XBOX: 1,600 Layoffs Today, Another 1,600 Over the Next Year, Four Studios Now Independent or Sold, Arkane in Limbo
More broadly, Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs.
Today, Microsoft is laying off 2.1% of its workforce. This equates to 4,800 people that are being let go. The company's XBOX division is cutting about 20% of its entire workforce. All of this is being done in an effort to cut costs due to rising prices and expenses brought about by artificial intelligence (AI).
As a quick reminder: Microsoft plans to spend $190 billion on AI in 2026. In 2025, the company spent $80 billion...
Today, Microsoft is laying off 2.1% of its workforce. This equates to 4,800 people that are being let go. The company's XBOX division is cutting about 20% of its entire workforce. All of this is being done in an effort to cut costs due to rising prices and expenses brought about by artificial intelligence (AI).
As a quick reminder: Microsoft plans to spend $190 billion on AI in 2026. In 2025, the company spent $80 billion...
PlayStation is Killing Physical Game Discs
Digital only after January 2028.
Starting January 2028, Sony will no longer produce physical discs for new PlayStation game releases. All games released in January 2028 and after will be available only through digital stores such as the PlayStation Store.
Sony attempts to justify this move by claiming it's a "natural direction" in order to "adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs."...
Starting January 2028, Sony will no longer produce physical discs for new PlayStation game releases. All games released in January 2028 and after will be available only through digital stores such as the PlayStation Store.
Sony attempts to justify this move by claiming it's a "natural direction" in order to "adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs."...
GTA 6 Starts at $80 with a $100 FOMO Edition and with No Physical Disc Release
And single-player only.
Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive Software sure set the gaming news world on fire today with word that Grand Theft Auto 6 will retail at a minimum of $80. Not only will there be the base $79.99 edition for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, but there will also be a Grand Theft Auto 6: Ultimate Edition for $99.99 that adds in exclusive content.
Right out of the gate, we are told that Grand Theft Auto 6 will be single-player only. Well, at...
Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive Software sure set the gaming news world on fire today with word that Grand Theft Auto 6 will retail at a minimum of $80. Not only will there be the base $79.99 edition for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, but there will also be a Grand Theft Auto 6: Ultimate Edition for $99.99 that adds in exclusive content.
Right out of the gate, we are told that Grand Theft Auto 6 will be single-player only. Well, at...
Kaspersky Warns of Malware Spread Through Wallpaper Engine on Steam
Anime continues to be a danger to everyone.
The cybersecurity company Kaspersky has issued a warning about malware being spread through Steam Workshop files for Wallpaper Engine. Malware, hidden through user uploaded wallpaper packages, can lead to issues such as hijacked Steam accounts, the installation of backdoors to a user's PC, or even hidden crypto mining processes.
Wallpaper Engine includes support for various wallpaper formats: Static images, video, interactive...
The cybersecurity company Kaspersky has issued a warning about malware being spread through Steam Workshop files for Wallpaper Engine. Malware, hidden through user uploaded wallpaper packages, can lead to issues such as hijacked Steam accounts, the installation of backdoors to a user's PC, or even hidden crypto mining processes.
Wallpaper Engine includes support for various wallpaper formats: Static images, video, interactive...
Bungie Announces the End of Destiny 2
All good things...
Bungie is calling it quits on Destiny 2. The Sony owned Marathon developer announced the final live-service content update for Destiny 2. Today's announcement was a long time coming and one that most fans saw the writing on the wall for months ago.
That final content update for Destiny 2, Monument of Triumph, takes place on June 9, 2026. Bungie says that they will begin a "new journey as a studio" on that date with includes working on their...
Bungie is calling it quits on Destiny 2. The Sony owned Marathon developer announced the final live-service content update for Destiny 2. Today's announcement was a long time coming and one that most fans saw the writing on the wall for months ago.
That final content update for Destiny 2, Monument of Triumph, takes place on June 9, 2026. Bungie says that they will begin a "new journey as a studio" on that date with includes working on their...
