NewsFeeder

Xbox is cutting 3200 jobs between now and the end of financial year 2027, with studios like Undead Labs and Compulsion Games going independent as others also try to navigate an uncertain future. Moreover, ZeniMax's entire division - which includes all of Bethesda's big studios - is facing major layoffs, even if no studios are being shut down for now. Now, we're hearing id Software has been hit particularly hard just as Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations prepares to launch later today.

Former PlayStation leader Shawn Layden has given more context to comments he made recently about how Sony shouldn't have made PlayStation Vita - but instead made PlayStation Portable 2.

Microsoft has begun gutting 20% of Xbox's staff, tossing out four studios along with more than a thousand other employees with more to be fired this year

Evo - the largest fighting game tournament in the world - announced Evo Locals last week. This new initiative will feature both a directory of smaller grassroots events around the world, and an eyebrow-raising $1m annual fund to support said events.

Xbox laid off around 1600 people yesterday, July 6th, as mass cuts accompanied by the decision to part ways with five studios were set in stone. This substantial upheaval's also had plenty of consequences for the studios staying under the Microsoft banner, including a more concerted push to get remaining staff working on Xbox's most lucrative series. Fallout, for example. That hasn't stopped the reportedly cuts including around a quarter of the staff at noted Fallout spin-off developers Obsidian...

Apple is reportedly working on a second-generation iPhone Air that's expected to launch in spring 2027, and one of Apple's main aims is to improve battery life. We now have the first rumor suggesting what kind of improvement could be coming. In a post on Weibo listing supply chain predictions, serial leaker Digital Chat Station said the iPhone Air 2 is expected to feature a 3,500mAh battery. That's up from the 3,149mAh battery in the current iPhone Air, indicating around a 11% increase in raw ca...

The United Videogame Workers union (UVW-CWA) has launched a new fund to help laid off workers across the US and Canada. The Game Worker Hardship Fund, as it's called, is available to anyone who's been laid off from January 2024 to the present day.

Yesterday brought the news that Microsoft were cutting 1600 staff, spinning out four studios, and finding a further 1600 jobs to cut in the year to come. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said in an email to staff that she was "making reductions" and "shifting investment to focus on higher priority projects".Today, we're starting to learn what those cuts mean for the teams that Xbox retained, and the projects they were working on. The most public and immediate of these is Elder Scrolls Online. In January, Ze...

A second wave of massive Microsoft layoffs has reportedly hit Zenimax Online Studios, with some sources claiming "up to half" of the studio has been cut.

Good Smile Company has announced Hatsune Miku: Starry Party, a new "party action" game with chibi character designs coming to Nintendo Switch 2 and PC via Steam.

Meta is facing a massive lawsuit from four US states over the addictive designs of its platforms.

Saros, the latest game from the arcade-loving game creators at Housemarque, is getting a new two-and-half hour trial for anyone interested in trying it.

Future racer BallisticNG is getting a kart-racing spin-off named Aster League: 2179, with you driving anti-gravity bikes

Bringing classic PlayStation 2 games to Arm, the ARMSX2 project has made an initial Linux release for testing across various systems

The Wandering Village: The Last Leviathan is an upcoming water-themed DLC for the unique city builder that brings a whole lot of new content

Magic's latest Secret Lair drop is a charity collaboration with Global Fund for Women, and it will be printed to demand.

Open source AI has shown how quickly developers can innovate when models, data and tools are shared. Robotics has the same opportunity, but advancements in physical AI development can still be gated by costly and fragmented resources, from large datasets and robot foundation models to simulation, compute and validation tools. NVIDIA and Hugging Face are...

Featuring 16 Jaleco-developed titles each. If you played any of Jaleco's arcade titles back in the day, you might be interested to hear it will be releasing two collections for the Switch (as well as PlayStation 5 and PC) with the help of Gravity Game Arise.

The xAI account on X has announced its official rebranding to SpaceXAI, five months after it merged with SpaceX.

Gotta build 'em all. The next batch of Pokémon Lego sets have reportedly been revealed alongside new leaks this week. First up is the news the Lego Arcanine set, which was previously leaked earlier this year, has now apparently locked in an August release. It's expected to be released alongside a Rayquaza set and a Munchlax set.

Here's every song included. The Mario Kart World soundtrack was added to Nintendo Music at the beginning of June, and since then, Nintendo has released multiple "Free Roam" song updates for it. The latest batch has now been made available, and this update adds songs based on Super Mario World, Super Mario Land, Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins and Wario Land: Super Mario Land. Here's the full list of songs included:

"It's an easy thing to do when you build the answer to the question in the lore of the game."

The post The Horror Awaits in the Feardemic Publisher Sale Now Live in XBOX Store appeared first on XBOX Wire.

Scopely Explore "reflects a mission". After being acquired by the Savvy Games Group subsidiary Scopely last March for the sum of $3.5 billion, it's been announced the Pokémon GO developer Niantic will be getting a name change and logo update.

Xbox announced sweeping changes in early July, which could have downstream effects on every part of the business, including its Game Pass service.

Apple is continuing to refine iOS 27 ahead of its planned September launch, and the third beta includes several new features. Siri is more customizable, there's a fun new wallpaper action, and some useful improvements to Photos and Shortcuts. Siri Voice Beta 3 adds support for ‌Siri‌ voice customization on compatible devices. The customization option existed in prior betas, but it was not active. It's now usable, and you can customize the pace and expressivity of ‌Siri‌, with two base voice opti...

3,200 employees are being put out of work, and people have thoughts.

Fortunately, it shouldn't take too much extra space.

Arasaka-level discipline

Using Apple Intelligence camera features in the Home app will require an iCloud+ plan starting at 2TB, according to Apple. Apple shared the detail in its notes for the third macOS Golden Gate beta that was released today. In iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate, the Home app is able to generate written summaries for motion alerts from HomeKit Secure Video cameras. It's also able to group footage from separate cameras for an overview of activity and pull out noteworthy recordings, plus it ...

On Monday, Xbox announced significant layoffs. Bethesda has been reportedly hit hard by job losses, especially the Elder Scrolls Online team.

Kirby Air Riders made its debut at this year's Summer Games Done Quick with a record-breaking performance.

Harada says the Souls series "was the result of everything Miyazaki and his team had built up through their previous titles."

With watchOS 27 beta 3, Apple added support for Siri AI and the ‌Siri‌ app, so Apple Watch users can now use the features right from their wrist. Apple said ‌Siri‌ AI would be coming to the watch back when ‌watchOS 27‌ was first introduced, but the feature wasn't live until now. The Dynamic App Grid that pops up when the Digital Crown is pressed displays the ‌Siri‌ app in the center, and the smarter version of ‌Siri‌ is available to answer queries and complete requests. ‌Siri‌ AI on Apple Watch ...

A Canadian is the first to find a fully golden 'God Pack,' a pull so improbable, some TCG fans refuse to believe it's real