“To Enter Now Would Be A Deathwish” – Limited Run’s Ex-Boss Thinks Boutique Physical Publishing Is “Oversaturated”

“I’m happy to be away from the drama”. Out of all of the companies working in the so-called ’boutique’ publishing space, Limited Run Games has perhaps made the biggest impact. While it’s fair to say that the publisher isn’t universally loved, it has been responsible for giving gamers physical editions they might otherwise have missed…

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Resetting XBOX

Category: Announcements Resetting XBOX Asha Published July 6, 2026 This message was just sent to Team XBOX employees globally. Team, We are beginning the most significant restructure in XBOX history. After careful consideration, I’ve made the difficult decision to reduce our team by approximately 3,200 throughout FY27. This will include approximately 1,600 role eliminations today, and…

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Some days I fondly recall Warhammer 40k’s first Inquisitor was called ‘Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau’ and he’s still too powerful to be retconned.

I think we can all agree, Warhammer 40k’s Inquisitors are cool customers. Once you put aside their whole shtick of being able to commit genocide on a whim, exterminatus-ing planets that have fallen to the predations of Chaos, they’re basically Witch Hunters hanging out in a moody and noir-ish sci-fi future. There’s a reason folks…

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Lincity – A SimCity style game is in development for the Amiga 68k by paulthetall

While the Amiga is legendary for its library of fast-paced action, platformers and shoot ’em up’s, developer Paulthetall has introduced a change of pace for the platform with his new game called ‘Lincity’. A free and open-source construction and management simulation game, which puts the player in control of managing a city’s socio-economy, similar in…

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WoW server suffers outbreak after a debuff breaches containment, giving me flashbacks to a 21-year-old incident so large Covid-19 researchers referenced it

World of Warcraft‘s had another brush with a digital plague—on the Moon Guard US server, capital cities were overcome with waves of toxic activity that saw vitriol line the streets. But enough about trade chat—there was also a debuff spreading around and killing people. The incident occurred late last week, when Stormwind was suddenly assailed…

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This China-only RTX 4080 GPU combines laptop silicon with desktop hardware, and draws a fraction of the power of a more traditional graphics card

As a manufacturing hub, China sees plenty of unique hardware projects—like this gaming Megazord. But there’s plenty of innovation to be found beyond one-and-done projects like this. For instance, back when the US Department of Commerce restricted the export of Nvidia’s RTX 4090 cards, Chinese manufacturers got creative. The so-called RTX 4080M card was one…

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This Magical Girl-Inspired Sega Mega CD Game Is Finally Available In English, With Some Handy Quality Of Life Fixes

“I’ve been trying to put together a Mega CD translation project for a long time”. An old Japanese-exclusive Sega Mega CD title inspired by popular magical girl shows of the ’70s and ’80s has just received an English fan translation, courtesy of Stargood Translations (h/t: Read Only Memo). Mahou no Shoujo: Silky Lip was released…

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‘I find it really sad’: Hideo Kojima laments the current state of the videogame industry as companies turn away from physical discs

We’ve watched the slow death of physical games media for a decade now, whether it be discs costing more, digital-only consoles, or the recent revelation from PlayStation that come 2028 it will cease productions of videogame discs. It’s nerve-wracking for videogame conservationists, player’s rights advocates, fans of the hobby, and even Hideo Kojima himself. Kojima…

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