Gaming
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Game Informer
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 Review And Xbox Layoffs (Feat. Ash Parrish)
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
In this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, we discuss our Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 review and Activision's controversial decision to change THPS 4's long-standing structure. Later in the show, special guest Ash Parrish, video game reporter at The Verge, joins us to discuss last week's Xbox layoffs and studio closures, Summer Games Done Quick, and Missile Command Delta. The Game Informer Show is a weekly podcast covering the video game industry. Join us every Thursday for chats about your favorite titles – past and present – alongside Game Informer staff and special guests from around the industry.Subscribe to Game Informer Magazine:Subscribe nowFollow our hosts on social media:Alex Van Aken (@itsVanAken)Marcus Stewart (@MarcusStewart7)Kyle Hilliard (@KyleHilliard)Wesley LeBlanc (@WesleyLeBlanc)Ash Parrish (@AdAshtra)Listen to "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 Review And Xbox Layoffs (Feat. Ash Parrish)" on Spreaker.
Jump to a specific discussion using these timestamps:00:00 - Introduction05:57 - Showing Off The ... Continue Reading »Nintendo Details Why Donkey Kong Bananza Development Jumped From Switch To Switch 2
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
Donkey Kong Bananza, the next Switch 2 exclusive from Nintendo, launches in just two days on Thursday, July 17, and ahead of its release, Nintendo has released a three-part interview series with the game's leads. That's how we learned you can skip locations and parts of the story in the game, and why Donkey Kong Bananza's destruction gameplay can be traced back to a Goomba with arms. It's also where we learned more about Nintendo's transition from developing Donkey Kong Bananza on Switch to Switch 2. When asked by the interviewer if Donkey Kong Bananza was planned as a Switch 2 game from the jump, producer Kenta Motokura explained that it began life as a Switch title, but was moved to Switch 2 around 2021 due to challenges the team (which also developed Super Mario Odyssey) ran into. Art director Daisuke Watanabe chimed in to add, "We first looked into how we could ... Continue Reading »Donkey Kong Bananza's Destruction Gameplay Can Be Traced Back To A Goomba With Arms
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
With Donkey Kong Bananza just two days away from launching on the Switch 2, Nintendo has released a three-part interview series with the game's leads. That's how we learned you can skip locations and part of the story in Donkey Kong Bananza, thanks to the game's destruction gameplay. It's also how we learned the game's destruction gameplay can be traced back to a Goomba with arms in Super Mario Odyssey. When asked by the interviewer about the origins of Bananza's destruction mechanics, one of the game's directors, Wataru Tanaka, explained the team (which also developed Super Mario Odyssey) had already been researching smashing mechanics before development on Bananza began. "Shortly after Super Mario Odyssey was released, we started running technical experiments with the idea of, 'What kind of game do you get if everything in the environment is destructible?'" That's when producer Kenta Motokura chimed in to add, "We even tried sticking arms on ... Continue Reading »The Outlast Trials Season 4 Adds Conjoined Twins Killer, Shopping Mall Level, And More Today
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
The Outlast Trials Season 4, Project Diarchy, begins today, introducing a new trial environment and a fresh killer to stalk players. The season adds a twisted new Prime Asset in the form of conjoined twins Otto and Arora Kress. These wealthy lovers work as one, quite literally, to hunt players down using a combination of a chainsaw and a 360-degree vision scope to spot players wherever they hide. You can catch a glimpse of them in action in the launch trailer below. The Kress Twins occupy the new shopping mall trial environment, which houses a new Story Trial called Kill the Politician (guess the objective). Season 4 also adds two new MK-Challenges – Get Out the Vote and Sentence the Persecuted – along with a revamped Rebirth system offering two paths: original Rebirth (solo play) and Communal (team play), and a new Deluxe Catalog of cosmetic items. The Outlast Trials is available now on PlayStation ... Continue Reading »You Can Skip Locations And Parts Of The Story In Donkey Kong Bananza, Thanks To The Game's Destruction
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