Lord of Hatred Review: Diablo 4 Finally Finds Its Final Form
This is Diablo 4 at its best. I mean it this time. For real.
Returning to the world of Sanctuary for this latest chapter feels like a true homecoming for those of us who have spent hundreds of hours traversing its dark and unforgiving landscapes since the base game launched back in 2023. The release of the Lord of Hatred expansion marks a significant step forward in the narrative that was originally set in motion during the initial campaign and furthered by the events of the Vesse...
Returning to the world of Sanctuary for this latest chapter feels like a true homecoming for those of us who have spent hundreds of hours traversing its dark and unforgiving landscapes since the base game launched back in 2023. The release of the Lord of Hatred expansion marks a significant step forward in the narrative that was originally set in motion during the initial campaign and furthered by the events of the Vesse...
-
4 Main Perks of Rickycasino
It is not a secret that modern players hunt for reputable and legit online casinos to get the best experience ever. So, if you are one of such players you should pay regard to Rickycasino, a prominent representative of the Australian field of online gambling. This relatively young iGaming club has endless benefits. However, we would like to focus on its 4 key goodies: rich bonuses, incredible games, a secure environment, and reliability of payment ways. Let`s get started on our journey to Rickycasino. A var...
-
The 'Capitalism and Economy Fest' Coming Soon to Steam
-
Created by:
Shawn Zipay
- Published: 01-04-2024, 03:10 PM
- 0 comments
The 'Capitalism and Economy Fest' Coming Soon to Steam
Make virtual money by spending real money.
We are less than a week into 2024 and the dust has barely had time to settle on the Steam Winter Sale 2023. Valve cares not for that as they have just sent out the announcement for their next Steam Fest.
On January 8, 2024, the Steam Capitalism and Economy Fest will kick off. It will offer a week's worth of discounts, demos, streams, and more on all games "centered entirely around a player's earning power." Valve mentions... -
Created by:
-
Over 5 Million People Bought Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty in 2023
-
Created by:
Shawn Zipay
- Published: 01-04-2024, 02:54 PM
- 0 comments
Over 5 Million People Bought Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty in 2023
The expansion seems to be a hit with players.
CD Projekt Red has revealed that the Phantom Liberty expansion for Cyberpunk 2077 has sold more than five million copies. CD Projekt Red made the reveal of the sales milestone in a social media post that thanked fans for their support.
Phantom Liberty released to the public on September 26, meaning that the five million copies sold came over a period of just three months. That's not too shabby when you also consider that... -
Created by:
-
Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake Listed as 2024 Release by PlayStation
-
Created by:
Shawn Zipay
- Published: 01-04-2024, 01:25 PM
- 0 comments
Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake Listed as 2024 Release by PlayStation
Take with a grain of salt.
The Metal Gear Solid 3 remake, otherwise known as Meta Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater (the Δ is pronounced as "delta"), might be coming out some time this year. This year now being 2024, of course.
This is according to a new PlayStation advertisement that went up this week. This new advertisement is being used by PlayStation to shine a light on some of the titles that are coming out for the PlayStation 5 in 2024. Besides Metal Gear Solid... -
Created by:
-
Steam No Longer Supports Windows 7, 8, and 8.1
-
Created by:
Shawn Zipay
- Published: 01-03-2024, 10:44 PM
- 0 comments
Steam No Longer Supports Windows 7, 8, and 8.1
If you haven't moved on, it's long past time you did.
Microsoft stopped officially supporting Windows 7 for regular users in 2020 and Windows 8.1 support ended in 2023. At best, you've had a year to update to a newer version of Windows. At worst, you've had four years. You should have moved to Windows 10 or Windows 11 by now if you are online at all with those operating systems. Years of no security updates is bad enough, but this week it just got worse.
Valve officially... -
Created by:
-
Xbox Reveals New Game Pass Titles Arriving in the First Half of January 2024
-
Created by:
Shawn Zipay
- Published: 01-03-2024, 03:18 PM
- 0 comments
Xbox Reveals New Game Pass Titles Arriving in the First Half of January 2024
Some good and some mediocre arrivals headline the new additions.
