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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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  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update for February 14, 2017

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 02-14-2017, 09:56 PM
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    Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update for February 14, 2017

    Valve is showing a little love to Counter-Strike fans tonight with this update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

    Changelog for CS:GO for February 14, 2017

    SERVERS – Reduced per-client memory use by sharing network buffers. – Increased entities delta buffers to 192Kb to support connecting to game modes with many entities (sv_delta_entity_full_buffer_size on the server can be used to increase it up to 256Kb if needed) – Added a better error message for clients explainin
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  • People Are Losing Their Minds Over Steam Direct Pricing That Hasn't Even Been Announced Yet

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 02-11-2017, 05:15 AM
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    People Are Losing Their Minds Over Steam Direct Pricing That Hasn't Even Been Announced Yet

    People are absolutely losing their minds over a $5,000 fee that was merely mentioned in Valve's new blog posting about Steam Direct. Oh yeah, Valve announced Steam Direct today. Steam Direct is slated to completely replace Steam Greenlight. That's the good news!

    The bad news is that people are more focusing more on one particular aspect of today's announcement: Pricing. See, Valve asked developers how much they would be willing to pay to get their game added to Steam Direct....
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  • Valve Working on Three "Full" VR Games

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 02-10-2017, 10:00 PM
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    Valve Working on Three "Full" VR Games

    Valve still wants people to know that they make video games. In a recent media round table event at Valve's Bellevue HQ, Gabe Newell stated that their studio is working on three full virtual reality titles.
    "Right now we're building three VR games."

    There you go, that's all the news.

    Naw, just kidding. He did say a bit more about these projects but not much more.
    "When I say we're building three games, we're building three full games, not experiments.(...)
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  • Steam Profiles Are Once Again Safe to Visit

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 02-07-2017, 04:56 PM
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    Steam Profiles Are Once Again Safe to Visit

    Earlier today, a warning came by telling users not to visit any Steam profile or even their own Activity Feed within Steam. This was actually a major security issue with how the "My Guides Showcase" parsed scripts that were placed within the title of guides. This allowed for code to be injected into anybody that put these malicious guides into their Showcase. This then made visiting affected profiles a security risk along with the Activity Feed that displayed these guides that friends adde...
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  • Astralis Wins Record Breaking ELEAGUE Major

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-29-2017, 06:03 PM
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    Astralis Wins Record Breaking ELEAGUE Major

    The first Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major hosted by ELEAGUE came to a thrilling conclusion today in a battle between Astralis and Virtus.pro. The final scores were 12-16, 16-14, and 16-14 wherein Virtus.pro choked away a victory. At least that's what I've heard. I didn't watch this. The event set records across Twitch earlier today. The ELEAGUE Major Grand Final became the first event in Twitch's long history to surpass one million concurrent viewers on one channel. This doesn'...
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  • Valve Presents a Brief History of Counter-Strike

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-24-2017, 04:35 PM
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    Valve Presents a Brief History of Counter-Strike

    Counter-Strike has changed a lot over the years. Who better to show us how it's changed other than Valve and the original creators themselves, Jess Cliffe and Ming Le. These two, along with other notable Counter-Strike personalities takes us back through the many years the game has been around.
    Counter-Strike started as a mod for Half-Life in 1999. Today, it has evolved into Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and has become one of the most popular games and esports in the world. This
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  • ELEAGUE Major Begins this Sunday

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-19-2017, 07:24 PM
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    ELEAGUE Major Begins this Sunday

    Get ready for over 50 hours of live cross-platform coverage of the first ELEAGUE Major for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The coverage and event kicks off this Sunday, January 22 at 10AM (ET). Get ready for a whole lot of information about this upcoming event, because it's coming at you hot and heavy.
    ELEAGUE, the transformative esports organization created by Turner and WME | IMG, will begin live coverage of the first-ever ELEAGUE Major, Sunday, Jan. 22, at 10 a.m. ET on Twitch. The week-long
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  • Gabe Newell Says Valve is Working on a New Single Player Game and Source 2

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-17-2017, 11:04 PM
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    Gabe Newell Says Valve is Working on a New Single Player Game and Source 2

    Valve's Gabe Newell had an AMA today in the quasi-satirical r/The_Gaben subreddit. During his brief session answering community questions, Newell revealed that Valve might actually still be a game developer.

    Who knew?

