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id Software Loses Half Its Staff, Including idTech Engineers, as Xbox’s ‘Big Reset’ Cleaves the Doom Studio
The same day id Software shipped Doom: The Dark Ages, Revelations DLC, roughly half the studio was laid off, including most of its coders and the legendary idTech engine team. The grim timing...
LEGO Breaks Its Own Rule: First-Ever Pokémon Minifigures Arrive in 5 New Sets This Summer
For months, LEGO insisted its Pokémon line would never include human minifigures, because "children are the Trainers." Now, the company has done a complete 180. On July 7, 2026, LEGO and The Pokémon...
Xbox Layoffs Claim 37-Year Veteran Behind One of the Platform's Most Beloved Features
Xbox layoffs cut 3,200 jobs, including 37-year Microsoft veteran Kevin LaChapelle, who helped design the Xbox Guide overlay, plus other long-time developers.
Betrayed by Success: Obsidian Loses a Quarter of Its Staff After Delivering Five Acclaimed Games for Xbox
For a decade, Obsidian Entertainment stood as a beacon of survival in an unforgiving industry. The studio that resurrected itself from the brink of collapse through crowdfunding, that delivered...
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2’s Hans Capon Actor Says Game’s 6 Million Sales ‘Never Really Given a F***’ About Getting Him More Work
“The industry at large has never really given a f***.” Luke Dale, the voice of Lord Hans Capon in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 , isn't bitter about Warhorse Studios, he calls them “absolute gems.”...
Hatsune Miku: Starry Party - Nendoroid-Style Party Action Game Brings Vocaloid Chaos to Switch 2 and PC in 2027
When gamers think of Hatsune Miku, their minds jump to fast-flying arrows and split-second rhythm taps, but at Anime Expo 2026 on July 4, Good Smile Company and Crypton Future Media shattered that...
One Piece: 6 Characters Zoro Surpassed in the Final Saga, Ranked
The confirmation of Sanji’s Conqueror’s Haki in One Piece Chapter 1187 has finally proven what many fans long suspected: the “two wings of the Pirate King” are both ascending to extraordinary...
Make or Break: Dragon Age Creator David Gaider's Indie Studio Bets Everything on a Lighthearted Heist RPG
The Man Behind Thedas: From BioWare Legend to Indie Founder David Gaider joined BioWare in 1999 and quickly became one of the studio's most influential narrative voices. He wrote for Baldur's Gate...
Epic Games Settles Fortnite Leaker Lawsuit: No Monetary Damages, But a Permanent Ban on Insider Secrets
The world of Fortnite leaks is a shadowy ecosystem of dataminers, anonymous Twitter accounts, and devoted fans clawing for any hint of the next crossover. These leakers are usually outsiders, sifting...
Arkane Founder Jokes About Buying Back Studio as Xbox Resets Its Empire - What's Next for 'Marvel's Blade'?
When Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's internal memo detailing the "most significant restructure in Xbox history" hit the web, few responses captured the mood better than a single tweet from the man who built...
Elder Scrolls Online Dev Gutted by Xbox’s “Reset”: Half the Team Cut, Senior Talent Lost, and Roadmaps “Shifting” as a Result
For 12 years, The Elder Scrolls Online has been a reliable live-service earner for Xbox, until July 2026, when ZeniMax Online Studios was effectively halved by the company’s “most significant...
The Math Behind the Massacre: Inside Xbox’s 3,200-Job Bloodbath and the $68.7B Bet That Broke It
On July 6, 2026, an internal email landed in the inboxes of every Xbox employee. It came from CEO Asha Sharma, and it used language that no gaming division at Microsoft had ever uttered so plainly....
Nintendo to Discontinue Original Switch in Europe Next Year Due to EU Battery Rules
The Nintendo Switch, the best-selling console in the company’s history and the second-best-selling of all time, is about to face a quiet end in Europe, but not because of dwindling demand or a lack...
When a WoW Debuff Sparked a Virtual Plague: The 2026 Withering Contagion Outbreak Echoes the Corrupted Blood Incident That Helped Model COVID-19
On July 3, 2026, roleplayers on World of Warcraft's Moon Guard server watched their cities turn into graveyards. Characters dropped dead mid-conversation in Silvermoon taverns, and Stormwind's...
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 First Reactions Are In - And It Sounds Like CD Projekt Red and Studio Trigger Have Done It Again
At Anime Expo 2026, six thousand fans filed into the Crypto Arena for the world premiere of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2. They watched the first episode, cheered, and then did something almost...