Pokemon GO Community Day is 14th – 15th December 2019

‘Only the survival of our studio would make us consider such a painful action’: Tim Schafer announces Double Fine layoffs just 3 weeks after Xbox cut it loose

Less than one month after Xbox spun off Double Fine Productions as an independent studio, the developer has laid off 23 employees, a move it says was necessary to ensure “the survival of our studio.” “Our transition to becoming an independent company means becoming a size that we can sustain,” Double Fine said in a…

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Retro gaming that have formed cult classics

For many gamers, retro titles are more than just old cartridges collecting dust on a shelf. They represent an era when creativity trumped graphics, and every pixel felt like part of something magical. These games, from 8-bit icons to arcade hits that defined pop culture, didn’t just entertain us; they built a legacy that continues…

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Introducing More In-Game Benefits for Free-to-Play Games with Game Pass

Category: Announcements March 26, 2025 Introducing More In-Game Benefits for Free-to-Play Games with Game Pass Steve MaslineProduct Marketing Manager, Xbox Starting this week, we’re rolling out even more value to Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass members with in-game benefits for free-to-play games. Members will get items like cosmetics, characters, in-game currency, and more…

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Arc Raiders is finally dishing out bans for cheaters, but some players think the punishment is too lenient: ‘Anyone with cheats active just gets non-stop arc spawning on them’

The day of reckoning has arrived. Those who have been cheating in Arc Raiders (or at least some of them) have been handed down their sentence: a 30-day ban. Embark promised last week that it would begin dealing with cheaters, and now the “significant changes” to the detection and ban systems have arrived. “Dear cheaters,…

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This redditor has discovered a higher-specced engineering sample of the RTX 2080 Ti, with more shaders, ROPS, TMUs, and VRAM than the release version

It’s often surprising to me how different engineering samples can be from the end product that reaches the shelves. As a case in point, redditor Substantial-Mark-959 reports they’ve come into possession of an early engineering sample of the RTX 2080 Ti, and it looks to be of a significantly higher spec than the release card….

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