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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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  • No, Your Steam Account Details Weren't Stolen or Leaked

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 05-14-2025, 02:38 PM
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    No, Your Steam Account Details Weren't Stolen or Leaked

    This so-called leak is nothing more than a "fart in a puddle."

    You may have seen some news circulating around tech websites today that gave you a scare. Headlines similar to "89 Million Steam user records leaked in massive data breach" started to pop up everywhere, often accompanied by warnings about how you should change your passwords right now!

    First off, calm down. Secondly, it looks like there really isn't much to worry about at all.
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  • Steam Box-Pushing Fest Begins Monday

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 04-17-2025, 02:52 PM
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    Steam Box-Pushing Fest Begins Monday

    Pushing is the answer. Just be weary of standing near stairs.

    Valve says that from the 21st through the 28th of April, the Box-Pushing Fest will be live on Steam. It will be better known as the Steam Box-Pushing Fest. The event will begin and end on the assigned dates at 10am PT.

    This particular Fest seems to be all about puzzle games where you push things out of the way to solve said puzzles. Don't know what I mean by that? Just check out the included trailer below...
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  • Half-Life 2 RTX Demo on March 18, New Gameplay Footage from IGN

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 03-13-2025, 06:32 PM
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    Half-Life 2 RTX Demo on March 18, New Gameplay Footage from IGN

    Get those RTX 5090s ready.

    Nvidia announced that they have officially release RTX Remix today. This official release of Nvidia RTX remix should make it easier for modders and enthusiasts to make RTX conversions of their old favorite video games.

    One such game that is getting an RTX treatment is Half-Life 2. Half-Life 2 RTX was first announced back in 2023, with a small update trailer released in early 2024. Up until today it's been pretty quiet.

    With the...
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  • Steam Spring Sale 2025 Begins March 13th

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 03-10-2025, 04:27 PM
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    Steam Spring Sale 2025 Begins March 13th

    Steam's first major sale of 2025 is upon us.

    On Thursday, March 13, 2025 the first major Steam sale for the year will kick off. The Steam Spring Sale begins on the 13th at 10AM PT. This sale runs for an entire week and will end on March 20th at 10AM PT.

    You know the deal with these by now. It's a week of sales. You either buy things or you don't. You either save money or you save more money. There's also demos.

    There is still the sales for summer, fall,...
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  • Steam Surpassed 40 Million Concurrent Users this Past Weekend

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 03-03-2025, 01:24 PM
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    Steam Surpassed 40 Million Concurrent Users this Past Weekend

    About .5% of the world's population was using Steam at the same time.

    On a boring weekend where there were no major holidays or events to warrant it, Steam yet again set a new concurrent user record. On Sunday, March 2, 2025 Valve's digital storefront saw a concurrent user peak of over 40 million people logged in at one time.

    According to Valve's official charts, the exact peak was 40,272,727. This does differ ever so slightly from what SteamDB reports as the peak, which...
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  • Team Fortress 2 SDK Released; Old Source Multiplayer Games Updated with 64-bit Support

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 02-18-2025, 04:30 PM
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    Team Fortress 2 SDK Released; Old Source Multiplayer Games Updated with 64-bit Support

    Total conversion mods based on TF2 are now possible.

    Valve just released a massive update to their Source SDK today that adds in all of the Team Fortress 2 client and server code. This update means that mod creators can build entirely new mods for Team Fortress 2. These mods can be small changes to gameplay or they can be as large as total conversion mods.

    Given that Team Fortress itself began as a total conversion mod for Quake, it seems fitting that Team Fortress 2...
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  • Steam Couch Co-op Fest is Live

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    • Published: 02-10-2025, 04:46 PM
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    Steam Couch Co-op Fest is Live

    Couch co-op is that thing that's like online but without the Internet.

    The Steam Couch Co-op Fest is now live. This is a week long event ending February 17 at 10AM PT that features sales on hundreds of games that support couch co-op.

    This means that you can play these games while sitting next to someone in the same physical space. It's kind of like playing co-op games online but with the other person being right there. It's how us old folk played multiplayer and co-op...
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  • That Steam Real-Time Strategy Fest is Now Live

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    • Published: 01-20-2025, 02:57 PM
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    That Steam Real-Time Strategy Fest is Now Live

    Think fast, act faster.

    As promised, the Real-Time Strategy Fest is now live on Steam! Today kicks off a week of deals, demos, and promotions for games within the RTS genre. This Fest ends on January 27 at 10AM PT, so if you see a deal for a game you're interested in, be sure to pick it up before that cutoff date.