With Nintendo's next Switch 2 exclusive game, Donkey Kong Bananza, just two days away from launch, the company has released a three-part interview series about the game's development. In the final section of the series, one of Bananza's directors, Kazuya Takahashi, said players can skip locations and parts of the story in the game, thanks to its unique destruction gameplay. "There's a lot of leeway in terms of progression in this game," Takahashi said when asked about any final words he might have to close out the interview. "For example, locations or parts of the story you can skip without suffering any consequences. When the game progresses in a way we hadn't intended, we call it a 'sequence break' in development terminology. Typically, in game development, restrictions are put in place to prevent this from happening, but since this game is all about destruction, we wanted people to play freely." As you can see, ... Continue Reading »Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Review – Stealth Excellence Slightly Obscured
Posted on Monday July 14, 2025Summer Games Done Quick Raises More Than $2.4 Million For Charity During Annual Speedrun Event
Posted on Monday July 14, 2025
Summer Games Done Quick 2025, this year's week-long, 24-hour speedrunning marathon, ended yesterday after raising more than $2.4 million for charity. More specifically, SGDQ 2025 brought in $2,436,614 for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières.This year, over 2600 attendees gathered at the Hilton Minneapolis in Minnesota from July 6 through July 13 to watch speedrunners blaze through games like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Balatro, Super Mario Maker 2, Blue Prince, Mario Kart World, Beat Saber, AEW: Fight Forever, and more. Those 2600 attendees, alongside the thousands of others who tuned in to watch on the SDGQ Twitch channel, raised $2.4 million for Doctors Without Borders, which cares for people affected by conflict, disease outbreaks, natural and human-made disasters, and exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries.This year's event featured the new Arist Alley, where artists and craftspeople sold products and more at booths, a live concert by the band The Megas, and ... Continue Reading »Everything We Know About Dominion, The Late-Game City Of Borderlands 4's Antagonist
Posted on Saturday July 12, 2025I Didn’t Like Tony Hawk 4, But I Wish The Remake Let Me Properly Reappraise It
Posted on Friday July 11, 2025
When I reminisce about the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series, my most cherished memories center around the first three entries. THPS 1-3 was my prime with the franchise, the games that introduced me to Mr. Hawk, his skateboarding friends/rivals, and skateboarding culture in general.These are the titles that convinced me that I, too, could skateboard, to the point I went down a rather tall half-pipe before learning how to stay upright on a board. “I nail the 900 all the time in the games, so surely this isn’t so hard,” I confidently thought. This attempt went about as well as Peter Griffin walking down stairs. Misplaced confidence aside, this exemplifies my obsession with the first three games, as they inspired me to do something very, very dumb. Those warm and mildly painful memories do not apply to Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4. Released in 2002, I didn’t have the means at the ... Continue Reading »EA Sports College Football 26 Review - A Sophomore Sensation
Posted on Friday July 11, 2025
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Kotaku
The Second-Best Deus Ex Is Stupid Cheap (And DRM-Free), But Hurry
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
We may never get another Deus Ex game featuring Elias Toufexis’ lovely voice as Adam Jensen again, but right now you can snag Human Revolution, the debut of our sunglass-wearing badass cyborg, for less than five bucks and, since it’s on GOG, there’s no DRM, meaning you can back up copies of it, responsibly lend it to…Read more... Continue Reading »You Probably Won't Survive In Dune: Awakening If You Don't Pay Your Taxes
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
It often feels like the entire world around you is conspiring to bring about your demise. On Arrakis, that’s true. Between the sandworms and the other deadly players, you’d be hard pressed to find anyone or anything friendly. Even worse, your only haven—the base you build—isn’t free or safe. You owe money to the local…Read more... Continue Reading »Cyberpunk 2077's New Patch May Fix One Of The Game's Biggest Annoyances Five Years Later
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
