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The impact of 16,000 games industry layoffs, in one chart

Blizzard’s Unannounced Survival Game team, laid off in January 2024. Photo via a developer who asked to remain anonymous. (Image credit: Blizzard Survival Game team) The scale of the past year of videogame layoffs is a hard thing to wrap your head around. We’re confronted with more big numbers almost every week: the latest “regrettable”…

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Xbox Insider Release Notes – Alpha (2310.231005-2200)

Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Alpha ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to the…

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The latest Nvidia drivers reportedly fix stutters when using frame generation and VSync, so you can generate to your heart’s content

There’s a chance that, if your games have been stuttering with DLSS frame generation enabled, it’s because you have VSync on and didn’t know the two don’t always play nicely. If you’re one of the unlucky few, you might want to try updating your Nvidia drivers. Game Ready Driver 596.49 has reportedly enhanced smoothness when…

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Good news for Windows handhelds: Microsoft is now letting you launch installed Steam, Battle.net, and other storefront games from the Xbox app

Xbox on PC is now officially rolling out a feature that might have it become a single stop for all your games. As Xbox’s VP of Experiences Jason Beaumont explains, in addition to “updated app functionality”, one new feature currently rolling out on Windows is an “aggregated gaming library”. Beaumont has also announced that “cross-device…

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