shooter experience" - Infinity Ward details the new DMZ mode in Modern Warfare 4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 studio Infinity Ward is betting big on DMZ - the game's extraction shooter mode - becoming another major pillar of the series. In a wide-ranging blog post and developer diary , we learn more about the studio's goals, and how the upcoming DMZ builds on 2022's Modern Warfare 2 DMZ beta.
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GTA 6 devs tried "not to jump on the bandwagon" of passing trends and instead created their "own slanted, overblown versions"
Creating a timely satire can be tough when development takes half a decade or more - it's the reason South Park's stuck with its crude art style for literal decades, but the developers of GTA 6 can't just replace their world-class tech with paper cutouts. Instead, the team simply tried to avoid trends that would become outdated come launch.
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Halo Studios says "it is absolutely our intent" to release new Halo book, despite layoffs and a rumored lore reboot from Activision
Halo Studios can't promise that the previously-announced Halo novel will land on shop shelves, but the company is "determined" to see the project cross the finish line regardless.
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Arc Raiders and The Finals are getting film and TV adaptations in collaboration with the Backrooms production company
Film and TV show adaptations of Arc Raiders and The Finals are in the works - and developer Embark Studios is collaborating with Chernin Entertainment to get the job done.
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The upcoming D&D interpretation of World of Warcraft sounds great, but don't expect it to work like the MMO does
So many of the questions in a press briefing for the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft book revolved around whether the 52-year-old tabletop game would bend out of shape to work like a massively multiplayer online game. But while the D&D translation of WoW does include races and dungeons and characters from Blizzard's famous game, it doesn't…
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"It has to be more over the top, more insane, more in your face" - Rockstar explains why GTA 6 doesn't satirise real-world events
In a new interview, Rockstar has discussed its revered approach to crafting the satire the Grand Theft Auto series is famous for - particularly relating to GTA 6 and whether the game should include, and lampoon, real-world politics.
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Ninja Theory developers announce they are facing redundancy, as the studio starts laying off staff following widespread Xbox cuts
More bad news for Ninja Theory today, as the studio's consultation process with Xbox - following a second wave of cuts last week - seems to have resulted in layoffs.
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Sword Sage: Awakening feels like a breezier kind of Soulslike, and it's not just the adorable tea-serving panda that's got me intrigued
Amazingly, the thing that's sold me on Sword Sage: Awakening potential isn't the adorable red panda deity who poofs out of thin air to serve you restorative tea whenever you rest up at its cheery Soulslike bonfire equivalent - although I'll admit it comes close. As its silly tea-stop interludes suggest, Sword Sage - which joins the rising swell of…
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Dead by Daylight studio is hiring for a triple-A Sci-Fi first-person shooter with "a high realism bar"
Behaviour Interactive, the Canadian studio mostly known for asymmetrical multiplayer horror survival game Dead by Daylight , is hiring for a new project that sounds altogether different.
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Millions return to The Witcher 3 as the Remastered game records another Steam personal best and sales skyrocket
Player numbers are still rising for The Witcher 3 following the release of the Remastered edition upgrade last week, as people not only return to the game following its overhaul but also buy it for the first time, or again.
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Ace Combat 8 is far and away the series' biggest launch on Steam
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve has joined the ranks of September-October releases that have done very well commercially. The sequel, which officially launched on 2nd October following three days of early access, has been very popular on Steam.
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Final Fantasy Resonance feels so good to play because Square Enix 'experimented' with combining the best bits of FF5 and FF6
Final Fantasy Resonance , a game made from the ashes of closed-down mobile game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius , is good. Very good, in fact, as I learned at Gamescom 2026 . It's basically a pixel-first FF RPG that takes old-school turn-based combat and modernises it. It feels like Octopath Traveler , but with all the classic Final Fantasy stuff in there…
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RuneScape creator Jagex in hot water over generative AI use in recent trailer
RuneScape creator Jagex recently hosted its annual convention RuneFest, a hub for community events and new reveals for the British developer's many games. Sadly, one of those reveals has spoilt the fun somewhat due to unexpected generative AI use.
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Arc Raiders is getting a free trial to celebrate its biggest update yet
Arc Raiders studio Embark is making the extraction shooter free to play for four days alongside the launch of the game's biggest update yet, Frozen Trail. The studio spent the last few days detailing all the new aspects of the update, and has now announced a way for players curious about the game to try it out.
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Dynasty Warriors producer would rather make new games than more remasters
Dynasty Warriors producer Tomohiko Sho says he'd rather spend what's left of his career making new games than more remasters of his old ones.
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Modders are furious as Claude-powered mashup mods flood social media
Long-time mod makers are not happy about the latest trend to take over their corner of the internet - the "bullshit 'trend'" of AI-generated, or "vibe-coded", mods.
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PlatinumGames boss hints he wants to expand Bayonetta as Stellar Blade director calls the series "indispensable"
PlatinumGames president Atsushi Inaba has hinted he'd like to expand the character of Bayonetta and broaden her world.
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RuneScape Reignited launches 2 December
Jagex is offering long-time, lapsed, and new RuneScape players a clean slate with RuneScape Reignited.
