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Hey there. This is coming a while later than I'd originally intended, but in addition to some hectic personal life stuff, I've been trying to gather as much input as possible amidst the chaos. While I initially covered the wave of recent layoffs at Xbox and
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Hi all. There is a lot that is still in motion right now in the wake of recent layoffs across the gaming industry, especially with the massive cuts taking place at Xbox. I'm continuing to talk with various developers to size up everything happening, but much is still
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A wave of brutal job cuts is now taking place across the Xbox division, as shared by CEO Asha Sharma on Twitter (X). Four studios are being removed from the portfolio, with a fifth likely joining months down the road. Additionally, there are layoffs across the remaining organization beginning today.
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As part of the ongoing cuts and reorganization under Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, the company has ended a publishing agreement with IO Interactive for a fantasy role-playing game. IO Interactive shared a statement on Twitter (X) on Tuesday, stating that its "relationship with an external partner on our
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Hey there. A fun story today that drew my attention because of what an unusual situation it is. When AdHoc Studio brought its hit narrative-driven superhero game Dispatch to Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, players were unexpectedly faced with a seriously censored version of the game. Now, alongside
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Hello there, and welcome to my final round of previews coming out of Summer Game Fest 2026. I have hands-on reports from even more games, including my personal surprise of the show, at least from the selection of games I actually played. If you didn't seen my
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As part of the organization's "reset" under new CEO Asha Sharma, Xbox is cutting Compulsion Games, the BAFTA and Peabody-award winning team behind South of Midnight. First shared by Kotaku, I can corroborate this report. Notably, this news caught numerous Xbox employees by surprise, as
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Hi there! My Summer Game Fest coverage is continuing today, but this newsletter will be a little different. To close the week, I'm mostly focusing on a discussion I had with Chris Parker and Marcus Morgan, game director and executive producer at Obsidian Entertainment respectively, who chatted with
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Hi there! Continuing my Summer Game Fest previews, I went hands-on with a few very, very different games from major publishers and indie developers alike. There are also a couple of games that I wasn't able to personally play, but instead watched live gameplay as the developers
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It's hard to believe that Summer Game Fest 2026 is already over, and it was a whirlwind of an extended weekend. This was the most packed my schedule has ever been, and that's a common sentiment for most of my peers that I spoke with in
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I just finished watching the 2026 Xbox Games Showcase and accompanying Gears of War: E-Day Direct presentation. Overall, I'm quite pleased with what was shown, and there a ton of great games to look forward to, with several first-party titles that have been gestating for a
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One constant you can always count on is the regularity of the showcases hosted by Geoff Keighley, including Summer Game Fest. While many past years have waxed and waned in content and pacing, for my tastes, this year's entry was a fantastic presentation, stuffed to the brim with