The game industry has suffered yet another round of layoffs, as Ubisoft confirms that it has cut 124 employees worldwide as part of an ongoing restructuring effort. The bulk of that number, 98 in total, were let go from Ubisoft’s business administrative services and IT in Canada, as well as the Hybride VFX studio in…
Videogames can sometimes feel like the Ship of Theseus paradox: if you slowly replace every single part of a ship over time, is it even the same ship anymore? The question perplexed philosopher Thomas Hobbes who talked for a very long time before concluding, and I’m heavily paraphrasing here: “Sorta!” DayZ has been in development…
N 7 Day, the annual celebration of all things Mass Effect, is one again upon us, and BioWare is once again teasing the next Mass Effect with codes, encryption, and video clips—but whether or not we’ll get any insight into what’s actually coming in the next game remains to be seen. The whole thing started…
“We looked to take a page out of Nintendo’s book”. Revealed at Gamescom back in August and coming to Switch (and Steam) in 2024, Wild Country is described as “a cozy-competitive card game with city-building elements” by its developer, Lost Native. The game involves constructing buildings for the critters of Big Sky County while collecting…
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Delta ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to the…
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Beta ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to the…
Jacob Ridley, Steam Deck enjoyer (Image credit: Future) This month I’ve been playing: Alan Wake 2. Good lord this game is pretty. A proper glimpse at the future of videogame visuals, though you need some beefy Nvidia hardware to get it looking its best. Not only that, it’s an absolute blast to play. This week…
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Motherboard BIOS updates are rarely newsworthy but the latest ones from Asus and ASRock, for some of their AM5 X670 models, contain an Agesa update that provides more evidence AMD is definitely going to release a Ryzen 7000G desktop APU, using its laptop Phoenix architecture. Just don’t ask when. As reported by Hardwareluxx, the fresh…
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