Bungie and Sony settle lawsuit with former Marathon director for undisclosed amount | Gaming

Former Marathon director Chris Barrett has settled a lawsuit against Bungie and Sony over allegations of misconduct. Barrett was reportedly dismissed by Bungie in 2024 following an internal investigation into…

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Brazilian Courts Force Xbox To Restore Hacked Account | Gaming

Xbox, the gaming giant in the midst of a firing frenzy and whose CEO was just appointed to the Federal Reserve, has been humbled by one of their own players….

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Chirstopher Nolan celebrates Backrooms’ success, believes younger generations are rejecting AI: ‘Their judgement of AI slop has been immediate and harsh’ | Gaming

First spotted by Kotaku, prolific director Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer, Interstellar) recently gave his takes on AI in filmmaking and the explosive success of Backrooms in an interview with The Telegraph…

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Random: Xbox Owner Goes Viral After Wild Gecko ‘Appears’ Inside Their Series X | Gaming

Case in point: one of the top threads over in the Xbox Reddit community this weekend is someone who captured a photo of an apparent “wild Gecko” inside their Xbox…

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Summer Games Done Quick 2026 raises another $2.4 million for Doctors Without Borders | Gaming

Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) 2026 has finished up raising another $2.4 million (£1.8m) for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières. The annual speedrunning marathon, held in Minneapolis this week, welcomed…

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Lamont Magee Has An SDCC Surprise Announcement With Image Comics | News World

Posted in: Comics, Conventions, Events, Image, Pop Culture, san diego comic con | Tagged: Ghost Machine, lamont magee, sdcc Lamont Magee has a San Diego Comic-Con Surprise Announcement with Image…

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Once Human is coming to PS5 and Xbox on August 25, adding 1st-person mode and crossplay | Gaming

Become a member of GB MAX to gain exclusive access to the industry and to the most influential global B2B leadership community in the business of gaming, entertainment, and tech….

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Layoffs begin at Ubisoft Barcelona following Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced launch | Gaming

Following the launch of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, layoffs have begun at Ubisoft Barcelona, affecting 51 employees. “After seven years at Ubisoft Barcelona, this is not how I imagined…

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Helldivers 2 dev cracks down on ‘suspicious super credit activity’, though it would help if earning premium currency wasn’t so boring to begin with | Gaming

I’d never considered the prospect that some people might cheat at playing Helldivers 2. But I suppose it’s inevitable given some people will find ways to cheat at anything. In…

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Xbox just released a PlayStation console “exclusive” and it’s beating GTA 6 on the charts — here’s why fans aren’t happy | Gaming

Microsoft did say it wanted to make more console exclusives, but perhaps this isn’t what Xbox fans had in mind. One of the best features on Xbox One and Xbox…

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It looks like John Dolmayan (System Of A Down) has closed his comic book shop in Los Angeles | News World

Author Benedetta Baldin – 12.7.2026 The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Torpedo Comics, owned by drummer John Dolmayan of System Of A Down, has closed its Las Vegas shop after…

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Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs, including many at Xbox in a ‘reset’ of its gaming division | Gaming

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs, about 2.1% of its global workforce, including a large number of workers at its Xbox video game business. The layoffs included 1,600…

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“This is our Spider-Man 3” – Soulfame’s Warsong update adds “edgelord” progression path later this year | Gaming

Digital Extremes has revealed a lenghty new gameplay trailer for its fantasy action game Soulframe. It’s next major update – Warsong – adds a new quest. It’ll also come with…

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While several Xbox studios regained independence or found new owners yesterday, Arkane’s staff must negotiate their own future | Gaming

Yesterday, Xbox announced that they were spinning off five major studios in the course of the latest round of “historic” restructuring, with 1600 jobs instantly chopped and 1600 more layoffs…

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You can mod out the yellow filter in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced | Gaming

After Traffic and Breaking Bad used it for scenes set there it became know as “the Mexican filter”, though it’s sometimes used for scenes set in South Asia or anywhere…