CD Projekt Red is hosting a live stream tomorrow, July 16, to talk about the next update to Cyberpunk 2077. While the main team is working on the upcoming sequel, Virtuos is co-developing further updates on the original RPG because the studio can’t quite seem to let it go completely. I’m not complaining, however,…Read more... Continue Reading »Destiny 2 Hits Fans With A Nostalgia Bomb As Soon As They Start The Newest Expansion
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
There is a twinkling sound every time you turn on the original Destiny that lives on in the hearts of anyone who spent hundreds of hours playing it. Over a decade later, Destiny 2's newest expansion transported players back to those fond early days by re-using the old menu music for The Edge of Fate’s login screen. Read more... Continue Reading »Two Years Later, Starfield Still Hasn't Given Me A Reason To Care
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
Since my review of 150 hours spent in Starfield at launch, my opinion on the game has only soured. The added survival mechanics were of fleeting interest to me, and there are a handful of neat mods to toy with. However, nothing I’ve heard of the game’s singular expansion since its 2023 release–from the inclusion of…Read more... Continue Reading »Minecraft Adds Jack Black's Lava Chicken Song, But You Gotta Do Something Special To Get It
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
Remember that really catchy but also very annoying Jack Black song “Lava Chicken” from the Minecraft movie? If you are a parent with kids under the age of 16, you likely do, and you are probably so happy to finally be free of it. Well, bad news: The song was just added to the actual Minecraft game. Sorry. Read more... Continue Reading »After Two Decades, One Of The Stars Of Kingdom Hearts Is Finally Playing The Games
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
The original Kingdom Hearts came to the PlayStation 2 in 2002 when David Gallagher was 17 years old. The actor, now 40, has played deuteragonist and noted “sexy guy” who “the gamer girls” go crazy for, Riku, for more than half his lifetime, but somehow hasn’t ever played the Disney RPGs. Gallagher has a Twitch channel…Read more... Continue Reading »Superman's Big Kiss Was Cut By The Censors In India
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
Superman is a box office hit, a really good superhero film, and one of the best movies of the summer. And that’s all still true if you saw the movie in India. However, moviegoers in the country did miss out on one of the film’s most romantic moments because the censors found it a bit too intimate. Read more... Continue Reading »Nintendo 64 Fans Left Waiting A Little Longer As Analogue 3D Maker Blames Tariffs For Latest Delay
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
The Analogue 3D promises a classic Nintendo 64 experience on modern displays with all the bells and whistles that entails. The $250 retro console sold out last year and was supposed to ship in early 2025, but the company behind it says orders have been delayed yet again, this time blaming tariffs. Read more... Continue Reading »Mario Kart World: Every Question Mark Panel Location In Boo Cinema
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
From grabbing the wheel of a big rig, to taking some time out from racing to snap eye-catching photos, there’s no shortage of things you can get into while free roaming in Mario Kart World. One of these is finding question mark panels located around each of the game’s tracks. If you want to earn the stickers they…Read more... Continue Reading »
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PC Gamer
Today's Wordle answer for Wednesday, July 16
Posted on Wednesday July 16, 2025
Today's Wordle: Help with the daily puzzle.
Continue Reading »Avowed update basically reinvents the fighter and ranger classes, while also adding new weapons and better Steam Deck optimization
Posted on Wednesday July 16, 2025There are also new weapons, and baddies can use abilities previously exclusive to the player. Continue Reading »
Bungie says it's 'actively re-recording' some voice lines for Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate after fans notice one of the game's best-known heroes suddenly sounds like one of its most notorious villains
Posted on Wednesday July 16, 2025
Actors for Ikora Rey and other characters weren't available prior to last week, so Bungie had to do some quick recasting.
Continue Reading »Our favorite 1v1 FPS just became our favorite 2v2 FPS, and you can still play it for the low price of free
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
And also our favorite 1v1v1v1 FPS.
