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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).
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."...
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...
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 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...
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...
Microsoft announced that Death Stranding will be hitting PC Game Pass on August 23, 2022. The announcement was made via a cheeky little image posted to the official Game Pass Twitter account.
The tweet, seen below, shows what looks to be Sam "Porter" Bridges carrying a metal case across the landscape. On the case is a green sticker providing the name of the game, Death Stranding, the words "PC GAME PASS" and...
Battlefield 2042 Player Discovers Mysterious Crate and Cryptic Message
A teaser for Season 2 or something more?
Easter eggs and wild ARGs are really nothing new to the Battlefield franchise, but so far, we haven't really had any in Battlefield 2042. A few hours ago, Reddit user TheSacredShrimp shared a screenshot of a unique Playercard background that contains a bit of a cryptic message.
TheSacredShrimp shared this image through the LowSodium2042 subreddit.
The background is entitled "They are Everywhere" and depicts what looks...
Five new Game Pass titles, or four if you ignore Battlespire.
QuakeCon 2022 began earlier today with a little welcome message from Marty Stratton. I'm sure it was great. I don't know, I didn't watch it. What I do know is that Bethesda and id Software added some classic PC titles to Game Pass today. These are in addition to three free games available now through the Microsoft Store, plus three "new" games available for sale through the Microsoft Store.
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed will be out on October 18, 2022 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via the Epic Games Store. Pre-orders for digital copies of the game have also started...
Asobo Studio and Focus Entertainment shared a new gameplay overview trailer for A Plague Tale: Requiem today. The follow-up to A Plague Tale: Innocence is also said to be present at Gamescom, which runs from August 24-28. Those going to Gamescom will get a chance to go hands-on with a playable demo.
The public will get access to the same level shown at the Tribeca Festival when it was shown there in June. The press attending...
Dead Island 2 Release Date, Screenshots, Cover, and Story Details Leaked on Amazon
Dead Island 2 seems to be back from the dead... again.
Dead Island 2 was announced way back at E3 2014. The announcement trailer was pretty great. It was supposed to be out Spring 2015. Then it was delayed until 2016. Then the Dead Island 2 developer, Yager, was dropped by Deep Silver. Then in 2016 it was reported that Sumo Digital took over the development of Dead Island 2. Then in 2019, Sumo Digital partnered with 2K for some mystery projects, with at least one presumed to be Dead...
Final Season for Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone Begins August 23
Will feature a heroes vs. villains mode.
On August 24, the final seasons for both Call of Duty: Vanguard and Call of Duty: Warzone will begin. On this date, there will be a new Heroes vs. Villains Community Event, Operation: Last Call, two new multiplayer maps, and a new Zombies map set in Egypt called "The Archon."
In Last Stand, four of the most notable villains in Call of Duty history will return. You can play as or play against Raul Menendez, Khaled Al-Asad,...
Elden Ring continues to grow its status as FromSoftware's most successful game to date. In May, we learned that Elden Ring sold 13.4 million copies just in its first month of availability. Already, that made it FromSoftware's biggest game release ever.
Today, Gematsu shared the latest sales figures on this open-world action-RPG. So far, Elden Ring has sold 16.6 million copies. This was revealed as part of Bandai Namco's latest...
Embracer Acquires The Lord of the Rings, Tripwire Interactive, and Several Other Companies
The one company to rule them all. We are all Embracer now.
Last night around midnight (ET) that Embracer Group made several acquisition announcements that have been turning heads all day. First off, Embracer says that they have acquired the rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien through its acquisition of Middle-earth Enterprises.
Middle-earth Enterprises is a company that holds the licensing rights to The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and other...
For a brief period of time, pre-orders of FIFA 23 went on sale via the Epic Games Store in India for just 4.80 rupees. A quick conversion turns those 4.80 rupees into just $0.06 (USD).
If this price error wasn't bad enough, it wasn't for the basic version of FIFA 23, which retails for 3,499 rupees (or about $44 USD). The pricing error was actually for the Ultimate Edition of FIFA 23, which normally retailed for 4,799 rupees...
The world's biggest modding site won't tolerate the intolerant.
Spider-Man Remastered recently released on PC and, for the most part, people have been enjoying the game without issue. Of course, there was at least one person that didn't much like the depiction of a handful of Pride flags present in the game. This person created a mod that replaces the Pride flags with the American flag, aka the Stars and Stripes.
The mod was uploaded to Nexusmods, which is arguably the...
All Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Pre-orders Can Play the Campaign a Week Early
That's one way to get people to play the campaign.
Activision announces that those who pre-order Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be able to play the entire campaign up to an entire week early. The early campaign access starts on October 20, 2022, with the game's official launch date not hitting until October 28, 2022.
This should give everyone a solid week to play through the single player campaign before the competitive multiplayer drops on the 28th. Activision says...
Bungie Details Arc 3.0 Subclass Changes for Destiny 2
Like with Solar and Void, Arc is also getting a major overhaul in Destiny 2.
Today, Bungie blew the lid off of the big changes that are coming to the Arc subclass for Destiny 2 Hunters, Titans, and Warlocks. Dubbed Arc 3.0, this is the latest effort by Bungie to get all of the old subclasses up to the same level of refinement and freedom of choice that was first introduced with the addition of the Stasis subclass in Destiny 2: Beyond Light.
Get a look at the upcoming story DLC in a "blink and you'll miss it" teaser.
Techland just released a new teaser trailer for the first story DLC coming to Dying Light 2 Stay Human. The new DLC is entitled Bloody Ties and while today's teaser really does not show much at all, there will be more revealed on August 23 during Gamescom Opening Night Live.
The only other thing that today's press release mentions is a place called "Carnage Hall" and "true...
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic Pre-Patch Goes Live August 30
The Lich King's arrival begins again at the end of the month.
Blizzard announces that the pre-patch for Wrath of the Lich King Classic for World of Warcraft Classic will go live on August 30. This will set in motion a series of events that will eventually lead up to the launch of the full Wrath of the Lich King Classic on September 26.
Blizzard provided a look at the exact dates on their pre-patch announcement page on what all will be happening in the MMORPG and when....
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...
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