Not even the UK government knows why Rockstar fired more than 30 employees in October: MP says that after meeting with the studio, ‘I did not leave informed on exactly what these 31 people had done to warrant their immediate dismissal’

Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar Games fired more than 30 employees in October for reasons that still aren’t entirely clear. Rockstar says the employees were leaking confidential information in a public forum, but the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain called it “plain and simple union busting.” It was a big enough deal that…

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Build a Bright Future in Frostpunk 2: Fractured Utopias

Category: ID@Xbox December 10, 2025 Build a Bright Future in Frostpunk 2: Fractured Utopias Alex Boiret – Lead Narrative Designer, 11 bit Studios Build a Bright Future* in Frostpunk 2’s Fractured Utopias!(*definitions of ‘Bright Future’ may vary – ask your local faction representative). Since the launch of Frostpunk 2, attention has mostly been on the…

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Build a Bright Future in Frostpunk 2: Fractured Utopias

Category: ID@Xbox December 10, 2025 Build a Bright Future in Frostpunk 2: Fractured Utopias Alex Boiret – Lead Narrative Designer, 11 bit Studios Build a Bright Future* in Frostpunk 2’s Fractured Utopias!(*definitions of ‘Bright Future’ may vary – ask your local faction representative). Since the launch of Frostpunk 2, attention has mostly been on the…

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A Conversation with Nolan Bushnell, Part 2 PART 2 OF 2 – Competition Thru Amazon Alexa – By Michael Thomasson and Todd Friedman with Ryan Burger

In issue #12, we started an interview with Nolan Bushnell that took us up to the VCS akaAtari 2600. Todd Friedman had also done a recent interview that we brought part of into this article. We pick up when competition in the home video game space kicks up with the IIntellivision, Colecovision, Chuck E Cheese…

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The demo of Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth is only a bite-size piece of what’s to come, but I’m already in love with its world

Everyone grows up with those characters they just love. For me, Moomins were among that lot, so anything to do with those beloved white creatures has a special place in my heart. When Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley released, I was practically first in line to play, and with the announcement of Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth, I…

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Savoring the Adventure: A Taste of Beastro

Category: Games December 10, 2025 Savoring the Adventure: A Taste of Beastro Lindsey Rostal, Studio Director of Timberline Studio The team here at Timberline Studio is hard at work on Beastro, and I am thrilled to give you a little more insight about what we’ve been working on. Beastro takes place in Palo Pori, a…

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Savoring the Adventure: A Taste of Beastro

Category: Games December 10, 2025 Savoring the Adventure: A Taste of Beastro Lindsey Rostal, Studio Director of Timberline Studio The team here at Timberline Studio is hard at work on Beastro, and I am thrilled to give you a little more insight about what we’ve been working on. Beastro takes place in Palo Pori, a…

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