Continue Reading »Cyberpunk 2077's delayed 2.3 update will be revealed tomorrow and could go live later this week
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
It sure sounds like more car stuff is coming.
Continue Reading »Treasonous Helldivers 2 players are weaponizing the Super Earth flag to crash the game for everyone but them
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
The One True Flag strategem recently got a fun update that didn't work out quite as intended.
Continue Reading »'We could have, at that point, put out a s*** game': Former Deep Silver comms boss says Dead Island 2 released 8 years late because an earlier version 'would have killed the franchise' if it wasn't binned
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025Dead Island 2's original developers have said the cancellation was "catastrophic." Continue Reading »
Intel job losses mount as 4,000 layoffs are reported across multiple sites in California, Oregon, Texas and Arizona
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
But there could be much worse to come.
Continue Reading »Minecraft says to hell with it, adds in-game version of Lava Chicken song, which you get by beating a chicken jockey
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
I have heard this song too many times.
Continue Reading »Destiny 2 The Desert Perpetual raid release date and time
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
Everything you need to know about The Edge of Fate raid.
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Playstation
PlayStation’s Summer Sale arrives on July 16
Posted on Wednesday July 16, 2025PlayStation’s Summer Sale is almost here! Kick off the season with a wide range of offers on digital PS5 and PS4 games and add-ons at PlayStation Store starting July 16 at 00:00am PDT/BST/JST. The promotion includes the likes of EA Sports FC 25 Standard Edition for 79% off (PS5, PS4), Call of Duty: Black Ops […] Continue Reading »
The story behind narrative horror Bye Sweet Carole’s gorgeous hand-drawn animation
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025
Hello PlayStation readers! I’m Chris Darril, creator of Bye Sweet Carole and founder of Little Sewing Machine. Bye Sweet Carole is a special project, one that reimagines the animation that inspired me in childhood, interwoven with homages to video games that today’s players can relate to. Before the game launches on PlayStation, it’s my pleasure […] Continue Reading »Share of the Week – Death Stranding 2: On The Beach – Traversal
Posted on Friday July 11, 2025
Last week, we asked you traverse the world of Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, and share different ways that Sam gets around using using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: ChristianNOTJay shares Sam ziplining in front of a massive moon cresting over mountains call_me_xavii shares Sam pausing his tri cruiser in the desert […] Continue Reading »Experience All-Star excitement with MLB The Show 25
Posted on Friday July 11, 2025
Get ready to enjoy new Diamond 99 All-Star player items, Programs, Moments, Missions, and more highlighting some of the most impactful players and plays from the 2025 MLB All-Star Week. Today, Friday, July 11, marks the start of the 2025 MLB All-Star Week at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia. For those that can’t make it […] Continue Reading »(For Southeast Asia) First look: PS5 Ghost of Yōtei Limited Edition console designs
Posted on Friday July 11, 2025
We just had an exciting State of Play gameplay deep dive air for Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Yōtei, and this included a first look at the PS5 Console – Ghost of Yōtei Limited Edition Bundle, featuring a new intricate console design with a matching DualSense Wireless controller. These stunning designs capture Sucker Punch’s fictional depiction […] Continue Reading »First look: PS5 Ghost of Yōtei Limited Edition console designs
Posted on Thursday July 10, 2025We just had an exciting State of Play gameplay deep dive air for Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Yōtei, and this included a first look at the PS5 Console – Ghost of Yōtei Limited Edition Bundles, featuring new intricate console designs with a matching DualSense Wireless controller. These stunning designs capture Sucker Punch’s fictional depiction of […] Continue Reading »Helldivers 2 Control Group Warbond launches July 17
Posted on Thursday July 10, 2025
