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007 First Light’s developer lays off staff but claims its next franchise will continue
IO Interactive, the studio behind the Hitman series and 007 First Light, announced that it is laying off staff after a relationship with an "external partner" on its next big franchise, Project Fantasy, "has come to an end." IO has described Project Fantasy as an "online fantasy RPG", and Kotaku reports that Microsoft, which is […]
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Rockstar workers push to unionize ahead of GTA VI’s launch
Workers at Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar Games have submitted a request for their union, the IWGB Game Workers Union, to be voluntarily recognized, according to a press release. The request follows Rockstar firing more than 30 staffers last year in a move accused of being "union busting." According to the release, IWGB members […]
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Xbox weighs canceling Blade game and shuttering Arkane
Microsoft is set to announce a wave of layoffs for its Xbox studios and employees next week. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell The Verge that the layoffs will lead to studio closures or spinoffs, potential mergers of studios, and canceled games. I understand Microsoft is currently weighing closing at least five studios, including the […]
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California bill to preserve online games fails committee vote
At least for this session, the Stop Killing Games campaign has hit a wall in the California Senate.
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Sony’s next-gen PlayStation will go ‘beyond the living room’
Sony hinted in a recent Q&A with investors that the next generation PlayStation will offer some kind of experience that lets you play games outside of your living room. Here's the relevant portion from the transcript, emphasis mine: Q: How can you bring back to the PlayStation platform users who migrated to gaming PCs during […]
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Dbrand's Companion Cube case for the Steam Machine was a lie
Dbrand did not do its homework when it made the Companion Cube case for the Steam Machine.
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Dbrand’s Steam Machine Companion Cube is canceled
Dbrand announced Monday that it's refunding everyone who bought its Steam Machine Companion Cube, which it said it made "without a license from Valve." Dbrand announced the Portal-themed Steam Machine accessory in November and took preorders for it last Monday. But a few days later, the product had disappeared from the company's website and the […]
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Ayaneo's new horizontal handheld is an even better remake of the Game Boy Micro
The Pocket Micro 2 has a larger battery, improved controls and even a 3.5mm headphone jack.
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Engadget Indie Pitch: I'M YOUR HOST
"Think Her Story, but weirder."
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Indie developers got tired of waiting for a new Star Fox, so they’re making their own
Nostalgia remains a powerful force. So much so that, in exploring the echoes of a late-'90s childhood spent skimming the water of Corneria and sneering "cocky little freaks!" in time with a monkey encased in a Gundam suit, I'm simultaneously describing playing Star Fox 64 (Lylat Wars if you're nasty) in 1997 and streaming it […]
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A sidescrolling roguelite platformer, Steam Deck air hockey and other new indie games worth checking out
The Steam Summer Sale is underway.
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This puzzle game’s simple premise hides surprising depth
What's the Password? has a simple concept: To solve each of the game's more than 100 puzzles, you have to type in the right four-digit password on a number pad. That might sound like a limited constraint. But the simplicity gives solo developer Dan DiIorio, better known as TrampolineTales, lots of room to play with […]
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Samsung’s Excellent OLED Monitors Are Up to 36 Percent Off for Prime Day
Samsung makes some of the very best OLED gaming monitors, and they’ve never been this affordable.
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With GTA looming, consoles are getting expensive at the worst possible time
The release of Grand Theft Auto VI is a singular moment, the kind of massive cultural phenomenon that makes people want to go out and buy a console to play it. It is the preeminent modern example of what's known as a "system seller." There's almost certainly a large audience of people who were waiting […]
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Android 17’s new foldable gaming mode could make flippy phones more fun
Android 17 is getting a dedicated gaming mode for foldables that will put a virtual gamepad with touch controls on half of your screen to theoretically make it easier to play games. With foldable gaming mode, which is set to launch in the coming months, the virtual controller emulates physical button presses at a system […]
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Xbox follows Apple with price increases
The company says the increases are being driven by rising memory and console storage prices, with costs more than 2.5x higher than previous levels.
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Retroid's Pocket Nova is a very capable 4:3 handheld that costs $229
Retroid's Pocket Nova seems capable of handling games up to the GameCube and PS2 era.
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It’s a bad time to want a new computer
It's not exactly surprising that RAMaggeddon is making new tech hardware really expensive. But if you've been in the market for things like a new computer or tablet, this week has been filled with sticker shock. Given how many companies announced price hikes related to component shortages, it seems unlikely things will get cheaper any […]
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Here’s a bunch of Prime Day deals on keyboards, mice, and other peripherals we like
RAMageddon has come for computers. The price of memory chips, hard drives, and solid state storage has skyrocketed. That’s led to price increases on desktop and laptop RAM, SSDs, spinning hard drives, and pretty much everything that uses any of those things. Consoles are more expensive. Desktops are more expensive. Laptops are more expensive. Tablets […]
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Xbox prices spike another $100 or more
Microsoft is increasing the prices of Xbox consoles again. Starting August 1st, 512GB models will be $100 more expensive, while 1TB models will be $150 more expensive. This means that the Xbox Series S will start at $499.99, the Xbox Series X without a disc drive will start at $749.99, and the Series X with […]