Industry Consolidation themes
2026-07-15 1 story
2026-07-14 10 stories
- Users flock to Xbox Player Voice portal to ask for an end to cycle of layoffs 2 sources
- US States Are Trying to Stop Paramount Skydance From Owning Mortal Kombat (And Everything Else)
- Spin Master lays off Paw Patrol: The Game devs two days after launch
- Sorry, You’re (Probably) Never Going To Get Another Need For Speed Game
- Sony's Social Media Still Toxic Two Weeks After PS5 Discs Debacle
- King escapes Xbox cuts – for now
- id Software producer says 'you'll never get another WoW or Morrowind in the current climate' in the wake of Xbox layoffs
- Hollywood still has time to avoid the gaming industry's disastrous consolidation endgame
- Aream & Co: Gaming M&A hits $2.3bn in Q2, highest level since 2022
- "Decrepit, disconnected, and directionless," we spoke to Ed Zitron on Microsoft's chances in the artificial intelligence biz — and whether or not the AI 'bubble' is primed to implode
2026-07-13 2 stories
2026-07-12 1 story
2026-07-11 3 stories
- id Software insists in new statement that it still has "the crew we need to build the games and tech we're known for" 2 sources
- Pokémon GO’s Future Will Focus on Community, Says Scopely Exec
- As Criterion rebrands on its 30th anniversary, are its beloved racing franchises like Burnout falling away in the rearview mirror?
2026-07-10 8 stories
- Obsidian Reportedly Still Working on Avowed 2 After Cancellation 4 sources
- "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
- Xbox needs to make a choice, says former PlayStation leader Shawn Layden: be a publisher or a platform, but you can't be both
- Xbox After The Layoffs: Studios Left And What They’re Making
- Windows Central Podcast: Copilot OS leaks and Microsoft Layoffs
- Netflix wants to buy Letterboxd, the last good social media site
- As Xbox and PlayStation flounder, Steam is reportedly having another record year
- 'Staff Are Being Asked to Do More with Less': Brutal Xbox Layoffs Leave Those Spared in Limbo
2026-07-09 8 stories
- Doom and Quake studio id Software reportedly gutted, leaving standalone capabilities in doubt and newly revealed game ideas dead 4 sources
- Microsoft filing shows total ZeniMax layoffs at 379, with over half coming from Elder Scrolls Online studio that's lost at least 60% of its staff in the past year 3 sources
- Fallout: New Vegas studio Obsidian reportedly moved onto a new Fallout game by Xbox, but at the cost of a sequel to Avowed 3 sources
- Fallout 76 Updates Could Stop ‘Without External Studio’, It’s Suggested 2 sources
- Eurogamer and VG247 veterans launch new independent site 2 sources
- 'To Continue Being Produced Long Term, Games Need to Succeed, Not Just Be Beloved' — John Carmack Responds to id Software Layoffs 2 sources
- On the podcast: King and the Xbox cuts, Meta’s ‘TikTok for games’, alot of Scopely news, game closures, MTG, more
- Doubts Microsoft Would Be Able to Sell Off Xbox in Its Entirety Even if It Wanted To, but Big Companies May Try to Buy Parts of It
2026-07-08 8 stories
- New Fallout Game Is New Focus For New Vegas Developer Obsidian Entertainment – Report 12 sources
- Xbox Kills Obsidian’s Avowed Sequel In The Wake Of Layoffs – Report 2 sources
- Opinion: Welcome to the house of pain, brought to you by Xbox 2 sources
- id Software Was Reportedly 'Toying With' Pitches for a New Perfect Dark, a John Wick-Inspired Game, and More Before Layoffs 2 sources
- 'Used, abused, and discarded:' CWA Canada slams Microsoft over handling of Bethesda layoffs 2 sources
- Xbox boss Asha Sharma pins layoffs on Phil Spencer's regime spreading the company "too thin", while claiming a "a healthy Xbox" could weather the RAM storm
- If Microsoft sold off Xbox, who would even buy it?
- Demon Slayer's producer Aniplex is open to the use of AI to contribute to the creative process
2026-07-07 8 stories
- Xbox Game Pass subscription numbers are reportedly well below where Microsoft wants them to be 4 sources
- State of Decay 3 may no longer launch into Game Pass, now that Microsoft is letting developer Undead Labs go 4 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
- Niantic’s games team has rebranded as Scopely Explore
- It looks like Blizzard's escaped Xbox's grim reset scythe for now, though there's still time to be caught in the second 1600-strong layoff wave coming 2027
- Compulsion Games, Double Fine & Undead Labs Issue Xbox Departure Statements
- Bethesda pivots to "franchise-centric" planning model amid Xbox restructure
- 'They Will Report Directly To Me' - Mojang And King Singled Out By Xbox Boss