Microsoft's Xbox business is still shrinking, but the pace of that decline has slowed considerably, as reported yesterday. In the company's fiscal first quarter ended September 30, Xbox revenue fell 2% year over year to $5.38 billion, an improvement from the 10% decline reported…
"For two years, employees have been living on the edge." There's deep unrest at French studio Don't Nod - creator of Life is Strange, Remember Me, Vampyr, Banishers: New Eden, and most recently Aphelion - as it scrambles to restructure itself and…
"The first updates are coming soon." Last night, we covered a story that was rapidly doing the rounds on social media about how Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 barely had any professional reviews for Xbox, whereas the PC and PS5 versions…
Sucker Punch Productions, the studio that has developed Ghost of Tsushima and Ghost of Yōtei, has laid off 26 workers. Reports say this layoff came as the studio is preparing for the next game. Sucker Punch sent emails to employees and…
Warhammer Survivors and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun series developer Auroch Digital will lay of around 25 percent of its staff, the studio said in a message posted to social media. “Despite that creative success [of our titles], the same market conditions that have…
One of the service's most-downloaded titles, Farming Simulator 23, is officially departing the Netflix Games lineup this November. By Kasey Moore • @kasey__mooreOctober 27th, 2026 - 9:37 am Netflix is pulling the plug on one of the biggest games it has ever offered. Farming Simulator 23 is leaving…
An October 27 statement from employees of Don't Nod, the developer best known for making the original Life is Strange games, warn that the company is in danger of insolvency and layoffs, and accused its management of "illegal" practices that have…
Auroch Digital just released Boltun 2 two weeks ago, and it's got Warhammer Survivors lined up for launch in November. "Over the past year our colleagues have delivered amazing games like Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 and Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! to wonderful…
Auroch Digital is laying off a quarter of its staff, according to statement posted (and deleted) yesterday. Auroch Digital has announced job cuts, with 25% of its staff facing redundancy. In a written statement posted to social media (and now mysteriously…
It’s hard to know what to believe here. XBOX has suddenly let go of their COO Helen Chiang – and the rumors surrounding it are getting wild. XBOX CEO Asha Sharma first promoted Helen to XBOX COO three months ago as…
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