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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma wants the company to "entertain more than a billion people" every day: here's why that's a deeply unrealistic thing to say

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has expressed hopes that Xbox can be a company that "entertains more than a billion people each day" amidst drastic change at the company. Read more

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Final Fantasy 7 Actor Guarantees You Will Cry While Playing Revelation

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation was revealed during this year's Summer Game Fest, much to the excitement of fans who have been engrossed in the remake trilogy for almost a decade.

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Xbox Releases New Official Statement on Bethesda, Fallout, and The Elder Scrolls

Xbox has finally, officially revealed its full reset plans for the business, which include both Double Fine and Compulsion Games going independent, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs have been sold (Senua and State of Decay 3 remain funded), and Arkane Lyon is reviewing its future with the French Government. The latter is pa...

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Microsoft needs to "reset Xbox," says Asha Sharma, as the company lays off 3,200 employees

Xbox is set to lay off a total of approximately 3,200 employees throughout 2027's fiscal year - which ends on June 30, 2027. An estimated 1,600 roles will be made redundant today as the company looks to "reset Xbox."

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A World Of Warcraft Plague Kills Players And Fills Inns With Nasty Contagious Goo

World Of Warcraft's 'Corrupted Blood Incident 2.0' resulted in the game getting even more toxic than usual

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Xbox's CEO wants its games to cater to 'more than a billion people each day', or 24 times more than the peak population of Steam, which is delusional

The time has finally come for Xbox's massive resetβ€”in a statement on the official Xbox site today, recently-minted CEO Asha Sharma revealed the fate of several studios. I won't be focusing on them in this article (although you can read the words of my fellow PCG writer Andy Chalk first, if you'd like). Instead I want t...

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Compulsion Games is returning to independent management amid sweeping Xbox reorganization: 'Our immediate priority is to support our team'

Today, Xbox announced what it calls "the most significant restructure in Xbox history": Part of a larger downsizing at Microsoft that's putting 4,800 employees out of work, the reorganization will eliminate 1,600 Xbox roles today, with the division aiming to reduce its headcount by 3,200 throughout the 2027 financial y...

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Cyberpunk 2077 Player Count Hits 100k For The First Time Since Phantom Liberty

Almost six years on from its release, and three years after the launch of its Phantom Liberty expansion, Cyberpunk 2077 just surpassed 100,000 concurrent players on Steam, the highest its player count the game has been since 2023.

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Roblox's reporting system gets big update, and you'll finally know the impact of your feedback

Roblox is rolling out updates to its reporting tools in-game, with a "simpler, more intuitive reporting flow and a streamlined process behind the scenes." It'll also provide tips to people that submit reports, and updates on the ones that they've made.

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ZeniMax's pivot to big series amid Xbox cuts reportedly isn't a death knell for Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein

Xbox have officially announced the scale of the mass layoffs and rejigging of their studio lineup which have loomed on the horizon for the past couple of weeks. While Double Fine, Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory, Undead Labs, and Arkane all face futures outside of Xbox, the cuts and changes have also affected how a numb...

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Hardware creator makes hat that is both a 'functioning art piece' and also uses a Noctua fan to deliver six-hours of personal cooling

England, a country built on brick designed to retain heat, experienced a historic heatwave last month. Having experienced the blistering 37Β°C/98.6Β°F peak myself, there's little I would not have done to escape that heatβ€”even donning a silly-looking personal cooling wearable didn't seem beyond the pail.Hardware channel M...

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Microsoft Working With French Government Over Arkane's Future

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has just confirmed that the company has officially parted ways with Arkane Studios, the developer behind the critically acclaimed Dishonored series, Deathloop, and the upcoming Marvel's Blade. According to Sharma's recent announcement, Arkane Studios is currently working with the French government...

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