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Xbox’s planned 3,200 layoffs by July 2027 are already easily the biggest round of layoffs the industry has ever seen if taken at mere face value, but Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier argues that’s just the proverbial tip of the iceberg

With Nintendo’s 3DS experiencing a bit of a renaissance lately, prices for functioning systems have shot through the roof. Getting a busted one with a broken screen is a lot cheaper, but then you run into the eye-watering price difference between a replacement top screen for the regular version and the larger XL variant. The…

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Xsolla, the video game commerce company, has released the latest edition of The Xsolla Report, analysing the accelerating global shift toward direct-to-consumer (D2C) commerce and strategies across mobile and PC game distribution. Drawing on data from publishers, platform policy changes, and global market expansion trends, the report shows how D2C has moved from an experimental…

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Maryland—Hundreds of Bethesda Game Studios and Zenimax Online Studios employees and their supporters braved nearly 100°F temperatures to protest sweeping layoffs across Xbox during a lunchtime rally in front of parent company Zenimax’s headquarters today. The rally was one of five organized today by Zenimax Workers United and its parent union, the Communication Workers of…

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My feelings on Civilization VIIhave, I hope,been made very clear at this point: I don’t like it. I think it’s an extremely disappointing video game, one that doesn’t just fail to understand or build on the series’ legacy, but actively takes several steps away from it

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The Duskbloods network test gets release date, here’s when it’s hapenning Denshattack review for Nintendo Switch 2 Denshattack interview: dev talks influences, Nintendo Switch 2, pursuing the project despite publisher rejections, more [Let’s Talk] How many games are you buying physically these days? Why Xenoblade Chronicles stands strong as one of Nintendo’s best games These…