Former Elder Scrolls Online chief confirms Microsoft’s 2025 bloodbath drove his departure from ZeniMax: ‘Project Blackbird was the game I had waited my entire career to create’

Former Elder Scrolls Online director Matt Firor has revealed his reason for unexpectedly leaving ZeniMax Online Studios in July 2025 after nearly 20 years with the company, and it will probably come as no surprise that Microsoft’s summertime bloodbath is to blame. Microsoft laid off roughly 9,000 people on July 2, 2025, many of them…

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All Genshin Impact 6.3 livestream codes

The Genshin Impact 6.3 livestream codes are finally here, or should I say the Luna IV codes, since we’re moving along into the fourth instalment of the special Song of the Welkin Moon story in Nod-Krai. Though these Luna versions have seen us step into Snezhnaya for the first time, we haven’t technically hit the…

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Tabletop Simulator announces a free 2.0 update that includes a UI overhaul and a marketplace for paid mods

Tabletop Simulator developer Berserk Games has announced big changes coming this year, with “a series of major updates that we will be releasing for free with the goal of modernizing Tabletop Simulator and setting up the platform for success over the coming decade and beyond.” Version 2.0 of the popular virtual tabletop will include a…

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‘Happy Gloom Year!’: The new Gloomwood update is out, and it includes the game’s ‘largest, most vertical open area’ yet

New Blood immersive sim Gloomwood—Thief with guns, if you’re nasty—is still a ways off from full release, but it’s already well worth your time even in early access. Every update has adorned the in-progress build with wild new zones and features, from cutting-edge rat AI to player-morphing monster juice. This time around, New Blood is…

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