On Monday, Xbox announced it was laying off 1,600 employees, with 3,200 in total to be laid off by the end of its fiscal year. Xbox is divesting from four studios, with the future of a fifth, Dishonored developer Arkane Studios, still unknown.
Summer Games Done Quick has begun, which means that we’re in for a full week of video game speedruns. This year’s charity livestream, which is raising money for Doctors Without Borders, features Hollow Knight: Silksong, Pragmata, Resident Evil Requiem, and more. It’s already delivered an all-time great GDQ moment, though, thanks to a record-breaking Kirby Air Riders run.
When a local card shop in Alberta, Canada shared a photo of a smiling young boy holding up 10 golden Pokémon cards, fans didn't want to believe it. Surely, many opined, it was an AI-generated image — or a Photoshopped one.
Xbox is not doing well, and following the announcement that the company will cut 3,200 jobs in the coming months, many are wondering what went wrong.In her memo detailing the scope of the layoffs, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma revealed at least one factor: Game Pass “did not grow at the pace we expected,” she wrote.
GKIDS has announced that animeLook Back is finally getting a physical release. The 2024 film adapts the 2021 manga of the same name by Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto. Pre-orders for the special collector's edition are now live and expected to ship this summer.
Arcane: League of Legendsset a new standard for video game-to-TV adaptations across two seasons on Netflix, and while that particular story has ended, Riot Games and animation studio Fortiche are by no means done with Runeterra. Arcane is officially done as of 2024, but fans' hunger for more from the League of Legends spinoff remains unsated.
When someone sits down with a video game, they often want their gratification to come instantly. They don’t care for a slow drip. That means slow-burn titles can feel like watching paint dry. But some of us savor mundane moments that lead to something great. We happily spend hours mastering a demanding routine we can then perform in our sleep.
No matter how successful a game is, at least some copies will be returned to the store. Maybe the game doesn't work, or the purchase was made in error. Whatever the reason, even a game that sells millions could still see hundreds of thousands of returned copies. We can only theorize: gaming companies usually don't share data on returns. One Steam dev, however, is being refreshingly honest about his refunding woes.
Your Nameis coming back to theaters to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The 2016 animated film from director Makoto Shinkai (Weathering with You, Suzume) received widespread acclaim upon its release and is still considered a masterpiece of animation. The 4K remaster will begin playing in theaters on Aug. 14.
Xbox announced a significant overhaul of its business Monday, which will see the company cutting 20% of its organization over the next 12 months. As part of that change, Xbox is parting ways with four studios, and potentially cutting a fifth down the line. Double Fine and Compulsion Games are once again going independent with runway funding from Microsoft, and taking their IP with them. Undead Labs and Ninja Theory have been sold to new buyers who have yet to be…