New CEO Asha Sharma hit the reset button on Xbox yesterday, taking out 1,600 jobs at once with another 1,600 cuts still to come before the end of the year. Very few studios escaped the scythe: even id Software’s legendary name did not save it, and it quickly became clear the studio had been swept…
XHitman and 007 First Light developer IO Interactive announced last week that it had lost funding for Project Fantasy, an “online fantasy RPG” first announced in 2023, and that as a result, “we have to adapt to this new reality and its short-term consequences, including staffing decisions.” That sure sounded like layoffs were incoming, and…
Owlcat Games “determined to make amends”. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader was, unfortunately, a huge letdown at launch on Switch 2. In our 4/10 review, we called it a “borderline disaster” thanks to “constantly stuttering frame rate, long loading times, unresponsive and laggy menus and controls, a huge graphical downgrade, and hard crashes”. Yikes. Well, thankfully,…
Three more obscure titles now preserved & playable. More obscure titles in the “Tales of Mobile” series for Japanese feature phones have just been preserved, ensuring the games are available for those wanting to learn more about some of the rarer mobile entries in the long-running RPG series. The news was revealed on social media,…
“Andreas will direct our growing European business footprint”. Atari Europe has a new president in the form of Andreas Deptolla; it has been confirmed. Deptolla’s role is a newly created position that will have him reporting directly to Wade Rosen, Atari’s chairman and CEO. Read the full article on timeextension.com “Andreas will direct our growing…
In space, no one can hear you SKWEEEEEE. I had to remind myself recently that it’s been less than a year since we first saw Orbitals back at The Game Awards 2025. It feels like forever ago, not because the seven months since have been particularly packed — though they absolutely have — but because…
Category: XBOX Game Pass July 7, 2026 Coming to XBOX Game Pass: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+ 2, The Planet Crafter, Palworld 1.0, and More Megan Spurr, Senior Community Lead, XBOX Game Pass We have more games, more benefits, and more updates (looking at you, Palworld going 1.0!) for you to dig into! Go grab…
Comes with 34 games pre-installed. Blaze’s HyperMegaTech sub-label has announced a new addition to the Super Pocket hardware lineup. Launching on September 28th, the Activision Super Pocket comes pre-loaded with 34 games (all Atari home console titles) and costs £59.99 / $69.99 / €69.99. Pre-orders are open now. Read the full article on timeextension.com Comes…
I think moths are great. Their hardiness, fuzzy little bodies, and the fact that I relate to their obsession with bright lights;I too find them fascinating. Unfortunately, other than the Scalloped Oak and the Puss Moth, I’ve not been able to see many of the 2,500 species of moths recorded to be in the British…
It often seems like there’s no light at the end of the memory crisis tunnel. That’s not just my opinion; it’s what I was told a few months ago by Maingear CEO Wallace Santos. But analysts from Bernstein have forecast something quite positive for DRAM at the end of 2028, as long as you can…