Xbox layoffs have likely killed another Perfect Dark reboot from the hollowed-out id Software, as well as a John Wick-style gun fu game

The full scale of Xbox’s rash of layoffs is still to be properly tallied up—partially because CEO Asha Sharma is yet to announce a further 1,600 axed roles. One particularly harsh casualty is id Software, which has taken around 136 job losses on the chin. A move that one employee described this week as reducing…

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It looks like monitor manufacturers can download bloatware without consent that will serve you pop-up ads

It’s amazing the lengths to which advertisers will go to serve a juicy new pop-up ad on your screen. From Windows itself suggesting apps, to motherboards automatically installing software, now to monitors prompting users to download antivirus trials. No, they won’t be covering the bill after the trial ends. As noted by TechSpot, user Mags_Smash…

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Dragon Age’s former lead writer thinks the series is probably dead, but he’d be happy to take it off EA’s hands and ‘go somewhere dark and dangerous’ with it

While former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider won’t play The Veilguard, he knows enough to realise that the series ain’t looking too hot right now. He’s pretty sure it’s dead, at least under EA. When we asked if he saw a future in the series he considers “his baby”, he wasn’t hopeful. “From Electronic…

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