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Arc Raiders update 1.36.0 is finally changing matchmaking, so players can PvP in trios and still find friendly lobbies in solos.

NASA has released the most detailed images of the Centaurus A galaxy we've ever seen, captured by the James Webb telescope.

Sony's decision to stop producing physical video games is fueled by a desire to increase profits from a shrinking consumer base

Marshall has launched its next-generation vintage-inspired Acton and Stanmore speakers.

DeepSeek, the Chinese company making AI models on the cheap, might look to do the same for AI chips.

State of Decay 3, the once first-party Xbox game, may not launch into Game Pass after all. The game's developer, Undead Labs, is among the studios Microsoft is parting with following its decision to lay off 3200 workers from across the Xbox division.

It's Coming Ho-Ohme. Football fever is at its peak right now thanks to a little thing called the World Cup, and The Pokémon Company is making it harder still not to feel a twinge of love for the beautiful game as it has announced a new collaboration with Japan's J. League. The collab is part of TPC's continuing 30th anniversary celebrations, and it grants all 60 teams their very own partner Pokémon, complete with an adorable new logo and some exclusive merch for all those who attend a game.

As the games industry grapples with Xbox laying off 3200 workers and dropping five studios, more voices are surfacing to tell tales about corporate fumblings in the past.

Is that a mouse in your pocket or do you need to see a doctor?

The total number of Game Pass subscribers has dropped back down to 30 million, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. This is a loss of around 4 million compared to publicised 2024 numbers.

Dell's stock price has risen significantly since his investment.

Transporter 3 is now free on Tubi, making now the perfect time to revisit one of Jason Statham's most underrated action movies.

Maestral, the free lightweight open-source Dropbox client for Mac, has been retired, according to the project's maintainer, Sam Schott. Over its seven-year life, Maestral has proven to be a popular client for users on platforms and file systems that are no longer directly supported by Dropbox. It has also been lauded for its simplicity, small app bundle size, and low memory usage compared to the official Dropbox app. By cutting out Dropbox's client bloat, Maestral just runs silently in the backg...

This is no way to treat the heir of Rattay.

I'm sure this is great for morale.

This fun-sized sidekick touchscreen monitor isn't exactly a value proposition, but it's still kinda fun.

That's about $100 worth of space in the current memory crisis.

Nothing's Ear (3a) are ANC-equipped earbuds that cost less than $100.

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.