As Xbox eyes layoffs, Microsoft's CEO says its videogames aren't monetised enough—so it's not the cancelled games or $68.7 billion deals or AI overspending, then
November 1, 2026
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As Xbox eyes layoffs, Microsoft’s CEO says its videogames aren’t monetised enough—so it’s not the cancelled games or $68.7 billion deals or AI overspending, then

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What’s the problem with Microsoft’s attitude towards videogames, one might ask? Could it be acquiring Activision-Blizzard for $68.7 billion and then laying off 1,900 people? Could it be shutting down projects that’ve been in development for years, which were actively liked by leadership? No, it’s the monetisation that’s the problem, obviously. Dummy. So sayeth Microsoft…

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The Quake community simply cannot stop delivering, having just released a 22-map ‘Deathmatch Jam’ to celebrate the shooter’s 30th birthday

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Quake mappers are absolutely killing it in celebration of Quake’s 30th birthday. The Quake community has been running map jams of varying themes all year. In the last few months there have been two ‘Quickie’ speedmapping jams, a 1024 Jam where contributors had to build maps of 1024 units cubed, and a Limits Jam, with…

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Stalker 2’s first major story expansion is coming this summer with two new regions and ‘dozens of hours of gameplay’

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More than a year after the launch of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, the first official story expansion has been revealed as Cost of Hope, “a new chapter of a well-known conflict” between Duty and Freedom, two of the Exclusion Zone’s most powerful factions. Duty and Freedom hold directly opposing views—Duty believes the Zone must…

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