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Hideo Kojima's OD Is Reportedly Safe From The Imminent Xbox Layoffs

It's officially July. That means today marks the start of a new financial quarter, one expected to begin with widespread layoffs and potentially even studio closures throughout the Xbox ecosystem. However, OD, the Xbox-published game from Hideo Kojima, is immune from what's to come.

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Persona is getting the live-action show treatment at Netflix, Star Trek: Picard and 9-1-1 writer attached as showrunner

With Persona 4 Revival and Persona 6 on the horizon, fans of the long-running RPG series will be eating well in the near future, but a live-action Netflix show might be a more divisive offering. Read more

2 weeks ago 👁 4
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007 First Light studio IOI facing layoffs as Xbox pulls funding for Project Fantasy RPG

Xbox has pulled out of a deal to fund and publish the online fantasy RPG - Project Fantasy - that's in development at Hitman and 007 First Light developer IO Interactive. Read more

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Anime Card Farm codes (July 2026)

With the genre showing no signs of slowing down, these Anime Card Farm codes might be the only way to make good progress out of the gate. Given it's another in a long line of AFK/works offline tycoon-style games, you won't really have to do much to pull some top-tier cards, but ACF codes can at least speed things up a...

2 weeks ago 👁 4
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Developers at a Ubisoft studio have gone on strike in response to the publisher's latest round of sweeping layoffs

Developers at Ubisoft Barcelona - which works on Rainbow Six: Siege following recent company restructuring - have gone on strike. Read more

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Dragon Age Creator Says AI Is A "Virulent Plague"

Generative artificial intelligence is incredibly controversial across all fields, but especially so in creative-fuelled ventures like video games and other media.

2 weeks ago 👁 2
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EA Game is Permanently Shutting Down This Month

Another EA game is about to lose most of its online functionality, rendering it obsolete for those still playing an older game in an annual franchise. Unlike EA's recent shutdown of Battlefield Hardline, which only affected PlayStation and Xbox consoles and not PC users on Steam, this latest title is being impacted acr...

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Revisiting Haven, the RPG update that turned a straight love story gay - and made it better as a result

Hello! Eurogamer's week of features celebrating the intersection of queer culture and gaming continues today as Kaan Serin explores how the acclaimed Haven found new meaning when it introduced the option to gender swap its leads two years after launch. To catch up on everything you might have missed this year and in Pr...

2 weeks ago 👁 4
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Dishonored developer Arkane is reportedly one of five studios Microsoft is targeting to close down as part of its big 'reset'

Arkane Studios, the developer behind the Dishonored series and the upcoming Blade, is among the studios Microsoft is currently considering closing down. That's according to a new report from The Verge, citing sources familiar with the plan. Read more

2 weeks ago 👁 8
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Xbox claim they're "not reducing [their] investment in games" despite looming cuts, as report claims under 2.5% of Microsoft's total workforce are in the firing line

Despite yesterday bringing more news of Xbox backing out of funding deals and considering putting studios on the chopping block, the company insist such moves aren't a sign that the mass cuts they've reportedly got in the works are a sign of them scaling back how much cash they're pumping into making games. At the same...

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Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament Canceled Thanks To Smelly Players

"You are expected to be clean when you enter a tournament. Neglecting to wash or put on clean clothes contributes to an unpleasant atmosphere at the event, as the tournament can be crowded and the day can be long," reads a 2019 Yu-Gi-Oh tournament rule change. "Persons who neglect self-care to the point that they are n...

2 weeks ago 👁 7
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PS5's latest firmware update just started rolling out, here's what you need to know

It's that time of the month again: Sony has begun sending out a new PS5 system software update for users of both the base model and the PS5 Pro, and (like previous updates) it appears to be rolling out in via a phased release. Read more

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