I’ve seen a lot of complaints and concerns about the layoffs at Xbox that put 3,200 people out of work and resulted in the spinoff of four studios—eventually five, once the Arkane situation is sorted. One I haven’t run across is a claim that it’s all part of an effort to take jobs away from…
Today, Palworld left early access with a massive 1.0 patch that brought an avalanche of changes and has drawn hundreds of thousands of new and returning players with the seductive allure of making creatures work in conditions that OSHA would object to if they were people. Unmentioned in its massive 1.0 changelog, however, are a…
Microsoft’s cuts across Xbox studios, totaling 3,200 by later this year, included a massive reduction at id Software. The team lost 136 people (over half of the studio) just a day before its Doom: The Dark Ages expansion released, a bloodletting that had remaining and newly laid-off employees seriously concerned about the studio’s capacity to…
Category: Games July 10, 2026 From the Cookout to the Console: Black Spades Comes to XBOX Today johns For generations, spades has been played at family reunions and gatherings. Every family has its own house rules. Every city has its own style. Every game creates another story you’ll tell long after the cards are put…
I don’t blame you for loading up Moonlight Peaks and saying: “Wait, how are you supposed to date Samael?” The broody bartender is easily the most conventionally attractive guy in town. If you peeked at the datable candidates list for Moonlight Peaks, you’ll have seen Samael featured alongside all the other eligible townies. When you…
Developer Mateo Covic, who went viral for complaining that thousands of people had refunded his game after finishing it in less than two hours, says he’s not actually unhappy about the number of refunds or money he lost, or even Steam’s policy in general—he was merely expressing frustration with players who “bragged about having a…
Beatspell? More like Neatspell. Here’s a sentence that I never thought I’d write: I’m about to discuss spoilers for Rhythm Heaven Groove. That’s right, I have spoilers, and they’re for a Rhythm Heaven game. What’s more, it was a really lovely surprise to discover it myself. So, if you’re still working your way through the…
During the quest The Mysterious Bay you’re going to need to lift a fallen tree in Moonlight Peaks to help your newly-discovered mermaid neighbors rejoin the town proper. After you get the rundown, you might wind up scratching your head over where that tree you’re supposed to clear was. It certainly isn’t nearby in the…
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is here and violently colon-less, despite my deep-rooted ancestral urge to fill every gap between those words with dots and dashes, as our forefathers did in the days of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. But it’s not Ubisoft’s crimes against grammar that prompted the game to hit Mixed Steam reviews…
If you thought Meta was stepping away from the VR market after seemingly turning away from the Metaverse and closing 3 VR studios earlier this year, think again, buddy. It seems like the plan as of right now is to put out multiple headsets in the future, memory crisis be damned. The news comes from…