Red card, no backsies. The latest UK Charts data is in, and as World Cup fever seemingly takes hold as we approach the quarter-finals, EA SPORTS FC 26 has once again grabbed the gold. Meanwhile, Star Fox has slipped down to fourth place, just behind Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. Still a pretty good result…
The axe has finally fallen from Xbox’s latest round of layoffs and studio sloughing—characterised as a “reset” by its current CEO, Asha Sharma, who paradoxically wants the company to have 1 billion daily players somehow. ZeniMax Online Studios, which currently develops Elder Scrolls Online, has reportedly been hit quite hard. That’s per senior content designer…
Today’s Xbox layoffs may have hit Bethesda and ZeniMax particularly hard, as reports of “significant” cuts have begun to surface and the Bethesda Game Workers Union says that “many” employees at Bethesda Game Studios have been let go. Today’s announcement of major layoffs at Xbox and the spinoff of four studios—Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Ninja…
In today’s announcement of a staggering 3,200 layoffs at Xbox, the fate of one fan (and PC Gamer) favorite studio was left up in the air. Arkane Lyon, the remaining half of the modern immersive sim maestros, appears to be entering negotiations for an indie exit similar to other former Xbox studios. “In France, Arkane’s…
For years now, security researchers have been preparing to fight against cryptanalytic attacks from future quantum computers. But Microsoft has had to push up its timeline, as those attacks seem much closer than otherwise anticipated. As reported by Bleepingcomputer, Microsoft recently published a blog post informing users of its new deadline. Microsoft plans to accelerate…
The time has finally come for Xbox’s massive reset—in a statement on the official Xbox site today, recently-minted CEO Asha Sharma revealed the fate of several studios. I won’t be focusing on them in this article (although you can read the words of my fellow PCG writer Andy Chalk first, if you’d like). Instead I…
Jili Game titles are often grouped because they come from the same provider, but spending time with the catalog quickly reveals that each game is designed with a different type of player in mind. Some prioritize visual intensity and layered mechanics. Others focus on speed, simplicity, or familiarity. That variety is one reason Jili has…
From battle royales to betting sites, video games have quietly turned into one of the most dominant entertainment giants out there. You’re not just imagining it, everyone’s playing games these days. Your younger sibling is obsessed, your coworker sneaks in a few rounds on lunch and even your dad can’t put his phone down. Gaming…
Welcome to the world of Pokémon. Get those Saving Private Ryan GIFs at the ready, folks, because it’s time to feel old. 10 years ago today (yes, ten), Pokémon GO began its global rollout, taking the whole world by storm as it went. 6th July 2016 marked the AR ‘mon’s arrival in their first regions…
“It was too much for the specs we had available, and I think it was hard to play”. One of my favourite things as a lover of retro games is coming across lesser-known versions of popular games, particularly obscure ports and reimaginings that may have never been released in the West. So, as you can…