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Things are not going well at Xbox. Microsoft may be shutting down Compulsion Games, the studio behind South of Midnight and We Happy Few, according to a Kotaku report. Studio…

Posted in: Comics, IDW | Tagged: IDW Crime, IDW Dark IDW narrows its losses to just $3,000 for the six months through April 2026, as its revenues rise thanks to…

“There is a hole in the world,” writes Ursula K Le Guin in The Farthest Shore, “and the light is running out of it.” Alas, The Farthest Shore contains no…

What’s the problem with Microsoft’s attitude towards videogames, one might ask? Could it be acquiring Activision-Blizzard for $68.7 billion and then laying off 1,900 people? Could it be shutting down…

And now today, there’s a rumour (and keep in mind that’s all it is) that two Xbox studios are “at risk of being closed” in 2026, with this information coming…

Electronic Arts has officially launched EA Advertising, a new platform that the company says will enable brands to more directly connect with players of its games – by integrating them…

The Witcher 3‘s multiplayer mod, the world’s premier tool for forming big towers of multiple Geralts precariously perched atop each others’ shoulders, has added another string to its bow. You…

“The mid-summer dry spell”? My friend, your naivete is exceeded only by your boorishness. You should be ashamed of yourself! This week is anything but dry. It’s the week of…

Over the weekend, we highlighted a bunch of games that are already confirmed for Xbox Game Pass in July 2026, and one of them is Mistfall Hunter – a new…

US publishing giant Electronic Arts is launching EA Advertising, a new platform that allows brands to market directly to consumers via gameplay. The company says that this will be done…

With James Gunn hard at work on shooting his Superman sequel, Man of Tomorrow, his fellow DC Studios co-CEO, Peter Safran, is doing the rounds to hype up Supergirl ahead…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has given XBOX a stark warning when discussing its future. XBOX CEO Asha Sharma recently shared a memo to employees, which was then shared publicly by…

Many of the complaints about Solasta 2 when it launched in early access were about the CRPG’s character creator. While its results were better than the first game’s freakish plasticine…

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2‘s final post-launch update is here, bringing a number of fixes and “community-requested” features, including photo mode, sniper sights, and dual-wield pistols. To accompany the…

Microsoft’s gaming leg, Xbox, is now reported to be struggling, and one of the moves that the company is considering is making the latter a “wholly owned subsidiary.” Microsoft Is…

On June 20, Micah Blair will bring the African American Comic Expo back to Birmingham for the third year. (Provided) By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times For Micah Blair,…

In September 2025, the news broke that a consortium of investors led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) had made an offer to buy Electronic Arts. The FC Sports…

Are we at a big inflection point for Xbox or is Microsoft just going to double down on what it’s been doing until things magically turn around, or it decides…

A friend of mine who worked in a bookstore used to complain about customers who couldn’t remember what they wanted. They’d say unhelpful things like, “I think it had a…

It’s been a very busy month for Xbox and Microsoft, as the recent Xbox Games Showcase confirmed that Xbox is seeking to make some of its first-party games exclusive once…

Capcom is discontinuing the deluxe edition of Dragon’s Dogma 2 on 24th June, as well as pulling many of its more controversial time-saving microtransactions. In a statement posted to the…

It appears that Microsoft is pricing some of their newer titles at 69.99 EUR, rather than the 79.99 EUR standard that had been introduced earlier on in the generation. Games…

Sneha Jaiswal (Twitter | Instagram) Crime and corruption is on the rise in Creighton, its vigilante savior ‘Black Ghost’ is dead, and protagonist Lara Dominguez is a drunk train-wreck, freshly…

Last week, Subnautica 2 developers Unknown Worlds held their hands up and said that players seeking a means to kill dangerous fish was down to the survival game‘s tools for…

Xbox is reportedly considering major layoffs, telling staff, “we need to reassess […] our investment priorities for the next five years” and warning “we’ve become too reliant on vendors to…

Critical Hit (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Critical Hit, where I (or someone else on the PC Gamer team) celebrate and lament all things videogame music, audio design, and the…

Make better investment decisions with Simply Wall St’s easy, visual tools that give you a competitive edge. Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT) is reportedly reviewing options for its Xbox gaming division, including a…

If, like me, you walk through this world forever thinking about Chicken Run, you too may expect at any moment to discover the animal kingdom is actually made up of…

As always, the staff here at Pure Xbox HQ published our prediction list for the Xbox Games Showcase a couple of weeks ago, and as always, we didn’t get them…