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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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  • RuneScape Brings an End to a Desert Questline Spanning 24 Years

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 07-28-2025, 02:53 PM
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    RuneScape Brings an End to a Desert Questline Spanning 24 Years

    From Prince to Eclipse.

    RuneScape's longest-running questline is about to come to an end after about 24 years. Today, the Eclipse of the Heart questline is a new quest that is available to all RuneScape players. It will offer an "epic finale" to this questline.

    Today's quest will offer players the final chapter to the Desert saga that began with a simple rescue mission. It apparently ends with the Goddess of Destruction.

    There are various rewards...
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  • Dying Light: The Beast Delayed Until September

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 07-25-2025, 04:18 PM
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    Dying Light: The Beast Delayed Until September

    Just an extra month.

    A bit of sad news today out of Techland. The studio says that they have decided to delay the release of Dying Light: The Beast by four weeks. This moves the game's release from August 22, 2025 to September 19, 2025.

    Techland says that despite the overall positive response to previews that went out this week, the studio says they would like to take an extra four weeks "to allow for extra polishing work." They specifically note that they...
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  • Steam Racing Fest Begins Monday

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 07-24-2025, 06:58 PM
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    Steam Racing Fest Begins Monday

    This Fest will explode if you spend less than $50 per hour.

    A new Steam Fest is once again nearly upon us. The last Fest is still in recovery but that isn't stopping Valve from getting a fresh one out the door. Starting on July 28th at 10 am PT, the Steam Racing Fest will begin.

    This will offer up a week of demos, streams, and previous for all things racing related. This Steam Racing Fest ends on August 4, 2025 at 10 am PT.

    When the time comes on the 28th,...
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  • Itch.io "Deindexed" All Adult Content After Pressure from a Group of Assholes

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 07-24-2025, 04:58 PM
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    Itch.io "Deindexed" All Adult Content After Pressure from a Group of Assholes

    Wait, I've heard this one before.

    All adult titles have been completely "deindexed" from itch.io. All impacted games no longer show up when browsing the storefront or in search results on the itch.io website.

    According to some estimates, this deindexing resulted in the loss of over 20,000 different games on the storefront. In addition to no longer appearing on the site, users report that games they paid for in the past are now no longer able to be downloaded....
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  • Killing Floor 3 Released

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 07-24-2025, 12:45 PM
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    Killing Floor 3 Released

    A year 1 roadmap was also shared today.

    Tripwire Interactive just released the latest installment of their co-op focused, zombie-slaying shooter. Killing Floor 3 is available now for Steam, Epic, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.

    The retail price for this release is $39.99 across all platforms for the Standard Edition. A physical release of the Standard Edition of Killing Floor 3 is also out now for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. There is also a $59.99 Deluxe Edition...
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  • Battlefield 6 Officially Revealed

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 07-24-2025, 10:42 AM
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    Battlefield 6 Officially Revealed

    The promotional period for Battlefield 6 has begun.

    Electronic Arts and Battlefield Studios (what remains of them) just unveiled the first official trailer for Battlefield 6. The name is also confirmed to be Battlefield 6, which is something that we were merely speculating about for all of the months prior to today.

    Today's reveal is just that, a reveal. A longer multiplayer focused gameplay event will be held as a livestream with some of the Battlefield Studios developers...
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  • Discover the Truth of Your Missing Dad With the Release of 'and Roger'

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 07-23-2025, 05:53 PM
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    Discover the Truth of Your Missing Dad With the Release of 'and Roger'

    Who is this man sitting on your couch? Where did your dad go?

    Today, and Roger is "slice-of-life visual novel" that offers up a big mystery. Developed by TearyHand Studio and published by Kodansha Creators' Lab, and Roger is available for just $4.99 on Steam and Switch. Steam users can also make use of a 20% launch discount until Tuesday, August 5th.

    You play as a young girl that begins what should otherwise be a pretty typical day. As she heads downstairs...
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  • Cronos: The New Dawn Extended Gameplay from Bloober

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 07-23-2025, 05:22 PM
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    Cronos: The New Dawn Extended Gameplay from Bloober

    A fresh look at Bloober's new IP.

    Bloober Team is offering yet another extended gameplay video for their upcoming sci-fi horror title, Cronos: The New Dawn. This new 10-minute video offers a deep dive into the game's combat, enemies, and survival mechanics. It also introduces two of the game's "hauntingly distinct environments: Islands in The Mist and The Hospital."