Microsoft just revealed the new titles that are being added to Game Pass in early January 2024. The list offered up on the Xbox Wire extends only until January 16th, which seems to suggest another batch of games for the second half of January will be revealed at a later date.
Starting today, the horror-adventure game about Nikola Tesla, Close to the Sun, is available starting January 3, 2024. That is otherwise... -
Created by:
-
Poll: Ever Make a Gaming Related New Year's Resolution?
-
Created by:
Shawn Zipay
- Published: 01-03-2024, 01:46 PM
- 1 comment
Poll: Ever Make a Gaming Related New Year's Resolution?
6Yes, and I stuck to it!16.67%1Yes, but I did not stick to it0%0No, I never made a "resolution" related to gaming83.33%5The poll is expired.
Resolving to lose weight is so 2000 and late.
It's a new year and a new you. Maybe it's the same you. Either way, it's still a new year. With New Years having come and gone, it's long past the time you probably made your New Year's resolutions.
This month's poll, and I admit it's kind of a lame one but I can't think of anything else right now, asks: Have you ever made a New Year's resolution related to gaming?
No, I do not mean 1080p or 4K, or whatever other... -
Created by:
-
Star Wars Outlaws May or May Not Arrive in Late 2024
-
Created by:
Shawn Zipay
- Published: 01-02-2024, 06:42 PM
- 0 comments
Star Wars Outlaws May or May Not Arrive in Late 2024
Schrodinger's Outlaws.
For a brief period of time, a narrowed down release window for the Ubisoft developed open-world heist game, Star Wars Outlaws, was known to the world. That window placed the game's release nearer to the end of 2024. Then Ubisoft came along and said "uhhh, no?"
The late 2024 release window was first shared online via a blog post from Disney Parks. The mention of the Star Wars Outlaws game said simply, "Star Wars Outlaws, the open-world... -
Created by:
-
Jack Black Joins Cast of Minecraft Movie
-
Created by:
Shawn Zipay
- Published: 01-02-2024, 05:16 PM
- 0 comments
Jack Black Joins Cast of Minecraft Movie
The guy that starred in a TV commercial for Pitfall is set to take on another iconic gaming role.
Jack Black is no stranger to the world of video games. His career started back in 1982 when he appeared in a television commercial for Pitfall. Black voiced the main character in the Double Fine Productions game Brutal Legend. Brutal Legend also included the song "The Metal" which is a song by Black and his rock partner Kyle Gass, better known together as Tenacious D.
... -
Created by:
-
Winners for the 2023 Steam Awards Include Baldur's Gate 3, Starfield, and Red Dead Redemption 2
-
Created by:
Shawn Zipay
- Published: 01-02-2024, 03:54 PM
- 0 comments
Winners for the 2023 Steam Awards Include Baldur's Gate 3, Starfield, and Red Dead Redemption 2
Some of the winners here sure are interesting picks.
The community nominated, the community voted, and now the winners of The Steam Awards 2023 have been revealed! Remembering that every winner listed below was nominated and voted on purely by the Steam community, regardless of game ownership. That said: There are some very interesting winners that have been selected for each category.
For instance, we see that Red Dead Redemption 2 has won the Labor of Love category!... -
Created by:
-
Shawn Zipay's Favorite Games of 2023
-
Created by:
Shawn Zipay
- Published: 12-29-2023, 03:06 PM
- 1 comment
Shawn Zipay's Favorite Games of 2023
It was the best of years, it was the blurst of years.
2023 sucked, at least as far as the gaming and tech industries are concerned. It was an absolutely terrible year full of layoffs and "restructuring" plans across a multitude of companies. No matter how you phrase it, a lot of good developers and employees lost their jobs, and a lot of good studios were shut down and that is terrible. Hopefully 2024 is better on that front. Now, to make one of the least graceful topic transitions... -
Created by:
-
A Plague Tale: Requiem Leads PlayStation Plus Games for January 2024
-
Created by:
Shawn Zipay
- Published: 12-27-2023, 03:04 PM
- 1 comment
A Plague Tale: Requiem Leads PlayStation Plus Games for January 2024
The new games arrive on January 2, 2024.
