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Xbox is cancelling Rare's 'Everwild' and ZeniMax's new MMORPG IP as part of broader cuts — with 'Perfect Dark' impacted as well
Xbox is canceling Everwild, a new IP from Sea of Thieves developer Rare.
Microsoft continues Xbox layoffs — jobs cut at King and ZeniMax Media
Microsoft is again laying people off from its Xbox division, this time at mobile game developer King, with Bloomberg ...
Can OpenAI’s mandatory week-long break fend off Meta’s $100 million talent grab? — "Someone has broken into our home"
OpenAI has sent its staff on a week's vacation to break the cycle of 80-hour weeks and ward off Meta from poaching more ...
Marvel Rivals Season 3 is bringing Blade and Phoenix — but I need this balance issue fixed
Two exciting new heroes are joining Marvel Rivals in Season 3, but my main choice is struggling hard right now.
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is a Soulslike RPG that's coming to Xbox Game Pass — after playing it, I still have these concerns
Fallen Feathers at Summer Game Fest 2025, but the difficulty curve has me hoping the rest of the game isn't too brutal.
Apple is making a cheap MacBook — that's bad news for Windows
A sub-$800 MacBook is reportedly in the works, targeting the midrange PC market, notorious for its lackluster hardware.
No, Microsoft and Xbox's Phil Spencer isn't stepping down — here's the truth
There are no plans for Phil Spencer, Microsoft's Xbox and gaming lead, to exit the company (at least for now).
My son's been bugging me to play Minecraft for six years — this one mod could finally make me do it
I loved Minecraft Dungeons, and this mod adds that same top-down experience into regular Minecraft. It looks pretty epic.
Microsoft has a new way to use AI in OneNote — but a "dumb" feature excites me more
Microsoft announced a pair of new features for OneNote this week: Copilot Notebooks and Dynamic DPI support. The former is a ...
Minecraft’s 'Vibrant Visuals' side-by-side comparison pics — Here’s what it gets right and where it falls short
I played Minecraft with Vibrant Visuals enabled, and I got to see firsthand how it makes the game feel more alive. But it isn ...
AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D hits the lowest price of the year — Why wait for Prime Day?
Not only is the 7800X3D down to the lowest price of the year, but Newegg is also adding a free 1TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD with ...
Minecraft is reviving a dead Mob Vote loser and actually making copper useful in 2025's third update
Do you remember the Minecraft Mob Vote? It was an annual event for Minecraft Live, during which the community voted on one of three mobs to be added to Minecraft. Year after year — one winner, and two ...