    Taking a look at the Fest page, some of the standout titles on sale include games like Stellaris (-75%), Crusader Kings 3 (-70%), Manor Lords (-30%), Age of...
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  • Steam's Real-Time Strategy Fest on Monday

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-17-2025, 03:50 PM
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    Steam's Real-Time Strategy Fest on Monday

    Get those fingers ready.

    Valve just announced a new Steam Fest event that will kick off on Monday. Starting January 20th and running through until the 27th, Steam's Real-Time Strategy Fest will take place.

    Move aside turn-based strategy games, it's time for the faster-paced real-time strategy genre to shine. This Fest is all about those tactical combat focused games where you cannot pause, you cannot think, you can only do.

    We don't know just yet which RTS...
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  • SteamOS Expands to Third Party Devices Starting with Lenovo Legion Go S

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-07-2025, 04:14 PM
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    SteamOS Expands to Third Party Devices Starting with Lenovo Legion Go S

    SteamOS is about to become more readily accessible.

    The first official non-Steam Deck device to support Valve's SteamOS is the upcoming Lenovo Legion Go S. The Lenovo Legion Go S is the first handheld device that is officially licensed to ship with SteamOS. It is expected to be priced at $499 and will start shipping around May 2025. A more definitive release date is not yet known.

    Valve says that SteamOS will "provide a seamless user experience" that is optimized...
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  • Half-Life G-Man Voice Actor, Mike Shapiro, Wishes You a Happy New Year

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 12-31-2024, 08:01 PM
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    Half-Life G-Man Voice Actor, Mike Shapiro, Wishes You a Happy New Year

    The clock is ticking.

    Mike Shaprio is perhaps best known amongst readers of this site as the voice behind both G-Man and Barney Calhoun from the Half-Life franchise. Of course, he's had several other roles in his many years of acting, but strangely enough I feel like only mentioning his connection to Half-Life is relevant for this news post. I don't know why that is.

    Shapiro took to social media this evening to wish that all of his fans have... Well actually, it wasn't...
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  • Counter-Strike is Plagued with Underage Gambling

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 12-27-2024, 07:47 PM
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    Counter-Strike is Plagued with Underage Gambling

    Children as young as 13 admit to gambling on Counter-Strike.

    Stephen Findeisen, better known online as Coffeezilla, claims that "underage gambling is rampant on Counter-Strike." This is an assertion made in his latest investigative report, "Deception, Lies, and Valve."

    This new video from Coffeezilla takes a deep dive into the world of underage gambling on Counter-Strike skins, and it comes after Coffeezilla exposed "a casino in the Counter Strike...
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  • Valve Just Released the First New Team Fortress 2 Comic in 7 Years

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 12-20-2024, 03:14 PM
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    Valve Just Released the First New Team Fortress 2 Comic in 7 Years

    It's a long read but it's worth it...

    Valve began making comics for Team Fortress 2 way back in 2009. They began as a series dedicated to providing lore and teases for major new updates that were coming out for the class-based competitive multiplayer shooter.

    In 2013, Valve eventually kicked off a new series of Team Fortress comics that told an ongoing story of the eternal war between Red and Blu, the hunt for Australium, and just generally provided a ton of added in-universe...
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  • The Steam Winter Sale Went Live and Immediately Cripples Steam

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 12-19-2024, 02:47 PM
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    The Steam Winter Sale Went Live and Immediately Cripples Steam

    You can save big, if you can load Steam.

    The annual Steam Winter Sale went live a short time ago and, as is tradition, numerous parts of Steam are broken from the server loads. It might be wise to wait a little while before trying to hop onto Steam to browse through all the sale items and make whatever purchases you want to.

    Voting for the Steam Awards is also technically live right now, but again, good luck getting that page to load properly. Once it does load properly,...
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  • Steam is Giving Players More Control Over When Updates are Downloaded

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 12-11-2024, 08:44 PM
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    Steam is Giving Players More Control Over When Updates are Downloaded

    Stick to the schedule or don't.

    A while back, Valve pushed out an update for Steam that made it so game updates wouldn't always download the moment they were pushed live. Instead, they would automatically download on a "schedule" that presumably took into account how often you played the game and when the last time was that you played the game that was just updated. I believe they rolled this whole scheduled download update at some point in the early days of the Covid lockdown...
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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%
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    I completed up to 10 games
    50.00%
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    I completed more than 10 games
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