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Why two games media veterans think a “classic old-school style multi-format video games website” will flourish in 2026 | Gaming

Times are bleak in the games industry, and they’re no less challenging in the media that covers it. Twenty years ago there were dozens of print magazines and hundreds of…

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Xbox Legal Battle Paints a Bleak Picture for Gaming’s Digital-Only Future | Gaming

Digital vs. physical media ownership has been a hot topic over the last few weeks. PlayStation’s plans to move away from printing physical game discs sparked backlash. Concerns ranged from…

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Former Marathon director settles lawsuit against Sony and Bungie, following his firing over alleged inappropriate messages to female staff | Gaming

Former Marathon director Christopher Barrett has settled his lawsuit against Sony and Bungie. He filed the lawsuit against the studio after a quiet departure which was confirmed in March 2024….

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Hooded Horse’s new strategy game Rogue Carrier has you captaining a research ship on a planet where the seas boil with violent squid | Gaming

There are two cultural artifacts that buzz about my brain without ever truly settling: 2001’s action game RTS hybrid Hostile Waters and Wes Anderson’s film The Life Aquatic With Steve…

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How Often Does Microsoft Launch New Xbox Consoles? | Gaming

Esolex/Getty Images Earlier this year, Microsoft announced Project Helix, the codename for its next home console. Very little has been revealed so far,…

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5 Incredible Hulk Copycats in Comics (& Their Power Level Compared to The Big Guy) | News World

The Hulk has had a bumpier road to the top than most MCU fans realize. Bruce Banner was introduced in his own book in the early days of Marvel’s Silver…

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Warframe’s next major update blends Blade Runner, The Sopranos, and film noir in a whole new solar system, coming later this year | Gaming

Digital Extremes has wrapped up this year’s Tennocon Live event with a massive reveal trailer for Warframe‘s next major update: Warframe: Tau. This update brings players to a Blade Runner…

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Microsoft defends Asha Sharma, says she is an American CEO and Xbox layoff had nothing to do with H-1B | Gaming

Microsoft responds to the trolling of Asha Sharma after she announced Xbox layoffs. As Asha Sharm, the CEO of Xbox, came under vicious trolling after the gaming division of Microsoft…

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I’ve found my perfect summer game: A stomach-churning horror story about Czech train conductors built over a bafflingly deep simulation of a fictional subway | Gaming

I’ve developed a bit of a reputation among my coworkers for loving niche, lo-fi indie games that make you feel bad and gross and weird on the inside. I’m flattered…

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Digital Extremes finally reveal Warframe: Tau, the sci-fi shooter’s long-awaited second solar system, and it’s a gruesome place indeed | Gaming

Digital Extremes’s venerable looty-shooty mechabody extravaganza Warframe is finally getting a full second solar system, after a warm-up flashback tour in last year’s The Old Peace expansion. The developers…

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Asha Sharma to co-lead US Federal Reserve’s Productivity and Jobs task force | Gaming

The United States Federal Reserve has appointed Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to co-lead its Productivity and Jobs task force. As detailed in a press release, the Federal Reserve has established…

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“We were already running a tight ship”: Elder Scrolls 6 devs are worried about Xbox’s layoffs causing even more delays to the long-awaited RPG | Gaming

Reports about the specific effects of Microsoft’s mass layoffs are having on studios like Obsidian and id Software keep rolling out. Elder Scrolls 6 makers Bethesda are no different, with…

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What Do You Think Of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag In General? | Gaming

We’re sure many Xbox players are either picking up or have already picked up Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced for the weekend, so if you find yourself in that boat,…

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Woody Harrelson Starred In A Hilarious Comic Book TV Show You Probably Missed | News World

Tubi Gilbert Shelton’s 1971 comic “The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers” was one of the more notable underground titles to emerge from the…

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Microsoft loses Brazilian court case after telling hacked Xbox user to re-purchase games — tech giant ordered to restore Xbox account with all games and pay $400 in damages | Gaming

A Brazilian gamer who lost his Microsoft account and all his digital games has won a court order forcing the company to hand it all back, after support staff told…

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