Attention, Helldivers! The Ministry of Defense Research & Development team has just declassified the following information for immediate release. You have been cleared to field test a new range of experimental weapons built from acquired alien technology. R&D scientists have completed the Control Group Premium Warbond* for deployment to your Super Destroyer! Weapons & Stratagems […] Continue Reading »(For Southeast Asia) PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for July: Cyberpunk 2077, Abiotic Factor, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden and more
Posted on Thursday July 10, 2025
This month, carve your legend in the neon-soaked streets of Night City as the mercenary V in the dystopian open-world RPG Cyberpunk 2077, join up to five fellow scientists to repel inter-dimensional horrors deep within an underground research facility in the co-op survival and crafting adventure Abiotic Factor, or wrestle with love and duty as […] Continue Reading »PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for July: Cyberpunk 2077, Abiotic Factor, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden and more
Posted on Wednesday July 09, 2025
This month, carve your legend in the neon-soaked streets of Night City as the mercenary V in the dystopian open-world RPG Cyberpunk 2077, join up to five fellow scientists to repel inter-dimensional horrors deep within an underground research facility in the co-op survival and crafting adventure Abiotic Factor, or wrestle with love and duty as […] Continue Reading »Time Flies lands on PS5 on July 31
Posted on Tuesday July 08, 2025
Hello! My name is Michael Frei. I worked on Time Flies, a game where you play as a fly coming July 31st to PlayStation 5! It’s a game you may have seen first revealed on the PlayStation Blog a few years ago, and now it’s finally almost here. Before you start playing as a fly, […] Continue Reading »
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Nintendo
Rumour: Guilty Gear's Next Game Has Been Cancelled, It's Claimed
Posted on Wednesday July 16, 2025It's supposedly "back to the drawing board".The future of Arc System Works' fighting game series Guilty Gear has apparently received a major setback, with a new report claiming the new entry, that was "yet to be officially announced", has been cancelled.According to Inside Gaming, anonymous sources say the title was cancelled within the "last couple of weeks", but there's no specific reason provided. The same outlet has reached out to Arc System Works for comment, but hasn't heard back.Read the full article on nintendolife.com Continue Reading »
The First Review For Donkey Kong Bananza Is In
Posted on Wednesday July 16, 2025Donkey Kong is here!We're in the second month of the Switch 2's life, and this week marks the release of Donkey Kong Bananza.After hearing so much about this new DK game in the lead up to the big release, it's finally launching on 17th July 2025. As part of this, the first review has now been released by the famous Japanese publication Famitsu, so what's the final verdict?Read the full article on nintendolife.com Continue Reading »
Pokémon Is Teasing Something Ahead Of Next Week's Showcase
Posted on Wednesday July 16, 2025What's Pikachu up to?The second Pokémon Presents showcase of 2025 will be taking place next week, and ahead of this broadcast, The Pokémon Company has issued a reminder on its social channels.Read the full article on nintendolife.com Continue Reading »
Nintendo Announces 'Global Jam' Demo Event For Switch 2 Online Members
Posted on Wednesday July 16, 2025Try out Drag x Drive before its release.As we get closer to August, Nintendo has announced it will be hosting a special Drag x Drive 'Global Jam' demo event.Read the full article on nintendolife.com Continue Reading »
Street Fighter 6's First Season 3 Character Arrives This August, Here's A Look
Posted on Wednesday July 16, 2025Update: Sagat gameplay trailer released.:Capcom recently revealed the Season 3 DLC roster for Street Fighter 6, confirming Sagat, C. Viper, Alex and Ingrid would be joining the battle. Now, in an update during its Spotlight broadcast today, the company has locked in a date for the first fighter.Read the full article on nintendolife.com Continue Reading »
Review: Savage Raven By Skull & Co. NeoGrip For Nintendo Switch 2 - Does The Job Very Nicely
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025Grip it real good.Skull & Co. released a very nice NeoGrip for the OLED Switch back in 2021, which we reviewed at the time, coming away with the impression that, beyond a fiddly holding tab that could potentially get lost, the grips helped make long portable sessions much more comfortable.With this Switch 2 update, the Savage Raven by Skull & Co. NeoGrip for Nintendo Switch 2, which falls under the same 'Savage Raven' banner as the company's excellent Switch 2 carry case (which we've also reviewed!), not much has really changed.Read the full article on nintendolife.com Continue Reading »
