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2026-07-08 9 stories
- New Fallout Game Is New Focus For New Vegas Developer Obsidian Entertainment – Report 12 sources
- XBOX Layoffs See 136 People Let Go At ID Software 7 sources
- Workers at MindsEye studio protesting controversial fan event this weekend after multiple rounds of layoffs 3 sources
- You're invited to Destiny's cursed unofficial final raid: Pete Carsons' Vault of Cars 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
- The ‘Real’ Fallout 3 Was Canceled Because Nobody Looked At It
- Need for Speed doesn't look like it's got a future and I think it's the most boneheaded move EA could make right now
- Love And Deepspace Drama Continues As Chinese Government Indicates New Love Interest Is Gone For Good
- Former Halo 4 developer says game execs were "stupid, detached, money‑grubbing idiots" after recalling meeting with Xbox boss
2026-07-07 6 stories
- Xbox Layoffs Announced: 1600 Now, 1600 More into 2028, Four Studios Leave and id Software Reportedly Gutted 20 sources
- IO Interactive regains full ownership of Project Fantasy following end of Xbox deal, shuts down Istanbul studio and lays off developers "to find a new balance" 11 sources
- Xbox Game Pass New Games For July Revealed 7 sources
- The Outer Worlds and Fallout New Vegas studio Obsidian is reportedly losing a quarter of its staff in Xbox layoffs 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
- Former Xbox boss Don Mattrick once reportedly suggested Halo 4 should have a real-money auction house like Diablo 3 infamously did
2026-07-06 7 stories
- Microsoft announces 3200 layoffs and four studio departures in "most significant" Xbox restructuring in history 24 sources
- Xbox layoffs: jobs lost at Bethesda, more reported at id Software 14 sources
- State Of Decay And Hellblade Devs Are Being Sold, But Buyers Remain Mysterious For Now 6 sources
- Here’s What’s Going On With Marvel’s Blade And Its Developer Amid Xbox “Reset” 6 sources
- Xbox CEO Admits Game Pass Has Not Worked Out, Reportedly Lost Millions Of Subscribers Since 2024 5 sources
- SK Gaming Bench LIDER And Sign SlowQ for LEC Summer Split
- Love and Deepspace Fans Pay Tribute to Canceled Character Valko at Anime Expo
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2026-07-02 7 stories
- Is yet another Microsoft studio, Obsidian, negotiating with Xbox to avoid closure? Conflicting reports emerge 8 sources
- Hideo Kojima's experimental Xbox exclusive, OD, is reportedly safe from Microsoft cuts 3 sources
- Rumour: Halo Being 'Heavily Evaluated' At Xbox, But Remains Key Part Of Future Plans 2 sources
- Rockstar UK employees say the GTA 6 developer's still plagued by gender pay gaps, crunch, and vague bonuses which make them 'as pliable as possible to their boss's whims'
- On the podcast: eFootball vs EA FC, Apple Arcade stats, Stillfront, Queen, third party app stores, payments, more
- Former Call of Duty frontman launches new studio with a 'Stop Killing Games'-style mission statement: If the game bombs, it goes open source
- "I could feel myself coming apart at the seams": Suicide Squad leads on almost leaving the games industry after its failure
2026-07-01 10 stories
- Publisher Krafton finally agrees to pay bonuses to every Subnautica 2 staffer as Unknown Worlds CEO Ted Gill leaves again 10 sources
- GTA 6 developer Rockstar accused of enforcing crunch, weaponising bonus payments, and ignoring a widening gender pay gap 6 sources
- 'I cannot do my job when Microsoft refuses to do theirs', say Xbox union workers as destructive reset looms from a company that spent over $80 billion on AI last year 4 sources
- EA changes Battlefield 6 XP Boosters for the better, only to yet again reveal the change was an error and take it back 3 sources
- Star Wars Eclipse Development Is on Track, Says Quantic Dream 2 sources
- OtherSide Entertainment lays off 18 from Thick as Thieves team 2 sources
- Love and Deepspace Fans Tearfully Hold 'Funeral' for Valko at Infold HQ After Company Suddenly Drops Character 2 sources
- Dishonored developer Arkane is reportedly one of five studios Microsoft is targeting to close down as part of its big 'reset' 2 sources
- This Week In Games Was Bad, But Next Week May Be Worse
- ARC Raiders Devs Were Grabbing ’30 Terabytes of Data Per Day’, Tracking Your Every Move
2026-06-30 7 stories
- Report: Xbox considering sale or closure of Arkane, other studios, as layoffs loom 11 sources
- GTA 6 developers at Rockstar Games pushing to pursue official union recognition following 2025 sackings: "The union is now stronger than ever" 7 sources
- Xbox is reportedly considering closing State of Decay developer Undead Labs 4 sources
- Hideo Kojima’s OD Is Reportedly Safe From Upcoming Xbox Cuts 3 sources
- Love And Deepspace Cancels Its New Love Interest After Fan Backlash 2 sources
- Quantic Dream Insists Its Star Wars Eclipse Team Has 'All the Necessary Resources to Complete Its Mission,' Despite Striking Staff Claiming Risk of Cancelation
- Amid Xbox “Reset,” Microsoft Is Having Its Worst Month In 26 Years