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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...
 

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."...
 

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...
 

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...
 

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...
 

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...
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  • Play The Anacrusis for Free this Weekend

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-06-2023, 04:22 PM
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    Play The Anacrusis for Free this Weekend

    This sort-of-Left-4-Dead-but-in-space game is free to play all weekend.
    Stray Bombay's The Anacrusis is having a free weekend. Which weekend? This weekend. From now through Sunday, you can play the PC version of this cooperative shooter for free through Steam. What's more is that The Anacrusis is 67% off until January 19, allowing you to purchase the game at a discount to keep playing after the weekend ends.

    We last took at look at The Anacrusis almost a full year back when...
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  • CD Projekt Red Settles Another Cyberpunk 2077 Lawsuit for $1.85 Million

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-06-2023, 02:48 PM
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    CD Projekt Red Settles Another Cyberpunk 2077 Lawsuit for $1.85 Million

    This is the lawsuit from investors that dates back to 2020.

    CD Projekt Red has settled a lawsuit with investors concerning the rough state that Cyberpunk 2077 launched in. The settlement with investors comes out to $1.85 million (USD). This settlement (PDF) will cover the administration costs, taxes, attorney fees, and more for investors that bought stock in CD Projekt Red from January 16 to December 17, 2020.

    The class-action lawsuit was filed at the end of 2020. At...
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  • Poll: Which Horror Remake Are You Most Excited For in Early 2023?

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-06-2023, 12:50 AM
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    Poll: Which Horror Remake Are You Most Excited For in Early 2023?

    4
    Dead Space (January 27)
    25.00%
    1
    Resident Evil 4 (March 24)
    50.00%
    2
    System Shock (March)
    25.00%
    1
    There are at least three of them coming this year.

    It's near the start of the month. It's a new month, a new year, but probably the same you. 2023 will have a number of remakes and remasters released, same as the previous few years. While there are remakes and remasters of games such as Like a Dragon: Ishin and Risk of Rain Returns slated to be released in 2023, we're going to focus only on the horror remakes in the pipeline.

    That means, I'm asking just one simple question:...
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  • Sony Says PlayStation 5 Shortage is Pretty Much Over

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    • Published: 01-05-2023, 06:54 PM
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    Sony Says PlayStation 5 Shortage is Pretty Much Over

    If you want a PlayStation 5, you can probably find one to buy.

    Sony says that their PlayStation 5 console sales have surpassed 30 million units. They also say that the console shortage, at least for them, is essentially done and over with.

    This news come via Sony Interactive Entertainment president Jim Ryan and Sony's CES conference. The 30 million units sold figure is an increase of 5 million from the last time Sony shared sales data back on November 1, 2022. Ryan says...
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  • Project Leonardo Announced for PlayStation 5 - A Customizable Accessibility Controller Kit

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-04-2023, 10:50 PM
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    Project Leonardo Announced for PlayStation 5 - A Customizable Accessibility Controller Kit

    Sony joins Microsoft in offering players with disabilities a way to play games more easily.

    In late 2018, Microsoft launched the Xbox Adaptive Controller. This controller was designed for those with disabilities, making user input far easier than a traditional controller. The Xbox Adaptive Controller launched at $99.99 (USD) and allowed for a huge variety of assistive input devices to be connected.

    Though it doesn't seem as though the Xbox Adaptive Controller was ever...
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  • Neil Druckmann Promises to Share The Last of Us Multiplayer Details Later this Year

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-04-2023, 04:45 PM
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    Neil Druckmann Promises to Share The Last of Us Multiplayer Details Later this Year

    Plus, a new piece of concept art has been shown off.

    Co-president of Naughty Dog, Neil Druckmann, posted a new blog post from the company that shares a new piece of concept art from The Last of Us multiplayer game that they are working on. Druckmann did share a couple of smaller pieces of information alongside the new art but promised that far more information will be coming later in 2023.

    Druckmann did say that even though this will be a mulitplayer focused title, it...
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  • EA Unable to Recover 60% of Corrupt Madden NFL Franchise Saves

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-04-2023, 02:57 PM
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    EA Unable to Recover 60% of Corrupt Madden NFL Franchise Saves

    Looks like EA really fumbled this one.

    There was a period of about 22 hours where, if you logged into Madden NFL 23, there was a chance your Connected Franchise Mode saves became permanently corrupted. The 22-hour long span took place from December 28 through December 29. Those dates happened to come just after EA told players they were good to log in and play. Oops.

