The United Videogame Workers union (UVW-CWA) has launched a new fund to help laid off workers across the US and Canada. The Game Worker Hardship Fund, as it's called, is available to anyone who's been laid off from January 2024 to the present day.
Xbox is cutting 3200 jobs between now and the end of financial year 2027, with studios like Undead Labs and Compulsion Games going independent as others also try to navigate an uncertain future. Moreover, ZeniMax's entire division - which includes all of Bethesda's big studios - is facing major layoffs, even if no studios are being shut down for now. Now, we're hearing id Software has been hit particularly hard just as Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations prepares to launch later today.
The total number of Game Pass subscribers has dropped back down to 30 million, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. This is a loss of around 4 million compared to publicised 2024 numbers.
State of Decay 3, the once first-party Xbox game, may not launch into Game Pass after all. The game's developer, Undead Labs, is among the studios Microsoft is parting with following its decision to lay off 3200 workers from across the Xbox division.
As the games industry grapples with Xbox laying off 3200 workers and dropping five studios, more voices are surfacing to tell tales about corporate fumblings in the past.
Yesterday, we officially heard what has been rumoured for the past few weeks: Microsoft is set to lay off thousands of people from its Xbox division, losing four game studios and making its remaining studios pivot to tried-and-tested franchises, all as part of a big 'reset' overseen by newly-appointed Xbox leader Asha Sharma.
Obsidian, the legendary RPG studio behind The Outer Worlds, Avowed, Fallout New Vegas and other acclaimed games, is losing about a quarter of its workers. That is according to a new Kotaku report, citing sources familiar with the matter.
You may scoff at how little real-world change petitions typically produce, but you can't deny that this particular campaign has a lot of user support behind it. The Don't Kill the Disc Change.org petition, which was launched in the wake of Sony's bombshell decision to end physical disc manufacturing in January 2028, has amassed over 170,000 signatures at the time of writing.
Xbox's recently announced, division-wide layoffs are a disaster, and Doom studio id Software has been hit particularly hard right as it's launching The Dark Ages' expansion-sized DLC. Now, Doom co-creator and id Software co-founder John Romero has weighed in.
It's one of those weeks. After Xbox pulling out of a publishing and funding deal for Project Fantasy - IO Interactive's next game - the developer has regained full control of the IP and funding. That, however, means it's readjusting its business to accommodate the ambitious RPG as well as future projects.
2023's Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader is one of the best party-based CRPGs you can play today, but its Nintendo Switch 2 port was called one of the console's worst so far earlier this year. Now, Owlcat Games is trying to make things right..webp?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp)
I've played four hours of the hugely promising The Blood of Dawnwalker now which, if you don't know yet, is the new vampire-themed role-playing project led by the person who directed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Konrad Tomaszkiewicz. He formed a new studio, Rebel Wolves, and enticed a bunch of other CD Projekt Red to help him, and this is their first game. I've written about it quite a lot; I saw 90 minutes of The Blood of Dawnwalker back in April, the difference being that now, I've actually played it.
Many of us are excited for Pokémon TCG's latest sets - including the massive 30th anniversary one - but a pair of brothers in Warrington, Cheshire, England took things too far when they stole over Ł71,000 worth of loot across several collectibles stores.
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Former PlayStation leader Shawn Layden has given more context to comments he made recently about how Sony shouldn't have made PlayStation Vita - but instead made PlayStation Portable 2.
Evo - the largest fighting game tournament in the world - announced Evo Locals last week. This new initiative will feature both a directory of smaller grassroots events around the world, and an eyebrow-raising $1m annual fund to support said events.
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