A new year, a new you, and a new batch of "free" PlayStation Plus titles arriving. January 2, 2024 will usher in a new year of new monthly PlayStation Plus titles that active subscribers will get to enjoy.
The games coming on the 2nd include the action-adventure game A Plague Tale: Requiem, which is the sequel to A Plague Tale: Innocence. Both titles are excellent and if you liked the first title you're probably going to... -
Created by:
-
Grinch Releases Full Grand Theft Auto 5 Source Code to Public on Christmas
-
Created by:
Shawn Zipay
- Published: 12-24-2023, 09:11 PM
- 0 comments
Grinch Releases Full Grand Theft Auto 5 Source Code to Public on Christmas
The shared content also includes files for Bully 2 and Grand Theft Auto 6.
It's still Christmas Eve here in the States, but in some parts of the world it's already Christmas Day. Perhaps it's that "spirit of giving" that pushed one "random British guy in the 360 modding community" to publicly release the full Grand Theft Auto 5 source code.
News of this public release started to trickle out late in the day on December 24. It was first mentioned by... -
Created by:
-
Grand Theft Auto 6 Hacker Sentenced to an 'Indefinite Hospital Order'
-
Created by:
Shawn Zipay
- Published: 12-22-2023, 06:45 PM
- 1 comment
Grand Theft Auto 6 Hacker Sentenced to an 'Indefinite Hospital Order'
The hacker used an Amazon Firestick, hotel TV, and a mobile phone to steal the data.
One of the hackers that accessed Rockstar Games servers, stole data related to Grand Theft Auto 6, and subsequently leaked the stolen data online has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order. Arion Kurtaj is the name of the hacker that will now be indefinitely detained at a secure hospital until it is determined that he is no longer a danger.
According to a report by the BBC, Kurtaj... -
Created by:
-
The Day Before Servers Shutting Down in January
-
Created by:
Shawn Zipay
- Published: 12-22-2023, 04:10 PM
- 1 comment
The Day Before Servers Shutting Down in January
The game will have been active for just 45 days when the servers go down.
The Day Before is the grift that keeps on grifting. On December 7, The Day Before was Released. On December 11, The Day Before developer Fntastic, shuttered their entire studio. Today, December 22, the announcement was made that servers for The Day Before will be shut down on for good on January 22, 2024. That is a mere 45 days after the game was released on Steam.
The server shutdown was announced... -
Created by:
There are no articles in this category.
Please log in to your account to view your subscribed posts.
Support the Site!
Collapse
Use Creator Code "Zips" at checkout for any purchase made in the Epic Games Store!
Monthly Poll
Collapse
-
by Shawn ZipayMake up your own definition of "complete."
Was 2025 a big year for game completions for you, or were you more of a "stick to one never-ending, live-service game for the entire year" sort of player?
For this, you can take whatever definition you want as a game "completion." Beat the main story? Earned 100% of the game's achievements? Or simply played enough that you're satisfied with what you accomplished and have no plans to return any time...I did not complete any game in 202533.33%2I completed up to 10 games50.00%3I completed more than 10 games16.67%1-
Channel: News
-
Recommended
Collapse
widgetinstance 454 (<!-- ##phrase_widget_454_searchTitle_0## -->) skipped due to lack of content & hide_module_if_empty option.
Popular Tags
Collapse
2k
activision
android
apple
bandai namco
beta
bethesda
blizzard entertainment
bungie
call of duty
capcom
counter-strike
counter-strike: global offensive
dice
dlc
e3
ea
early access
fighting
free
grand theft auto v
horror
ios
microsoft
mmo
mmorpg
mobile
multi
nintendo
nintendo switch
pc
playstation 3
playstation 4
playstation 5
ps3
psa
quickhits
release date
rockstar
rockstar games
rpg
sale
sony
square enix
steam
switch
ubisoft
valve
xbox one
xbox series x