Donkey Kong Bananza's Destruction Idea Came From A Goomba With Hands
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025Knucklotec hands, to be precise.A new Ask the Developer interview all about Donkey Kong Bananza is now available for your perusal, and it's packed with anecdotes and info about the upcoming 3D platformer.One particularly interesting nugget was that the concept of destruction was actually being worked on before development on Bananza officially began. In fact, one concept video shows that the team experimented by sticking hands onto a Goomba – more specifically, Knucklotec hands from Super Mario Odyssey.Read the full article on nintendolife.com Continue Reading »
8BitDo's 'Pro 3' Controller Boasts Magnetic ABXY Buttons And A Charging Dock
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025And yes, it works with Switch 2.8BitDo, a company that arguably makes some of the finest third-party controllers for the Switch, has announced its new 'Pro 3' model.Compatible with Switch 1 and Switch 2, it looks pretty familiar to the Pro 2 – why fix what isn't broken 'n' all that – but comes with a wealth of features that will hopefully justify the $69.99 price tag.Read the full article on nintendolife.com Continue Reading »
Here's What Donkey Kong Bananza Looked Like On Switch 1
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025Devs started thinking about moving to Switch 2 in 2021.In a recent interview, developers Kenta Motokura and director Kazuya Takahashi from Nintendo confirmed that Donkey Kong Bananza was originally intended for the Switch 1.In a new Ask the Developer feature, fresh screenshots have been shared that shows the visual difference between Switch 1 and Switch 2 for Bananza, with Kenta Motokura, Wataru Tanaka, and Daisuke Watanabe all providing more context as to why development was shifted over to Nintendo's new console.Read the full article on nintendolife.com Continue Reading »
Opinion: Honestly, I'm So Glad We Had To Wait For Donkey Kong Bananza
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025Who knew Shy Guys liked camping?I saw this item shower for the first time after more than 60 hours of play.Guys, I've played so much Mario Kart World.Read the full article on nintendolife.com Continue Reading »
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Pure Xbox
Poll: Which Of Xbox's Fall 2025 Games Are You Most Excited About?
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025Come take your pick!With June's Xbox Games Showcase event we learnt a lot about Microsoft's release calendar for the rest of 2025 — as you'd expect for a big summer livestream — and the rest of the year is set to bring some big games from the team.Three of those big games land within two weeks of each other in October, which is shaping up to be an exciting month for Xbox fans. Keeper, Ninja Gaiden 4 and The Outer Worlds 2 are certainly delivering on the variety front - with at least one of these upcoming first-party titles likely to appeal to most core players on Xbox.Read the full article on purexbox.com Continue Reading »
Xbox Brings 'Stream Your Own Game' To PC App For The First Time
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025Live today for Xbox Insiders.Xbox has been building out its "Stream Your Own Game" feature with loads of new additions over the past few weeks and months, and now it's expanding once again - this time in the form of dedicated integration for the Xbox PC app.As of today, Xbox Insiders in the PC Gaming Preview can use the app to stream over 250 games (if you own them) including console-only titles that have never been playable via the Xbox PC app before, although keep in mind you'll need to be a Game Pass Ultimate member to access these as well.Read the full article on purexbox.com Continue Reading »
Starfield DLC Reportedly Still In The Works Alongside The Elder Scrolls 6
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025An update on Bethesda from Jez Corden.One notable absence from this year's Xbox Games Showcase was Bethesda's Starfield, despite an update from the team back in March stating that "a lot of exciting things are planned for the game this year". While those things clearly weren't ready to be shown off this summer, it's claimed that Bethesda Game Studios is still working on Starfield, including new DLC.This comes from Windows Central's Jez Corden, who claims that Bethesda's core team is still working on Starfield DLC and updates alongside the much-anticipated Elder Scrolls 6. We'll quote Corden's Starfield talk down below, pulled from a recent episode of The Xbox Two podcast:Read the full article on purexbox.com Continue Reading »
