Compulsion released South of Midnight on Switch 2 in March. Reports this week have revealed multiple studios under the Xbox division are currently in “active negotiations” with Microsoft about their future. This supposedly includes Compulsion Games, which released its new action-adventure South of Midnight on the Switch 2 in March. According to Bloomberg, Ninja Theory…
The Switch has also been updated. Nintendo has today rolled out system updates for the Switch and Switch 2. Both contain some system stability improvements, but there are also different updates for each platform. On the Switch 2, there are language support updates and over the Switch, there’s an eShop update, and additional changes. If…
Sonic’s birthday takes place later this month. Following ratings for a “Definitive Edition” of Sonic Frontiers, a photo of a sealed Switch 2 version is now doing the rounds online. This was originally shared by a user on Reddit, who claims to be a Walmart employee. The same user (who has now deleted their account)…
“The final Title Update is coming”. Ubisoft previously mentioned how it would be winding down support of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and this week, it’s announced its “last content drop”. On the Switch 2, this update is apparently 9.5GB in size. Unfortunately, not all of the content listed here is available in the Switch 2 version…
Basketball was one sport I loved playing as a kid—not only to compete or spectate, but just for fun. I was not good at it. So I stopped playing, partially because I hated feeling like my teammates were stuck with me. When I got benched, that bummed me out. But when I got put in,…
Bloomberg reports that Compulsion Games isn’t the only Microsoft studio fighting to stay open during the great “Xbox reset” announced last week by new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma. Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and “several other studios” are at risk of closure, reports the publication, which cited undisclosed sources who are familiar with Microsoft’s plans. Double…
Last year’s explosion of ‘friendslop’ games inspired by Peak’s phenomenal success may be a recession indicator, but I’m still here for it: I love seeing indie developers focusing on small, cheap, creative games built around the idea of hanging with the pals. But the game industry’s tendency to pile onto a promising trend does mean…
Xbox Games Studios head Craig Duncan has stepped down after just over a year-and-a-half in the role, reports The Game Business. Duncan led Sea of Thieves developer Rare for nearly 13 years before being promoted to head of Xbox Game Studios in 2024, which put the rest of Microsoft’s studios under his stewardship, including Double…
Today marks the beginning of Steam Next Fest, the thrice-yearly, week-long smorgasbord of delectable demos served up by game creators of all sizes as samplers for their in-development delights. And unsurprisingly, as the Steam catalog adds tens of thousands of games every year, that translates into a lot of demos. To be precise: This season’s…