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This is the team behind Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 was released a little over a month ago now and already the developers at Cold Iron Studios were hit by layoffs. An announcement was made late last week by Cold Iron Studios' parent company Enad Global 7.

Prior to last week, Cold Iron Studios employed roughly 60 employees. Roughly a third, or 19 employees, have now been laid off from the studio. Enad Global 7 called the layoffs a "staff reduction"...

They are becoming exceedingly efficient at reboots.

It is rumored that Halo will be rebooted as a franchise after Activision was given control following the latest "reset" of all things XBOX at Microsoft. This claim comes from TechnicalHalo on Twitter, who says, "lore is not going to be continued."

This rumor follows the news from yesterday that XBOX laid off an additional 268 employees, many of whom came from Halo Studios. As part of the ongoing...

Wait until you see the price of the 1TB model.

Valve just opened sign-ups for their new virtual reality headset, Steam Frame. It officially "launches" today, starting at an eye-watering price of $1,059 for the 256GB model. The 1TB Steam Frame bumps that price up to $1,299.

A purchase of the Steam Frame, either model, includes the wireless VR headset, Steam Frame controllers, and a copy of Half-Life: Alyx.

Valve is once again using the reservation...

Cuts across Halo Studios and other first-party studios.

XBOX continues its reign of terror today as it announces another 268 layoffs across first-party XBOX studios, as well as the "XGS management and central functions layer." Ninja Theory will be shuttered. Several other studios are being shuffled around. As for Arkane, "consultation(...) remains underway."

The unfortunate news was shared with the public earlier today by XBOX executive vice president...

This includes unvaulting major content.

Destiny 2 died months ago. The game's developer, Bungie, suffered mass layoffs shortly after. Despite all of this, Bungie announced today that they are going back to Destiny.

A new studio update from studio head Poria Torkan and head of product Josh Deane says that Bungie is aiming to "return Destiny to its original promise." The studio also plans to make some major changes to the game. First and foremost, this includes...

Raise some hell! But only a little bit for now.

A playable demo for Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival is now available through Steam. Along with the demo release, a new trailer, Scarlet Church, was also released today. Both of these come a few weeks ahead of the full game release, which is slated for October 8, 2026 on PlayStation 5, XBOX Series X|S, and PC. A Switch 2 release is also happening but won't be available until October 8.

If you can't see the new trailer...

One week out from release.

It's almost time to take back a paranaturally altered version of New York. Control Resonant is out September 24, 2026, from Remedy Entertainment, and a new launch trailer dropped today.

This launch trailer features the track "My Favourite Game" by The Cardigans. It builds up the hype ahead of release without revealing too much of the mysteries that await players.

In Control Resonant, players take on the role of Dylan...

Minecraft Bedrock 26.50 Wilderness Bound can make an established Android world feel new again. The update focuses on outdoor exploration, autumn-colored environments, camping features, and new building options, but players should still prepare before replacing a stable installation or opening an important world in a new build.

What Android Players Should Check Before Installing Bedrock 26.50

Before updating, players can review the build details and supported files when they download...

All employees have apparently been laid off.

The Leslie Benzies-led development studio, Build a Rocket Boy, seems to have laid off all remaining employees. Multiple developers have come forward saying they were laid off, with some adding that they believe pretty much everyone at the company has been laid off. This would effectively mean Build a Rocket Boy is no more after releasing only one title, MindsEye.

For Benzies, MindsEye was to be the start of their "Roblox...

Idle crime games have carved out a devoted following among mobile and PC gamers who enjoy building empires without needing to stare at their screens every second, and the latest title to make waves in this genre has just dropped its price to nothing at all. This new release blends familiar mechanics with fresh twists, giving both newcomers and genre veterans plenty of reasons to jump in and start building their criminal empire from the ground up.

In brief

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Six years on, HoYoverse's open-world RPG shows no sign of slowing down. Whether you're a day-one Traveler or thinking about finally giving Teyvat a shot, here's what makes the game tick in 2026.

When Genshin Impact launched in September 2020, plenty of people expected it to be a flash in the pan. A free-to-play, anime-styled open-world game with gacha mechanics, released simultaneously on PC, PlayStation and mobile? It sounded like a recipe for a quick cash grab. Instead, it be...

Modern multiplayer games make joining a match almost effortless. A button finds a lobby, fills empty slots and moves everyone into the action. That convenience is valuable, but it solves a different problem from the one community-run servers were built to solve. Matchmaking creates sessions. A persistent server creates a place. For survival games, sandboxes, simulators and mod-friendly PC titles, that distinction still shapes whether a group plays together for one evening or becomes a lasting c...