Matt Firor, president of ZeniMax Online Studios and game director of The Elder Scrolls Online, has announced that he is leaving the company. “After more than 18 years leading ZeniMax Online Studios, I’ll be stepping away later this month,” says a message attributed to Firor on the official TESO X account. “The studio and The…
With the humour of Rick and Morty and the darkness of, well, Rick and Morty, High on Life arrived on the FPS scene within just a few months of its announcement back in 2022. It was a hit, even if we didn’t we didn’t particularly care for the shooting or the blabbing. Three years later,…
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…
Lighter than air. Like the Switch 1 before it, the Switch 2 will no doubt play host to dozens of third-party controllers over the course of its (hopefully) long lifespan. First out of the gate is PowerA with its Advantage Wired Controller, which I received in a rather jovial Mario Time theme. You can also…
“You want to see something cool?”. Fans of the cult 2015 movie Turbo Kid, rejoice! The upcoming Metroidvania sequel to the post-apocalyptic action movie is coming to Switch on 5th August 2025. We first heard about Turbo Kid in February 2024, before it launched on Steam in April of that year. Now, the wait is…
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…
“Switch 2 punches well above its weight”. Switch 2 arrived with a bunch of titles that had to perform well if they were going to be worth your time. Arguably, none were more in need of a silky smooth frame rate than Street Fighter 6: Years 1-2 Fighters Edition, which had to be top notch…
Category: ID@Xbox July 2, 2025 Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders Gets Some New Tricks up its Sleeve Daniel Helbig (Co-CEO), Megagon Industries Summary Huge update comes to Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders today. New Trick Mode and the return of the beloved Free Ride Mode. Wide range of new accessibility features. After opening the skiing season of…
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…