'This generation of AI is...enabling companies to innovate much faster than ever before,' says Amazon, as it confirms that 14,000 corporate roles will be laid off

‘This generation of AI is…enabling companies to innovate much faster than ever before,’ says Amazon, as it confirms that 14,000 corporate roles will be laid off

Earlier today, Amazon sent an email to all its employees to explain why it needed to make “organizational changes” that would result in 14,000 corporate roles being laid off. The message carried the usual phrases one sees in missives from senior management: more leanly, fewer layers, more ownership, move as quickly as possible. The reason…

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Forget trying to cram in Hollow Knight before Silksong launches—it’s too good to rush

Sean Martin, Senior Guides Writer (Image credit: Future) Last week I was: dipping back into Hollow Knight for old time’s sake. This week I’ve been: pondering that cramming a giant, secret-filled metroidvania into your head right before playing another giant, secret-filled metroidvania may be inadvisable. Writing guides for PC Gamer, I almost always know what…

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XBLA Version Of Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night Gets The Recompilation Treatment

Thanks to NocturneRecomp. If you’re a fan of classic Metroidvania titles, then listen up – the Xbox Live Arcade version of Konami’s legendary Castlevania: Symphony of the Night has been statically recompiled by Marco Andronaco / birabittoh (thanks, Video Game Esoterica). Built on the ReXGlue SDK, this recompilation works on Windows and Linux and converts…

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Join the Pillars of Eternity Public Beta Today!

Category: Playtests November 5, 2025 Join the Pillars of Eternity Public Beta Today! Tim, Xbox Program Manager We are excited to invite Xbox Insiders on Windows PC to join the Pillars of Eternity Public Beta. This beta introduces a major new way to play the original Pillars of Eternity: Turn-Based Mode. Your feedback is invaluable,…

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Baldur’s Gate 3 started on top and kept on climbing: Larian said it wouldn’t make a sequel, then drip fed us an expansion’s worth of free updates into 2025

Two years on and it’s still Baldur’s Gate 3’s world we’re living in. Every new RPG is measured against it, and Larian’s next game, Divinity, is still hotly anticipated even amid criticism of the studio’s admission of experimenting with generative AI. Until Larian unveiled Divinity, we didn’t know what it was doing next—only that it…

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