    Islands in The Mist is a liminal space where visibility is limited. Meanwhile, The Hospital...
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  • Extend Your Deck Size When The Royal Writ Releases on August 7th

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 07-23-2025, 02:57 PM
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    Extend Your Deck Size When The Royal Writ Releases on August 7th

    Restoring order through violence.

    A new lane-based deck builder, The Royal Writ, will be released on August 7 through Steam. King Mikolt the Second of Araonfold has unleashed a bunch of lizards, bugs, bats, and other fighters to try to restore order "through the time-honoured tradition of turn-based violence."

    Hold up, who put that "u" in honored up there? It was probably the work of Bristol-based publisher Yogscast Games. The developers of the game...
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  • Nvidia Released a New GeForce Driver for Valorant and WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 07-22-2025, 06:20 PM
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    Nvidia Released a New GeForce Driver for Valorant and WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers

    Plus more games have DLSS 4 support.

    Nvidia released a new GeForce Game Ready Driver (577.00 WHQL) today. This driver update adds in DLSS 4 support for WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers and the upcoming Unreal Engine 5 update for Valorant.

    The new driver update also fixes an issue with Counter-Strike 2 for those using 4:3 aspect ratio resolutions on a specific ASUS monitor. It also fixes some stability issues for Naraka Bladepoint under certain conditions.

    Nvidia...
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  • An 80s Horror Icon Returns with Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 07-22-2025, 04:30 PM
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    An 80s Horror Icon Returns with Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival

    And the wildest thing is that this is a single-player game.

    It's the year 2000 and 25, we are getting a new Hellraiser game. This horror franchise first came to life in 1987 courtesy of horror master Clive Barker. Now, it's being made into a new, single-player, survival horror action game for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam. Perhaps the best thing here is that actor Doug Bradley is returning to portray Pinhead for the first time in nearly two decades.

    Clive...
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  • Luto is a New Horror Game About Trying to Escape Your Own Home

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 07-22-2025, 02:45 PM
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    Luto is a New Horror Game About Trying to Escape Your Own Home

    And no, this game is not about Lower Urinary Tract Obstructions.

    It's the middle of summer, which means it's apparently the perfect time for some psychological horror. Broken Bird Games and Selecta Play sure thought so, because the pair just released Luto on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, and Epic.

    Luto is a game that will "drive you deeper into madness" as you attempt over and over again to escape your home. Luto is said to be a story "about life,...
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  • Vice Owner Savage Ventures Pulls Waypoint Articles Detailing Recent Steam Censorship, Staff Quit in Protest

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 07-21-2025, 09:23 PM
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    Vice Owner Savage Ventures Pulls Waypoint Articles Detailing Recent Steam Censorship, Staff Quit in Protest

    Ana Valens broke the news and ended up without a job.

    This past week, you probably read some news stories talking about how several games from Steam were removed from the platform. At the same time, Valve also implemented a new rule on what you "shouldn't publish on Steam." The wording suggested that Valve was forced by payment processors such as PayPal, Visa, and Mastercard to remove content from Steam that they found offensive.

    Across July 18th and 19th,...
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  • Australian Anti-Porn Group Claims Responsibility for Steam's New Censorship Rule

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 07-21-2025, 04:40 PM
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    Australian Anti-Porn Group Claims Responsibility for Steam's New Censorship Rule

    The group is proof that there are always people that are bigger losers in the world than you.

    The Australia-based anti-pornography group and so-called "radical feminist organization" called Collective Shout have claimed that they are the ones responsible for forcing Valve to remove several adult titles from Steam and for the more strict content guidelines enacted on Steam at the same time. Basically, this group applied pressure to payment processors who, in turn, forced...
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  • Valve Confirms Payment Processors Forced the Removal of Several Adult Games from Steam

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 07-18-2025, 04:30 PM
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    Valve Confirms Payment Processors Forced the Removal of Several Adult Games from Steam

    Remember that sex and nudity are bad, but excessive violence is a-ok.

    This week, GamingOnLinux reported on a policy change for Steam that is already seeing some big repercussions. Valve just added a new rule to the onboarding guide for game developers looking to add their games to Steam. This new rule basically says that some games cannot be published on Steam due to "rules and standards set forth by Steam's payment processors." In other words, financial institutions are once ag...
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    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...
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