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Xbox's Backwards Compatibility Program and Cloud Gaming lead has been laid off from Microsoft after 37 years — "I wish the team nothing but success"

Stephen 'Mortdog' Mortimer, Senior Game Design Director at Riot Games & Lead Designer of Teamfight Tactics, is leaving Riot/TFT.

EA: Criterion to solely become a Battlefield studio.

The Blood of Dawnwalker is much more than its Witcher 3 inspirations (Hands-On Impressions)

Behind Xbox’s Big Layoffs, a Streaming Strategy That Failed

Humble Choice July 2026 - Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition, Tunic, Neon White and more

197 Rapid-Fire Questions About Control Resonant

Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader gets "massive update" on Switch 2 following disappointing launch, all DLC and expansions now free

The Blood of the Dawnwalker Narrative Director hopes completionists can ‘step out of their comfort zones’ given the game’s time-limit mechanic

We're One BGS, the Bethesda Games Studios union. Yesterday's layoffs were not a cut of "14 layers of management". We lost dozens of programmers, artists, designers and testers.

Alleged American developers in WoW private server lawsuit file counter-notice to stall for time while continuing to launch new content

100 Steam Games that started life during GMTK Game Jam

“That would be amazing” – Spyro: A Realm Reborn team would love to work on Banjo-Kazooie, if Xbox let them

Orbitals - Opening Animation

IOI has gained back Project Fantasy IP, but also closing their Istanbul studio

IO Interactive announces plans to develop and independently fund Project Fantasy

Dreadwoods Gatekeeper - Official Gameplay Trailer

Oh Demon! Fix My TV - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games

Moonlight Peaks Launch Trailer

Battlefield 6 Portal Fan Made Commander Mode Trailer

Why Xbox Studios Keep Failing: The Freedom Trap (Laura Fryer)

Nintendo Will Stop Selling The Original Switch In Europe Next Year - Kotaku

These Starless Skies - Official Announcement Trailer

Code RAPID - Gameplay Trailer

The Outer Worlds And Grounded Studio Obsidian Losing Around 25 Percent Of Its Staff To Xbox Layoffs

Outer Worlds Studio Obsidian Losing 25% Of Staff In Xbox Cuts

"Today is a difficult day": So far, Xbox's cuts haven't targeted Blizzard (for now) — President Johanna Faries emails staff | Windows Central

'We Need to Change Course' — Bethesda Boss Tells Staff the Company Must Focus on 'Our Strongest Franchises' as Xbox Layoffs Hit Hard

Xbox wanted 77M Game Pass subscribers by 2026 — today it has less than half that | Polygon

Scott Miller (Apogee/3D Realms Founder) - "(...)majority of Id's studio is being laid off, including most (if not all) coders."

Alchemic Beasts - Demo Launch Trailer

Double Fine: "We're thankful to everyone at Xbox for seven great years together, and for working with us to reach an outcome which preserves our history and culture, and returns ownership of our games to us"

Mecha Game Code Rapid

Don Mattrick on seeing Halo 4 demo - "we should add (Diablo III like) real money auction house for campaign mech skins"

PlayStation mocked off social media after killing physical disc releases

Granblue Fantasy: Relink - Endless Ragnarok | Launch Trailer "Not Forgotten Sky"

IGN: Xbox Is ‘Not Healthy’, But Losing All of This Talent Isn’t the Cure

Solo Leveling: Karma - Official Combat Reveal Trailer

@jasonschreier: Studios in the Bethesda organization like id Software (Doom) and ZeniMax Online Studios (Elder Scrolls Online) are not shutting down but are cutting a significant number of staff this morning, per sources.

DF Direct Weekly #271: The End Of PlayStation Physical Media & True Game Ownership

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced: 20 Minutes of Naval Combat

Halo: Campaign Evolved’s boxed version will come with physical discs so that players can ‘have tangible items to add to your collection’

Jason Schreier: Studios in the Bethesda organization like id Software (Doom) and ZeniMax Online Studios (Elder Scrolls Online) are not shutting down but are cutting a significant number of staff this morning, per sources.

Asha Sharma's memento on Xbox restructuring/reset:

Microsoft’s Xbox to Cut 3,200 Jobs, Divest Five Studios in Major Overhaul

Resetting XBOX - XBOX Wire

Microsoft is selling off four Xbox studios as part of significant gaming cuts / Double Fine and Compulsion Games are going independent, and Microsoft is also selling Ninja Theory and Undead Labs.

Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees

Information about upcoming battery-related revisions to some Nintendo products

Entropy: Zero 2: Progenitors is a new stealth-focused Half-Life 2 mod where you play a Combine assassin hunting the human resistance