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It's not layoffs, but you can see them from here: Numerous Compulsion Games employees are looking for new jobs

As reports that major layoffs are coming to multiple Microsoft-owned game studios continue to swirl, numerous developers at South of Midnight studio Compulsion Games have indicated that they are leaving the studio and looking for new work.Posting "open to work" messages on LinkedIn is a very common way for game industr...

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It's wild of Rockstar to ask us for $80, minimum, without showing a GTA 6 gameplay trailer

When Rockstar announced that GTA 6 preorders would begin this week, everyone started speculating that a new trailer must finally be imminent. After years of leaks and delays, the developer must be planning to finally show at least a little actual Vice City gameplay. But preorders are live and there's no trailer in sigh...

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The Internet Reacts To The Absurd New Price Of An Xbox

Insert Fallout 4 meme here, you know the one

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Here Are The Cards You Want To Find From Attack Of The Vine In Disney Lorcana

Following the Disney Lorcana Attack of the Vine Lorecast, we now have a much better idea of which big-hitting cards to be on the lookout for in the set.

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Every God Confirmed To Be In God Of War Laufey, And Those We Suspect Will Appear

The announcement for God of War Laufey during the massive June 2026 showcase season has taken the internet by storm in the weeks since, and in the months between its announcement and reported 2027 launch window, we're sure fans will be scouring every frame of the trailer to see what we can find out.

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How To Find And Use Blueprints In Sand: Raiders Of Sophie

There are very few games like Sand: Raiders Of Sophie out there since this one allows you to fully control your Trampler while also providing a great first-person Looter Shooter experience. On top of that, it doesn't simply give you three or four types of Tramplers to choose from.

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35 Best Anime With OP MC (Ranked)

Updated on June 25, 2026 by Mark Sammut: Added a Summer 2026 OP MC anime preview section, along with adding From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman as a new entry.

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Bungie Studio Head Stepping Down After Recent Layoffs

Bungie's studio head, Justin Truman, is reportedly stepping down from his role at the studio alongside the mass layoffs that have been initiated today. The day many fans had been worried about has arrived as Sony announced mass layoffs at Bungie, resulting in significant turnover as the company now turns its sights on...

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Valve Changes Steam Machine Page To Remove Promises Of 60fps

Valve finally revealed its Steam Machine earlier this week, and while you'd probably expect everyone to be overjoyed given how much hype there was surrounding the thing, the reaction has actually been fairly muted. That's mainly because of the system's price, which will set you back over $1,000 for the cheapest model,...

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Deltarune Chapter 5 – The Festival: The Kotaku Review

Alone together

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Nintendo's New Technology Development Building Gets Another Construction Delay

Since 2022, Nintendo has been building an entirely new research and development center in Kyoto, seemingly for console and game production, but unfortunately, its official opening has been delayed again until 2029. Nintendo has been on a great streak of game and hardware launches over the past year, but as the industry...

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I don't know what a flesh disk jukebox is, but the Lynchian adventure game Something Beautiful makes me want to find out

I want to see something beautiful. Enter stage left Something Beautiful, a "music-driven" point-and-click adventure game that has the vibe of a cursed CD-ROM you find in your parents storage unit where you look for answers in a strange, surreal, unsettling world filled with fleshy, anthropomorphic puzzles. Read more

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