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The layoffs sweeping across Microsoft today have claimed the anticipated Perfect Dark reboot that was announced in 2020, which a Variety report says has now been cancelled. The Initiative, the studio making the game, has also been closed. “We have made the decision to stop development of Perfect Dark and Everwild as well as wind…
Microsoft’s latest round of layoffs has seemingly resulted in the cancellation of a new MMO that was in the works at Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniMax Online Studios. The cancellation of the game, codenamed Blackbird, was first reported by Jason Schreier of Bloomberg, who said on Bluesky that the unannounced MMO—an entirely original project—had been…
Mecha Break launched in the wee hours this morning for those of us in the US, attracting more than 50,000 players in its first 10 minutes through the undeniable allure of cool robots. At time of writing, it’s ranked number 12 on Steam’s concurrent player charts. But not all that launch day attention has been…
Rare’s Everwild, an original game that had apparently been in development for around a decade, has been cancelled. The news was broken by VGC, before being corroborated by IGN sources. Team members were told at the same time as Rare’s parent company Microsoft announced another absolutely enormous wave of layoffs: despite it being in rude…
Rejoice, you giant bags of mostly water, for Amazon has deployed its one millionth bot (via TechCrunch). And by some estimates, that means it is on track to have more robots than human employees. Wait, Amazon has over a million employees? Actually, according to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon has a 1.56 million-strong throng of…
On June 30, US president Donald Trump was in a conference call “with faith leaders from all over the country” when it failed. He promptly took to Truth Social to blame AT&T. AT&T disagrees with his assessment. Following up — Our initial analysis indicates the disruption was caused by an issue with the conference call…
Palworld’s latest Terraria-themed update brought a ton of new equipment, dungeons, enemies, and even a fishing mini-game for players to check out. So it’s not that surprising to see Palword jump back into Steam’s Top 10 most-played games. Previously sat at number nine, Palworld was wedged between Stardew Valley and Elden Ring Nightreign with a…
A lotta stuff happened in videogames in 2023: Baldur’s Gate 3 released, a staggering number of layoffs occurred, and Dave the Diver was controversially nominated for Best Indie at The Game Awards. It’s got all the cosy, pixellated vibes that you’d associate with the Stardew Valleys and Celestes of the world, worked on by a…
We’ve long resisted the idea of recommending PCIe 5.0 SSDs here at PC Gamer, as the early iterations were expensive, ran hot, and didn’t really do much for your gaming experience over a Gen 4 drive for the extra cash. Well, that last one is still debatable, but our buying guide now features two drives…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and COO Brad Lightcap were the guests on a recent live episode of the New York Times’ technology podcast, Hard Fork, and entered the San Francisco venue like a pair of WWE wrestlers. I’m not kidding: hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton began their introduction before Altman and Lightcap strode out…