    Reddit user Baldemoto asked that which should not be asked to Newell. His response will shock you (assuming you missed the headline that you clicked on to read this news piece).
    Baldemoto: Hello Mr. Newell, I asked other users what they w
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  • TOTALLY SHOCKING NEWS: Half-Life 3 Doesn't Exist

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-12-2017, 07:29 PM
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    TOTALLY SHOCKING NEWS: Half-Life 3 Doesn't Exist

    What's the deal with this news making the rounds today? The news I'm talking about is this bit about some alleged Valve insider telling Game Informer that Half-Life 3 doesn't exist.

    Really?

    You don't say! This isn't anything new in the slightest. The interview, as it relates to the development of Half-Life 3 tells us very few new details.
    Everyone wants Gordon Freeman’s story to continue. People want the series to reach the number three, either as an
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  • Dota 2 Update for January 11, 2017

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-12-2017, 12:45 AM
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    Dota 2 Update for January 11, 2017

    Valve rolled out an update tonight for the Dota 2 client.

    Changelog for Dota 2 for January 11, 2017
    - Fixed CTRL Clicking on certain units not selecting them all. - Added “Quick Move” option to settings. - Fix a bug where Monkey King soldiers and Arc Warden Tempest Doubles were not being created if the player was disconnected. - Fixed bug in unit-specific keybinds. When you bound an action to a key, previous actions bound to that key would not be unbound. - Smart double tap
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  • Team Fortress 2 Comic Number 6 "The Naked and the Dead" is Now Available

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-10-2017, 09:28 PM
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    Team Fortress 2 Comic Number 6 "The Naked and the Dead" is Now Available

    For those that still care about Team Fortress 2 and the fewer that care about reading the latest comics for the game, this one is for you. The sixth comic "book" for Team Fortress 2 was released today.

    It's called "The Naked and the Dead" but there is a lot less nudity than you may expect from a title like that.

    You can read it directly from the Team Fortress website....
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  • Dota 2 Update for January 5, 2017

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-05-2017, 09:37 PM
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    Dota 2 Update for January 5, 2017

    Dota 2 was updated today with some fixes. Alright, it's actually a lot of fixes.

    Dota 2 update for January 5, 2017
    - Improved overall performance of the in-game user interface. - Fixed a bug where Arc Warden's Tempest Double could give a Moonshard to the main Hero. - Fixed a bug where a hero would sometimes try to purchase more items than was necessary when some items were locked. - Fixed Necrophos' Death Pulse not removing its regen when the ability is no longer stolen
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  • Smissmas 2016 Event Hits Team Fortress 2

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 12-21-2016, 07:33 PM
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    Smissmas 2016 Event Hits Team Fortress 2

    Another game got back into the holiday spirit today and that game is none other than Team Fortress 2. Yes, Smissmas is back and bigger than ever before.
    New Festivizer Weapons
    The Festivizer now has more weapons it can festivize, including the Fire Axe, The Jag, The Kritzkrieg, Pistol, The Quick-Fix, Natascha, The Sandman, The Spy-cicle, Kukri, Shovel and The Scottish Resistance.

    New Winter-Themed Community Cosmetics We're shipping 17 new community cosmetics in th
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  • Finalists Announced for The Steam Awards 2016

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 12-19-2016, 11:24 PM
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    Finalists Announced for The Steam Awards 2016

    Valve tallied up the votes and found the finalists for each category for The Steam Awards 2016. If you recall a few weeks ago, Valve asked you to nominate your favorite games on Steam for a variety of categories. Today, the lists were narrowed down to a handful of games per category and guess what? You get to cast your vote for the winners. The voting begins on December 22 at 10AM (PT). Each day will have a new category up for you to cast your vote on. The exception to this will be Dec...
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  • CS:GO Update for December 13, 2016 Includes Updated SAS Model

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 12-13-2016, 07:34 PM
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    CS:GO Update for December 13, 2016 Includes Updated SAS Model

    Tonight's update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is a bit of a smaller one. Valve gave an upgrade to the SAS Counter-Terrorist player model, added a new C4 sound for those using HRTF, and a few other changes.

    Changelog for CS:GO for December 13, 2016
    Visuals
    • Visually upgraded the SAS Counter-Terrorist player model

    Sound • New C4 beep sound for increased sound positioning with HRTF. • Fixed issue where some sounds were muffled as a result of
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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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