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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma confirms 4 studios are leaving Microsoft, with a fifth, Arkane Studios, fate uncertain amid mass layoffs.

Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max in September. The devices will have a lot in common, but the latest leak suggests that the Pro Max model will take an even bigger step forward in regards to battery life. According to new filings in a Chinese regulatory database, it appears that the iPhone 18 Pro Max will be equipped with a 5,567mAh battery in the U.S., while the iPhone 18 Pro will seemingly have a 4,288mAh battery. It is no surprise the Pro Max has a larger bat...

Xbox will lay off 3,200 workers as part of mass restructuring.

Compulsion, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs are out, and the future doesn't sound very good for Arkane either.

This is why we can't have nice things.

Battery capacity and weight also set to change. A Switch 2 hardware revision with a replaceable battery will be released later this year in Europe, Nintendo has confirmed. Rolling out from the autumn, the new revision will feature approximately 1% smaller battery capacity, and will weigh around 10g heavier. When combined with revised Joy-Con 2 controllers attached - which are also seeing replaceable batteries - the system will be approximately 14g heavier overall, according to a support page.

Sick beat or sick bay? Nintendo has proven that the humble Switch still has life in it with the launch of Rhythm Heaven Groove, the latest entry in the company's quirky, colourful rhythm series. It might not be the most high-profile of Nintendo releases, but it is nevertheless a pretty cool swansong for the Switch. In fact, we gave it a solid score of 8/10 in our recent review, and here's what the lovely Gavin Lane said about it:

Recent reports signaled Xbox would be laying off a significant number of employees in July. Today, it began those layoffs with more expected.

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced today some more significant cuts at Microsoft / Xbox, with multiple studios being cut away but it's not all bad news

The news is finally out. Microsoft is laying off thousands of people from its Xbox division and losing four game studios from its roster.

I don't think anybody reading these hallowed pages really judges games by their sales figures, but it's nice to hear that perspective affirmed by no less a Legendary Fightguy than Katsuhiro Harada, the former face of Tekken. Out of the blue, Harada has posted some very nice words about Dark Souls kingpin and FromSoftware president Hidetaki Miyazaki, noting that Miyazaki came late to game development and worked on a bunch of less praised or successful games, before landing it big with Souls. Hara...

July may be a quiet month when it comes to new game releases, but one of the biggest games of 2024 is graduating out of Early Access during the month. Palworld, the survival and creature-collecting hybrid whose characters look similar to Pokemon - but are legally distinct, will roll out its 1.0 update this Friday, 10th July.

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They're for more than just fast charging.

The J. League has partnered with Pokémon to ensure all 60 clubs in the top three divisions have a mascot Pokémon that fits their team.

The popular VR shooter, Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades has finally left Steam Early Access after more than 10 years.

Must be all those grenades stuffed up his ass.

Broadcom has agreed to extend its chip partnership with Apple through 2031, expanding a deal that covers the development and supply of a wide range of custom chips, Reuters reports. Today's extension builds on an existing supply relationship between the two companies, which have worked together for years. Apple is one of Broadcom's largest customers, believed to account for about 20% of its annual revenue. Apple has been steadily bringing chip design in-house, such as with its own C1 and C1X cel...

Amazon today has a few deals on the Apple Watch Ultra 3, providing $99 discounts on select models. We did track these models at $149 off during Prime Day this year, but those discounts are long gone and Amazon's prices today are still solid second-best options for anyone who missed those sales in June. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. You can get the...

Bentley has confirmed that it will finally add an electric car to its exclusive lineup.

Not quite Corrupted Blood 2.0, but close enough.

New Chinese regulatory certification filings appear to confirm the battery capacities of Apple's upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max models. According to new filings in China's C3 database, spotted by the leaker known as "Digital Chat Station" on Weibo, the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ is seemingly rated for 4,056mAh in China and 4,288mAh in the U.S., up modestly from the iPhone 17 Pro's 3,988mAh and 4,252mAh. The ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max shows a bigger jump, rated for 5,391mAh in China and 5,567mAh in...

There's a whole world of shockingly creative YouTube channels out there, but it's not often we come across something as surprising as Atlas Arcade's playable Mario Kart video.

Breaking the mold.

Comcast subsidiary Sky plans to buy the UK's biggest broadcaster, ITV.

Apple's Mac mini and Mac Studio have become the machines of choice for running AI agents, according to Doug Brooks, Apple's senior product manager of Apple silicon. Brooks made the claim while discussing Apple's chip strategy in a newly published interview with The Deep View conducted just prior to WWDC 2026 in June. Brooks says that the company has seen "incredible demand" for the two desktop Macs. When it comes to agentic workloads, "people often want a system that's under their control, isola...

We don't know how much it cost, but it does apparently work.

The Steam Machine that suffered a "red line of death" last week that was thought to indicate a serious graphics card issue has miraculously sprung back to life.

Happy this week, all! Also: huge apologies to the World Cup organisers and teams for any matchside cosmic sabotage brought on by our struggle to feed the Maw. Truth be told, Mexico should have had last night's game in the bag, if only I'd topped up the Maw's feeding trough on Friday with another handful of Slay the Spire 2 stories. In its hunger, the creature broke containment, and fell upon the sacred realm of association football, kindling all manner of pandemonium. You may have noticed that h...

Despite the recent AI craze mutating their message, the developers behind The Talos Principle 3 are remaining hopeful in their big finale.

The cycle begins anew

Discover how the original Star Wars Andor pitch from Jared Bush would have featured a very different love story for Cassian Andor

This is a warning for what is to come for the rest of the media landscape.

"he’ll say something that sounds exactly like Goku". Legendary developer Masahiro Sakurai has more than proven his worth in the industry, having helmed all-timers like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Kirby Air Riders, and Kid Icarus: Uprising, while also providing one of the most comprehensive series of videos on game development with his YouTube channel. It's no surprise, then, that his peers in the industry look up to him quite a lot. To demonstrate, former Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada provide...