    Now, the good news here is that if you logged into the game during this time there is a 40% chance that...
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  • Nvidia Updating GeForce Now with RTX 4080s and New Global Regions

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-03-2023, 06:43 PM
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    Nvidia Updating GeForce Now with RTX 4080s and New Global Regions

    Team green's streaming service will soon offer DLSS 3 and 240Hz support.

    Some new upgrades are coming soon to Nvidia's GeForce Now streaming service. Nvidia says that the hardware powering the service is getting access to all of those surplus RTX 4080 graphics cards that aren't being purchased by consumers. This means that GeForce Now games will get to make use of DLSS 3 and offer players 240Hz refresh rates. You will need to be a Now Ultimate Member to make use of the 4080 hardware....
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  • ZeniMax Employees Vote to Form Union

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-03-2023, 05:57 PM
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    ZeniMax Employees Vote to Form Union

    The union has already been recognized by Microsoft.

    A supermajority of quality assurance (QA) workers at ZeniMax just voted to approve the creation of the ZeniMax Workers United/Communications Workers of America. This makes it the first video game studio union under Microsoft. It also makes it the current largest union of video game workers in the United States.

    The official voting period ran from December 2 through December 31, 2022. Organization to create the union were...
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  • Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti Officially Announced

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-03-2023, 05:02 PM
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    Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti Officially Announced

    Remember the 12GB RTX 4080? It's back!

    Nvidia held their GeForce Beyond stream earlier today as part of CES 2023. During the presentation the company announced the fourth RTX 40-series desktop GPU, which will be the third 40-series card released.

    Today, the "unlaunched" 12GB RTX 4080 was brought back as the newly announced 12GB RTX 4070 Ti. This card is again built on the new Ada Lovelace architecture. The RTX 4070 Ti ships with 7,680 CUDA cores, a 2.61GHz clock,...
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  • Hitman and Hitman 2 to be Free to Hitman 3 Owners

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-03-2023, 04:20 PM
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    Hitman and Hitman 2 to be Free to Hitman 3 Owners

    There is also a new name for Hitman 3.

    IO Interactive is renaming Hitman 3 to Hitman World of Assassination. Along with this change is word that those that own Hitman 3, soon Hitman World of Assassination, get free access to both Hitman and Hitman 2 from the World of Assassination trilogy. This free upgrade will be available to everyone on all platforms starting January 26, 2023.

    This ties in with IO Interactive trying to simplify the purchase experience for new players....
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  • Steam Users Chose Some Interesting Winners for The Steam Awards 2022

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-03-2023, 03:30 PM
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    Steam Users Chose Some Interesting Winners for The Steam Awards 2022

    Do you agree or disagree with each winner?

    The Steam community has spoken and the winners of The Steam Awards for 2022 have been selected. Like all of the nominees, the winners were picked strictly by the Steam community. Surely, the Steam users have a good head about them and wouldn't pick something like the actually terrible VR version of Hitman 3 for VR Game of the Year, right?

    Yeah, about that.

    The winners can be found below. I have put all winners in...
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  • Games to Look Forward to in 2023

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-02-2023, 07:14 PM
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    Games to Look Forward to in 2023

    I won't lie. I fully expected there to be far more news to post today (January 2, 2023) given that it's the start of the week and the holidays are "technically" over. What I failed to realize is that a ton of people are still off work due to the New Year falling on a Sunday. Thus, here I am opting to do a little write-up about what games I'm looking forward to in 2023 instead of sitting around doing nothing. Who knows, maybe you're looking forward to these games as well. If I missed some games ...
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  • Payday 3 Expected in 2023

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-02-2023, 03:29 PM
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    Payday 3 Expected in 2023

    A Steam page went live this past weekend.

    2023 has been dubbed "the year of Payday 3" from the game's developers at Overkill Software. The next installment of this cooperative heist-focused franchise looks like it may finally be released this year. The news came alongside a new Steam page for Payday 3 that went live over the weekend.

    The page includes a short teaser video (seen below) showing off some fireworks going off over New York while some shadowy figures...
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  • 1 Button Games that are Fun

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    • Published: 01-02-2023, 10:43 AM
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    1 Button Games that are Fun

    One-button games have a kind of mystical quality. Given how straightforward their controls are, you would have assumed that these games wouldn't provide much in the way of gameplay. What can you really accomplish with only one button, after all. Nevertheless, despite this significant restriction, one button games may feature remarkably intricate game mechanics (just look at the fully-fledged RPG in this list). Additionally, certain one-button games, like Poto and Cabenga, may really provide players...
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  • How Many Games Did You Complete in 2025?
    by Shawn Zipay
    Make 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 2025
    33.33%
    2
    I completed up to 10 games
    50.00%
    3
    I completed more than 10 games
    16.67%
    1
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