Report: Activision Blizzard's King Team Sees Axed Job Roles 'Replaced' By AI
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025200 jobs have been cut at the studio.We apologise in advance for bringing another AI story to you today, but a fresh report from MobileGamer suggests that Activision Blizzard's King team is a part of the Microsoft Gaming business seeing human job roles shift to AI.It had previously been reported by the likes of Bloomberg that Candy Crush developer King was set to let go of roughly 200 staff as part of these recent layoffs - and now this new report suggests that "many of the staff cut will effectively be replaced by the AI tools they built and trained".Read the full article on purexbox.com Continue Reading »
Rare Comments On Everwild Cancellation For First Time Since Xbox Layoffs
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025"It's impossible for something like this not to ripple through the studio".As you're probably well aware at this point, there were a whole bunch of Xbox layoffs earlier this month across multiple studios and divisions, and Rare's Everwild project was cancelled entirely as part of the cuts.Everyone's been remaining pretty quiet about this at Microsoft and Xbox, despite an internal memo confirming that the game had officially been cancelled, but now the studio behind it (Rare) has issued a formal video message.Read the full article on purexbox.com Continue Reading »
Xbox's Full Black Ops 7 Reveal 'Kicks Off' Gamescom 2025 In August
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025"Kicks off Gamescom in a massive way".Following its prestige slot as the show closer for Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase last month, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will officially blow the doors off Gamescom 2025 in August.Opening Night Live host Geoff Keighley has announced the news on social media, adding that the game's 'worldwide reveal' will "kick off Gamescom in a massive way" - we assume it'll be the big show opener, then.Read the full article on purexbox.com Continue Reading »
Three Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Late July 2025
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025The latest batch of departures.Microsoft has revealed a relatively short list of three games leaving Xbox Game Pass at the end of July, including Capcom's action-strategy title Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess.All three of these games will depart right at the end of the month on July 31st, around which time we'll hear about our first set of leavers for August 2025. Here's the full list of leavers for late July:Read the full article on purexbox.com Continue Reading »
These Eight Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (July 17-August 1)
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025Your latest batch of new titles.Microsoft has revealed a new batch of Xbox Game Pass titles for the second half of July 2025, which includes a few previously-confirmed titles such as Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, as well as some surprises like RoboCop: Rogue City!Don't forget about High on Life as well, which has returned to Xbox Game Pass today:Read the full article on purexbox.com Continue Reading »
Ready Or Not Comparison Shows Difference Between Xbox Series X And Series S
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025Here's how both Xbox versions stack up.Ready Or Not has now officially become available for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S over the past few hours, and therefore we're starting to get some footage of both versions - and it makes for a pretty interesting comparison.Below, you can see both the Series X and Series S variants of Ready or Not courtesy of Fuzion Xbox Testing on YouTube. The good news is that both of them can run at up 60 frames per-second at a high resolution, but the Series X unsurprisingly has a couple of key advantages over the Series S based on this footage.Read the full article on purexbox.com Continue Reading »
John Wick Hex Is Being Permanently Delisted On The Xbox Store This Week
Posted on Tuesday July 15, 2025You've got two days left to buy it.It's never fun to hear about games being delisted, and this latest example doesn't give us much time to prepare for it either - it's been announced that the 2020 indie game John Wick Hex will be delisted across all platforms on July 17th.A publisher statement doesn't go into much detail about this, simply explaining that "new purchases of John Wick Hex will not be possible" after that date, and that the change will affect all systems and storefronts.Read the full article on purexbox.com Continue Reading »