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2026-10-23 1 story

• Fanatical Halloween bundle gives you Prey, Doom 1 & 2, and Evil Within 1 & 2 for $11.66

2026-10-05 1 story

• Why it's still worth making immersive sims ft. Harvey Smith & Ben Horne

2026-10-03 1 story

• Fallen London is where the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Dishonored and Stellaris come to let their hair down

2026-09-30 1 story

• "Xbox is not for sale": CEO Asha Sharma says "we will do whatever it takes" to turn the console maker's fortunes around 10 sources

2026-09-28 1 story

• Microsoft CEO says Xbox is simply 'streamlining' after cutting over 5,750 jobs in three years 2 sources

2026-09-23 1 story

• Microsoft’s XBOX Layoffs Will Fall Short of Previously Stated 3 sources

2026-09-17 1 story

• Dishonored's Harvey Smith named his new studio Black Pony Immersive so people would stop asking him to work on other genres: 'Specialising on what you love is not a bad path'

2026-09-15 1 story

• Dishonored director Harvey Smith thinks there's still room for big-budget immersive sims: 'When it really comes together and it has the budget behind it and the team, you end up with Deus Ex or Dishonored'

2026-09-04 1 story

• Snapdragon X and Snapdragon X2 driver updates target major games, giving Windows 11 on Arm another boost

2026-08-27 1 story

• Almost 20 years later, Arkane's founder says he understands why Valve cancelled the Ravenholm game that never was: 'It all came down to the economics'

2026-08-25 1 story

• Why GTA Games Are A “Stab In The Heart,” But Also Amazing, For Ex-Dishonored Dev

2026-08-22 1 story

• Dishonored was a last-ditch effort by Arkane Studios after years of fruitless contract work, according to the game's co-creator: 'I think we had four months of money left'

2026-08-20 2 stories

• Former Arkane vets' new studio isn't going to try 'trend chasing', and in hindsight, thank God
• "Do questions like that create a self-fulfilling prophecy?”: Dishonored director Harvey Smith on the fear of asking if immersive sims are dead

2026-08-15 1 story

• You can now play the secret best immersive sim in coop thanks to this mod

2026-08-11 1 story

• Thief designer says that the immersive sim audience is too small for AAA games: 'There's quite a few of us who think the way to do it is be III or AA' 2 sources

2026-08-01 1 story

• 10 expansions that were better than the actual game

2026-07-20 2 stories

• It seems another studio has broken free of Xbox and gone independent, following Double Fine and other cuts
• 15 years before Dishonored, Thief devs considered letting Garrett shrink himself rat-sized so he could scurry through drains and mouse holes

2026-07-12 1 story

• The Descent - how game devs learned to love ladders

2026-07-10 1 story

• "My 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well" - id Software co-founder John Carmack speaks out after devastating Xbox layoffs 3 sources

2026-07-07 2 stories

• Xbox Layoffs Announced: 1600 Now, 1600 More into 2028, Four Studios Leave and id Software Reportedly Gutted 20 sources
• What exactly is going on with Marvel's Blade? Arkane Lyon's fate remains unclear in the wake of Xbox's controversial 'reset' 3 sources

2026-07-01 2 stories

• Report: Hideo Kojima's Xbox Exclusive 'OD' Is Safe From Cancellation At Microsoft 3 sources
• Dishonored developer Arkane is reportedly one of five studios Microsoft is targeting to close down as part of its big 'reset' 2 sources

2026-06-30 1 story

• Report: Xbox considering sale or closure of Arkane, other studios, as layoffs loom 11 sources

2026-06-23 1 story

• Future of Marvel’s Blade Addressed by Todd Howard 3 sources

2026-06-09 1 story

• "Let us cook.": Xbox's Blade may be alive after all as Arkane puts cancellation rumors to bed

2026-05-26 1 story

• "It felt like we had needed couples therapy": Dishonored devs Arkane making Thief or Blade Runner games sounds ace, but might have sparked a creative director scrap

2026-05-25 1 story

• Before Dishonored, Arkane was tapped to make Thief 4, and my heart weeps for what might have been: 'We had an amazing pitch for Thief'

2026-05-23 1 story

• Dishonored wouldn't exist without failed Thief 4, Blade Runner pitches

2026-05-10 1 story

• Make sure you get Dishonored 2 free of charge this week

2026-05-04 1 story

• Dishonored Fans Are Hopeful for a Third Game After Social Media Resurgence

2026-04-24 1 story

• Fresh off the news that Xbox is cutting Game Pass pricing, reports emerge of a new "Starter Edition" tier that bundles in a Discord sub 7 sources