GematsuEscape the Backrooms now available for Switch 2
Publisher Secret Mode and developers Fancy Games and Blackbird Interactive have released a Switch 2 … Source
GematsuPublisher Secret Mode and developers Fancy Games and Blackbird Interactive have released a Switch 2 … Source
EurogamerThe total number of Game Pass subscribers has dropped back down to 30 million, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. This is a loss of around 4 million compared to publicised 2024 numbers. Read more
PC GamerDell's stock price has risen significantly since his investment.
GematsuThe Witch on the Holy Night anime movie produced by ufotable, first announced in 2021, … Source
PC GamerThis is no way to treat the heir of Rattay.
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PC GamerThis fun-sized sidekick touchscreen monitor isn't exactly a value proposition, but it's still kinda fun.
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EurogamerXbox is cutting 3200 jobs between now and the end of financial year 2027, with studios like Undead Labs and Compulsion Games going independent as others also try to navigate an uncertain future. Moreover, ZeniMax's entire division - which includes all of Bethesda's big studios - is facing major layoffs, even if no studios are being shut down for now. Now, we're hearing id Software has been hit particularly hard just as Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations prepares to launch later today. Read more
EurogamerFormer PlayStation leader Shawn Layden has given more context to comments he made recently about how Sony shouldn't have made PlayStation Vita - but instead made PlayStation Portable 2. Read more
EurogamerEvo - the largest fighting game tournament in the world - announced Evo Locals last week. This new initiative will feature both a directory of smaller grassroots events around the world, and an eyebrow-raising $1m annual fund to support said events. Read more
GematsuSelecta Play, in cooperation with Melt and Mister Jagger, will release horror comedy adventure game … Source
Rock Paper ShotgunXbox laid off around 1600 people yesterday, July 6th, as mass cuts accompanied by the decision to part ways with five studios were set in stone. This substantial upheaval's also had plenty of consequences for the studios staying under the Microsoft banner, including a more concerted push to get remaining staff working on Xbox's most lucrative series. Fallout, for example. That hasn't stopped the reportedly cuts including around a quarter of the staff at noted Fallout spin-off developers Obsidian
EurogamerThe United Videogame Workers union (UVW-CWA) has launched a new fund to help laid off workers across the US and Canada. The Game Worker Hardship Fund, as it's called, is available to anyone who's been laid off from January 2024 to the present day. Read more
Rock Paper ShotgunYesterday brought the news that Microsoft were cutting 1600 staff, spinning out four studios, and finding a further 1600 jobs to cut in the year to come. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said in an email to staff that she was "making reductions" and "shifting investment to focus on higher priority projects".Today, we're starting to learn what those cuts mean for the teams that Xbox retained, and the projects they were working on. The most public and immediate of these is Elder Scrolls Online. In January, Ze
EurogamerA second wave of massive Microsoft layoffs has reportedly hit Zenimax Online Studios, with some sources claiming "up to half" of the studio has been cut. Read more
GematsuPublisher Netmarble and developer Netmarble Nexus have released a new trailer for free-to-play mobile game … Source
EurogamerGood Smile Company has announced Hatsune Miku: Starry Party, a new "party action" game with chibi character designs coming to Nintendo Switch 2 and PC via Steam. Read more
EurogamerSaros, the latest game from the arcade-loving game creators at Housemarque, is getting a new two-and-half hour trial for anyone interested in trying it. Read more
GematsuJaleco Arcade Collection Vol. 1 and Jaleco Arcade Collection Vol. 2, each featuring 16 Jaleco-developed … Source